Yao Li Associate professor

2014 Tsinghua University, Physics, Ph.D.
2009 Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Applied Physics, Bechelor

2021-present Nankai Universtiy, Associate Professor
2020-2021 Università della Svizzera italiana(USI), Researcher
2018-2020 TU Delft, Netherlands, Postdoc
2014-2018 AMOLF, Netherlands, Postdoc
2014-2014 Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Postdoc
2013-2014 University of Waterloo, Canada, Visiting Researcher

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Soft Matter and Statistical Physics

Colloids, Polymers, Membrane, Active matter, and Biomolecular simulations

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(1) Du, Y.; Cao, Y.; Liu, W.; Li, Y. Collective Behavior of the Non-Reciprocal Vision Cone XY Lattice-Gas Model. Newton 2026, 2, 100291. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.newton.2025.100291.

(2) He, S.; Liu, R.; Bao, X.; Pang, J.; Zhang, X.; Liu, Y.; Lin, W.; Liu, J.; Li, T.; Li, Y.; Li, Y.; Guo, X. Aptamer Conformation Sensing in Nanopore for On-Site Quantitative Detection of Cadmium Ions at Nanomolar Concentrations. Anal. Chim. Acta 2026, 1384, 344964. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aca.2025.344964.

(3) Liu, W.; Xie, H.; Du, Y.; Li, B.; Chen, J. Z. Y.; Li, Y. Transitional Patterns on a Spherical Surface: From Scars to Domain Defects of Mixed Lattices. Soft Matter 2025, 21 (39), 7631–7640. https://doi.org/10.1039/D5SM00697J.

(4) Xie, H.; Li, Y.; Chen, J. Z. Y. Filling Spherical Surfaces by Mixed Triangle and Square Tiles. Phys. Rev. E 2025, 111 (4), 045408. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.111.045408.

(5) Liu, J.; Xiong, L.; Hu, Y.; Wang, Z.; Dai, J.; Li, T.; Guo, X.; Liu, R.; Yu, Z.; Li, Y.; Li, Y. Probing Structural Variants of Irregular DNA G-Tracts ( N ≤ 2) Using MspA Nanopores. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2025, 17 (9), 13415–13426. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.4c19806.

(6) Xie, H.; Liu, W.; Lu, Z.; Chen, J. Z. Y.; Li, Y. Competing Hexagonal and Square Lattices on a Spherical Surface. Nano Lett. 2025, 25 (3), 1193–1198. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.4c05865.

(7) Lu, M.; Cao, Z.; Xiong, L.; Deng, H.; Ma, K.; Liu, N.; Qin, Y.; Chen, S.-B.; Chen, J.; Li, Y.; Liu, Y.; Yu, Z. A Hammerhead Ribozyme Selects Mechanically Stable Conformations for Catalysis against Viral RNA. Commun. Biol. 2025, 8 (1), 165. https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-025-07600-3.

(8) Li, Y.; Wang, Y.; Geng, Y.; Liu, W.; Ye, F.; Chen, J. Z. Y. Hierarchical Ground-State Crystals Underlying Hertzian Quasicrystals. Nat. Commun. 2025, 16 (1), 11269. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-66158-0.

(9) Li, N.; Li, J.; Qing, L.; Ma, S.; Li, Y.; Li, B. Self-Assembly of Colloids with Competing Interactions Confined in Spheres. Soft Matter 2024, 20 (2), 304–314. https://doi.org/10.1039/D3SM01227A.

(10) Ma, K.; Xiong, L.; Wang, Z.; Hu, X.; Qu, L.; Zhao, X.; Li, Y.; Yu, Z. A DNA Force Circuit for Exploring Protein‐Protein Interactions at the Single‐Molecule Level †. Chinese J. Chem. 2024, 42 (13), 1456–1464. https://doi.org/10.1002/cjoc.202300723.

(11) Wu, J.; Wang, X.; Wang, Z.; Yin, Y.; Jiang, R.; Li, Y.; Li, B. Nanospheres with Patches Arranged in Polyhedrons from Self-Assembly of Solution-State Diblock Copolymers under Spherical Confinement. Macromolecules 2023, 56 (1), 335–348. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.macromol.2c02166.

(12) Li, Y.; ten Wolde, P. R. Shape Transformations of Vesicles Induced by Swim Pressure. Phys. Rev. Lett. 2019, 123 (14), 148003. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.123.148003.

(13) Miao, H.; Li, Y.; Li, S.; Xu, H.-G.; Ma, H.-R. Isotropic-Nematic Transition of Hard Ellipsoid Fluids. Chinese Phys. Lett. 2015, 32 (2), 026401. https://doi.org/10.1088/0256-307X/32/2/026401.

(14) Miao, H.; Li, Y.; Ma, H. Depletion Interaction between Two Ellipsoids. J. Chem. Phys. 2014, 140 (15), 154904. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4870520.

(15) Li, Y.; Miao, H.; Ma, H.; Chen, J. Z. Y. Defect-Free States and Disclinations in Toroidal Nematics. RSC Adv. 2014, 4 (52), 27471. https://doi.org/10.1039/c4ra04441j.

(16) Li, Y.; Miao, H.; Ma, H.; Chen, J. Z. Y. Topological Defects of Tetratic Liquid-Crystal Order on a Soft Spherical Surface. Soft Matter 2013, 9 (48), 11461. https://doi.org/10.1039/c3sm52394b.

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Soft Condensed Matter Physics (undergraduate)

Solid Physics Topics （master)

Advances in Physics (Ph.D)

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