• BE, Nuclear Science and Technology, University of Science and Technology of China, 2012
• Ph D, Nuclear Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), 2019

Journal Articles

Darsith Jayachandran, Rahul Pendurthi, Muhtasim Ul Sadaf, Najam U. Sakib, Andrew Pannone, Chen Chen, Ying Han, Nicholas Trainor, Shalini Kumari, Thomas V. Mc Knight, Joan M Redwing, Yang Yang and Saptarshi Das, 2024, "Three-dimensional integration of two-dimensional field-effect transistors", Nature, 625, (7994), pp. 276-281

Alexander C. Castonguay, Nabila Nabi Nova, Lauren M. Dueñas, Shannon McGee, M. J.K. Lodhi, Yang Yang and Lauren Zarzar, 2023, "Direct laser synthesis and patterning of high entropy oxides from liquid precursors", Materials Research Express, 10, (11)

Aaryan Oberoi, Ying Han, Sergei P. Stepanoff, Andrew Pannone, Yongwen Sun, Yu Chuan Lin, Chen Chen, Jeffrey Shallenberger, Da Zhou, Mauricio Terrones Maldonado, Joan M Redwing, Joshua A Robinson, Douglas E Wolfe, Yang Yang and Saptarshi Das, 2023, "Toward High-Performance p-Type Two-Dimensional Field Effect Transistors: Contact Engineering, Scaling, and Doping", ACS Nano, 17, (20), pp. 19709-19723

Miao He, Yang Yang, Fei Gao and Yue Fan, 2023, "Stress sensitivity origin of extended defects production under coupled irradiation and mechanical loading", Acta Materialia, 248, pp. 118758

Yongchao Chen, Qing-Jie Li, Alexander D. O’Brien, Yang Yang, Qi He, David A. Bloore, Joost J. Vlassak and Ju Li, 2023, "Ion-beam radiation-induced Eshelby transformations: The mean and variance in hydrostatic and shear residual stresses", Extreme Mechanics Letters, 59, pp. 101970

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 and Robert O. Ritchie, 2023, "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", Acta Materialia, 245

Yang Yang, Weiyue Zhou, Sheng Yin, Sarah Y. Wang, Qin Yu, Matthew J. Olszta, Ya-Qian Zhang, Steven E. Zeltmann, Mingda Li, Mia Jin, Daniel K. Schreiber, Jim Ciston, M. C. Scott, John R. Scully, Robert O. Ritchie, Mark Asta, Ju Li, Michael P. Short and Andrew M. Minor, 2023, "One dimensional wormhole corrosion in metals", Nature Communications, 14, (1)

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, 2022, "Pre-zeolite framework super-MIEC anodes for high-rate lithium-ion batteries", Energy and Environmental Science

Chaoqun Dang, Jyh-Pin Chou, Bing Dai, Chang-Ti Chou, Yang Yang, Rong Fan, Weitong Lin, Fanling Meng, Alice Hu, Jiaqi Zhu and others, 2021, "Achieving large uniform tensile elasticity in microfabricated diamond", Science, 371, (6524), pp. 76–78

Lauren Nuckols, Miguel L Crespillo, Yang Yang, Ju Li, Eva Zarkadoula, Yanwen Zhang and William J Weber, 2021, "Effects of Recoil Spectra and Electronic Energy Dissipation on Defect Survival in 3C-SiC", Materialia, pp. 101023

Yang Yang, Sarah Y Wang, Bin Xiang, Sheng Yin, Thomas C Pekin, Xiaoqing Li, Ruopeng Zhang, Kayla Yano, David Hwang, Mark Asta and others, 2021, "Evaluating the effects of pillar shape and gallium ion beam damage on the mechanical properties of single crystal aluminum nanopillars", Journal of Materials Research, pp. 1–14

Yang Yang, Weiyue Zhou, Sheng Yin, Sarah Wang, Qin Yu, Robert Ritchie, Mark Asta, Ju Li, Michael Short and Andrew Minor, 2021, "4D-STEM Imaging of nanostructural heterogeneities in Ni-20Cr after corrosion in molten salt", Microscopy and Microanalysis, 27, (S1), pp. 2134–2135

