Journal: Journal of Nuclear Materials
Yajie Zhao
Postdoctoral Research Associate - Atom Probe Tomography of Heat-resistant Steels
Contact
zhaoy@ornl.govBio
Yajie Zhao was born in Hubei, China. She earned her bachelor degree with a major in Materials Science and Engineering at the University of Science and Technology Beijing (USTB) in the summer of 2016. After that, she joined Dr. Steven Zinkle’s research group at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. She studies there for a Ph.D. degree in Materials Science and Engineering, and she obtained a Doctor of Philosophy degree in spring 2023.
Professional Experience
Yajie studied the stability of nano-scale precipitates in Fe-based binary alloys under ion irradiation conditions for her PhD thesis. She learned how to use atom probe tomography (APT) and develop customized Python codes to meet specific data analysis needs. For the postdoc, she works on deuterium charging of steels, and cryo-transfer of APT samples.
Other Publications
Zhu, P., Zhao, Y., Agarwal, S., Henry, J. and Zinkle, S.J., 2022. Toward accurate evaluation of bulk hardness from nanoindentation testing at low indent depths. Materials & Design, 213, p.110317.
Agarwal, S., Chen, Q., Koyanagi, T., Zhao, Y., Zinkle, S.J. and Weber, W.J., 2019. Revealing irradiation damage along with the entire damage range in ion-irradiated SiC/SiC composites using Raman spectroscopy. Journal of Nuclear Materials, 526, p.151778.
Lin, Y.R., Bhattacharya, A., Chen, D., Zhao, Y., Kai, J.J., Henry, J. and Zinkle, S.J., 2022. The role of Cr concentration and temperature on cavity swelling with co-injected helium in dual-ion irradiated Fe and Fe-Cr alloys. Materials & Design, 223, p.111134.
Li, Y., Song, M., Zhu, P., Lin, Y.R., Qi, Z., Zhao, Y., Levine, S. and Zinkle, S.J., 2023. Flash electropolishing of BCC Fe and Fe-based alloys. Journal of Nuclear Materials, p.154672.