Qing Tu

Assistant Professor - Materials Science & Engineering

Phone: (979) 458-9353

E-mail: qing.tu@tamu.edu

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Experience

2020 – Present       Assistant Professor, Materials Science & Engineering, Texas A&M University

2020 – Present       Adjunct Faculty of Polymer Technology Center & Texas A&M Energy Institute, Texas A&M University

2017 – 2019            Postdoctoral Fellow, Materials Science & Engineering, Northwestern University

 

Education
2017 Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science, Duke University, Durham, NC
2017 M.A. in Economics
2011 B.S., Theoretical & Applied Mechanics, Peking University, Beijing, China

 

Research Interest
- Advanced Scanning Probe Microscopy Techniques
- Interfaces of Low-Dimensional Materials and Thin Films
- Structure-Property Relationship of 2D Hybrid Organic-Inorganic Perovskites
- Piezoelectric and Ferroelectric Materials
- Mechanics of Soft and Biological Materials

 

Publications

  • Mengdi Hanǂ, Xiaogang Guoǂ, Xuexian Chenǂ, Cunman Liang, Hangbo Zhao, Qihui Zhang, Wubin Bai, Fan Zhang, Heming Wei, Shenglian Yao, Bohan Sun, Yiyuan Yang, Quansan Yang, Changsheng Wu, Yuhang Ma, Zhaoguo Xue, Jean Won Kwak, Tianqi Jin, Qing Tu, Ziao Tian, Yongfeng Mei, Haixia Zhang, Yonggang Huang*, Yihui Zhang*, John A. Rogers*, “Three-Dimensional, Multi-Material Terrestrial Robots with Sub-Millimeter Scale Sizes”, Science Robotics, 2022, DOI: 10.1126/scirobotics.abn0602
  • Eugenia S. Vasileiadou, Xinyi Jiang, Mikaël Kepenekian, Jacky Even, Michael De Siena, Vladislav Klepov, Daniel Friedrich, Ioannis Spanopoulos, Qing Tu, Imra S. Tajuddin, Emily A. Weiss and Mercouri G. Kanatzidis,* “2D Lead Iodide Perovskites with Bifunctional Organic Spacers Allylammonium and Iodopropylammonium Exhibiting Trap-State Emission”, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2022, 144 (14), 6390-6409
  • Joseph Handy, Justin Andrews, Baiyu Zhang, Doyun Kim, Nattamai Bhuvanesh, Qing Tu, Xiaofeng Qian, and Sarbajit Banerjee,* “Topochemical Stabilization and Single Crystal Transformations of a Metastable 2D γ’-V2O5 Intercalation Cathode”, Cell Reports: Physical Science, 2022, 3,100712
  • Andrew Torma, Wenbin Li, Hao Zhang, Qing Tu, Vladislav Klepov, Michael Brennan, Christopher McCleese, Matthew Krzyaniak, Michael Wasielewski, Claudine Katan, Jacky Even, Martin Holt, Tod Grusenmeyer, Jie Jiang, Ruth Pachter, Mercouri Kanatzidis, Jean-Christophe Blancon, Aditya Mohite,* “Interstitial nature of Mn2+ doping in 2D perovskites”, ACS Nano, 2021, 15(12), 20550–20561
  • Xianbiao Fu, Jia-ao Wang, Xiaobing Hu, Kun He, Qing Tu, Yue Qin, Yijin Kang,* “Scalable Chemical Interface Confinement Reduction BiOBr to Bismuth Porous Nanosheets for Electroreduction of Carbon Dioxide to Liquid Fuel”, Advanced Functional Materials, 2021, 2107182
  • Doyun Kim, Eugenia S. Vasileiadou, Ioannis Spanopooulos, Mercouri G. Kanatzidis, Qing Tu,* “In-Plane Mechanical Properties of 2D Hybrid Organic-Inorganic Perovskite Nanosheets: Structure-Property Relationship”, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2021, 13, 27, 31642–31649
