Publications
Selected Journal Publications, more details in Google Scholar
Current and former group members are listed in bold.
2020
21. H. Liu, C. Yang, B. Wei, L. Jin, A. Alatas, A. Said, S. Tongay, F. Yang, A. Javey, J. Hong, and Junqiao Wu, Anomalously suppressed thermal conduction by electron-phonon coupling in tantalum disulfide, Advanced Science (2020). (link)
20. A. Sahu, B. Russ, M. Liu, F. Yang, E. Zaia, M. Gordon, J. Forster, Y. Zhang, M. Scott, K. Persson, N. Coates, R. Segalman, and J. Urban, In-situ resonant band engineering of solution-processed semiconductors generates high performance n-type thermoelectric nano-inks. Vol. 11, 1191 Nature Communications (2020)
19. Z. Wei, Z. Yang, M. Liu, H. Wu, and F. Yang*, Thermal Boundary Conductance Between High Thermal Conductivity Boron Arsenide and Silicon, Journal of Applied Physics ,Vol. 127, 055105 (2020). (link)
2019
18. Z. Pan, Z. Zhu, J. Wilcox, J. Urban, F. Yang*, and H. Wang*, Tackling challenges in Seebeck coefficient measurement of ultra-high resistance samples with an AC Technique. Advanced Electronic Materials, 1901340 (2019) (link)
17. N. Chen, M. Scimeca, S. Paul, S. Hafiz, Z. Yang, X. Liu, F. Yang, D. Ko, A. Sahu, High-performance thermoelectric silver selenide thin films cation exchanged from a copper selenide template, Nanoscale Advances, Vol. 2, 368 (2019) (link)
16. M. Scimeca, F. Yang, E. Zaia, L. Chen, P. Zhao, M. Gordon, J. Forster, Y. Liu, J. Guo, J. Urban, A. Sahu, Low-Cost, Scalable Process for Improved Power Factor in Cu2Se Thin Films at Room Temperature, ACS Applied Energy Materials, Vol. 14, 10, 2019. (link)
15. F. Yang, M. Gordon, and J. Urban, Theoretical framework of the thermal memristor via a solid-state phase change material. Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 144, 106, 2019. (link)
14. Z. Wei, F. Yang, K. Bi, J. Yang, Y. Chen, Tuning the interfacial thermal conductance via the anisotropic elastic properties of graphite. Carbon, Vol. 144, 109, 2019. (link)
2018
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13. H. Kang, F. Yang, and J. Urban, Thermal Rectification via Heterojunctions of Solid-State Phase-Change Materials. Physics Review Applied, Vol. 10, 024034, 2018.(link)
12. W. Zheng, F. Li, G. Li, Y. Liang, X. Ji, F. Yang, Z. Zhang, and F. Huang, Laser tuning in van der Waals crystals. ACS Nano, Vol. 12, 2001, 2018.(link)
11. Z. Wei, F. Yang, K. Bi, J. Yang, Y. Chen, Tunable anisotropic thermal conductivity and elastic properties in intercalated graphite via lithium. Journal of Physical Chemistry C, Vol. 122, 1447, 2018.(link)
2017
10. S. Lee#, K. Hippalgaonkar#, F. Yang#, J. Hong#, C. Ko, J. Suh, J. Urban, X. Zhang, S. Hartnoll, C. Dames, O. Delaire, and J. Wu, Anomalously low electronic thermal conductivity in metallic vanadium dioxide, Science, Vol. 355, 371, 2017. (link)
This work has been reported by LBL news, etc.
This work is rated as the No.1 science story of LBNL in 2017!
9. A. Ruminski#, F. Yang#, E. Cho, E. Anderson, T. Johnson, J. Silber, C. Haber, and J. Urban, Geometric analysis of enhanced thermal conductivity in epoxy composites, physica status solidi a, Vol. 214, 1600368, 2017. (link)
2016
8. Z. Wei, F. Yang, K. Bi, J. Yang, Y. Chen, Thermal transport properties of all-sp2 three-dimensional graphene: anisotropy, size and pressure effects. Carbon, Vol. 113, 212, 2016. (link)
2015 and Before
7. S. Lee#, F. Yang#, J. Suh, S. Yang, Y. Lee, G. Li, H. Choe, A. Suslu, Y. Chen, C. Ko, J. Park, K. Liu, J. Li, K. Hippalgaonkar, J. Urban, S. Tongay, J. Wu, Anisotropic in-plane thermal conductivity of black phosphorus nanoribbons, Nature Communications, Vol. 6, 8573, 2015. (link)
This work has been reported by LBL news, The Daily Californian, etc.
