Journal Articles

* corresponding author or equal contribution. Authors in bold are from PMTL.

59. Yanxiao Li, Zhekun Peng, Jiaoli Li, Congjie Wei, Shangbin Liu, Weixing Hao, Huanyu Cheng, Casey Burton, Yang Wang, Yue-Wern Huang, Chang-Soo Kim, Fang Yao Stephen Hou, DongHyun Kim, Chenglin Wu (2024). "Wearable MXene‐Graphene Sensing of Influenza and SARS‐CoV‐2 Virus in Air and Breath: From Lab to Clinic." Adv. Mat. Technol. 9(3): 2201787.

58. Yang Wang*, Chanakya Bagya Ramesh, Scott Giangrande, Jerome Fast, Xianda Gong, Jiaoshi Zhang, Alyssa Matthews, Fan Mei, Ahmet Tolga Odabasi, Marcus Batista, John Shilling, Jason Tomlinson, Die Wang, Jian Wang (2023). "Examining the vertical heterogeneity of aerosols over the Southern Great Plains" Atmos. Chem. Phys. 23(24): 15671-15691. 

57. Weixing Hao, Yue-Wern Huang, Yang Wang* (2023). "Bioaerosol size as a potential determinant of airborne E. coli viability under ultraviolet germicidal irradiation and ozone disinfection" Nanotechnology. 35 (14), 145702. 

56. Xianda Gong, Yang Wang, Hua Xie, Jiaoshi Zhang, Zheng Lu, Robert Wood, Frank Stratmann, Heike Wex, Xiaohong Liu, Jian Wang (2023). "Maximum supersaturation in the marine boundary layer clouds over the North Atlantic" AGU Adv. 4(6): e2022AV000855. 

55. Mirza Muhammad Zaid, Nana Amoah, Ashish Kakoria, Yang Wang, Guang Xu (2023). "Advancing occupational health in mining: investigating low-cost sensors suitability for improved coal dust exposure monitoring" Meas. Sci. Technol. 35: 025128. 

54. Weixing Hao, Fan Mei, Susanne Hering, Steven Spielman, Beat Schmid, Jason Tomlinson, Yang Wang* (2023). "Mapping the performance of a versatile water-based condensation particle counter (vWCPC) with numerical simulation and experimental study" Atmos. Meas. Tech. 16(17): 3973-3986.

53. Qian Xiao, Jiaoshi Zhang, Yang Wang, Luke D. Ziemba, Ewan Crosbie, Edward L. Winstead, Claire E. Robinson, Joshua P. DiGangi, Glenn S. Diskin, Jeffrey S. Reid, K. Sebastian Schmidt, Armin Sorooshian, Miguel Ricardo A. Hilario, Sarah Woods, Paul Lawson, Snorre A. Stamnes, and Jian Wang (2023). “New particle formation in the tropical free troposphere during CAMP2Ex: statistics and impact of emission sources, convective activity, and synoptic conditions” Atmos. Chem. Phys. 23(17): 9853-9871. 

52. Chanakya Bagya Ramesh and Yang Wang* (2023). “Ions Generated from a Premixed Methane-Air Flame: Mobility Size Distributions and Charging Characteristics.” Combust. Sci. Technol. doi: 10.1080/00102202.2023.2203818

51. Amoah, Nana A., Guang Xu, Ashish Ranjan Kumar, and Yang Wang (2023). “Calibration of low-cost particulate matter sensors for coal dust monitoring.” Sci. Total Environ. 859: 160336.

50. Patrick Brooks, Christopher Lupfer, Wang Yang, Weixing Hao, and Kashala Fabrice Kapiamba (2023). “The effect of hypochlorous acid on the filtration performance and bacterial decontamination of N95 filtering facemask respirators.” AJIC51(4): 396-400. 

49. Jiaoshi Zhang, Yang Wang, Steven Spielman, Susanne Hering, and Jian Wang (2022) “Regularized inversion of aerosol hygroscopic growth factor probability density function: application to humidity-controlled fast integrated mobility spectrometer measurements.” Atmos. Meas. Tech. 15(8): 2579-2590.

48. Weixing Hao, Kashala Fabrice Kapiamba, Varuni Abhayaratne, Shoaib Usman, Yue-Wern Huang, Yang Wang* (2022) “A filter-based system mimicking the particle deposition and penetration in human respiratory system for secondhand smoke generation and characterization.” Inhal. Toxicol. 34(7): 189-199.

