(a) Phase formation rules, fine phase structure, ordered structure and internal interface structure, deformation, strength and brittleness of intermetallic compounds; (b) Metal-based and intermetallic-based composite materials; (c) Amorphous, nanocrystalline and high-entropy alloys; (d) High-performance advanced metal materials.

Zhaoping Lu、 Huanming Liu、 Junpin Lin、 Zhiliang Zhang、 Xidong Hui、 Qiang Feng、 Shengen Zhang、 Jianxin Dong、 Yong Zhang、 Xiping Song、 Yanli Wang、 Feng Ye、 Laiqi Zhang、 Zhanbing He、 Yuan Wu、 Xiongjun Liu、 Lei Zheng、 Yongfeng Liang、 Hui Wang、 Longfei Li、 Weiwei Zheng、 Xiaohua Chen、 Binbin Liu、 Yidong Wu

Functional materials and devices. (a) Functional effects of materials, such as electrical, optical, acoustic, thermal, mechanical effects and the physical origin of their mutual conversion; (b) Relationship among the composition, microstructure and functional effects of materials; (c) Relationship between the performance of functional devices and the composition, microstructure, manufacturing processes and service condition of materials.

Yue Zhang、 Zhihong Zhang、 Rongming Wang、 Yandong Wang、 Yong Jiang、 Shouguo Wang、 Jie Zhu、 Xuexu Gao、 Chengming Li、 Wenhuai Tian、 Lidong Li、 Daoyong Cong、 Qingliang Liao、 Zhiguo Xia、 Yang Bai、 Hailong Zhang、 Hui Cao、 Yongchang Liu、 Xiaoqian Bao、 Jiheng Li、 Shilei Li

(a) Composition-microstructure-properties relationship of superalloys, special steels, hydrogen storage materials, nuclear power and nuclear energy materials; (b) Physical and metallurgical application foundations of material macro-properties and service behavior of engineering component; (c) Material characterization and evaluation techniques; (d) Technology basis of material preparation and processing.

Xinping Mao、 Lijie Qiao、 Chengjia Shang、 Jialin Sun、 Jinfeng Huang、 Zidong Wang、 Xiaolu Pang、 Suihe Jiang、 Zhenjia Xie

(a) New technology and process of rapid solidification atomization spray forming; (b) Powder injection molding technology; (c) Continuous casting and rolling technology and process; (d) Controlled solidification and short-flow processing technology; (e) Integrated optimization control of material design, preparation and forming.

Changchun Ge、 Xuanhui Qu、 Jishan Zhang、 Jingtao Han、 Xinhua Liu、 Xuefeng Liu、 Mingli Qin、 Xianglin Zhou、 Mingxing Guo、 Hongxiang Li、 Lin Zhang、 Di Zhang、 Guoliang Xie、 Longgang Hou、 Cunguang Chen、 Haoyang Wu

New model for materials research and development based on rational design, effective experiments and big data technique. (a) Materials genome engineering and atomic-scale computational materials science; (b) Methodology and applications of materials thermodynamic calculation; (c) Multi-scale simulation of materials; (d) Quantitative relationship between structure and performance, and life prediction; (e) Computational simulation and optimization of new synthesis technology.

Jianxin Xie、 Xiaogang Li、 Ge Wang、 Yanjing Su、 Kewei Gao、 Xiaotong Zhang、 Cuiwei Du、 Luning Wang、 Chaofang Dong、 Xin Lu、 Renhai Shi、 Huadong Fu、 Huafang Li