Physics and Astronomy, Condensed Matter Physics, Materials Science, Instrumentation
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Structured liquid-based reconfigurable all-liquid optical fibers Sai Zhao, Yufeng Wang, Xinke Tang, Jiangang Zhang, Weixi Wu, Yuchen Fu, Sai Tak Chu, Yang Ren, Xubo Liu, Xun Guan, Thomas P. Russell, Yu Chai Nature Communications, 2026 Quartz optical fibers are brittle, difficult to repair, and lack reconfigurability, limiting their adaptability in underwater communication. To overcome these impediments, here we show reconfigurable all-liquid optical fibers (RAOFs) produced by structured liquid, tuned by the interfacial assembly and jamming of nanoparticle surfactants at the water-oil interface (interfacial tension <10 mN m-1, refractive index contrast of 0.083). These RAOFs combine the structural stability of the interfacial assemblies with the inherent flexibility of liquids. They support real-time communication on an Ethernet platform (up to 1 Gbps), providing a practical alternative to conventional optical fibers for optical interconnects. Their liquid nature enables broken fibers to be repaired rapidly by a coalescence process. Their softness affords on-demand reconfigurability that enables in-situ fabrication of reconfigurable optical fibers and dynamic manipulation of signal transmission. RAOFs provide a versatile, self-healing, and resilient solution for optical communication systems in dynamic environments. Reconfigurable all-liquid optical fibers enable gigabit-speed communication while offering softness, rapid self-healing, and on-demand reconfiguration, providing a resilient alternative to brittle quartz fibers in dynamic application environments.
An anomalous interfacial structural-compositional rearrangement in a bulk granular nanostructured glass Shu Fu, Xiaoshuang Yin, Yu Lou, Zhenduo Wu, Xubin Ye, Sinan Liu, He Zhu, Yang Ren, Xun-Li Wang, Tao Feng, Gerhard Wilde, Xiaohui Yu, Si Lan Communications Materials, 2026 In crystalline materials, grain boundaries have been extensively studied and are acknowledged either as structural defects or as distinct phases, referred to as complexions. However, the nature of interfaces in amorphous systems, particularly whether amorphous-amorphous interfaces constitute separate phases and their structural characteristics, remains unresolved. In this study, we report a Pd40Ni40P20 bulk granular nanostructured glass (GNG) that exhibits an interfacial structural-compositional rearrangement. The GNG was fabricated by compacting glassy Pd40Ni40P20 nanoparticles with surface compositional segregation under a triaxial pressure of 8 GPa. The as-prepared GNG shows Pd40Ni40P20 nanograins with Ni-enriched interfacial regions. Upon heating, the anomalous structural-compositional rearrangement occurs specifically at the amorphous interfaces, manifested by a deep exothermic peak at a temperature TS below the glass transition temperature Tg. This structural-compositional rearrangement induces significant modifications in both compositional fluctuations and medium-range ordering, subsequently modifying the material’s mechanical properties. Whether amorphous-amorphous interfaces constitute separate phases requires clarification. This study reports a Pd40Ni40P20 bulk granular nanostructured glass with an interfacial structural-compositional rearrangement.
Orientation-dependent mutual crystalline and amorphous order in a single phase solid Rui Xia, Jiantao Li, Yorick A. Birkhölzer, Haoyang Peng, Kangning Zhao, Ruohan Yu, Congli Sun, Lei Zhang, Qi Liu, Sungsik Lee, Tianyi Li, Yang Ren, Jie Zheng, Johan E. ten Elshof, Mark Huijben Nature Communications, 2026 Amorphous materials distinguish themselves from crystalline materials by lacking long-range order while retaining structural order at the local scale (2–5 Å). However, the complexity in topological and chemical order prevents current characterization tools from fully unveiling the structure in disordered materials. Consequently, the nature of medium-range order in amorphous materials has remained elusive. The Zachariasen and crystal competing models have been proposed to describe disordered phases and have both been verified through synthesis and characterization. The main difference between them is thought to be whether the amorphous phase shows medium-range order. Here we demonstrate a form of organized inorganic matter that is amorphous in two dimensions, while exhibiting long-range order and a high degree of crystallinity in the third. The structure consists of periodically stacked 2-dimensional amorphous Nb-W-O monolayers without long-range in-plane order. The unique periodic and therefore crystalline stacking along one principal axis enables direct imaging and revealed that the amorphous Nb-W-O monolayers formed in agreement with the Zachariasen model for 2 dimensions. Our findings show that the gap between crystalline and amorphous materials does not only depend on medium-range order but can also apply to principal dimensions within the same solid.
