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[45] In situ nanometer–resolution strain and orientation mapping for gas–solid reactions via precession–assisted four–dimensional scanning transmission electron microscopy, Yongwen Sun, Ying Han, Dan Zhou, Athanassios S. Galanis, Alejandro Gomez–Perez, Ke Wang, Stavros Nicolopoulos, Hugo Perez Garza, Yang Yang, arXiv, 2504.18918, (2025).
Peer-reviewed publications (in print or production):
2025
[44] Electric field–confined synthesis of single atomic TiOxCy electrocatalytic membranes, Yifan Gao, Shuai Liang, Chengxu Jiang, Mengyao Gu, Quanbiao Zhang, Ali Abdelhafiz, Zhen Zhang, Ying Han, Yang Yang, Xiaoyuan Zhang, Peng Liang, Ju Li, Xia Huang, Science Advances, 11, eads7154, (2025).
[43] Anomalous thermal transport in Eshelby twisted van der Waals nanowires, Yin Liu, Lei Jin, Tribhuwan Pandey, Haoye Sun, Yuzi Liu, Xun Li, Alejandro Rodriguez, Yueyin Wang, Tao Zhou, Rui Chen, Yongwen Sun, Yang Yang, Daryl C. Chrzan, Lucas Lindsay, Junqiao Wu, Jie Yao, Nature Materials, (2025).
2024
[42] Multifunctional 2D FETs exploiting incipient ferroelectricity in freestanding SrTiO₃ nanomembranes at sub-ambient temperatures, Dipanjan Sen, Harikrishnan Ravichandran, Mayukh Das, Pranavam Venkataram, Sooho Choo, Shivashesh Varshney, Zhiyu Zhang, Yongwen Sun, Jay Shah, Shiva Subbulaksmi Radhakrishnan, Akash Saha, Sankalpa Hazra, Chen Chen, Joan M. Redwing, K. Andre Mkhoyan, Venkatraman Gopalan, Yang Yang, Bharat Jalan, Saptarshi Das, Nature Communications, 15, 10739, (2024).
[41] Width-dependent continuous growth of atomically thin quantum nanoribbons from nanoalloy seeds in chalcogen vapor, Xufan Li, Samuel Wyss, Emanuil Yanev, Qing-Jie Li, Shuang Wu, Yongwen Sun, Raymond R. Unocic, Joseph Stage, Matthew Strasbourg, Lucas M. Sassi, Yingxin Zhu, Ju Li, Yang Yang, James Hone, Nicholas Borys, P. James Schuck, Avetik R. Harutyunyan, Nature Communications, 15, 10080,(2024).
[40] High-performance p-type field-effect transistors using substitutional doping and thickness control of two-dimensional materials, Mayukh Das, Dipanjan Sen, Najam U Sakib, Harikrishnan Ravichandran, Yongwen Sun, Zhiyu Zhang, Subir Ghosh, Pranavram Venkatram, Shiva Subbulakshmi Radhakrishnan, Alexander Sredenschek, Zhuohang Yu, Kalyan Jyoti Sarkar, Muhtasim Ul Karim Sadaf, Kalaiarasan Meganathan, Andrew Pannone, Ying Han, David Emanuel Sanchez, Divya Somvanshi, Zdenek Sofer, Mauricio Terrones, Yang Yang, Saptarshi Das, Nature Electronics, 8, 24–35,(2024).
[39] Monolithic and heterogeneous three-dimensional integration of two-dimensional materials with high-density vias, Subir Ghosh, Yikai Zheng, Zhiyu Zhang, Yongwen Sun, Thomas F. Schranghamer, Najam U Sakib, Aaryan Oberoi, Chen Chen, Joan M. Redwing, Yang Yang, and Saptarshi Das, Nature Electronics, 7, 892–903, (2024).
[38] Integrated polyanion-rocksalt cathodes with excess lithium and stabilized cycling, Yimeng Huang, Yanhao Dong, Yang Yang, Tongchao Liu, Moonsu Yoon, Sipei Li, Baoming Wang, Ethan Yupeng Zheng, Jinhyuk Lee, Yongwen Sun, Ying Han, Jim Ciston, Colin Ophus, Chengyu Song, Aubrey Penn, Yaqi Liao, Haijin Ji, Ting Shi, Mengyi Liao, Zexiao Cheng, Jingwei Xiang, Yu Peng, Lu Ma, Xianghui Xiao, Wang Hay Kan, Huaican Chen, Wen Yin, Lingling Guo, Wei-Ren Liu, Rasu Muruganantham, Chun-Chuen Yang, Yuntong Zhu, Qingjie Li, Ju Li, Nature Energy, 9, 1497–1505, (2024). | MIT News Story.
