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Moon Young Yang

Scientific Researcher

2026 - Present
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28Publications
380Citations
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2021: 4 papers
2022: 3 papers
2023: 7 papers
2024: 8 papers
2025: 6 papers
20212025

Materials and Biological Systems

Publications

2025

6 papers

Cooperative effects associated with high electrolyte concentrations in driving the conversion of CO₂ to C₂H₄ on copper

Shaoyang Lin, Yuval Fishler, Soonho Kwon, Annette E. Böhme, Weixuan Nie, et al.

#1723·2025·Chem Catalysis·5

Atomistic characterization of hydration-dependent fuel cell ionomer nanostructure: validation by vibrational spectroscopy.

D.J. Donnelly, Moon Young Yang, N. Dimakis, Seung Soon Jang, William A. Goddard III, et al.

#1724·2025·J. Mater. Chem. A·1

Combustion Resistant Borohydrides and Their Chemical Interactions with Li-Metal Surfaces: An Experimental and Theoretical Study

Anton W. Tomich, Stephen Proctor, Moon Young Yang, Jianjun Chen, Yifan Zhao, et al.

#1704·2025·ACS Central Science·2

An atomically precise alloy AgCu cuboid nanocluster with a cubic core: gram scale synthesis, total structure, electronic structure, and catalytic performance

Abhijit Nag, Abdul Mannan Butt, Moon Young Yang, Praveen B. Managutti, Bilal Masood Pirzada, et al.

#1702·2025·Materials Horizons·3

Polymorphism of [Cu15(PhCH2CH2S)13(PPh3)6][BF4]2 and Double-Helical Assembly of [Cu18H(PhCH2CH2S)14(PPh3)6Cl3]: Origin of Two Chiral Nanoclusters with Triple-Helical Core from Intermediates

Abhijit Nag, Abdul Mannan Butt, Moon Young Yang, Praveen B. Managutti, Bilal Masood Pirzada, et al.

#1673·2025·ACS Materials Letters·7

Metabotropic GABAB Receptor Activation Induced by G Protein Coupling

Moon Young Yang, Soo-Kyung Kim, William A. Goddard III

#1674·2025·J. Am. Chem. Soc.·3

2024

8 papers

Agonist activation to open the Gα subunit of the GPCR–G protein precoupled complex defines functional agonist activation of TAS2R5

Moon Young Yang, Khuong Duy Mac, Hannah R. Strzelinski, Samantha A. Hoffman, Donghwa Kim, et al.

#1657·2024·Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A.·6

How Rigid Are Anthranilamide Molecular Electrets?

Omar O'Mari, Moon Young Yang, William A. Goddard III, Valentine I. Vullev

#1686·2024·J. Phys. Chem. B·2

The G Protein-First Mechanism for Activation of the Class B Glucagon-like Peptide 1 Receptor Coupled to N-Terminal Domain-Mediated Conformational Progression

Bo Li, Moon Young Yang, Soo-Kyung Kim, William A. Goddard III

#1647·2024·J. Am. Chem. Soc.·3

Copper(II) coordination to the intrinsically disordered region of SARS-CoV-2 Nsp1

Maryann Morales, Moon Young Yang, William A. Goddard III, Harry B. Gray, Jay R. Winkler

#1631·2024·Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A.·2

Molecular Dynamics Studies of Atomistically Determined Fibrillar Assemblies: Comparison of the Rippled β-Sheet, Pleated β-Sheet, and Herringbone Structures

Hyeonju Lee, Moon Young Yang, Jevgenij A. Raskatov, Hyungjun Kim, William A. Goddard III

#1622·2024·J. Phys. Chem. Lett.·2

Manipulating the diffusion energy barrier at the lithium metal electrolyte interface for dendrite-free long-life batteries

Jyotshna Pokharel, Arthur Cresce, Bharat Pant, Moon Young Yang, Ashim Gurung, et al.

#1633·2024·Nature Communications·147

How Permanent Are the Permanent Macrodipoles of Anthranilamide Bioinspired Molecular Electrets?

Moon Young Yang, Omar O'Mari, William A. Goddard III, Valentine I. Vullev

#1609·2024·J. Am. Chem. Soc.·5

Atomistic Simulations of Battery Materials and Processes.

