2026

• Lin, X., Liu, Z., Wang, L., Zhu, W., Fan, S., Chen, H. and Zhang, Y. (2026) 'Influence of moisture on coal apparent permeability and CO2 sequestration capacity: Coupled effects of hygroscopic swelling and water film', Fuel, 406(D), 137127. DOI: 10.1016/j.fuel.2025.137127

• Taghavinejad, A., Amabogha, A.J., Chai, R., Falcone, G. and Zhang, Y. (2026) 'Pore-scale synchrotron imaging of scCO2-brine intermittent flow: experimental insights into multiphase dynamics for geological carbon storage', Gas Science and Engineering, 145, 205806. DOI: 10.1016/j.jgsce.2025.205806

• Zhang, H., Zhang, Y. and Arif, M. (2026) 'A critical review of cushion gas in underground hydrogen storage: Thermophysical properties, interfacial interactions, and numerical perspectives', Advances in Colloid and Interface Science, 347, 103701. DOI: 10.1016/j.cis.2025.103701

2025

• Jing, Y., Armstrong, R.T., Yuan, M., Lanetc, Z., Holt, P., Kumaran, A.U., Mostaghimi, P., Zhang, Y. and Zhang, X. (2025) 'Study of multicomponent sorptive gas flow in fractured porous media using in-situ synchrotron X-ray imaging technology', Carbon Neutrality, 4(1), 36. DOI: 10.1007/s43979-025-00152-9

• Moghadasi, R., Foroughi, S., Goodarzi, S., Zhang, Y., Bijeljic, B., Blunt, M.J. and Niemi, A. (2025) 'Trapping and remobilization during geological CO2 storage: A pore-scale imaging and modeling study', Advances in Water Resources, 205, 105092. DOI: 10.1016/j.advwatres.2025.105092

• Amabogha, A.J., Taghavinejad, A., Dokhon, W., Marathe, S., Ma, L., Bijeljic, B., Blunt, M., Arif, M. and Zhang, Y. (2025) 'Temporal dynamics of reactive CO2 flow in carbonate rock: insights from 4D synchrotron imaging', Energy and Fuels. DOI: 10.1021/acs.energyfuels.5c02297 

• Liang, Z., Jiang, Z., Li, Z., Zhang, Y., Ma, S. and Arif, M. (2025) 'Thermodynamics and kinetics of water vapor adsorption in isolated kerogen: Evidence from experiments and molecular dynamics simulations', Gas Science and Engineering, 142, 205703. DOI: 10.1016/j.jgsce.2025.205703

• Wang, S. et al. (2025) 'A micelle-templated nanoparticle contrast agent enables dynamic microscale X-ray computed tomography imaging of the soil aqueous phase', RSC Applied Polymers. DOI: 10.1039/D5LP00072F

• Fan, W., Yu, H., He, S., Shi, J., Wang, J., Arif, M., Wang, C., Ding, S. and Zhang, Y. (2025) 'Micro-scale two-phase flow experiments and residual oil distribution in tight sandstone', Natural Resources Research. DOI: 10.1007/s11053-025-10539-1

• Yan, T., Xu, X., Liu, J., Zhang, Y., Arif, M., Xu, X. and Wang, Q. (2025) 'Data-driven predictive model of coal permeability based on microscopic fracture structure characterization', Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, 17(7), pp. 4476-4489. DOI: 10.1016/j.jrmge.2024.11.056

• Zhao, T., Liu, Z., Hu, X., Zhu, W., Liu, S., Si, L., Qu, B., Wang, C. and Zhang, Y. (2025) 'Stepwise diffusion characteristics in coal mass under in situ high-stress conditions', Energy and Fuels, 39(6), pp. 3110-3118. DOI: 10.1021/acs.energyfuels.4c05810

• Taghavinejad, A., Rabbani, A., Falcone, G., Shang, J., Arif, M. and Zhang, Y. (2025) 'Pore network modelling of CO2-shale interaction for carbon storage: Swelling effect and fracture permeability', International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, 141, 104294. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijggc.2024.104294

• Zhang, H., Zhang, Y. and Arif, M. (2025) 'CO2 geological storage in subsurface aquifers as a function of brine salinity: a field-scale numerical investigation', Geoenergy Science and Engineering, 245, 213505. DOI: 10.1016/j.geoen.2024.213505

