Yi Yu
Professor
Department of physics
Shanghai Tech University
China
Biography
2004.9-2008.7, B.S., Materials Physics, University of Science and Technology Beijing 2008.9-2013.7, Ph.D., Materials Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University 2014.1-2017.1, Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Chemistry, University of California Berkeley 2017.1-present, Assistant Professorã€PI, School of Physical Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University
Research Interest
1. Materials: Structural study of materials using advanced electron microscopy, unraveling the relationship between the structure and physical/chemical property on atomic-level. The interested materials include novel low-dimensional nanostructures, renewable energy materials, etc. 2. Methods: Development of experimental and theoretical methods on atomic-level imaging and spectroscopy.
Publications
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Anisotropic Phase Segregation and Migration of Pt in Nanocrystals En Route to Nanoframe Catalysts. Z. Niu, N. Becknell, Y. Yu, D. Kim, C. Chen, N. Kornienko, G. A. Somorjai, P. Yang. Nature Mater. 15, 1188, 2016.
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Ultrathin Colloidal Cesium Lead Halide Perovskite Nanowires. D. Zhang*, Y. Yu*, Y. Bekenstein*, A. B. Wong, A. P. Alivisatos, P. Yang. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 138, 13155, 2016. (* equal contribution)
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Atomic Resolution Imaging of Halide Perovskites. Y. Yu, D. Zhang, C. Kisielowski, L. Dou, N. Kornienko, Y. Bekenstein, A. B. Wong, A. P. Alivisatos, P. Yang. Nano Lett., 16, 7530, 2016.
