Mar. 2024

Gethering with Dr. Yuehua Huang and Dr. Quanzhou Yao at Nanjing during 2024 Conference of Chinese Solid Mechanics.

Jan. 2024

Ms. Huan Wang is awarded her PhD degree. Congratulations, Dr. Wang !

Jan. 2024

Ms. Huan Wang passed her Ph.D. Thesis Defense. Congratulations, Huan !

Oct. 2023

Ms. Zhe Chen is awarded her PhD degree. Congratulations, Dr. Chen !

Oct. 2023

Ms. Zhe Chen passed her Ph.D. Thesis Defense. Congratulations, Zhe !

June 2023

Mr. Jiawei Cao is awarded his PhD degree. Congratulations, Dr. Cao !

June 2023

Our work "Deducing the internal interfaces of twisted multilayer graphene via moiré-regulated surface conductivity" was published online in National Science Review. Congratulations, Huan !

May 2023

Mr. Jiawei Cao passed his Ph.D. Thesis Defense. Congratulations, Jiawei !

Sept. 2022

Two new Ph.D. students, Mr. Haoran Xu and Mr. Jun Li, are joining our group. Welcome Haoran and Jun.

June 2022

Our work "Dual-scale stick-slip friction on graphene/h-BN moiré superlattice structure" was published online in Physical Review Letters. Congratulations, Shuai!

May 2022

Mr. Youyu Di passed his Ph.D. Thesis Defense. Congratulations, Youyu!

April 2022

Our work "Atomic stick-slip friction in the view of two-dimensional thermally activated process" was published online in Physical Review B. Congratulations, Quanzhou!

April 2022

Our work "Domino-like stacking order switching in twisted monolayer-multilayer graphene" was published online in Nature Materials and highlighted by Tsinghua News. Congratulations, Shuai!

Nov. 2021

Mr. Jiawei Cao passed his Ph.D. Thesis Proposal Exam. Congratulations !

Sept. 2021

Farewell party for Dr. Chaochen Xu. Dr. Xu will take another postdocal position at University of Calgary (Canada) in October.

Sept. 2021

Dr. Chaochen Xu finished the final report for his postdoc project.

June 2021

Mr. Wei Fang, Mr. Bo Peng, Mr. Shuai Zhang are awarded their PhD degrees. Congratulations, Dr. Fang, Dr. Peng, Dr. Zhang !

May 2021

Mr. Wei Fang passed the oral defense of his thesis for the PhD degree. Congratulations !

May 2021

Mr. Bo Peng passed the oral defense of his thesis for the PhD degree. Congratulations !

May 2021

Mr. Shuai Zhang passed the oral defense of his thesis for the PhD degree. He also received the support from the National Program for Postdoctoral Innovative Talents. Congratulations !

May 2021

Mr. Youyu Di passed his Ph.D. Thesis Proposal Exam. Congratulations !

May 2021

Ms. Huan Wang passed the Ph.D. Qualifier Exam. Congratulations !

April 2021

Our work "Abnormal Raman characteristics of graphene originating from contact interface inhomogeneity" was published online in ACS AMI. Congratulations, Chaochen !

Dec. 2020

Our work "Effect of shear stress on adhesive contact with a generalized Maugis-Dugdale cohesive zone model" was published online in JMPS. Congratulations, Bo !

Nov. 2020

Our work "Abnormal conductivity in low-angle twisted bilayer graphene" was published online in Science Advances. Congratulations, Shuai !

Oct. 2020

Our work "Length scale effect in frictional aging of silica contacts" was published online in PRL. Congratulations, Shen !

Mar. 2020

Our work "Decohesion of a rigid flat punch from an elastic layer of finite thickness" was published online in JMPS. Congratulations, Bo !

Jan. 2020

Mr. Quanzhou Yao passed the oral defense of his thesis for the PhD degree. He has accepted a new postdoc position in Germany. Congratulations. Enjoy your new life, Quanzhou.

Nov 2019

Our work "Tuning friction to a superlubric state via in-plane straining" was published online in PNAS. Congratulations, Shuai !

June 2019

Mr. Ji Zhang passed the oral defense of his thesis for the Master's degree. He will graduate this summer and has accepted a new work position in Beijing. Congratulations. Enjoy your new life, Ji.

Mar. 2019

Dr. Chaochen Xu from Tianjian University and Ms. Huan Wang from Beihang University joined the Interfacial Mechanics Lab. Welcome Chaochen and Huan to our IML group. Enjoy your lives at Tsinghua ~~~

Mar. 2019

Our work "Spontaneous droplets gyrating via asymmetric self-splitting on heterogeneous surfaces" was published in Nature Communications. It has been highlighted in Science, Nature, Phys.org, Reddit.com and more. Congratulations, Wei !

Dec. 2018

Our invited review article "Tribology of two-dimensional materials: From mechanisms to modulating strategies" was published in Materials Today. Congratulations, Shuai !

Nov. 2018

Dr. Qunyang Li gave an invited talk, titled "Contact mechanics of two-dimensional materials: Mechanisms and modulations", 2018 National Conference on Solid Mechanics, Harbin, Heilongjiang Province, China.

Sept. 2018

Dr. Qunyang Li gave an invited talk, titled "Interfacial interactions in graphene heterostructures: Characterization and impacts on physical properties", at the 15th National Conference on Physical Mechanics, Hefei, Anhui Province, China.

Sept. 2018

Dr. Qunyang Li gave an invited talk, titled "Failure mechanisms of graphene for tribological applications", at the International Workshop on Science of Wear, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.

Sept. 2018

Our work "Tuning local electrical conductivity via fine atomic-scale structures of two-dimensional interfaces" was published in Nano Letters. Congratulations, Shuai !

Sept. 2018

Dr. Qunyang Li gave invited talks, titled "Friction and contact mechanics of two-dimensional materials" at Lanzhou University and Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics-Chinese Academy of Science, Lanzhou, China.

Aug. 2018

Ms. Zhe Chen and Mr. Jiawei Cao joined the Interfacial Mechanics Lab from Xi'an Jiaotong University and Tianjin University. Welcome Zhe and Jiawei to our IML group. Enjoy your lives at Tsinghua ~~~

Aug. 2018

Dr. Yizhou Qi took an assistant researcher position in the Global Research Center for Flexible Electronics & Intelligent Technology in Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China. Congratulations, Dr. Qi.

Dr. Shen Li took a postdoctoral researcher position in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Imperial College London, UK. Congratulations, Dr. Li.

Aug. 2018

Dr. Qunyang Li gave an invited talk, titled "Interfacial interactions in graphene heterostructures: Characterization and impacts on mechanical behavior", at the 15th National Conference on Experimental Mechanics, Huludao, Liaoning Province, China.

June 2018

Dr. Qunyang Li gave an invited talk, titled "Frictional Characteristics of Nanoscale Thin Sheets: From Layer to Non-Layer Structured 2D Materials", at the GRC-Tribology 2018, Lewiston, ME, USA.

Mr. Quanzhou Yao, Mr. Bo Peng and Mr. Shuai Zhang also presented their posters, at the GRC-Tribology 2018. Quanzhou was awarded the Best Poster Preview. Congratulations, Quanzhou.

June 2018

Mr. Yizhou Qi's paper, titled "Impacts of environments on nanoscale wear behavior of graphene: Edge passivation vs. substrate pinning", was accepted for publication in Carbon. Congratulations, Yizhou.

May 2018

Shen and Yizhou suceessfully defended their dissertations.

Congratulations, Dr. Li and Dr. Qi!

May 2018

Dr. Qunyang Li gave an invited talk, titled "Frictional characteristics and tuning mechanisms of two-dimensional materials", at the School of Aerospace, Xi'An Jiaotong University, Xi'An, China.

May 2018

IML group members enjoyed a wonderful Labor Day break and the outdoor sports.

Mar. 2018

Dr. Qunyang Li gave an invited talk, titled "Frictional characteristics and tuning mechanisms of graphene", at the Department of Mechanics and Aerospace Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, China.

Feb. 2018

Dr. Yuehua Huang, took a faculty position at Southwest University, China. Congratulations, Yuehua!

Jan. 2018

Shasha and Yuehua suceessfully defended their dissertations and got their Ph.D degrees.

Congratulations, Dr. Qiao and Dr. Huang!

Dec. 2017

Dr. Qunyang Li gave an invited talk, titled "Frictional characteristics of two-dimensional heterostructures", at 2017 Atomic Force Microscopy for Advanced Functional Materials (AFM2) held in Wuhan, China.

Nov. 2017

Ms. Shasha Qiao's paper, titled "Friction of droplets sliding on microstructured superhydrophobic surfaces", was accepted for publication in Langmuir. Congratulations, Shasha.

Oct. 2017

Mr. Shen Li's paper, titled "Contact stiffness of regularly patterned multi-asperity interfaces", was accepted for publication in Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids. Congratulations, Shen.

Sept. 2017

Dr. Qunyang Li gave an invited talk, titled "Wear of graphene in tribological applications", at the 6th World Tribology Congress 2017 (WTC 2017) held in Beijing.

Sept. 2017

Ms. Yuehua Huang won the Best Poster Award for her poster titled "A Novel Head Disk Interface for Heat Assisted Magnetic Recording and Its Feasibility Evaluation", at the 6th World Tribology Congress 2017 (WTC 2017) held in Beijing.

Sept. 2017

The group website was launched.