Announcement

Position Announcement

2011/06: Ellen D. Williams Distinguished Postdoctoral Fellowship is available in our group. Apply now for immediate consideration.

Call for Papers

2011/05: Following the success of the 2011 Journal of Nanomaterials special issue on low-dimensional carbon nanomaterials, the journal has decided to launch an annual focus issue series on this topic and appointed Prof. Li as the Lead Guest Editor of this focus issue series. Call for papers of Low Dimensional Carbon Nanomaterials 2012 is available here.

2010/06: Prof. Li is co-editting a Journal of Nanomaterials special issue on Low Dimensional Carbon Nanomaterials: Synthesis, Properties, and Applications. Call for papers is available here.

Update: 2011/04: The special issue has been published, including 22 original technical papers. Electronic verison of the special issue is available here.

Research

• Mechanics of flexible electronics
• Mechanics of nanoelectronics
• Mechanics of low-dimensional carbon (graphene, CNTs, CNSs)
• Thin films and multilayered structures
• Mechanics of organic/inorganic hybrids
• Biomechanics of cells and subcellular structures

Selected Publications

• Ultrafast nano-oscillators based on carbon nanoscrolls
• Carbon nanotube initiated formation of carbon nanoscrolls
• Failure mechanics of permeation barriers in flexible electronics
• A quality map of transfer printing
• Substrate-regulated morphology of graphene
• A mechanics model of microtubule buckling in living cells
• Ductility of thin metal films on polymer substrates
• Reversible stretchability of thin metal films on elastomeric substrates
• Patterned thin stiff films as platforms for stretchable electronics
• Stretchability of thin metal films on elastomer substrates

Review Paper

• Extrinsic morphology of graphene

Recent Awards

• NSF International Travel Fellowship, 2010
• NSF Summer Institute Fellowship, 2009, 2010
• General Research Board Summer Research Award (UMD), 2009
• Ralph E. Powe Jr. Faculty Award (ORAU), 2007
• The 1st UMD Sci/Terp Video Competition, Runner-up, 2007 (video)
• Gordon Research Conference (GRC) Best Poster Award, 2006
    on Thin film & Small Scale Mechanical Behavior, Waterville, ME
• Gordon Research Conference (GRC) Poster Award, 2005
    on Ceramics, Solid State Studies In, Tilton, NH 
• Materials Research Society (MRS) Outstanding Poster Award, 2004

What's New

• 2011/10: Zheng Jia receives Haythornwaite Foundation Travel Award from ASME. Congratulations!
• 2011/08: Yinjun receives Dean's Fellowship. Congratulations!
• 2011/08: Yinjun Huang joins our group as a Ph.D. student. Welcome aboard, Yinjun!
• 2011/08: Prof. Li receives NSF collaborative research grant
• 2011/07: Chawis Thongyothee joins our group as a visiting Ph.D. student from Tailand. Welcome, Chawis!
• 2011/06: Zhao successfully defended his Ph.D. dissertation. A job well done. Congrats, Zhao!
• 2011/06: Adrien Bonnemain joins our group as a visiting student from ENSI Bourges. Welcome, Adrien!
• 2011/06: Prof. Li is invited to join the Editorial Board of Interntional Journal of Computational Materials Science and Engineering
• 2011/05: Zhao was the nominee of the ME department and finally won the 2nd Place in the 2011 Dean's Doctoral Research Award Competition. Congratulations to Zhao on this prestigious achievement!
• 2011/04: Zhao won the the Michael J. Pelczar Award for Excellence in Graduate Study from UMD Graduate School. Congratulations!
• 2011/04: Zhao is the 1st Place Winner in the UMD Graduate Research Interaction Day, Modeling and Simulation Panel. Congratulations!
• 2011/01: Zheng and Matt's paper on failure mechanics of permeation barriers in flexible electronics published in Composites Science and Technology, the No.1 journal in the ISI Composites category ranking.
• 2011/01: Zheng receives NSF Student Fellowship to attend 2011 NSF CMMI Grantee Conference
• 2010/12: Prof. Li receives International Travel Grant from UMD to conduct international collaborative research.
• 2010/11: Zhao was nominated for 2010 MRS Fall Meeting Outstanding Poster Award (1 out of 33).
• 2010/10: Zhao receives NSF Travel Grant to attend ASME IMECE 2010. Congratulations!
• 2010/09: Our recent paper on carbon nanoscrolls (CNSs) published in Appl. Phys. Lett. is highlighted in the Sept. 6, 2010 issue of Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science & Technology.
• 2010/09: We welcome two new group members aboard: Mrs. Shuze Zhu and Andy Fox.
• 2010/08: A hearty sendoff for Ed, who received a fellowship from UCSD and will start his Ph.D program there in fall 2010.
• 2010/06: Our recent paper on graphene morphology regulated by patterned nanowires is selected to appear in the June 7, 2010 issue of Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science & Technology.
• 2010/06: Prof. Li receives NSF International Travel Fellowship
• 2010/05: Zhao receives 2010 George R. Irwin Centennial Research Award. Congrats!
• 2010/05: Prof. Li receives NSF Summer Institute Fellowship
• 2010/02: A paper on substrate-regulated morphology of graphene published in J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys.
• 2010/01: Zhao is selected to be a 2010 AJC Future Faculty Fellow, Congrats!
• 2010/01: Zhao's paper on snap-through instability of graphene published in Nanoscale Research Letters.
• 2009/12: Zhao receives ASME AMD travel grant. Congratulations!
• 2009/11: Our recent paper on nano-transfer printing is selected to appear in the Nov. 30, 2009 issue of Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science and Technology
• 2009/11: Matt successfully defensed his thesis and graduated. Congratulations!
• 2009/08: Zhao is selected as a ASME AMD student paper competition finalist. Congratulations and good luck in final competition!
• 2009/08: Prof. Li receives NSF collaborative research grant
• 2009/06: Prof. Li receives NSF summer institute fellowship
• 2009/05: Prof. Li receives NSF GOALI grant
• 2009/01: Prof. Li receives UMD General Research Board Summer Research award