Research Experience
2013 – present, Cheung Kong Professor, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University
2010 – present, William Mong Nano Seminar Series invited speaker, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
2009 Visiting Professor, University of Karlsruhe, Germany
2009 – present Joint Professor, Academy for Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, Peking University
2005 – present Joint Professor, Key Laboratory for the Physics and Chemistry of Nanodevice, Peking University
1999 – 2001 Visiting Associate Professor, Duke University, USA
1995 – 2001 Lecturer, Associate Professor, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University
1993 – 1995 Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Chemistry and Department of Technological Physics, Peking University
1990 – 1993 Ph.D., College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University
1987 – 1990 M.S., Department of Chemistry, Shandong University
1983 – 1987 B. S., Department of Chemistry, Shandong University
Research Interests
Her research group is interested in developing strategies and techniques for controlled preparation, band structure and property modulation, and high-resolution characterization of carbon nanotubes (CNTs). She also pays much attention to the potential applications of CNT-based materials in the fields of nanoelectronics, energy source, and biomedicine.
Selected Publications
- Feng Yang, Haofei Zhao, Xiaowei Wang, Xu Liu, Qidong Liu, Xiyan Liu, Chuanhong Jin, Rongming Wang, Yan Li*. Atomic Scale Stability of Tungsten-Cobalt Intermetallic Nanocrystals in Reactive Environment at High Temperature. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2019, 141 (14), 5871. [LINK]
- Feng Yang, Xiao Wang, Daqi Zhang, Kuo Qi, Juan Yang, Zhi Xu, Meihui Li, Xiulan Zhao, Xuedong Bai, Yan Li*. Growing Zigzag (16,0) Carbon Nanotubes with Structure-Defined Catalysts. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2015, 137, 8688-8691. [LINK]
- Feng Yang, Xiao Wang, Daqi Zhang, Juan Yang, Da Luo, Ziwei Xu, Jiake Wei, Jian-Qiang Wang, Zhi Xu, Fei Peng, Xuemei Li, Ruoming Li, Yilun Li, Meihui Li, Xuedong Bai, Feng Ding, Yan Li*. Chirality-specific growth of single-walled carbon nanotubes on solid alloy catalysts. Nature 2014, 522-524. [LINK]
- Xiaojun Qin, Fei Peng, Feng Yang, Xiaohui He, Huixin Huang, Da Luo, Juan Yang, Sheng Wang, Haichao Liu, Lianmao Peng, Yan Li*. Growth of Semiconducting Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes by Using Ceria as Catalyst Supports. Nano Lett. 2014, 14, 512-517. [LINK]
- Jinyong Wang, Yanli*. Selective Band Structure Modulation of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes in Ionic Liquids Journal of the American Chemical Society 2009, 131, 5364–5365. [LINK]
- Haibin Chu, Jinyong Wang, Lei Ding, Dongning Yuan, Yan Zhang, Jie Liu, Yan Li*. Decoration of Gold Nanoparticles on Surface-Grown Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes for Detection of Every Nanotube by Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy Journal of the American Chemical Society 2009, 131, 14310-14316. [LINK]
- Lei Ding, Alexander Tselev, Jinyong Wang, Dongning Yuan, Haibin Chu, Thomas P. McNicholas, Yan Li*, Jie Liu*. Selective Growth of Well-Aligned Semiconducting Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes Nano Letters 2009, 9, 800-805. [LINK]
- Zhaohui Yang, Zheng Cao, Hao Sun, Yan Li*. Composite Films Based on Aligned Carbon Nanotube Arrays and Poly(N-Isopropyl Acrylamide) Hydrogel Advanced Materials 2008, 20, 2201-2205. [LINK]
- Zhong Jin, Haibin Chu, Jinyong Wang, Jinxing Hong, Wenchang Tan, Yan Li*. Ultralow Feeding Gas Flow Guiding Growth of Large-Scale Horizontally Aligned Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube Arrays Nano Letters 2007, 7, 2073-2079. [LINK]
- Weiwei Zhou, Zuoyan Han, Jinyong Wang, Yan Zhang, Zhong Jin, Xiao Sun, Yawen Zhang, Chunhua Yan, Yan Li*. Copper Catalyzing Growth of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes on Substrates Nano Letters 2006, 6 (12), 2987-2990. [LINK]
