1.纳米晶材料的力学性能研究；2.纳米材料的电化学性能研究； 2.第一性原理计算； 3.仿生结构材料的制备与性能研究

徐江，教授、博士生导师。主要研究方向为纳米晶涂层的韧化设计以及纳米涂层的耐蚀性能设计与表征方面取得较为瞩目的进展。相关科研成果以第一作者已在材料类和化学类著名刊物Nature子刊-Scientific Reports(2014年影响因子5.578)，Journal of Materials Chemistry （2014年影响因子7.443,已发表4篇), Nanoscale(2014年影响因子7.394) , Acta Biomaterialia(2014年影响因子6.025), Acta Materialia（2014年影响因子4.465）， Journal of Power Sources(2014年影响因子6.217), Electrochemistry Communications （2014年影响因子4.874）， Journal of Physical Chemistry C （2014年影响因子4.772)，ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces（2014 年影响因子6.723），Electrochimica Acta(2014 年影响因子4.504), Corrosion Science(2014年影响因子4.422), Scripta Materialia (2014年影响因子3.224,已发表2篇）, RSC Advances (2014 年影响因子3.84),<<中国科学E辑>>等SCI收录文章80余篇，其中以第一作者或通讯作者发表或接受被SCI收录的文章 ■■80篇■■（其中影响因子大于4的14篇）。申请国家发明专利17项，其中授权专利14项。目前为Electrochemistry Communications,Electrochimica Acta ，Corrosion Science, Scripta materialia , Surface and Coatings Technology,Journal of the American Ceramic Society，Wear等几十种国际刊物的审稿专家。2009年获教育部高校科技优秀成果奖科技进步二等奖（排名第二）.
学术成果
近年来所发表的相关研究论文被国际著名刊物Nature Communications,Advanced Materials，Chemistry of Materials ，Macromolecules 等引用200余次,单篇最高他人引用37次. 代表性论文：1.Jiang Xu, Xiaoli Zhao, Paul Munroe, Zonghan Xie,Synergistic toughening of hard, nacre-mimetic MoSi2 coatings by self-assembled hierarchical structure,Scientific Reports,accepted;2.Jiang Xu*, Linlin Liu , Paul Munroe, Zong-Han Xie, Zhong-Tao, The nature and role of passive films in controlling the corrosion resistance of MoSi2-based nanocomposite coatings,Journal of Materials Chemistry A,2013, 1 (35), 10281 – 10291； 3.Jiang Xu*, Daohui Lai, ZongHan Xie, Paul Munroe, Zhong-Tao Jiang, A critical role for Al in regulating the corrosion resistance of nanocrystalline Mo(Si1-xAlx)2 films, Journal Materials Chemistry, 2012, 22, 2596-2606；4.Linlin Liu, Jiang Xu*, Zong-Han Xie , Paul Munroe, The roles of passive layers in regulating the electrochemical behavior of Ti5Si3-based nanocomposite films, Journal Materials Chemistry A, 2013, 1, 2064–2078； 5.Linlin Liu, Jiang Xu*, Paul Munroe, Jiake Xu, Zong-Han Xie, Electrochemical behavior of (Ti1 xNbx)5Si3 nanocrystalline films in simulated physiological media, Acta Biomaterialia, 10 (2014) 1005–1013； 6. Jiang Xu, Linlin Liu, Zhengyang Li, Paul Munroe, Zong-Han Xie，Niobium addition enhancing the corrosion resistance of nanocrystalline Ti5Si3 coating in H2SO4 solution，Acta Materialia,63 (2014) 245–260;7.Jiang Xu*, XiangZhen Mao, ZongHan Xie, Paul Munroe, Damage-Tolerant, Hard Nanocomposite Coatings Enabled by a Hierarchical Structure, Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2011, 115 (39), 18977–18982；8.JiangXu*, Linlin Liu, Xiaolin Lu, ShuyunJiang, Effect of carbon doping on electrochemical behaviour of nanocrystalline Ti5Si3 film in NaCl solution, Electrochemistry Communications, 13 (2011) 102–105； 9.Jiang Xu*, Yue Wang, Shuyun Jiang, The effects of substitution of Cr for Mo on the mechanical properties of nanocrystalline Mo5Si3 films, Nanoscale,2010,2:394-398；10.Jiang Xu*, Shuyun Jiang, Yue Wang, Influence of Chromium Alloying on the Cyclic Oxidation Behavior of Nanocrystalline (MoxCr1-x)5Si3 Films at 800°C in Air, ACS applied materials & interfaces, 2010,2(1):301-311；11.Jiang Xu*,Chenzhi Zhuo, Dezhong Han, Jie Tao, Linlin Liu, Shuyun Jiang, Erosion-corrosion behaviour of nano-particle-reinforced Ni matrix composite alloying layer by duplex surface treatment in aqueous slurry environment, Corrosion Science,2009, 51(5):1055-1068；12.Jiang Xu*, Zhong Xu, Jie Tao, Zili Liu, Zheyuan Chen, Wenhui Zhu A novel synthesis method for large area metallic amorphous/ nanocrystal films by the glow-discharge plasma technique, Scripta Materialia，2007,57：587–590；13.Linlin Liu, Jiang Xu*, Paul Munroe, Zong-Han Xie，Microstructure, mechanical and electrochemical properties of in situ synthesized TiC reinforced Ti5Si3 nanocomposite coatings on Ti-6Al-4V substrates，Electrochimica Acta,2014,115,86-95； 14.Jiang Xu*,ZhengYang Li; Zonghan Xie; Paul Munroe，Uniting superhardness and damage-tolerance in a nano-sandwich structured Ti-B-N coating，Scripta Materialia,74 (2014) 88–91；
承担项目
先后主持3项国家自然基金、1项江苏省基金重点项目、1项江苏省自然科学基金、2项航空科学基金，1项博士后特别资助。