MSE Annual Report
2019
Table of Contents
- Faculty and Staff News
- Faculty Research
- Student News
- Alumni News
- By the Numbers
- K-12 Outreach
Annual Report and Publications
Select Faculty Publications
Janet Callahan
Yun Hang Hu
- H. Su, Y. H. Hu*, "Thermo-Photo Catalytic Anode Process for Carbonate-Superstructured Solid Fuel Cells", Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 121, e2314996121 (2024).
- S. Fang, M. Rahaman, J. Bharti, E. Reisner, M. Robert, G. A. Ozin, Y. H. Hu*, "Photocatalytic CO2 Reduction", Nature Reviews Methods Primers, 3, 61 (2023).
- L. Chang, S. Chen, Y. Fei, D. J. Stacchiola, Y. H. Hu*, "Superstructured NiMoO4@CoMoO4 Core-Shell Nanofibers for Supercapacitors with Ultrahigh Areal Capacitance", Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 120, e2219950120 (2023).
- S. Fang, X. Lyu, T. Tong, A. I. Lim, T. Li, J. Bao, Y. H. Hu*, "Turning Dead Leaves into an Active Multifunctional Material as Evaporator, Photocatalyst, and Bioplastic", Nature Communications, 14, 1203 (2023).
- H. Su, W. Zhang, Y. H. Hu*, "Carbonate-Superstructured Solid Fuel Cells with Hydrocarbon Fuels", Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 119, e2208750119 (2022).
- Y. H. Hu*, "Fund Industrial Fellowships for Faculty to Benefit Graduates", Nature, 601, 508 (2022).
- S. Fang, Y. H. Hu*, "Open the Door to the Atomic World by Single-Molecule Atomic Force Microscopy", Matter, 4, 1189 (2021).
- Y. H. Hu*, E. Ruckenstein*, “Comment on Dry Reforming of Methane by Stable Ni–Mo Nanocatalysts on Single-crystalline MgO", Science, 368, eabb5459 (2020).
- Z. Sun, Y. H. Hu*, "How Magical Is Magic-Angle Graphene?", Matter, 2, 1106 (2020).
- S. Fang, Y. H. Hu*, "Creating and Seeing the First Pure Carbon Ring", Matter, 1, 1116 (2019).
- L. Chang, Y. H. Hu*, "Breakthroughs in Designing Commercial-Level Mass-Loading Graphene Electrodes for Electrochemical Double-Layer Capacitors", Matter, 1, 596 (2019).
Yongmei M. Jin
- M.N. Tianen, K.G. Ong, Y.M. Jin, “Zigzag Magnetic Domain Boundaries in Fe-Ga alloys,” Phys. Rev. B, 103, 104417 (2021).
- L.D. Geng, R. Pati, Y.M. Jin, “Electric Field Control of Magnetism at g-FeSi2/Si(001) Interface,” J. Mater. Sci., 56, 3804 (2021).
- M.N. Tianen, Y.M. Jin, “Variations of the Cellular Magnetic Domain Structure of Fe-Ga,” J. Appl. Phys., 128, 163904 (2020).
- Z.J. Morgan, Y.M. Jin, “Phase Field Modeling of Pore Electromigration in Anisotropic Conducting Polycrystals,” Comput. Mater. Sci., 172, 109362 (2020).
- Y.M. Jin, Y.U. Wang, A.G. Khachaturyan, “Macroscopic Energy Barrier and Rate-Independent Hysteresis in Martensitic Transformations,” Acta Mater., 173, 292 (2019).
- L.D. Geng, Y.M. Jin, “Magnetic Vortex Racetrack Memory,” J. Magn. Magn. Mater., 423, 84 (2017).
- L.D. Geng, Y.M. Jin, “Domain Wall Creep in Magnetic Thin Films near the Depinning Transition,” Euro. Phys. Lett., 116, 36002 (2016).
- Y.M. Jin, Y.U. Wang, Y. Ren, “Theory and Experimental Evidence of Phonon Domains and Their Roles in Pre-Martensitic Phenomena,” npj Comput. Mater., 1, 15002 (2015).
- Y.M. Jin, “Phase Field Modeling of Current Density Distribution and Effective Electrical Conductivity in Complex Microstructures,” Appl. Phys. Lett., 103, 021906 (2013).
- Y.M. Jin, “Phase Field Microelastic Modeling of Microstructure Evolutions in Free-Standing Thin Films,” Acta Mater., 60, 6547 (2012).
- Y.M. Jin, “Domain Microstructure Evolution in Magnetic Shape Memory Alloys: Phase Field Model and Simulation,” Acta Mater., 57, 2488 (2009).
- Y.M. Jin, A.G. Khachaturyan, “Atomic Density Function Theory and Modeling of Microstructure Evolution at the Atomic Scale,” J. Appl. Phys., 100, 013519 (2006).