[37] Ubiquitous short-range order in multi-principal element alloys, Ying Han, Hangman Chen, Yongwen Sun, Jian Liu, Shaolou Wei, Bijun Xie, Zhiyu Zhang, Yingxin Zhu, Meng Li, Judith Yang, Wen Chen, Penghui Cao, Yang Yang, Nature Communications, 15, 6486 (2024). | Penn State News Story.
[36] Monolithic three-dimensional integration of complementary two-dimensional field effect transistors, Rahul Pendurthi, Najam U Sakib, Muhtasim Ul Karim Sadaf, Zhiyu Zhang, Yongwen Sun, Chen Chen, Darsith Jayachandran, Aaryan Oberoi, Subir Ghosh, Shalini Kumari, Sergei P. Stepanoff, Divya Somvanshi, Yang Yang, Joan Redwing, Douglas Wolfe, and Saptarshi Das, Nature Nanotechnology, 19, 970–977, (2024).
[35] Direct extraction of lithium from ores by electrochemical leaching, Hanrui Zhang, Ying Han, Jianwei Lai, Joseph Wolf, Zhen Lei, Yang Yang and Feifei Shi, Nature Communications, 15, 5066 (2024).
[34] Rejuvenation as the origin of planar defects in the CrCoNi medium entropy alloy, Yang Yang, Sheng Yin, Qin Yu, Yingxin Zhu, Jun Ding, Ruopeng Zhang, Colin Ophus, Mark Asta, Robert Ritchie, Andrew Minor, Nature Communications, 15, 1402 (2024). | Penn State News Story.
[33] Three-dimensional integration of two-dimensional field-effect transistors, Darsith Jayachandran, Rahul Pendurthi, Muhtasim Ul Karim Sadaf, Najam U Sakib, Andrew Pannone, Chen Chen, Ying HAN, Nicholas Trainor, Shalini Kumari, Thomas Mc Knight, Joan Redwing, Yang Yang, Saptarshi Das, Nature, (2024), 625, 276–281. | Penn State News Story.
[32] Ion Implantation-Induced Plastic Phenomena in Metallic Alloys, Patrick H. Warren, Caleb D. Clement, Yongwen Sun, Jim Ciston, Colin Ophus, Yang Yang, Janelle P. Wharrys, Journal of The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society (JOM), 76, 2858–2869,(2024).
[31] Effect of Growth Temperature on the Microstructure and Properties of Epitaxial MoS2 Monolayers Grown by Metalorganic Chemical Vapor Deposition, Chen Chen, Nicholas Trainor, Shalini Kumari, Henrik Myja, Tilmar Kümmell, Zhiyu Zhang, Yuxi Zhang, Anuj Bisht, Muhtasim Ul Karim Sadaf, Najam U Sakib, Ying Han, Thomas McKnight, Andrew Graves, Meghan Leger, Nicholas Redwing, Myeongok Kim, Dorota Kowalczyk, Gerd Bacher, Nasim Alem, Yang Yang, Saptarshi Das, and Joan M. Redwing, Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology A, 42, 022201, (2024).
2023
[30] Direct Laser Synthesis and Patterning of High Entropy Oxides from Liquid Precursors, Alexander C. Castonguay, Nabila Nabi Nova, Lauren M. Dueñas, Shannon McGee, Muhammad Jahangir Khan Lodhi, Yang Yang, Lauren Zarzar, Materials Research Express, 10, 115003, (2023).
[29] Towards high-performance p-type two-dimensional field effect transistors: contact engineering, scaling, and doping, Aaryan Oberoi, Ying Han, Sergei P. Stepanoff, Andrew Pannone, Yongwen Sun, Yu-Chuan Lin, Chen Chen, Jeffrey R. Shallenberger, Da Zhou, Mauricio Terrones, Joan M Redwing, Joshua A. Robinson, Douglas E Wolfe, Yang Yang, Saptarshi Das, ACS Nano, (2023), 17, 20, 19709–19723.
[28] One Dimensional Wormhole Corrosion in Metals, Yang Yang†, Weiyue Zhou†, Sheng Yin, Sarah Y. Wang, Qin Yu, Matthew J. Olszta, Ya-Qian Zhang, Steven E. Zeltmann, Mingda Li, Miaomiao Jin, Daniel K. Schreiber, Jim Ciston, M. C. Scott, John R. Scully, Robert O. Ritchie, Mark Asta, Ju Li, Michael P. Short, Andrew M. Minor, Nature Communications, (2023), 14, 988. | Penn State News Story.
[27] Stress Sensitivity Origin of Extended Defects Production Under Coupled Irradiation and Mechanical Loading, Miao He, Yang Yang, Fei Gao, and Yue Fan, Acta Materialia, (2023), 118758.
