1. 国家自然科学基金重大研究计划重点项目，2024-01至2027-12，300万，在研，主持。
2. 国家级青年人才项目（优先资助），2022-01至2024-12，300万，在研，主持。
3. 国家自然科学基金面上基金，2024-01至2027-12，51万，在研，主持。
4. 国家级科研项目，2024-10至2026-10，150万，在研，主持。
4. 国家自然科学基金青年基金，2021-01至2023-12，结题，主持。
5. 江苏省委组织部，江苏省"SC人才"项目，2021-10至2023-10，结题，主持。
6. 科技创新特区课题，2020-11至2021-11，结题，主持。
7. 江苏省自然科学基金委员会青年基金，2020-07至2023-06，结题，主持。
8. 南京理工大学海外学术伙伴计划，南京理工大学-德国弗劳恩霍夫协会材料力学研究所，2021.02至2025.02，在研，主持。
9. 南京理工大学青年人才培育专项B类，2021-06至2024-05，结题，主持。
近5年，在Nature Electronics，Science Advances，Acta Materialia，Materials Research Letters，Scripta Materialia，Advanced Materials等高水平期刊发表SCI论文50余篇。
17. Lei Gu, Yonghao Zhao*, Yong Li, Rui Hou, Fei Liang, Ruisheng Zhang, Yinxing Wu, Yong Fan, Ningning Liang, Bing Zhou, Yang Chen, Gang Sha, Guang Chen, Yandong Wang, X. Chen*, Ultrastrong and ductile medium- entropy alloys via hierarchical ordering, Science Advances, 2024, 10, eadn7553
16. Yong Li, Qicheng Zhang, Fei Liang, Yaping Zhang, Yonghao Zhao, Yuntian Zhu, Christian Greiner, Peter Gumbsch, X. Chen*, Macroscopic low-friction via twinning assisted lattice reconstruction in magnesium, Acta Materialia, 2024, 271, 119888
15. Q.C. Zhang, Y. Li, Zifeng Lin*, Yan Lin*, X. Chen*, Tailoring Tribological Characteristics in Titanium Alloys by Laser Surface Texturing and 2D Ti3C2Tx MXene Nanocoating. Advanced Functional Materials, 2024, 2401231.
14. Yaping Zhang, Fei Liang, Yan Lin, X. Chen*, Yuntian Zhu, Mitigating friction and wear by pre-designed or tribo-induced heterostructures: an overview, Materials Research Letters, 2024, 12, 535-550
13. L. Gu, X. Chen* et al., Simultaneously enhancing strength and ductility of HCP titanium via multi-modal grain induced extra <c+a> dislocation hardening, Acta Materialia, 2023, 252 (16)
12. Fei Liang, X. Chen*, Microstructural origin of high scratch resistance in a gradient nanograined 316L stainless steel, Scripta Materialia, 2022, 220(23): 114895
11. Y.P. Zhang, Y. Huang*, X. Chen* et al., Revisiting the tolerance limit of Fe impurity in biodegradable magnesium, Scripta Materialia, 2022, 212(3): 1145.
10. K. Liu#, X. Chen#, P. Gong, R. Yu, J. Wu, L. Li, W. Han, S. Yang, C. Zhang, J. Deng, A. Li, Zhang, F. Zhuge, T. Zhai, Approaching strain limit of two-dimensional MoS2 via chalcogenide substitution, Science Bulletin, 2021, 67: 45-53
9. X. Chen*, Y. Ma*, Y. Yang, A. Meng, Z.X. Han, Z. Han, Y.H. Zhao*；Revealing tribo–oxidation mechanisms of the copper–WC system under high tribological loading, Scripta Materialia, 2021, 10: 176
8. K. Liu, B. Jin, W. Han, X. Chen, P. Gong, L. Huang, Y. Zhao, L. Li, S. Yang, X. Hu, J. Duan, L. Liu, F. Wang, F. Zhuge, T. Zhai; A wafer-scale van der Waals dielectric made from an inorganic molecular crystal film, Nature Electronics, 2021, 4(12): 906-913
7. X. Chen*, Z. Han, X.Y. Li, K. Lu, Friction of gradient nano-grained metals, Scripta Materialia, 185 (2020): 82-87. （Invited viewpoint paper）
6. X. Chen*, B. Stelzer, M. Hans, R. Iskandar, J. Mayer, J.M. Schneider, Enhancing the high temperature oxidation behavior of Cr2AlC coatings by reducing grain boundary nanoporosity, Materials Research Letters, 9 (2021) 127-133.
5. M. Lou, X. Chen, K. Xu, et al. Temperature-induced wear transition in ceramic-metal composites. Acta Materialia. 2021;205:116545.
4. S. Liu, K. Chang, D. Music, X. Chen, S. Mráz, D. Bogdanovski, et al. Stress-dependent prediction of metastable phase formation for magnetron-sputtered V1−xAlxN and Ti1−xAlxN thin films. Acta Materialia. 2020;196:313-24.
3. X. Chen, R. Schneider, C. Greiner*, P. Gumbsch, Microstructure evolution and deformation mechanisms during high strain rate and cryogenic sliding of copper, Acta Materialia, 10, (2018) 138-149.
2. X. Chen, Z. Han, X.Y. Li, K. Lu*, Lowering friction coefficients in Cu alloys with stable gradient nanostructures, Science Advances, 2, e1601942 (2016).
1. X. Chen, Z. Han*, K. Lu*, Enhancing wear resistance of Cu-Al alloy by controlling subsurface dynamic recrystallization, Scripta Materialia, 101 (2015) 76-79.
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