Research Interests

Advanced lithography processes and micro/nano electronic fabrication

Self-healing flexible electronics

Two-dimensional polymer optoelectronic materials

Academic Service

Reviewer for Journal of Materials Chemistry A, Nanoscale, Polymer, Materials Advances, and other international journals.

Education and Work Experience

Jul. 2021–present: Junior Associate Research Fellow, School of Information Science and Technology, Fudan University

Apr. 2018–May 2021: Postdoctoral Fellow, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA

Sept. 2011–Jul. 2017: Ph.D., University of Science and Technology of China

Sept. 2007–Jul. 2011: B.Sc., Zhengzhou University

Selected Publications

1. Xingran Xu, Zili Li *, Yanwei Huang, Ziying Zhang*, Shisheng Xiong. Tailoring high mechanical performances of self-healable poly(vinyl alcohol)-based elastomers via judicious grafting of side chains. Polymer International , 2023, 10.1002/pi.6515.

2. Baolin Zhang, Lingkun Meng, Zili Li* , Study of the ordered assembly morphologies of diblock copolymers on the same substrate. RSC Advances , 2022, 12, 28376-28387.

3. Zhiyong Wu, Qingshu Dong, Xingran Xu, Zili Li *, Yadong Liu, Shengxiang Ji, Weihua Li, Manhua Shen, Shisheng Xiong. Improved Processing Window of Contact Hole with Directed Self-Assembly of Block Copolymer Blends. International Workshop on Advanced Patterning Solutions (IWAPS) . IEEE, 2022: 22363789.

4. Baolin Zhang, Zili Li *, Lingkuan Meng, Jing Wan, and Shi-Sheng Xiong*. Block Copolymer-assisted Carbon Nanotube Gas Sensor on SOI Substrate. International Conference on Solid-State & Integrated Circuit Technology (ICSICT) . IEEE, 2022: 22338041.

5. Li Zili * , Xu Xingran , Zhan Jianghao , Hu Xiaohua , Zhang Ziying , Xiong Shisheng * , Advanced lithography materials . Chinese Journal of Applied Chemistry , 2022, 39, 859-890.

6. Li Zili , Hu Xiaohua , Xiong Shisheng * , Sub-10 nm directed self-assembly and deep-UV hybrid lithography . Chinese Journal of Lasers and Optoelectronics Progress , 2022, 59(9):0922027.

7. Zili Li and Zhiqun Lin*. Self-Assembly of Block Copolymers for Biological Applications. Polymer International , 2022, 71:366-370.

8. Zili Li , Miao Tang, Shuang Liang, Mingyue Zhang, Gill V. Biesold, Yanjie He, Shu-Meng Hao, Woosung Choi, Yijiang Liu, Juan Peng * and Zhiqun Lin * . Bottlebrush polymers: from controlled synthesis, self-assembly, properties to applications. Progress in Polymer Science , 2 021, 116:101387 .

9. Zili Li and Zhiqun Lin * . Self-assembly of bolaamphiphiles into 2D nanosheets via synergistic and meticulous tailoring of multiple noncovalent interactions. ACS Nano , 2021, 15, 3152-3160.

10. Zili Li and Zhiqun Lin*. Two-Dimensional Polymers: Synthesis and Applications. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces , 2021, 13, 45130-45138.

11. Zili Li , Juan Peng* and Zhiqun Lin*. One-dimensional hairy CNT/polymer/Au nanocomposites via ligating with amphiphilic crosslinkable block copolymers. Giant , 2021, 5:100048.

12. Zili Li and Zhiqun Lin*. Recent advances in polysaccharide-based hydrogels for synthesis and applications. Aggregates , 2021; 2:e21.

13. Zili Li , Miao Tang, Chen Jiang, Ruke Bai* and Wei Bai*. Photoinduced reversible morphological transformation of azobenzene-containing pseudo-2D polymers. Macromolecular Rapid Communications , 2018, 39:1700880.

14. Zili Li , Miao Tang, Jingwen Dai, Taisheng Wang, Zhisheng Wang, Wei Bai* and Ruke Bai*. Preparation of covalent pseudo-two-dimensional polymers in water by free radical polymerization. Macromolecules , 2017, 50, 4292-4299.

15. Zili Li , Miao Tang, Wei Bai* and Ruke Bai*. Preparation of hydrophilic encapsulated carbon nanotube with polymer brushes and its application in composite hydrogels. Langmuir , 2017, 33, 6092-6101.

16. Zili Li , Miao Tang, Jingwen Dai, Taisheng Wang and Ruke Bai*. Effect of multiwalled carbon nanotube-grafted polymer brushes on the mechanical and swelling properties of polyacrylamide composite hydrogels. Polymer , 2016, 85, 67-76.

17. Zili Li , Shuang Liang, Mingyue Zhang, Zewei Wang, and Zhiqun Lin ∗ , Template-Assisted Colloidal Synthesis of Plasmonic Nanocrystals, 2022, 10.1142/9789811235221_0006. (book chapter) World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd.

18. Zili Li and Zhiqun Lin*. CNT-based aerogels and their composites. WILEY (book chapter), in press.