Li Yuan

 
 

Contact Information

Email: yuanl20@seas.upenn.edu
Phone: 2155946739
Mail Address: 112 Towne Building (main lab); M36 Towne Building (CVD lab)

Education

PhD candidate, Department of Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics, University of Pennsylvania, 2020-present

MS, Solid Mechanics, Tsinghua University, 2017-2020

BS, Department of Engineering Mechanics, Tsinghua University, 2013-2017

Research interest

  • Self assembly of 2D materials: graphene auto-kirigami
  • Frictional behavior of 2D materials at the nanoscale
  • Mechanical and electrical properties of graphene rubber composites

Publications

  • Capaldi, L.N., Yuan, L., Qu, C., Sánchez, D.A., Carpick, R.W., & Tertuliano, O.A. (2025). High-throughput formation of 3D van der Waals auto-kirigami. Nano Letters, 25(10), 3964–3971. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.4c06637
  • Sanchez, D.A., Yuan, L., Leventhal, A., Fulco, S., Cross, G.L., & Carpick, R.W. (2025). From auto-kirigami to drumheads: Suspended, self-tearing, and strained graphene nanostructures formed by nanoindentation. Langmuir, 41(7), 4491–4497. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.langmuir.4c03914
  • Sinnott, P.C., Jadidi, M.F., Sánchez, D.A., Yuan, L., Carpick, R.W., & Cross, G.L. (2024). Superlubric sliding of graphene auto-kirigami with interfaces containing self-assembled stripe-pattern adsorbates. Small, 20(45), 2401979. https://doi.org/10.1002/smll.202401979
  • Zholdassov, Y.S., Yuan, L., Garcia, S.R., Kwok, R.W., Boscoboinik, A., Valles, D.J., Marianski, M., Martini, A., Carpick, R.W. and Braunschweig, A.B. (2023). Acceleration of Diels–Alder reactions by mechanical distortion. Science, 380, 1053–1058. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.adf5273
  • Yuan, L., Bao, H., Yao, X., Lu, J. and Liu, J. (2021). Distribution of conformal contact pressure in spherical plain bearings considering friction and free-edge effects. Proc. IMechE Part J: Journal of Engineering Tribology, 235(9), 1851–1867. https://doi.org/10.1177/1350650120975519
  • Yuan, L., Yao, X. and Yang, H. (2019). Multiscale modelling of strain-resistance behaviour for graphene rubber composites under large deformation. Nanoscale, 11, 21554–21568. https://doi.org/10.1039/C9NR05036A