Biography

Lei Fu received his B.S. degree in chemistry from Wuhan University in 2001. He obtained his Ph.D. degree from the Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2006. After obtaining his Ph.D., he worked as a Director's Postdoctoral Fellow at the Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM (2006–2007). Thereafter, he became an associate professor at Peking University. In 2012, he joined Wuhan University as a full professor. He developed the liquid metal growth system to manufacture advanced materials with atomic precision.

Research

Prof. Lei Fu mainly focuses on the atomic fabrication via liquid metal reactive system. He has achieved the precise synthesis of two-dimensional materials and high-entropy alloy toward the emerging applications of biomedicine, electric devices, and energy conversion and storage. He has published more than 200 scientific papers in peer refereed journals as the corresponding author, such as Nature and Nat. Mater. He has written two academic books, "Liquid Metals: Properties, Mechanisms, and Applications" (Wiley, 2022) and "Synchrotron Radiation: From Discovery to Scientific Application" (Science Press, 2022).

He is the member of the editorial board of several journals, including National Science Review, Science China Materials, 2D Materials, Chinese Science Bulletin, etc. He has obtained the support from many funds, including Outstanding Young Investigator and Excellent Young Investigator from National Natural Science Foundation, Sino-German Cooperative Project, etc. He has also received many awards, including Changjiang Scholars (Young Scholars) from Ministry of Education, Outstanding Young Scientists Award from Chinese Chemical Society, First Prize of the Natural Science Award from Hubei Province, etc.

Representative  Publications

1. Guanghui Cao^#, Jingjing Liang^#, Zenglong Guo^#, Kena Yang^#, Gang Wang, Huiliu Wang, Xuhao Wan, Zeyuan Li, Yijia Bai, Yile Zhang, Junlin Liu, Yanpeng Feng, Zhenying Zheng, Cai Lu, Guangzhi He, Zeyou Xiong, Ze Liu, Shengli Chen, Yuzheng Guo^*, Mengqi Zeng^*, Junhao Lin^*, Lei Fu^*. Liquid Metal for High-Entropy Alloy Nanoparticles Synthesis, Nature 2023, 619, 73–77.

2. Mengqi Zeng^#, Jinxin Liu^#, Lu Zhou, Rafael G. Mendes, Yongqi Dong, Minye Zhang, Zhihao Cui, Zhonghou Cai, Zhan Zhang, Daming Zhu, Tieying Yang, Xiaolong Li, Jianqiang Wang, Liang Zhao, Guoxian Chen, Hong Jiang, Mark H. Rümmeli, Hua Zhou^*,Lei Fu^*. Bandgap Tuning of Two-Dimensional Materials by Sphere Diameter Engineering, Nat. Mater. 2020, 19, 528–533.

3. Luyang Wang^#, Runze Lai, Lichen Zhang, Mengqi Zeng^*, Lei Fu^*. Emerging Liquid Metal Biomaterials: From Design to Application, Adv. Mater. 2022, 34, 2201956.

4. Zhengrong Yin^#, Yaxi Liu^#, Annikaer Anniwaer, Yuan You, Jingmei Guo, Ying Tang, Lei Fu, Luyao Yi^*, Cui Huang^*. Rational Designs of Biomaterials for Combating Oral Biofilm Infections, Adv. Mater. 2023, 35, 2305633.

5. Chenlu Wang, Mengqi Zeng^*, Lei Fu^*. Research Progress of Liquid Metal in Biomedicine (in Chinese), Chin. Sci. Bull. 2023, 8, 3913–3925.

6. Yiran Ding^#, Chenyang Wang^#, Mengqi Zeng, Lei Fu^*. Atomic Manufacturing of Advanced Nanomaterials, Adv. Mater. 2023, 35, 2306689.

7. Haihui Lan^#, Luyang Wang^#, Runze H^#, Shuyi Huang^#, Jinqiu Yu, Jinming Guo, Jingrui Luo, Yiling Li, Jinyang Zhang, Jiaxin Lin, Shunping Zhang, Mengqi Zeng^*, Lei Fu^*. 2D Quasi-Layered Material with Domino Structure, Nat. Commun. 2023, 14, doi: 10.1038/s41467-023-42818-x.

8. Jingjing Si^#, Jinqiu Yu^#, Haihui Lan^#, Lixin Niu^#, Jingrui Luo, Yantao Yu, Linyang Li, Yu Ding, Mengqi Zeng^*, Lei Fu^*. Chemical Potential Modulated Ultrahigh-Phase-Purity Growth of Ultrathin Transition Metal Boride Single Crystals, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2023, 145, 3994–4002.

9. Yiran Ding^#, Mengqi Zeng^#, Qijing Zheng, Jiaqian Zhang, Ding Xu, Weiyin Chen, Chenyang Wang, Shulin Chen, Yingying Xie, Yu Ding, Shuting Zheng, Jin Zhao, Peng Gao, Lei Fu^*. Bidirectional and Reversible Tuning of the Interlayer Spacing of Two-Dimensional Materials, Nat. Commun. 2021, 12, 5886.

10. Yunxu Chen^#, Jinxin Liu^#, Mengqi Zeng^#, Fangyun Lu, Tianrui Lv, Yuan Chang, Haihui Lan, Bin Wei, Rong Sun, Junfeng Gao, Zhongchang Wang, Lei Fu^*. Universal Growth of Ultra-Thin III–V Semiconductor Single Crystals, Nat. Commun. 2020, 11, 3979.