Elinvar Materials: Recent Progress and Challenges Wenjie Li, Yang Ren Advanced Engineering Materials, 2026 The Elinvar effect, characterized by an invariable elastic modulus with varying temperatures, drives technological innovation across diverse domains—from low‐modulus compliant actuators in soft robotics to high‐modulus protective shielding in aerospace applications. The scarcity of materials exhibiting the Elinvar effect while simultaneously meeting other practical requirements underscores the need for a comprehensive understanding of its underlying mechanisms. Although conceptually straightforward, the physical origins of the Elinvar effect remain complex and incompletely elucidated. This review explores recent progress in the field, distilling the key concepts underpinning leading contemporary Elinvar materials. We also discuss future prospects for these materials and outline the path toward achieving full control of a material's elastic modulus in response to thermal stimuli.
Composition engineering of short-range-ordered polyhedra in Ni-Mo-P-B metallic glass for electrochemical sensing Zhongzheng Yao, He Zhu, Yu Lou, Fan Xue, Jingqian Huang, Hua Ji, Wei-Di Liu, Xindong Zhu, Sinan Liu, Jianrong Zeng, Yang Ren, Xun-Li Wang, Yang Lu, Si Lan Materials Today, 2026 Metallic glasses (MGs), despite exhibiting superior electrochemical catalytic and sensing activity to crystalline solids, remain difficult to rationally design because the structural units that directly correlate to active sites are poorly resolved. Here, we address this challenge by showing that a small change in Ni content (±4 at%) in Ni-Mo-P-B MGs gives precise control of short‑range-ordered (SRO) polyhedral motifs and their medium‑range connections. Synchrotron X-ray analysis reveals that the Ni 64 Mo 16 P 16 B 4 (Ni 64 ) stabilizes ten-coordinated (Z10) bi-capped square archimedean antiprisms (BSAPs) as the dominant SRO polyhedral, whereas Ni 60 Mo 20 P 16 B 4 (Ni 60 ) and Ni 68 Mo 12 P 16 B 4 (Ni 68 ) are dominated by nine-coordinate (Z9) tricapped trigonal prisms (TTPs). Crucially, this engineered SRO dramatically enhances the electrochemical glucose sensing: Ni 64 delivers ultrahigh sensitivity, a wide linear range, and stable operation over seven days, whose performance is far superior to conventional crystalline probes. First-principles calculations reveal that only at a Ni/Mo ratio of 4 does short-range chemical ordering favor the highly symmetric Z10 BSAPs with two Mo atoms occupying the two polyhedral caps. These Mo‑capped Z10 clusters optimally modulate Mo-Ni electronic interactions, lowering the *OH adsorption barrier and boosting catalytic reactivity. A miniaturized glucose sensor was fabricated by integrated the MG with a screen-printed electrode, demonstrating the practical applicability. Notably, we found that the dominant polyhedra show homology to local building blocks of nearby crystalline phases, suggesting that amorphous structures inherit crystal-like motifs that govern both stability and properties. Our work establishes an atomic-scale structural engineering paradigm for MG design, bridging crystalline-amorphous structural homology with functional optimization, and deepening the understanding of structure–property correlations in MG systems.
