Details of the Faculty or Staff----Institute of Metal Research

ZHANG kun
Title:Professor	Email: kzhang@imr.ac.cn
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Address: Institute of Metal Research Chinese Academy of Sciences (IMR CAS), 72 Wenhua Road,Shenyang,China, 110016, 110016

Experience：

Education：

September 2009-July 2013 B.S. in Materials Physics, Harbin University of Science and Technology, Harbin, China.

August 2013-April 2016 M.S. in Physics, Harbin University of Science and Technology, Harbin, China.

August 2016-June 2019 Ph.D in Materials Science, Harbin University of Science and Technology, Harbin, China.

Work Experience：

July 2019-May 2023, Lecturer/Associate Professor, Harbin University of Science and Technology, Harbin, China.

May 2020-May 2023, Postdoctor, Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang, China.

June 2023-Present, Associate Professor, Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Research Interest：

1. Thermal properties and functional characteristics of plastic crystals and glassy crystals

2. Solid-state phase change cooling and thermal storage technologies

3. Magnetocaloric and elastocaloric effects in shape memory alloys

Research Achievement：

Service to the International Professional Societies：

Honors：

Publication：

1. K. Zhang#, X. Wang#, H. Li, X. Zhao, G. Zhang, C. Tan*, Y. Wang*, B. Li*. Large thermal hysteresis enabled caloric batteries. Applied Energy, 377:124408, 2025

2. K. Zhang#, Zhe Zhang#, H. Pan, X. Zhao, J. Qi, Zhao Zhang, R. Song, C. Yu, B. Huang, X. Li, H. Chen, C. Tan, W. Yin, W. Hu, M. Wübbenhorst, J. Luo*, D. Yu*, Z. Zhang, B. Li*. Taming heat with tiny pressure. The innovation, 5(2):100577, 2024

3. K. Zhang, R. Song, J. Qi, Z. Zhang, Z. Zhang, C. Yu, K. Li, Z. Zhang & B. Li*. Colossal barocaloric effect in carboranes as a performance tradeoff. Advanced Functional Materials, 32:2112622, 2022

4. K. Zhang*, T. Ma, J. Liu, X. Tian, J. Zhu & C. Tan*. Dynamically tunable and polarization-insensitive dual-band terahertz metamaterial absorber based on TiNi shape memory alloy films. Results in Physics, 23:104001, 2021

5. K. Zhang, C. Tan*, W. Zhao, E. Guo & X. Tian. Computation-guided design of Ni-Mn-Sn ferromagnetic shape memory alloy with giant magnetocaloric effect and excellent mechanical properties and high working temperature via multi-element doping. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 11(38):34827-34840, 2019

6. K. Zhang, C. Tan*, E. Guo, Z. Feng, J. Zhu, Y. Tong & W. Cai. Simultaneous tuning of martensitic transformation behavior, magnetic and mechanical properties in Ni-Mn-Sn magnetic alloy by Cu doping. Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 6:5228-5238, 2018

7. L. Qu#, M.T. Abbas#, K. Zhang*, Zhe Zhang, T. Yang, Z. Zhang, P. Liu, J. Qi, Q. Guo, W. Li, X. Zhao, Y. Wang, Z. Zhang and B. Li*. Lithium oxides LiRO2 (R= Rare Earth Elements) with negative thermal expansion behavior and inverse barocaloric effect. Journal of Materials Research and Technology, 30: 9084-9092, 2024

8. J. Yang, C. Tan*, R. Liu, X. Wang, X. Tian*, L. Zhao, & K. Zhang*. Enhancing Elastocaloric Performance: Ti-Doped Co-V-Ga Bulk Polycrystalline Alloys with Minimal Stress Hysteresis. Journal of Materials Research and Technology, 31:1813-1825, 2024

9. W. Zhao, K. Zhang*, E. Guo, X. Tian & C. Tan*. Martensitic transformation mechanism of Mg-Sc lightweight shape memory alloys. Scripta Materialia, 207:114316, 2022