PhD, professor, head of the Advanced Energy Efficient Materials Laboratory
- inoue@misis.ru
+7 495 955-01-34 - Ленинский проспект, д.6 стр. 10, ауд. Т-118а
Research interests
Bulk metallic glasses, amorphous materials, metastable state, soft magnetic materials.
Field of knowledge according to the OECD classifier
2.05 PM — Materials Science, Multidisciplinary.
PhD, professor, head of the Advanced Energy Efficient Materials Laboratory
2015 (Dec.): Head of the Advanced Green Materials Laboratory, NUST MISiS, Moscow, Russian Federation.
2014 (Dec.) — present: Invited Guest Professor, South East University, Nanjing, China..
2014 (Oct.) — present: Special Guest Professor, The University of Hyogo, Kobe, Japan..
2014 (Sep.) — present: External Advisor, European Union Project on Metallic Glasses.
2014 (April) — present: Honorary Guest Professor, Hebei University of Technology, Tianjin, China..
2013 (Oct.) −13 (Nov.): Special Guest Professor, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
2013 (April) — present: National One Thousand Invited Scientists, Tianjin University, Tianjin, China..
2012 (Oct.) — present: Senior Visiting Professor, Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Ningbo, China.
2012 (Sep.) −12 (Nov.): Guest Research Fellow, Churchill College, Cambridge University, UK.
2012 (June) −13 (July): Guest Researcher, CNRS, Grenoble, France.
2012 (April) — present: Overseas Fellow Member, Churchill College, Cambridge University, UK.
2012 (April) — present: Visiting Chair Professor, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China.
2012 (April) — present: Director, Global Institute of Green Material, Josai International University, Togane, Japan.
2012 (April) — present: Professor, Environmental Department of Sociology, Josai International University, Togane, Japan.
2012 (April) — present: Professor, Science Department, Josai University, Sakato, Japan.
2012 (April) — present: Special Adviser to the Chancellor, Josai University Educational Corporation, Tokyo, Japan.
2012 (April) −13 (March): Special Senior Adviser to President of Tohoku University, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan.
2012 (April) −13 (March): Specially Invited Professor, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin, China.
2012 (April) — present: Highly Cited Researcher, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
2012 (April) — present: Emeritus Professor, Tohoku University.
2011 (Nov.) — 13 (March): Executive Director, Tohoku University/Shanghai Jiao Tong University Cooperative Center for Materials Science, Shanghai, China.
2008 (Jan.) — 12 (Sep.): Part-time Trustee, The Japan. Open University.
2008 (Feb.) — present: U.S.A. National Academy of Engineering, Foreign Member.
2009 (Oct.) — present: International Advisory Board Member, The WPI Research Center for Atom-Molecule-Materials, Tohoku University.
2007 (Oct.) — 09 (Sep.): Principal Investigator, The WPI Research Center for Atom-Molecule-Materials, Tohoku University.
2007 (Oct.) — 12 (March): Head of the Host Institution, The WPI Research Center for Atom- Molecule- Materials, Tohoku University.
2007 (June) — 12 (March): Vice President, The Japan. Association of National Universities.
2007 (March) — 12 (March): University Professor, Tohoku University.
2006 (Dec.) — present: Member of the Japan. Academy.
2006 (Nov.) — 12 (March): President, Tohoku University.
2006 (Nov) — 12 (March): Trustee, The Japan. Association of National Universities.
2006 (Nov) — 12 (March): Distinguished IMR Fellow, Institute for Materials Research (IMR), Tohoku University.
2013: Specially Invited Professor, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
2012: Senior Visiting Professor, The University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
2012: Senior Visiting Professor, Grenoble, France.
1995: Visiting Professor, Institute for Forshung Werkstoff (IFW), Dresden, Germany.
1988: Visiting Researcher, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden.
1986: Visiting Researcher, AT&T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, New Jersey, USA.
1985: Visiting Researcher, Swedish Institute of Metals, Stockholm, Sweden.
1984: Visiting Researcher, AT&T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, New Jersey, USA.
1975: Higher education, Tohoku University.