Formation of four-membered rings in metallic glasses with minor additions Sinan Liu, Ruohan Yu, He Zhu, Ao Yan, Haoran Sun, Jiacheng Ge, Gang Sha, Yubin Ke, Huihui Kong, Harald Fuchs, Wei Liu, Yang Ren, Joerg C. Neuefeind, Zhenduo Wu, Lin Gu, Xun-li Wang, Si Lan, Yuqiang Ma Acta Materialia, 2026
The role of Li doping in layered/layered NaxLiyNi0.4Fe0.2Mn0.4O2 intergrowth electrodes for sodium ion batteries Eric Gabriel, Pengbo Wang, Kincaid Graff, Shelly D. Kelly, Chengjun Sun, Changjian Deng, Inhui Hwang, Jue Liu, Cheng Li, Sarah Kuraitis, Jehee Park, Eungje Lee, Angel Conrado, Julie Pipkin, Max Cook, Stephanie McCallum, Yingying Xie, Zonghai Chen, Kamila M. Wiaderek, Andrey Yakovenko, Yang Ren, Yuming Xiao, Yuzi Liu, Elton Graugnard, Yan-Yan Hu, Dewen Hou, Hui Xiong Nano Energy, 2025
Strong, ductile, and hierarchical hetero-lamellar-structured alloys through microstructural inheritance and refinement Peijian Shi, Yi Li, Zhi Li, Xin Jiang, Jie Yan, Rui Zhou, Yi Qin, Yifan Lin, Jingran Huang, Bodong Tan, Yinan Wang, Tongqi Wen, Beilin Ye, Chunyan Ling, Junhua Luan, Zhe Shen, Biao Ding, Qiang Li, Tianxiang Zheng, Weili Ren, Tianlong Zhang, Yang Ren, Yunbo Zhong, C. T. Liu, Huajian Gao, Yuntian Zhu Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2025
Interfacial Reactivity-Triggered Oscillatory Lattice Strains of Nanoalloys Zhi-Peng Wu, Dong Dinh, Yazan Maswadeh, Dominic T. Caracciolo, Hui Zhang, Tianyi Li, Jorge A. Vargas, Merry Madiou, Cailing Chen, Zhijie Kong, Zeqi Li, Huabin Zhang, Javier Ruiz Martínez, Susan S. Lu, Lichang Wang, Yang Ren, Valeri Petkov, Chuan-Jian Zhong Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2024
Flash healing of laser-induced graphene Le Cheng, Chi Shun Yeung, Libei Huang, Ge Ye, Jie Yan, Wanpeng Li, Chunki Yiu, Fu-Rong Chen, Hanchen Shen, Ben Zhong Tang, Yang Ren, Xinge Yu, Ruquan Ye Nature Communications, 2024
Medium-range order endows a bulk metallic glass with enhanced tensile ductility Sinan Liu, Weixia Dong, Zhiqiang Ren, Jiacheng Ge, Shu Fu, Zhenduo Wu, Jing Wu, Yu Lou, Wentao Zhang, Huaican Chen, Wen Yin, Yang Ren, Joerg Neuefeind, Zesheng You, Ying Liu, Xun-Li Wang, Si Lan Journal of Materials Science and Technology, 2023
A Li-rich layered oxide cathode with negligible voltage decay Dong Luo, He Zhu, Yi Xia, Zijia Yin, Yan Qin, Tianyi Li, Qinghua Zhang, Lin Gu, Yong Peng, Junwei Zhang, Kamila M. Wiaderek, Yalan Huang, Tingting Yang, Yu Tang, Si Lan, Yang Ren, Wenquan Lu, Christopher M. Wolverton, Qi Liu Nature Energy, 2023
All-temperature zinc batteries with high-entropy aqueous electrolyte Chongyin Yang, Jiale Xia, Chunyu Cui, Travis P. Pollard, Jenel Vatamanu, Antonio Faraone, Joseph A. Dura, Madhusudan Tyagi, Alex Kattan, Elijah Thimsen, Jijian Xu, Wentao Song, Enyuan Hu, Xiao Ji, Singyuk Hou, Xiyue Zhang, Michael S. Ding, Sooyeon Hwang, Dong Su, Yang Ren, Xiao-Qing Yang, Howard Wang, Oleg Borodin, Chunsheng Wang Nature Sustainability, 2023
Pre-zeolite framework super-MIEC anodes for high-rate lithium-ion batteries Shitong Wang, Lijiang Zhao, Yanhao Dong, He Zhu, Yang Yang, Haowei Xu, Baoming Wang, Yakun Yuan, Yang Ren, Xiaojing Huang, Wei Quan, Yutong Li, Yimeng Huang, Charles M. Settens, Qi He, Yongwen Sun, Hua Wang, Zunqiu Xiao, Wenjun Liu, Xianghui Xiao, Riqiang Fu, Qiang Li, Yong S. Chu, Zhongtai Zhang, Qi Liu, Andrew M. Minor, Junying Zhang, Zilong Tang, Ju Li Energy and Environmental Science, 2022
