About:
This faculty member is associated with the Penn State Intercollege Graduate Degree Program (IGDP) in Materials Science and Engineering (MatSE) where a multitude of perspectives and cross-disciplinary collaboration within research is highly valued. Graduate students in the IGDP in MatSE may work with faculty members from across Penn State.
Recent Activities:
Understanding of materials response to extreme environments using in-situ TEM and other advanced characterization techniques
Research Projects:
- Mechanical behavior of high-entropy alloys and bulk metallic glass
- Corrosion of Ni alloy in molten salt
Publications:
- 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)
- 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
- 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. Image, graphical abstract
- 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).
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
Awards:
- NSF Early Career Award (2022-2027)