‘Deyu Li’
“Remarkable heat conduction mediated by non-equilibrium phonon polaritons” published in Nature, selected as VINSE Spotlight Publication
Oct. 31, 2023—Zhiliang Pan is a 2023 Ph.D graduate from the Department of Mechanical Engineering under the direction of Dr. Deyu Li. He stays in the same lab as a postdoctoral scholar after graduation to further expand his Ph.D research on energy transport mediated by phonon polaritons in polar nanostructures. In this recent publication co-authored with fellow...
Researcher Highlight: Zhiliang Pan
Oct. 2, 2023—Zhiliang Pan, a postdoc in Dr. Deyu Li’s Lab in the Mechanical Engineering department after earning his Ph.D. from the same lab in May 2023. Cooling technologies are important in a wide spectrum of engineering applications from thermal management of micro/optoelectronic devices to maintenance of comfort building environment. It is becoming more crucial as we...
Dissertation Defense: Zhiliang Pan, Mechanical Engineering
Feb. 24, 2023—DISSERTATION DEFENSE Zhiliang Pan, Mechanical Engineering *under the direction of Deyu Li “Thermal Transport in Low Dimensional Polar Nanostructures“ 03.16.23 | 9:00am | 135 Olin Hall Thermal conductivity of nanostructures and materials are of fundamental importance as well as application values for its potential in a broad variety of technologies. While the past two decades...
Dissertation Defense: Alberto Esteban Linares, Mechanical Engineering
Feb. 13, 2023—DISSERTATION DEFENSE Alberto Esteban Linares, Mechanical Engineering *under the direction of Dr. Deyu Li “Microfluidic Platforms for Retina Electrophysiology Studies” 03.01.23 | 11:00am CST | RHL (Light Hall) 512 Microfluidic platforms for ex vivo tissue culture studies are crucial for better understanding tissue physiologies and pathologies as they allow for precise control of cell microenvironment alike in...
“Dynamic Observation of Retinal Response to Pressure Elevation in a Microfluidic Chamber” published in Analytical Chemistry, selected as a VINSE spotlight publication
Oct. 20, 2022—About the author: Alberto Esteban Linares is currently a Ph.D. candidate in Mechanical Engineering advised by Dr. Deyu Li. Alberto’s research focuses on developing novel microfluidic platforms with probing and sensing capabilities to study the behavior of certain neurons in ex vivo retinal tissue. Alberto’s recent publication presents a microfluidic platform capable of generating and...
Elastic stiffening induces one-dimensional phonons in thin Ta 2Se3 nanowires selected as VINSE Spotlight Publication
Aug. 31, 2022—About the author: Zhiliang Pan is currently a Ph.D. candidate in Mechanical Engineering Department advised by Dr. Deyu Li. Zhiliang’s research focuses on nanoscale heat transfer in low dimensional materials and complex structures. In the recently published work, Zhiliang carried out systematic thermal property measurements on thin Ta2Se3 nanowires. Results indicate signatures of one-dimensional phonons...
Hong named to Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowship Program for New Americans
May. 4, 2022—Tao Hong Tao Hong, a second-year Ph.D. student in interdisciplinary materials science, and Hari Srinivasan, an incoming Ph.D. student in neuroscience, have been named to the 2022 cohort of the Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowship Program for New Americans. Hong, a member of VINSE, is co-advised by Professor Jason Valentine and Professor Deyu Li. This merit-based graduate...
Spotlight Publication: “Bidirectional Modulation of Contact Thermal Resistance between Boron Nitride Nanotubes from a Polymer Interlayer” published in Nano Letters
Feb. 15, 2022—About the author: Zhiliang Pan is currently a Ph.D. student in Mechanical Engineering Department advised by Dr. Deyu Li. Zhiliang’s research focuses on nanoscale heat transfer in low dimensional materials and complex structures. In the recently published work, he studied the thermal transport at BNNT tube contact with/without polymer interlayer and disclosed the bidirectional modulation...
Spotlight Publication: “Contact Thermal Resistance between Silver Nanowires with Poly (vinylpyrrolidone) Interlayers” published in Nano Letters
Dec. 8, 2021—“Contact Thermal Resistance between Silver Nanowires with Poly (vinylpyrrolidone) Interlayers” published in Nano Letters has been selected as a VINSE spotlight publication. About the author: Matthew is pursuing his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering under the direction of Dr. Deyu Li and is studying the role of interfaces and their impact on the flow of heat...
Spotlight Publication: “Observation of superdiffusive phonon transport in aligned atomic chains” published in Nature Nanotechnology
Sep. 20, 2021—“Observation of superdiffusive phonon transport in aligned atomic chains” published in Nature Nanotechnology was selected as a VINSE spotlight publication. About the author: Lin Yang earned his Ph.D. in Vanderbilt University Mechanical Engineering in May 2019 under the direction of Dr. Deyu Li. Lin studied the transport, conversion, and storage of heat energy from a microscopic perspective,...