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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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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.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Effects of cryogenic temperature and grain size on fatigue-crack propagation in the medium-entropy CrCoNi alloy
Rackwitz, J., Yu, Q., Yang, Y., Laplanche, G., George, E. P., Minor, A. M. & Ritchie, R. O., Nov 2020, In: Acta Materialia. 200, p. 351-365 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Sample spinning to mitigate polarization artifact and interstitial-vacancy imbalance in ion-beam irradiation
Ren, C. L., Yang, Y., Li, Y. G., Huai, P., Zhu, Z. Y. & Li, J., Dec 2020, In: npj Computational Materials. 6, 1, 189.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Hierarchical {332}<113> twinning in a metastable β Ti-alloy showing tolerance to strain localization
Zhang, J., Fu, Y., Wu, Y., Qian, B., Chen, Z., Inoue, A., Wu, Y., Yang, Y., Sun, F., Li, J. & Prima, F., Jul 2 2020, In: Materials Research Letters. 8, 7, p. 247-253 7 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Proton irradiation-decelerated intergranular corrosion of Ni-Cr alloys in molten salt
Zhou, W., Yang, Y., Zheng, G., Woller, K. B., Stahle, P. W., Minor, A. M. & Short, M. P., Dec 1 2020, In: Nature communications. 11, 1, 3430.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Atomic-scale phase separation induced clustering of solute atoms
Zou, L., Cao, P., Lei, Y., Zakharov, D., Sun, X., House, S. D., Luo, L., Li, J., Yang, Y., Yin, Q., Chen, X., Li, C., Qin, H., Stach, E. A., Yang, J. C., Wang, G. & Zhou, G., Dec 1 2020, In: Nature communications. 11, 1, 3934.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Strong and ductile beta Ti–18Zr–13Mo alloy with multimodal twinning
Zhang, J., Sun, F., Chen, Z., Yang, Y., Shen, B., Li, J. & Prima, F., Jun 3 2019, In: Materials Research Letters. 7, 6, p. 251-257 7 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Gradient Li-rich oxide cathode particles immunized against oxygen release by a molten salt treatment
Zhu, Z., Yu, D., Yang, Y., Su, C., Huang, Y., Dong, Y., Waluyo, I., Wang, B., Hunt, A., Yao, X., Lee, J., Xue, W. & Li, J., Dec 1 2019, In: Nature Energy. 4, 12, p. 1049-1058 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
How Far Away Are Lithium-Sulfur Batteries From Commercialization?
Zhu, K., Wang, C., Chi, Z., Ke, F., Yang, Y., Wang, A., Wang, W. & Miao, L., Nov 15 2019, In: Frontiers in Energy Research. 7, 123.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
Bimetallic nanoparticle oxidation in three dimensions by chemically sensitive electron tomography and in situ transmission electron microscopy
Xia, W., Yang, Y., Meng, Q., Deng, Z., Gong, M., Wang, J., Wang, D., Zhu, Y., Sun, L., Xu, F., Li, J. & Xin, H. L., Aug 28 2018, In: ACS nano. 12, 8, p. 7866-7874 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review