• Lin, X., Liu, Z., Zhu, W., Si, L., Qu, B., Liu, S. and Zhang, Y. (2025) 'Mechanism of matrix–fracture equilibrium time lag property inducing coal sub-matrix mass transfer behavior and its effect on the coal seepage characteristics in CO2 sequestration', Physics of Fluids, 37(1), 016601. DOI: 10.1063/5.0246415

2024

• Meng, K., Yu, H., Fan, L., Ma, Z., Luo, X., Cao, B. and Zhang, Y. (2024) 'Developing a novel permeability prediction method for tight carbonate reservoirs using borehole electrical image logging', Geophysics, 89(6), D287-D299. DOI: 10.1190/geo2023-0609.1

• Lin, X., Liu, Z., Zhu, W., Zhao, T., Liu, S., Sun, C., Bai, G. and Zhang, Y. (2024) 'Investigation on coal permeability evolution considering the internal differential strain and its effects on CO2 sequestration capacity in deep coal seams', Energy, 304, 132026. DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2024.132026

• Zhang, H., Zhang, Y. and Arif, M. (2024) 'Impact of formation conditions and well configurations on underground hydrogen storage', International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 70, pp. 288-300. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2024.05.208

• Zhong, H., Wang, Z., Zhang, Y., Suo, S., Hong, Y., Wang, L. and Gan, Y. (2024) 'Gas storage in geological formations: a comparative review on carbon dioxide and hydrogen storage', Materials Today Sustainability, 26, 100720. DOI: 10.1016/j.mtsust.2024.100720

• Liu, Y., Zhang, Y., Zhang, C. and Feng, R. (2024) 'Editorial: Instability mechanisms and disaster prevention of coal and rock in deep underground space', Frontiers in Environmental Science, 12, 1416038. DOI: 10.3389/fenvs.2024.1416038

• Liu, J., Xu, X., Zhang, Y., Wang, Z., Arif, M. and Wang, Q. (2024) 'Understanding the irreversible evolution of coal permeability under cyclic axial deviatoric stress', Natural Resources Research, 33(2), pp. 887-905. DOI: 10.1007/s11053-024-10318-4

• Zou, S., Zhang, Y. and Ma, L. (2024) 'Revealing subsurface dynamics: imaging techniques for optimizing underground energy storage', Advances in Geo-Energy Research, 12(1), pp. 1-7. DOI: 10.46690/ager.2024.04.01

• Goodarzi, S., Zhang, Y., Foroughi, S., Bijeljic, B. and Blunt, M.J. (2024) 'Trapping, hysteresis and Ostwald ripening in hydrogen storage: a pore-scale imaging study', International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 56, pp. 1139-1151. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2023.12.029

• Wang, C., Xu, X., Zhang, Y., Arif, M., Zhang, S., Lan, M. and Yu, B. (2024) 'Visualization and analysis of knowledge domains for recent developments in coal mechanical properties studies', Heliyon, 10(2), e24788. DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e24788

• Zhang, H., Zhang, Y., Al Kobaisi, M., Iglauer, S. and Arif, M. (2024) 'Effect of cyclic hysteretic multiphase flow on underground hydrogen storage: A numerical investigation', International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 49(D), pp. 336-350. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2023.08.169

2023

• Moghadasi, R., Goodarzi, S., Zhang, Y., Bijeljic, B., Blunt, M.J. and Niemi, A. (2023) 'Pore-scale characterization of residual gas remobilization in CO2 geological storage', Advances in Water Resources, 179, 104499. DOI: 10.1016/j.advwatres.2023.104499

• Zhang, Y., Zou, Q., Zhang, Y., Liu, L. and Pu, C. (2023) 'Editorial: Advances and applications of artificial intelligence and numerical simulation in risk emergency management and treatment', Frontiers in Earth Science, 11, 1239559. DOI: 10.3389/feart.2023.1239559

• Dong, H., Zeng, X., Zhou, D., Zhu, J., Golsanami, N., Sun, J. and Zhang, Y. (2023) 'Insights into the multiscale conductivity mechanism of marine shales from Wufeng–Longmaxi Formation in the southern Sichuan Basin of China', Journal of Energy Engineering, 149(3), 04023008. DOI: 10.1061/JLEED9.EYENG-4667

• Zhang, Y., Bijeljic, B., Gao, Y., Goodarzi, S., Foroughi, S. and Blunt, M.J. (2023) 'Pore-scale observations of hydrogen trapping and migration in porous rock: demonstrating the effect of Ostwald ripening', Geophysical Research Letters, 50(7), 102383. DOI: 10.1029/2022GL102383

