Yi Lin

Associate Research Fellow
Tel: (757) 864-2219
Email: yi.lin@nianet.org

Research Interests

Nanomaterials, Chemistry, and applications toward various NASA missions.

Porous carbon nanomaterials for energy applications
Chemistry and applications of 2D nanomaterials
Synthesis and applications 1D-2D nanohybrid materials

Current Research
Decorating carbon nanotubes with metal/metal oxide nanoparticles: Such metal/carbon nanohybrids were prepared from a substrate-assisted thermal decomposition approach that is facile, versatile, and scalable. We are currently exploring electrical, thermal, and catalytic applications of these nanohybrids with various compositions.

Creating 2-dimensional boron nitride: Hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN) nanosheets were prepared via chemical exfoliation of bulk h-BN powder materials. h-BN is the structural analog of grpahene, but with boron and nitrogen atoms alternatively positioned in each plane. Contrary to the conductive graphene materials, h-BN is an insulator with wide band-gap, but similarly thermally conductive, thus viable for thermal and dielectric composite and electronic applications.

Modifying surfaces to mimick gecko foot hair topography: We are currently evaluating various substrates on which these topographic features can form for passive yet effective dust mitigation.

Publications

Han, X.; Funk, M. R.; Shen, F.; Chen, Y.-C.; Li, Y.; Campbell, C. J.; Dai, J.; Kim, J.-W.; Liao, Y.; Connell, J. W.; Barone, V.; Chen, Z.; Lin, Y.; Hu, L. “Scalable Holey Graphene Synthesis and Dense Electrode Fabrication Toward High Performance Ultracapacitors.” ACS Nano 2014, in press (DOI: 10.1021/nn502635y).
Liao, Y.; Chen, Z.; Connell, J. W.; Fay, C. C.; Park, C.; Kim, J.-W.; Lin, Y. “Chemical Sharpening, Shortening, and Unzipping of Boron Nitride Nanotubes.” Adv. Funct. Mater. 2014, 24 (28), 4497-4506. [Featured on Back Cover]
Kim, J.-W.; Siochi, E. J.; Carpena-Nunez, J.; Wise, K. E.; Connell, J. W.; Lin, Y.; Wincheski, R. A. “Polyaniline/Carbon Nanotube Sheet Nanocomposites: Fabrication and Characterization.” ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2013, 5, 8597-8606.
Siamaki, A.; Lin, Y.; Woodberry, K.; Connell, J. W.; Gupton, B. F. “Palladium Nanoparticles Supported on Carbon Nanotubes from Solventless Preparations: Versatile Catalysts for Ligand-Free Suzuki Cross Coupling Reactions.” J. Mater. Chem. A 2013, 1 (41), 12909-12918.
Lin, Y.; Kim, J.-W.; Baggett, D. W.; Working, D. W.; Connell, J. W. “Bulk Preparation of Holey Graphene via Controlled Catalytic Oxidation.” Nanoscale 2013, 5 (17), 7814-7824. [Featured on Front Cover]
Sajjad, M.; Ahmadi, M.; Guinel, M. J.-F.; Lin, Y.; Feng, P. “Large Scale Synthesis of Single-Crystal and Polycrystalline Boron Nitride Nanosheets.” J. Mater. Sci. 2013, 48 (6), 2543-2549.
Wohl, C. J.; Chen, L.; Lin, Y.; Connell, J. W. “Low Friction, Elastomer-Containing Copolyimides.” High Perform. Polym. 2012, 25 (1), 3-12.
Lin, Y.; Connell, J. W. “Advances in 2D Boron Nitride Nanostructures: Nanosheets, Nanoribbons, Nanomeshes, and Hybrids with Graphene.” Nanoscale, 2012, 4 (22), 6908-6939. [Featured on Front Cover]
Song, W.-L.; Veca, L. M.; Kong, C. Y.; Ghose, S.; Connell, J. W.; Wang, P.; Cao, L.; Lin, Y.; Meziani, M. J.; Qian, H.; LeCroy, G. E.; Sun, Y.-P. “Polymeric Nanocomposites with Graphene Sheets – Materials and Device for Superior Thermal Transport Properties.” Polymer 2012, 53 (18), 3910-3916.
Lin, Y.; Bunker, C. E.; Fernando, K. A. S.; Connell, J. W. “Aqueously Dispersed Silver Nanoparticle-Decorated Boron Nitride Nanosheets for Reusable, Thermal Oxidation-Resistant Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy (SERS) Devices.” ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2012, 4 (2), 1110-1117.
Kim, J.-W.; Nunez, J. C.; Siochi, E. J.; Wise, K. E.; Lin, Y.; Connell, J. W.; Smith, M. W. “In-situ Mechanical Property Measurements of Amorphous Carbon – Boron Nitride Nanotube Nanostructures.” Nanotechnology 2012, 23 (3), 035701.
Lin, Y.; Baggett, D. W.; Kim, J.-W.; Siochi, E. J.; Connell. J. W. “Instantaneous Formation of Metal and Metal Oxide Nanoparticles on Carbon Nanotubes and Graphene via Solvent-Free Microwave Heating.” ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2011, 3 (5), 1652-1664.
Lin, Y.; Williams, T. V.; Xu, T.-B.; Cao, W.; Elsayed-Ali, H. E.; Connell, J. W. “Aqueous Dispersions of Few-Layered and Monolayered Hexagonal Boron Nitride Nanosheets from Sonication-Assisted Hydrolysis: Critical Role of Water.” J. Phys. Chem. C 2011, 115 (6), 2679-2685.
Lin, Y.; Williams, T. V.; Cao, W.; Elsayed-Ali, H. E.; Connell, J. W. “Defect Functionalization of Hexagonal Boron Nitride Nanosheets.” J. Phys. Chem. C 2010, 114 (41), 17434-17439.
Lin, Y.; Williams, T. V.; Connell, J. W. “Soluble, Exfoliated Hexagonal Boron Nitride Nanosheets.” J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2010, 1 (1), 277-283.
Luo, P. G.; Wang, H.; Gu, L.; Lu, F.; Lin, Y.; Christensen, K. A.; Yang, S-T.; Sun, Y.-P. “Selective Interactions of Sugar-Functionalized Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes with Bacillus Spores.” ACS Nano 2009, 3 (12), 3909-3916.
Lin, Y.; Watson, K. A.; Ghose, S.; Smith, J. G.; Williams, T. V.; Crooks, R. E.; Cao, W.; Connell, J. W. “Direct Mechanochemical Formation of Metal Nanoparticles on Carbon Nanotubes.” J. Phys. Chem. C 2009, 113 (33), 14858-14862.
Lineberry, Q. J; Cao, Y.; Lin, Y.; Ghose, S.; Connell, J. W.; Pan, W.-P. “Mercury Capture from Flue Gas Using Palladium Nanoparticle-Decorated Substrates as Injected Sorbent.” Energy Fuels 2009, 23 (3), 1512-1517.
Lin, Y.; Watson, K. A.; Fallbach, M. J.; Ghose, S.; Smith, J. G.; Delozier, D. M.; Cao, W.; Crooks, R. E.; Connell, J. W. “Rapid, Solventless, Bulk Preparation of Metal Nanoparticle-Decorated Carbon Nanotubes.” ACS Nano 2009, 3 (4), 871-884.

[Publications Before 2009]