47. Kashala Fabrice Kapiamba, Weixing Hao, Stephen Adom, Wenyan Liu, Yue-Wern Huang, Yang Wang* (2022) “Examining the metal contents in primary and secondhand aerosols released by electronic cigarettes.” Chem. Res Toxicol. 35(6): 954-962. (Selected as Journal Cover)

46. Steven Cheng, Weixing Hao, Yang Wang, and Shu Yang (2022) “Commercial Janus fabrics as reusable facemask materials: a balance of water repellency, filtration efficiency, breathability, and reusability.” ACS Appl. Mat. Interfaces 14(28): 32579–32589.

45. Nana Amoako Amoah, Guang Xu, Yang Wang, Jiayu Li, Yongming Zou, and Baisheng Nie (2021). “The application of low-cost particulate matter sensors for air quality monitoring and exposure assessment in underground mines – A review” Int. J. Miner. Metall. Mater.29 (8), 1475-1490.

44. Gonzalez, Andrew, Hamada A. Aboubakr, John Brockgreitens, Weixing Hao, Yang Wang, Sagar M. Goyal, and Abdennour Abbas (2021). “Durable nanocomposite face masks with high particulate filtration and rapid inactivation of coronaviruses.” Sci. Rep. 11(1): 1-11.

43. Jay M. Tomlin, Kevin A. Jankowski, Daniel P. Veghte, Swarup China, Peiwen Wang, Matthew Fraund, Johannes Weis, Guangjie Zheng, Yang Wang, Felipe Rivera-Adorno, Shira Raveh-Rubin, Daniel A. Knopf, Jian Wang, Mary K. Gilles, Ryan C. Moffet, and Alexander Laskin (2021). “Impact of dry intrusion events on the composition and mixing state of particles during the winter Aerosol and Cloud Experiment in the Eastern North Atlantic (ACE-ENA)” Atmos. Chem. Phys. 21(24), 18123–18146.

42. Jian Wang, Rob Wood, Michael P Jensen, J Christine Chiu, Yangang Liu, Katia Lamer, Neel Desai, Scott E Giangrande, Daniel A Knopf, Pavlos Kollias, Alexander Laskin, Xiaohong Liu, Chunsong Lu, David Mechem, Fan Mei, Mariusz Starzec, Jason Tomlinson, Yang Wang, Seong Soo Yum, Guangjie Zheng, Allison C Aiken, Eduardo B Azevedo, Yann Blanchard, Swarup China, Xiquan Dong, Francesca Gallo, Sinan Gao, Virendra P Ghate, Susanne Glienke, Lexie Goldberger, Joseph C Hardin, Chongai Kuang, Edward P Luke, Alyssa A Matthews, Mark A Miller, Ryan Moffet, Mikhail Pekour, Beat Schmid, Arthur J Sedlacek, Raymond A Shaw, John E Shilling, Amy Sullivan, Kaitlyn Suski, Daniel P Veghte, Rodney Weber, Matt Wyant, Jaemin Yeom, Maria Zawadowicz, Zhibo Zhang “Aerosol and Cloud Experiments in the Eastern North Atlantic (ACE-ENA).” Bull. Am. Meteorol. Soc. 103(2), pp.E619-E641. 

41. Weixing Hao, Mark Stolzenburg, Michel Attoui, and Yang Wang* (2021). “Optimizing the activation efficiency of sub-3 nm particles in a laminar flow condensation particle counter: Model simulation” J. Aerosol Sci. 158, 105841.

40. Jiaoshi Zhang, Steven Spielman, Yang Wang, Guangjie Zheng, Xianda Gong, Susanne Hering, Jian Wang. “Rapid measurement of RH-dependent aerosol hygroscopic growth using a humidity-controlled fast integrated mobility spectrometer (HFIMS).” Atmos. Meas. Tech.14(8), 5625–5635

39. Yang Wang, Guangjie Zheng, Michael Jensen, Daniel Knopf, Alexander Laskin, Alyssa Matthews, David Mechem, Fan Mei, Ryan Moffet, Arthur Sedlacek, John Shilling, Stephen Springston, Amy Sullivan, Jason Tomlinson, Daniel Veghte, Rodney Weber, Robert Wood, Maria Zawadowicz, Jian Wang. “Vertical profiles of trace gas and aerosol properties over the Eastern North Atlantic: Variations with season and synoptic condition.” Atmos. Chem. Phys. 21(14): 1079-11098.

