Yanfei Gao , Ph.D
Journal Papers (accepted and in press)
H.L. Jia, X. Xie, L. Zhao, J.F. Wang, Y.F. Gao, K.A. Dahmen, W.D. Li*,
P.K. Liaw*, C.L. Ma*, "Effects of similar-element-substitution on the glass-forming ability and
mechanical behaviors of Ti-Cu-Zr-Pd bulk metallic glasses." Journal of Materials Research and Technology,
accepted on 8/19/2017
Papers (published)
J.H. Lee, Y.F. Gao*, A.F. Bower*, H.T. Xu, G.M. Pharr*,
"Stiffness of frictional contact of dissimilar elastic solids."
Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids,
vol. 112, pp. 318-333, March 2018
J.L. Shi, X.J. Zhao, L.Y. Zhang, X.L. Xue, Z.X. Guo, Y.F. Gao, S.F. Li*,
"An oxidized magnetic Au single atom on doped TiO2(110) becomes a high performance
CO oxidation catalyst due to charge effect." Journal of Materials Chemistry A,
vol. 5, iss. 36, pp. , September 2017
Z. Wu, M.C. Troparevsky, Y.F. Gao, J.R. Morris, G.M. Stocks, H. Bei*,
"Phase stability, physical properties and strengthening mechanisms
of concentrated solid solution alloys." Current Opinion in Solid State and Materials Science,
vol. 21, iss. 5, pp. 267-284, October 2017
T.K. Liu, Y.F. Gao*, H. Bei*, "Probing elastically
or plastically induced structural heterogeneity in bulk metallic glasses by
nanoindentation pop-in tests." AIP Advances, vol. 7, iss. 8, 085216, August 2017
M. Petrova, Z.W. Gao, Y. Liu, Y.F. Gao*, W. He*,
"Cohesive finite element simulations of contraction and shape effects on cell
de-adhesion." Journal of Mechanics in Medicine and Biology,
vol. 17, no. 6, 17
C. Pu, Y.F. Gao*, Y.L. Wang, T.L. Sham, "Diffusion-coupled
cohesive interface simulations of stress-corrosion intergranular
cracking in polycrystalline materials." Acta Materialia,
vol. 136, pp. 21-31, September 2017
T.K. Liu, Z. Wu, A.D. Stoica, Q. Xie, W. Wu, Y.F. Gao*,
H. Bei*, K. An*, "Twinning-mediated work hardening and texture evolution
in CrCoFeMnNi high entropy alloys at cryogenic temperature." Materials and Design,
vol. 131, pp. 419-427, October 2017
W. Zhang, Y.F. Gao*, Y.Z. Xia, H. Bei, "Indentation Schmid factor
and incipient plasticity by nanoindentation pop-in tests in hexagonal close-packed single
crystals." Acta Materialia, vol. 134, pp. 53-65, August 2017
K. Jin, Y.F. Gao, H. Bei*, "Intrinsic properties and strengthening
mechanism of monocrystalline Ni-containing ternary concentrated solid solutions."
Materials Science and Engineering A, vol. 695, pp. 74-79, May 2017
G. Song, Z. Sun, L. Li, B. Clausen, S.Y. Zhang, Y.F. Gao, P.K. Liaw*,
"High temperature deformation mechanism in hierarchical and single precipitate strengthened
ferritic alloys by in situ neutron diffraction studies." Scientific Reports,
7, 45965, April 2017
W.J. Ding, J.B. Zhu, Z. Wang, Y.F. Gao, D. Xiao, Y. Gu, Z.Y. Zhang,
W.G. Zhu*, "Prediction of intrinsic two-dimensional ferroelectrics in
In2Se3 and other III2-VI3 van der Waals materials."
Nature Communications, 8, 14956, April 2017
C.C. Yu, J.P. Chu*, H.L. Jia, Y.L. Shen, Y.F. Gao, P.K. Liaw, Y. Yokoyama,
"Influence of thin-film metallic glass coating on fatigue
behavior of bulk metallic glass: experiments and finite element modeling."
Materials Science and Engineering A, vol. 692, pp. 146-155, April 2017
Y. Song, X. Xie, J. Luo, P.K. Liaw*, H. Qi*, Y.F. Gao*,
"Seeing the unseen: uncover the bulk heterogeneous deformation
processes in metallic glasses through
surface temperature decoding." Materials Today, vol. 20, iss. 1, 9-15, Jan-Feb 2017
G. Song, Z. Sun, J. Poplawsky, Y.F. Gao, P.K. Liaw*, "Microstructural
evolution of single Ni2TiAl or hierarchical NiAl/Ni2TiAl precipitates
in Fe-Ni-Al-Cr-Ti ferritic alloys during thermal treatment for elevated-temperature applications."