Enabling Extreme Fast-Charging: Challenges at the Cathode and Mitigation Strategies Tanvir R. Tanim, Peter J. Weddle, Zhenzhen Yang, Andrew M. Colclasure, Harry Charalambous, Donal P. Finegan, Yanying Lu, Molleigh Preefer, Sangwook Kim, Jeffery M. Allen, Francois L. E. Usseglio‐Viretta, Parameswara R. Chinnam, Ira Bloom, Eric J. Dufek, Kandler Smith, Guoying Chen, Kamila M. Wiaderek, Johanna Nelson Weker, Yang Ren Advanced Energy Materials, 2022
Compositionally complex doping for zero-strain zero-cobalt layered cathodes Rui Zhang, Chunyang Wang, Peichao Zou, Ruoqian Lin, Lu Ma, Liang Yin, Tianyi Li, Wenqian Xu, Hao Jia, Qiuyan Li, Sami Sainio, Kim Kisslinger, Stephen E. Trask, Steven N. Ehrlich, Yang Yang, Andrew M. Kiss, Mingyuan Ge, Bryant J. Polzin, Sang Jun Lee, Wu Xu, Yang Ren, Huolin L. Xin Nature, 2022
Constructing O2/O3 homogeneous hybrid stabilizes Li-rich layered cathodes Yafen Chen, Yanchen Liu, Jingchao Zhang, He Zhu, Yang Ren, Wei Wang, Qi Zhang, Yang Zhang, Qunhui Yuan, Guo-Xing Chen, Leighanne C. Gallington, Kaikai Li, Xingjun Liu, Junwei Wu, Qi Liu, Yanan Chen Energy Storage Materials, 2022
Tailoring Negative Thermal Expansion via Tunable Induced Strain in La-Fe-Si-Based Multifunctional Material Rafael Oliveira Fleming, Sofia Gonçalves, Amin Davarpanah, Iliya Radulov, Lukas Pfeuffer, Benedikt Beckmann, Konstantin Skokov, Yang Ren, Tianyi Li, John Evans, João Amaral, Rafael Almeida, Armandina Lopes, Gonçalo Oliveira, João Pedro Araújo, Arlete Apolinário, João Horta Belo ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 2022
A New Cathode Material for a Li-O2Battery Based on Lithium Superoxide Samuel T. Plunkett, Alireza Kondori, Duck Young Chung, Jianguo Wen, Mark Wolfman, Saul H. Lapidus, Yang Ren, Rachid Amine, Khalil Amine, Anil U. Mane, Mohammad Asadi, Said Al-Hallaj, Brian P. Chaplin, Kah Chun Lau, Hsien-Hau Wang, Larry A. Curtiss ACS Energy Letters, 2022
Elastic Lattice Enabling Reversible Tetrahedral Li Storage Sites in a High-Capacity Manganese Oxide Cathode Weiyuan Huang, Luyi Yang, Zhefeng Chen, Tongchao Liu, Guoxi Ren, Peizhao Shan, Bin‐Wei Zhang, Shiming Chen, Shunning Li, Jianyuan Li, Cong Lin, Wenguang Zhao, Jimin Qiu, Jianjun Fang, Mingjian Zhang, Cheng Dong, Fan Li, Yong Yang, Cheng‐Jun Sun, Yang Ren, Qingzhen Huang, Guangjin Hou, Shi‐Xue Dou, Jun Lu, Khalil Amine, Feng Pan Advanced Materials, 2022
Highly reversible Zn metal anode enabled by sustainable hydroxyl chemistry Lin Ma, Jenel Vatamanu, Nathan T. Hahn, Travis P. Pollard, Oleg Borodin, Valeri Petkov, Marshall A. Schroeder, Yang Ren, Michael S. Ding, Chao Luo, Jan L. Allen, Chunsheng Wang, Kang Xu Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2022
Origin of structural degradation in Li-rich layered oxide cathode Tongchao Liu, Jiajie Liu, Luxi Li, Lei Yu, Jiecheng Diao, Tao Zhou, Shunning Li, Alvin Dai, Wenguang Zhao, Shenyang Xu, Yang Ren, Liguang Wang, Tianpin Wu, Rui Qi, Yinguo Xiao, Jiaxin Zheng, Wonsuk Cha, Ross Harder, Ian Robinson, Jianguo Wen, Jun Lu, Feng Pan, Khalil Amine Nature, 2022
