Dr. Yang LU

Biography

• Associate/Managing Editor for Materials Today, Acta Mechanica Sinica, and Science China Technological Sciences
• Research focus on nanomechanics and its applications in nanotechnology and advanced manufacturing
• Make major contributions in the discoveries of “cold welding” phenomenon in ultrathin metallic nanowires and “ultra-large elasticity” in nanoscale silicon and diamond, respectively
• RFS project — to conduct nanomechanical investigations on a few representative pure and compound covalent crystal solids to explore their deformation behaviour at the nanoscale, which will allow us to theoretically and experimentally identify a few “strain-tuned” covalent crystals with exotic, highly tunable functional properties towards unconventional electronic, optoelectronic and spintronic device applications
• Awards and Honours:
  • RGC Research Fellow (2020)
  • RGC Early Career Award (2013)