Dr Yuan Wang's research interests are in the development and advanced manufacturing of functional medical devices that can enable novel biomedical therapeutics for addressing current challenging diseases or healthcare tasks. He has conducted research in the field of metallic medical devices using additive manufacturing, innovative heat treatment methodologies, and machine learning-driven image analysis techniques, particularly focusing on their mechanical properties, biodegradability, and defect examination. During his PhD, he had also conducted extensive research in high-performance wearable thermoelectric devices that can be used for personal thermal management and energy harvesting from the human body. He has published several ESI highly cited papers and more than half of his work was published in top journals with IF>15, attracting >2700 citations.
Dr Wang joined UQ in 2020 firstly as a Research Engineer, then a Postdoctoral Research Fellow, and now an Advance Queensland Industry Research Fellow in the School of Mechanical and Mining Engineering. He is using his fellowship working on the translation of his research in machine learning-driven inspection systems to help Australian medical device manufacturers with improved manufacturing processes for more effective participation in global supply chains. Meanwhile, Dr Wang is actively engaging in diverse responsibilities including teaching, supervision, and service.
Journal Article: New insights on the high-corrosion resistance of UHP Mg-Ge alloys tested in a simulated physiological environment
Liu, Ting, Chen, Xingrui, Venezuela, Jeffrey, Wang, Yuan, Shi, Zhiming, Chen, Wenyi and Dargusch, Matthew (2024). New insights on the high-corrosion resistance of UHP Mg-Ge alloys tested in a simulated physiological environment. Journal of Magnesium and Alloys, 12 (3), 1026-1044. doi: 10.1016/j.jma.2024.03.002
Dargusch, Matthew S., Soro, Nicolas, Demir, Ali Gokhan, Venezuela, Jeffrey, Sun, Qiang, Wang, Yuan, Abdal-hay, Abdalla, Alali, Aya Q., Ivanovski, Saso, Previtali, Barbara and Kent, Damon (2024). Optimising degradation and mechanical performance of additively manufactured biodegradable Fe–Mn scaffolds using design strategies based on triply periodic minimal surfaces. Smart Materials in Medicine, 5 (1), 127-139. doi: 10.1016/j.smaim.2023.10.003
Journal Article: Advances in biodegradable piezoelectrics for medical implants
Liu, Ting, Wang, Yuan, Hong, Min, Venezuela, Jeffrey, Shi, Wei and Dargusch, Matthew (2023). Advances in biodegradable piezoelectrics for medical implants. Nano Today, 52 101945, 1-30. doi: 10.1016/j.nantod.2023.101945
AI-based automated inspection system for custom-made endografts
(2024–2027) Advance Queensland Industry Research Fellowships
The Optimization of Li-excess Cation Disordered Rock-salt Cathode Materials
Doctor Philosophy
Modelling-assisted design of piezoelectric materials and devices for biomedical applications.
Doctor Philosophy
Self-powered Piezoelectric Biomedical Electronics
Doctor Philosophy
Liu, Ting, Chen, Xingrui, Venezuela, Jeffrey, Wang, Yuan, Shi, Zhiming, Chen, Wenyi and Dargusch, Matthew (2024). New insights on the high-corrosion resistance of UHP Mg-Ge alloys tested in a simulated physiological environment. Journal of Magnesium and Alloys, 12 (3), 1026-1044. doi: 10.1016/j.jma.2024.03.002
Dargusch, Matthew S., Soro, Nicolas, Demir, Ali Gokhan, Venezuela, Jeffrey, Sun, Qiang, Wang, Yuan, Abdal-hay, Abdalla, Alali, Aya Q., Ivanovski, Saso, Previtali, Barbara and Kent, Damon (2024). Optimising degradation and mechanical performance of additively manufactured biodegradable Fe–Mn scaffolds using design strategies based on triply periodic minimal surfaces. Smart Materials in Medicine, 5 (1), 127-139. doi: 10.1016/j.smaim.2023.10.003