Acta Materialia, vol. 127, pp. 1-16, April 2017
J.L. Shi, J.H. Wu, X.J. Zhao, X.L. Xue, Y.F. Gao, Z.X. Guo, S.F. Li*,
"Substrate co-doping modulates electronic metal-support interactions and significantly
enhances single-atom catalysis." Nanoscale, vol. 8, iss. 46, pp.
December 2016
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W.D. Li, Y.F. Gao*,
H. Bei*, "Instability analysis
and free volume simulations of shear band directions and arrangements in notched metallic glasses."
Scientific Reports, vol. 6, art no. 34878,
October 2016 [].
W.D. Li, H. Bei*, Y.F. Gao*, "Effects of geometric
factors and shear band patterns on notch sensitivity in bulk metallic
glasses." Intermetallics, vol. 79, pp. 12-19, December 2016
S.F. Li*, X.J. Zhao, J.L. Shi, Y. Jia, Z.X. Guo, J.H. Cho, Y.F. Gao,
Z.Y. Zhang, "Interplay between spin-selection rule and frontier orbital theory in O2
activation and CO oxidation by single-atom-sized catalysts on TiO2 (110)."
Physical Chemistry and Chemical Physics, vol. 18, iss. 36, pp. , September 2016
This article is also featured in the inside back cover of the published issue.
See link at [].
W. Wu, Y.F. Gao, N. Li, C.M. Parish, W.J. Liu, P.K. Liaw, K. An*,
"Intragranular twinning, detwinning, and twinning-like lattice reorientation in
magnesium alloys." Acta Materialia, vol. 121, pp. 15-23, December 2016
Z.W. Gao, Y.F. Gao*, "Why do receptor-ligand bonds in cell adhesion cluster
into discrete focal-adhesion sites?" Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids,
vol. 95, pp. 557-574, October 2016
Z. Wu, Y.F. Gao*, H. Bei*, "Thermal activation mechanisms
and Labusch-type strengthening analysis for a family of high-entropy and equiatomic
solid-solution alloys." Acta Materialia, vol. 120, pp. 108-119, November 2016
Y. Wu, H.X. Li, J.E. Gao, H. Wang, X.J. Liu, M.K. Miller, H. Bei, Y.F. Gao,
Z.P. Lu*, "Nanocrystallization in a Cu-doped Fe-based metallic glass."
Journal of Alloys and Compounds, vol. 688, Part B, pp. 822-827, December 2016
Z.W. Gao, W. Zhang,
Y.F. Gao*, "Scale dependence of interface dislocation
storage governing the frictional sliding of single asperities." Modelling and Simulation in Materials
Science and Engineering, vol. 24, iss. 6, 065010, August 2016
Y.Z. Xia*, Y.F. Gao, G.M. Pharr, H. Bei, "Single versus successive pop-in
modes in nanoindentation tests of single crystals." Journal of Materials Research,
vol. 31, iss. 14, pp. , July 2016
E. Mafi, X. Tao, W.G. Zhu, Y.F. Gao, C.M. Wang, Y. Gu*, "Generation
and the role of dislocations in single-crystalline phase-change In2Se3 nanowires under
electrical pulses." Nanotechnology, vol. 27, no. 33, 335704, August 2016
A. Datye, L. Li, W. Zhang, Y.J. Wei, Y.F. Gao*, G.M. Pharr*,
"Extraction of anisotropic mechanical properties from nanoindentation of SiC-6H single crystals."
Trans. of ASME, Journal of Applied Mechanics, vol. 83, art no. 091003, September 2016
Y.F. Gao*, H. Bei*, "Strength statistics of single crystals
and metallic glasses under small stressed volumes." Progress in Materials Science,
vol. 82, pp. 118-150, September 2016
Z. Sun, G. Song, T.A. Sisneros, B. Clausen, C. Pu, L. Li, Y.F. Gao,
P.K. Liaw*, "Load partitioning between the bcc-iron matrix and NiAl-type precipitates
in a ferritic alloy on multiple length scales." Scientific Reports, vol. 6, art no. 23137,
March 2016 [].
Y.F. Gao*, "Deformation fields near a steady fatigue crack with
anisotropic plasticity." Extreme Mechanics Letters, vol. 6, pp. 45-51, March 2016
H. Bei*, Y.Z. Xia,
R.I. Barabash, Y.F. Gao*, "A tale of two
mechanisms: strain-softening versus strain-hardening in single crystals under small stressed
volumes." Scripta Materialia, vol. 110, pp. 48-52, January 2016
X.J. Zhao, X.L. Xue, Z.X. Guo, Y. Jia, S.F. Li*, Z.Y. Zhang*,
Y.F. Gao*, "Intriguing structures and magic sizes of heavy noble
metal nanoclusters around size 55 governed by relativistic effect and covalent bonding."