Main results of scientific work
- The primary scientific achievement of professor A. Inoue is the pioneering development and application of bulk metallic glasses (BMGs)
(1988-present). The first synthesis of BMGs by copper mold casting was made for lantanide(Ln)-based multicomponent alloys in 1990, followed by the formations of Mg- and Zr-based BMGs before 1993. Based on these novel data, A. Inoue proposed the three component rules for the stabilization of supercooled liquid region and the formation of BMGs (later named after him). By applying these rules, A Inoue et al. succeeded in developing more than 500 types of BMG, including with diameters of above 10 mm, from alloys based on Ln, Mg, Zr, Ti, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, Pd and Pt. Various casting techniques were proposed for the production of BMGs. - It is noteworthy that in 1995 A. Inoue et al. for the first time synthesized Fe-based BMGs, which resulted in their subsequent vast applications as soft magnetic and structural materials. Subsequently, A. Inoue et al. demonstrated that these materials exhibit unique properties, such as high elastic strain, high strength, high fracture toughness, high fatigue strength, high corrosion resistance, good plasticity, ability to significantly become deformed within the range of overcooled liquid existence, as well as good soft magnetic properties. Thanks to the high glass-forming ability and unique functional characteristics, BMGs are extensively used in motors, reducers, springs, casing, hinge, watch parts, transformer cores, magnetic sensors and shields, sporting goods, ornaments and surface coating for other materials. These alloys were protected by such trademarks, as Vintage, GALOA, Amobeads, Liqualloy and SENNTIX.
- The high plasticity of cementite in plain carbon and complex steels was explained for the first time (1978).
- Fe- and Co-based amorphous alloys were synthesized for the first time in the form of wire with a circular cross section having unique soft magnetic properties, followed by their successful application as the trademark of SENCY
(1981-present). - Stable icosahedral alloys (such as Al65Cu20Fe15) were detected, and their fundamental properties were examined (1987).
- High-strength Al-based amorphous and nanocrystalline alloys were developed and later commercialized as ultra-high specific strength materials under the trademark of GIGAS
(1988-present). - Nanocrystalline Fe-based soft magnetic alloys in Fe-Zr-Nb-B-Cu system were developed, and their applications to soft magnetic materials with high saturation magnetic flux density materials above 1.8 T (Trademark; NANOPERM) was substantiated
(1992-2011). - Equiatomic (high-entropy) BMGs were developed for the first time (2002).
- Ductile icosahedral-based alloys were developed (2020).
Scopus Hirsch Index — 131.
Number of articles on Scopus — 2693.
ORCID: 0000-0002-6902- 3409.
Scopus AuthorID: 57199809562.
ResearcherID: E-5271- 2015.
Significant research projects, grants
- Development of amorphous and nanocrystalline Fe-based alloys to be used as magnetic, structural and anti-irradiation coatings and materials (NUST MISIS grant,
2015-2017). - Technical requirements for process and research equipment necessary for obtaining nanostructured and amorphous Fe-based metallic materials and determining their functional properties were developed.
- A database of thermodynamic data for the determination of promising compositions of alloys was developed.
- Bulk metallic Fe-based glasses were obtained, their structure and properties were investigated.
- New Fe-based materials with a nonequilibrium structure with high saturation magnetization and good magnetic properties were obtained.
- 21 articles were published in high-ranking journals (the average impact factor of the journals was 2.3, the total impact factor of the journals was 47, the number of citations for those articles was 21), and 5 patent applications were filed.
- Functional and structural materials with amorphous and nanocrystalline structure (NUST MISIS grant,
2017-2019). - Thermodynamic calculations of promising compositions of aluminum, iron, titanium and zirconium alloys with high glass-forming ability were performed.
- Aluminum, iron, titanium and zirconium alloys with optimal compositions in the form of bulk samples and thin films with amorphous structure were obtained.
- Regularities of the impact of temperature and annealing time on the functional properties of Fe-based alloys were identified.
- Finite element models of deformation of alloys with an amorphous structure at room, elevated and cryogenic temperatures were generated.
- 10 articles were published in high-ranking journals (the average impact factor of the journals was 3.74, the total impact factor of the journals was 37.4), 2 patents were obtained.
- Development of Fe-Ni-based amorphous soft magnetic alloys with low coercivity and high magnetic permeability (NUST MISIS grant,
2019-2020). - New soft magnetic Fe-Ni-based alloys with high magnetic permeability, including in the form of powders obtained by mechanical alloying modes were developed.
- 12 articles were published in high-ranking journals (the average impact factor of the journals was 3.8, the total impact factor of the journals was 45.6), 1 patent was obtained.
Significant publications
- Inoue, A. Stabilization of metallic supercooled liquid and bulk amorphous alloys // Acta Materialia, 2000, 48(1), Pp.
279–306 (10.1016/S1359-6454(99)00300-6). - Takeuchi, A., Inoue, A. Classification of bulk metallic glasses by atomic size difference, heat of mixing and period of constituent elements and its application to characterization of the main alloying element // Materials Transactions, 2005, 46(12), Pp.
2817–2829 (10.2320/matertrans.46.2817). - Inoue, A., Takeuchi, A. Recent development and application products of bulk glassy alloys // Acta Materialia, 2011, 59(6), Pp.
