Xi Lin
 
Assistant Professor
Department of Mechanical Engineering and
Division of Materials Science and Engineering
Boston University

Phone: (617) 358-3417
 
Teaching/Course Materials

ENG EK/ME 304: Energy and Thermodynamics
ENG MS 508: Computational Methods in Materials Science
 
Research Interests/Support
Materials theory and predictive simulation of materials electric, optical, magnetic, and mechanical properties
Conductive Polymer Soliton Theory
Polymeric charge transport
Metal-to-insulator transition
Organic artificial muscles, sensors, super-capacitors, batteries, solar cells, and light-emitting devices

Glass Transition Theory
Viscosity of glass forming liquids
Origin of fragility
Strong-fragile-strong transition
Protein folding

Solid Dislocation Theory
Mechanical strength under ambient and extreme conditions
Interacting line and point defects
Dislocation climb

Interfacial Charge Transfer Theory
Heterogeneous catalysis
Solid oxide fuel cells

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Comments  |  30 November 1998