Z Lab

Journal Publications (Google Scholar):

  1. S.-C. Lee, Y Z*, “Interpretation of autoencoder-learned collective variables using Morse–Smale complex and sublevelset persistent homology: An application on molecular trajectories ”, J. Chem. Phys. 160, 144104 (2024) [DOI]
  2. W. D. Null, W. Edwards, D. Jeong, T. Tchalakov, J. Menezes, K. Hauser, Y Z*, “Automatically-tuned model predictive control for an underwater soft robot”, IEEE Robot. Autom. Lett. 9(1), 571 (2024) and presented at 2024 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA) [DOI]
  3. X. Liu, S.-C. Lee, S. Seifert, R. E. Winans, Y Z*, T. Li, “Relation of the molecular structure and transport properties of imide-based lithium salts of 'acetonitrile/water in salt' electrolytes”, Chem. Mater. 35(16), 6415 (2023) [DOI]
  4. K. Wandke, Y Z*, “Physics-based finite element simulation of the dynamics of soft robots”, IEEE Access 11, 67996 (2023) [DOI]
  5. K. Wandke, Y Z*, “An efficient framework for the solution of contact mechanics problems in soft robotics”, 2023 IEEE International Conference on Soft Robotics (RoboSoft) (2023) [DOI]
  6. W. D. Null, J. Menezes, Y Z*, “Development of a modular and submersible soft robotic arm and corresponding learned kinematics models”, 2023 IEEE International Conference on Soft Robotics (RoboSoft) (2023) [DOI]
  7. X. Liu, S.-C. Lee, S. Seifert, L. He, C. Do, R. E. Winans, G. Kwon, Y Z*, T. Li, “Revealing the correlation between the solvation structures and the transport properties of water-in-salt electrolytes”, Chem. Mater. 35(5), 2088 (2023) [DOI]
  8. H. Farag, A. P. Kaur, L. A. Robertson, E. Sarnello, X. Liu, Y. Wang, L. Cheng, I. A. Shkrob, L. Zhang, R. H. Ewoldt, T. Li, S. A. Odom, Y Z*, “Softening by charging: how collective modes of ionic association in concentrated redoxmer electrolyte solutions define the structural and dynamic properties in different states of charge”, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 25, 4243 (2023) [DOI]
  9. D. Null, T. Tchalakov, W. Edwards, Kris Hauser, Y Z*, “Automatically-tuned model predictive control for an underwater soft robotic arm”, 2022 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA) Compliant Robot Manipulation Workshop (2022) [DOI]
  10. C. Do, R. Ashkar, C. Boone, W.-R. Chen, G. Ehlers, P. Falus, A. Faraone, J. Gardner, V. Graves, T. Huegle, R. Katsumata, D. Kent, J. Lin, W. McHargue, B. Olsen, Y. Wang, D. Wilson, Y Z, “EXPANSE: a time-of-flight expanded angle neutron spin echo spectrometer at the second target station of the spallation neutron source”, Rev. Sci. Instrum. 93, 075107 (2022) [DOI]
  11. G. Sala, M. Mourigal, C. Boone, N. Butch, A. Christianson, O. Delaire, A. DeSantis, C. Hart, R. P. Hermann, T. Huegle, D. Kent, J. Lin, M. Lumsden, M. Manley, D. Quirinale, M. Stone, Y Z, “CHESS: the future direct geometry spectrometer at the second target station”, Rev. Sci. Instrum. 93, 065109 (2022) [DOI]
  12. D. Sprouster, G. Zheng, S.-C. Lee, C. Agca, J. Mcfarlane, D. Olds, Y Z*, B. Khaykovich, “Molecular structure and phase equilibria of molten fluoride salt with and without dissolved cesium: FLiNaK-CsF (5 mol%)”, ACS Appl. Energy Mater. (2022) [DOI]