Acid-in-Clay Electrolyte for Wide-Temperature-Range and Long-Cycle Proton Batteries Shitong Wang, Heng Jiang, Yanhao Dong, David Clarkson, He Zhu, Charles M. Settens, Yang Ren, Thanh Nguyen, Fei Han, Weiwei Fan, So Yeon Kim, Jianan Zhang, Weijiang Xue, Sean K. Sandstrom, Guiyin Xu, Emre Tekoglu, Mingda Li, Sili Deng, Qi Liu, Steven G. Greenbaum, Xiulei Ji, Tao Gao, Ju Li Advanced Materials, 2022
Uniting tensile ductility with ultrahigh strength via composition undulation Heng Li, Hongxiang Zong, Suzhi Li, Shenbao Jin, Yan Chen, Matthew J. Cabral, Bing Chen, Qianwei Huang, Yan Chen, Yang Ren, Kaiyuan Yu, Shuang Han, Xiangdong Ding, Gang Sha, Jianshe Lian, Xiaozhou Liao, En Ma, Jun Sun Nature, 2022
A highly distorted ultraelastic chemically complex Elinvar alloy Q. F. He, J. G. Wang, H. A. Chen, Z. Y. Ding, Z. Q. Zhou, L. H. Xiong, J. H. Luan, J. M. Pelletier, J. C. Qiao, Q. Wang, L. L. Fan, Y. Ren, Q. S. Zeng, C. T. Liu, C. W. Pao, D. J. Srolovitz, Y. Yang Nature, 2022
New Insights into the High-Performance Black Phosphorus Anode for Lithium-Ion Batteries Minsi Li, Weihan Li, Yongfeng Hu, Andrey A. Yakovenko, Yang Ren, Jing Luo, William M. Holden, Mohsen Shakouri, Qunfeng Xiao, Xuejie Gao, Feipeng Zhao, Jianwen Liang, Renfei Feng, Ruying Li, Gerald T. Seidler, Frank Brandys, Ranjith Divigalpitiya, Tsun‐Kong Sham, Xueliang Sun Advanced Materials, 2021
Quicker and More Zn2+ Storage Predominantly from the Interface Yuhang Dai, Xiaobin Liao, Ruohan Yu, Jinghao Li, Jiantao Li, Shuangshuang Tan, Pan He, Qinyou An, Qiulong Wei, Lineng Chen, Xufeng Hong, Kangning Zhao, Yang Ren, Jinsong Wu, Yan Zhao, Liqiang Mai Advanced Materials, 2021
Ultrafast formation of a transient two-dimensional diamondlike structure in twisted bilayer graphene Duan Luo, Dandan Hui, Bin Wen, Renkai Li, Jie Yang, Xiaozhe Shen, Alexander Hume Reid, Stephen Weathersby, Michael E. Kozina, Suji Park, Yang Ren, Troy D. Loeffler, S. K. R. S. Sankaranarayanan, Maria K. Y. Chan, Xing Wang, Jinshou Tian, Ilke Arslan, Xijie Wang, Tijana Rajh, Jianguo Wen Physical Review B, 2020
Fundamental Insights from a Single-Crystal Sodium Iridate Battery Sanja Tepavcevic, Hong Zheng, David G. Hinks, Baris Key, Logan Ward, Zhi Lu, Costas Stoumpos, Yang Ren, John W. Freeland, Christopher Wolverton, Patrick Phillips, Robert Klie, John F. Mitchell, Nenad M. Markovic Advanced Energy Materials, 2020
Anharmonic lattice dynamics and superionic transition in AgCrSe2 Jingxuan Ding, Jennifer L. Niedziela, Dipanshu Bansal, Jiuling Wang, Xing He, Andrew F. May, Georg Ehlers, Douglas L. Abernathy, Ayman Said, Ahmet Alatas, Yang Ren, Gaurav Arya, Olivier Delaire Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2020
A chiral switchable photovoltaic ferroelectric 1D perovskite Yang Hu, Fred Florio, Zhizhong Chen, W. Adam Phelan, Maxime A. Siegler, Zhe Zhou, Yuwei Guo, Ryan Hawks, Jie Jiang, Jing Feng, Lifu Zhang, Baiwei Wang, Yiping Wang, Daniel Gall, Edmund F. Palermo, Zonghuan Lu, Xin Sun, Toh-Ming Lu, Hua Zhou, Yang Ren, Esther Wertz, Ravishankar Sundararaman, Jian Shi Science Advances, 2020
Power−Law Feature of Structure in Metallic Glasses W. B. Zhang, X. D. Wang, Q. G. Kong, H. J. Ruan, X. B. Zuo, Y. Ren, Q. P. Cao, H. Wang, D. X. Zhang, J. Z. Jiang Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2019
