Researcher biography
Dr Yuan Wang is interested in developing advanced manufacturing solutions, particularly for functional materials and their devices that can benefit biomedical and renewable energy applications. He is currently an Advance Queensland Industry Research Fellow in partnership with Cook Medical to develop manufacturing solutions for personalised medical devices.
As lead/solo/co-CI, Yuan has secured competitive grant funding totalling > $1.4M. His research has attracted >3700 peer citations from 79 countries. 54.5% of his papers are the global top 10% most cited papers, and 97% were published in Q1 journals including 10 in prestigious Nature-indexed journals. He has published 4 in Adv. Mater. (IF=27.4), 2 in Adv. Energy Mater. (IF=27.8), 2 in J. Am. Chem. Soc. (IF=14.5), 3 in Chem. Eng. J. (IF=13.4), Adv. Funct. Mater. (IF=18.99), ACS Nano (IF=15.8), Biomaterials (IF=12.8), Bioact. Mater. (IF=18), Addit. Manuf. (IF=10.3), Curr. Opin. Solid State Mater. Sci. (IF=12.2), Nano Energy (IF=16.8), Small (IF=13), Nano Today (IF=13.2), J. Magnes. Alloys (IF=15.8), and Acta Biomater. (IF=9.7). He also contributes to his field as a regular reviewer for leading journals such as Nat. Commun., Prog. Mater. Sci. (IF=33.6) and Adv. Mater (IF=27.4). He has been awarded several research excellence and leadership awards.
Yuan conducted his PhD at UniSQ working on thermoelectrics and graduated in 2020 with the UniSQ Research Excellence Award (supervisor: Prof Zhigang Chen). He obtained his bachelor's degree in Metallurgical Engineering from Northeastern University (China) in 2016, with his third year at UQ where he received the Dean's Commendation for Academic Excellence Award.
Yuan is a lecturer for multiple UQ courses, where he has received high SECaT scores for his teaching quality and student engagement. He is also responsible for a variety of supervision and service duties.
Publications
Journal Articles
Lu, Ting, Chen, Lei, Shi, Xiao‐Lei, Liu, Weidi, Li, Meng, Wang, Yuan, Zeng, Xuesen, Song, Pingan, Bell, John, Snyder, Gerald Jeffery, Chen, Zhi‐Gang and Hong, Min (2025). Advances in synthesis of high‐performance thermoelectric materials. Small Structures, 6 (8) 2400694. doi: 10.1002/sstr.202400694
Liu, Ting, Chen, Xingrui, Wang, Fanshuo, Venezuela, Jeffrey, Wang, Yuan, Shi, Zhiming, Chen, Wenyi and Dargusch, Matthew (2025). Contrasting the mechanisms of high corrosion resistance in ultra-high purity Mg-Sr alloys in Hanks' and NaCl solutions. Electrochimica Acta, 518 145716, 1-19. doi: 10.1016/j.electacta.2025.145716
Lu, Yancen, Wang, Yuan, Ng, Chi-Ho, Bermingham, Michael and Dargusch, Matthew (2025). Quantitative analysis of the correlation between dual-deposition parameters and porosity in wire arc additive manufactured Ti-22V-4Al alloys. Smart Materials in Manufacturing, 3 100090, 100090. doi: 10.1016/j.smmf.2025.100090
Wang, Yuan and Dargusch, Matthew S. (2025). Optimisation and material considerations of piezoelectric implants for cardiac applications. Current Opinion in Solid State and Materials Science, 34 101211, 101211. doi: 10.1016/j.cossms.2024.101211
Dargusch, Matthew, Wang, Yuan, Sha, Chuhan, Yang, Nan, Chen, Xingrui, Venezuela, Jeffrey, Otte, Joseph, Johnston, Sean, Lau, Cora, Allavena, Rachel, Mardon, Karine, McCaroll, Ingrid and Cairney, Julie (2024). Insights into heat treatments of biodegradable Mg-Y-Nd-Zr alloys in clinical settings: Unveiling roles of β' and β1 nanophases and latent in vivo hydrogen evolution. Acta Biomaterialia, 190, 605-622. doi: 10.1016/j.actbio.2024.10.047
Wang, Yuan, Ng, Chi-Ho, Bermingham, Michael and Dargusch, Matthew (2024). Machine learning driven instance segmentation providing new porosity insights into wire arc directed energy deposited Ti-22V-4Al. Additive Manufacturing, 90 104323, 104323. doi: 10.1016/j.addma.2024.104323
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Hong, Min, Lyu, Wanyu, Wang, Yuan, Zou, Jin and Chen, Zhi-Gang (2020). Correction to Establishing the golden range of Seebeck coefficient for maximizing thermoelectric performance. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 142 (23), 10568-10568. doi: 10.1021/jacs.0c05548
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
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
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
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
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
Deng, Yi, Zhang, Kewei, Yang, Yuanyi, Shi, Xiuyuan, Yang, Lei, Yang, Weizhong, Wang, Yuan and Chen, Zhi-Gang (2019). Ce/Mn dual-doped LaAlO3 ceramics with enhanced far-infrared emission capability synthesized via a facile microwave sintering method. Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 774, 434-442. doi: 10.1016/j.jallcom.2018.10.049
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
Liu, Wei-Di, Shi, Xiao-Lei, Gao, Han, Moshwan, Raza, Xu, Sheng-Duo, Wang, Yuan, Yang, Lei, Chen, Zhi-Gang and Zou, Jin (2019). Kinetic condition driven phase and vacancy enhancing thermoelectric performance of low-cost and eco-friendly Cu2−xS. Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 7 (18), 5366-5373. doi: 10.1039/c9tc00819e
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
Moshwan, Raza, Shi, Xiao Lei, Liu, Wei-Di, Yang, Lei, Wang, Yuan, Hong, Min, Auchterlonie, Graeme, Zou, Jin and Chen, Zhi-Gang (2018). High Thermoelectric Performance in Sintered Octahedron-Shaped Sn(CdIn)xTe1+2x Microcrystals. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 10 (45) acsami.8b14233, 38944-38952. doi: 10.1021/acsami.8b14233
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
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
Shi, Xiao-Lei, Zheng, Kun, Liu, Wei-Di, Wang, Yuan, Yang, Yu-Zhe, Chen, Zhi-Gang and Zou, Jin (2018). Realizing high thermoelectric performance in n-type highly distorted Sb-doped SnSe microplates via tuning high electron concentration and inducing intensive crystal defects. Advanced Energy Materials, 8 (21) 1800775, 1800775. doi: 10.1002/aenm.201800775