Deyu Li

TL;DR: It is shown that the thermal conductivity of a bundle of boron nanoribbons can be significantly higher than that of a single free-standingnanoribbon.

TL;DR: A microfluidic cell co-culture platform that permits individual manipulation of the microenvironment of different cell types and enhanced the transfection efficiency of neurons to almost 60%.

TL;DR: Measurement results show that the nanofiber thermal conductivity depends on the electric field used in the electrospinning process, with a general trend of higher thermal Conductivity for fibers prepared with stronger electric field.

TL;DR: The microfluidic platform has been used to perform dynamic imaging of synapse formation in hippocampal neurons by separate transfection of two groups of neurons with fluorescent pre- and post-synaptic protein markers, suggesting the importance of the microenvironments in cell-cell interactions and biological activities.

TL;DR: A comprehensive look at various aspects of thermoelectrics of NWs, including earlier theoretical and experimental work on quantum confinement effects and semimetal-to-semiconductor transition, surface engineering and complex heterostructures to enhance the carrier mobility and power factor, and the recent emergence of topological insulator NWs are provided.