Long-Range Antiferromagnetic Order in a Rocksalt High Entropy Oxide Junjie Zhang, Jiaqiang Yan, Stuart Calder, Qiang Zheng, Michael A. McGuire, Douglas L. Abernathy, Yang Ren, Saul H. Lapidus, Katharine Page, Hong Zheng, John W. Freeland, John D. Budai, Raphael P. Hermann Chemistry of Materials, 2019
Local lattice distortion mediated formation of stacking faults in Mg alloys William Yi Wang, Bin Tang, Shun-Li Shang, Jiangwei Wang, Shilei Li, Yi Wang, Jian Zhu, Siyuan Wei, Jun Wang, Kristopher A. Darling, Suveen N. Mathaudhu, Yiguang Wang, Yang Ren, Xi Dong Hui, Laszlo J. Kecskes, Jinshan Li, Zi-Kui Liu Acta Materialia, 2019
Pressure-Induced Diels–Alder Reactions in C 6 H 6 -C 6 F 6 Cocrystal towards Graphane Structure Yajie Wang, Xiao Dong, Xingyu Tang, Haiyan Zheng, Kuo Li, Xiaohuan Lin, Leiming Fang, Guang'ai Sun, Xiping Chen, Lei Xie, Craig L. Bull, Nicholas P. Funnell, Takanori Hattori, Asami Sano‐Furukawa, Jihua Chen, Dale K. Hensley, George D. Cody, Yang Ren, Hyun Hwi Lee, Ho‐kwang Mao Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2019
Charge transfer drives anomalous phase transition in ceria He Zhu, Chao Yang, Qiang Li, Yang Ren, Joerg C. Neuefeind, Lin Gu, Huibiao Liu, Longlong Fan, Jun Chen, Jinxia Deng, Na Wang, Jiawang Hong, Xianran Xing Nature Communications, 2018
Pressure-induced charge density wave phase in A g2-δTe Yongsheng Zhao, Wenge Yang, Harold S. Schnyders, Anke Husmann, Ganghua Zhang, Yang Ren, David L. Price, Ho-Kwang Mao, Marie-Louise Saboungi Physical Review B, 2018
Modifying the Surface of a High-Voltage Lithium-Ion Cathode Han Gao, Xiaoqiao Zeng, Yixin Hu, Vasiliki Tileli, Luxi Li, Yang Ren, Xiangbo Meng, Filippo Maglia, Peter Lamp, Sung-Jin Kim, Khalil Amine, Zonghai Chen ACS Applied Energy Materials, 2018
Localized Symmetry Breaking for Tuning Thermal Expansion in ScF3 Nanoscale Frameworks Lei Hu, Feiyu Qin, Andrea Sanson, Liang-Feng Huang, Zhao Pan, Qiang Li, Qiang Sun, Lu Wang, Fangmin Guo, Umut Aydemir, Yang Ren, Chengjun Sun, Jinxia Deng, Giuliana Aquilanti, James M. Rondinelli, Jun Chen, Xianran Xing Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2018
Ultrastable Amorphous Sb2Se3 Film Kai Zhang, Yang Li, Quan Huang, Bihan Wang, Xuerong Zheng, Yang Ren, Wenge Yang Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 2017
Polymorphism in a high-entropy alloy Fei Zhang, Yuan Wu, Hongbo Lou, Zhidan Zeng, Vitali B. Prakapenka, Eran Greenberg, Yang Ren, Jinyuan Yan, John S. Okasinski, Xiongjun Liu, Yong Liu, Qiaoshi Zeng, Zhaoping Lu Nature Communications, 2017
Insights on the origin of the Tb5Ge4 magnetocaloric effect J.H. Belo, M.B. Barbosa, A.L. Pires, R.M. Costa, J.G.V. Teixeira, J. Silva, P.A. Algarabel, C. Magen, L. Morellon, J.S. Amaral, U. Zeitler, G. Veerendra, A.M. dos Santos, Y. Ren, M.R. Ibarra, J.P. Araújo, A.M. Pereira Physica B Condensed Matter, 2017
Probing the Release and Uptake of Water in a-MnO2·xH2O Zhenzhen Yang, Denise C. Ford, Joong Sun Park, Yang Ren, Soojeong Kim, Hacksung Kim, Timothy T. Fister, Maria K. Y. Chan, Michael M. Thackeray Chemistry of Materials, 2017