  • Qing Tu,* Doyun Kim, Mohammed Shyikh, Mercouri Kanatzidis, “Mechanics-Coupled Stability of Metal Halide Perovskites”, Matter, 2021, 4(9), 2765-2809
  • Eugenia S. Vasileiadou, Ido Hardar, Mikael Kepenekian, Jacky Even, Qing Tu, Christos Malliakas, Daniel Friedrich, Ioannis Spanopoulos, Justin Hoffman, Vinayak Dravid, Mercouri G. Kanatzidis,* “2D Hybrid Perovskites (CmH2m+1NH3)2(CH3NH3)Pb2Br7 (m = 6−8) with Long Organic Spacers: Structure, Film Fabrication, Stability and Photophysical Properties”, Chemistry of Materials, 2021, 33, 13, 5085–5107
  • Farners Amargant, Sharrón L. Manuel, Qing Tu, Wendena S. Parkes, Felipe Rivas, Luhan T. Zhou, Jennifer E. Rowley, Cecilia E. Villanueva, Jessica E. Hornick, Gajendra S. Shekhawat, Jian-Jun Wei, Mary Ellen Pavone, Adam R. Hall, Michele T. Pritchard,* Francesca E. Duncan,* " Ovarian stiffness increases with age in the mammalian ovary and depends on collagen and hyaluronan matrices", Aging Cell, 2020, e13259
  • Qing Tu,* Ioannis Spanopoulos, Xiaotong Li, Eugenia S. Vasileiadou, Mercouri G. Kanatzidis, Gajendra S. Shekhawat,* and Vinayak P. Dravid,* “Exploring the Factors Affecting the Mechanical Properties of 2D Hybrid Organic-Inorganic Perovskites”, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2020, 12(18), 20440-20447
  • Qing Tu,* Ioannis Spanopoulos, Xiaotong Li, Eugenia S. Vasileiadou, Mercouri G.Kanatzidis, Gajendra S. Shekhawat,* and Vinayak P. Dravid,* “Exploring the Factors Affecting the Mechanical Properties of 2D Hybrid Organic-Inorganic Perovskites”, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2020, 12(18), 20440-20447
  • Xianbiao Fu, Xingang Zhao, Xiaobing Hu, Yanan Yu, Tao Li, Qing Tu, Ryann M. Young, Michael R. Wasielewski, and Yijin Kang,* “Alternative Route for Electrochemical Ammonia Synthesis by Reduction of Nitrate on Copper Nanosheets”, Applied Materials Today, 2020, 19, 100620
  • Xiang Gao, Yuanwen Jiang, Yiliang Lin, Kyoung-Ho Kim, Yin Fang, Jaeseok Yi, Lingyuan Meng, Hoo-Cheol Lee, Zhiyue Lu, Owen Leddy, Rui Zhang, Qing Tu, Wei Feng, Vishnu Nair, Philip J. Griffin, Fengyuan Shi, Gajendra S. Shekhawat, Aaron Dinner, Hong-Gyu Park*, and Bozhi Tian*, “Structured Silicon for Revealing Transient and Integrated Signal Transductions in Microbial Systems”, Science Advance, 2020, 6(7), eaay2760
  • Qinghui Guo, Manping Jia, Zhichang Liu, Hongliang Chen, Dengke Shen, Xuan Zhang, Qing Tu, Matthew R. Ryder, Haoyuan Chen, Peng Li, Yaobin Xu, Penghao Li, Gajendra S. Shekhawat, Vinayak P. Dravid, Randall Q. Snurr, Douglas Philp, Fehaid M. Alsubaie, Omar K. Farha, Marco Rolandi, and J. Fraser Stoddart, "Single-Crystal Polycationic Polymer Obstained by Single-Crystal-to-Single-Crystal Photopolymerization", Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2020, 142(13) 6180–6187
  • Weijun Ke, Ioannis Spanopoulos, Qing Tu, Ido Hadar, Xiaotong Li, Gajendra S. Shekhawat, Vinayak P. Dravid, and Mercouri G. Kanatzidis*, Ethylenediammonium Based “Hollow” Pb/Sn Perovskites with Ideal Bandgap Yield Solar Cells with Higher Efficiency and Stability”, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2019, 141(21), 8627 – 8637
