- Formation of nanoclusters (including solute-solute interaction)
- Solute-defect interaction (including grain-boundary segregation)
- Nanoscale microstructures (e.g., ultrafine grained steels, complex-phase steels, inhomogeneous deformation)
- Advanced theoretical and simulation studies (e.g., ab initio electron theory, large-scale molecular dynamics)
- Advanced analyses of nanostructures (e.g., atom-probe tomography, TEM, SEM-EBSD)