Tunable thermal expansion in framework materials through redox intercalation Jun Chen, Qilong Gao, Andrea Sanson, Xingxing Jiang, Qingzhen Huang, Alberto Carnera, Clara Guglieri Rodriguez, Luca Olivi, Lei Wang, Lei Hu, Kun Lin, Yang Ren, Zheshuai Lin, Cong Wang, Lin Gu, Jinxia Deng, J. Paul Attfield, Xianran Xing Nature Communications, 2017
Tuning of Thermal Stability in Layered Li(NixMnyCoz)O2 Jiaxin Zheng, Tongchao Liu, Zongxiang Hu, Yi Wei, Xiaohe Song, Yang Ren, Weidong Wang, Mumin Rao, Yuan Lin, Zonghai Chen, Jun Lu, Chongmin Wang, Khalil Amine, Feng Pan Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2016
Is alpha-V2O5 a cathode material for Mg insertion batteries? Niya Sa, Hao Wang, Danielle L. Proffit, Albert L. Lipson, Baris Key, Miao Liu, Zhenxing Feng, Timothy T. Fister, Yang Ren, Cheng-Jun Sun, John T. Vaughey, Paul A. Fenter, Kristin A. Persson, Anthony K. Burrell Journal of Power Sources, 2016
Insight into sulfur reactions in Li-S batteries Rui Xu, Ilias Belharouak, Xiaofeng Zhang, Rita Chamoun, Cun Yu, Yang Ren, Anmin Nie, Reza Shahbazian-Yassar, Jun Lu, James C.M. Li, Khalil Amine ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 2014
Layered P2/O3 intergrowth cathode: Toward high power Na-ion batteries Eungje Lee, Jun Lu, Yang Ren, Xiangyi Luo, Xiaoyi Zhang, Jianguo Wen, Dean Miller, Aaron DeWahl, Stephen Hackney, Baris Key, Donghan Kim, Michael D. Slater, Christopher S. Johnson Advanced Energy Materials, 2014
A XANES study of LiVPO4F: A factor analysis approach Ying Piao, Yan Qin, Yang Ren, Steve M. Heald, Chengjun Sun, Dehua Zhou, Bryant J. Polzin, Steve E. Trask, Khalil Amine, Yinjin Wei, Gang Chen, Ira Bloom, Zonghai Chen Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2014
Hydrogen sorption in orthorhombic Mg hydride at ultra-low temperature B. Ham, A. Junkaew, R. Arroyave, J. Chen, H. Wang, P. Wang, J. Majewski, J. Park, H.-C. Zhou, Ravi K. Arvapally, Ushasree Kaipa, Mohammad A. Omary, X.Y. Zhang, Y. Ren, X. Zhang International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 2013
A transforming metal nanocomposite with large elastic strain, low modulus, and high strength Shijie Hao, Lishan Cui, Daqiang Jiang, Xiaodong Han, Yang Ren, Jiang Jiang, Yinong Liu, Zhenyang Liu, Shengcheng Mao, Yandong Wang, Yan Li, Xiaobing Ren, Xiangdong Ding, Shan Wang, Cun Yu, Xiaobin Shi, Minshu Du, Feng Yang, Yanjun Zheng, Ze Zhang, Xiaodong Li, Dennis E. Brown, Ju Li Science, 2013
Spin and orbital ordering in Y 1-xLa xVO 3 J.-Q. Yan, J.-S. Zhou, J. G. Cheng, J. B. Goodenough, Y. Ren, A. Llobet, R. J. McQueeney Physical Review B Condensed Matter and Materials Physics, 2011
Texture crossover: Trace from multiple grains to a subgrain Rozaliya I. Barabash, E-Wen Huang, James J. Wall, James H. Wilkerson, Yang Ren, Wenjun Liu, Sven C. Vogel, Gene E. Ice, Lee M. Pike, Peter K. Liaw Materials Science and Engineering A, 2010
Size-dependent amorphization of nanoscale Y2O3 at high pressure Lin Wang, Wenge Yang, Yang Ding, Yang Ren, Siguo Xiao, Bingbing Liu, Stanislav V. Sinogeikin, Yue Meng, David J. Gosztola, Guoyin Shen, Russell J. Hemley, Wendy L. Mao, Ho-kwang Mao Physical Review Letters, 2010
Origin of diffuse scattering in relaxor ferroelectrics P. Ganesh, E. Cockayne, M. Ahart, R. E. Cohen, B. Burton, Russell J. Hemley, Yang Ren, Wenge Yang, Z.-G. Ye Physical Review B Condensed Matter and Materials Physics, 2010
