Dr Yiwei Sun
BSc, PhD
| Position: | Postdoctoral Research Assistant |
| Supervisors: | Prof Sir Colin Humphreys, Dr Oliver Fenwick |
| Tel: | +44 (0)20 7882 5301 |
| Email: | yiwei.sun@qmul.ac.uk |
| Location: | 373, Engineering, Mile End |
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| Expertise: | Dr Yiwei Sun's research focuses on nanomechanics of graphene and environmental effect on graphene, answering questions as how thick is one layer of carbon atoms, do graphene devices perform the same around the world, why is graphite a lubricant? |
| Research keywords: | Graphene, Nanomechnics, Environmental Effect, Raman Spectroscopy, DFT, High Pressure Techniques |
| Affiliations: | Member of American Physical Society |
Brief Biography
Dr Yiwei Sun obtained BSc in Physics at Fudan University, China and PhD in Physics at Queen Mary University of London, UK. As a postdoc, he joined Electrical Engineering department at Zhejiang University, China on graphene electrical devices and then Biochemical Engineering at University of Brimingham, UK on Graphene-virus biosensors.