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Current Research
My research expertise falls into the following two categories:
- Material Design, Self-Assembly, and Nanomanufacturing
- Mechanics of Nanomaterials and Nanostructures.
Currently, my group and I are battling in several new frontiers, including programmable organic electronics, compressible liquids, and portable hydroelectricity.
Recent Publications
TEXTBOOK
Guo Z., Tan L., Fundamentals and Applications of Nanomaterials, Artech House: Boston, ISBN 978-1-59693-262-3, June 2009 (249 Pages) (foreword by Prof. J. W. Morris, Jr., Member of National Academy of Engineering).
JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS (* states the corresponding author)
(a) In Material Design, Self-Assembly, and Nanomanufacturing
Jiang J., Schiaffo C., Schwartz C., Pei Y., Dumais J., Zeng X., Dussault P., Tan L.*, “Efficient Synthesis and Conformational Investigations of cis-Pentacenediols”, Tetrahedron Letters, submitted, 2010.
Yu C., Chen Z., Li H., Turner J., Zeng X., Jin Z., Jiang J.*, Youssef B., Tan L.*, “Molecular Intercalated Nanoflakes: A Supramolecular Approach for Strong Energy Absorption”, Advanced Materials, 2010, to appear.
Jiang J., Lima O., Pei Y., Jiang Z., Chen Z., Yu C., Wang J., Zeng X., Forsythe E., Tan L.*, “Self-Assembled Nanolayers of Conjugated Silane with π-π Interlocking”, ACS Nano, 2010, 4, 3773. http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/nn100273m
Yan J., Li X. Z.*, Jiang J., Tan L., “TEM Study of Lizardite-1T Particles in Toluene Solvent”, Journal of Failure Analysis and Prevention, 2010, 10, 3. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11668-009-9310-6 (Feature Article)
Rosa L.*, Jiang J., Li F., Utreras E., Alvira J., Lima O., Xiao J., Losovyj Y., Tan L., “Franck-Condon Coupling in Anthracene Isomers and Symmetry Effects on the High Resolution Ultraviolet Photoemission Spectra (HRUPS)”, Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2010, 114, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/jp906245w
Rosa L., Jiang J., Lima O., Xiao J., Utreras E., Dowben P.*, Tan L., “Selective Nanoshaving of Self-Assembled Monolayers of 2-(4-Pyridylethyl)triethoxysilane”, Materials Letters, 2009, 63, 961. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.matlet.2009.01.025
Jiang J., Lima O., Pei Y., Zeng X.*, Tan L.*, Forsythe E.*, “Dipole-Induced, Thermally Stable Lamellar Structure by Polar Aromatic Silane”, Journal of American Chemical Society, 2009, 131, 900. http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/ja808103h
Yan J., Chen Z., Jiang J., Tan L.*, Zeng X., “Free-Standing All-Particle Thin Fibers: A Novel Nanostructure Bridging One- And Two-Dimensional Nanoscale Features”, Advanced Materials, 2009, 21, 314. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adma.200801130
Lima O., Tan L.*, Goel A., Negahban M., Li Z., “Creating Micro- and Nanostructures on Tubular and Spherical Surfaces”, Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology B, 2007, 25, 2412. http://dx.doi.org/10.1116/1.2804428
Tan L., Ouyang Z., Liu M., Hu J., Patten T. E., Liu G.-Y.*, “High Efficiency Stepwise Contraction and Adsorption Nanolithography”, Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 2006, 110, 23320. http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/jp0630323
Ouyang Z., Tan L., Liu M., Hu J., Patten T. E., Liu G.-Y.*, “A Simple Miniaturization Protocol to Produce Multi-component Structures”, Small, 2006, 7, 884. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/smll.200500420 (Cover Article)
(b) In Mechanics of Nanomaterials and Nanostructures
Chen Z., Tan L., Yang J.*, “Collective Buckling of Nanowall Arrays in Soft Lithography”, submitted, 2010.
Zeng M., Du H., Chen Z., Tan L.*, “Hierarchical Buckling on Surfaces of Soft Lamellae”, Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2010, to appear (Cover Article).
Lin H., Chen Z., Yang J., Tan L.*, “Effects of Surface Deformation on the Collective Buckling of An Array of Rigid Beams on an Elastic Substrate”, Journal of Mechanical Materials and Structures, 2010, to appear.
Lin H., Du H., Yang J., Tan L.*, “Collective Buckling of an Elastic Beam Array on an Elastic Substrate for Applications in Soft Lithography”, Acta Mechanica, 2010, to appear. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00707-010-0334-5
Jin Z.*, Tan L., “Interface Debonding Between A Platelike Nanomaterial and the Substrate”, AIAA Journal, 2010, 48, 1276. http://dx.doi.org/10.2514/1.j050414
Li Z., Feng K., Yang J., Tan L.*, Lin H., “Collective Buckling of Nonuniform Nanobeams Interacting through an Elastic Substrate”, Acta Mechanica, 2010, 209, 285. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00707-009-0182-3
Chen Z., Liu M., Liu G.-Y., Tan L.*, “Evaporation Induced Two-Dimensional Buckling within Liquid Droplet”, Applied Physics Letters, 2009, 95, 223104 (selected by the Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science & Technology, December 14, 2009). http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3269930
Du F., Tang C.*, Xie X.*, Zhou X., Tan L.*, “Carbon Nanotube Enhanced Gripping in Polymer-Based Actuators”, Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2009, 113, 7223. http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/jp807707m
Chen Z., Yang J., Tan L.*, “Collective Buckling of A Two-Dimensional Array of Interacting Columns on the Surface of An Elastic Substrate”, Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 2008, 112, 14766. http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/jp8046399
Lin H., Yang J., Tan L.*, Xu J., Li Z., “Collective Buckling in Periodic Soft Nanostructures and Promotion for Nanolithography”, Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2007, 111, 13348. http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/jp0737000 (Cover Article)
