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Dickon H. L. Ng

Dickon H.L. Ng
BSc; MSc; PhD


Education

  1. BSc, McGill
  2. MSc, Concordia
  3. PhD, Manitoba

Position

  1. 1989-1991, Postdoctoral Research Assistant, Department of Materials, University of Oxford
  2. 1991-now, Lecturer, Department of Physics, CUHK
  3. 1994-now, Warden, Adam Schall Residence, United College, CUHK

Honorary Position

  1. 2002-2005, Visiting Professor, Wuhan University of Science and Technology
  2. 2003 (Michealmas term), Visiting Fellow, Corpus Christi College, University of Cambridge

Current Research Interests

  1. Magnetic nondestructive testing of low carbon steels
  2. Rare earth - transition metal permanent magnets
  3. Metal matrix composite and ceramic matrix composite materials
  4. Intermetallic compounds
  5. Nanocomposites
  6. One dimensional nano-structured materials

Research Grants

  1. RGC Earmarked Grant (94-95): Development of Magnetic Methods for the Non-Destrective Inspection of Steel Structures
  2. RGC Earmarked Grant (01-02): Fabrication and characterization of alumina whiskers and intermetallics reinforced aluminum-based metal matrix composites

Patents
  1. C-D. Qin and D.H.L. Ng, "Aluminum metal matrix composite materials reinforced by intermetallic compounds and alumina whiskers", US Patent, Patent No. 5,972,523 (1999).
  2. C-D. Qin and D.H.L. Ng, "Aluminum metal matrix composite materials reinforced by intermetallic compounds and alumina whiskers", US Patent, Patent No. 6,187,260 B1(2001).

Recent Representative Publications
  1. Peng Yu, Cheng-Ji, Deng, Nan-Gang Ma, and Dickon H.L.Ng,
    "Formation of Al3Ni nanofibers in an Al-based metal matrix composite fabricated by reaction sintering", J. Mate. Res. 19(2004) 1187-1196.
  2. N. G. Ma, C. J. Deng, P. Yu, M. Aravind, and D. H. L. Ng,
    "Formation of MgO nanorods in the reaction zone of a Mg-CuO powder mixture by in-situ reaction", Philosophical Magazine A, Vol. 84, No. 1, (2004) 69-80.
  3. Peng Yu, Cheng-Ji Deng, Nan-Gang Ma and Dickon H.L. Ng,
    "A new method of producing uniformly distributed alumina particles in A1-based metal matrix compsite", Materials Letters, 58 (2004) 679-682.
  4. G.Z. Wang, N.G. Ma, C.J. Deng, P. Yu, C.Y. To, N.C. Hung, M. Aravind and Dickon H.L. Ng,
    "Large-scale synthesis of aligned hexagonal ZnO nanorods using chemical vapor deposition", Materials Letters, 58 (2004) 2195-2198.
  5. Peng Yu, Cheng-Ji Deng, Nan-Gang Ma, Man-Yan Yau, and Dickon H L Ng,
    "Formation of nanostructured eutecic network in alpha-A12 O3 reinforced A1-Cu alloy matrix composite", Acta Materialia, 51 (2003) 3445-3454.
  6. N. G. Ma, C. J. Deng, P. Yu, W. Y. Kwok, M. Aravind, D. H. L. Ng and S. L. I. Chan,
    "Formation of Mg-Mg2Cu nanostructured eutecic in Mg-based metal matrix composite", Journal of Materials Research, vol. 18, 1934-1942(2003).
  7. Cheng-Ji Deng, Peng Yu, Man-Yan Yan, Chiu-Shan Ku, Dickon H L Ng,
    "Fabrication of single crystal alpha-A12O3 nanorods by displacement reactions", J. Am. Cer. Soc., 86 [8], 1385-1388 (2003).

Accepted and In Press Publications (in 2004)

  1. M. Aravind, P.Yu, M.Y. Yau, and Dickon H.L.Ng,
    "Formation of Al2Cu and AlCu intermetallics in the Al(Cu) alloy matrix composities by reaction sintering" Mat. Sci. and Eng. A. in press.
  2. Nan-Gang Ma, Eric M.Y.Yau, Manju Aravind, Dickon H.L.Ng, and Sammy L.I.Chan,
    "Formation of Mg2Ni nanofibers in an Mg-based metal matrix composite", Philosophical Magazine A in press.
  3. N.C.Hung, G.Z.Wang, M.Y.Yau, and Dickon H.L.Ng,
    "A new method of producing well-aligned ZnO nanorods on a Si-SiO2 substrate", Journal of Materials Research in press.