Tridip Das, Moon Young Yang, Boris V. Merinov, William A. Goddard III

#1632·2024·In: Computational Design of Battery Materials , D.A.H. Hanaor, Ed. (Springer, 2024) pp. 13–76·1

2023

7 papers

The Zn Deposition Mechanism and Pressure Effects for Aqueous Zn Batteries: A Combined Theoretical and Experimental Study

Yuyin Li, Charles B. Musgrave III, Moon Young Yang, Minho M. Kim, Kenan Zhang, et al.

#1662·2023·Advanced Energy Materials·23

Fully activated structure of the sterol-bound Smoothened GPCR-Gi protein complex

Amy-Doan P. Vo, Soo-Kyung Kim, Moon Young Yang, Alison E. Ondrus, William A. Goddard III

#1603·2023·Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A.·7

Understanding Ionic Diffusion Mechanisms in Li₂S Coatings for Solid-State Batteries: Development of a Tailored Reactive Force Field for Multiscale Simulations

Maddalena D'Amore, Moon Young Yang, Tridip Das, Anna Maria Ferrari, Minho M. Kim, et al.

#1602·2023·J. Phys. Chem. C·3

Structure and Molecular Mechanism of Signaling for the Glucagon-like Peptide-1 Receptor Bound to Gs Protein and Exendin-P5 Biased Agonist

Bo Li, Krystyna Maruszko, Soo-Kyung Kim, Moon Young Yang, Amy-Doan P. Vo, et al.

#1589·2023·J. Am. Chem. Soc.·10

Nanocluster superstructures assembled via surface ligand switching at high temperature

Grayson Johnson, Moon Young Yang, Chang Liu, Hua Zhou, Xiaobing Zuo, et al.

#1575·2023·Nature Synthesis·21

Discovery and Binding Mechanism of Pyrazoloisoquinoline-Based Novel β-Arrestin Inverse Agonists of the Kappa-Opioid Receptor

Jae-Hoon Jung, In Hee Jang, Moon Young Yang, Sunhong Kim, Soo-Kyung Kim, et al.

#1562·2023·Journal of Medicinal Chemistry·1

Quantum-mechanics-based molecular dynamics simulations of the structure and performance of sulfur-enriched Li₃PS₄ cathodes

Sergey I. Morozov, Boris V. Merinov, Tridip Das, Sergey V. Zybin, Moon Young Yang, et al.

#1559·2023·Cell Rep. Phys. Sci.·1

2022

3 papers

Characterization of the Solid Electrolyte Interphase at the Li Metal–Ionic Liquid Interface

Moon Young Yang, Sergey V. Zybin, Tridip Das, Boris V. Merinov, William A. Goddard III, et al.

#1553·2022·Advanced Energy Materials·38

G protein coupling and activation of the metabotropic GABA₈ heterodimer

Moon Young Yang, Soo-Kyung Kim, William A. Goddard III

#1526·2022·Nature Communications·22

Structural, dynamic, and diffusion properties of a Li₆(PS₄)SCl superionic conductor from molecular dynamics simulations; prediction of a dramatically improved conductor

Tridip Das, Boris V. Merinov, Moon Young Yang, William A. Goddard III

#1523·2022·J. Mater. Chem. A·12

2021

4 papers

Structures and Agonist Binding Sites of Bitter Taste Receptor TAS2R5 Complexed with Gi Protein and Validated against Experiment

Moon Young Yang, Soo-Kyung Kim, Donghwa Kim, Stephen B. Liggett, William A. Goddard III

#1489·2021·J. Phys. Chem. Lett.·19

Strengthening boron carbide by doping Si into grain boundaries

Yidi Shen, Moon Young Yang, William A. Goddard III, Qi An

#1504·2021·Journal of the American Ceramic Society·7

Transport properties of imidazolium based ionic liquid electrolytes from molecular dynamics simulations

Moon Young Yang, Boris V. Merinov, Sergey V. Zybin, William A. Goddard III, Eun Kyung Mok, et al.

#1499·2021·Electrochemical Science Advances·10

Predicted structure of fully activated human bitter taste receptor TAS2R4 complexed with G protein and agonists

Moon Young Yang, Amirhossein Mafi, Soo-Kyung Kim, William A. Goddard III, Brian Guthrie

#1465·2021·QRB Discovery·17