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

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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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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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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