MTU Materials Science and Engineering: MSE Team: Faculty: Wang

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Yu Wang

Yu U. Wang

Assistant Professor
Department of Materials Science and Engineering
405 M&M Building
Shipping/Mailing Address

906.487.2781
906.487.2934 Fax
wangyu@mtu.edu

Education

B.E., Mechanical Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, 1994
Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, 2001

Research Interests

Phase Transforming Materials for Advanced Properties
Coherent Scattering and Interference Effects in Nanodomain Diffraction
Polymer-Matrix Dielectric, Piezoelectric, and Magnetostrictive Composites
Colloidal Self-Assembly of Dipolar and Charged Particles
Nanoparticle-Block Copolymer Self-Assembly
Modeling and Simulation of Microstructures and Properties

Position Opening: Graduate Research Assistants

Publications

Y.U. Wang, “Field-Induced Inter-Ferroelectric Phase Transformations and Domain Mechanisms in High-Strain Piezoelectric Materials: Insights from Phase Field Modeling and Simulation,” J. Mater. Sci., 44, 5225-5234, 2009.
W.F. Rao, Y.U. Wang, “Diffraction Theory of Nanotwin Superlattices with Low Symmetry Phase: Adaptive Diffraction of Imperfect Nanotwin Superlattices,” Phil. Mag., 2009. (accepted)
Y. Yang, S. Priya, Y.U. Wang, J.F. Li, D. Viehland, “Solid-State Synthesis of Perovskite-Spinel Nanocomposites,” J. Mater. Chem., 19, 4998-5002, 2009.
P.C. Millett, Y.U. Wang, “Diffuse Interface Field Approach to Modeling and Simulation of Self-Assembly of Charged Colloidal Particles of Various Shapes and Sizes,” Acta Mater., 57, 3101-3109, 2009.
L. Yan, Y.U. Wang, J. Li, A. Pyatakov, D. Viehland, “Nanogrowth Twins and Abnormal Magnetic Behavior in CoFe₂O₄ Epitaxial Thin Films,” J. Appl. Phys., 104, 123910-1-4, 2008.
S. Bhattacharyya, J.R. Jinschek, H. Cao, Y.U. Wang, J. Li, D. Viehland, “Direct High-Resolution Transmission Electron Microscopy Observation of Tetragonal Nanotwins within the Monoclinic MC Phase of Pb(Mg_1/3Nb_2/3)O₃-0.35PbTiO₃ Crystals,” Appl. Phys. Lett., 92, 142904-1-3, 2008.
W.F. Rao, Y.U. Wang, “Grain Size Effect of Phase Coexistence around Morphotropic Phase Boundary in Ferroelectric Polycrystalline Ceramics,” Appl. Phys. Lett., 92, 102905-1-3, 2008.
Y.U. Wang, “Diffraction Theory of Nanotwin Superlattices with Low Symmetry Phase: Application to Rhombohedral Nanotwins and Monoclinic MA, MB Phases,” Phys. Rev. B, 76, 024108-1-11, 2007.
W.F. Rao, Y.U. Wang, “Microstructures of Coherent Phase Decomposition near Morphotropic Phase Boundary in Lead Zirconate Titanate,” Appl. Phys. Lett., 91, 052901-1-3, 2007.
W.F. Rao, Y.U. Wang, “Bridging Domain Mechanism for Phase Coexistence in Morphotropic Phase Boundary Ferroelectrics,” Appl. Phys. Lett., 90, 182906-1-3, 2007.
W.F. Rao, Y.U. Wang, “Domain Wall Broadening Mechanism for Domain Size Effect of Enhanced Piezoelectricity in Crystallographically Engineered Ferroelectric Single Crystals,” Appl. Phys. Lett., 90, 041915-1-3, 2007.
Y.U. Wang, “Modeling and Simulation of Self-Assembly of Arbitrary-Shaped Ferro-Colloidal Particles in External Field: A Diffuse Interface Field Approach,” Acta Mater., 55, 3835-3844, 2007.
Y.U. Wang, “Diffraction Theory of Nanotwin Superlattices with Low Symmetry Phase,” Phys. Rev. B, 74, 104109-1-4, 2006.
Y.U. Wang, “Three Intrinsic Relationships of Lattice Parameters between Intermediate Monoclinic MC and Tetragonal Phases in Ferroelectric Pb[(Mg_1/3Nb_2/3)_1-xTi_x]O₃ and Pb[(Zn_1/3Nb_2/3)_1-xTi_x]O₃ near Morphotropic Phase Boundaries,” Phys. Rev. B, 73, 014113-1-13, 2006.
Y.U. Wang, “Computer Modeling and Simulation of Solid-State Sintering: A Phase Field Approach,” Acta Mater., 54, 953-961, 2006.
