2025

Rezaeyan, A., Zhang, Y. , Bai, T., Arif, M. and Kalam, S. (2025) Unconventional Shale Resources in Energy Transition and Digitalization. In: Temizel, Cenk, Yegin, Cengiz, Kim, Jihoon, Saputelli, Luigi and Torsæter, Ole (eds.) Unconventional Resources: Advances in Energy Transition. Routledge CRC Press: Boca Raton, pp. 627-715. ISBN 9781032322933 (doi: 10.1201/9781003319955-12)

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)

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, (doi: 10.1016/j.jrmge.2024.11.056) (Early Online Publication)

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

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)

Wang, S. et al. (2024) A nanoparticle contrast agent enables dynamic microscale X-ray computed tomography imaging of the soil aqueous phase. ChemRxiv, (doi: 10.26434/chemrxiv-2024-cjnmw)

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) (PMID:38312667) (PMCID:PMC10835296)

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., Forough, 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)

2022

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, 379(Part 1), 134647. (doi: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2022.134647)

Javad Shojaei, M., 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(4), pp. 4613-4621. (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, 934(R3), (doi: 10.1017/jfm.2021.1148)

2021

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, 303, 121079. (doi: 10.1016/j.fuel.2021.121079)

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)

Al-Yaseri, A., Abdulelah, H., Yekeen, N., Ali, M., Mamo Negash, B. 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)

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 and Fuels, 35(10), pp. 8756-8762. (doi: 10.1021/acs.energyfuels.1c00619)

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), e2020GL090. (doi: 10.1029/2020GL090477)

2020

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(3), pp. 1787-1800. (doi: 10.1007/s11053-019-09572-8)

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)

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)

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) CO 2 ‐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)

Articles

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)

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, (doi: 10.1016/j.jrmge.2024.11.056) (Early Online Publication)

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)

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)

Wang, S. et al. (2024) A nanoparticle contrast agent enables dynamic microscale X-ray computed tomography imaging of the soil aqueous phase. ChemRxiv, (doi: 10.26434/chemrxiv-2024-cjnmw)

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) (PMID:38312667) (PMCID:PMC10835296)

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)

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., Forough, 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)

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, 379(Part 1), 134647. (doi: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2022.134647)

Javad Shojaei, M., 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(4), pp. 4613-4621. (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, 934(R3), (doi: 10.1017/jfm.2021.1148)

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, 303, 121079. (doi: 10.1016/j.fuel.2021.121079)

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)

Al-Yaseri, A., Abdulelah, H., Yekeen, N., Ali, M., Mamo Negash, B. 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)

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 and Fuels, 35(10), pp. 8756-8762. (doi: 10.1021/acs.energyfuels.1c00619)

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), e2020GL090. (doi: 10.1029/2020GL090477)

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(3), pp. 1787-1800. (doi: 10.1007/s11053-019-09572-8)

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)

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)

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) CO 2 ‐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)

Meng, K., Yu, H., Fan, L., Ma, Z., Luo, X., Cao, B. and Zhang, Y. 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)

Book Sections

Rezaeyan, A., Zhang, Y. , Bai, T., Arif, M. and Kalam, S. (2025) Unconventional Shale Resources in Energy Transition and Digitalization. In: Temizel, Cenk, Yegin, Cengiz, Kim, Jihoon, Saputelli, Luigi and Torsæter, Ole (eds.) Unconventional Resources: Advances in Energy Transition. Routledge CRC Press: Boca Raton, pp. 627-715. ISBN 9781032322933 (doi: 10.1201/9781003319955-12)