2243–2267 (10.1016/j.actamat.2010.11.027). - Inoue, A., Shen, B., Koshiba, H., Kato, H., Yavari, A.R. Cobalt-based bulk glassy alloy with ultrahigh strength and soft magnetic properties // Nature Materials, 2003, 2(10), Pp.
661–663 (10.1038/nmat982). - Pang, S.J., Zhang, T., Asami, K., Inoue, A. Synthesis of Fe-Cr-Mo-C-B-P bulk metallic glasses with high corrosion resistance // Acta Materialia, 2002, 50(3), Pp.
489–497 . - Hirata, A., Guan, P., Fujita, T., Inoue, A., Yavari, A.R., Sakurai, T., Chen, M. Direct observation of local atomic order in a metallic glass // Nature Materials, 2011, 10(1), Pp.
28–33 (10.1038/nmat2897). - Wang, F., Inoue, A., Kong, F.L., Zhu, S.L., Shalaan, E., Al-Marzouki, F., Botta, W.J., Kiminami, C.S., Ivanov, Y.P., Greer, A.L. Formation, stability and ultrahigh strength of novel nanostructured alloys by partial crystallization of high-entropy (Fe 0.25 Co 0.25 Ni 0.25 Cr 0.125 Mo 0.125 ) 86‒89 B 11‒14 amorphous phase // Acta Materialia, 2019, 170, Pp.
50–61 (10.1016/j.actamat.2019.03.019). - Jin, Y.; Inoue, A.; Kong, F. L.; Zhu, S. L.; Al-Marzouki, F.; Greer, A. L., Icosahedral and dodecagonal quasicrystal plus glass alloys with plastic deformability. // Acta Materialia, 2020, 199, Pp.
1-8 (10.1016/j.actamat.2020.08.009). - Inoue, A., Kong, F.L., Han, Y., Zhu, S.L., Churyumov, A., Shalaan, E., Al-Marzouki, F. Development and application of Fe-based soft magnetic bulk metallic glassy inductors //Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 2018, 731, Pp.
1303–1309 (10.1016/j.jallcom.2017.08.240). - Wang, F., Inoue, A., Han, Y., Zhu, S.L., Kong, F.L., Zanaeva, E., Liu, G.D., Shalaan, E., Al-Marzouki, F., Obaid, A. Soft magnetic Fe-Co-based amorphous alloys with extremely high saturation magnetization exceeding 1.9 T and low coercivity of 2 A/m // Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 2017, 723, Pp.
376–384 (10.1016/j.jallcom.2017.06.192).
Significant patents
- Method for making Fe-base soft magnetic alloy, Jul 15, 1996 Canada, USA and China 1997-2017CA2210017 C, US6083325 A, CN1068070 C, 11 Jul 1997.
- Spherical particles of Fe base metallic glass alloy, Fe base sintered alloy soft magnetic material in bulk form produced by sintering the same, and method for their production, Dec 25, 2002, World, Europe and USA, WO2004059020 A1, EP1593749 A1, US7622011 B2.
- Production method of internal gear and internal gear made of metallic glass, Nov 27, 2007, World, USA, WO2009069716, US8418366 B2.
Scientific supervision and teaching
Since 1985, A. Inoue has taught and released more than 100 master’s degree graduates and about 45PhD students.
Teaching
Series of lectures on nonequilibrium materials, amorphous alloys, bulk metallic glasses and phase transformations in the Tohoku University, Josai University Educational Corporation and NUST MISIS.
Scientific and social activities
Membership in editorial and advisory boards of scientific and peer-reviewed journals: Scripta Materialia, Nanostructured Materials, International Journal of Rapid Solidification, Materials Translation, JIM, Applied Physics Letters, Journal of Applied physics, Applied Physics Review.
Memberships in program and organizational committees of international conferences:
- International Conference on Rapidly Quenched and Metastable Materials;
- International Conference on Liquid and Amorphous Metals;
- Materials Research Society Meeting;
- International Symposium on Metastable, Amorphous and Nanostructured Materials;
- International Conference on Nanostructure Materials;
- International Conference on Quasicrystals;
- Asia Materials Research Society Meeting.
Memberships in the governing and advisory bodies of international academic societies and associations:
- Member, Acta Materialia, Award Committee.
- Councilor, The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society (TMS).
- Committee Member, International Conference on Rapidly Quenched and Metastable Materials.
- Committee Member, International Conference on Nanostructured Materials.
- Committee Member, International Symposium on Metastable, Amorphous and Nanostructured Materials.
- Committee Member, International Conference on Liquid and Amorphous Metals.