6. E. Cho, N. Coates, J. Forster, A. Ruminski, B. Russ, A. Sahu, F. Yang, J. Urban, Engineering Synergy: Energy and Mass Transport in Hybrid Nanomaterials, Advanced Materials, Vol. 27, 5744, 2015. (link)
5. J. Suh, K.Yu, D. Fu, X. Liu, F. Yang, J. Fan, D. Smith, Y. Zhang, J. Furdyna, C. Dames, W. Walukiewicz, and J. Wu, Simultaneous enhancement of electrical conductivity and thermopower in Bi2Te3 by native defects, Advanced Materials, Vol. 27, 3681, 2015. (link)
4. F. Yang and C. Dames, Heating frequency dependent thermal conductivity, Physical Review B, Vol. 91, 165311, 2015. (link)
3. F. Yang and C. Dames, Mean free path spectra as a tool to understand thermal conductivity in bulk and nanostructures. Physical Review B, Vol. 87, 035437, 2013. (link)
2. F. Yang, T. Ikeda, G. J. Snyder, and C. Dames, Effective thermal conductivity of polycrystalline materials with randomly oriented superlattice grains, Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 108, 034310, 2010. (link)
1. F. Yang, R. Zheng, Properties of Optical phonons in Zn1−x−yMgyBexSe Quaternary Mixed Crystal. Solid State Communications, Vol. 141, 555, 2007. (link)
# indicates equally contribution.
Book Chapter
F. Yang, “Thermal transport properties in 2D materials”, invited chapter in Synthesis, Modelling and Characterization of 2D Materials and Their Heterostructures, Springer, 2019.
People
Fan Yang (Principle Investigator)
Dr. Fan Yang is an assistant professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Stevens Institute of Technology. He received his Ph.D. with major in Mechanical Engineering from UC Berkeley in the fall of 2014. He worked as a Postdoctoral Fellow at Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. between 2015 and 2018.
His current research interests include understanding phonon mean free path spectroscopy of solids in both length and time scales, thermal transport in nanostructures, interface thermal transport, photo-thermoelectrics and thermoelectrics in hybrid materials, with both theoretical and experimental method. Outside of lab, He is an avid cyclist. He once rode from SF all the way to LA along highway 1.
Ph.D. Students
Ze Yang
(Ph.D. Students)
Bio: Ze Yang received his B.E degree in Energy and Power Engineering at Beihang University and his M.S. degree in Aeronautics and Astronautics at Purdue University, West Lafayette. Before he came to Stevens, his research focused on the transport and the dynamics of charged droplets.
Ming Liu
(Ph.D. Students)
Bio: Ming Liu received his B.S. degree in School of Physics at Shangdong University and his M.S. degree in Institute of Condensed Matter Physics at Peking University.
Master Students/Researcher
Vaishnavi Gopalakrishnan
Vaishnavi is working on machine learning based inter molecular development
Nirmal Prasadd
Nirmal is a mechanical engineering student.
Undergraduate Researcher
Ian Mauser
Ian is a junior at Stevens Institute of Technology pursuing a bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering.
Ryan Ludemann
Ryan is a junior at Stevens Institute of Technology pursuing a bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering.
Jiaqi Li
Jiaqi is a junior at Stevens Institute of Technology pursuing a bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering.
Andrew D'Angelo
Andrew is a sophomore at Stevens Institute of Technology pursuing a bachelor’s degree in software Engineering.
Qiaomu Hu
Qiaomu is a mechanical engineer. He works on building up the cut-bar tool for thermal conductivity measurement.
Rui Luo
Rui is a mechanical engineer. He works on thermal conductivity measurement using 3-omega method.
Undergraduate Senior Design Team
Allyson P Clark
Allyson is a senior at Stevens Institute of Technology pursuing a bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering and a master’s degree in Business Intelligence and Analytics. As a member of the co-op program, she has completed nearly two years of internship experience in biomedical product design, commercial HVAC design, and energy data analytics. When she graduates from Stevens in May 2020, she will begin her full-time career in the Digital Engineering Group at Arup, developing software tools to optimize building and transportation design.
Fernando Hernandez
Fernando is an electrical engineer. He is making hardware for the Energy Management System.
Justin B Thompson
Justin is an electrical engineer. He is also making hardware for the Energy Management System.
Kasey E Suszko
Kasey is a mechanical engineer. Her research interests are energy disaggregation using machine learning algorithms.
Yohanes S Gunarso
Yohanes is a software engineer. He makes various awesome APPs and develops various machine learning algorithms.
Teaching
"If you are to do important work then you must work on the right problem at the right time in the right way."
----Richard Hamming
Mechanical Engineering Systems Lab (ME470)
Stevens Institute of Technology
Instructor, 1/2019-5/2019
Heat Transfer (ME354)
Stevens Institute of Technology
Instructor, 8/2018-12/2018
Opening
We have several openings.
Ph.D. and M.S. Students
We are currently looking highly motivated students to join our group. We are particularly interested in students with background in one or more of the following directions: heat transfer, solid state physics, materials science & engineering, or optics. Please contact Prof. Fan Yang (fan.yang@stevens.edu) with your CV, transcripts, GRE scores (TOEFL if international students), and contacts of references within one PDF file.
Visiting Scholars and Students
We are also interested in prospective, self-supported graduate students and visiting scholars with scholarships.
Sponsors
Contacts
Email: fan.yang@stevens.edu
Office: Edwin A. Stevens Hall (EAS) 408
Phone(O): 201-216-5388Address:
1 Castle Point Terrace, EAS 408
Stevens Institute of Technology
Hoboken, NJ 07030
