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Yong-Wei Zhang is affiliated with the Institute of High Performance Computing in Singapore. Their research primarily spans the fields of Engineering and Materials Science, with a substantial focus on several subfields including Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, and Biomedical Engineering.

Their scholarly work is concentrated on specific research topics, which include:

  • High Entropy Alloys Studies
  • 2D Materials and Applications
  • High-Temperature Coating Behaviors
  • Advancements in Battery Materials
  • Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion
  • Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies
  • Additive Manufacturing Materials and Processes

Yong-Wei Zhang has contributed extensively to the literature with numerous publications. Some of the recent papers authored or co-authored by them include:

  • Pivotal role of reversible NiO6 geometric conversion in oxygen evolution (2022) published in Nature
  • TGS-GapCloser: A fast and accurate gap closer for large genomes with low coverage of error-prone long reads (2020) published in GigaScience
  • Simultaneously enhancing the ultimate strength and ductility of high-entropy alloys via short-range ordering (2021) published in Nature Communications
  • High oscillator strength interlayer excitons in two-dimensional heterostructures for mid-infrared photodetection (2020) published in Nature Nanotechnology
  • Sliding induced multiple polarization states in two-dimensional ferroelectrics (2022) published in Nature Communications

The scientist frequently collaborates with several co-authors, among whom Zhi Gen Yu, Jing Yang, Zachary H. Aitken, V. Sorkin, and Shuai Chen are notable for their repeated partnerships.

Yong-Wei Zhang's publications appear prominently in multiple scholarly venues. Among the most frequent are:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Advanced Materials
  • Nature Communications
  • Acta Materialia

In addition to articles, Yong-Wei Zhang has published books, with a record including the title Health Information Science published by Springer Science+Business Media in 2022.

Best Publications

  • A review on mechanics and mechanical properties of 2D materials—Graphene and beyond

    Deji Akinwande;Christopher J. Brennan;J. Scott Bunch;Philip Egberts

  • The Role of Surface Oxygen in the Growth of Large Single-Crystal Graphene on Copper

    Yufeng Hao;M. S. Bharathi;Lei Wang;Yuanyue Liu

  • Structures, mechanical properties and applications of silk fibroin materials

    Leng-Duei Koh;Leng-Duei Koh;Yuan Cheng;Choon-Peng Teng;Choon-Peng Teng;Yin-Win Khin

  • Quasiparticle band structures and optical properties of strained monolayer MoS 2 and WS 2

    Hongliang Shi;Hui Pan;Yong-Wei Zhang;Boris I. Yakobson

  • Polarity-reversed robust carrier mobility in monolayer MoS₂ nanoribbons.

    Yongqing Cai;Gang Zhang;Yong-Wei Zhang

  • Layer-dependent Band Alignment and Work Function of Few-Layer Phosphorene

    Yongqing Cai;Gang Zhang;Yong-Wei Zhang

  • Materials and noncoplanar mesh designs for integrated circuits with linear elastic responses to extreme mechanical deformations

    Dae-Hyeong Kim;Jizhou Song;Won Mook Choi;Hoon-Sik Kim

  • Ultrafast and directional diffusion of lithium in phosphorene for high-performance lithium-ion battery.

    Weifeng Li;Yanmei Yang;Gang Zhang;Yong-Wei Zhang

  • Extraordinary Photoluminescence and Strong Temperature/Angle-Dependent Raman Responses in Few-Layer Phosphorene

    Shuang Zhang;Jiong Yang;Renjing Xu;Fan Wang

  • Towards intrinsic charge transport in monolayer molybdenum disulfide by defect and interface engineering

    Zhihao Yu;Yiming Pan;Yuting Shen;Zilu Wang

  • Polarity Reversed Robust Carrier Mobility in Monolayer MoS2 Nanoribbons

    Yongqing Cai;Gang Zhang;Yong-Wei Zhang

  • Defect Engineering of Oxygen-Deficient Manganese Oxide to Achieve High-Performing Aqueous Zinc Ion Battery

    Ting Xiong;Zhi Gen Yu;Haijun Wu;Yonghua Du

  • A molecular dynamics study of the mechanical properties of hydrogen functionalized graphene

    Q.X. Pei;Y.W. Zhang;Y.W. Zhang;V.B. Shenoy

  • Lattice vibrational modes and phonon thermal conductivity of monolayer MoS2

    Yongqing Cai;Jinghua Lan;Gang Zhang;Yong-Wei Zhang

  • Protein Induces Layer-by-Layer Exfoliation of Transition Metal Dichalcogenides

    Guijian Guan;Guijian Guan;Shuangyuan Zhang;Shuhua Liu;Yongqing Cai

  • Edge-stress-induced warping of graphene sheets and nanoribbons.

    V. B. Shenoy;C. D. Reddy;A. Ramasubramaniam;Y. W. Zhang;Y. W. Zhang

  • Energetics, Charge Transfer, and Magnetism of Small Molecules Physisorbed on Phosphorene

    Yongqing Cai;Qingqing Ke;Gang Zhang;Yong-Wei Zhang

  • Analyzing the Carrier Mobility in Transition-Metal Dichalcogenide MoS2 Field-Effect Transistors

    Zhihao Yu;Zhun-Yong Ong;Songlin Li;Jian-Bin Xu

  • Electronic Properties of Phosphorene/Graphene and Phosphorene/Hexagonal Boron Nitride Heterostructures

    Yongqing Cai;Gang Zhang;Yong-Wei Zhang

  • Simultaneously enhancing the ultimate strength and ductility of high-entropy alloys via short-range ordering.

    Shuai Chen;Zachary H. Aitken;Subrahmanyam Pattamatta;Zhaoxuan Wu

  • Preparation, morphology and thermal/mechanical properties of epoxy/nanoclay composite

    Lei Wang;Ke Wang;Ling Chen;Yongwei Zhang

Frequent Co-Authors

Gang Zhang
Gang Zhang Agency for Science, Technology and Research
Qing-Xiang Pei
Qing-Xiang Pei Institute of High Performance Computing
Huajian Gao
Huajian Gao Tsinghua University
Vivek B. Shenoy
Vivek B. Shenoy University of Pennsylvania
Hui Pan
Hui Pan University of Macau
Ming-Yong Han
Ming-Yong Han Tianjin University
Kun Zhou
Kun Zhou Nanyang Technological University
Kaiyang Zeng
Kaiyang Zeng National University of Singapore
Sergey V. Dmitriev
Sergey V. Dmitriev Russian Academy of Sciences
Boris I. Yakobson
Boris I. Yakobson Rice University

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