Journal of Chemical Physics, vol. 143, iss. 17, art no. 174302, November 7, 2015
G. Song, Z. Sun, L. Li,
X. Xu, M. Rawlings, C.H. Liebscher, B. Clausen, J. Poplawsky,
D.N. Leonard, S. Huang, Z. Teng, C.T. Liu, M.D. Asta, Y.F. Gao,
D.C. Dunand, G. Ghosh, M.W. Chen, M.E. Fine, P.K. Liaw*, "Ferritic alloy with
extreme creep resistance via coherent hierarchical precipitates."
Scientific Reports, vol. 5, art no. 16327, November 2015
W.D. Li, Y.F. Gao*, H. Bei*, "On the correlation between
microscopic structural heterogeneity and embrittlement behavior in metallic glasses."
Scientific Reports, vol. 5, art no. 14786, October 2015
L. Huang, C. Pu, R.K. Fisher, D.J.H. Mountain, Y.F. Gao, P.K. Liaw, W. Zhang,
W. He*, "A Zr-based bulk metallic glass for future stent applications: materials
properties, finite element modeling, and in vitro human vascular cell response."
Acta Biomaterialia, vol. 25, pp. 356-368, October 2015
News reported on this work in Materials Today
, August 12, 2015.
Y. Wu, A.D. Stoica, Y. Ren, D. Ma*, Y.F. Gao*,
H. Bei*, "Direct synchrotron x-ray measurements of local strain fields in
elastically and plastically bent metallic glasses." Intermetallics,
vol. 67, pp. 132-137, December 2015
Z. Wu, Y.F. Gao, H. Bei*, "Single crystal plastic behavior of a single-phase,
face-center-cubic-structured, equiatomic FeNiCrCo alloy." Scripta Materialia,
vol. 109, pp. 108-112, December 2015
Y.F. Gao*, B.C. Larson, "Displacement fields and self-energies of
circular and polygonal dislocation loops in homogeneous and layered anisotropic solids."
Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, vol. 83, pp. 104-128, October 2015
Y. Wu, H. Bei*, Y.L. Wang, Z.P. Lu, E.P. George, Y.F. Gao*,
"Deformation-induced spatiotemporal fluctuation, evolution and localization of strain fields in
a bulk metallic glass." International Journal of Plasticity, vol. 71, pp. 136-145, August 2015
Y.F. Gao*, B.C. Larson, J.H. Lee, L. Nicola, J.Z. Tischler, G.M. Pharr,
"Lattice rotation patterns and strain gradient effects in face-centered-cubic single crystals under
spherical indentation." Trans. of ASME, Journal of Applied Mechanics, vol. 82, iss. 6,
pages), June 2015
H.L. Jia, L.L. Zheng, W.D. Li, N. Li, J.W. Qiao, G.Y. Wang, Y. Ren, P.K. Liaw, Y.F. Gao*,
"Insights from the lattice strain evolution on deformation mechanisms in metallic-glass-matrix composites."
Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A, vol. 46, iss. 6, pp. , June 2015
J.N. Zhang, J.H. Lee, J. Lou*, Y.F. Gao*,
"Integration of contact size dependence and thermal activation in atomic friction."
Extreme Mechanics Letters, vol. 2, pp. 60-64, March 2015
J. Kwon, M.L. Bowers, M.C. Brandes, V. McCreary, I.M. Robertson, P. Sudharshan Phani, H. Bei,
Y.F. Gao, G.M. Pharr, E.P. George, M.J. Mills*, "Characterization of dislocation
structures and deformation mechanisms in as-grown and deformed directionally solidified NiAl-Mo composites."
Acta Materialia, vol. 89, pp. 315-326, May 2015
Y. Liu, H. Liu, Y.F. Gao*, "Can mushroom-shaped fibers enhance the bio-adhesive
performance?" Journal of Mechanics in Medicine and Biology,
vol. 15, iss. 5, art no. 1550068, October 2015
Y. Liu, Y. Luo, D. Wang, Y.F. Gao*, "Alignment of cellular focal contacts and
their shapes by substrate anisotropy." Journal of Mechanics in Medicine and Biology,
vol. 15, iss. 5, art no. 1550067, October 2015
C. Pu, Y.F. Gao*, "Crystal plasticity analysis of stress partitioning mechanisms and their
microstructural dependence in advanced steels." Trans. of ASME, Journal of Applied Mechanics,
vol. 82, iss. 3, 031003, March 2015
W. Chen, P. Cui, W.G. Zhu, E. Kaxiras, Y.F. Gao, Z.Y. Zhang*, "Atomistic mechanisms
for bilayer growth of graphene on metal substrates." Physical Review B, vol. 91, iss. 4, art no.
045408, January 2015 [].
