Tan Research Group @NUS

2024

1. P. Kumar, S. Huang, D.H. Cook, K. Chen, U. Ramamurty, X.P. Tan*, R.O. Ritchie*. A strong fracture-resistant high-entropy alloy with nano-bridged honeycomb microstructure intrinsically toughened by 3D-printing. Nature Communications 15 (1), 841, 2024
2. R. Cui, L. Wang*, Y. Su*, B. Li, L. Yao, B. Wang, L. Luo, R. Chen, J. Guo, X.P. Tan*. Multiscale microstructure containing nanometer-scale precipitations and stacking faults yields a high-strength Al-5Cu alloy by electron beam freeform fabrication. Acta Materialia 266, 119682, 2024

2023

1. C. Wang, S. Chandra, S. Huang, S.B. Tor, X.P. Tan*. Unraveling process-microstructure-property correlations in powder-bed fusion additive manufacturing through information-rich surface features with deep learning. Journal of Materials Processing Technology 311, 117804, 2023
2. S. Chandra, X.P. Tan*, P. Kumar, U. Ramamurty. Part geometry-driven crystallographic texture control in a 3D-printed austenitic steel–a strategy for near-monocrystalline microstructure generation. Scripta Materialia 226, 115255, 2023
3. C. Jia, F. Chen*, X.P. Tan, Y. He, Y. Wu, Q. Shen. Understanding high-temperature corrosion behavior of an AlN/Mo functionally graded material exposed to Li/LiF-LiCl-LiBr vapor. Corrosion Science 220, 111297, 2023

2022

1. R. Tosi, C.L.A. Leung*, X.P. Tan*, E. Muzangaza, M.M. Attallah. Revealing the microstructural evolution of electron beam powder bed fusion and hot isostatic pressing Ti-6Al-4V in-situ shelling samples using X-ray computed tomography. Additive Manufacturing 57, 102962, 2022
2. R. Tosi, E. Muzangaza, X.P. Tan*, D. Wimpenny, M.M. Attallah. Hybrid electron beam powder bed fusion additive manufacturing of Ti-6Al-4V: processing, microstructure, and mechanical properties. Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A, 1-15, 2022.
3. P. Wang*, X.P. Tan, M.L.S. Nai, J. Wu, J. Wei. Deformation induced nanoscale twinning improves strength and ductility in additively manufactured titanium alloys. Materials Science and Engineering A, 142568, 2022.
4. S. Tekumalla, R. Tosi, X.P. Tan, M. Seita. Directed energy deposition and characterization of high-speed steels with high vanadium content. Additive Manufacturing Letters, 100029, 2022.
5. G. Zhou, Y. Zhang, W. Pantleon, J. Kou, U. Ramamurty, X.P. Tan, S. Luo, W. He, C.-S. Ku, C.-Y. Chiang, N. Tamura, K. Chen*. Quantification of room temperature strengthening of laser shock peened Ni-based superalloy using synchrotron microdiffraction. Materials & Design 221, 110948, 2022

Prior to NUS

1. Z. Sun, X.P. Tan*, C. Wang, M. Desoins, D. Mangelinck, S.B. Tor, E.A. Jagle, S. Zaefferer, D. Raabe. Reducing hot tearing by grain boundary segregation engineering in additive manufacturing: example of an AlxCoCrFeNi high-entropy alloy. Acta Materialia (2021) 116505.
2. S. Chandra, X.P. Tan*, R.L. Narayan, C. Wang, M. Descoins, D. Mangelinck, S.B. Tor, E. Liu, G. Seet. Nanometer-scale precipitations in a selected electron beam melted nickel-based superalloy. Scripta Materialia (2021) 113661.
3. S. Chandra, X.P. Tan*, R.L. Narayan, C. Wang, S.B. Tor, G. Seet. A generalised hot cracking criterion for nickel-based single crystal superalloys additively manufactured by electron beam melting. Additive Manufacturing (2020) 101633.
4. Wang, X.P. Tan*, S.B. Tor, C.S. Lim. Machine learning in additive manufacturing: state-of-the-art and perspectives. Additive Manufacturing 36 (2020) 101538.
5. F. Tey, X.P. Tan*, S.L. Sing, W.Y. Yeong. Additive manufacturing of multiple materials by selective laser melting: Ti-alloy to stainless steel via Cu-alloy interlayer. Additive Manufacturing 31 (2020) 100970.