38. Zawadowicz, Maria A., Kaitlyn Suski, Jiumeng Liu, Mikhail Pekour, Jerome Fast, Fan Mei, Arthur J. Sedlacek, Stephen Springston, Yang Wang, Rahul A. Zaveri, Robert Wood, Jian Wang, and John Shilling (2021). “Aircraft measurements of aerosol and trace gas chemistry in the eastern North Atlantic.” Atmos. Chem. Phys. 21(10): 7983-8002.

37. Anna L Hodshire, Emily Ramnarine, Ali Akherati, Matthew L Alvarado, Delphine K Farmer, Shantanu H Jathar, Sonia M Kreidenweis, Chantelle R Lonsdale, Timothy B Onasch, Stephen R Springston, Jian Wang, Yang Wang, Lawrence I Kleinman, Arthur J Sedlacek III, Jeffrey R Pierce (2021). “Dilution impacts on smoke aging: Evidence in BBOP data”, Atmos. Chem. Phys. 21: 6839–6855.

36. Miguel Ricardo A. Hilario, Ewan Crosbie, Michael Shook, Jeffrey S. Reid, Maria Obiminda L. Cambaliza, James Bernard B. Simpas, Luke Ziemba, Joshua P. DiGangi, Glenn S. Diskin, Phu Nguyen, Joseph Turk, Edward Winstead, Claire E. Robinson, Jian Wang, Jiaoshi Zhang, Yang Wang, Subin Yoon, James Flynn, Sergio L. Alvarez, Ali Behrangi, and Armin Sorooshian (2021). “Long-range transport patterns into the tropical northwest Pacific during the CAMP2Ex aircraft campaign: chemical composition, size distributions, and the impact of convection.” Atmos. Chem. Phys. 21: 3777–3802.

35. Yanxiao Li, Zhekun Peng, Natalie J. Holl, Md. Rifat Hassan, John M. Pappas, Congjie Wei, Omid Hoseini Izadi, Yang Wang, Xiangyang Dong, Cheng Wang, Yue-Wern Huang, Donghyun Kim, and Chenglin Wu (2021). “MXene-Graphene field-effect transistor sensing of influenza virus and SARS-CoV-2.” ACS Omega. 6(10): 6643-6653.

34. Guangjie Zheng*, Yang Wang*, Robert Wood, Michael P. Jensen, Chongai Kuang, Isabel L. McCoy, Alyssa Matthews, Fan Mei, Jason M. Tomlinson, John E. Shilling, Maria A. Zawadowicz, Ewan Crosbie, Richard Moore, Luke Ziemba, Meinrat O. Andreae, and Jian Wang (2021). “New particle formation in the remote marine boundary layer.” Nat. Commun. 12(527): 1-10. (*equal contribution)

33. Weixing Hao, Guang Xu, and Yang Wang* (2021). “Factors Influencing the Filtration Performance of Homemade Face Masks.” J. Occup. Environ. Health. doi: 10.1080/15459624.2020.1868482.

32. Huang Zhang, Hao Zhou, Yang Wang, Shuiqing Li, Pratim Biswas (2021). “A mini review on gas-phase synthesis for energy nanomaterials.” Energy Fuels. 35(1): 63-85.

31. Yang Wang*, Guang Xu, Yue-Wern Huang (2020). “Modeling the load of SARS-CoV-2 virus in human expelled particles during coughing and speaking.” PLoS ONE 15(10): e0241539.

30. Weixing Hao, Andrew Parasch, Stephen Williams, Jiayu Li, Hongyan Ma, Joel Burken, Yang Wang* (2020). “Filtration performances of non-medical materials as candidates for manufacturing facemasks and respirators.” Int. J. Hyg. Environ. Health. 229: 113582

29. Miguel Vazquez-Pufleau*, Yang Wang*, Pratim Biswas, Elijah Thimsen (2020). “Measurement of sub-2 nm stable clusters during silane pyrolysis in a furnace aerosol reactor.” J. Chem. Phys. 152: 024304 (*equal contribution)

28. Yang Wang, Guangjie Zheng, Steven R. Spielman, Tamara Pinterich, Susanne Hering, and Jian Wang (2019). “Retrieval of high time resolution growth factor probability density function from a humidity-controlled fast integrated mobility spectrometer.” Aerosol Sci. Technol. 53(9):1092-1106.

27. Girish Sharma, Yang Wang, Rajan Chakrabarty, and Pratim Biswas (2018). “Modeling simultaneous coagulation and charging of nanoparticles at high temperatures using the method of moments.” J. Aerosol Sci. 132: 70-82.

