Yimin Mao, Ph.D.

Yimin Mao headshot
Assistant Professor
Joint Faculty, Neutron Nexus Program, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Phone Numbers
Office
Building A, Room A168
Educational History
Ph.D., Chemistry, Stony Brook University, 2011
Postdoctoral Associate, Photon Sciences Directorate, National Synchrotron Light Source, Brookhaven National Laboratory, 2011-2013
Postdoctoral Associate, School of Materials Science & Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2013-2015
Research Interests
Polymers and biopolymers
Material structure-processing-property relationship
Scattering methods: neutron, X-ray, light
Publications
Peer-reviewed Journal Articles

Jia, X., Schwab, N.L., Zhang, X., He, Y., Ma, P., Wang, Q., Mao, Y. and Briber, R.M., 2024. Highly-efficient method for chitin nanocrystal production using solid-state phosphoric acid hydrolysis. Cellulose, pp.9129-9138.

Mao, Y., Ma, P., Li, T., Liu, H., Zhao, X., Liu, S., Jia, X., Rahaman, S.O., Wang, X., Zhao, M., Chen, G., Xie, H., Brozena, A.H., Zhou, B., Luo, Y., Tartѐ, R., Wei, C.-I., Qang, Q., Briber, R.M., and Hu, L., 2024. Flash Heating Process for Efficient Meat Preservation. Nature Communications, 15(1), p. 3893

Ma, P., Jia, X., Zhang, X., Li, Y., He, Y., Li, T., Wu, C., Joo, Y.H., Lee, S.H., Meng, T., Brozena, A.H., Li, S., Wang, Q., Wei, C.-I., Briber, R.M., Mao, Y., Hu, L, 2024. Ion-chelated porous chitosan nanocrystal for highly efficient postharvest preservation. Matter, 7(7), pp.2567-2580.

Mao, Y., Shi, J., Cai, L., Hwang, W. and Shi, Y.C., 2023. Microstructures of Starch Granules with Different Amylose Contents and Allomorphs as Revealed by Scattering Techniques. Biomacromolecules, 24(5), p.1980-1993.

Zhao, X., Liu, Y., Zhao, L., Yazdkhasti, A., Mao, Y., Siciliano, A.P., Dai, J., Jing, S., Xie, H., Li, Z. and He, S., Clifford, B.C., Li, J., Chen, G.S., Wang, E.Q., Desjarlais A., Saloni, D., Yu, M., Kośny, J., Zhu, J.Y., Gong, A., Hu, L., 2023. A scalable high-porosity wood for sound absorption and thermal insulation. Nature Sustainability, pp.1-10.

Wang, X., He, L., Sumner, J., Qian, S., Zhang, Q., O’Neill, H., Mao, Y., Chen, C., Al-Enizi, A.M., Nafady, A., Ma, S., 2023. Spatially confined protein assembly in hierarchical mesoporous metal-organic framework. Nature Communications, 14(1):973.

Dong, Q., Zhang, X., Qian, J., He, S., Mao, Y., Brozena, A.H., Zhang, Y., Pollard, T.P., Borodin, O.A., Wang, Y. and Chava, B.S., Das, S., Zavalij, P., Segre, C.U., Zhu, D., Xu, L., Liang, Y., Yao, Y., Briber, R.M., Li, T., Hu, L. 2022. A cellulose-derived supramolecule for fast ion transport. Science Advances, 8(49), p.eadd2031.

Qian, J., Dong, Q., Chun, K., Zhu, D., Zhang, X., Mao, Y., Culver, J.N., Tai, S., German, J.R., Dean, D.P. and Miller, J.T., Wang, L., Wu, T., Li, T., Brozena A.H., Briber, R.M., Milton, D.K., Bentley, W.E., Hu, L. 2022. Highly stable, antiviral, antibacterial cotton textiles via molecular engineering. Nature Nanotechnology, pp.1-9.

Mao, Y., Hu, L. and Ren, Z.J., 2022. Engineered wood for a sustainable future. Matter, 5(5), pp.1326-1329.

Ali, S., Mao, Y. and Prabhu, V.M., 2022. Pinhole mirror-based ultra-small angle light scattering setup for simultaneous measurement of scattering and transmission. Review of Scientific Instruments, 93(4), p.04410

Book Chapters

Y. Mao, B. S. Hsiao, B. Chu, Static and Dynamic Light Scattering In Y. Zhu and Y. Han Eds., Methodologies and Protocols for Nanomaterials: A Comprehensive Reference, World Scientific, 2019.

Y. Mao, T. Liu, B. Chu, Scattering from Polymer Systems In K. Matyjaszewski, Y. Gnanou, N. Hadjichristidis, M. Muthukumar, Eds., Macromolecular Engineering, 2nd Ed. Wiley-VCH, July, 2022.