Bo Li, PhD

Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering Villanova University

Villanova PA

Prof. Bo Li, PhD, researches nanomaterials and advanced manufacturing for next generation coatings, electronics and composites.

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Areas of Expertise

Nanomaterials

Advanced Manufacturing

Interfacial Engineering

Flexible Electronics

Smart Coatings

Composites

Biography

Dr. Bo Li is an Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Villanova University. He serves as the principal investigator of the Hybrid Nano-architecture and Advanced Manufacturing Lab (HNAM). Dr. Li holds two US Patents and 50+ journal articles to his name in publications including Nature Nanotechnology, Nature Photonics, Nano Letters, Advanced Materials, ACS Nano, and Advanced Functional Materials. His research interests include Novel 0-D, 1-D to 2-D nanomaterials and their hybrid architectures, micro-to-nano-scale interface between nanomaterials and substrates, flexible/wearable electronics and advanced manufacturing of multifunctional coatings and composite.

Education

Northeastern University

PhD

Sichuan University

Affiliations

ASME Materials Processing Technical Committee (MPTC) : Chair, November 2024-Present
ASME Nanoengineering Technology Group (NanoTG) : Chair, November 2024-Present
American Society of Mechanical Engineers : Member, 2016-Present
Material Research Society (MRS) : Member, 2009-Present

Research Grants

Self-Limiting Particle Assembly on Soft Substrates

NSF, CEBT-Nanoscale Interactions

2025

GOALI: Water-Based Assembly of Functional Nanomaterial Coatings for Smart Textiles

NSF, CMMI Advanced Manufacturing

2025

I-Corps: Translation Potential of Extreme Textiles

NSF

2024

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Acoustic Field Enabled Polymeric Nanoparticle Deposition onto Vessel Walls for Enhanced Drug Delivery

Nano Letters

Jianlei Wu, Liang Zhao, Evan H. Dubrunfaut, Valerie A. Lallo, Siyu Chen, Qianhong Wu, Bo Li, Laura G. Bracaglia

2025

Universal salt-assisted assembly of MXene from suspension on polymer substrates

Nature Communications

2024

Impact of Nanoparticle Size and Loading on Printability of Composite Inks for Direct Ink Writing

Advanced Materials Technologies

2024

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Bo Li, PhD

Villanova University

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Northeastern University

Sichuan University

Sichuan University

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Research Grants

Self-Limiting Particle Assembly on Soft Substrates

GOALI: Water-Based Assembly of Functional Nanomaterial Coatings for Smart Textiles

I-Corps: Translation Potential of Extreme Textiles

A New Method to Quantify Cut Resistance in High-Performance Synthetic Webbing Slings

A Novel Wearable Physical Therapy System

Select Academic Articles

Acoustic Field Enabled Polymeric Nanoparticle Deposition onto Vessel Walls for Enhanced Drug Delivery

Universal salt-assisted assembly of MXene from suspension on polymer substrates

Impact of Nanoparticle Size and Loading on Printability of Composite Inks for Direct Ink Writing

Integration of 3D printing with acoustic-assisted assembly of nanomaterials for tunable strain sensors

Wafer-Scale Full-Coverage Self-Limiting Assembly of Particles on Flexible Substrates

Mechanical Characterization of Stacked Single-Crystal of Polyethylene and Monolayer MoSe2

Atomic Edge-Guided Polyethylene Crystallization on Monolayer Two-Dimensional Materials