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59
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Overview

Yi Wang is affiliated with Pennsylvania State University in the United States and has published extensively in the fields of Materials Science and Engineering. Their research spans several subfields including Materials Chemistry, Mechanical Engineering, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, Condensed Matter Physics, and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics.

Their main topics of research focus on Intermetallics and Advanced Alloy Properties, Magnetic and Transport Properties of Perovskites and Related Materials, High Entropy Alloys Studies, High Temperature Alloys and Creep, 2D Materials and Applications, Advanced Condensed Matter Physics, and Advanced Thermoelectric Materials and Devices.

Yi Wang has contributed to numerous research papers in leading scientific venues. Some recent publications include:

  • Recent status and challenging perspective of high entropy oxides for chemical catalysis, 2022, Chem Catalysis
  • Bifunctional zeolites-silver catalyst enabled tandem oxidation of formaldehyde at low temperatures, 2022, Nature Communications
  • Thermodynamic properties of the Yb-Sb system predicted from first-principles calculations, 2021, Acta Materialia
  • First-principles calculations of γ-Al2O3/Al interfaces, 2023, Acta Materialia
  • Unveiling thermal stresses in RETaO4 (RE = Nd, Sm, Eu, Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho and Er) by first-principles calculations and finite element simulations, 2024, Acta Materialia

The frequent publication venues for Yi Wang include:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Acta Materialia
  • Calphad
  • Physical review. B./Physical review. B

Collaboration forms a significant part of their scientific work. Frequent co-authors in their research include:

  • Zi-Kui Liu
  • Shun-Li Shang
  • Long-Qing Chen
  • Jorge Paz Soldan Palma
  • Hojong Kim

Yi Wang's research outputs emphasize computational methods and first-principles calculations applied to materials properties and interfaces, focusing on thermal stresses, thermodynamics, and catalytic properties. Their work often addresses both fundamental physical phenomena and practical applications in materials science and engineering.

Best Publications

  • Efficient stochastic generation of special quasirandom structures

    A. van de Walle;P. Tiwary;M. de Jong;D.L. Olmsted

  • Thermodynamic properties of Al, Ni, NiAl, and Ni3Al from first-principles calculations

    Y. Wang;Z.-K. Liu;L.-Q. Chen

  • First-principles thermodynamics from phonon and Debye model: Application to Ni and Ni3Al

    Shun Li Shang;Yi Wang;Dong Eung Kim;Zi Kui Liu

  • Ab initio lattice stability in comparison with CALPHAD lattice stability

    Y. Wang;S. Curtarolo;C. Jiang;R. Arroyave

  • Characteristics and mechanism of conduction/set process in TiN∕ZnO∕Pt resistance switching random-access memories

    Nuo Xu;Lifeng Liu;Xiao Sun;Xiaoyan Liu

  • High-Performance Polymers Sandwiched with Chemical Vapor Deposited Hexagonal Boron Nitrides as Scalable High-Temperature Dielectric Materials

    Amin Azizi;Matthew R. Gadinski;Qi Li;Mohammed Abu AlSaud

  • First-principles calculations of pure elements: Equations of state and elastic stiffness constants

    S.L. Shang;A. Saengdeejing;Z.G. Mei;D.E. Kim

  • First-Principles Calculation of Self-Diffusion Coefficients

    M. Mantina;Y. Wang;R. Arroyave;L. Q. Chen

  • First-principles elastic constants of α- and θ-Al2O3

    Shunli Shang;Yi Wang;Zi Kui Liu

  • First principles impurity diffusion coefficients

    M. Mantina;Y. Wang;L. Q. Chen;Z. K. Liu

  • A mixed-space approach to first-principles calculations of phonon frequencies for polar materials.

    Y Wang;J J Wang;W Y Wang;Z G Mei

  • Elastic constants of binary Mg compounds from first-principles calculations

    S. Ganeshan;S.L. Shang;H. Zhang;Y. Wang

  • A first-principles approach to finite temperature elastic constants

    Wang Y;Wang Jj;Zhang H;Manga Vr

  • Generalized stacking fault energy, ideal strength and twinnability of dilute Mg-based alloys: A first-principles study of shear deformation

    S.L. Shang;W.Y. Wang;B.C. Zhou;Y. Wang

  • Effect of alloying elements on the elastic properties of Mg from first-principles calculations

    S. Ganeshan;Shunli Shang;Yi Wang;Zi-kui Liu

  • Diffusion coefficients of alloying elements in dilute Mg alloys: A comprehensive first-principles study

    Bi Cheng Zhou;Shun Li Shang;Yi Wang;Zi Kui Liu

  • Enthalpies of formation of magnesium compounds from first-principles calculations

    Hui Zhang;Shunli Shang;James E. Saal;Arkapol Saengdeejing

  • Effects of alloying element and temperature on the stacking fault energies of dilute Ni-base superalloys.

    S L Shang;C L Zacherl;H Z Fang;Y Wang

  • A comprehensive first-principles study of pure elements: Vacancy formation and migration energies and self-diffusion coefficients

    Shun Li Shang;Bi Cheng Zhou;William Y. Wang;Austin J. Ross

  • First-principles Calculations of Twin-boundary and Stacking-fault Energies in Magnesium

    Y. Wang;L.-Q. Chen;Z.-K. Liu;S.N. Mathaudhu

  • Effect of substrate-induced strains on the spontaneous polarization of epitaxial BiFeO3 thin films

    J. X. Zhang;Y. L. Li;Y. Wang;Z. K. Liu

Frequent Co-Authors

Zi-Kui Liu
Zi-Kui Liu Pennsylvania State University
Shun-Li Shang
Shun-Li Shang Pennsylvania State University
Long Qing Chen
Long Qing Chen Pennsylvania State University
Shengdong Zhang
Shengdong Zhang Peking University
Jinfeng Kang
Jinfeng Kang Peking University
Xidong Hui
Xidong Hui University of Science and Technology Beijing
Laszlo J. Kecskes
Laszlo J. Kecskes Johns Hopkins University
Suveen N. Mathaudhu
Suveen N. Mathaudhu Colorado School of Mines
Jianjun Wang
Jianjun Wang Pennsylvania State University
Jinshan Li
Jinshan Li Northwestern Polytechnical University

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