Y. Liu, Y.F. Gao*, "Non-uniform breaking of molecular bonds, peripheral
morphology and releasable adhesion by elastic anisotropy in bio-adhesive contacts." Journal of
the Royal Society Interface, vol. 12, iss. 102, art no. , January 2015
S.Y. Huang, Y.F. Gao*, K. An, L.L. Zheng, W. Wu, Z.K. Teng, P.K. Liaw
*, "Deformation mechanisms in a precipitation-strengthened ferritic superalloy revealed by
in situ neutron diffraction studies at elevated temperatures." Acta Materialia,
vol. 83, pp. 137-148, January 2015
C.H. Yu, M.W. Bird, C.W. Huang, C.S. Chen, Y.F. Gao, K.W. White, C.H. Hsueh*,
"Micromechanics modeling of creep fracture of zirconium diboride-silicon carbide composites at
oC." Journal of the European Ceramic Society, vol. 34, iss. 16, pp. ,
December 2014
P.E. Loya, Y.Z. Xia, C. Peng, H. Bei, P. Zhang, J. Zhang, E.P. George, Y.F. Gao,
J. Lou*, "Yield strength dependence on strain rate of molybdenum-alloy nanofibers."
Applied Physics Letters, vol. 104, iss. 25, 251909, June 2014
H. Bei*, Y.F. Gao*, D. Catoor, E.P. George,
"Synthesis, characterization, and nanoindentation response
of single crystal Fe-Cr-Ni alloys with FCC and BCC structures."
Materials Science and Engineering A, vol. 611, pp. 177-187, August 2014
Y.Z. Xia, T.L. Li*, F. Ren, Y.F. Gao, H. Wang*,
"Failure analysis of pinch-torsion tests as a thermal runaway risk evaluation method of Li-ion cells."
Journal of Power Sources, vol. 265, pp. 356-362, November 2014
Y.H. Zhang, Y.F. Gao, L. Nicola*,
"Lattice rotation caused by wedge indentation of a single crystal: dislocation dynamics compared to crystal
plasticity simulations." Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids,
vol. 68, pp. 267-279, August 2014
H.L. Jia, F.X. Liu, Z.N. An, W.D. Li, G.Y. Wang, J.P. Chu, J.S.C. Jang, Y.F. Gao,
P.K. Liaw*, "Thin-film metallic glasses for substrate fatigue-property improvements."
Thin Solid Films (invited review), vol. 561, pp. 2-27, June 2014
K.E. Johanns*, J.H. Lee, Y.F. Gao, G.M. Pharr, "An evaluation of the
advantages and limitations in simulating indentation cracking with cohesive zone finite elements."
Modelling and Simulations in Materials Science and Engineering, vol. 22, no. 1,
015011, January 2014
W.D. Li, H. Bei*, Y. Tong, W. Dmowski, Y.F. Gao*,
"Structural heterogeneity induced plasticity in bulk metallic glasses: From well-relaxed
fragile glass to metal-like behavior." Applied Physics Letters, vol. 103, iss. 17,
171910, October 2013
S.F. Li, X.J. Zhao, X.S. Xu, Y.F. Gao*, Z.Y. Zhang*, "Stacking
principle and magic sizes of transition metal nanoclusters based on generalized Wulff construction."
Physical Review Letters, vol. 111, iss. 11, /13/2013
W.D. Li, H. Bei*, J. Qu, Y.F. Gao*, "Effects of machine
stiffness on the load-displacement curve during spherical nano-indentation." Journal of
Materials Research, vol. 28, iss. 14, pp. , July 2013
J. Kwon, M.C. Brandes, P. Sudharshan Phani, A.P. Pilchak, Y.F. Gao, E.P. George,
G.M. Pharr, M.J. Mills*, "Characterization of deformation anisotropies in an alpha-Ti alloy
by nanoindentation and electron microscopy." Acta Materialia, vol. 61, iss. 13, pp. ,
August 2013 [].
C.H. Yu, C.W. Huang, C.S. Chen, Y.F. Gao, C.H. Hsueh*,
"A micromechanics study of competing mechanisms for creep fracture of zirconium diboride polycrystals."
Journal of the European Ceramic Society, vol. 33, iss. 10, pp. , September 2013
D. Catoor*, Y.F. Gao, J. Geng, M.J.N.V. Prasad,
E.G. Herbert, K.S. Kumar, G.M. Pharr, E.P. George, "Incipient plasticity and deformation
mechanisms in single-crystal Mg during spherical nanoindentation." Acta Materialia,
vol. 61, iss. 8, pp. , May 2013
S.H. Wee, Y.F. Gao, Y.L. Zuev, K.L. More, J.Y. Meng, J.X. Zhong,
G.M. Stocks, A. Goyal*, "Self-assembly of nanostructured, complex,
multication films via spontaneous phase separation and strain-driven ordering."
Advanced Functional Materials, vol. 23, pp. , April 2013
L.L. Zheng, Y.F. Gao*, Y.D. Wang, A.D. Stoica, K. An, X.L. Wang,
"Grain orientation dependence of lattice strains and intergranular damage rates in
polycrystals under cyclic loading." Scripta Materialia, vol. 68, iss. 5, pp. 265-268,
March 2013 [].
