Yale Wang is a fourth-year Ph.D. student in the Mechanical Engineering Department at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. In the fall of 2015, he started a new adventure in Dr. Chen’s group as a Master student, where he developed an interest in gas sensing application of nanomaterials and researched on metal oxide nanowires gas sensors for his Master thesis. During his Ph.D. program study, he has worked on the projects on formaldehyde gas and hydrogen detection based on the graphene-based chemiresistive gas sensors. He has also collaborated with Argonne National Laboratory on UV/gas sensor research. Yale is interested in understanding the enhancement effects of the heterostructure in nanomaterials-based gas sensors.
Yale’s current research is on nanoscale engineering of heterostructures based on two-dimensional materials for gas sensor applications.
From Phosphorus Nanorods/C to York-Shell P@Hollow C for Potassium-Ion Batteries: High Capacity with Stable Cyclic Performance
X. K. Huang, X. Y. Sui, W. X. Ji, Y. L. Wang, D. Y. Qu, and J. H. Chen, From Phosphorus Nanorods/C to York-Shell P@Hollow C for Potassium-Ion Batteries: High Capacity with Stable Cyclic Performance, J. Mater. Chem. A. 8(11), 7641-7646, DOI: 10.1039/D0TA01576H, 2020.
Biosynthesis of silver nanoparticles using watercress: purification, characterization, and antimicrobial activity
D. L. Johnson, Y. L. Wang, S. T. Stealey, A. K. Alexander, M. G. Kaltchey, J. H. Chen, and W. J. Zhang. Biosynthesis of silver nanoparticles using watercress: purification, characterization, and antimicrobial activity, Micro & Nano Letters. 15(2), 110-113, DOI: 10.1049/mnl.2019.0528, 2020.
Design of a novel oxygen therapeutic using polymeric hydrogel microcapsules mimicking red blood cells
A. Cherwin, S. Namen, J. Rapacz, G. Kusik, A. Anderson, Y. Wang, M. Katchev, R. Schroeder, K. O'Connell, S. Stephens, J. Chen, and W. Zhang. Design of a novel oxygen therapeutic using polymeric hydrogel microcapsules mimicking red blood cells, Pharmaceutics. 2019, 11, 583.
Design of pectin-based bioink containing bioactive agent-loaded microspheres for bioprinting
D. L. Johnson, R. M. Ziemba, J. H. Shebesta, J. C. Lipscomb, Y. L. Wang, Y. L. Wu, K. D. O’Connell, M. G. Kaltchev, A. van Groningen, J. H. Chen, X. L. Hua, and W. J. Zhang. Design of pectin-based bioink containing bioactive agent-loaded microspheres for bioprinting, Biomed Phys Eng Express. 2019, 5(6).
Novel hybrid Si film/highly branched graphene nanosheets for anode materials in lithium-ion batteries
H. Kim, X. K. Huang, X. R. Guo, Y. L. Wang, S. M. Cui, Z. H. Wen, and J. H. Chen. Novel hybrid Si film/highly branched graphene nanosheets for anode materials in lithium-ion batteries, J Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 2019, 52, 345201.
Multifunctional UV and gas sensors based on vertically nanostructured zinc oxide: volume versus surface effect
L. E. Ocola, Y. L. Wang, R. Divan, and J. H. Chen. Multifunctional UV and gas sensors based on vertically nanostructured zinc oxide: volume versus surface effect, Sensors. 2019, 19(9), 2061.
Exfoliated molybdenum disulfide encapsulated in a metal organic framework for enhanced photocatalytic hydrogen evolution
R. Ren, H. L. Zhao, X. Y. Sui, X. R. Guo, X. K. Huang, Y. L. Wang, Q. Q. Dong, and J. H. Chen. Exfoliated molybdenum disulfide encapsulated in a metal organic framework for enhanced photocatalytic hydrogen evolution, Catalysts. 2019, 9(1), 89.
In operando impedance spectroscopic analysis on NiO-WO3 nanorod hetero-junction composites random networks for room temperature H2S detection
Y. L. Wang, A. Maity, X. Y. Sui, H. H. Pu, S. Mao, and J. H. Chen. In operando impedance spectroscopic analysis on NiO-WO3 nanorod hetero-junction composites random networks for room temperature H2S detection, ACS Omega. 2018, 3(12), 18685-18693.