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Overview

Kevin G. Yager is affiliated with Brookhaven National Laboratory in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the field of Materials Science, with an emphasis on several subfields including Materials Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, and Polymers and Plastics.

The main research topics covered by Kevin G. Yager include:

  • Block Copolymer Self-Assembly
  • Machine Learning in Materials Science
  • Advanced Polymer Synthesis and Characterization
  • Scientific Computing and Data Management
  • Nanoporous metals and alloys
  • Spectroscopy Techniques in Biomedical and Chemical Research
  • Supramolecular Self-Assembly in Materials

They have published numerous papers in well-regarded scientific journals and venues. Some of the recent papers include:

  • Ordered three-dimensional nanomaterials using DNA-prescribed and valence-controlled material voxels, 2020, Nature Materials
  • Gaussian processes for autonomous data acquisition at large-scale synchrotron and neutron facilities, 2021, Nature Reviews Physics
  • Resilient three-dimensional ordered architectures assembled from nanoparticles by DNA, 2021, Science Advances
  • Advances in Kriging-Based Autonomous X-Ray Scattering Experiments, 2020, Scientific Reports
  • Stable Thermotropic 3D and 2D Double Gyroid Nanostructures with Sub-2-nm Feature Size from Scalable Sugar-Polyolefin Conjugates, 2021, Angewandte Chemie International Edition

Kevin G. Yager frequently collaborates with several co-authors, including:

  • Gregory S. Doerk
  • Masafumi Fukuto
  • Esther H. R. Tsai
  • Ruipeng Li
  • Marcus M. Noack

Their publications are often found in reputable venues such as:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Macromolecules
  • Small
  • Science Advances
  • Scientific Reports

In addition to journal articles, Kevin G. Yager has contributed to book publications with World Scientific, including multiple editions of the Handbook on Big Data and Machine Learning in the Physical Sciences published in 2020. These books have accrued citations reflecting their role in advancing knowledge in these areas.

Best Publications

  • Novel photo-switching using azobenzene functional materials

    Kevin G. Yager;Christopher J. Barrett

  • Photo-mechanical effects in azobenzene-containing soft materials.

    Christopher J. Barrett;Jun-ichi Mamiya;Kevin G. Yager;Tomiki Ikeda

  • Azobenzene photomechanics: prospects and potential applications

    Zahid Mahimwalla;Kevin G. Yager;Jun-ichi Mamiya;Atsushi Shishido

  • Diamond family of nanoparticle superlattices

    Wenyan Liu;Miho Tagawa;Huolin L. Xin;Tong Wang

  • A general strategy for the DNA-mediated self-assembly of functional nanoparticles into heterogeneous systems

    Yugang Zhang;Fang Lu;Kevin G. Yager;Daniel van der Lelie

  • All-optical patterning of azo polymer films

    Kevin G. Yager;Christopher J. Barrett

  • Ordered three-dimensional nanomaterials using DNA-prescribed and valence-controlled material voxels.

    Ye Tian;Ye Tian;Julien R. Lhermitte;Lin Bai;Thi Vo

  • Superlattices assembled through shape-induced directional binding.

    Fang Lu;Kevin G. Yager;Yugang Zhang;Huolin Xin

  • Effect of Confinement on Structure, Water Solubility, and Water Transport in Nafion Thin Films

    Scott A. Eastman;Sangcheol Kim;Kirt A. Page;Brandon W. Rowe

  • Interparticle Spacing and Structural Ordering in Superlattice PbS Nanocrystal Solids Undergoing Ligand Exchange

    Mark C. Weidman;Kevin G. Yager;William A. Tisdale

  • Epitaxial Growth of Molecular Crystals on van der Waals Substrates for High-Performance Organic Electronics

    Chul Ho Lee;Theanne Schiros;Elton J G Santos;Bumjung Kim

  • Cooperative Ordering and Kinetics of Cellulose Nanocrystal Alignment in a Magnetic Field.

    Kevin G. Yager;Todd Hoare;Emily D. Cranston

  • Dynamic Thermal Field-Induced Gradient Soft-Shear for Highly Oriented Block Copolymer Thin Films

    Gurpreet Singh;Kevin G. Yager;Brian Berry;Ho-Cheol Kim

  • Nanoimprint-Induced Molecular Orientation in Semiconducting Polymer Nanostructures

    Htay Hlaing;Htay Hlaing;Xinhui Lu;Tommy Hofmann;Kevin G. Yager

  • Photomechanical Surface Patterning in Azo-Polymer Materials

    Kevin G. Yager;Christopher J. Barrett

  • Arbitrary lattice symmetries via block copolymer nanomeshes.

    Pawel W. Majewski;Atikur Rahman;Charles T. Black;Kevin G. Yager

  • Millisecond Ordering of Block Copolymer Films via Photothermal Gradients.

    Pawel W. Majewski;Kevin G. Yager

  • Temperature modeling of laser-irradiated azo-polymer thin films.

    Kevin G. Yager;Christopher J. Barrett

  • Injectable Anisotropic Nanocomposite Hydrogels Direct in Situ Growth and Alignment of Myotubes

    Kevin G. Yager;Katelyn J. W. Chan;Brandon Corbett

  • Challenges in Fabrication of Mesoporous Carbon Films with Ordered Cylindrical Pores via Phenolic Oligomer Self-Assembly with Triblock Copolymers

    Lingyan Song;Dan Feng;Nathaniel J. Fredin;Kevin G. Yager

  • Xi-cam: a versatile interface for data visualization and analysis

    Ronald J Pandolfi;Daniel B Allan;Elke Arenholz;Luis Barroso-Luque

Frequent Co-Authors

Alamgir Karim
Alamgir Karim University of Houston
Charles T. Black
Charles T. Black Brookhaven National Laboratory
Oleg Gang
Oleg Gang Columbia University
Ruipeng Li
Ruipeng Li Brookhaven National Laboratory
Chinedum O. Osuji
Chinedum O. Osuji University of Pennsylvania
Christopher J. Barrett
Christopher J. Barrett McGill University
Benjamin M. Ocko
Benjamin M. Ocko Brookhaven National Laboratory
Bryan D. Vogt
Bryan D. Vogt Pennsylvania State University
Colin Nuckolls
Colin Nuckolls Columbia University

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