  • Ioannis Spanopoulos, Ido Hadar, Weijun Ke, Qing Tu, Michelle Chen, Hsinhan Tsai, Yihui He, Gajendra Shekhawat, Vinayak Dravid, Michael Wasielewski, Aditya Mohite, Constantinos Stoumpos,* and Mercouri Kanatzidis*, “Uniaxial Expansion of the 2D Ruddlesden-Popper Perovskite Family for Improved Environmental Stability”, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2019, 141(13), 5518 – 5534
  • Wesley Luc,ǂ Xianbiao Fu,ǂ Jianjian Shi, Jing-Jing Lv, Matthew Jouny, Yaobin Xu, Qing Tu, Jinsong Wu, Qin Yue, Yuanyue Liu, Yijin Kang,* Feng Jiao,* “Two-Dimensional Copper Nanosheets for Electrochemical Conversion of CO to Acetate”, Nature Catalysis, 2019, 2, 423 - 430
  • Poya Yasaei, Qing Tu, Yaobin Xu, Louisiane Verger, Jinsong Wu, Michel W. Barsoum, Gajendra S. Shekhawat,* Vinayak P. Dravid,* “Mapping Hot-Spots at Heterogeneities of Few-Layer Ti3C2 MXene Sheets”, ACS Nano, 2019, 13(3), 3301 – 3309
  • Qing Tu, Ioannis Spanopoulos, Costas Stoumpos, Mercouri G. Kanatzidis, Gajendra S. Shekhawat,* Vinayak P. Dravid,* “Probing Strain-Induced Band Gap Modulation in 2D Hybrid Organic Inorganic Perovskites”, ACS Energy Letters, 2019, 4(3), 796 – 802
  • Qing Tu, Ioannis Spanopoulos, Poya Yasaei, Costas Stoumpos, Mercouri G. Kanatzidis, Gajendra S. Shekhawat,* Vinayak P. Dravid,* “Stretching and Breaking of Ultrathin 2D Hybrid Organic-Inorganic Perovskites”, ACS Nano, 2018, 12 (10), 10347 – 10354
  • Qing Tu, Ioannis Spanopoulos, Shiqiang Hao, Christopher Wolverton, Mercouri G. Kanatzidis, Gajendra S. Shekhawat,* and Vinayak P. Dravid,* “Out-of-Plane Mechanical Properties of 2D Hybrid Organic-Inorganic Perovskites by Nanoindentation”, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2018, 10 (26), 22167 – 22173
  • Stacey A. Maskarinec, Zehra Parlak, Qing Tu, Vrad Levering, Stefan Zauscher, Gabriel Lopez, Vance G. Fowler, John R. Perfect,* “On Demand Release of Candida Biofilm from Urinary Catheters by Mechanical Surface Deformation”, Biofouling, 2018, 34 (6), 595 – 604
  • Linying Li, Nan K Li, Qing Tu, Owen Im, Chia-Kuei Mo, Wei Han, William H. Fuss, Nick Carroll, Ashutosh Chilkoti, Yaroslava G. Yingling, Stefan Zauscher,* and Gabriel P. López,* “Peptide-based Functional Film: Enhanced Adsorption of Elastin-like Polypeptide Block Copolymer on Silica”, Biomacromolecules, 2018, 19(2), 298 – 206
  • Kezhao Du,ǂ Qing Tu,ǂ Xu Zhang, Qiwei Han, Jie Liu, Stefan Zauscher, David Mitzi,* “Two-Dimensional Lead(II)-Halide-Based Hybrid Perovskites Templated by Acene Alkylamines: Crystal Structures, Optical Properties and Piezoelectricity”, Inorganic Chemistry, 2017, 56, 9291-9302
  • Qing Tu,ǂ Hoshin Kim,ǂ Thomas Oweida, Zehra Parlak, Yaroslava Yingling, and Stefan Zauscher,* “Interfacial Mechanical Properties of Graphene on Self-Assembled Monolayers: Experiments and Simulations”, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2017, 9(11), 10203-10213
  • Qing Tu,ǂ Bjoern Lange,ǂ Zehra Parlak, Joao Marcelo Lopes, Volker Blum* and Stefan Zauscher,* “Quantitative Subsurface Atomic Structure Fingerprint for 2D Materials and Heterostructures by First-Principles-Calibrated Contact-Resonance Atomic Force Microscopy”, ACS Nano, 2016, 10 (7), pp 6491–6500