Biography:
Prof. Minliang Lai was born (1991) in Ganzhou, Jiangxi Province. He received his B.Sc. in Materials Physics 2014 at University of Science and Technology of China. Then he obtained his Ph.D. in Chemistry in 2019 under the supervision of Prof. Peidong Yang at University of California, Berkeley. During 2019-2022, he was a postdoctoral fellow working with Prof. Chad A. Mirkin at Northwestern University. Since January 2023, Dr. Lai has been working as a professor at University of Science and Technology of China, Suzhou Institute for Advanced Research. His research group focuses on the design and synthesis of emerging semiconductor materials, and their optical, electrical and optoelectronic applications, particularly discovering new materials for smart photovoltaics, nanoscale light emitter, and data storage.
Homepage：https://faculty.ustc.edu.cn/laiminliang
Research projects：
1. Complex semiconductor heterostructures and their applications
2. Lead-free perovskites and their applications
3. High-throughput combinatorial chemistry
Awards：
1. 2018 Chinese Government Award for Outstanding Self-financed Student Abroad
2. 2019 MRS Graduate Student Award, Materials Research Society, USA
3. 2022 International Institute for Nanotechnology Outstanding Researcher Award, USA
Publications:
(1) Lai, M.; Shin, D.; Jibril, L.; Mirkin, C. A*. "Combinatorial Synthesis and Screening of Mixed Halide Perovskite Megalibraries" J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2022, 144 (30), 13823–13830.
(2) Shin, D#.; Lai, M.#; Shin, Y.; Du, J. S.; Jibril, L.; Rondinelli, J. M.; Mirkin, C. A*. "From Heterostructures to Solid‐Solutions: Structural Tunability in Mixed Halide Perovskites" Adv. Mater. 2022, 2205923.
(3) Lai, M.; Lei, T.; Zhang, Y.; Jin, J.; Steele, J. A.; Yang, P. "Phase transition dynamics in one-dimensional halide perovskite crystals" Mrs Bull. 2021, 46, 310–316.
(4) Bischak, C. G.#; Lai, M.#; Fan, Z.#; Lu, D.; David, P.; Dong, D.; Chen, H.; Chen, H.; Etman, A. S.; Lei, T.; Sun, J.; Grünwald, M.; Limmer, D. T.*; Yang, P.* ; Ginsberg, N. S.* "Liquid-like interfaces mediate structural phase transitions in lead halide perovskites" Matter 2020, 3 (2), 534–545.
(5) Lai, M.#; Obliger, A.; Lu, D.; Kley, C. S.; Bischak, C. G.; Kong, Q.; Lei, T.; Dou, L.; Ginsberg, N. S.; Limmer, D. T.; Yang, P. "Intrinsic anion diffusivity in lead halide perovskites is facilitated by a soft lattice" Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U. S. A. 2018, 115 (47), 11929-11934
(6) Lin, J.#; Lai, M.#; Dou, L.#; Kley, C. S.; Chen, H.; Peng, F.; Sun, J.; Lu, D.; Hawks, S. A.; Xie, C.; Cui, F.; Alivisatos, A. P.; Limmer, D. T.; Yang, P. "Thermochromic halide perovskite solar cells" Nat. Mater. 2018, 17 (3), 261-267.
(7) Dou, L.#; Lai, M.#; Kley, C. S.#; Yang, Y.; Bischak, C. G.; Zhang, D.; Eaton, S. W.; Ginsberg, N. S.; Yang, P. "Spatially resolved multicolor CsPbX3 nanowire heterojunctions via anion exchange" Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 2017, 114 (28), 7216–7221.
(8) Lai, M.; Kong, Q.; Bischak, C. G.; Yu, Y.; Dou, L.; Eaton, S. W.; Ginsberg, N. S.; Yang, P. "Structural, optical, and electrical properties of phase-controlled cesium lead iodide nanowires" Nano Res. 2017, 10, 1107–1114.
(9) Steele, J. A.*; Lai, M.; Zhang, Y.; Lin, Z.; Hofkens, J.; Roeffaers, M. B. J.; Yang, P*. "Phase Transitions and Anion Exchange in All-Inorganic Halide Perovskites". Accounts Mater. Res. 2020, 1 (1), 3-15.
(10) Huang, J.; Lai, M.; Lin, J.; Yang, P*. "Rich Chemistry in Inorganic Halide Perovskite Nanostructures" Adv. Mater. 2018, 30 (48), 1802856.
(11) Eaton, S. W.; Lai, M.; Gibson, N. A.; Wong, A. B.; Dou, L.; Ma, J.; Wang, L.-W.; Leone, S. R.*; Yang, P*. "Lasing in robust cesium lead halide perovskite nanowires" Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 2016, 113 (8), 1993–1998.
(12) Dou, L.#; Wong, A. B.#; Yu, Y.#; Lai, M.; Kornienko, N.; Eaton, S. W.; Fu, A.; Bischak, C. G.; Ma, J.; Ding, T.; Ginsberg, N. S.; Wang, L.-W.; Alivisatos, A. P.; Yang, P.* "Atomically thin two-dimensional Organic-inorganic hybrid perovskites" Science. 2015, 349 (6255).
