研究方向
主要从事碳纳米管的制备、修饰、表征和应用的研究。发展碳纳米管的可控制备方法，通过化学修饰和复合对碳纳米管进行进一步的性能调控，同时发展相应的表征技术以满足可控制备和修饰研究的需求，并探索基于碳纳米管的材料在纳电子、能源及生物医学等方面的应用。
代表性科研论文
1. F. Yang, X. Wang, D.Q. Zhang, J. Yang, D. Luo, Z.W. Xu, J.K. Wei, J.-Q. Wang, Z. Xu, F.Peng, X.M. Li, R.M. Li, Y.L. Li, M.H. Li, X.D. Bai, F. Ding, Y. Li*. Chirality-specific growth of single-walled carbon nanotubes on solid alloy catalysts. Nature, 510, 522-524 (2014).
2. X. J. Qin, F. Peng, F. Yang, X. H. He, H. X. Huang, D. Luo, J. Yang, S. Wang, H. C. Liu, L. M. Peng, Y. Li*. Growth of Semiconducting Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes by Using Ceria as Catalyst Supports. Nano Lett. 14, 512-517 (2014).
3. J. Wang, Y. Li*, “Selective Band Structure Modulation of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes in Ionic Liquids”, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 131, (2009). [LINK]4. H. Chu, J. Wang, L. Ding, D. Yuan, Y. Zhang, J. Liu* and Y. Li*, "Decoration of Gold Nanoparticles on Surface-Grown Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes for Detection of Every Nanotube by Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy", J. Am. Chem. Soc., 131, 14310-14316 (2009).
5. L. Ding, A. Tselev, J. Wang, D. Yuan, H. Chu, T. P. McNicholas, Y. Li* and J. Liu* , “Selective Growth of Well-Aligned Semiconducting Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes”,Nano Lett., 9, 800-805 (2009).
6. Z. Yang, Z. Cao, H. Sun, Y. Li*, “Composite Films Based on Aligned Carbon Nanotube Arrays and Poly(N-Isopropyl Acrylamide) Hydrogel”, Adv. Mater., 20, 2201-2205 (2008).[LINK]
7. Z. Jin, H. Chu, J. Wang, J. Hong, W. Tan, Y. Li*, "Ultra-low Feeding Gas Flow Guiding Growth of Large-scale Horizontally Aligned Single-walled Carbon Nanotube Arrays", Nano Lett., 7, 2073-2079 (2007).
8. W. Zhou, Z. Han, J. Wang, Y. Zhang, Y, Z. Jin, X. Sun, Y. Zhang, C. Yan, Y. Li*, "Copper Catalyzing Growth of Single-walled Carbon Nanotubes on Substrates", Nano Lett., 6 (12): 2987-2990 (2006).
