Publications

2026

Wang, W., Pienta, D., Lin, L., Pierce, D. T., and Qu, J. “Aluminum addition to AISI 52100 steel: Initial assessment on impact to mechanical properties and tribological performance and pathways for improvement.” Wear.

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2025

Grejtak, T., Wang, W., and Qu, J. “Tribology and tribocorrosion of case-hardened steels: A review.” Journal of Tribology.

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Wang, W., Ku, P., Stevenson, L. M., Kumara, C., Meyer III, H. M., Luo, H., Mathews, T. J., and Qu, J. “Marine Toxicity, Biodegradability, and Rolling-Sliding Tribological Performance of Ionic Liquid-Enhanced Environmentally-Acceptable Lubricants for Tidal Turbomachinery.” ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering.

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Wang, W., Wang, X., Kumara, C., Meyer, H., Ren, N., Bonta, J., Murphy, E., England, R., Haynes, J., and Qu, J. “Discrepant Wear Behavior of Carbon Nanotubes (CNTs) and Dispersant in Four-Ball Unidirectional and HFRR Ball-on-Flat Reciprocating Sliding Tests.” Wear.

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Wang, W. and Qu, J. “Current and candidate additives for environmentally acceptable lubricants—A review.” Friction.

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2024

Zhang, Z., Hershkovitz, E., An, Q., Liu, L., Wang, X., Deng, Z., Baucom, G., Wang, W., Zhao, J., Xin, Z., Moore, L., Yao, Y., Islam, M., Chen, X., Cui, B., Li, L., Xin, H., Kim, H., and Cai, W. “Spinel oxide enables high-temperature self-lubrication in superalloys.” Nature Communications.

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He, X., Darsell, J. T., Tumuluru, J. S., Wang, W., Meyer, H. M., Keiser, J. R., and Qu, J. “Mitigating municipal solid waste fouling in biofuel conversion via screw surface modifications.” Biomass and Bioenergy.

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Niu, L., Jang, E., Chin, A. L., Huo, Z., Wang, W., Cai, W., and Tong, R. “Noncovalently particle-anchored cytokines with prolonged tumor retention safely elicit potent antitumor immunity.” Science Advances.

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Chen, J., Zhang, Z., Hershkovitz, E., Poplawsky, J., Dandu, R. S. B., Hung, C. Y., Wang, W., Yao, Y., Li, L., Xin, H., Kim, H., and Cai, W. “Selective oxidation and nickel enrichment hinders the repassivation kinetics of multi-principal element alloy surfaces.” Acta Materialia.

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2023

Wang, W., Izadi, S., Mraied, H., Deng, C., and Cai, W. “Evolution of residual stress and interface coherency and their impact on deformation mechanisms in Al/Ti multilayers.” Journal of Materials Science.

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Wang, W., Kattoura, M., Bovid, S., Zhang, Z., Lahrman, D., and Cai, W. “Effects of nanosecond laser shock peening on residual stress, corrosion and tribocorrosion behavior of WE43 magnesium alloys.” Wear.

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2022

Wang, W., Tamakloe, S., Deng, Z., Li, L., Cai, W., and Lu, K. “Effects of Processing Temperature on the Corrosion and Tribocorrosion Resistance of Perhydropolysilazane-derived Coatings on AISI 304 Steel.” Surface and Coatings Technology.

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Chen, J., Xiao, J., Hung, C., Wang, W., Zhao, J., Michel, F. M., Deng, C., and Cai, W. “Effects of Alloying Concentration on the Aqueous Corrosion and Passivation of Aluminum-Manganese-Molybdenum Concentrated Alloys.” Corrosion Science.

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2021

Wang, W., Hung, C. Y., Howe, L., Chen, J., Wang, K., Ho, V. X., Murayama, M., Vinh, N. Q., and Cai, W. “Enabling High-Performance Surfaces of Biodegradable Magnesium Alloys via Femtosecond Laser Shock Peening with Ultralow Pulse Energy.” ACS Applied Bio Materials.

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2020

Wang, W., Wang, K., Zhang, Z., Chen, J., Mou, T., Michel, F. M., Xin, H., and Cai, W. “Ultrahigh tribocorrosion resistance of metals enabled by nano-layering.” Acta Materialia.

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Yang, N., Wang, W., Cai, W., and Lu, K. “Corrosion and tribocorrosion mitigation of perhydropolysilazane-derived coatings on low carbon steel.” Corrosion Science.

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Wang, W., Mraied, H., Diyatmika, W., Chu, J. P., Li, L., and Cai, W. “Effects of nanoscale chemical heterogeneity on the wear, corrosion, and tribocorrosion resistance of Zr-based thin film metallic glasses.” Surface and Coatings Technology.

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2019

Mraied, H., Wang, W., and Cai, W. “Influence of chemical heterogeneity and microstructure on the corrosion resistance of biodegradable WE43 magnesium alloys.” Journal of Materials Chemistry B.

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2017

Wang, W., Pang, X., Zheng, C., and Volinsky, A. A. “Failure analysis of high nickel alloy steel seal ring used in turbomachinery.” Engineering Failure Analysis.

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