Advances in biodegradable piezoelectrics for medical implants
Liu, Ting, Wang, Yuan, Hong, Min, Venezuela, Jeffrey, Shi, Wei and Dargusch, Matthew (2023). Advances in biodegradable piezoelectrics for medical implants. Nano Today, 52 101945, 1-30. doi: 10.1016/j.nantod.2023.101945
Almathami, Sharifah, Venezuela, Jeffrey, Yang, Nan, Wang, Yuan, Mardina, Zahrina and Dargusch, Matthew (2023). Exploring the influence of biologically relevant ions on the corrosion behavior of biodegradable zinc in physiological fluids. ACS Biomaterials Science and Engineering, 9 (5), 2301-2316. doi: 10.1021/acsbiomaterials.2c00901
Expedient secondary functions of flexible piezoelectrics for biomedical energy harvesting
Wang, Yuan, Hong, Min, Venezuela, Jeffrey, Liu, Ting and Dargusch, Matthew (2023). Expedient secondary functions of flexible piezoelectrics for biomedical energy harvesting. Bioactive Materials, 22, 291-311. doi: 10.1016/j.bioactmat.2022.10.003
Li, Meng, Xu, Sheng-Duo, Lyu, Wan-Yu, Sun, Qiang, Hong, Min, Wang, Yuan, Liu, Ji-Xing, Yin, Yu, Zou, Jin and Chen, Zhi-Gang (2023). Unravelling effective-medium transport and interfacial resistance in (CaTe)x(GeTe)100-x thermoelectrics. Chemical Engineering Journal, 452 (Part 1) 139269, 1-8. doi: 10.1016/j.cej.2022.139269
Advances in versatile GeTe thermoelectrics from materials to devices
Hong, Min, Li, Meng, Wang, Yuan, Shi, Xiao‐Lei and Chen, Zhi‐Gang (2023). Advances in versatile GeTe thermoelectrics from materials to devices. Advanced Materials, 35 (2) 2208272, 1-48. doi: 10.1002/adma.202208272
Realizing a 10°C cooling effect in a flexible thermoelectric cooler using a vortex generator
Xu, Shengduo, Li, Meng, Dai, Yuchen, Hong, Min, Sun, Qiang, Lyu, Wanyu, Liu, Ting, Wang, Yuan, Zou, Jin, Chen, Zhi‐Gang and Dargusch, Matthew (2022). Realizing a 10°C cooling effect in a flexible thermoelectric cooler using a vortex generator. Advanced Materials, 34 (41) 2204508, 1-10. doi: 10.1002/adma.202204508
Roles of anion sites in high‐performance GeTe thermoelectrics
Li, Meng, Xu, Sheng‐Duo, Hong, Min, Lyu, Wan‐Yu, Wang, Yuan, Dargusch, Matthew, Zou, Jin, Cheng, Hui‐Ming and Chen, Zhi‐Gang (2022). Roles of anion sites in high‐performance GeTe thermoelectrics. Advanced Functional Materials, 32 (48) 2208579, 1-8. doi: 10.1002/adfm.202208579
Understanding micro and atomic structures of secondary phases in Cu‐doped SnTe
Kawami, Youichirou, Tran, Xuan Quy, Aso, Kohei, Yamamoto, Tomokazu, Wang, Yuan, Li, Meng, Yago, Anya, Matsumura, Syo, Nogita, Kazuhiro and Zou, Jin (2022). Understanding micro and atomic structures of secondary phases in Cu‐doped SnTe. Small, 18 (42) 2204225, 1-12. doi: 10.1002/smll.202204225
Biodegradable shape memory alloys: progress and prospects
Wang, Yuan, Venezuela, Jeffrey and Dargusch, Matthew (2021). Biodegradable shape memory alloys: progress and prospects. Biomaterials, 279 121215, 1-28. doi: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2021.121215
Li, Meng, Sun, Qiang, Xu, Sheng‐Duo, Hong, Min, Lyu, Wan‐Yu, Liu, Ji‐Xing, Wang, Yuan, Dargusch, Matthew, Zou, Jin and Chen, Zhi‐Gang (2021). Optimizing electronic quality factor toward high‐performance Ge1−x−y Tax SbyTe thermoelectrics: the role of transition metal doping. Advanced Materials, 33 (40) 2102575, 1-8. doi: 10.1002/adma.202102575
