Dai-Ming Tang

Dai-Ming Tang
Affiliation:
MANA, NIMS
Specialty:
In situ microscopy, Nanomechanics, Carbon nanotubes
Academic degree:
PhD in Materials Science, Institute of Metal Research (IMR), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), China (2010)

Educational and Working History

2012 Sep - Present ICYS-MANA Researcher, MANA, NIMS
2010 Sep - 2012 Aug Research Associate, MANA, NIMS
2004 Sep - 2010 May PhD candidate, Institute of Metal Research (IMR), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), China
2000 Sep - 2004 Jun B.S. candidate, Xiangtan University, China

Research Interests

  • Revealing the mechanical properties (e.g., modulus, strength, deformation and fracture mechanisms) associated with the atomic structures of nanomaterials.
  • Exploring the mechanical responses of functioning nanodevices (e.g., lithium ion batteries and field-effect transistors) during the electrical and chemical processes.

Awards

  • 2010: Excellent Students Awards (top 1%) by CAS
  • 2010: Shi Changxu Award for Outstanding Doctoral by IMR, CAS
  • 2010: Chu Yuet Wah Award for Outstanding Doctoral by CAS
  • 2011: Excellent PhD Thesis Award by CAS

Selected Papers

  1. Mechanical Properties of Si Nanowires as Revealed by in Situ Transmission Electron Microscopy and Molecular Dynamics Simulations
    Tang DM, Ren CL, Wang MS,Wei X, Kawamoto N, Liu C, Bando Y, Mitome M, Fukata N, and Golberg D
    Nano Lett 2012, 12: 1898-1904.

  2. Revealing the conversion mechanism of CuO nanowires during lithiation-delithiation by in situ transmission electron microscopy
    Wang X, Tang DM, Li H, Yi W, Zhai T, Bando Y and Golberg D,
    Chem Commun 2012, 48: 4812-4814.

  3. Mechanical Properties of Bamboo-like Boron Nitride Nanotubes by In Situ TEM and MD Simulations: Strengthening Effect of Interlocked Joint Interfaces
    Tang DM, Ren CL, Wei X, Wang MS, Liu C, Bando Y, and Golberg D
    ACS Nano 2011, 5: 7362-7368.

  4. Importance of Oxygen in the Metal-Free Catalytic Growth of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes from SiOx by a Vapor-Solid-Solid Mechanism
    Liu B, Tang DM, Sun C, Liu C, Ren W, Li F, Yu WJ, Yin LC, Zhang L, Jiang C, and Cheng HM
    J Am Chem Soc 2011, 133: 197-199.

  5. Carbon nanotube-clamped metal atomic chain
    Tang DM, Yin LC, Feng Li, Liu C, Yu WJ, Hou PX, Wu B, Lee YH, Ma XL, and Cheng HM
    Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 2010, 107: 9055-9059.

  6. Low-Temperature Exfoliated Graphenes: Vacuum-Promoted Exfoliation and Electrochemical Energy Storage
    Wei Lv, Tang DM, He YB, You CH, Shi ZQ, Chen XC, Chen CM, Hou PX, Liu C, and Yang QH
    ACS Nano 2009, 3: 3730-3736.

  7. Synthesis and Photoelectrochemical Property of Urchin-like Zn/ZnO Core-Shell Structures
    Tang DM, Gang Liu, Feng Li, Tan J, Liu C, Lu GQ, and Cheng HM
    J Phys Chem C 2009, 113: 11035-11040.

  8. Structural evolution of carbon microcoils induced by a direct current
    Tang DM, Liu C, Li F, Ren WC, Du JH, Ma XL, and Cheng HM
    Carbon 2009, 47: 670-674.