  13. P. Luo, Y. Zhai, P. Falus, V. Garcia-Sakai, M. Hartl, M. Kofu, K. Nakajima, A. Faraone, Y Z*, “Q-dependent collective relaxation dynamics of glass-forming liquid Ca0.4K0.6(NO3)1.4 investigated by wide-angle neutron spin-echo”, Nature Commun. 13, 2092 (2022) [DOI]
  14. Y. Zhai, P. Luo, J. Waller, J. L. Self, L. W. Harriger, Y Z*, A. Faraone, “Dynamics of molecular associates in methanol/water mixtures”, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 24, 2287 (2022) [DOI]
  15. X. Liu, S.-C. Lee, S. Seifer, R. E. Winans, L. Cheng, Y Z*, T. Li, “Insight into the nanostructure of ‘water-in-salt’ electrolytes: a SAXS/WAXS study on imide-based lithium salts aqueous solutions”, Energy Storage Mater. 45, 696 (2022) [DOI]
  16. K. Wandke, Y Z*, “MOOSE-based finite element hyperelastic modeling for soft robot simulations”, IEEE Access 9, 139627 (2021) [DOI]
  17. S.-C. Lee, Y. Zhai, Z. Li, N. P. Walter, M. Rose, B. J. Heuser, Y Z*, “Comparative studies of the structural and transport properties of molten salt FLiNaK using the machine-learned neural network and reparametrized classical forcefields”, J. Phys. Chem. B 125(37), 10562 (2021) [DOI]
  18. I. F. T. de Souza, V. H. Paschoal, K. Bernardino, T. A. Lima, L. L. Daemen, Y Z, M. C. C. Ribeiro, “Vibrational spectroscopy and molecular dynamics simulation of choline oxyanions salts”, J. Mol. Liq. 340(15), 117100 (2021) [DOI]
  19. P. Luo, A. Jaiswal, Y. Zhai, Z. Cai, N. P. Walter, L. Zhou, M. Liu, R. Mills, A. Podlesynak, G. Ehlers, A. Faraone, H. Bai, W. Wang, Y Z*, “Atomic dynamics of metallic glass melts La50Ni15Al35 and Ce69Cu20Al10Nb1 studied by quasi-elastic neutron scattering”, Phys. Rev. B 103, 224104 (2021) [DOI]
  20. I. A. Shkrob, L. A. Robertson, Y. Zhou, A. Rajeev, L. Cheng, L. Zhang, E. Sarnello, X. Liu, T. Li, A. P. Kaur, T. Suduwella, S. Odom, Y. Wang, R. Ewoldt, H. Farag, Y Z, “Crowded electrolytes containing redoxmers in different states of charge: solution structure, properties, and fundamental limits on power density”, J. Mol. Liq. 334(15), 116533 (2021) [DOI]
  21. R. Nome, Pilar Cossio, Y Z, “Integrating Timescales from Molecules Up”, Front. Chem. 9, 680533 (2021) [DOI]
  22. Y. Zhai, N. S. Martys, W. L. George, J. Nayem, Y Z, Y. Liu, “Intermediate scattering functions of a rigid body monoclonal antibody protein in solution studied by dissipative particle dynamic simulations”, Struc. Dyn. 8, 024102 (2021) [DOI]
  23. Y. Zhai, P. Luo, M. Nagao, K. Nakajima, T. Kukuchi, Y. Kawakita, P. Kienzle, Y Z*, A. Faraone, “Relevance of hydrogen bonded associates to the transport properties and nanoscale dynamics of liquid and supercooled 2-propanol”, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 23, 7220 (2021) [DOI]
  24. J. Mirth, Y. Zhai, J. Bush, E. G. Alvarado, H. Jordan, M. Heim, B. Krishnamoorthy, M. Pflaum, A. Clark, Y Z*, H. Adams, “Representations of energy landscapes by sublevelset persistent homology: an example with n-alkanes”, J. Chem. Phys. 154, 114114 (2021) [DOI]
    • J. Chem. Phys. Editor's Pick
  25. Y. Zhai, P. Luo, Y Z*, “Role of phonon softening induced by anisotropic fluctuations in the enhanced mobility at free glassy surfaces”, Phys. Rev. B 103, 085424 (2021) [DOI]