Wang, Lijun, Hong, Min, Kawami, Youichirou, Sun, Qiang, Nguyen, Van Thuong, Wang, Yuan, Yue, Luo, Zheng, Shuqi, Zhu, Zhonghua, Zou, Jin and Chen, Zhi-Gang (2020). Crowding-out effect strategy using AgCl for realizing a super low lattice thermal conductivity of SnTe. Sustainable Materials and Technologies, 25 e00183, e00183. doi: 10.1016/j.susmat.2020.e00183
Wang, Lijun, Hong, Min, Sun, Qiang, Wang, Yuan, Yue, Luo, Zheng, Shuqi, Zou, Jin and Chen, Zhi-Gang (2020). Hierarchical structuring to break the amorphous limit of lattice thermal conductivity in high-performance SnTe-based thermoelectrics. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 12 (32) acsami.0c09781, 36370-36379. doi: 10.1021/acsami.0c09781
Bi0.5Sb1.5Te3/PEDOT:PSS-Based Flexible Thermoelectric Film and Device
Wang, Yuan, Hong, Min, Liu, Wei-Di, Shi, Xiao-Lei, Xu, Sheng-Duo, Sun, Qiang, Gao, Han, Lu, Siyu, Zou, Jin and Chen, Zhi-Gang (2020). Bi0.5Sb1.5Te3/PEDOT:PSS-Based Flexible Thermoelectric Film and Device. Chemical Engineering Journal, 397 125360, 125360. doi: 10.1016/j.cej.2020.125360
Exploring thermoelectric performance of Ca3Co4O9+δ ceramics via chemical electroless plating with Cu
Liu, Taoyi, Bao, Deyu, Wang, Yuan, Gao, Han, Zhou, Dali, Han, Guang, Tang, Jun, Huang, Zhong-Yue, Yang, Lei and Chen, Zhi-Gang (2020). Exploring thermoelectric performance of Ca3Co4O9+δ ceramics via chemical electroless plating with Cu. Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 821 153522, 153522. doi: 10.1016/j.jallcom.2019.153522
Establishing the golden range of Seebeck coefficient for maximizing thermoelectric performance
Hong, Min, Lyu, Wanyu, Wang, Yuan, Zou, Jin and Chen, Zhi-Gang (2020). Establishing the golden range of Seebeck coefficient for maximizing thermoelectric performance. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 142 (5) jacs.9b13272, 2672-2681. doi: 10.1021/jacs.9b13272
Wang, Yuan, Liu, Wei-Di, Shi, Xiao-Lei, Hong, Min, Wang, Li-Jun, Li, Meng, Wang, Hao, Zou, Jin and Chen, Zhi-Gang (2019). Enhanced thermoelectric properties of nanostructured n-type Bi2Te3 by suppressing Te vacancy through non-equilibrium fast reaction. Chemical Engineering Journal, 391 123513, 123513. doi: 10.1016/j.cej.2019.123513
Hong, Min, Wang, Yuan, Feng, Tianli, Sun, Qiang, Xu, Shengduo, Matsumura, Syo, Pantelides, Sokrates T., Zou, Jin and Chen, Zhi-Gang (2019). Correction to “Strong phonon–phonon interactions securing extraordinary thermoelectric Ge1–xSbxTe with Zn-alloying-induced band alignment”. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 141 (41), 16512-16512. doi: 10.1021/jacs.9b10240
High porosity in nanostructured n-Type Bi2Te3 obtaining ultralow lattice thermal conductivity
Wang, Yuan, Liu, Weidi, Gao, Han, Wang, Lijun, Li, Meng, Shi, Xiao-Lei, Hong, Min, Wang, Hao, Zou, Jin and Chen, Zhi-Gang (2019). High porosity in nanostructured n-Type Bi2Te3 obtaining ultralow lattice thermal conductivity. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 11 (34) acsami.9b12079, 31237-31244. doi: 10.1021/acsami.9b12079
Flexible thermoelectric materials and generators: challenges and innovations
Wang, Yuan, Yang, Lei, Shi, Xiao‐Lei, Shi, Xun, Chen, Lidong, Dargusch, Matthew S., Zou, Jin and Chen, Zhi‐Gang (2019). Flexible thermoelectric materials and generators: challenges and innovations. Advanced Materials, 31 (29) 1807916, e1807916. doi: 10.1002/adma.201807916
Xu, Shengduo, Hong, Min, Shi, Xiao-Lei, Wang, Yuan, Ge, Lei, Bai, Yang, Wang, Lianzhou, Dargusch, Matthew, Zou, Jin and Chen, Zhi-Gang (2019). High-performance PEDOT:PSS flexible thermoelectric materials and their devices by triple post-treatments. Chemistry of Materials, 31 (14) acs.chemmater.9b01500, 5238-5244. doi: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.9b01500
