Quanshun Luo
Sheffield Hallam University
United Kingdom

Research:

His research interests are in four broad areas:

• nano-structured surface engineering to develop materials surfaces of high wear resistance, low friction, and good corrosion resistance
• novel heat treatment technologies of ultrahigh strength steels and wear resistant steels
• fundamental research on the wear and friction mechanisms of high-performance coatings and hardened surfaces
• materials technology for medical and surgical applications

His current research focus on the following topics:

• novel strengthening/toughening heat treatments of ultrahigh strength steels for large vehicles, being sponsored by Innovate UK and Tinsley Bridge Ltd through Smart Award, Knowledge Transfer Partnership, and PhD studentship
• failure investigation and development of telescopic rods of in Skeletally Immature Patients with Osteogenesis Imperfect, collaborating with Sheffield Children's Hospital and funded by Sheffield Children’s NHS Foundation Trust
• new bainitic/martensitic wear resistant steels for large metal-cutting blades, sponsored by Knowledge Transfer Partnership (Innovate UK and Tyzack Metal Knives)
• wear resistance and corrosion properties of plasma nitrided austenitic steel, collaborated with Miba Coatings Group, funded overseas (Nigerian) studentship
• nanocomposite PVD coatings of superhardness and self-adaptive low friction, collaborated with Guangdong University of Technology and Ningbo Institute of Chinese Academy of Sciences
• innovation in materials characterization techniques, eg cross-sectional TEM and EDX-EELS analyses of hard coatings and surfaces, high-precision XRD residual stress analysis and a new XRD technique to measure the martensite fraction and carbon content of hardened medium-carbon steels

He has wide collaborations with UK industry and with academics worldwide, recently with Miba Coatings Group, Tinsley Bridge Ltd, and Tyzack Metal Knives, and scientists in University of Southampton, Pusan University (Korea), Henan University of Science and Technology (China), Inner Mongolia University of Science and Technology (China), Guangdong University of Technology (China), and Ningbo Institute of Chinese Academy of Sciences.

Prof. Quanshun Luo has published 51 articles about materials, and the publications have been cited 1,640 times with 32.16 average per item. The H-index of Prof. Quanshun Luo has been up to 25. We pay high tribute to his academic achievements and excellent editorial work.