Rui Wang

Publications

Full and current list on Google Scholar. Bold: me. *: corresponding author.

Journal articles

  1. W. Yang*, R. Wang, X. Yao, H. Yan, J. Su, P. Liu, Y. Xiao, Q. Wang, A. Wang, L. Chen. DendriX: A flexible, maintainable, and extendable platform to simulate 3D Li-dendrite growth in Li-ion batteries. SoftwareX 35, 102768 (2026). doi:10.1016/j.softx.2026.102768
  2. J. Su, A. DiFelice, J. Mawela, J. Gan, S. Che, W. Cho, H. Yan, Y. Xiao, X. Yao, X. Guo, R. Wang, D. Xue, H. Liu, S. Adera, Z. Chen, L. Chen. Engineering strategies to suppress thermal runaway propagation in lithium-ion battery: mechanisms, metrics, materials, and evaluation methods. Advanced Science e76502 (2026). doi:10.1002/advs.76502
  3. R. Wang*, P. Wang, S. Bhatt, M.H. Ovi, H. Lee, J. Stubbins, M.C. Messner, L.H. Desorcy, I. Jentz, L. Chen, T. Allen, F. Gao*. Phase-field modeling of diffusion bonding in 316H stainless steel: Impact of processing conditions on grain morphology and bonding quality. Materials Science and Engineering: A 945, 149051 (2025). doi:10.1016/j.msea.2025.149051
  4. M. Peddigari, B. Wang, R. Wang, W.-H. Yoon, J. Jang, H. Lee, K. Song, G.-T. Hwang, K. Wang, Y. Hou, H. Palneedi, Y. Yan, H. Choi, J. Wang, A. Talluri, L.-Q. Chen, S. Priya, D.-Y. Jeong, J. Ryu. Giant energy density via mechanically tailored relaxor ferroelectric behavior of PZT thick film. Advanced Materials 35 (45), 2302554 (2023). doi:10.1002/adma.202302554
  5. R. Wang, Y. Ji, T.-L. Cheng, F. Xue, L.-Q. Chen, Y.-H. Wen*. Phase-field modeling of alloy oxidation at high temperatures. Acta Materialia 248, 118776 (2023). doi:10.1016/j.actamat.2023.118776
  6. R. Wang, Y. Ji, T. Cheng, F. Xue, L.-Q. Chen, Y.-H. Wen. A phase-field study on internal to external oxidation transition in high-temperature structural alloys. JOM 74 (4), 1435–1443 (2022). doi:10.1007/s11837-022-05174-7
  7. R. Wang, Y. Ji, J. Shen*, L.-Q. Chen*. Application of scalar auxiliary variable scheme to phase-field equations. Computational Materials Science 212, 111556 (2022). doi:10.1016/j.commatsci.2022.111556
  8. D.M. Long, B. Cai, J.N. Baker, P.C. Bowes, T.J.M. Bayer, J.J. Wang, R. Wang, L.-Q. Chen, C.A. Randall, D.L. Irving, E.C. Dickey. Conductivity of iron-doped strontium titanate in the quenched and degraded states. Journal of the American Ceramic Society 102 (6), 3567–3577 (2019). doi:10.1111/jace.16212
  9. J.J. Wang, T.J.M. Bayer, R. Wang, J.J. Carter, C.A. Randall, L.-Q. Chen. Unexpected significant increase in bulk conductivity of a dielectric arising from charge injection. Applied Physics Letters 110 (26), 262902 (2017). doi:10.1063/1.4990677

Conference proceedings

  1. R. Wang, P. Wang, T.R. Allen, F. Gao, S. Bhatt, M.C. Messner, I.W. Jentz. Phase-field modeling of diffusion bonding in 316H stainless steel for nuclear engineering applications. Advances in Materials Technology for Power Plants (AM-EPRI 2024) 84871, 1138–1148 (2024). doi:10.31399/asm.cp.am-epri-2024p1138
  2. S. Bhatt, M.C. Messner, R. Wang, F. Gao. Microstructural models for the creep strength and ductility of diffusion-bonded 316H steel. Advances in Materials Technology for Power Plants (AM-EPRI 2024) 84871, 750–759 (2024). doi:10.31399/asm.cp.am-epri-2024p0750

Dissertation

  1. R. Wang. Phase-field modeling of mobile species coupled with reactions and phase microstructures. Ph.D. dissertation, The Pennsylvania State University (2022).

In preparation

  1. A multiphase, multicomponent phase-field model of diffusion bonding in Alloy 617. in preparation
  2. Charge analysis of dendrite-induced soft shorts in LLZO, with a machine-learning surrogate. in preparation
  3. AI-trained prediction of cell voltage and short circuit from dendrite morphology. in preparation
  4. Thermal-runaway modeling of dendrite-induced internal shorts. in preparation
  5. ThermalRunawayAI: an agentic literature assistant for battery thermal-runaway research. in preparation