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HELLO, I'M

Liang Li, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Associate

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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Liang Li

Postdoctoral Associate at MIT, Cambridge, MA, 02139.

liang_li@mit.edu

(646)-520-5174

Education & Experience

Education

2019–present

Columbia University, New York, NY, US

M.A. (2021), M.Phil. (2023) in Chemistry

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2017-2018

Peking University, Beijing, China

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2013-2017

Nankai University, Tianjin, China

B.S. (2017) in Chemistry

Research Experience

Sep. 2019–Present

Department of Chemistry, Columbia University, New York, NY, US

Co-advisors: Prof. Latha Venkataraman and Prof. Colin Nuckolls

Research Area:

Scanning tunneling microscope-break junction (STM-BJ). 1) Designing highly conducting molecular wires based on single-molecule one-dimensional topological insulators. 2) Using Ni STM tip to study spin transport through molecular conductors.

Sep. 2017–June 2018

College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, China

Advisor: Prof. Song Gao

Research Area:

Molecule-based qubits (quantum bit) and their spin dynamics (relaxation and coherence), electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) techniques, organic electronics (collaborating with Prof. Jian Pei).

Aug. 2016-Mar. 2017 and Sep. 2018-May 2019

Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, US

Advisor: Prof. T. David Harris

Research Area:

1) Long-range ordering magnetic 2D honeycomb-MOFs, and utilizing post-synthetic exchange method to explore new structures with different metal-ions and organic linkers. 2) Synthesis and post-synthetic reduction of 2D-Zr-MOFs.

Mar. 2017-July 2017

Department of Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin, China

Advisor: Prof. Wei Shi

Research Area:

Single-chain magnets (SCMs) exhibiting high coercivity and high squareness of magnetic hysteresis.

Sep. 2014-June 2016

Key Laboratory of Metal and Molecular-Based Materials, Nankai University, Tianjin, China

Advisor: Prof. Xian-He Bu

Research Area:

Host-guest interaction within metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), and ion-sensing of organic dye-MOF composites.

Skills

Experimental & Characterization

  • Inorganic & organic synthesis

  • Glovebox & Schlenk techniques

  • Scanning tunneling microscope-break junction (STM-BJ)

  • Single-crystal X-ray diffraction (SC-XRD)

  • Powder X-ray diffraction (PXRD)

  • Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR, 1D & 2D)

  • Electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR, cw-, pulse-, tr-)

  • Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR)

  • UV-Vis-NIR spectroscopy

  • Inductively Coupled Plasma Optical Emission Spectroscopy (ICP-OES)

  • Superconducting quantum interference device (SQUID)

  • Surface Raman Spectroscopy

  • Energy dispersive X-ray analysis (EDX)

  • Electrochemistry, cyclic voltammetry (CV)

  • Density function theory (DFT)-based calculations

Data Processing

  • MATLAB simulation

  • Mathematica

  • Igor Pro

  • Origin

  • Schrodinger.

Skills
Publications

Publications
(# = equal contribution, * = corresponding author)

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17. Long-Range Gating in Single-Molecule One-Dimensional Topological Insulators

Li, L.#; Louie, S.#; Orchanian, N.; Nuckolls, C.*;

Venkataraman, L.*

Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2024, 146, 16920-16925. (PDF)

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16. Photooxidation Driven Formation of Fe-Au Linked Ferrocene-Based Single-Molecule Junctions

Lee, W.; Li, L.; Camarasa-Gómez, M.; Hernangómez-Pérez, D.; Roy, X.; Evers, F.*; Inkpen, M. S.*; Venkataraman, L.*

Nature Communications, 2024, 15, 1439. (PDF)

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15. Effective Gating in Single-Molecule Junctions through Fano Resonances

Prindle, C.#; Shi. W.#; Li, L.; Jensen, J. D.; Lausen, B. W.; Steigerwald, M. L.; Nuckolls. C.* Venkataraman. L.*

Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2024, 146, 3646-3650. (PDF)

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14. Solvent-Mediated Modulation of the Au-S Bond in Dithiol Molecular Junctions

Dalmieda, J.; Shi, W.; Li, L.; Venkataraman, L.*

Nano Letters, 2024, 24, 703-707. (PDF)

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13. Radical Single-Molecule Junctions

Li, L.#; Prindle, C. R.#; Shi, W.#; Nuckolls, C.*; Venkataraman, L.*

Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2023, 145, 18182-18204. (PDF)

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12. Designing Long and Highly Conducting Molecular Wires with Multiple Nontrivial Topological States

Li, L.; Nuckolls, C.; Venkataraman, L.*

The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 2023, 14, 5141-5147. (PDF)

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11. Topological Radical Pairs Produce Ultrahigh Conductance in Long Molecular Wires

Li, L.#; Louie, S.#; Evans, A.; Meirzadeh, E.; Nuckolls, C.*; Venkataraman, L.*

Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2023, 145, 2492-2498. (PDF)

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10. Voltage-Modulated van der Waals Interaction in Single-Molecule Junctions

Wei, Y.; Li, L.; Greenwald, J.; Venkataraman, L.*

Nano Letters, 2023, 23, 567-572. (PDF)