  26. Y. Yang, H. Ying, Z. Li, J. Wang, Y. Chen, B. Luo, D. Gray, Q. Chen, A. Ferguson, Y Z, J. Cheng, “Near quantitative synthesis of urea macrocycles enabled by bulky N-substituent”, Nature Commun. 12, 1572 (2021) [DOI]
  27. P. Luo, Y. Zhai, J. B. Leao, M. Kofu, K. Nakajima, A. Faraone, Y Z*, “Neutron spin echo studies of the structural relaxation of liquid ZnCl2 at the structure factor primary peak and pre-peak”, J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 12(1), 392 (2021) [DOI]
  28. P. Luo, C. Jaramillo, A. M. Wallum, Z. Liu, R. Zhao, L. Shen, J. C. Spear, D. Curreli, J. W. Lyding, M. Gruebele, W. H. Wang, J. P. Allain, Y Z*, “Coherent atomic-scale ripples on metallic glasses patterned by low-energy ion irradiation for large-area surface structuring”, ACS Appl. Nano Mater. 3(12), 12025 (2020) [DOI]
  29. Y. Zhao, E. Sarnello, L. A. Robertson, J. Zhang, Z. Shi, Z. Yu, S. R. Bheemireddy, Y Z, T. Li, R. S. Assary, L. Cheng, Z. Zhang, L. Zhang, I. A. Shkrob, “Competitive pi-stacking and H-bond piling increase solubility of heterocyclic redoxmers”, J. Phys. Chem. B 124(46), 10409 (2020) [DOI]
  30. I. A. Shkrob, T. Li, E. Sarnello, L. A. Robertson, Y. Zhao, H. Farag, Z. Yu, J. Zhang, S. R. Bheemireddy, Y Z, R. Assary, R. Ewoldt, L. Cheng, L. Zhang, “Self-assembled solute networks in crowded electrolyte solutions and nanoconfinement of charged redoxmer molecules”, J. Phys. Chem. B 124(45), 10226 (2020) [DOI]
  31. P. Luo, Y. Zhai, E. Senses, E. Mamontov, G. Xu, Y Z*, A. Faraone, “Influence of kosmotrope and chaotrope salts on water structural relaxation”, J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 11(21), 8970 (2020) [DOI]
  32. Y. Zhao, Z. Yu, L. A. Robertson, J. Zhang, Z. Shi, S. R. Bheemireddy, I. A. Shkrob, Y Z, T. Li, Z. Zhang, L. Cheng, L. Zhang, “Unexpected electrochemical behavior of an anolyte redoxmer in flow battery electrolytes: solvating cations help to fight against the thermodynamic-kinetic dilemma”, J. Mater. Chem. A 8, 13470 (2020) [DOI]
  33. T. A. Lima, V. H. Paschoal, R. S. Freitas, L. F. O. Faria, Z. Li, M. Tyagi, Y Z, M. C. C. Ribeiro, “An inelastic neutron scattering, raman, far-infrared, and molecular dynamics study of the intermolecular dynamics of two ionic liquids”, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 22, 9074 (2020) [DOI]
  34. Z. Li, L. A. Robertson, I. A. Shkrob, K. C. Smith, L. Cheng, L. Zhang, J. S. Moore, and Y Z*, “Realistic ion dynamics through charge renormalization in nonaqueous electrolytes”, J. Phys. Chem. B 124(15), 3214 (2020) [DOI]
  35. Z. Yu, L. A. Curtiss, R. E. Winans, Y Z, T. Li, L. Cheng, “Asymmetric composition of ionic aggregates and the origin of high correlated transference number in water-in-salt electrolytes”, J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 11(4), 1276 (2020) [DOI]
  36. L. A. Robertson, Z. Li, Y. Cao, I. A. Shkrob, M. Tyagi, K. C. Smith, L. Zhang, J. S. Moore, and Y Z*, “Observation of Microheterogeneity in Highly Concentrated Nonaqueous Electrolyte Solutions”, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 141(20), 8041 (2019) [DOI]