W. Wu, S.Y. Lee*, A.M. Paradowska, Y.F. Gao, P.K. Liaw,
"Twinning-detwinning behavior during fatigue-crack propagation in a wrought magnesium
alloy AZ31B." Materials Science and Engineering A, vol. 556, pp. 278-286, October 2012
T.L. Li, H. Bei, J.R. Morris, E.P. George, Y.F. Gao*,
"Scale effects in the convoluted thermal/spatial statistics of plasticity initiation in
small stressed volumes during nanoindentation." Materials Science and Technology
(invited), special issue in: Hardness across the Multi-Scales of Structure and Loading Rate
(edited by R. Armstrong et al.), vol. 28, no. 9-10, pp. , 2012
C.H. Yu, C.W. Huang, C.S. Chen, Y.F. Gao, C.H. Hsueh*,
"Effects of grain boundary heterogeneities on creep fracture studied by rate-dependent
cohesive model." Engineering Fracture Mechanics, vol. 93, pp. 48-64, October 2012
Y.F. Gao*, K.E. Johanns, G.M. Pharr, "Cohesive
interface simulations of indentation cracking as a fracture toughness measurement method
for brittle materials." Acta Materialia, vol. 60, iss. 15, pp. , 2012
Z.N. An, W.D. Li, F.X. Liu, P.K. Liaw, Y.F. Gao*, "Interface
constraints on shear band patterns in bonded metallic glass films under micro-indentation."
Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A, vol. 43, iss. 8, pp. , 2012
M.C. Liu, J.C. Huang*, K.W. Chen, J.F. Lin, W.D. Li, Y.F. Gao,
T.G. Nieh, "Is the compression of tapered micro and nanopillar samples a legitimate technique
for the identification of deformation mode change in metallic glasses?"
Scripta Materialia, vol. 66, iss. 10, pp. 817-820, 2012
S.Y. Huang, D.W. Brown, B. Clausen, Z.K. Teng, Y.F. Gao, P.K. Liaw*,
"In situ neutron-diffraction studies on the creep behavior of a ferritic superalloy."
Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A, vol. 43, no. 5, pp. , 2012
J.H. Lee, Y.F. Gao*, G.M. Pharr, "Effective Poisson's ratio from
combined normal and lateral contacts of single crystals." Journal of Materials Research,
vol. 27, iss. 1, pp. 182-191, 2012
L. Wang, H. Bei, Y.F. Gao, Z.P. Lu, T.G. Nieh*, "Effect of residual
stresses on the onset of yielding in a Zr-based metallic glass." Acta Materialia,
vol. 59, iss. 20, pp. , 2011
L.L. Zheng, Y.F. Gao*, S.Y. Lee, R.I. Barabash, J.H. Lee, P.K. Liaw,
"Intergranular strain evolution near fatigue crack tips in polycrystalline metals." Journal
of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, vol. 59, iss. 11, pp. , 2011
J. Annett, Y.F. Gao*, G.L.W. Cross*, E.G. Herbert, B.N. Lucas,
"Mesoscale friction anisotropy revealed by slidingless tests." Journal of Materials
Research, vol. 26, no. 18, pp. , 2011
C. Cantoni*, Y.F. Gao, S.H. Wee, E.D. Specht, J. Gazquez, J.Y. Meng,
S.J. Pennycook, A. Goyal, "Strain-driven oxygen deficiency in self-assembled, nanostructured,
composite oxide films." ACS Nano, vol. 5, iss. 6, pp. , 2011
L. Wang, H. Bei, T.L. Li, Y.F. Gao, E.P. George, T.G. Nieh*,
"Determining the activation energies and slip systems for dislocation nucleation in body-centered
cubic Mo and face-centered cubic Ni single crystals."
Scripta Materialia, vol. 65, pp. 179-182, 2011
T.L. Li, Y.F. Gao*, H. Bei, E.P. George,
"Indentation Schmid factor and orientation dependence of nanoindentation pop-in behavior
of NiAl single crystals." Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids,
vol. 59, pp. , 2011
Y.F. Gao*, L. Wang, H. Bei, T.G. Nieh,
"On the shear band direction in metallic glasses."
Acta Materialia, vol. 59, pp. , 2011
R.I. Barabash*, H. Bei, G.E. Ice, Y.F. Gao, O.M. Barabash,
"3D x-ray strain microscopy in two-phase composites at submicron length scales."
