1.         Surface and interface modification of metallic and semiconductor materials

2.         Probe the mechanical properties and structure of materials from the micro/nano scale

3.         In-situ Environmental TEM (heating, corrosive environment, electromechanical, friction and wear)

2020.4 – Present   Xi'an Jiaotong University, China   Associate Professor

2018.11 – 2020.3   Xi’an Jiaotong University, China  Assistant Professor  

2017.2 – 2018.2   Materials Science and Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, USA    Visiting Student

2013.9 – 2018.6      Materials Science and Engineering, Xi’an Jiaotong University, China   Ph.D.

2009.9 –2013.7      Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern Polytechnical University, China      B.Sc.

2011  Max Planck Society Postdoctoral Fellowship, Fritz Haber Institute

2008  Director’s scholarship, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences

2016  Award for Outstanding Graduate Student, Chinese Vacuum Society

2013  Honor for Excellent Thesis, Northwestern Polytechnical University

Full publications list and Citation

https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=zh-CN&user=EnrtUmAAAAAJ

https://publons.com/researcher/4528857/yuecun-wang/

Selected Publications

1. Y.C. Wang, J. Ding, Z. Fan, L. Tian, M. Li, H. H. Lu, Y.Q. Zhang, E. Ma, J. Li, Z.W. Shan. Tension–compression asymmetry in amorphous silicon, Nature Materials, (2021)

2. T. R. Wei*, M. Jin*, Y.C. Wang*, Hongyi Chen, Zhiqiang Gao, Kunpeng Zhao, Pengfei Qiu, Zhiwei Shan, Jun Jiang, Rongbin Li, Lidong Chen, Jian He, Xun Shi. Exceptional plasticity in the bulk single-crystalline van der Waals semiconductor InSe, Science, (2020).

3. Y.C. Wang, Beiming Liang, Shuigang Xu, Lin Tian, Andrew Minor, Zhiwei Shan, Tunable anelasticity in amorphous Si nanowires, Nano Letters (2020).

4. Y.C. Wang, M Li, Y. Q. Yang, X. A. Zhao, Evan Ma, Zhiwei Shan. In-situ surface transformation of magnesium to protect against oxidation at elevated temperatures, Journal of Materials Science & Technology (2020).

5. Y.C. Wang, Boyu Liu, Zhiwei Shan. Design of the Magnesium Composite with High Corrosion Resistance and High Deformability, Magnesium Technology (2020).

6. Y.C. Wang, Boyu Liu, Xin'ai Zhao, Yucong Miao, Mr. Nan Yang, Bo Yang, Liqiang Zhang, Ju Li, En Ma, Zhiwei Shan, Turning native or corroded Mg surface into anti-corrosion coating in excited CO2, Nature Communications, (2018).

7. Y.C. Wang, Lin Tian, Fan Liu, Yuan-Bin Qin, Gong Zheng, Jing-Tao Wang, Evan Ma, and Zhi-Wei Shan, Helium Ion Microscope Fabrication Causing Changes in the Structure and Mechanical Behavior of Silicon Micropillars, Small,13.1 (2017).

8. Y.C. Wang, Zhang, W., Wang, L. Y., Zhuang, Z., Ma, E., Li, J., & Shan, Z. W. In situ TEM study of deformation-induced crystalline-to-amorphous transition in silicon. NPG Asia Materials, 8(7), e291, (2016).

10. Y. C. Wang, D. G. Xie, X. H. Ning, Z. W. Shan. Thermal treatment-induced ductile-to-brittle transition of submicron-sized Si pillars fabricated by focused ion beam. Applied Physics Letters, 106(8), 081905, (2015).

11. L.Q. Zhang*, Y.C. Wang*, D.G. Xie*, Y.S. Tang, C.Y. Wu, L.S. Cui, Y.F. Li, X.H. Ning, Z.W. Shan. In situ transmission electron microscopy study of the electrochemical sodiation process for a single CuO nanowire electrode. RSC Advances,6(14), 11441-11445, (2016).

12. Zhang, Liqiang*, Yushu Tang*, Y.C. Wang*, Yongli Duan, Degang Xie, Chunyang Wu, Lishan Cui, Yongfeng Li, Xiaohui Ning, and Zhiwei Shan. "In situ TEM observing structural transitions of MoS 2 upon sodium insertion and extraction." RSC Advances 6, no. 98: 96035-96038, (2016).

13. L. Yang, T. Dai, Y. C. Wang, D. G. Xie, R. L. Narayana, J. Li, X. H. Ning, Chestnut-like SnO2/C nanocomposites with enhanced lithium ion storage properties, Nano Energy, 30，885–891 (2016).

14. L.Q. Zhang, Y.S Tang, Q.M. Peng, T.T. Yang, Q.N. Liu, Y.C. Wang, Y.F. Li, C.C. Du, Y. Sun, L.S. Cui, F. Yang, Z.W. Shan, J.Y. Huang. “Ceramic Nanowelding”, Nature Communications, (2018).

1. Yuecun Wang, Beiming Liang, Liqiang Zhang, Wenbo Li, Zhiwei Shan; 2019-08-06, China 201910721404.2

2. Zhiwei Shan; Yuecun Wang; Yucong Miao; Nan Yang; Boyu Liu; Anti-corrosion method of magnesium and magnesium alloy and application of MgCO₃ layer as anti-corrosion layer, 2016-9-07, China, ZL201610807830.4