    • “Stability and microheterogeneity in concentrated nonaqueous electrolyte solutions”, 2020 Accomplishments and Opportunities, NIST Center for Neutron Research (2020)
  37. T. A. Lima, Z. Li, M. Tyagi, M. C.C. Ribeiro, Y Z*, “Spatial and thermal signatures of α and β relaxations in glassy and glacial aliphatic ionic liquids“, J. Chem. Phys. 150, 144506 (2019) [DOI]
  38. R. Ashkar, H. Bilheux, H. Bordallo, R. Briber, D. Callaway, X. Cheng, X.-Q. Chu, J. Curtis, M. Dadmun, P. Fenimore, D. Fushman, F. Gabel, K. Gupta, F. Herberle, F. Heinrich, L. Hong, J. Katsaras, Z. Kelman, E. Kharlampieva, G. Kneller, A. Kovalevskyi, S. Krueger, P. Langan, R. Lieberman, Y. Liu, M. Losche, E. Lyman, Y. Mao, J. Marino, C. Mattos, F. Meilleurz, P. Moody, J. D. Nickels, W. O'Dell, H. O'Neill, U. Perez-Salas, J. Peters, L. Petridis, A. Sokolov, C. Stanley, N. Wagner, M. Weinrich, K. Weiss, T. Wymore, Y. Zhang, J. C. Smith, “Neutron scattering in the biological sciences: progress and prospects”, Acta Cryst. D74, 1129 (2018) [DOI]
  39. T. P. Moneypenny II, A. Yang, N. P. Walter, T. J. Woods, D. L. Gray, Y. Zhang, J. S. Moore, “Product Distribution from Precursor Bite Angle Variation in Multitopic Alkyne Metathesis: Evidence for a Putative Kinetic Bottleneck”, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 140(17), 5825 (2018) [DOI]
  40. Z. Cai, Y. Zhang*, “Hydrophobicity-driven thermal unfolding of Trp-cage encapsulated between graphene sheets”, Colloids Surf. B 168,103 (2018) [DOI]
  41. N. P. Walter, A. Jaiswal, Z. Cai, Y. Zhang*, “LiquidLib: A comprehensive toolbox for analyzing classical and ab initio molecular dynamics simulations of liquids and liquid-like matter with applications to neutron scattering experiments”, Comput. Phys. Commun. 228, 209 (2018) [DOI]
  42. T. P. Moneypenny II, N. P. Walter, Z. Cai, Y.-R. Miao, D. L. Gray, J. J. Hinman, S. Lee, Y. Zhang*, and J. S. Moore, “Impact of shape persistence on the porosity of molecular cages”, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 139(8), 3259 (2017) [DOI]
  43. A. Jaiswal, T. Egami, K. F. Kelton, K. S. Schweizer, Y. Zhang*, “Correlation between fragility and the Arrhenius crossover phenomenon in metallic, molecular, and network liquids”, Phys. Rev. Lett. 117, 205701 (2016) [DOI]
  44. K. Yang, Z. Cai, A. Jaiswal, M. Tyagi, J. S. Moore, Y. Zhang*, “Dynamic odd-even effect in liquid n-alkanes near melting points”, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 55(45), 14090 (2016) [DOI]
    • “The science behind faster gasoline” from Rob Dimeo, Director of NIST Center for Neutron Research
    • “New discovery may lead to the development of super premium gasoline”, UIUC College of Engineering news, Beckman Institute news, etc.
    • “Discovery of a dynamic odd-even effect in liquid n-alkanes near melting points”, 2017 Accomplishments and Opportunities, NIST Center for Neutron Research (2017)
    • “New discovery may lead to the development of super premium gasoline”, Science Daily, Science Newsline, scienceblog, phys.org, phys.org Last Week Top Stories, AAAS EurekAlert, chemeurope, Principia Scientific, Chem Info, Science Mic, Parallel State, etc.
