Associate Professor

2011-2014 Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, The University of Tokyo

2008-2011 M. S., Materials Science and Technology, China University of Geosciences (Beijing)

2004-2008 B. E., Mechanical Design, Manufacturing and Automation, China University of Geosciences (Beijing)

2021/12-Present Associate professor, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Tsinghua University

2017/02-2021/11 Assistant Professor, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Tsinghua University,

2014/11-2017/02 Postdoctoral Fellow in the group of Prof. Dr. Jianbin Luo, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Tsinghua University

Tribology

Tribology Experiments and Analysis

The mystery of machinery

Mechanical design theory and method

Superlubricity

Coating technology

Nanotribology

Solid lubricants

2020 Wenshizhu Maple Leaf Prize

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

[1] Xinchun Chen, Chenhui Zhang*, Takahisa Kato, Xin-an Yang, Sudong Wu, Rong Wang, Masataka Nosaka, Jianbin Luo*. Evolution of tribo-induced interfacial nanostructures governing superlubricity in a-C:H and a-C:H:Si films, Nature Communications, 2017, 8(1): 1675.

[2] Xinchun Chen, Xuan Yin, Wei Qi, Chenhui Zhang*, Junho Choi, Sudong Wu, Rong Wang, Jianbin Luo*. Atomic-scale insights into the interfacial instability of superlubricity in hydrogenated amorphous carbon films, Science Advances, 2020, 6(13): eaay1272.

[3] Kang Wang, Jie Zhang, Tianbao Ma*, Yanmin Liu, Aisheng Song, Xinchun Chen*, Yuanzhong Hu, Robert W. Carpick, Jianbin Luo. Unraveling the Friction Evolution Mechanism of Diamond-Like Carbon Film during Nanoscale Running-In Process toward Superlubricity, Small, 2021, 17(1): 2005607.

[4] Xuan Yin, Jie Jin, Xinchun Chen*, Tianbao Ma, Chenhui Zhang. A New Pathway for Superlubricity in a Multilayered MoS2–Ag Film under Cryogenic Environment, Nano Letters, 2021, 21(24): 10165-10171.

[5] Xinchun Chen, Jinjin Li*. Superlubricity of carbon nanostructures, Carbon, 2020, 158: 1-23.