Deformation crossover: From Nano- to mesoscale S. Cheng, A. D. Stoica, X.-L. Wang, Y. Ren, J. Almer, J. A. Horton, C. T. Liu, B. Clausen, D. W. Brown, P. K. Liaw, L. Zuo Physical Review Letters, 2009
The in-situ study on the micro-structural characters of if steel at early stage of recrystallization using high-energy X-ray Materials Science Forum, 2008
Secondary growth of small ZnO tripodlike arms on the end of nanowires Zengxing Zhang, Yuzi Liu, Dongfang Liu, Shudong Luo, Jun Shen, Lifeng Liu, Wenjun Ma, Yan Ren, Yanjuan Xiang, Weiya Zhou, Sishen Xie, Kaihong Zheng, Yuanchun Zhao, Lianfeng Sun, Chenxia Zou, Dapeng Yu Applied Physics Letters, 2007
Orbital fluctuations and orbital flipping in RVO3 perovskites J.-Q. Yan, J.-S. Zhou, J. B. Goodenough, Y. Ren, J. G. Cheng, S. Chang, J. Zarestky, O. Garlea, A. Llobet, H. D. Zhou, Y. Sui, W. H. Su, R. J. McQueeney Physical Review Letters, 2007
Structural, electronic, and magneto-optical properties of YVO3 A. A. Tsvetkov, F. P. Mena, P. H. M. van Loosdrecht, D. van der Marel, Y. Ren, A. A. Nugroho, A. A. Menovsky, I. S. Elfimov, G. A. Sawatzky Physical Review B Condensed Matter and Materials Physics, 2004
Evidence for orbital ordering in LaCoO3 G. Maris, Y. Ren, V. Volotchaev, C. Zobel, T. Lorenz, T. T. M. Palstra Physical Review B Condensed Matter and Materials Physics, 2003
Orbital-ordering-induced phase transition in LaVO3 and CeVO3 Physical Review B Condensed Matter and Materials Physics, 2003
Magnetic properties of YVO3 single crystals Y. Ren, T. Palstra, D. Khomskii, A. Nugroho, A. Menovsky, G. Sawatzky Physical Review B Condensed Matter and Materials Physics, 2000
Gradient p-band center of oxygen enabling full proton intercalation in mild electrolytes J Zhang, W Li, R Li, W Wang, B Sun, Q Kong, V Honkimaki, J Wang, ... Materials Today 96, 103308 , 2026 2026
Electrolyte‐Induced Interfacial/Bulk Dual Regulation Enables Negligible Capacity Decay in Li‐Rich Cathodes T Yang, M Jiang, J Lou, Z Huang, X Li, L Wang, Q Zhou, L Li, L Hu, W Liu, ... Advanced Materials 38 (26), e72969 , 2026 2026
Theoretical Exploration of Strain Regulation on the ORR/OER Performance of S4Ni@ C60 Catalysts N Ma, L Yu, Q Hu, D Li, G Du, H Liu, Y Ren, J Fan, Z Wei Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, 140566 , 2026 2026
Double-network hybrid hydrogel electrolyte suppresses zinc dendrites and vanadium dissolution for durable zinc-metal batteries R Yang, Y Zhang, Y Liao, C Leung, H Ji, M Xie, H Liu, Y Wang, Q Chang, ... Energy Storage Materials, 105097 , 2026 2026 Citations: 1
Covalent Boron–Oxygen Bond Stabilizes Anion Redox for Lithium-Rich Manganese-Based Layered Oxide Cathodes T Li, Y Liao, H Liu, W Wang, X Li, L Wang, H Ji, W Liu, Y Ren, Q Liu ACS Nano 20 (14), 11074-11087 , 2026 2026
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Efficient blue light-emitting diodes based on quantum-confined bromide perovskite nanostructures Y Liu, J Cui, K Du, H Tian, Z He, Q Zhou, Z Yang, Y Deng, D Chen, X Zuo, ... Nature Photonics 13 (11), 760-764 , 2019 2019 Citations: 708
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