Yang Yang, Ruopeng Zhang, Shiteng Zhao, Yu Deng, Qin Yu, Steven Zeltmann, Sheng Yin, Jim Ciston, Colin Ophus, Mark Asta and others, 2021, "In situ observations and measurements of plastic deformation, phase transformations and fracture with 4D-STEM", Microscopy and Microanalysis, 27, (S1), pp. 1494–1495

Sean Mills, Yang Yang and Andrew M Minor, 2021, "In-situ 4D-STEM imaging to develop a fundamental understanding of coupled transport of vacancies", Microscopy and Microanalysis, 27, (S1), pp. 2202–2202

Lianfeng Zou, Penghui Cao, Yinkai Lei, Dmitri Zakharov, Xianhu Sun, Stephen D House, Langli Luo, Jonathan Li, Yang Yang, Qiyue Yin and others, 2020, "Atomic-scale phase separation induced clustering of solute atoms", Nature Communications, 11, (1), pp. 1–10

Kang Pyo So, Penghui Cao, Yang Yang, Jong Gil Park, Mingda Li, Long Yan, Jing Hu, Mark Kirk, Meimei Li, Young Hee Lee and others, 2020, "Carbon nanotube (CNT) metal composites exhibit greatly reduced radiation damage", Acta Materialia, pp. 116483

Julian Rackwitz, Qin Yu, Yang Yang, Guillaume Laplanche, Easo P George, Andrew M Minor and Robert O Ritchie, 2020, "Effects of Cryogenic Temperature and Grain Size on Fatigue-Crack Propagation in the Medium-Entropy CrCoNi Alloy", Acta Materialia, 200, pp. 351–365

Jinyong Zhang, Yangyang Fu, Yijin Wu, Bingnan Qian, Zheng Chen, Akihisa Inoue, Yuan Wu, Yang Yang, Fan Sun, Ju Li and others, 2020, "Hierarchical {332}<113> twinning in a metastable ß Ti-alloy showing tolerance to strain localization", Materials Research Letters, 8, (7), pp. 247–253

Weiyue Zhou, Yang Yang, Guiqiu Zheng, Kevin B Woller, Peter W Stahle, Andrew M Minor and Michael P Short, 2020, "Proton irradiation-decelerated intergranular corrosion of Ni-Cr alloys in molten salt", Nature communications, 11, (1), pp. 1–7

Cui-Lan Ren, Yang Yang, Yong-Gang Li, Ping Huai, Zhi-Yuan Zhu and Ju Li, 2020, "Sample spinning to mitigate polarization artifact and interstitial-vacancy imbalance in ion-beam irradiation", npj Computational Materials, 6, (1), pp. 1–11

Chung-Soo Kim, Richard G Hobbs, Akshay Agarwal, Yang Yang, Vitor R Manfrinato, Michael P Short, Ju Li and Karl K Berggren, 2019, "Focused-helium-ion-beam blow forming of nanostructures: radiation damage and nanofabrication", Nanotechnology, 31, (4), pp. 045302

Zhi Zhu, Daiwei Yu, Yang Yang, Cong Su, Yimeng Huang, Yanhao Dong, Iradwikanari Waluyo, Baoming Wang, Adrian Hunt, Xiahui Yao and others, 2019, "Gradient Li-rich oxide cathode particles immunized against oxygen release by a molten salt treatment", Nature Energy, 4, (12), pp. 1049–1058

Kunlei Zhu, Chao Wang, Zixiang Chi, Fei Ke, Yang Yang, Anbang Wang, Weikun Wang and Lixiao Miao, 2019, "How far away are lithium-sulfur batteries from commercialization?", Frontiers in Energy Research

Yang Yang, Akihiro Kushima, Huolin Xin, Peter Hosemann and Ju Li, 2019, "In-Situ Observation of Concurrent Oxidation and Mechanical Deformation in Al and Zr", Microscopy and Microanalysis, 25, (S2), pp. 1912–1913