JOM (invited), vol. 63, no. 3, pp. 30-34, March 2011
L. Wang, H. Bei, Y.F. Gao, Z.P. Lu, T.G. Nieh*, "Effect of residual
stresses on the hardness of bulk metallic glasses." Acta Materialia,
vol. 59, pp. , 2011
R.I. Barabash*, H. Bei, Y.F. Gao, G.E. Ice, "Interface strength in
NiAl-Mo composites from 3D x-ray microdiffraction." Scripta Materialia,
vol. 64, iss. 9, pp. 900-903, 2011
J.H. Lee, Y.F. Gao*, "Mixed-mode singularity and temperature effects
on dislocation nucleation in strained interconnects." International Journal of Solids and
Structures, vol. 48, pp. , 2011
Y.F. Gao*, "A Peierls perspective on mechanisms of atomic friction."
Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, vol. 58, iss. 12, pp. , 2010
R.I. Barabash*, Y.F. Gao, G.E. Ice, O.M. Barabash, J.-S. Chung,
W. Liu, R. Kroeger, H. Lohmeyer, K. Sebald, J. Gutowski, T. Boettcher, D. Hommel,
"Mapping strain gradients in the FIB-structured InGaN/GaN multilayered films with 3D
x-ray microbeam." Materials Science and Engineering A, special issue in Probing
Strains and Dislocation Gradients with Diffraction, vol. 528, iss. 1, pp. 52-57, 2010
R.I. Barabash*, H. Bei, Y.F. Gao, G.E. Ice,
"Indentation-induced localized deformation and elastic strain partitioning in composites
at submicron length scale." Acta Materialia, vol. 58, iss. 20, pp. , 2010
G.M. Pharr*, E.G. Herbert, Y.F. Gao,
"The indentation size effect: a critical examination of experimental observations and mechanistic
interpretations." Annual Review of Materials Research (invited), vol. 40, pp. 271-292,
C.J. Su, J.A. LaManna, Y.F. Gao*, W.C. Oliver, G.M. Pharr,
"Plastic instability in amorphous selenium near its glass transition temperature."
Journal of Materials Research, vol. 25, no. 6, pp. , June 2010
Y. Yang*, J. Ye, J. Lu, Y.F. Gao, P.K. Liaw,
"Metallic glasses: gaining plasticity for microsystems."
JOM (invited), vol. 62, no. 2, pp. 93-98, February 2010
S. Zheng, W. Zhu, Y.F. Gao, G.M. Stocks, Z. Zhang*,
"Kinetic Monte Carlo simulations of nanocolumn formation in two-component epitaxial growth."
Applied Physics Letters, 96, 10
R.I. Barabash*, H. Bei, Y.F. Gao, G.E. Ice, E.P. George,
"3D x-ray microscope investigation of local dislocation densities and elastic strain
gradients in a NiAl-Mo composite and exposed Mo micropillars as a function of pre-strain."
Journal of Materials Research (invited), 25, 199-206, 2010
T.L. Li, J.H. Lee, Y.F. Gao*,
"An approximate formulation of the effective indentation modulus of elastically anisotropic
film-on-substrate systems." International Journal of Applied Mechanics (invited),
special issue in Theoretical and Computational Nanomechanics (edited by P. Sharma), 1, 515-525, 2009
F.X. Liu*, F.Q. Yang, Y.F. Gao, W.H. Jiang, Y.F. Guan, P.D. Rack, O. Sergic, P.K. Liaw
"Micro-scratch study of a magnetron-sputtered Zr-based metallic-glass film."
Surface & Coatings Technology, 203, , 2009
T.L. Li, J.H. Lee, Y.F. Gao*, G.M. Pharr, M. Huang, T.Y. Tsui,
"Geometric effects on dislocation nucleation in strained electronics."
Applied Physics Letters, 94, 09
Y.F. Gao*, J.Y. Meng, A. Goyal, G.M. Stocks,
"Spatial ordering and anisotropy in surface stress domains and nanostructural evolution."
JOM (invited), vol. 60, no. 9, pp. 54-58, September 2008
R. Barabash*, Y.F. Gao, Y. Sun, S. Lee, H. Choo, P.K. Liaw, D.W. Brown, G.E. Ice,
"Neutron and x-ray diffraction studies and cohesive interface model of the fatigue crack deformation behavior."
Philosophical Magazine Letters, 88(8), 553-565, 2008
Y.F. Gao*, H.H. Yu, K.-S. Kim,
"Micro-plasticity of surface steps under adhesive contact: Part II - Multiple-dislocation mediated contact loading."
Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 56, , 2008
F.X. Liu, Y.F. Gao*, P.K. Liaw, "Rate-dependent deformation behavior of Zr-based
metallic-glass coatings examined by nanoindentation." Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A,
39, , 2008
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Eds: P.K. Liaw, W.H. Jiang, G.J. Fan, H. Choo, and Y.F. Gao
Y.F. Gao*, H.T. Xu, W.C. Oliver, G.M. Pharr,
"A comparison of Coulomb friction and friction stress models based on multidimensional nanocontact experiments."
