RESEARCH INTERESTS

(1) New in-situ high-pressure characterization technologies;

(2) Temperature- and pressure-induced multi-stability transition: phenomena and materials;

(3) Phase-change materials: energy storage and information storage.

EDUCATION

2010, Ph.D, Physical Chemistry, Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences
2005, B.S., Material Chemistry, Nankai University

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2022–present, Associated Professor, College of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Peking University
2017–2022, Professor, Center for High Pressure Science & Technology Advanced Research (HPSTAR),

2013–2017, Postdoc, University of Nevada, Las Vegas; APS, Argonne National Lab

2010–2013, Postdoc, CCME, Peking University

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

1. D. Jiang, H. Song, T. Wen, Z. Jiang, C. Li, K. Liu, W. Yang, H. Huang*, Y. Wang*, Pressure-driven two-Step second-harmonic-generation switching in BiOIO₃. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2022, 61, e202116656.

2. H. Lu, H. Hou, Y.-C. Hou, Z. Zheng, Y. Ma, Z. Zhou, X. Guo, Q.-J. Pan, Y. Wang*, Y. Qian, J.-Q. Wang, J. Lin*, A new concept of radiation detection based on a fluorochromic and piezochromic nanocluster. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2022, 144, 3449-3457.

3. L. Fan, K. Liu, S. He, F. Zhao, J. Zhao*, Y. Wang*, Q. Liu, Reversible mechanically induced on–off photoluminescence in hybrid metal halides. Adv. Func. Mater., 2021, 32, 2110771.

4. Y. Wang, H. Zhang, J. Zhu, X. Lv, S. Li, R. Zou*, Y. Zhao*, Antiperovskites with exceptional functionalities. Adv. Mater., 2020, 32, 1905007.

5. T. Wen, Y. Wang*, N. Li, Q. Zhang, Y. Zhao, W. Yang*, Y. Zhao*, H.-k. Mao, Pressure-driven reversible switching between n- and p-type conduction in chalcopyrite CuFeS₂. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2019, 141, 505-510.

6. Y. Wang, J. Ying, Z. Zhou, J. Sun, T. Wen, Y. Zhou, N. Li, Q. Zhang, F. Han, Y. Xiao, P. Chow, W. Yang*, V. V. Struzhkin*, Y. Zhao*, H.-k. Mao, Emergent superconductivity in an iron-based honeycomb lattice initiated by pressure-driven spin-crossover. Nat. Commun., 2018, 9: 1914.

7. Y. Wang*, Z. Zhou, T. Wen, Y. Zhou, N. Li, F. Han, Y. Xiao, P. Chow, J. Sun, M. Pravica, A.L. Cornelius, W. Yang*, Y. Zhao*, Pressure-driven cooperative spin-crossover, large volume collapse and semiconductor-to-metal transition in manganese(II) honeycomb lattices. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2016, 138, 15751-15757.

8. Y. Wang*, J. Zhu, W. Yang*, T. Wen, M. Pravica, Z. Liu, M. Hou, Y. Fei, L. Kang, Z. Lin, C. Jin, Y. Zhao*, Reversible switching between pressure-induced amorphization and thermal-driven recrystallization in VO₂(B) nanosheets. Nat. Commun., 2016, 7: 12214.

9. Y. Wang*, L. Bai, T. Wen, L. Yang, H. Gou, Y. Xiao, P. Chow, M. Pravica, W. Yang,* Y. Zhao,* Giant pressure-driven lattice collapse coupled with intermetallic bonding and spin-state transition in manganese chalcogenides. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2016, 55, 10350-10353.

10. Y. Wang*, X. Lv, W. Yang*, T. Wen, L. Yang, X. Ren, L. Wang, Z. Lin, Y. Zhao*, Pressure-induced phase transformation, reversible amorphization, and anomalous visible light response in organolead bromide. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2015, 137, 11144-11149.