Current Professional Societies

1. Chair of the Status of Women in Physics Committee, International Organization of Chinese Physicists and Astronomers

2. Member of the Organizing Committee of the Chinese Physical Society Fall Meeting

3. Editorial board member of Physical Review Materials

4. Editorial board member of Modern Physics

5. Editorial board member of Journal of Beijing University of Technology

Research Areas

1. In situ electron microscopy for structure and property relationship in advanced materials

2. Mechanisms for the performance and structure evolution of energy and catalytic materials in the applied field (heat, electricity, light, etc.) and environment (liquid and gas)

3. Dynamic structure evolution, phase transition and plastic deformation mechanism of materials under extreme mechanical conditions

4. Low dose electron microscopy for the study of electron beam sensitive materials

Honors

1. Contribution (innovation achievement) Award for Overseas Chinese in China (2016)

2. Professorships for Cheung Kong Scholars Programme of China (2008)

3. The Hundred Talents Project of Chinese Academy of Sciences (2006)

4. Special government allowances of the State Council (2005)

5. Top-ten Outstanding Women Prize of Chinese Academy of Sciences (2005)

6. The Youth SciTech Award of Liaoning Province (2002)

7. Outstanding Young Research Fellowship, Chinese National Science Foundation (2001)

8. The National Natural Science Prize of China (1997)

9. The Progress Prize in Science & Technology of Chinese Education Committee (1997)

10. The Natural Science Award of Chinese Academy of Sciences (1996)

Publications

200 publication papers, 15 listed:

1. Z.Y. Zhang, Q.D. Sun, Y. Lu*, F. Lu, X. Mu, S.H. Wei, M.L. Sui*. Hydrogenated Cs₂AgBiBr₆ for significantly improved efficiency of lead-free inorganic double perovskite solar cell, Nature Communications, 13, 3397 (2022).

2. J.S. Song, H.P. Liu, W.H. Pu, Y. Lu*, Z.X. Si, Z.Y. Zhang, Y. Ge, N.X. Li, H.P. Zhou, W. Xiao*, L.G. Wang, M.L. Sui*. Thermal instability originating from the interface between organic– inorganic hybrid perovskites and oxide electron transport layers, Energy & Environmental Science, 15, 4836 (2022).

3. K. Selvakumar, Y. S. Wang, Y. Lu*, B. H. Tian, Z. Y. Zhang, J. C. Hu, A. Raja, M. Arunpandian, M. Swaminathan*, H. X. Dai, M. L. Sui*. Single metal atom oxide anchored Fe₃O₄-ED-rGO for highly efficient photodecomposition of antibiotic residues under visible light illumination, Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 300, 120740 (2022).

4. J.W. Li, M.L. Sui*, B. Li. A half-shear-half-shuffle mechanism and the single-layer twinning dislocation for {11-22}<11-2-3>mode in hexagonal close-packed titanium, Acta Materialia, 216, 117150 (2021).

5. Y.Y. Jiang, P.F. Yan*, M.C. Yu, J. Li, H. Jiao, B. Zhou, M.L. Sui*. Atomistic mechanism of cracking degradation at twin boundary of LiCoO₂, Nano Energy, 78, 105364 (2020).

6. K. Wang, H. Wan, P. F. Yan*, X. Chen, J. J. Fu, Z. X. Liu, H. Q. Deng*, F. Gao, M. L. Sui*. Dopant segregation boosting high voltage cyclability of layered cathode for sodium ion batteries. Advanced Materials, 31(46) 1904816 (2019).

7. Y. Lu, W.J. Yin. K.L. Peng, K. Wang, Q. Hu, A. Selloni, F.-R. Chen*, L.M. Liu*, M.L. Sui*. Self-hydrogenated shell promoting photocatalytic H₂evolution on anatase TiO2, Nature Communications, 9:2752 (2018).

8. K. Wang, P.F. Yan*, M.L. Sui*. Phase transition induced cracking plaguing layered cathode for sodium-ion battery, Nano Energy, 54912, 148-155 (2018).

9. L.J. Zhu, Z.H. Zhang, X.X. Ke*, J.Q. Wang, J. Perepezko, M.L. Sui*. WO₂triggered nucleation and growth of ultra-long W₁₈O₄₉structures, from nanobundles to single-crystalline microrod, Acta Materialia, 148, 55-62 (2018).

10. Z.H. Zhang, H. Guo, W.Q. Ding, B. Zhang, Y. Lu, X.X. Ke, W.W. Liu, F.-R. Chen*, M.L. Sui*. Nanoscale engineering in VO₂nanowires via direct electron writing process, Nano Letter, 17, 851-855 (2017).

11. Y. Lu, J.G. Geng, K. Wang, W. Zhang, W.Q. Ding, Z.H. Zhang, S.H. Xie, H.X. Dai, F.-R. Chen*, M.L. Sui*. Modifying surface chemistry of metal oxides for boosting dissolution kinetics in water by liquid cell electron microscopy, ACS Nano, 11, 8018−8025 (2017).

12. S.J. Wang, H. Wang, K. Du*, W. Zhang, M.L. Sui*, S.X. Mao. Deformation-induced structural transition in body-centred cubic molybdenum, Nature Communications, 5:3433 (2014).

13. B.Q. Li, M.L. Sui*, B. Li, E. Ma, S.X. Mao. Reversible twinning in pure aluminum, Physical Review Letter, 102(20), 205504 (2009).

14. J.P. Cui, Y.L. Hao, S.J. Li, M.L. Sui*, D.X. Li, R. Yang. Reversible movement of homogenously nucleated dislocations in a beta-Titanium alloy, Physical Review Letter, 102(4), 045503 (2009).

15. H. Guo, P.F. Yan, Y.B. Wang, J. Tan, Z.F. Zhang, M.L. Sui*, E. Ma. Tensile ductility and necking of metallic glass. Nature Materials, 6, 735-739 (2007).

Personal statement

Sui Manling, professor and doctoral supervisor, is the responsible professor of Beijing Key Laboratory of Microstructure and Properties of Solids and Institute of Microstructure and Properties of Advanced Materials. She has presided one National Science and Technology Support Program and seven National Natural Science Foundation of China projects. Her research is focused on in situ electron microscopy for structure and property relationship in advanced materials, mechanisms for the performance and structure evolution of energy and catalytic materials in the applied field (heat, electricity, light, etc.) and environment (liquid and gas), and low dose electron microscopy for the study of electron beam sensitive materials. She has published more than 200 papers in the peer-reviewed journals, including Science, Nature Materials, Nature Photonics, Nature Communications, Physical Review Letters, Advanced Materials, ASC Nano, Nano Letters, Acta Materialia etc. Her papers have been cited about 10000 times by SCI papers.