Liping Yu

Liping Yu is an Associate Professor in the Department of Physics at the University of Maine, affiliated with the Physics and Astronomy school. Her research focuses on computational materials design for energy and electronics applications using first-principles methods.

• B.S. (1999) from Zhejiang University
• M.S. (2002) from Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics
• Ph.D. (2009) from North Carolina State University

Research interests include:

• Condensed matter and materials theory
• Inverse design of materials for energy and electronics
• Density functional theory and first-principles computation
• Point defects in solids and surface/interface properties
• Catalysis, photovoltaics, and energy storage
• Two-dimensional materials for flexible electronics

Recent publications highlight her work on:

• Two-dimensional materials and their mechanical properties
• Lead-free perovskites for sustainable solar cells
• Charge localization control via bending
• Discovery of novel 18-electron ABX compounds
• Stability analysis of polymer-derived SiCO materials
• Band gap engineering in Half-Heusler semiconductors

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