• Yu, H., Zhang, Y., Lebedev, M., Meng, K., Chen, S., Verrall, M., Johnson, L. and Iglauer, S. (2023) 'Swelling-induced self-sealing mechanism in fractured cap rock: Implications for carbon geosequestration', AAPG Bulletin, 107(1). DOI: 10.1306/09232219136

• Adila, A., Raza, A., Zhang, Y., Mahmoud, M. and Arif, M. (2023) 'A Geochemical Investigation of Wettability of Carbonate/CO2/Brine Systems: Implications for Geologic CO2 Sequestration', SSRN Electronic Journal. DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.4428947

2022

• Dong, H., Sun, J., Arif, M., Liu, X., Golsanami, N., Yan, W., Cui, L. and Zhang, Y. (2022) 'A Method for Well Logging Identification and Evaluation of Low-Resistivity Gas Hydrate Layers', Pure and Applied Geophysics, 179, pp. 1-19. DOI: 10.1007/s00024-022-03120-x

• Jing, Y., Rabbani, A., Armstrong, R.T., Wang, J., Zhang, Y. and Mostaghimi, P. (2022) 'An image-based coal network model for simulating hydro-mechanical gas flow in coal: An application to carbon dioxide geo-sequestration', Journal of Cleaner Production, 337, 134647. DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2022.134647

• Kubeyev, A., Forbes Inskip, N., Phillips, T., Zhang, Y., Maier, C., Bisdom, K., Busch, A. and Doster, F. (2022) 'Digital Image-Based Stress–Permeability Relationships of Rough Fractures Using Numerical Contact Mechanics and Stokes Equation', Transport in Porous Media, 141, pp. 295-330. DOI: 10.1007/s11242-021-01719-7

• Dong, H., Sun, J., Arif, M., Zhang, Y., Yan, W., Iglauer, S. and Golsanami, N. (2022) 'Digital rock-based investigation of conductivity mechanism in low-resistivity gas hydrate reservoirs: Insights from the Muli area's gas hydrates', Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, 208, 110988. DOI: 10.1016/j.petrol.2022.110988

• Xu, X., Liu, J., Jin, X., Zhang, Y., Arif, M., Wang, C. and Iglauer, S. (2022) 'Dynamic mechanical response characteristics of coal upon exposure to KCl brine', Geomechanics and Geophysics for Geo-Energy and Geo-Resources, 8, 117. DOI: 10.1007/s40948-022-00491-2

• Wang, C., Xu, X., Zhang, Y., Arif, M., Wang, Q. and Iglauer, S. (2022) 'Experimental and numerical investigation on the dynamic damage behavior of gas-bearing coal', Geomechanics and Geophysics for Geo-Energy and Geo-Resources, 8, 98. DOI: 10.1007/s40948-022-00357-7

• Liu, Y., Lebedev, M., Zhang, Y., Wang, E., Li, W., Liang, J., Feng, R. and Ma, R. (2022) 'Micro-Cleat and Permeability Evolution of Anisotropic Coal During Directional CO2 Flooding: An In Situ Micro-CT Study', Natural Resources Research, 31, pp. 2483-2498. DOI: 10.1007/s11053-022-10102-2

• Shojaei, M.J., Bijeljic, B., Zhang, Y. and Blunt, M.J. (2022) 'Minimal Surfaces in Porous Materials: X-Ray Image-Based Measurement of the Contact Angle and Curvature in Gas Diffusion Layers to Design Optimal Performance of Fuel Cells', ACS Applied Energy Materials, 5(5), pp. 5838–5848. DOI: 10.1021/acsaem.2c00023

• Zhang, Y., Bijeljic, B. and Blunt, M.J. (2022) 'Nonlinear multiphase flow in hydrophobic porous media', Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 930, A24. DOI: 10.1017/jfm.2021.1148

• Zhang, Y., Lin, Q., Raeini, A.Q., Onaka, Y., Iwama, H., Takabayashi, K., Blunt, M.J. and Bijeljic, B. (2022) 'Pore-scale imaging of asphaltene deposition with permeability reduction and wettability alteration', Fuel, 319, 123202. DOI: 10.1016/j.fuel.2022.123202

• Yu, H., Lebedev, M., Zhou, J., Lu, M., Li, X., Wang, Z., Han, T., Zhang, Y., Johnson, L.M. and Iglauer, S. (2022) 'The rock mechanical properties of lacustrine shales: Argillaceous shales versus silty laminae shales', Marine and Petroleum Geology, 140, 105707. DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2022.105707