    • “Discovery on Liquid Alkanes can Benefit Petroleum Industry”, AZO Materials
    • “Revolutionary Novel Discovery may Result in Development of Super-Premium Gasoline”, Engineers Garage
    • “Discovery could lead to crude oil and gasoline being transported across country 30 times faster”, Innovation Toronto
    • “Transporting Petroleum Could Now Be Done 30 Times Faster Than Usual”, Gineers Now
  45. K. Yang, Z. Cai, M. Tyagi, M. Feygenson, J. C. Neuefeind, J. S. Moore, Y. Zhang*, “Odd-even structural sensitivity on dynamics in network-forming ionic liquids”, Chem. Mater. 28(9), 3227 (2016) [DOI]
  46. A. Jaiswal, S. O’Keefe, R. Mills, A. Podlesynak, G. Ehlers, W. Dmowski, K. Lokshin, T. Egami, Y. Zhang*, “Onset of cooperative dynamics in an equilibrium glass-forming metallic liquid”, J. Phys. Chem. B 120(6), 1142 (2016) [DOI]
  47. A. Jaiswal, Y. Zhang*, “Robustness of dynamical cluster analysis in a glass-forming metallic liquid using an unsupervised machine learning algorithm”, MRS Adv. 1(26), 1929 (2016) [DOI]
  48. K.-H. Liu, Y. Zhang, U.-S. Jeng, C.-Y. Mou, “Density of hydrophobically confined deeply-cooled water investigated by small angle X-ray scattering”, J. Chem. Phys. 143, 094704 (2015) [DOI]
  49. A. Jaiswal, A. Podlesynak, G. Ehlers, R. Mills, S. O’Keefe, J. Stevick, J. Kempton, G. Jelbert, W. Dmowski, K. Lokshin, T. Egami, Y. Zhang*, “Coincidence of collective relaxation anomaly and specific heat peak in a bulk metallic glass-forming liquid”, Phys. Rev. B 92, 024202 (2015) [DOI]
  50. A. Jaiswal, T. Egami, Y. Zhang*, “Atomic-scale dynamics of a model glass-forming metallic liquid: dynamical crossover, dynamical decoupling, and dynamical clustering“, Phys. Rev. B 91, 134204 (2015) [DOI]
    • Featured on the front page of Phys. Rev. B web site
  51. L. J. Santodonato, Y. Zhang*, M. Feygenson, C. M. Parish, M. C. Gao, M. K. Miller, R. J. K. Weber, J. C. Neuefeind, Z. Tang, P. K. Liaw, “Deviation from high-entropy configurations in the atomic distributions of a multi-principal-element alloy”, Nature Commun. 6, 5964 (2015) [DOI]
  52. K. Yang, M. Tyagi, J. S. Moore, Y. Zhang*, “Odd-even glass transition temperatures in network-forming ionic glass homologue”, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 136(4), 1268 (2014) [DOI]
    • “Dynamic Origin of the Anomalous Odd-even Glass Transition Temperature in an Ionic Glass”, 2014 Accomplishments and Opportunities, NIST Center for Neutron Research (2014)
    • “New atomic properties found in ionic glass”, UIUC College of Engineering news, UIUC NPRE homepage story, Beckman Institue news
  53. B. Huang, Y. Zhang, X. Shu, Y. Liu, P. X. Ye, “Neutron scattering for moisture detection in foamed asphalt”, J. Mater. Civil Eng. 25(7), 932 (2013) [DOI]
  54. K.-H. Liu, Y. Zhang, J.-J. Lee, C.-C. Chen, Y.-Q. Yeh, S.-H. Chen, C.-Y. Mou, “Density and anomalous thermal expansion of deeply-cooled water confined in mesoporous silica investigated by synchrotron X-ray diffraction”, J. Chem. Phys. 139, 064502 (2013) [DOI]
  55. C. E. Bertrand, Y. Zhang, S.-H. Chen, “Deeply-cooled water under strong confinement: neutron scattering investigations and the liquid-liquid critical point hypothesis”, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 15(3), 721 (2013) [DOI]
    • Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. invited Perspective article
  56. Y. Zhang, M. Tyagi, E. Mamontov, S.-H. Chen, “Quasi-elastic neutron scattering studies of the slow dynamics of supercooled and glassy aspirin”, J. Phys.-Condens. Mat. 24(6), 064112(2012) [DOI]
  57. S.-H. Chen, Y. Zhang, “Dynamic crossover phenomenon in confined water and its relation to the liquid-liquid critical point: experiments and MD simulations”, Proceedings of the International School of Physics “Enrico Fermi”: Complex Materials in Physics and Biology 176,129(2012) [DOI]
  58. X. Li, C.-Y. Shew, L. He, F. Meilleur, D. A. A. Myles, E. Liu, Y. Zhang, G. S. Smith, K. W. Herwig, R. Pynn, W.-R. Chen, “Scattering functions of plantonic solids”, J. Appl. Crystallogr. 44, 545 (2011) [DOI]
    • “Scattering functions of platonic solids”, IUCr Newsletter 19(2), (2011)
  59. Y. Zhang, A. Faraone, W. A. Kamitakahara, K.-H. Liu, C.-Y. Mou, J. B. Leao, S. Chang, S.-H. Chen, “Density measurement of confined water with neutron scattering”, P. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 108(47), 1193 (2011) [DOI]
  60. Y. Zhang, A. Faraone, W. A. Kamitakahara, K.-H. Liu, C.-Y. Mou, J. B. Leao, S. Chang, S.-H. Chen, “Density hysteresis of heavy water confined in a nanoporous silica matrix”, P. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 108(30), 12206(2011)[DOI]
    • “Unraveling water’s secrets”, MIT homepage today’s spot, Aug. 1, 2011
    • Book Cover, “Scattering Methods in Complex Fluids”, by Sow-Hsin Chen and Piero Tartaglia, Cambridge University Press (2015)
    • “Density Hysteresis in Nanoconfined Water”, 2011 Accomplishments and Opportunities, NIST Center for Neutron Research (2011)
    • “Shedding light on water's mysterious behavior”, DOE Office of Science headlines
    • Cover of the DOE Neutron Scattering Principal Investigators’ Meeting Report (2012)
    • “Revealing water’s secrets”, MIT news, MIT NSE news, Phys.org, ORNL in the news, etc.
