About

Professor Jun Lou, Ph.D., holds the position of Karl F. Hasselmann Professor of Materials Science and NanoEngineering. He is also a professor in the Department of Chemistry (by courtesy) and serves as the Site Director for the NSF IUCRC Center for Atomically Thin Multifunctional Coatings (ATOMIC). His professional affiliations include memberships in the Smalley-Curl Institute, the Institute of Biosciences and Bioengineering, the Rice Center for Quantum Materials, and the Rice Advanced Materials Institute (RAMI), where he is a committee member. Additionally, he is the Co-Editor-in-Chief of Materials Today. His research focuses on the development and understanding of atomically thin materials and their multifunctional coatings, contributing to advancements in materials science and nanoengineering. Professor Lou's work involves interdisciplinary collaboration, as evidenced by his co-advising of Ph.D. students and involvement with various research groups and institutes at Rice University. His leadership in these areas underscores his commitment to pioneering research in nanomaterials and their applications.

Research topics

• Nanotechnology
• Materials science
• Chemistry
• Environmental science
• Crystallography
• Computer Science
• Engineering
• Process engineering
• Optoelectronics
• Biochemical engineering
• Engineering physics
• Chemical physics
• Physical chemistry
• Organic chemistry
• Environmental engineering
• Composite material
• Inorganic chemistry
• Metallurgy
• Physics
• Condensed matter physics
• Thermodynamics

Selected publications

• Electrified water treatment: fundamentals and roles of electrode materials

  Nature Reviews Materials · 2023 · 263 citations

  • Computer Science
  • Biochemical engineering
  • Process engineering
  DOI

• Intrinsic toughening and stable crack propagation in hexagonal boron nitride

  Nature · 2021 · 241 citations

  Senior authorCorresponding
  • Materials science
  • Composite material
  • Nanotechnology
  DOI

• Selective membranes in water and wastewater treatment: Role of advanced materials

  Materials Today · 2021 · 241 citations

  • Biochemical engineering
  • Nanotechnology
  • Process engineering
  DOI

• Perovskite‐Derivative Valleytronics

  Advanced Materials · 2020 · 39 citations

  Senior authorCorresponding
  • Materials science
  • Optoelectronics
  • Nanotechnology

  arise from the unique parallel bands, according to first principles calculations. This discovery points to new materials design principles for scalable valleytronic devices and demonstrates the promise of perovskite derivatives beyond energy applications.

  DOI

• Conversion of non-van der Waals solids to 2D transition-metal chalcogenides

  Nature · 2020 · 212 citations

  • Materials science
  • Nanotechnology
  • Chemical physics
  DOI

Recent grants

• EAGER: Probing Deformation Mechanism Transition of Metals at the Nanoscale

  NSF · $208k · 2011–2014

• IUCRC Phase II Rice University: Center for Atomically Thin Multifunctional Coatings (ATOMIC)

  NSF · $322k · 2021–2027

• NEMS Fluid Sensor Based on Suspended Nanotubes and Nanowires

  NSF · $359k · 2007–2011

• Collaborative Research: Deciphering the Reliability of Nano Ceramic Films on Polymer Substrates: A Mechanistic Study

  NSF · $195k · 2009–2013

• I/UCRC Phase I: Collaborative Research: I/UCRC Center for Atomically Thin Multifunctional Coatings (ATOMIC)

  NSF · $361k · 2015–2022

Frequent coauthors

• Pulickel M. Ajayan

  Rice University

  186 shared

• Róbert Vajtai

  Rice University

  71 shared

• Sina Najmaei

  68 shared

• Zheng Liu

  55 shared

• Chandra Sekhar Tiwary

  48 shared

• Qing Ai

  First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University

  45 shared

• Yingchao Yang

  Qufu Normal University

  41 shared

• Bharat Bhushan

  38 shared

Labs

• Lou GroupPI

Education

• Ph.D.

  Princeton University

  2004

• M.S.

  Ohio State University

  2000

• B.E.

  Tsinghua University

  1998

Awards & honors

• 2019: Clarivate Analytics Highly Cited Researchers in Materi…
• 2018: Clarivate Analytics Highly Cited Researchers in Cross-…
• 2015: Hamill IBB Innovations Award
• 2015: Charles Duncan, Jr. Award for Outstanding Academic Ach…

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