2021

• Kong, L., Ostadhassan, M., Liu, B., Eshraghi, M., Li, C., Navarro, M., Zhang, Y. and Wei, H. (2021) 'A comparison of three-dimensional-printed porous rocks with nano x-ray computed tomography: Silica sand, gypsum powder, and resin', AAPG Bulletin, 105(7), pp. 1383-1405. DOI: 10.1306/08142019028

• Al-Yaseri, A., Abdulelah, H., Yekeen, N., Ali, M., Negash, B.M. and Zhang, Y. (2021) 'Assessment of CO2/shale interfacial tension', Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, 627, 127118. DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2021.127118

• Mahdi, D.S., Al-Khdheeawi, E.A., Yuan, Y., Zhang, Y. and Iglauer, S. (2021) 'Hydrogen underground storage efficiency in a heterogeneous sandstone reservoir', Advances in Geo-Energy Research, 5(4), pp. 437-443. DOI: 10.46690/ager.2021.04.08

• Ali, M., Jha, N.K., Al-Yaseri, A., Zhang, Y., Iglauer, S. and Sarmadivaleh, M. (2021) 'Hydrogen wettability of quartz substrates exposed to organic acids; Implications for hydrogen geo-storage in sandstone reservoirs', Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, 207, 109081. DOI: 10.1016/j.petrol.2021.109081

• Liu, X., Dong, H., Yan, W., Arif, M., Zhang, Y. and Golsanami, N. (2021) 'Influence of gas hydrate saturation and pore habits on gas relative permeability in gas hydrate-bearing sediments: Theory, experiment and case study', Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering, 95, 104171. DOI: 10.1016/j.jngse.2021.104171

• Sun, J., Dong, H., Arif, M., Yu, L., Zhang, Y., Golsanami, N. and Yan, W. (2021) 'Influence of pore structural properties on gas hydrate saturation and permeability: A coupled pore-scale modelling and X-ray computed tomography method', Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering, 88, 103805. DOI: 10.1016/j.jngse.2021.103805

• Zhang, Y., Bijeljic, B., Gao, Y., Lin, Q. and Blunt, M.J. (2021) 'Quantification of Nonlinear Multiphase Flow in Porous Media', Geophysical Research Letters, 48(5), e2020GL090477. DOI: 10.1029/2020GL090477

• Arif, M., Zhang, Y. and Iglauer, S. (2021) 'Shale wettability: Data sets, challenges, and outlook', Energy and Fuels, 35(4), pp. 2965-2980. DOI: 10.1021/acs.energyfuels.0c04120

• Arif, M., Mahmoud, M., Zhang, Y. and Iglauer, S. (2021) 'X-ray tomography imaging of shale microstructures: A review in the context of multiscale correlative imaging', International Journal of Coal Geology, 233, 103641. DOI: 10.1016/j.coal.2020.103641

• Dong, H., Zhang, Y., Lebedev, M., Arif, M., Yuan, Y. and Iglauer, S. (2021) 'Simulating Coal Permeability Change as a Function of Effective Stress Using a Microscale Digital Rock Model', Energy & Fuels, 35(10), pp. 8756–8762. DOI: 10.1021/acs.energyfuels.1c00619

• Yuan, Y., Rezaee, R., Yu, H., Zou, J., Liu, K. and Zhang, Y. (2021) 'Compositional controls on nanopore structure in different shale lithofacies: A comparison with pure clays and isolated kerogens', Fuel, 305, 121079. DOI: 10.1016/j.fuel.2021.121079

2020

• Dong, H., Sun, J., Arif, M., Golsanami, N., Yan, W. and Zhang, Y. (2020) 'A novel hybrid method for gas hydrate filling modes identification via digital rock', Marine and Petroleum Geology, 115, 104255. DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2020.104255

• Zhang, Y., Zhang, Z., Arif, M., Lebedev, M., Busch, A., Sarmadivaleh, M. and Iglauer, S. (2020) 'Carbonate rock mechanical response to CO2 flooding evaluated by a combined X-ray computed tomography – DEM method', Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering, 83, 103675. DOI: 10.1016/j.jngse.2020.103675

• Arif, M., Abu-Khamsin, S.A., Zhang, Y. and Iglauer, S. (2020) 'Experimental investigation of carbonate wettability as a function of mineralogical and thermo-physical conditions', Fuel, 264, 116846. DOI: 10.1016/j.fuel.2019.116846

