Yi Lin, Ph.D

Resident at NASA Langley Research Center

Mail Stop 226, Advanced Materials and Processing Branch

Hampton, VA 23681
Tel: (757) 864-2219

Fax: (757) 864-8312
Email: yi.lin@nianet.org

Research Interests

·         Chemistry of low-demensional nanomaterials (i.e., nanotubes, nanowires, nanosheets,etc.)

·         Synthesis and applications of nanohybird materials

·         Surface topographic modification for surface energy reduction and photonic applications

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.

 

Publications

·         Lin, Y.; Williams, T. V.; Connell, J. W. “Soluble, Exfoliated Hexagonal Boron Nitride Nanosheets.” J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2010, 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, 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, 14858-14862.

·         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, 871-884.

·         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 Sorbents.” Energy Fuels 2009, 23, 1512-1517.

·         Veca, L. M.; Meziani, M. J.; Wang, W.; Wang, X.; Lu, F.; Zhang, P.; Lin, Y.; Fee, R.; Connell, J. W.; Sun, Y.-P. “Carbon Nanosheets for Polymeric Nanocomposites with High Thermal Conductivity.” Adv. Mater. 2009, 21, 2088-2092.

·         Wang, W.; Fernando, K. A. S.; Lin, Y.; Meziani, M. J.; Veca, L. M.; Cao, L.; Zhang, P.; Kimani, M. M.; Sun, Y.-P. “Metallic Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes for Conductive Nanocomposites.” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2008, 130, 1415-1419.

·         Cao, L.; Wang, X.; Meziani, M. J.; Lu, F.; Wang, H.; Luo, P. G.; Lin, Y.; Harruff, B. A.; Veca, L. M.; Murray, D.; Xie, S.-Y.; Sun, Y.-P. “Carbon Dots for Multiphoton Bioimaging.” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2007, 129, 11318-11319.

·         Fernando, K. A. S.; Lin, Y.; Wang, W.; Cao, L.; Meziani, M. J.; Wang, X.; Veca, M. L.; Zhang, P.; Quinn, R. A.; Allard, L. F.; Sun, Y.-P. “Diameter-Selective Fractionation of HiPco Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes in Repeated Functionalization Reactions.” J. Phys. Chem. C 2007, 111, 10254-10259.

·         Lin, Y.; Meziani, M. J.; Sun, Y.-P. “Functionalized Carbon Nanotubes for Polymeric Nanocomposites.” J. Mater. Chem. 2007, 17, 1143-1148 (Invited Highlight Article, featured on the journal front cover).