    • “MIT research supports controversial theory about water”, Newsroom America
    • “MIT Scientists Tackle Water Controversy”, Crazy Engineers
    • “Explaining some of water’s mysteries”, Softpedia
    • “The Secrets of Water”, Hydrophilia
    • “Water’s secrets revealed”, R&D Magazine
    • “More light on anomalous behavior of water”, Chemical Industry Digest
  61. C.-S. Tsao, M. Li, Y. Zhang, J. B. Leao, Wei-Shan Chiang, Tsui-Yun Chung, Yi-Ren Tzeng, Ming-Sheng Yu, S.-H. Chen, “Probing the room temperature spatial distribution of hydrogen in nanoporous carbon by use of small-angle neutron scattering”, J. Phys. Chem. C 114, 19895 (2010) [DOI]
  62. C.-S. Tsao, Y. Liu, M. Li, Y. Zhang, J. B. Leao, H.-W. Chang, M.-S. Yu, S.-H. Chen, “Neutron scattering methodology for absolute measurement of room-temperature hydrogen storage capacity and evidence for spillover effect in a Pt-doped activated carbon”, J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 1, 1569 (2010) [DOI]
    • MRS ACNS 2010 highlight
  63. S.-H. Chen, M. Lagi, X. Chu, Y. Zhang, C. Kim, A. Faraone, E. Fratini, P. Baglioni, “Dynamics of a globular protein and its hydration water studied by neutron scattering and MD simulations”, J. Spectrosc. 24, 1 (2010) [DOI]
    • Journal of Spectroscopy cover story
  64. S.-H. Chen, Y. Zhang, M. Lagi, X. Chu, L. Liu, A. Faraone, E. Fratini, P. Baglioni, “The dynamic response function χT(Q,t) of confined supercooled water and its relation to the dynamic crossover phenomenon”, Z. Phys. Chem. 224, 109 (2010) [DOI]
  65. S.-H. Chen, Y. Zhang, M. Lagi, S.-H. Chong, P. Baglioni, F. Mallamace, “Evidence of dynamic crossover phenomena in water and other glass-forming liquids: experiments, MD simulations and theory”, J. Phys.-Condens. Mat. 21, 504102 (2009) [DOI]
    • Institute of Physics (IOP) Select
  66. Y. Zhang, M. Lagi, E. Fratini, P. Baglioni, E. Mamontov, S.-H. Chen, “Dynamic susceptibility of supercooled water and its relation to the dynamic crossover phenomenon”, Phys. Rev. E 79, 040201 (2009) [DOI]
    • “Twenty Most Important Publications” from Neutron Science Directorate, ORNL, 2009-2012
    • Virtual Journal of Biological Physics Research, Vol. 17, Issue 8 (2009)
  67. A. Faraone, Y. Zhang, K.-H. Liu, C.-Y. Mou, S.-H. Chen, “Single particle dynamics of water confined in a hydrophobically modified MCM-41-S nanoporous matrix”, J. Chem. Phys. 130, 134512 (2009) [DOI]
    • “Water dynamics in hydrophobic confinement”, 2009 Accomplishments and Opportunities, NIST Center for Neutron Research (2009)
    • Virtual Journal of Biological Physics Research, Vol. 17, Issue 8 (2009)
  68. Y. Zhang, M. Lagi, D. Liu, F. Mallamace, E. Fratini, P. Baglioni, E. Mamontov, M. Hagen, S.-H. Chen, “Observation of high-temperature dynamic crossover in protein hydration water and its relation to reversible denaturation of lysozyme”, J. Chem. Phys. 130, 13501 (2009) [DOI]
    • Virtual Journal of Biological Physics Research, Vol 17, Issue 8 (2009)
  69. Y. Zhang, K.-H. Liu, M. Lagi, D. Liu, K. C. Littrell, C.-Y. Mou, S.-H. Chen, “Absence of the density minimum of supercooled water in hydrophobic confinement”, J. Phys. Chem. B 113, 5007 (2009) [DOI]
  70. Y. Zhang, M. Lagi, F. Ridi, E. Fratini, P. Baglioni, E. Mamontov, S.-H. Chen, “Observation of dynamic crossover and dynamic heterogeneity in hydration water confined in aged cement paste”, J. Phys.-Condens. Mat. 20, 502101 (2008) [DOI]
