LI Yuan, PhD, IEEE Senior Member. Dr. LI obtained his BS in Physics and PhD in Condensed-Matter Physics from Shandong University in 2004 and 2009, respectively. He was a Postdoctoral Fellow at Georgia Institute of Technology in US (with Prof. Jean-Luc Bredas) from 2010 to 2014, and then he moved with the same research group to KAUST (King Abdullah University of Science and Technology) in Saudi Arabia, working as a Research Scientist from 2014 to 2016. He joined the faculty of Shandong University in 2017, working as an Associate Professor at the School of Information Science and Engineering. His research is mainly focused on advanced micro/nanoelectronic devices and materials for application in the post-Moore's Law era. He has coauthored more than 120 research papers published in peer-reviewed Journals and Conferences. He works as the PI of 4 research grants funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC). He also works as an independent Reviewer for NSFC and more than 10 peer-reviewed Journals, including Science Advances, Physical Review Letters, Physical Review B, Applied Physics Letters, Chemistry of Materials.

Research Field

Advanced Micro/Nanoelectronic Devices and Materials 

Selected Papers（with * the corresponding authors）

Books & Review Papers

[1] Y. Li*, G. Z. Yi, K. L. Cai, W. X. Wang, J. Yu*, and A. Nathan*, A Review of Physics-Based Compact Modeling of Amorphous InGaZnO Thin-Film Transistors. IEEE Electron Devices Reviews 3, 189 (2026).

[2] Y. Li, V. Coropceanu, and J. L. Brédas, Chapter 7: Charge Transport in Crystalline Organic Semiconductors. in Organic Semiconductors: Basic Concepts. ISBN13:9789814699228, World Scientific, Singapore (2016). (Book Chapter)

[3] V. Coropceanu*, Y. Li, Y. P. Yi, L. Y. Zhu, and J. L. Brédas, Intrinsic Charge Transport in Single Crystals of Organic Molecular Semiconductors: A Theoretical Perspective. MRS Bull. 38, 57 (2013).

Research Papers (last 5 years)

[1] P. Servati*, Y. Li*, A. Servati, W. I. Milne, and A. Nathan, Anisotropic and Isotropic Piezoresistance in Amorphous Thin Film Transistors. IEEE Open Journal on Immersive Displays 3, 36 (2026).

[2] L. H. Wang, S. M. Wang, J. X. Zhang, X. M. Li, and Y. Li*, Enhancement of On-State Current in Two-Dimensional Tunnel Field-Effect Transistors by Computational Design of Interfacial van der Waals Defect States. ACS Appl. Nano Mater. 8, 24057 (2025).

[3] Y. Li*, G. Z. Yi, H. B. Ma, W. X. Wang, K. L. Cai, J. Yu*, S. Saha, and A. Nathan, CAM-XT: A Physics-Based Compact Thin-Film Transistor Modeling Tool for Circuit Analysis. IEEE Open Journal on Immersive Displays 2, 166 (2025).

[4] G. Z. Yi, Y. Li*, N. D. Lu, G. H. Yang, D. Geng, L. Li, J. Yu*, and A. Nathan*, An Analytical Device Model for Vertical Channel-All-Around InGaZnO Thin-Film Transistors. IEEE Trans. Electron Devices. 72, 3790 (2025).

[5] K. L. Cai, Y. Li*, G. Z. Yi, G. H. Yang, D. Geng, L. Li, J. Yu*, and A. Nathan*, Impact of Density of States on the Characteristics of Channel-All-Around InGaZnO Field-Effect Transistors. IEEE Trans. Electron Devices. 72, 690 (2025).

[6] G. Z. Yi, Y. Li*, K. L. Cai, J. Yu*, and A. Nathan*, On a Mott Formalism for Modeling Oxide Thin-Film Transistors. Appl. Phys. Lett. 125, 033501 (2024). (Editor's Pick)

[7] K. Y. Liu, F. Lu, and Y. Li*, Bias-Independent Subthreshold Swing in Ballistic Cold-Source Field-Effect Transistors by Drain Density-of-States Engineering. Appl. Phys. Lett. 124, 053504 (2024).

[8] X. M. Li and Y. Li*, Toward Nanoscale Organic Tunnel Field-Effect Transistors with Small Subthreshold Swing and High On-State Current: A Computational Design Based on Two-Dimensional Covalent-Organic Frameworks. ACS Appl. Nano Mater. 7, 1526 (2024). (Design of an organic TFET)

[9] A. Fu, G. Z. Yi, and Y. Li*, Phonon-Limited Electron Transport in a Highly-Conductive Two-Dimensional Covalent Organic Framework: A Computational Study. J. Phys. Chem. C 126, 20127 (2022).

[10] X. X. Gong, L. J. Xu, P. P. Sang, Y. Li*, and J. Z. Chen, Organic Steep-Slope Nano-FETs: A Rational Design Based on Two-Dimensional Covalent-Organic Frameworks. Org. Electron. 100, 106379 (2022).