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Li Tan

Assistant Professor

  W306 Nebraska Hall
  Department of Engineering Mechanics
  University of Nebraska
  Lincoln, NE 68588-0526
  Phone: (402) 472-4018
  Fax: (402) 472-8292
  E-mail: ltan4@unl.edu

Education
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Ph.D. in Macromolecular Science and Engineering (2002)
Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, M.E. in Civil Engineering (1997)
Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, , B.E. in Chemical Engineering (1994)


Research Interests
My research interests are in the frontiers of nanofabrication, including but not limited to scanning probe lithography and nanoimprint lithography. I try to understand material behaviors under these nanofabrication processes and extend the fabricated structures into the application of nanoelectronics and sensors with biological and medical significances. Interested systems for such purpose include assembled monolayers for virus detection, patterned metallic alloys for semiconducting circuitry and polymer thin films for organic electronics.

Both experimental and theoretical aspects of the above topics will be explored. Graduate and undergraduate students with high motivation and creativity are needed for a variety of projects. These assistantships are excellent opportunities for people to adventure in the fields of nanoscience and nanotechnology, surface and material science.

Selected Publications

1. Ouyang Z., Tan L., Liu M., Li H., Zhang X., Judge S. O., Hu J., Patten T. E., Liu G.-Y., “Fabrication of multi-component micro- and nanostructures with a simple miniaturization approach”, submitted, 2005

2. Yang G., Tan L., Yang Y., Chen S., Liu G.-Y., “Single electron tunneling and manipulation of nanoparticles on surfaces at room temperature”, Surf. Sci., 2005, 589, 129

3. Tan L., Kong Y. P., Pang S. W., Yee A. F., “Imprinting of polymer at low temperature and pressure”, J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B, 2004, 22, 2486

4. Kong Y. P., Tan L, Pang S. W., Yee A. F., “Stacked polymer patterns imprinted using a soft inkpad”, J. Vac. Sci. Technol. A, 2004, 22, 1873

5. Tan L., Curtis, M. D., Francis A. H., “Simulation of transient photoconduction in organic p-n junction bi-layer photodiodes”, Chem. Mater., 2004, 16, 2134

6. Tan L., Kong Y. P., Pang S. W., Yee A. F., “Plasticizer-assisted polymer imprint and transfer”, Proc. SPIE, 2004, 5374, 1017

7. Tan L., Kong Y. P., Bao L.-R., Huang X. D., Guo L. J., Pang S. W., Yee A. F., “Imprinting polymer film on patterned substrate”, J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B, 2003, 21, 2742

8. Bao L.-R., Tan L., Huang X. D., Kong Y. P., Guo L. J., Pang S. W., Yee A. F., “Polymer inking as a micro- and nano-patterning technique”, J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B, 2003, 21, 2749

9. Tan L., Curtis, M. D., Francis A. H., “Characterization of organic p/n junction photodiodes based on poly(alkylthiophene)/perylene diimide bilayers”, Chem. Mater., 2003, 15, 2272

10. Tan L., Curtis, M. D., Francis, A. H., “Charge transfer in ferrocene-bearing poly(thiophene)s and application in organic p/n photocells”, Macromolecules, 2002, 35, 4628

 

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University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Lincoln, NE 68588-0526

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