[26] Ion-beam radiation-induced Eshelby transformations: The mean and variance in hydrostatic and shear residual stresses, Yongchao Chen, Qing-Jie Li, Alexander D. O’Brien, Yang Yang, Qi He, David A. Bloore, Joost J. Vlassak, Ju Li, Extreme Mechanics Letters, (2023), 59, 101970.
2022
[25] Pre-zeolite framework super-MIEC anodes for high-rate lithium-ion batteries, Shitong Wang†, Lijiang Zhao†, Yanhao Dong, He Zhu, Yang Yang, Haowei Xu, Baoming Wang, Yakun Yuan, Yang Ren, Xiaojing Huang, Wei Quan, Yutong Li, Yimeng Huang, Charles M. Settens, Qi He, Yongwen Sun, Hua Wang, Zunqiu Xiao, Wenjun Liu, Xianghui Xiao, Riqiang Fu, Qiang Li, Yong S. Chu, Zhongtai Zhang, Qi Liu, Andrew M. Minor, Junying Zhang, Zilong Tang and Ju Li†, Energy & Environmental Science, 16, 241-251, (2022).
[24] 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, Punit Kumar†, Sang Jun Kim†, Qin Yu†, Jon Ell, Mingwei Zhang, Yang Yang, Ji Young Kim, Hyung-Ki Park, Andrew M. Minor, Eun Soo Park, Robert O. Ritchie, Acta Materialia, 118620 (2022).
2021
[23] Evaluating the effects of pillar shape and gallium ion beam damage on the mechanical properties of single crystal aluminum nanopillars, Yang Yang†, Sarah Y. Wang†, Bin Xiang, Sheng Yin, Thomas C. Pekin, Xiaoqing Li, Ruopeng Zhang, Kayla Yano, David Hwang, Mark Asta, Costas Grigoropoulos, Frances I. Allen, and Andrew M. Minor, Journal of Materials Research, (2021).
[22] Effects of Recoil Spectra and Electronic Energy Dissipation on Defect Survival in 3C-SiC, Lauren Nuckols, Miguel L. Crespillo, Yang Yang, Ju Li, Eva Zarkadoula, Yanwen Zhang and William J. Weber, Materialia, (2021) 101023.
[21] Achieving large uniform tensile elasticity in microfabricated diamond, Chaoqun Dang†, Jyh-Pin Chou†, Bing Dai†, Chang-Ti Chou†, Yang Yang, Rong Fan, Weitong Lin, Fanling Meng, Alice Hu, Jiaqi Zhu, Jiecai Han, Andrew M. Minor, Ju Li, Yang Lu, Science, 371, 76–78 (2021)
Before 2021
[20] Sample spinning to mitigate polarization artifact and interstitial-vacancy imbalance in ion-beam irradiation, Cui-Lan Ren, Yang Yang, Yong-Gang Li, Ping Huai, Zhi-Yuan Zhu & Ju Li, npj Computational Materials, (2020) 189
[19] Carbon nanotube (CNT) metal composites exhibit greatly reduced radiation damage, Kang Pyo So†, Penghui Cao†, Yang Yang, Jong Gil Park, Mingda Li, Long Yan, Jing Hu, Mark Kirk, Meimei Li, Young Hee Lee, Michael P.Short, Ju Li, Acta Materialia, 2020
[18] Effects of Cryogenic Temperature and Grain Size on Fatigue-Crack Propagation in the Medium-Entropy CrCoNi Alloy, Julian Rackwitz†, Qin Yu†, Yang Yang, Guillaume Laplanche, Easo P George, Andrew M Minor, Robert O Ritchie, Acta Materialia, 200 (2020): 351-365.
[17] Atomic-scale phase separation induced clustering of solute atoms, Lianfeng Zou†, Penghui Cao†, Yinkai Lei†, Dmitri Zakharov, Xianhu Sun, Stephen D. House, Langli Luo, Jonathan Li, Yang Yang, Qiyue Yin, Xiaobo Chen, Chaoran Li, Hailang Qin, Eric A. Stach, Judith C. Yang, Guofeng Wang & Guangwen Zhou, Nat Commun 11, 3934 (2020).
[16] Proton irradiation-decelerated intergranular corrosion of Ni-Cr alloys in molten salt, Weiyue Zhou, Yang Yang, Guiqiu Zheng, Kevin B. Woller, Peter W. Stahle, Andrew M. Minor & Michael P. Short, Nat Commun 11, 3430 (2020).
MIT News: http://news.mit.edu/2020/radiation-slow-corrosion-materials-0709
[15] Hierarchical {332}<113> twinning in a metastable beta Ti-alloy showing tolerance to strain localization, Jinyong Zhang, Yangyang Fu, Yijin Wu, Bingnan Qian, Zheng Chen, Akihisa Inoue, Yuan Wu, Yang Yang, Fan Sun, Ju Li and Frederic Prima, Materials Research Letters 8 (2020) 247-253.
