Li L. – TechConnect Briefs

Microscopic pore structures and controlling factors of the Micro- and Nano- Scale tight sandstone reservoirs in the Western Sichuan Depression, China

Wang Q., Chen D., Zhang B., Li L., China University of Petroleum, CN

Western Sichuan Depression (WSD) has a natural gas resource of about 31646.98×108 m3 and 251 commercial gas wells among which the largest single well productivity can be as high as 151×104 m3/d (Well X851), indicating [...]

Flexible integrated photonics: shedding light into the flexible electronics toolkit

Li L., Lin H., Lin H., Geiger S., Zerdoum A., Jia X., Michon J., Du Q., Smith C., Novak S., Richardson K., Qiao S., Lu N., Musgraves J.D., Hu J., Gu T., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, US

While flexible electronics has been a well-established field with several decades of research and development under the belt, flexible integrated photonics is a nascent technology that has only started to burgeon in the past few [...]

Vertically Aligned Graphene sheets Based Coatings as Nano-micro-structured Electrodes for Enhanced Performance of Supercapacitors

Jang G.G., Keum J.K., Song B., Li L., Hensley D.K., Jiang Y., Hunt A., Moon K-S, Wong C.P., Hu M.Z., Hunt A., Oak Ridge National Laboratory, US

This work develops a molecular engineering approach to control the interspacing of graphene sheets and then an external field approach to induce the re-orientation of the graphene sheets during the deposition process to form a [...]

Efficient drug delivery for cancer treatment using amine-functional SiO2-LDH nanocomposites

Li L., Liu J., Gu W.Y., Gu Z., Gu W.Y., Gu Z., Liu J., Xu Z.P., Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology, AU

Target-specific delivery and sustained release of anticancer agents and siRNA has attracted considerable research interest in cancer chemotherapy. Recently, we have developed layered double hydroxide (LDH) vector to efficiently deliver drug and siRNA into the [...]

Stretchable Electronics

Liang J., Li L., Liang J., Hajagos J., Niu X., Yu Z., Pei Q., University of California, Los Angeles, US

The emergence of devices that combine elasticity with electronic or optoelectronic properties offers exciting new opportunities for applications, but brings significant materials challenges. We will report (1) an elastomeric transparent conductor as a radically new [...]

Super-hydrophobic paper influence on bacterial attachment suggests potential application as packaging material

Jain S., Li L., Breedveld V., Hess D.W., Barnett C., Davis M., Singh S., Pillai S., Alabama State University, US

The surface topography and chemistry of cellulose-based paper, was controlled by a two-step plasma (glow discharge) treatment. Selective plasma etching of the amorphous regions of cellulose followed by plasma deposition of a thin (100 nm) [...]

An Integrated Microfluidic Real-Time PCR System for Pathogen Detection

Zhu L., Li L., Li Z., Lin F., Liu Y., An D., Wang M., Wang Y.K., Zhang G., Zhang L., Wang M., Wang Y.K., Li L., Li Z., Lin F., Liu Y., Liu Y., Zhang G., Zhang L., Lin F., University of Manitoba, CA

The development of microfluidics-based PCR for rapid genetic analysis particularly pathogen detection is an emerging research field. Recent advancement of microfluidics critically enabled the development of various on-chip PCR systems to realize its apparent advantages [...]

Functionalization of Carbon Nanotubes for Advanced CNT/LCP Nanocomposites

Sahoo N.G., Cheng H.K.F., Li L., Chan S.H., Zhao J., Nanyang Technological University, SG

A novel approach has been made to the chemical functionalization of multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) for developing advanced polymeric nanocomposites with liquid crystalline polymer (LCP). In the approach, we have selectively introduced two types of [...]

The Next Generation of Proteomic Nanochips for Biomarker Discovery

Hu Y., Tasciotti E., Bouamrani A., Liu X., Li L., Liu X., Ferrari M., The University of Texas at Austin, US

In this study, the nanoporous silica thin films (NSTF) were chosen for the reproducible fractionation and selective binding of the serum-based low molecular weight proteome (LMWP). It has been recognized that the collection of LMWP [...]

Effect of Ligand Nature on the Kinetics and the Redistribution of Quantum Dots in Mice

Daou T.J., Li L., Reiss P., Texier-Nogues I., CEA-Grenoble, FR

The meeting of nano-materials with biology has produced a new generation of technologies that can profoundly impact biomedical research. The NIR emitting window (650-900 nm) is appealing for in vivo optical imaging because of the [...]