Jinyong Zhang, Fan Sun, Zheng Chen, Yang Yang, Baolong Shen, Ju Li and Frédéric Prima, 2019, "Strong and ductile beta Ti–18Zr–13Mo alloy with multimodal twinning", Materials Research Letters, 7, (6), pp. 251–257

Weiwei Xia, Yang Yang, Qingping Meng, Zhiping Deng, Mingxing Gong, Jie Wang, Deli Wang, Yimei Zhu, Litao Sun, Feng Xu and others, 2018, "Bimetallic Nanoparticle Oxidation in Three Dimensions by Chemically Sensitive Electron Tomography and In-Situ Transmission Electron Microscopy", ACS Nano, 12, (8), pp. 7866–7874

Yang Yang, Akihiro Kushima, Weizhong Han, Huolin Xin and Ju Li, 2018, "Liquid-like, self-healing aluminum oxide during deformation at room temperature", Nano letters, 18, (4), pp. 2492–2497

Yang Yang, Michael Short and Ju Li, 2018, "Monte Carlo simulation of PKA distribution along nanowires under ion radiation", Nuclear Engineering and Design, 340, pp. 300–307

Yang Yang, Yong Gang Li, Michael P Short, Chung-Soo Kim, Karl K Berggren and Ju Li, 2018, "Nano-beam and nano-target effects in ion radiation", Nanoscale, 10, (4), pp. 1598–1606

Kang Pyo So, Di Chen, Akihiro Kushima, Mingda Li, Sangtae Kim, Yang Yang, Ziqiang Wang, Jong Gil Park, Young Hee Lee, Gonzalez, Rafael I and others, 2016, "Dispersion of carbon nanotubes in aluminum improves radiation resistance", Nano Energy, 22, pp. 319–327

Yonggang Li, Yang Yang, Michael P Short, Zejun Ding, Zhi Zeng and Ju Li, 2016, "Ion radiation albedo effect: influence of surface roughness on ion implantation and sputtering of materials", Nuclear Fusion, 57, (1), pp. 016038

Clara Yuan Li, Mingshuai Ding, Yang Yang, Pengcheng Zhang, Yao Li, Yuecun Wang, Longchao Huang, Pingjiong Yang, Ming Wang, Xiao Sha and others, 2016, "Portrait and Classification of Individual Haze Particulates", Journal of Environmental Protection, 7, (10), pp. 1355

Michael P Short, Cody A Dennett, Sara E Ferry, Yang Yang, Vikash K Mishra, Jeffrey K Eliason, Alejandro Vega-Flick, Alexei A Maznev and Keith A Nelson, 2015, "Applications of transient grating spectroscopy to radiation materials science", JOM, 67, (8), pp. 1840–1848

Yong Gang Li, Yang Yang, Michael P Short, Ze Jun Ding, Zhi Zeng and Ju Li, 2015, "IM3D: A parallel Monte Carlo code for efficient simulations of primary radiation displacements and damage in 3D geometry", Scientific reports, 5, pp. 18130

Conference Proceedings

Xufan Li, Shuang Wu, Samuel Wyss, Emanuil Yanev, Yongwen Sun, Raymond Unocic, Yang Yang, James Schuck, Nick Borys and Avetik Harutyunyan, 2024, "Growth of Atomic Layer TMD Quantum Nanoribbons with Controllable Width", Bulletin of the American Physical Society, APS

Sean H Mills, Yang Yang and Andrew M Minor, 2023, "Imaging Ghosts with 4D-STEM: from Vacancies to Vanishing Dislocations", Microscopy and Microanalysis, Oxford University Press US, 29, (Supplement_1), pp. 270

Other

Kangpyo So, Penghui Cao, Yang Yang, Jong Gil Park, Mingda Li, Yan Long, Jing Hu, Mark Kirk, Meimei Li, Young Hee Lee and others, 2018, "Nanotube/Nanowire as Effective Defect Sinks in Metals—Atomistic Simulations and In Situ Ion Radiation Transmission Electron Microscopy"

• NSF Early Career Award, National Science Foundation, September 2022 - August 2027

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