Materials Scientist
Materials Scientist

Publications

2025

  • Chen Y., M. Nguyen, J. Yao, K. Han, S. Ravula, E.D. Walter, and J.D. Bazak, et al. 2025. "CO2 in Ionene-Ionic Liquid Composite Membranes." Advanced Sustainable Systems 9, no. 4:Art No. 2400802. PNNL-SA-204336. doi:10.1002/adsu.202400802

2024

  • Flaherty J.E., E.J. Antonio, C. Burns, R.C. Daniel, and J. Yao. 2024. Hanford Waste Treatment Plant Low Activity Waste Facility Stack Effluent Monitoring: Sampling Probe Location Qualification Evaluation. PNNL-32694 Rev 1. Richland, WA: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. Hanford Waste Treatment Plant Low Activity Waste Facility Stack Effluent Monitoring: Sampling Probe Location Qualification Evaluation
  • Strange L.E., D.J. Heldebrant, S. Ravula, P. Chen, Z. Zhu, J. Bara, and J. Yao. 2024. "In-house Synthesized Poly(ether ether ketone) Ionenes. I. ToF-SIMS spectra in the positive ion mode." Surface Science Spectra 31, no. 1:Art. No. 015001. PNNL-SA-184766. doi:10.1116/6.0003132
  • Strange L.E., S. Ravula, Z. Zhu, J. Bara, P. Chen, D.J. Heldebrant, and J. Yao. 2024. "In-house synthesized poly(ether ether ketone) ionenes. II. ToF-SIMS spectra in the negative ion mode." Surface Science Spectra 31, no. 1:Art. No. 015002. PNNL-SA-184767. doi:10.1116/6.0003133

2023

2022

  • Yao J., N. Lahiri, S. Tripathi, S.L. Riechers, E.S. Ilton, S. Chatterjee, and E.C. Buck. 2022. "A microfluidic electrochemical cell for studying the corrosion of uranium dioxide (UO2)." RSC Advances 12, no. 30:19350 - 19358. PNNL-SA-167082. doi:10.1039/d2ra02501a
  • Yao J., S. Tripathi, E.S. Ilton, B.K. McNamara, N. Lahiri, M.J. O'Hara, and S.L. Riechers, et al. 2022. Corrosion of U233-Doped Uranium Oxide using Microfluidics Methods. PNNL-33210. Richland, WA: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. Corrosion of U233-Doped Uranium Oxide using Microfluidics Methods

2021

  • Sui X., B. Xu, J. Yao, O. Kostko, M. Ahmed, and X. Yu. 2021. "New Insights into Secondary Organic Aerosol Formation at the Air-Liquid Interface." The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters 12, no. 1:324-329. PNNL-SA-157589. doi:10.1021/acs.jpclett.0c03319
  • Yu X., J. Yao, B.E. Matthews, S.R. Spurgeon, S.L. Riechers, G.J. Sevigny, and Z. Zhu, et al. 2021. "Evidence of lithium mobility under neutron irradiation." Journal of Materials Research and Technology 14. PNNL-SA-159010. doi:10.1016/j.jmrt.2021.06.066

2020

  • Komorek R.E., B. Xu, J. Yao, O. Kostko, M. Ahmed, and X. Yu. 2020. "Probing sulphur clusters in a microfluidic electrochemical cell with synchrotron-based photoionization mass spectrometry." Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 22, no. 26:14449-14453. PNNL-SA-152924. doi:10.1039/D0CP02472D
  • Sabale S.R., D. Barpaga, J. Yao, L. Kovarik, Z. Zhu, S. Chatterjee, and B.P. McGrail, et al. 2020. "Understanding Time Dependence on Zinc Metal-Organic Framework Growth Using In Situ Liquid Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry." ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 12, no. 4:5090-5098. PNNL-SA-148177. doi:10.1021/acsami.9b19991
  • Shen Y., J. Yao, J. Son, Z. Zhu, and X. Yu. 2020. "Liquid ToF-SIMS revealing the oil, water, and surfactant interface evolution." Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 22, no. 21:11771-11782. PNNL-SA-147881. doi:10.1039/D0CP00528B
  • Shen Y., Y. Fu, J. Yao, D.B. Lao, S.K. Nune, Z. Zhu, and D.J. Heldebrant, et al. 2020. "Revealing the structural evolution of green rust synthesized in ionic liquids by in situ molecular imaging." Advanced Materials Interfaces. PNNL-SA-151430. doi:10.1002/admi.202000452
  • Yao J., A. Ossana, J. Chun, and X. Yu. 2020. "In situ liquid SEM imaging analysis revealing particle dispersity in aqueous solutions." Journal of Microscopy 279, no. 2:79-84. PNNL-SA-139059. doi:10.1111/jmi.12904
  • Yu X., J. Yao, E.C. Buck, and Z. Zhu. 2020. "In situ liquid SIMS analysis of uranium oxide." Surface Interface Analysis 52, no. 7:454-459. PNNL-SA-134363. doi:10.1002/sia.6799