Trans. of ASME, Journal of Applied Mechanics, 75, 08
Y.F. Gao*, J. Lou, "Dislocation nucleation and pileup under a wedge contact at nanoscale."
Journal of Nanomaterials (invited),
special issue in: Nanomechanics and Nanostructured Multifunctional Materials:
Experiments, Theories and Simulations (edited by J. Wang and J. Lou), Article ID 08
H. Bei, Y.F. Gao*, S. Shim, E.P. George, G.M. Pharr,
"Strength differences arising from homogeneous versus heterogeneous dislocation nucleation."
Physical Review B, 77, 060103(R), February 29, 2008
Y.F. Gao*, H.T. Xu, W.C. Oliver, G.M. Pharr, "Effective elastic modulus of film-on-substrate systems under
normal and tangential contact." Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 56, 402-416, 2008
F.X. Liu*, P.K. Liaw, W.H. Jiang, C.L. Chiang, Y.F.
Gao, Y.F. Guan, J.P. Chu, P.D. Rack, "Fatigue-resistance enhancements by
glass-forming metallic films." Materials Science and Engineering A, 468-470, pp. 246-252, 2007
Y.F. Gao*, G.M. Pharr, "Multidimensional contact moduli of elastically anisotropic
Scripta Materialia, 57, 13-16, 2007
S.M. Xia, Y.F. Gao*, A.F. Bower, L.C. Lev, Y.-T. Cheng,
"Delamination mechanism maps for a strong elastic coating on an elastic-plastic substrate subjected to contact
loading." International Journal of Solids and Structures, 44, , 2007
Y.F. Gao*, B. Yang, T.G. Nieh, "Thermomechanical instability analysis of
inhomogeneous deformation in amorphous alloys." Acta Materialia, 55, , 2007
C. Fan*, Y.F. Gao, H.Q. Li, H. Choo, P.K. Liaw, A. Inoue, C.T. Liu,
"Mechanical behavior of a Zr-based bulk metallic glass and its composite at cryogenic temperatures."
Journal of Materials Research, 22, 445-452, 2007.
Yu, P. Shrotriya, Y.F. Gao, K.-S.
Kim*, "Micro-plasticity of
surface steps under adhesive contact: Part I,
surface yielding controlled by single-dislocation
nucleation." Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 55, 489-516, 2007 [<a
C. Fan*, P.K. Liaw, T.W. Wilson, H. Choo, Y.F. Gao, C.T. Liu, Th. Proffen, J.W. Richardson, "Pair
distribution function study and mechanical behavior of as-cast and structurally relaxed Zr-based bulk metallic
glasses." Applied Physics Letters, 89, 06
Y.F. Gao*, "An implicit finite element method for simulating
inhomogeneous deformation and shear bands of amorphous alloys based on the free-volume model."
Modelling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering, 14, , 2006
Codes developed in this paper are available for download
Y.F. Gao*, B.N. Lucas, J.C. Hay, W.C.
Oliver, G.M. Pharr,
"Nanoscale incipient asperity sliding and interface
micro-slip assessed by the measurement of
tangential contact stiffness." Scripta Materialia, 55, 653-656, 2006
A.F. Bower*, "Elastic-plastic contact of a rough surface
with Weierstrass profile." Proceeding of Royal
Society London,
Series A, 462, 319-348, 2006
Y.F. Gao*, A.F. Bower, K.-S. Kim, L.C.
Lev, Y.T. Cheng, "The behavior of an
elastic-perfectly
plastic sinusoidal
surface under contact loading." Wear,
261, 145-154, 2006
Y.F. Gao*, A.F. Bower, "A simple
technique for avoiding convergence problems in finite
simulations of crack
nucleation and growth on cohesive interfaces." Modelling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering 12,
Codes developed in this paper are available for download
Z. Suo*, Y.F. Gao, G. Scoles, "Nanoscale
domain stability in organic monolayers on
Trans. of ASME, Journal
of Applied Mechanics, 71, 24-31, 2004
Y.F. Gao*,
"Passing stiffness anisotropy in multilayers and
its effects on nanoscale surface self-organization."
International
Journal of Solids and Structures 40, , 2003
Y.F. Gao, Z.
Suo*, "Guided self-assembly of molecular dipoles on a substrate
Journal of Applied Physics 93, , 2003
This article also appeared in Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science &
Technology
7, issue 14, 2003.
Y.F. Gao*, Z. Suo, "The orientation of the
self-assembled monolayer stripes on a
crystalline
solid." Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids 51, 147-167, 2003
Y.F. Gao, W. Lu, Z. Suo*, "A mesophase
transition in a binary monolayer on a solid
Acta Materialia 50, , 2002
Y.F. Gao, Z. Suo*, "Domain dynamics in a
ferroelastic epilayer on a paraelastic
substrate."