26. Huang Zhang, Girish Sharma, Yang Wang, Shuiqing Li, and Pratim Biswas (2018). “Numerical modeling of the performance of high flow DMAs to classify sub-2 nm particles.” Aerosol Sci. Technol. 53(1): 106-118.

25. Christopher Oxford, Charles Rapp, Yang Wang, Purushottam Kumar, Daniel Watson, Julianna Portelli, Eric Sussman, Steven Dhawan, Jingkun Jiang, and Brent Williams (2018). “Development and qualification of a VH-TDMA for the study of atmospheric aerosols.” Aerosol Sci. Technol. 53(2): 120-132.

24. Guangjie Zheng, Yang Wang, Allison Aiken, Francesca Gallo, Mike Jensen, Pavlos Kollias, Chongai Kuang, Edward Luke, Stephen Springston, Janek Uin, Robert Wood, and Jian Wang (2018). “Marine boundary layer aerosol in Eastern North Atlantic: seasonal variations and key controlling processes.” Atmos. Chem. Phys. 18(23): 17615-17635.

23. Zhichao Li, Yang Wang, Yongqi Lu, and Pratim Biswas (2018). “Investigation of aerosol and gas emissions from a coal-fired power plant under various operating conditions.” J. Air Waste Manage. Assoc. 69(1): 34-46.

22. Yang Wang, Tamara Pinterich, and Jian Wang (2018). “Rapid measurement of sub-micrometer aerosol size distribution using a fast integrated mobility spectrometer.” J. Aerosol Sci. 121:12-20.

21. Pratim Biswas, Yang Wang, and Michel Attoui (2018). “Sub-2 nm particle measurement in high-temperature aerosol reactors: a review.” Curr. Opin. Chem. Eng. 21: 60-66.

20. Wenge Li, Yanjie Hu, Hao Jiang, Yi Jiang, Yang Wang, Su Huang, and Pratim Biswas, and Chunzhong Li (2017). “Fluxing template-assisted synthesis of sponge-like Fe2O3 microspheres toward efficient catalysis for CO oxidation.” Appl. Surf. Sci. 444: 763-771.

19. Li Lu, Yanjie Hu, Hao Jiang, Yang Wang, Yi Jiang, Su Huang, Xiaofeng Niu, Pratim Biswas, and Chunzhong Li (2017). “Multi-shelled LiMn1.95Co0.05O4 Cages with Tunable Mn Oxidation State for Ultra-High Lithium Storage.” New J. Chem. 42(5): 3953-3960.

18. Yang Wang*, Girish Sharma*, Clement Koh, Vivek Kumar, Rajan Chakrabarty, and Pratim Biswas (2017). “Influence of Flame-Generated Ions on the Simultaneous Charging and Coagulation of Nanoparticles during Combustion.” Aerosol Sci. Technol. 51 (7): 833-844. (*equal contribution)

17. Tamara Pinterich, Steven Spielman, Yang Wang, Susanne Hering, and Jian Wang (2017). “A Humidity-controlled Fast Integrated Mobility Spectrometer (HFIMS) for rapid measurements of particle hygroscopic growth.” Atmos. Meas. Tech. 10: 4915-4925.

16. Jiaxi Fang*, Yang Wang*, Juha Kangasluoma, Michel Attoui, Heikki Junninen, Markku Kulmala, Tuukka Petäjä, and Pratim Biswas (2017). “The Initial Stages of Multicomponent Particle Formation during the Combustion Synthesis of Mixed SiO2/TiO2.” Aerosol Sci. Technol. 52(3): 277-286. (*equal contribution) (Editor’s selection of notable 2018 papers in Aerosol Sci. Technol.)

15. Jiayu Li, Anna Leavey, Yang Wang, Caroline O’Neil, Meghan A. Wallace, Carey-Ann D. Burnham, Adrianus CM Boon, Hilary Babcock, and Pratim Biswas (2018). “Comparing the Performance of 3 Airborne Virus Samplers for Influenza Virus.” J. Aerosol Sci. 155: 133-145.

14. Jiaxi Fang*, Yang Wang*, Juha Kangasluoma, Michel Attoui, Heikki Junninen, Markku Kulmala, Tuukka Petäjä, and Pratim Biswas (2017). “Cluster Formation Mechanisms of Metal Oxides during Combustion Synthesis.” Aerosol Sci. Technol. 51(9): 1071–1081. (*equal contribution)

13. Yang Wang, Juha Kangasluoma, Michel Attoui, Jiaxi Fang, Heikki Junninen, Markku Kulmala, Tuukka Petäjä, and Pratim Biswas (2017). “Observation of Incipient Particle Formation during Flame Synthesis by Tandem Differential Mobility Analysis-Mass Spectrometry (DMA-MS).” Proc. Combust. Inst. 36(1), 745-752.

