Liangbing Hu
· Carol and Douglas Melamed ProfessorYale University · Materials Science
Active 1991–2026
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About
Liangbing Hu is the Carol and Douglas Melamed Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering & Materials Science at Yale University. His research focuses on wood nanoscience and nanotechnologies, including engineered wood such as super wood, transparent wood, moldable wood, and insulating wood. He is also involved in ultrahigh temperature processes for non-equilibrium synthesis, high entropy catalysts, ionic materials and technologies, solid state batteries, and roll-to-roll printed electronics and flexible electronics. Hu has made significant contributions to the development of high-performance materials and innovative synthesis techniques, earning numerous awards and honors such as the MRS Medal, Fellow of ACS, and the ACS Anselme Payen Award. His work is characterized by pioneering efforts in nanomaterials synthesis, energy storage, and advanced manufacturing, establishing him as a leading figure in his field.
Research topics
- Materials science
- Chemistry
- Nanotechnology
- Composite material
- Chemical engineering
- Organic chemistry
- Computer Science
- Engineering
- Thermodynamics
- Physics
Selected publications
Solar evaporation and clean water
Nature Water · 2025-02-11 · 67 citations
articleSelective electrified polyethylene upcycling by pore-modulated pyrolysis
Nature Chemical Engineering · 2025-07-22 · 13 citations
articleSenior authorACS Energy Letters · 2025-08-21 · 7 citations
articleOpen accessBoron nitride enhanced electric insulation paper for extending transformer thermal life
Materials & Design · 2025-05-18 · 6 citations
articleOpen access• Oil-paper-boron-nitride system promises doubling of transformer thermal life. • Novel material combination has three times better through-plane thermal conductivity, 25% higher dielectric strength, 30% smaller relative permittivity, and 40% higher tensile strength than conventional oil-paper insulation. • Micrometer scale boron nitride is key to the improved thermal conductivity. • Microfibrillated and nanofibrillated cellulous help maintain mechanical strength by adding hydrogen binding sites…
Pyrolyzed preceramic precursors to compositionally complex ceramics
Matter · 2025-07-21 · 5 citations
articleOpen accessCompositionally tunable system enables tailored structural performance Rapid air sintering of ceramic coatings achieved in under 1 min Forms dense, oxidation-resistant ceramics via sub-minute air sintering at >1,
Recent grants
SusChEM: Collaborative Research: Holey Reduced-Graphene-Oxide Film for Na-Ion Battery Anode
NSF · $225k · 2013–2016
NSF · $1.3M · 2016–2022
NSF · $438k · 2013–2017
Frequent coauthors
- 188 shared
Jiaqi Dai
Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures
- 163 shared
Yonggang Yao
Huazhong University of Science and Technology
- 138 shared
Chaoji Chen
Wuhan University
- 84 shared
Kun Fu
University of Delaware
- 76 shared
Emily Hitz
University of Maryland, College Park
- 63 shared
Hua Xie
- 61 shared
Shuaiming He
University of Maryland, College Park
- 59 shared
Jiayu Wan
Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Education
- 2006
Ph.D., Electrical Engineering
University of California, Berkeley
- 2003
M.S., Electrical Engineering
University of California, Berkeley
- 1999
B.S., Electronic Science and Technology
University of Science and Technology of China
Awards & honors
- MRS Medal (2025)
- Fellow of ACS (2025)
- ACS Anselme Payen Award (2025)
- The HUJI Nano Center Dan Maydan Prize for Nanoscience and Na…
- Distinguished University Professor (2023)
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