Miguel Levy
- Complete List of Publications (Google Scholar)
- Most Recent Publications:
- Spalled YIG Thin Films - J. Appl Phys - Editors Pick (2025)
- Optical Excitation of Spin Modes - Phys Rev Appl (2024)
- Band Structure Reconfiguration and Surface Faraday Rotation - Opt Mat Exp (2024).
- Surface Magneto-Optics in YIG - Opt Mat Exp (2023)
- Discretization in Bulk Magneto-Optics -Opt Mat Exp (2023)
Yu U. Wang
- Y. Yan, J.E. Zhou, D. Maurya, Y.U. Wang, S. Priya, “Giant Piezoelectric Voltage Coefficient in Grain-Oriented Modified PbTiO3 Material,” Nature Communications, 7, 13089 (2016).
- Y.M. Jin, Y.U. Wang, Y. Ren, “Theory and Experimental Evidence of Phonon Domains and Their Roles in Pre-Martensitic Phenomena,” npj Computational Materials, 1, 15002 (2015).
- F.D. Ma, Y.M. Jin, Y.U. Wang, S.L. Kampe, S. Dong, “Phase Field Modeling and Simulation of Particulate Magnetoelectric Composites: Effects of Connectivity, Conductivity, Poling and Bias Field,” Acta Materialia, 70, 45 (2014).
- T.L. Cheng, Y.U. Wang, “Shape-Anisotropic Particles at Curved Fluid Interfaces and Role of Laplace Pressure: A Computational Study,” Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 402, 267 (2013).
- T.L. Cheng, F.D. Ma, J.E. Zhou, G. Jennings, Y. Ren, Y.M. Jin, Y.U. Wang, “In-Situ Three-Dimensional Reciprocal-Space Mapping of Diffuse Scattering Intensity Distribution and Data Analysis for Precursor Phenomenon in Shape-Memory Alloy,” JOM, 64, 167 (2012).
- Y.U. Wang, D.Q. Tan, “Computational Study of Filler Microstructure and Effective Property Relations in Dielectric Composites,” Journal of Applied Physics, 109, 104102 (2011).
- Y.U. Wang, “Phase Field Model of Dielectric and Magnetic Composites,” Applied Physics Letters, 96, 232901 (2010).
- Y.U. Wang, “Field-Induced Inter-Ferroelectric Phase Transformations and Domain Mechanisms in High-Strain Piezoelectric Materials: Insights from Phase Field Modeling and Simulation,” Journal of Materials Science, 44, 5225 (2009).
- Y.U. Wang, “Modeling and Simulation of Self-Assembly of Arbitrary-Shaped Ferro-Colloidal Particles in External Field: A Diffuse Interface Field Approach,” Acta Materialia, 55, 3835 (2007).
- Y.U. Wang, “Diffraction Theory of Nanotwin Superlattices with Low Symmetry Phase: Application to Rhombohedral Nanotwins and Monoclinic MA, MB Phases,” Physical Review B, 76, 024108 (2007).
- Y.U. Wang, “Computer Modeling and Simulation of Solid-State Sintering: A Phase Field Approach,” Acta Materialia, 54, 953 (2006).
- Y.U. Wang, Y.M. Jin, A.G. Khachaturyan, “The Effects of Free Surfaces on Martensite Microstructures: 3D Phase Field Microelasticity Simulation Study,” Acta Materialia, 52, 1039 (2004).
- Y.U. Wang, Y.M. Jin, A.G. Khachaturyan, “Phase Field Microelasticity Modeling of Surface Instability of Heteroepitaxial Thin Films,” Acta Materialia, 52, 81 (2004).
- Y.M. Jin, Y.U. Wang, A.G. Khachaturyan, J.F. Li, D. Viehland, “Conformal Miniaturization of Domains with Low Domain-Wall Energy: Monoclinic Ferroelectric States near the Morphotropic Phase Boundaries,” Physical Review Letters, 91, 197601 (2003).
- Y.U. Wang, Y.M. Jin, A.G. Khachaturyan, “Phase Field Microelasticity Theory and Modeling of Elastically and Structurally Inhomogeneous Solid,” Journal of Applied Physics, 92, 1351 (2002).
- Y.U. Wang, Y.M. Jin, A.G. Khachaturyan, “Phase Field Microelasticity Theory and Simulation of Multiple Voids and Cracks in Single Crystals and Polycrystals under Applied Stress,” Journal of Applied Physics, 91, 6435 (2002).
- Y.U. Wang, A.M. Cuitiño, “Full-Field Measurements of Heterogeneous Deformation Patterns on Polymeric Foams using Digital Image Correlation,” International Journal of Solids and Structures, 39, 3777 (2002).
- Y.U. Wang, Y.M. Jin, A.M. Cuitiño, A.G. Khachaturyan, “Nanoscale Phase Field Microelasticity Theory of Dislocations: Model and 3D Simulations,” Acta Materialia, 49, 1847 (2001).
- Y.U. Wang, A.M. Cuitiño, “Three-Dimensional Nonlinear Open-Cell Foams with Large Deformations,” Journal of Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 48, 961 (2000).