Research Breakthrough | Nanhang Founder's Research Published in SCI Q1 Journal "Rare Metals"

On 7 23, the research paper titled "Synergistic Enhancement of Mechanical and Electrical Properties and Corrosion Resistance of Graphene-Copper Composites by Accumulative Roll Bonding," co-authored by Sun Qingyou, Co-founder of Nanhang New Materials, was officially published in Rare Metals, a top-tier international SCI journal in materials science.

About "Rare Metals"

Many industry professionals are unclear about the standing of Rare Metals. Here's a clear breakdown in one go:

✅ If 12.1 is a JCR Q1 and CAS Tier 1 TOP journal, an authoritative flagship publication in advanced metal materials, metal matrix composites, and their cutting-edge applications.

✅ Selected for China's Top-tier Journal Development Program; ranked in the global top 5 for Metallurgical Engineering, publishing only original and breakthrough materials research.

✅ Successfully published after rigorous multi-round blind peer review by experts, indicating that the research has passed international peer evaluation and received full recognition for its innovation, scientific rigor, and engineering application value.

Focus on Key Technologies for Graphene-Copper Composite Materials

This project was led by a senior expert in metal composite materials and co-developed by the founder of Nanhang New Materials. Leveraging our combined strengths in research and industrialization, we successfully completed joint efforts focused on graphene-copper composites.

Traditional copper-based materials have long faced an industry bottleneck: it is difficult to simultaneously achieve high strength, electrical conductivity, and seawater corrosion resistance. This limitation severely hinders the development of high-end manufacturing sectors such as aerospace, marine engineering, new energy, and semiconductors. This research achieves synergistic optimization of comprehensive performance in graphene-copper composites through an innovative rolling process. It provides a new, mature technical pathway for high-performance conductive and anti-corrosion copper materials, effectively addressing domestic shortfalls in advanced specialty copper alloys. By supporting the localization and self-controllability of key foundational materials for high-end equipment, this work offers significant reference and application value for the high-quality development of the new materials industry.

Drive innovation through industry-academia-research collaboration

Mr. Sun Qingyou, founder of Nanhang New Materials, has long focused on the R&D and industrialization of advanced carbon materials and high-performance conductive composites. He possesses years of experience in graphene, carbon nanotubes, carbon nanocones, and graphene-metal composite materials. In recent years, he has driven continuous technological innovation in areas such as high-performance conductive materials and graphene-reinforced copper-based composites (Super Copper), actively promoting independent development of core materials, manufacturing processes, and equipment to enable full-chain transformation from laboratory research to pilot validation, mass production, and industrial application. Since the establishment of Nanhang, he has led the company's R&D system construction and industry-academia-research collaborations, spearheading technical breakthroughs while fostering stable, long-term partnerships with universities and research institutes to accelerate the commercialization of scientific achievements.

This collaboration's findings, published in "Rare Metals," underscore the company's ongoing commitment to industry-university-research partnerships and demonstrate Nanhang New Materials' technical expertise and R&D strength in graphene-metal composite materials.

Continuously promote the industrialization of new materials

For years, Nanhang New Materials has adhered to a collaborative innovation model integrating industry, academia, and research. We continuously partner with leading domestic universities and national research platforms to build joint R&D systems. Leveraging our expertise in commercializing new materials, we deeply align with cutting-edge academic research, bridging the full value chain from "fundamental lab research" to "pilot-scale validation" and "industrial application." This approach drives scientific innovation through market needs and empowers product iteration with academic breakthroughs.

In the future, Nanhang New Materials will continue to uphold an innovation-driven development strategy, deepen industry-university-research collaboration, and accelerate the transformation of scientific research into practical productivity. We will strengthen R&D in key areas such as advanced carbon materials, high-performance conductive materials, and metal composites, driving more research outcomes toward industrial application. By delivering superior-performance, higher-reliability new material solutions for high-end manufacturing, we aim to support the high-quality development of China's new materials industry.

A Message from the Founder

R&D innovation is a key driver of sustained growth in the new materials industry. Going forward, we will deepen collaborations with universities and research institutions to advance conductive materials from foundational research to commercialization, delivering greater value to our customers.