Hong, Min, Wang, Yuan, Xu, Shengduo, Shi, Xun, Chen, Lidong, Zou, Jin and Chen, Zhi-Gang (2019). Nanoscale pores plus precipitates rendering high-performance thermoelectric SnTe1-xSex with refined band structures. Nano Energy, 60, 1-7. doi: 10.1016/j.nanoen.2019.03.031
Moshwan, Raza, Shi, Xiao-Lei, Liu, Wei-Di, Wang, Yuan, Xu, Shengduo, Zou, Jin and Chen, Zhi-Gang (2019). Enhancing thermoelectric properties of InTe nanoprecipitate-embedded Sn1–xInxTe microcrystals through anharmonicity and strain engineering. ACS Applied Energy Materials, 2 (4) acsaem.9b00399, 2965-2971. doi: 10.1021/acsaem.9b00399
Hong, Min, Wang, Yuan, Feng, Tianli, Sun, Qiang, Xu, Shengduo, Matsumura, Syo, Pantelides, Sokrates T., Zou, Jin and Chen, Zhi-Gang (2019). Strong phonon–phonon interactions securing extraordinary thermoelectric ge1–xSbxTe with Zn-alloying-induced band alignment. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 141 (4), 1742-1748. doi: 10.1021/jacs.8b12624
Guo, Juncheng, Wang, Yuan, Gonzalez-Ayala, Julian, Roco, J. M.M., Medina, A. and Calvo Hernández, A. (2019). Continuous power output criteria and optimum operation strategies of an upgraded thermally regenerative electrochemical cycles system. Energy Conversion and Management, 180, 654-664. doi: 10.1016/j.enconman.2018.11.024
Deng, Yi, Zhang, Kewei, Shi, Xiuyuan, Dong, Taosheng, Yang, Lei, Yang, Weizhong, Hong, Min, Wang, Yuan, Dargusch, Matthew and Chen, Zhi-Gang (2019). Exploring the underlying mechanisms behind the increased far infrared radiation properties of perovskite-type Ce/Mn co-doped ceramics. Materials Research Bulletin, 109, 233-239. doi: 10.1016/j.materresbull.2018.09.042
Arrays of planar vacancies in superior thermoelectric Ge1− x − yCdxBiyTe with band convergence
Hong, Min, Wang, Yuan, Liu, Weidi, Matsumura, Syo, Wang, Hao, Zou, Jin and Chen, Zhi-Gang (2018). Arrays of planar vacancies in superior thermoelectric Ge1− x − yCdxBiyTe with band convergence. Advanced Energy Materials, 8 (30) 1801837, 1801837. doi: 10.1002/aenm.201801837
Polycrystalline SnSe with extraordinary thermoelectric property via nanoporous design
Shi, Xiaolei, Wu, Angyin, Liu, Weidi, Moshwan, Raza, Wang, Yuan, Chen, Zhi-Gang and Zou, Jin (2018). Polycrystalline SnSe with extraordinary thermoelectric property via nanoporous design. ACS Nano, 12 (11) acsnano.8b06387, 11417-11425. doi: 10.1021/acsnano.8b06387
Shi, Xiaolei, Zheng, Kun, Hong, Min, Liu, Weidi, Moshwan, Raza, Wang, Yuan, Qu, Xianlin, Chen, Zhi-Gang and Zou, Jin (2018). Boosting the thermoelectric performance of p-type heavily Cu-doped polycrystalline SnSe via inducing intensive crystal imperfections and defect phonon scattering. Chemical Science, 9 (37), 7376-7389. doi: 10.1039/c8sc02397b
Deng, Yi, Yang, Lei, Huang, Xiaobing, Chen, Junhong, Shi, Xiuyuan, Yang, Weizhong, Hong, Min, Wang, Yuan, Dargusch, Matthew S and Chen, Zhi-Gang (2018). Dual Ag/ZnO-decorated micro-/nanoporous sulfonated polyetheretherketone with superior antibacterial capability and biocompatibility via layer-by-layer self-assembly strategy. Macromolecular Bioscience, 18 (7) 1800028, e1800028. doi: 10.1002/mabi.201800028
AI-based automated inspection system for custom-made endografts
(2024–2027) Advance Queensland Industry Research Fellowships
The Optimization of Li-excess Cation Disordered Rock-salt Cathode Materials
Doctor Philosophy — Associate Advisor
Other advisors:
Modelling-assisted design of piezoelectric materials and devices for biomedical applications.
Doctor Philosophy — Associate Advisor
Other advisors:
Self-powered Piezoelectric Biomedical Electronics
Doctor Philosophy — Associate Advisor
Other advisors: