Research Fellow
Phone:
Email: kanli@hust.edu.cn
Academic Areas: Mechanics, design and fabrication of 3D microfliers Design and manufacture of 3D flexible and stretchable electronics
RESEARCH INTEREST
1. Mechanics, design and fabrication of 3D microfliers
Micro air vehicle (MAV) is a new generation aircraft which has shown great potential in scientific, military and mapping applications. Previous reported smallest size of MAVs is approximately 6 cm, limited by the difficulties of miniaturizing the dynamic driving, control and energy supplying systems. Kan’s recent work pushed this boundary of size to smaller than 500 um. By mimicking wind-dispersed seeds such as dandelion seeds and maple seeds, the designed three-dimensional thin-film microflier structures can freely fall in the air with extremely small terminal velocities. These microfliers can passively fly as far as hundreds of kilometers driven by the air.
2. Design and manufacture of 3D flexible and stretchable electronics
Three-dimensional microstructures possess unconventional multiphysics properties (i.e., thermal, electromagnetic, mechanical, dynamical, optical, etc.) that 2D structures don’t confer. Therefore, 3D flexible and stretchable electroncis can achieve functions which were unachievable for the conventional 2D devices, e.g., the ultrahigh stretchability of 3D stretchable electronics, the high space-utilization efficiency for 3D flexible energy storage devices, etc.
Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=vWZDbKIAAAAJ&hl=en
Academic Degrees
2014.9 - 2019.3 Northwestern University Evanston, IL, USA PhD, Theoretical and Applied Mechanics
2010.9 - 2014.8 Tsinghua University Beijing, China BSc, Engineering Mechanics
School of Aerospace Engineering, Qian Xuesen Mechanics Class
Professional Experience
2019.4 - 2021.9 University of Cambridge Cambridge, UK
Research Associate (Advisor: Prof. Norman Fleck)
- Effect of strut waviness on the macroscopic response of lattices.
- Regulation of strut topology on notch sensitivity of lattice materials.
- Mechanics of infilled honeycombs and imperfection sensitivity.
2014.9 - 2019.3 Northwestern University Evanston, IL, USA
Graduate Research Assistant (Advisor: Prof. Yonggang Huang; Colaborator: Prof. John A. Rogers)
- Stretchable and flexible electronics;
- Mechanics guided 3D assembly, and applications.
2021.12 - Present Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
Research Fellow, Flexible Electronics Research Group (iFLEX)
Selected Publications
1. B. H. Kim†, K. Li†, J. T. Kim†, H. Jang†, X. Wang, Z. Xie, S. M. Won, Y. Park, W. J. Jang, K. H. Lee. T. S. Chung, Y. H.n Jung, S. Y. Heo, Y. Lee, J. Kim, T. Cai, Y. Kim, P. Prasopsukh, Y. Yu, X. Yu, H. Luan, F. Zhu, Y. Zhao, L. Chen, S. H. Han, J. Kim, H. Lee, C. H. Lee, Y. Huang*, L. P. Chamorro*, Y. Zhang*, J. A. Rogers*, “Three-Dimensional Electronic Microfliers Inspired by Wind-Dispersed Seeds”, Nature (2021). DOI: 10.1038/s41586-021-03847-y. (Cover paper)
2. K. Jang†, K. Li†, H. Chung†, S. Xu, H. Jung, Y. Yang, J. Kwak, H. Jung, J. Song, C. Yang, A. Wang, Z. Liu, J. Lee, B. Kim, J. Kim, J. Lee, Y. Yu, B. Kim, H. Jang, K. Yu, J. Kim, J. Lee, J. Jeong, Y. Song, Y. Huang*, Y. Zhang*, J. Rogers*, “Self-Assembled, Three Dimensional Network Designs for Soft Electronics”, Nature Communications (2017). DOI:10.1038/ncomms15894
3. K. Nan†, S. Kang†, K. Li†, K. Yu, F. Zhu, J. Wang, A. Dunn, C. Zhou, Z. Xie, M. Agne, H. Wang, H. Luan, Y. Zhang, Y. Huang*, J. Snyder*, J. Rogers*, “Compliant and stretchable thermoelectric coils for energy harvesting in miniature flexible devices”, Science Advances (2018). DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aau5849
4. K. Li†, X. Cheng†, F. Zhu, L. Li, Z. Xie, H. Luan, Z. Wang, Z. Ji, H. Wang, F. Liu, Y. Xue, C.
Jiang, X. Feng, L. Li, J. Rogers, Y. Huang, Y. Zhang*, “A Generic Soft Encapsulation Strategy for Stretchable Electronics”, Advanced Functional Materials (2019). DOI: 10.1002/adfm.201806630
5. H. Zhao†, K. Li†, M. Han, F. Zhu, A. V´azquez-Guardado, P. Guo, Z. Xie, Y. Park, L. Chen, X. Wang, H. Luan, Y. Yang, H. Wang, C. Liang, Y. Xue, R. D. Schaller, D. Chanda, Y. Huang*, Y. Zhang* and J. A. Rogers*, “Buckling and Twisting of Advanced Materials into Morphable 3D Mesostructures”, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (2019). DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1901193116
Awards and Honors
1. 2021 National Natural Science Fund for Excellent Young Scholars (Overseas)
National Natural Science Foundation of China
2. 2021 Huawei Donghu Young Fellow
Huawei Technologies Co. LTD. & Huazhong University of Science and Technology
3. 2021 Huazhong Outstanding Scholar
Huazhong University of Science and Technology
4. 2017 Chinese Government Award for Outstanding Self-Financed Students Abroad
Chinese Government
5. 2014 Walter P. Murphy Fellowship
Northwestern University
6. 2009 Gold Medal (Final Stage) of Chinese Physics Olympiad (CPhO)
Chinese Physics Olympiad Committee
