Boquan Li, Ph.D.
Research Associate Professor
Washburn Shops 239
508-831-6025 (Voice)
508-831-5178 (Fax)
boquanli@wpi.edu
Teaching, Research, & Advising Interests
Electron Microscopy, X-ray diffraction and Crystallography
Education
- Ph.D, University of Science and Technology of China, 1993
- M.S., University of Science and Technology of China, 1990
- B.S., Physics, Anhui University, 1984
Research
Surface and interface physics, materials physics, growth and structural characterization of nanostructured materials, nanomaterials in energy storage and conversion applications, materials characterization, electron microscopy.
Publications
- B.Q. Li and J.M. Zuo, Structure and shape transformation from multiply-twinned particles to epitaxial nanocrystals: importance of interface on the structure of Ag nanoparticles, Physical Review B 72, 085434 (2005).
- B.Q.Li, W.Swiech, J.A. Venables, and J.M.Zuo, A LEEM study of bamboo-like growth of Ag crystals on Si (001) surfaces, Surface Science, 569 (1-3), 142-148 (2004).
- B.Q. Li, W.T.Xu, T. Fujimoto, I. Kojima, Nanoscale structural change in a sputter deposited SiO2/a-Si/SiO2 sandwich, Journal of Applied Physics, 95 (3), 1600 (2004).
- B.Q. Li and J.M. Zuo, Self-assembly of Epitaxial Ag Nanoclusters on H-terminated Si (111) Surfaces, Journal of Applied Physics, 94 (1), 743 (2003).
- J.M.Zuo and B.Q. Li, Nanostructure evolution during cluster growth: Ag on H-terminated Si(111) surfaces, Physical Review Letters, 88, 255502-1 (2002).
Honors and Awards
- Recipient of the first prize in natural science, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), 1997.
- Recipient of the AIST fellowship (Japan), 1996-1997.
Scientific and Professional Societies/Memberships
- Materials Research Society
- American Physical Society
- American Crystallographic Association