2019

  • Buck E.C., X. Yu, J. Yao, D. Reilly, J. Son, S. Chatterjee, and B.K. McNamara, et al. 2019. In Situ Electrochemical Testing of Uranium Dioxide under Anoxic Conditions FY19 Report. PNNL-29171. Richland, WA: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. In Situ Electrochemical Testing of Uranium Dioxide under Anoxic Conditions FY19 Report
  • Ding Y., Y. Zhou, J. Yao, Y. Xiong, B. Cao, Z. Zhu, and X. Yu. 2019. "Molecular evidence of a toxic effect on a biofilm and its matrix." Analyst 144, no. 8:2498-2503. PNNL-SA-135366. doi:10.1039/C8AN02512F
  • Ding Y., Y. Zhou, J. Yao, Y. Xiong, Z. Zhu, and X. Yu. 2019. "Molecular evidence of toxic effect on the biofilm and its matrix." The Analyst 144, no. 8:2498-2503. PNNL-SA-135367. doi:10.1039/C8AN02512F
  • Son J., Y. Shen, J. Yao, D. Paynter, and X. Yu. 2019. "Surface evolution of synthetic bilgewater emulsion." Chemosphere 236. PNNL-SA-143088. doi:10.1016/j.chemosphere.2019.124345
  • Yao J., A.D. Guzman, Z. Zhu, and X. Yu. 2019. "Imaging Corrosion at the Metal-Paint Interface Using Time-of-Flight Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry." Journal of Visualized Experiments. PNNL-SA-139971. doi:10.3791/59523
  • Yu X., J. Yao, and E.C. Buck. 2019. "In Operando SEM Imaging of Electrochemical Oxidation of UO2 in Liquid." In Microscopy and Microanalysis International Conference, August 4-8, 2019, Portland, OR, 25, 1578-1579. PNNL-SA-141587. doi:10.1017/S1431927619008626

2018

  • Komorek R.E., B. Xu, J. Yao, U. Ablikim, T. Troy, O. Kostko, and M. Ahmed, et al. 2018. "Enabling liquid vapor analysis using synchrotron VUV single photon ionization mass spectrometry with a microfluidic interface." Review of Scientific Instruments 89, no. 11:115105. PNNL-SA-139017. doi:10.1063/1.5048315
  • Yu X., J. Yao, D.B. Lao, D.J. Heldebrant, Z. Zhu, D. Malhotra, and M. Nguyen, et al. 2018. "Mesoscopic Structure Facilitates Rapid CO2 Transport and Reactivity in CO2 Capture Solvents." The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters 9, no. 19:5765-5771. PNNL-SA-129707. doi:10.1021/acs.jpclett.8b02231

2017

  • Komorek R.E., W. Wei, X. Yu, E.A. Hill, J. Yao, Z. Zhu, and X. Yu. 2017. "In Situ Characterization of Shewanella oneidensis MR1 Biofilms by SALVI and ToF-SIMS." Journal of Visualized Experiments. PNNL-SA-123316. doi:10.3791/55944
  • Yao J., B.W. Arey, L. Yang, F. Zhang, R.E. Komorek, J. Chun, and X. Yu. 2017. "In Situ Characterization of Boehmite Particles in Water Using Liquid SEM." Journal of Visualized Experiments. PNNL-SA-123903. doi:10.3791/56058
  • Yao J., D. Lao, X. Sui, Y. Zhou, S.K. Nune, X. Ma, and T. Troy, et al. 2017. "Two Coexisting Liquid Phases in Switchable Ionic Liquids." Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 19, no. 34:22627-22623. PNNL-SA-122167. doi:10.1039/C7CP03754F
  • Yao J., Y. Zhou, X. Sui, D. Lao, D.J. Heldebrant, Z. Zhu, and X. Yu. 2017. "Errata: Switchable 1, 8-diazabicycloundec-7-ene and 1-hexanol ionic liquid analyzed by liquid ToF-SIM." Surface Science Spectra 24, no. 1:018001. PNNL-SA-124584. doi:10.1116/1.4978877

2016

  • Ding Y., Y. Zhou, J. Yao, C.J. Szymanski, J.K. Fredrickson, L. Shi, and B. Cao, et al. 2016. "In Situ Molecular Imaging of the Biofilm and Its Matrix." Analytical Chemistry 88, no. 22:11244-11252. PNNL-SA-121602. doi:10.1021/acs.analchem.6b03909
  • Veeramany A., S.D. Unwin, G.A. Coles, J.E. Dagle, W. Millard, J. Yao, and C.S. Glantz, et al. 2016. "Framework for Modeling High-Impact, Low-Frequency Power Grid Events to Support Risk-Informed Decisions." International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction 18. PNNL-SA-115402. doi:10.1016/j.ijdrr.2016.06.008
  • Yao J., Y. Zhou, X. Sui, D. Lao, D.J. Heldebrant, Z. Zhu, and X. Yu. 2016. "Switchable 1,8-diazabicycloundec-7-ene and 1-hexanol ionic liquid analyzed by liquid ToF-SIMS." Surface Science Spectra 23, no. 1:9-28. PNNL-SA-114576. doi:10.1116/1.4948526
  • Zhou Y., J. Yao, Y. Ding, J. Yu, X. Hua, J.E. Evans, and X. Yu, et al. 2016. "Improving the Molecular Ion Signal Intensity for In Situ Liquid SIMS Analysis." Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry 27, no. 12:2006-2013. PNNL-SA-118036. doi:10.1007/s13361-016-1478-x