• Xu, X., Qiang, W., Hui, L., Wenwen, Z., Zhang, Y. and Chen, W. (2020) 'Experimental investigation on the characteristics of transient electromagnetic radiation during the dynamic fracturing progress of gas-bearing coal', Journal of Geophysics and Engineering, 17(3), pp. 488-500. DOI: 10.1093/jge/gxaa030

• Zhang, Y., Lebedev, M., Smith, G., Jing, Y., Busch, A. and Iglauer, S. (2020) 'Nano-mechanical properties and pore-scale characterization of different rank coals', Natural Resources Research, 29, pp. 1787–1800. DOI: 10.1007/s11053-019-09572-8

2019

• Yu, H., Zhang, Y., Lebedev, M., Wang, Z., Li, X., Squelch, A., Verrall, M. and Iglauer, S. (2019) 'X-ray micro-computed tomography and ultrasonic velocity analysis of fractured shale as a function of effective stress', Marine and Petroleum Geology, 110, pp. 472-482. DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2019.07.015

• Yu, H., Zhang, Y., Ma, Y., Lebedev, M., Ahmed, S., Li, X., Verrall, M., Squelch, A. and Iglauer, S. (2019) 'CO2‐saturated brine injection into unconsolidated sandstone: Implications for carbon geosequestration', Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 124(11), pp. 10823-10838. DOI: 10.1029/2018JB017100

2018

• Zhang, Y., Lebedev, M., Al-Yaseri, A., Yu, H., Xu, X. and Sarmadivaleh, M. (2018) 'Nanoscale rock mechanical property changes in heterogeneous coal after water adsorption', Fuel, 218, pp. 23-32. DOI: 10.1016/j.fuel.2017.12.106

• Al-Khdheeawi, E.A., Vialle, S., Barifcani, A., Sarmadivaleh, M. and Zhang, Y. (2018) 'Impact of salinity on CO2 containment security in highly heterogeneous reservoirs', Greenhouse Gases: Science and Technology, 8(1), pp. 93-105. DOI: 10.1002/ghg.1722

• Roshan, H., Masoumi, H., Zhang, Y., Al-Yaseri, A.Z., Iglauer, S. and Lebedev, M. (2018) 'Microstructural Effects on Mechanical Properties of Shaly Sandstone', Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, 144(2), 06017019. DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)GT.1943-5606.0001831

2017

• Zhang, Y., Zhang, Z., Sarmadivaleh, M., Lebedev, M., Barifcani, A. and Yu, H. (2017) 'Micro-scale fracturing mechanisms in coal induced by adsorption of supercritical CO2', International Journal of Coal Geology, 175, pp. 40-50. DOI: 10.1016/j.coal.2017.03.003

• Al-Khdheeawi, E.A., Vialle, S., Barifcani, A., Sarmadivaleh, M. and Zhang, Y. (2017) 'Permeability Evolution in Sandstone Due to CO2 Injection', Energy & Fuels, 31(11), pp. 12390–12398. DOI: 10.1021/acs.energyfuels.7b01701

• Lebedev, M., Zhang, Y., Sarmadivaleh, M., Barifcani, A. and Al-Khdheeawi, E.A. (2017) 'Carbon geosequestration in limestone: Pore-scale dissolution and geomechanical weakening', International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, 66, pp. 106-119. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijggc.2017.09.006

• Yu, H., Rezaee, R., Wang, Z., Han, T., Zhang, Y., Arif, M. and Johnson, L. (2017) 'A new method for TOC estimation in tight shale gas reservoirs', International Journal of Coal Geology, 179, pp. 269-277. DOI: 10.1016/j.coal.2017.06.011

2016

• Zhang, Y., Xu, X., Lebedev, M., Sarmadivaleh, M., Barifcani, A. and Iglauer, S. (2016) 'Multi-scale x-ray computed tomography analysis of coal microstructure and permeability changes as a function of effective stress', International Journal of Coal Geology, 165, pp. 149-156. DOI: 10.1016/j.coal.2016.08.016

• Zhang, Y., Lebedev, M., Sarmadivaleh, M., Barifcani, A. and Iglauer, S. (2016) 'Swelling-induced changes in coal microstructure due to supercritical CO2 injection', Geophysical Research Letters, 43(17), pp. 9077-9083. DOI: 10.1002/2016GL070654

• Zhang, Y., Lebedev, M., Sarmadivaleh, M., Barifcani, A., Rahman, T. and Iglauer, S. (2016) 'Swelling effect on coal micro structure and associated permeability reduction', Fuel, 182, pp. 568-576. DOI: 10.1016/j.fuel.2016.06.018