Y.U. Wang, Y.M. Jin, A.G. Khachaturyan, “Mesoscale Modeling of Mobile Crystal Defects — Dislocations, Cracks and Surface Roughening: Phase Field Microelasticity Approach,” Phil. Mag., 85, 261-277, 2005.
Y.M. Jin, Y.U. Wang, A.G. Khachaturyan, C.R. Krenn, A.J. Schwartz, “Crystallography of the γ → α Martensitic Transformation in Plutonium Alloys,” Metall. Mater. Trans. A, 36, 2031-2047, 2005.
Y.U. Wang, Y.M. Jin, A.G. Khachaturyan, “The Effects of Free Surfaces on Martensite Microstructures: 3D Phase Field Microelasticity Simulation Study,” Acta Mater., 52, 1039-1050, 2004.
Y.U. Wang, Y.M. Jin, A.G. Khachaturyan, “Phase Field Microelasticity Modeling of Surface Instability of Heteroepitaxial Thin Films,” Acta Mater., 52, 81-92, 2004.
Y.U. Wang, Y.M. Jin, A.G. Khachaturyan, “Phase Field Microelasticity Modeling of Dislocation Dynamics near Free Surface and in Heteroepitaxial Thin Films,” Acta Mater., 51, 4209-4223, 2003.
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,” Phys. Rev. Lett., 91, 197601-1-4, 2003.
Y.M. Jin, Y.U. Wang, A.G. Khachaturyan, J.F. Li, D. Viehland, “Adaptive Ferroelectric States in Systems with Low Domain Wall Energy: Tetragonal Microdomains,” J. Appl. Phys., 94, 3629-3640, 2003.
Y.M. Jin, Y.U. Wang, A.G. Khachaturyan, “Three-Dimensional Phase Field Microelasticity Theory of Multi-Void and Multi-Crack System in Elastically Anisotropic Body: Model and Computer Simulations,” Phil. Mag., 83, 1587-1611, 2003.
Y.M. Jin, Y.U. Wang, A. Kazaryan, Y. Wang, D.E. Laughlin, A.G. Khachaturyan, “Magnetic Structure and Hysteresis in Hard Magnetic Nanocrystalline Film: Computer Simulation,” J. Appl. Phys., 92, 6172-6181, 2002.
A. Kazaryan, Y. Wang, Y.M. Jin, Y.U. Wang, A.G. Khachaturyan, L. Wang, D.E. Laughlin, “Development of Magnetic Domains in Hard Ferromagnetic Thin Films of Polytwinned Microstructure,” J. Appl. Phys., 92, 7408-7414, 2002.
Y.U. Wang, Y.M. Jin, A.G. Khachaturyan, “Three-Dimensional Phase Field Microelasticity Theory of a Complex Elastically Inhomogeneous Solid,” Appl. Phys. Lett., 80, 4513-4515, 2002.
Y.U. Wang, Y.M. Jin, A.G. Khachaturyan, “Phase Field Microelasticity Theory and Modeling of Elastically and Structurally Inhomogeneous Solid,” J. Appl. Phys., 92, 1351-1360, 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,” J. Appl. Phys., 91, 6435-6451, 2002.
Y.U. Wang, A.M. Cuitiño, “Full-Field Measurements of Heterogeneous Deformation Patterns on Polymeric Foams using Digital Image Correlation,” Int. J. Solids Structures, 39, 3777-3796, 2002.
Y.M. Jin, Y.U. Wang, A.G. Khachaturyan, “Three-Dimensional Phase Field Microelasticity Theory and Modeling of Multiple Cracks and Voids,” Appl. Phys. Lett., 79, 3071-3073, 2001.
Y.U. Wang, Y.M. Jin, A.M. Cuitiño, A.G. Khachaturyan, “Phase Field Microelasticity Theory and Modeling of Multiple Dislocation Dynamics,” Appl. Phys. Lett., 78, 2324-2326, 2001.
Y.U. Wang, Y.M. Jin, A.M. Cuitiño, A.G. Khachaturyan, “Application of Phase Field Microelasticity Theory of Phase Transformations to Dislocation Dynamics: Model and Three-Dimensional Simulations in a Single Crystal,” Phil. Mag. Lett., 81, 385-393, 2001.
Y.U. Wang, Y.M. Jin, A.M. Cuitiño, A.G. Khachaturyan, “Nanoscale Phase Field Microelasticity Theory of Dislocations: Model and 3D Simulations,” Acta Mater., 49, 1847-1857, 2001.
G. Gioia, Y.U. Wang, A.M. Cuitiño, “The Energetics of Heterogeneous Deformation in Open-Cell Solid Foams,” Proc. Roy. Soc. London A, 457, 1079-1096, 2001.
Y.U. Wang, G. Gioia, A.M. Cuitiño, “The Deformation Habits of Compressed Open-Cell Solid Foams,” J. Eng. Mater. Tech., 122, 376-378, 2000.
Y.U. Wang, A.M. Cuitiño, “Three-Dimensional Nonlinear Open-Cell Foams with Large Deformations,” J. Mech. Phys. Solids, 48, 961-988, 2000.