Selected as Editor’s choice paper by MRL Editorial Office in May 2020.
[14] How Far Away Are Lithium-Sulfur Batteries From Commercialization?, Kunlei Zhu†, Chao Wang†, Zixiang Chi, Fei Ke, Yang Yang, Anbang Wang, Weikun Wang and Lixiao Miao, Front. Energy Res. 7, 123
[13] Gradient Li-rich oxide cathode particles immunized against oxygen release by a molten salt treatment, Zhi Zhu, Daiwei Yu, Yang Yang, Cong Su, Yimeng Huang, Yanhao Dong, Iradwikanari Waluyo, Baoming Wang, Adrian Hunt, Xiahui Yao, Jinhyuk Lee, Weijiang Xue and Ju Li, Nature Energy, 4 (2019) 1049-1058.
[12] Focused-Helium-Ion-Beam Blow Forming of Nanostructures: Radiation Damage and Nanofabrication, Chung-Soo Kim, Richard G Hobbs, Akshay Agarwal, Yang Yang, Vitor R Manfrinato, Michael P Short, Ju Li and Karl K Berggren, Nanotechnology, 31 (2020) 045302.
[11] Strong and ductile beta Ti–18Zr–13Mo alloy with multimodal twinning, Jinyong Zhang, Fan Sun , Zheng Chen, Yang Yang, Baolong Shen, Ju Li and Frédéric Prima, Materials Research Letters 7 (6), 251-257.
[10] More Efficient and Accurate Simulations of Primary Radiation Damage in Materials with Nanosized Microstructural Features or Ion Beam, Ju Li, Yang Yang, and Michael P. Short., Handbook of Materials Modeling. Volume 2 Applications: Current and Emerging Materials, (2018).
[9] Liquid-Like, Self-Healing Aluminum Oxide during Deformation at Room Temperature, Yang Yang, Akihiro Kushima, Weizhong Han, Huolin Xin and Ju Li, Nano Letters 18 (2018) 2492-2497. 
Highlighted by Science: A revealing view of oxides, by Marc S. Lavine, Science, 360 (2018) 45-46.
[8] Nano-beam and nano-target effects in ion radiation,
Yang Yang, Yong Gang Li, Michael P. Short, Chung-Soo Kim, Karl K. Berggren and Ju Li, Nanoscale 10 (2018) 1598-1606.
[7] Bimetallic nanoparticle oxidation in three dimensions by chemically sensitive electron tomography and in situ transmission electron microscopy,
Weiwei Xia, Yang Yang, Qingping Meng, Zhiping Deng, Mingxing Gong, Jie Wang, Deli Wang, Yimei Zhu, Litao Sun, Feng Xu, Ju Li and Huolin Xin, ACS Nano, (2018) 12, 7866-7874.
[6] Monte Carlo simulation of PKA distribution along nanowires under ion radiation, Yang Yang, Michael P. Short, and Ju Li., Nuclear Engineering and Design, 340 (2018) 300-307.
[5] Ion radiation albedo effect: influence of surface roughness on ion implantation and sputtering of materials,
Yong Gang Li, Yang Yang, Michael P. Short, Ze Jun Ding, Zhi Zeng and Ju Li, Nuclear Fusion 57 (2017) 016038.
[4] Dispersion of carbon nanotubes in aluminum improves radiation resistance,
Kang Pyo So, Di Chen, Akihiro Kushima, Mingda Li, Sangtae Kim, Yang Yang, Ziqiang Wang, Jong Gil Park, Young Hee Lee, Rafael I. Gonzalez, Miguel Kiwi, Eduardo M. Bringa, Lin Shao and Ju Li, Nano Energy 22 (2016) 319-327.
[3] Portrait and Classification of Individual Haze Particulates,
Yuan Li, Minshuai Ding, Yang Yang, Pengcheng Zhang, Yao Li, Yuecun Wang, Longchao Huang, Pingjiong Yang, Ming Wang, Xiao Sha, Yameng Xu, Chaowei Guo, and Zhiwei Shan, Journal of Environmental Protection (2016) 7, 1355- 1379.
[2] IM3D: A parallel Monte Carlo code for efficient simulations of primary radiation displacements and damage in 3D geometry,
Yong Gang Li, Yang Yang, Michael P. Short, Ze Jun Ding, Zhi Zeng and Ju Li, Scientific Reports 5 (2015) 18130.
[1] Applications of Transient Grating Spectroscopy to Radiation Materials Science,
Michael P. Short, Cody A. Dennett, Sara E. Ferry, Yang Yang, Vikash K. Mishra, Jeffrey K. Elia- son, Alejandro Vega-Flick, Alexei A. Maznev, and Keith A. Nelson. JOM 67, no. 8 (2015): 1840-1848.
