Yang Yang

Affiliate Researcher
Titles and Affiliations
Assistant Professor, Engineering Science and Mechanics

Research Summary

My research is to leverage advanced electron microscopy techniques to unravel the fundamental mechanisms to enhance the degradation resistance in materials that are critical for sustainable energy systems. The methods that are used involve in-situ TEM, liquid/gas cell, 4D-STEM, and 3D tomography.

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Recent Publications

Three-dimensional integration of two-dimensional field-effect transistors

Jayachandran, D., Pendurthi, R., Sadaf, M. U. K., Sakib, N. U., Pannone, A., Chen, C., Han, Y., Trainor, N., Kumari, S., Mc Knight, T. V., Redwing, J. M., Yang, Y. & Das, S., Jan 11 2024, In: Nature. 625, 7994, p. 276-281 6 p.

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Rejuvenation as the origin of planar defects in the CrCoNi medium entropy alloy

Yang, Y., Yin, S., Yu, Q., Zhu, Y., Ding, J., Zhang, R., Ophus, C., Asta, M., Ritchie, R. O. & Minor, A. M., Dec 2024, In: Nature communications. 15, 1, 1402.

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Direct laser synthesis and patterning of high entropy oxides from liquid precursors

Castonguay, A. C., Nova, N. N., Dueñas, L. M., McGee, S., Lodhi, M. J. K., Yang, Y. & Zarzar, L. D., Nov 1 2023, In: Materials Research Express. 10, 11, 115003.

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Ion-beam radiation-induced Eshelby transformations: The mean and variance in hydrostatic and shear residual stresses

Chen, Y., Li, Q. J., O'Brien, A. D., Yang, Y., He, Q., Bloore, D. A., Vlassak, J. J. & Li, J., Mar 2023, In: Extreme Mechanics Letters. 59, 101970.

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Stress sensitivity origin of extended defects production under coupled irradiation and mechanical loading

He, M., Yang, Y., Gao, F. & Fan, Y., Apr 15 2023, In: Acta Materialia. 248, 118758.

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Compressive vs. tensile yield and fracture toughness behavior of a body-centered cubic refractory high-entropy superalloy Al0.5Nb1.25Ta1.25TiZr at temperatures from ambient to 1200°C

Kumar, P., Kim, S. J., Yu, Q., Ell, J., Zhang, M., Yang, Y., Kim, J. Y., Park, H. K., Minor, A. M., Park, E. S. & Ritchie, R. O., Feb 15 2023, In: Acta Materialia. 245, 118620.

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Imaging Ghosts with 4D-STEM: from Vacancies to Vanishing Dislocations

Mills, S. H., Yang, Y. & Minor, A. M., Jul 22 2023, In: Microscopy and Microanalysis. 29, 1, p. 270 1 p.

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Toward High-Performance p-Type Two-Dimensional Field Effect Transistors: Contact Engineering, Scaling, and Doping

Oberoi, A., Han, Y., Stepanoff, S. P., Pannone, A., Sun, Y., Lin, Y. C., Chen, C., Shallenberger, J. R., Zhou, D., Terrones, M., Redwing, J. M., Robinson, J. A., Wolfe, D. E., Yang, Y. & Das, S., Oct 24 2023, In: ACS nano. 17, 20, p. 19709-19723 15 p.

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One dimensional wormhole corrosion in metals

Yang, Y., Zhou, W., Yin, S., Wang, S. Y., Yu, Q., Olszta, M. J., Zhang, Y. Q., Zeltmann, S. E., Li, M., Jin, M., Schreiber, D. K., Ciston, J., Scott, M. C., Scully, J. R., Ritchie, R. O., Asta, M., Li, J., Short, M. P. & Minor, A. M., Dec 2023, In: Nature communications. 14, 1, 988.

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Pre-zeolite framework super-MIEC anodes for high-rate lithium-ion batteries

Wang, S., Zhao, L., Dong, Y., Zhu, H., Yang, Y., Xu, H., Wang, B., Yuan, Y., Ren, Y., Huang, X., Quan, W., Li, Y., Huang, Y., Settens, C. M., He, Q., Sun, Y., Wang, H., Xiao, Z., Liu, W., Xiao, X., & 9 othersFu, R., Li, Q., Chu, Y. S., Zhang, Z., Liu, Q., Minor, A. M., Zhang, J., Tang, Z. & Li, J., Dec 14 2022, In: Energy and Environmental Science. 16, 1, p. 241-251 11 p.

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Carbon nanotube (CNT) metal composites exhibit greatly reduced radiation damage

Cao, P., So, K. P., Yang, Y., Park, J. G., Li, M., Yan, L., Hu, J., Kirk, M., Li, M., Lee, Y. H., Short, M. P. & Li, J., Jan 15 2021, In: Acta Materialia. 203, 116483.

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Achieving large uniform tensile elasticity in microfabricated diamond

Dang, C., Chou, J. P., Dai, B., Chou, C. T., Yang, Y., Fan, R., Lin, W., Meng, F., Hu, A., Zhu, J., Han, J., Minor, A. M., Li, J. & Lu, Y., Jan 1 2021, In: Science. 371, 6524, p. 76-78 3 p.

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Effects of recoil spectra and electronic energy dissipation on defect survival in 3C-SiC

Nuckols, L., Crespillo, M. L., Yang, Y., Li, J., Zarkadoula, E., Zhang, Y. & Weber, W. J., Mar 2021, In: Materialia. 15, 101023.

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Evaluating the effects of pillar shape and gallium ion beam damage on the mechanical properties of single crystal aluminum nanopillars

Yang, Y., Wang, S. Y., Xiang, B., Yin, S., Pekin, T. C., Li, X., Zhang, R., Yano, K., Hwang, D., Asta, M., Grigoropoulos, C., Allen, F. I. & Minor, A. M., Jun 28 2021, In: Journal of Materials Research. 36, 12, p. 2515-2528 14 p.

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Focused-helium-ion-beam blow forming of nanostructures: Radiation damage and nanofabrication

Kim, C. S., Hobbs, R. G., Agarwal, A., Yang, Y., Manfrinato, V. R., Short, M. P., Li, J. & Berggren, K. K., 2020, In: Nanotechnology. 31, 4, 045302.

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