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Welcome to the Materials & Mechanics & Manufacturing (MMM) Lab

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The MMM lab is part of the School of Mechanical Engineering at Purdue University. Research in the MMM lab focus on the nanostructured materials and multiscale mechanics with scalable manufacturing.​

Principal Investigator:

​Selected publications

1. Tian Li, C. Chen, A. H Brozena, J. Y. Zhu, L. Xu, C. Driemeier, J. Dai, O. J. Rojas, A. Isogai, L. Wågberg, L. Hu, “Developing Fibrillated Cellulose as a Sustainable Technological Material”, Nature, Feb 03, 2021.

2. Tian Li, Y. Zhai, S. He, W. Gan, Z. Wei, M. Heidarinejad, D. Dalgo, R. Mi, X. Zhao, J. Song, J. Dai, C. Chen, A. Aili, A. Vellore, A. Martini, R. Yang, X. Yin, L. Hu, “A Radiative Cooling Structural Material”. Science 364, 6442, 2019.

3. Tian Li, X. Zhang, S. Lacey, R. Mi, X. Zhao, S. Das, R. Yang, L. Hu, “Cellulose Ionic Conductors with High Differential Thermal Voltage for Low-Grade Heat Harvesting”. Nature Materials 18, 6, 2019.  

4. Tian Li, A. Pickel, Y. Yao, Y. Chen, Y. Zeng, S. Lacey, Y. Li, Y. Wang, J. Dai, Y. Wang, B. Yang, M. Fuhrer, A. Marconnet, C. Dames, H. Drew, and L. Hu, “Thermoelectric properties and performance of flexible reduced graphene oxide films up to 3000 K”, Nature Energy, vol 3, 148-156, 2018.        

5. Tian Li, X. Li, W. Kong, C. Chen, E. Hitz, C. Jia, J. Dai, X. Zhang, R. Briber, Z. Siwy, M. Reed, L. Hu. “A Nanofluidic Ion Regulation Membrane with Aligned Cellulose Nanofibers”. Science Advances 5, 2, 2019.

6. Tian Li, J. Song, X. Zhao, Z. Yang, G. Pastel, S. Xu, C. Jia, J. Dai, C. Chen, A. Gong, F. Jiang, Y. Yao, T. Fan, B. Yang, L. Wågberg, R. Yang, L. Hu. “Anisotropic, Lightweight, Strong, and Super Thermally Insulating Nanowood with Naturally Aligned Nanocellulose”. Science Advances 4, 3, 2018.  

7. Tian Li, M. Zhu, Z. Yang, J. Song, J. Dai, Y. Yao, W. Luo, G. Pastel, B. Yang, L. Hu. “Wood Composite as an Energy Efficient Building Material: Guided Sunlight Transmittance and Effective Thermal Insulation”. Advanced Energy Materials 6, 22, 2016.                                                                                                                                                                 

​Selected Awards

• ​R&D 100 Finalist 2020

• MRS Postdoctoral Award 2020

• Forbes 30 under 30 (US) in energy category 2018

• Finalist in "Energy Ideas to Change the World" Pitching Competition in ARPA-E 2016

• ECE (Electrical and Computer Engineering) Distinguished Dissertation Fellowship 2015

• Outstanding Graduate Assistant Award in University of Maryland 2015

• Dean’s Doctoral Research Award Finalist 2015

• Distinguished Summer Research Scholarship 2013

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