Contact Donglan An
- Email: Donglan.An@cranfield.ac.uk
- Twitter: @Snow__An
Areas of expertise
- Composites
- Manufacturing of Functional Materials
- Aerospace Materials
Background
Donglan received his BEng in Aeronautical Manufacturing Engineering at Tongji University. During his undergraduate studies, he did research on "Enhancing Mode I and mode II interlaminar fracture toughness of CFRP laminates with carbon nanotubes".
Donglan is now a full-time PhD student at Cranfield University under the supervision of Dr Hamed Yazdani Nezhad and Dr Vijay Kumar Thakur.
Current activities
Donglan's current research focuses on self-tuning fibre-reinforced polymer adaptive nanocomposite (STRAINcomp) and in-situ monitoring.
Publications
Articles In Journals
- Bregar T, An D, Gharavian S, Burda M, Durazo-Cardenas I, Kumar Thakur V, Ayre D, Słoma M, Hardiman M, McCarthy C & Yazdani Nezhad H (2020) Carbon nanotube embedded adhesives for real-time monitoring of adhesion failure in high performance adhesively bonded joints, Scientific Reports, 10 (1) Article No. 16833. Dataset/s: 10.17862/cranfield.rd.13006631
- An D, Lotfian S, Mesbah D, Ayre D, Yoosefinejad A, Thakur VK & Yazdani Nezhad H (2019) Ultra-thin electrospun nanofibers for development of damage-tolerant composite laminates, Materials Today Chemistry, 14 (December) Article No. 100202. Dataset/s: 10.17862/cranfield.rd.10058372