Publications

Selected Publications

Z. Li, Y. Zhang, Z. Zhang, Y.-T. Cui, Q. Guo, P. Liu, S. Jin, G. Sha, K. Ding, Z. Li, T. Fan, H.M. Urbassek, Q. Yu, T. Zhu, D. Zhang, Y.M. Wang, A nanodispersion-in-nanograins strategy for ultra-strong, ductile and stable metal nanocomposites, Nature communications 13, 5581 (2022).

L. Jiang, M. Gong, J. Wang, Z. Pan, X. Wang, D. Zhang, Y.M. Wang, J. Ciston, A.M. Minor, M. Xu, X. Pan, T.J. Rupert, S. Mahajan, E.J. Lavernia, I.J. Beyerlein, J.M. Schoenung, Visualization and validation of twin nucleation and early-stage growth in magnesium, Nature Communications 13, 20 (2022).

J. Ren, Y. Zhang, D. Zhao, Y. Chen, S. Guan, Y. Liu, L. Liu, S. Peng, F. Kong, J. Poplawsky, G. Gao, T. Voisin, K. An, Y.M. Wang, K. Xie, T. Zhu, W. Chen,  “Strong yet ductile nanolamellar high-entropy alloys by additive manufacturing”, Nature 608, 62–68 (2022). 

W.S. Chen, J. Gu, Q.L. Liu, M.Z. Yang, C. Zhan, X.N. Zang, T.A. Pham, G.X. Liu, W. Zhang, D. Zhang, B. Dunn, Y.M. Wang, “Two-dimensional quantum-sheet films with sub-1.2 nm channels for ultrahigh-rate electrochemical capacitance”, Nature Nanotechnology 17, 153–158 (2022).

J.C. Ye, L. Liu, J. Oakdale, J. Lefebvre, S. Bhowmick, T. Voisin, J.D. Roehling, W.L. Smith, M.R. Ceron, J. van Ham, L.B.B. Aji, M.M. Biener, Y.M. Wang, P.R. Onck, J. Biener, “Ultra-low-density digitally architected carbon with a strutted tube-in-tube structure”, Nature Materials 20, 1498-1505 (2021).

S.A. Khairallah, A.A. Martin, J.R.I. Lee, G. Guss, N.P. Calta, J.A. Hammons, M.H. Nielsen, K.Chaput, E. Schwalbach, M.N. Shah, M.G. Chapman, T.M. Willey, A.M. Rubenchik, A.T. Anderson, Y.M. Wang, M.J. Matthews, W.E. King, “Controlling interdependent meso-nanosecond dynamics and defect generation in metal 3D printing”, Science 368, 660-665 (2020).

Ke, J.C. Ye, Z. Pan, J. Geng, M.F. Besser, D.X. Qu, A. Caro, J. Marian, R.T. Ott, Y.M. Wang, F. Sansoz, “Ideal maximum strengths and defect-induced softening in nanocrystalline-nanotwinned metals”, Nature Materials 18, 1207-1214 (2019).

Chen, T. Voisin, Y. Zhang, J.B. Florien, C.M. Spadaccini, D.L. McDowell, T. Zhu, Y.M. Wang, “Microscale residual stresses in additively manufactured steel”, Nature Communications 10, 4338 (2019).

Yuan, V. Smalyuk , P. Amendt, R. Tommasini, J. Field, S. Khan, D. Bennett, E. Dewald, F. Graziani, S. Johnson, O. Landen, A. MacPhee, A. Nikroo, J. Pino, S. Prisbey, J. Ralph, R. Seugling, D. Strozzi, R. Tipton, Y.M. Wang, E. Loomis, E. Merritt, D. Montgomery, “Enhanced energy coupling for indirectly driven inertial confinement fusion”, Nature Physics 15, 138-141 (2019).

Y.M. Wang, T. Voisin, J.T. McKeown, J.C. Ye, N.P. Calta, Z. Li, Z. Zeng, Y. Zhang, W. Chen, T.T. Roehling, R.T. Ott, M.K. Santala, P.J. Depond, M.J. Matthews, A.V. Hamza, T. Zhu, “Additively manufactured hierarchical stainless steels with high strength and ductility”, Nature Materials 17, 63-71 (2018).

Y.Y. Liu, J.J. Wu, K.P. Hackenberg, J. Zhang, Y.M. Wang, Y.C. Yang, K. Keyshar, J. Gu, T. Ogitsu, R. Vajtai, J. Lou, P.M. Ajayan, B.C. Wood, B.I. Yakobson, “Self-optimizing, highly surface-active layered metal dichalcogenide catalysts for hydrogen evolution”, Nature Energy 2, 17127 (2017).

X.Q. Huang, Z.P. Zhao, L. Cao, Y. Chen, E.B. Zhu, Z.Y. Lin, M.F. Li, A.M. Yan, A. Zettl, Y.M. Wang, X.F. Duan, T. Mueller, Y. Huang, “High-performance transition metal-doped PtNi Octahedra for oxygen reduction reaction”, Science 348, 1230-1234 (2015).

Geng, K. Kim, J. Zhang, A. Escalada, R. Tunuguntla, L.R. Comolli, F.I. Allen, A.V. Shnyrova, K.R. Cho, D. Munoz, Y.M. Wang, C.P. Grigoropoulos, C.M. Ajo-Franklin, V.A. Frolov, A. Noy, “Stochastic transport through carbon nanotubes in lipid bilayers and live cell membranes”, Nature 514, 612-615 (2014).

Y.M. Wang, F. Sansoz, T.B. LaGrange, R.T. Ott, J. Marian, T.W. Barbee, Jr., A.V. Hamza, “Defective twin boundaries in nanotwinned metals”, Nature Materials 12, 697-702 (2013).

J.K. Holt, H.G. Park, Y.M. Wang, M. Stadermann, A.B. Artyukhin, C.P. Grigoropoulos, A. Noy, O. Bakajin, “Fast mass transport through sub-2nm carbon nanotubes”, Science 312, 1034-1037 (2006).

J.Y. Huang, S. Chen, Z. Wang, K. Kempa, Y.M. Wang, S. H. Jo, G. Chen, M.S. Dresselhaus, and Z. F. Ren, “Superplastic carbon nanotubes”, Nature 439, 281 (2006).

E.M. Bringa, A. Caro, Y.M. Wang, M. Victoria, J. McNaney, B. Remington, R. Smith, B. Torralva, H. Van Swygenhoven, “Ultrahigh strength in nanocrystalline materials under shock loading”, Science 309, 1838-1841 (2005).

M.W. Chen, E. Ma, K.J. Hemker, H.W. Sheng, Y.M. Wang, X.M. Cheng, “Deformation twinning in nanocrystalline aluminum”, Science 300, 1275-1277 (2003).

Y.M. Wang, M.W. Chen, F.H. Zhou, E. Ma, “High tensile ductility in a nanostructured metal”, Nature 419, 912-915 (2002).

A full list of our group’s publications is available at google scholar (https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=_IYGcKsAAAAJ&hl=en)