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9. Reversed Conductance Decay of 1D Topological Insulators by Tight-Binding Analysis

Li, L.; Gunasekaran, S.*; Wei, Y.; Nuckolls, C.; Venkataraman, L.*

The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 2022, 13, 9703-9710. (PDF)

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8. Highly Conducting Single-Molecule Topological Insulators Based on Mono- and Di-Radical Cations

Li, L.#; Low, J. Z.#; Wilhelm, J.; Liao, G.; Gunasekaran, S.; Prindle, C.; Starr, R.; Golze, D.; Nuckolls, C.; Steigerwald, M.; Evers, F.*; Campos, L.*; Yin, X.*; Venkataraman, L.*

Nature Chemistry, 2022, 14, 1061-1067. (PDF)

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7. Destructive Quantum Interference in Heterocyclic Alkanes: the Search for Ultra-Short Molecular Insulators

Zhang, B.; Garner, M; Li, L.; Campos, L.; Solomon, G*; Venkataraman, L.*

Chemical Science, 2021, 12, 10299-10305. (PDF)

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6. Single-Molecule Conductance in a Unique Cross-Conjugated Tetra(aminoaryl)ethene

Rivero, S.; Arroyo, P.; Li, L.; Gunasekaran, S.; Stuyver, T.; Mancheño, M.; Alonso, M.*; Venkataraman, L.*; Segura, J.*; Cordón, J.*

Chemical Communications, 2021, 57, 591-594. (PDF)

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5. Persistent Conjugated Backbone and Disordered Lamellar Packing Impart Polymers with Efficient n-Doping and High Conductivities

Lu, Y.; Yu, Z.-D.; Un, H.-L.; Yao, Z.-F.; You, H.-Y.; Jin, W.; Li, L.; Wang, Z.-Y.; Dong, B.-W.; Barlow, S.; Longhi, E.; Di, C.; Zhu, D.; Wang, J.-Y.; Silva, C.; Marder, S.; Pei, J.*

Advanced Materials, 2021, 33, 2005946. (PDF)

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4. Coercive Fields Above 6 T in Two Cobalt(II)–Radical Chain Compounds

Liu, X.#; Feng, X.#; Maihaus, K. R.#; Meng, X.; Zhang, Y.; Li, L.; Liu, J.-L.; Pedersen, K.; Keller, L.; Shi, W.*; Zhang, Y.-Q.; Cheng, P.*; Long, J. R.*

Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2020, 132, 10967-10705. (PDF)

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3. Metal–Diamidobenzoquinone Frameworks via Post-Synthetic Linker Exchange

Liu, L.#; Li, L.#; Ziebel, M. E.; Harris, T. D.*

Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2020, 142, 4705-4713. (PDF)

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2. Chemical Modification toward Long Spin Lifetimes in Organic Conjugated Radicals

Dai, Y.-Z.#; Dong, B.-W.#; Kao, Y.#; Wang, Z.-Y.; Un, H.-L.; Liu, Z.; Lin, Z.-J.; Li, L.; Xie, F.-B.; Lu, Y.; Xu, M.-X.; Lei, T.; Sun, Y.-J.; Wang, J.-Y.; Gao, S.*; Jiang, S.-D.*; Pei, J.*

ChemPhysChem, 2018, 19, 2972-2977. (PDF)

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1. Harnessing Structural Dynamics in a 2D Manganese–Benzoquinoid Framework To Dramatically Accelerate Metal Transport in Diffusion-Limited Metal Exchange Reactions

Liu, L.; Li, L.; DeGayner, J. A.; Winegar, P. H.; Fang, Y.; Harris, T. D.*

Journal of the America Chemical Society, 2018, 140, 11444-11453. (PDF)

Awards & Interests

Awards

  • Hammett Award (given to the most outstanding PhD student in their final year, 2024, Columbia Chemistry)

  • MRS Graduate Student Silver Award (2023, Materials Research Society)

  • Edward Prince Goldman Scholarship in Science (2023, Columbia GSAS)

  • Edith & Eugene Blout Fellowship (2020, Columbia Chemistry)

  • “Molecule” Scholarship (2018, Peking CCME)

  • Yang Shi-Xian Scholarship (given to the most outstanding undergraduate students in their final year, 2017, Nankai Chemistry)

  • Po-Ling School Scholarship (2016, Nankai Po-Ling School)

  • National Scholarship (2016, MOE of PRC)

  • Po-Ling Scholarship (2015, Nankai Po-Ling School)

  • The First Prize Scholarship (2014, Nankai).

Teaching and Mentorship

Teaching and Mentorship

  • Enhanced Teaching Assistant - Applied Electromagnetism (APPHE3300, Fall 2022), Columbia University, Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics Department

  • Enhanced Teaching Assistant - Intensive General Chemistry Lab (CHEMW1507, Spring 2021), Columbia University, Chemistry Department

  • Enhanced Teaching Assistant - Intensive General Chemistry Lab (CHEMW1507, Fall 2020), Columbia University, Chemistry Department

  • Teaching Assistant - General Chemistry Lab (CHEMW1500, Spring 2020), Columbia University, Chemistry Department

  • Individual mentorship of >10 Ph.D. and undergraduate students, including project development and laboratory training

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