    • Institute of Physics (IOP) Select
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  71. D. Liu, X. Chu, M. Lagi, Y. Zhang, E. Fratini, P. Baglioni, A. Alatas, A. Said, E. Alp, S.-H. Chen, “Studies of phononlike low-energy excitations of protein molecules by inelastic X-ray scattering”, Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 135501 (2008) [DOI]
    • APS homepage Science and Research Highlights
    • “A Quantum of Vibration in an Unexpected Place”, APS Science and Research
    • “The atomic dance of proteins”, APS Science 2008, 68-69 (2008)
    • Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science and Technology, Vol. 18, Issue 14 (2008)
    • Virtual Journal of Biological Physics Research, Vol. 16, Issue 7 (2008)
  72. D. Liu, Y. Zhang, Y. Liu, J. Wu, C.-C. Chen, C.-Y. Mou, S.-H. Chen, “Density measurement of 1-D confined water by small angle neutron scattering method: pore size and hydration level dependences”, J. Phys. Chem. B 112, 4309 (2008) [DOI]
  73. D. Liu, Y. Zhang, C.-C. Chen, C.-Y. Mou, P. H. Poole, S.-H. Chen, “Observation of the density minimum in deeply supercooled confined water”, P. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 104(23), 9570 (2007) [DOI]
    • “A density minimum in supercooled water”, PNAS cover story, P. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 104(23), 9547 (2007)
    • “Supercooled liquid: Water ways”, Nature Nanotechnology, June 8, 2007
    • “Thermodynamics: Highs and lows in the density of water”, Nature Nanotechnology 2, 396 (2007)
    • “Supercool, and Strange”, Science News cover story
    • “The density minimum in deeply supercooled confined water”, 2007 Accomplishments and Opportunities, NIST Center for Neutron Research, 8-9 (2007)
    • Cover of the DOE Neutron Scattering Principal Investigators’ Meeting Report (2010)
    • “Densities of Confined Supercooled Water”, ORNL Annual Report (2010)
    • Highlights on ScienceWatch.com, Journalreview.org, X-Ray Group Virtual Journal Club, etc.
    • Virtual Journal of Biological Physics Research, Vol. 14, Issue 1 (2007)
  74. S.-H. Chen, L. Liu, X. Chu, Y. Zhang, E. Fratini, P. Baglioni, A. Faraone, E. Mamontov, “Experimental evidence of fragile-to-strong dynamic crossover in DNA hydration water”, J. Chem. Phys. 125, 171103 (2006) [DOI]
    • “A mechanism for the onset of bioactivity in biomolecules”, 2006 Accomplishments and Opportunities, NIST Center for Neutron Research, 32-33 (2006)
    • Virtual Journal of Biological Physics Research, November 15, 2006

Conference Proceedings:

  1. K. Wandke and Y Z*, “Recent updates to Kraken: a moose-based multiphysics simulation platform for soft materials and robots”, Transactions of the American Nuclear Society (accepted, 2023) [DOI]
  2. V. Grizzi and Y Z*, “First-principle molecular dynamics studies of the thermophysical properties of LiF-NaF-ThF4”, Transactions of the American Nuclear Society 127, 491 (2022)
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  4. A. Jaiswal, Y. Zhang*, “Coherent quasi-elastic neutron scattering studies of the collective diffusion of glass-forming metallic liquids”, Transactions of the American Nuclear Society 110, 942 (2014)
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