Trans. of ASME, Journal
of Applied Mechanics 69, 419-424, 2002
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Book Chapters
Y.F. Gao, A.F. Bower, "Rough surface plasticity and adhesion across length
scales." In: Nanomechanics of Materials and Structures, edited by
T.-J. Chuang, P.M. Anderson, M.-K. Wu and S.
Hsieh, pp. 277-287, Springer, the Netherlands, 2006.
Conference
Publications
Y.F. Gao*,, "On the manipulation of nanoscale
self-assembly by elastic
field." Mat.
Res. Soc. Symp. Proc. Vol. 794, T9.3, 2004 [].
Y.F. Gao*,, A.F. Bower, K.-S. Kim, "Some issues of rough surface contact
plasticity at micro- and nano-scale." Mat. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc. Vol. 841, R.7.3, 2005
Y.F. Gao*,
"A micromechanical dislocation model of rough surface contact plasticity."
Proceeding of
World Tribology Conference, Washington
DC, 2005 [].
F.X. Liu*, C.L. Chiang, J.P. Chu, Y.F. Gao, P.K. Liaw, "Effects of
glass-forming metallic film
on the fatigue behavior of C-2000 Ni-based alloy."
Mat. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc. Vol. 903E, .1, 2006
J.H. Lee, C. Zhou, C.J. Su, Y.F.Gao*, G.M. Pharr
"Similarity relationships in creep contacts and applications in nanoindentation tests."
Mat. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc. Vol. 1224, FF07-08, 2010
T.L. Li, J.H. Lee, Y.F. Gao*, "Finite element studies of
homogeneous and heterogeneous dislocation nucleation based on the Rice-Peierls framework."
Mat. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc. Vol. 1363, RR03-01, 2011
Other Publications
P.K. Liaw, W.H. Jiang, G.J. Fan, H. Choo, and Y.F. Gao, (eds.), special issue of
Symposium on Bulk Metallic Glasses IV (TMS Annual Spring Meeting, Orlando, FL, 2/26~3/1/2007),
Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A, Vol. 39, No. 8, p. 1761, August 2008
P.K. Liaw, W.H. Jiang, H. Choo, and Y.F. Gao, (eds.), special issue of
Symposium on Bulk Metallic Glasses V (TMS Annual Spring Meeting, New Orleans, LA, 3/9~3/13/2008),
Advanced Engineering Materials, Vol. 10, No. 11, p. 995, November 2008
P.K. Liaw, H. Choo, Y.F. Gao, and G.Y. Wang (eds.), special issue of
Symposium on Bulk Metallic Glasses VI (TMS Annual Spring Meeting, San Francisco, CA, 2/15~2/19/2009),
Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A, Vol. 41, No. 7, p. 1627, July 2010
Journal of Materials Research, Focus Issue: Self-Assembly and Directed Assembly of Advanced Materials,
Vol. 26, No. 2, January 2011
Guest editors (A. Goyal, J. Narayan, and Q. Lin), Principal editors (D.H. Gracias,
Yanfei Gao, J.J. Watkins, A. Saiani, and Z. Lin).
P.K. Liaw, G.Y. Wang, H. Choo, and Y.F. Gao (eds.), special issue of
Symposium on Bulk Metallic Glasses VII (TMS Annual Spring Meeting, Seattle, WA, 2/14~2/18/2010),
Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A, Vol. 42, No. 6, p. 1449, June 2011
P.K. Liaw, G.Y. Wang, H. Choo, and Y.F. Gao (eds.), special issue of
Symposium on Bulk Metallic Glasses VIII (TMS Annual Spring Meeting, San Diego, CA, 2/27~3/3/2011),
Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A, Vol. 43, No. 8, p. 2591, August 2012
P.K. Liaw, G.Y. Wang, H. Choo, and Y.F. Gao (eds.), special issue of
Symposium on Bulk Metallic Glasses IX (TMS Annual Spring Meeting, Orlando, FL, 3/11~3/15/2012),
Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A, Vol. 44, No. 5, p. 1979, May 2013
P.K. Liaw, G.Y. Wang, H. Choo, and Y.F. Gao (eds.), special issue of
Symposium on Bulk Metallic Glasses X (TMS Annual Spring Meeting, San Antonio, TX, 3/3~3/7/2013),
Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A, Vol. 45, No. 5, p. 2351, May 2014
P.K. Liaw, G.Y. Wang, H. Choo, and Y.F. Gao (eds.), special issue of
Symposium on Bulk Metallic Glasses XI (TMS Annual Spring Meeting, San Diego, CA, 2/16~2/20/2014),
Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A, Vol. 46, No. 6, p. 2380, June 2015
X. Xie, G.Y. Wang, H. Choo, Y.F. Gao, and P.K. Liaw (eds.), special issue of
Symposium on Bulk Metallic Glasses XII (TMS Annual Spring Meeting, Orlando, FL, 3/15~3/19/2015),
Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A, Vol. 48, No. 4, p. 1544, April 2017
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