12. Yao Nie, Yang Wang, and Pratim Biswas (2017). “Mobility and Bipolar Diffusion Charging Characteristics of Crumpled Reduced Graphene Oxide Nanoparticles Synthesized in a Furnace Aerosol Reactor.” J. Phys. Chem. C.121(19): 10529-10537.

11. Jiayu Li, Haoran Li, Yehan Ma, Yang Wang, Chenyang Lu, and Pratim Biswas (2017). “Spatiotemporal 3D Measurements of Particle Mass Concentrations with a Distributed Sensor Network Platform.” Build. Environ. 27: 138-147.

10. Yang Wang, Juha Kangasluoma, Michel Attoui, Jiaxi Fang, Heikki Junninen, Markku Kulmala, Tuukka Petäjä, and Pratim Biswas (2017). “The High Charge Fraction of Flame-generated Particles in the Size Range below 3 nm Measured by Enhanced Particle Detectors.” Combust. Flame. 176: 72-80.

9. Yanjie Hu*, Yang Wang*, Hao Jiang, Yunfeng Li, Theodore Cohen, Yi Jiang, Binqi Wang, Ling Zhang, Pratim Biswas, and Chunzhong Li (2017). “Engineering the Outermost Layers of TiO2 Nanoparticles Using in situ Mg Doping in a Flame Aerosol Reactor.” AIChE J., 63 (3) 870-880. (*equal contribution)

8. Caroline O’Neil, Jiayu Li, Anna Leavey, Wang Yang, Matthew Hink, Meghan Wallace, Pratim Biswas, Carey-Ann Burnham, and Hilary Babcock (2017). “Aerosol Generation during Patient Care Activities.” Clin. Infect. Dis.65(8), 1342-1348.

7. Yang Wang, Jiayu Li, Anna Leavey, Hilary Babcock, and Pratim Biswas (2016). “Comparative Study on the Size Distributions and Respiratory Deposition of Particles Generated from Commonly Used Medical Nebulizers.” J. Aerosol Med. Pulm. Drug Deliv. 30 (2): 132-140.

6. Kelsey Haddad, Ahmed Abokifa, Shalinee Kavadiya, Tandeep S. Chadha, Yang Wang, John Fortner, Pratim Biswas (2016). “Growth of Oriented, Single Crystal SnO2 Nanocolumn Arrays by Aerosol Chemical Vapor Deposition (ACVD).” CrystEngComm. 18(39): 7544-7553.

5. Liu, Pai, Ian Arnold, Yang Wang, Yang Yu, Jiaxi Fang, Pratim Biswas, and Rajan K. Chakrabarty (2015). “Synthesis of Titanium Dioxide Aerosol Gels in a Buoyancy-opposed Flame Reactor.” Aerosol Sci. Technol., 49(12), 1232-1241.

4. Yang Wang, Jiayu Li, He Jing, Qiang Zhang, Jingkun Jiang, and Pratim Biswas (2015). “Laboratory Evaluation of Three Low-Cost Particle Sensors for Particulate Matter Measurement.” Aerosol Sci. Technol.49(11), 1063-1077. (Editor’s selection of notable 2015 papers in Aerosol Sci. Technol. Featured in AAAR 2015 Winter Newsletter)

3. Yang Wang, Pai Liu, Jiaxi Fang, Wei-Ning Wang, and Pratim Biswas (2015). “Kinetics of Sub 2 nm TiO2 Particle Formation in an Aerosol Reactor during Thermal Decomposition of Titanium Tetraisopropoxide.” J. Nanopart. Res.17 (3): 1-13.

2. Fang, Jiaxi, Yang Wang, Michel Attoui, Tandeep S. Chadha, Jessica R. Ray, Wei-Ning Wang, Young-Shin Jun, and Pratim Biswas (2014). “Measurement of Sub-2 nm Clusters of Pristine and Composite Metal Oxides during Nanomaterial Synthesis in Flame Aerosol Reactors.” Anal. Chem.86 (15): 7523-7529.

1. Yang Wang, Jiaxi Fang, Michel Attoui, Tandeep S. Chadha, Wei-Ning Wang, and Pratim Biswas (2014). “Application of Half Mini DMA for Sub 2nm Particle Size Distribution Measurement in an Electrospray and a Flame Aerosol Reactor.” J. Aerosol Sci. 71: 52-64.