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Dr LI, Songsong

Dr LI, Songsong, 李松松博士

Assistant Professor

B.S., University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China
Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL
Postdoctoral, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL
Postdoctoral, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL


Current Research Interests

My research focuses on the synthesis and fundamental understanding of charge transport within conjugated materials, targeting advancements in bioelectronics, wearable technologies, and neuromorphic computing. 

Recent Selected Publications

  1. S. Li*, et al. “Large-scale stretchable neuromorphic circuits for on-body edge processing of sensory data”, 10.26434/chemrxiv-2024-80dvr, under review (2025) 
  2. Y. Dai, S. Wai, P. Li, N. Shan, Z. Cao, Y. Li, Y. Wang, Y. Liu, W. Liu, K. Tang, Y. Liu, M. Hua, S. Li, N. Li, S. Chatterji, H. C. Fry, S. Lee, C. Cheng, M. Weires, S. Sutyak, J. Shi, C. Zhu, J. Xu, X. Gu, B. Tian, S. Wang. “Soft hydrogel semiconductors with augmented biointeractive functions”, Science, 386, 431-439 (2024) 
  3. N. Li, Y. Li, Z. Cheng, Y. Liu, Y. Dai, S. Kang, S. Li, N. Shan, S. Wai, A. Ziaja, Y. Wang, J. Strzalka, W. Liu, C. Zhang, X. Gu, J. A. Hubbell, B. Tian, S. Wang, “Bioadhesive polymer semiconductors and transistors for intimate biointerfaces”, Science, 381, 686-693 (2023) 
  4. Y. Tan*, J. Li*, S. Li, H. Yang, T. Chi, S. B. Shiring, K. Liu, B. M. Savoie, B. W. Boudouris, C. M. Schroeder, “Enhanced Electron Transport in Nonconjugated Radical Oligomers Occurs by Tunneling”, Nano Letters, 23, 5951-5958 (2023) 
  5. W. Liu, C. Zhang, R. Alessandri, B. T. Diroll, Y. Li, X. Fan, K. Wang, H. Cho, Y. Liu, Y. Dai, Q. Su, N. Li, S. Li, S. Wai, J. Xu, X. Zhang, D. V. Talapin, J. J. de Pablo, S. Wang, “High-efficiency stretchable light-emitting polymers from thermally activated delayed fluorescence”, Nature Materials, 381, 686-693 (2023) 
  6. S. Dai*, Y. Dai*, Z. Zhao, F. Xia, Y. Li, Y. Liu, P. Cheng, J. Strzalka, S. Li, N. Li, Qi Su, S. Wai, W. Liu, C. Zhang, R. Zhao, J.J. Yang, R. Stevens, J. Xu, J. Huang, S. Wang, “Intrinsically stretchable neuromorphic devices for on-body processing of health data with artificial intelligence”, Matter, 5, 3375-3390 (2022) 
  7. Y. Dai*, S. Dai*, N. Li, Y. Li, M. Moser, J. Strzalka, A. Prominski, Y. Liu, Q. Zhang, S. Li, H. Hu, W. Liu, S. Chatterji, P. Cheng, B. Tian, I. McCulloch, J. Xu, S. Wang, “Stretchable Redox-Active Semiconducting Polymers for High-Performance Organic Electrochemical Transistors”, Advanced Materials, 34, 2201178 (2022) 
  8. S. Li*, E. Jira*, N. Angello*, J. Li, H. Yu, J. S. Moore, Y. Diao, M. D. Burke, C. M. Schroeder, “Understanding the Role of Side Chain Chemistry on Molecular Charge Transport Using Automated Synthesis”, Nature Communications, 13, 2101 (2022) 
  9. H. Yu*, J. Li*, S. Li, Y. Liu, N. E. Jackson, J. S. Moore, C. M. Schroeder, “Efficient Intermolecular Charge Transport in π-Stacked Pyridinium Dimers using Cucurbit[8]uril Supramolecular Complexes”, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 144, 3162-3173 (2022) 
  10. J. Li, S. Pudar, H. Yu, S. Li, J. S. Moore, J. Rodríguez-López, N. E. Jackson, C. M. Schroeder,  “Understanding the Role of Counterions on Charge Transport in Redox-active Viologen-based Molecular Junctions”, Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 125, 21862-21872 (2021) 
  11. S. Li, H. Yu, J. Li, N. Angello, E. Jira, B. Li, M. D. Burke, J. S. Moore, C. M. Schroeder, “Transition between Non-resonant and Resonant Charge Transport in Molecular Junctions”, Nano Letters, 21, 8340-8347 (2021) 
  12. S. Li, H. Yu, X. Chen, A. A. Gewirth, J. S. Moore, C. M. Schroeder, “Covalent Ag-C Bonding Contacts from Unprotected Terminal Acetylenes for Molecular Junctions”, Nano Letters, 20, 7, 5490–5495 (2020) 
  13. S. Li*, J. Li*, H. Yu, S. Pudar, B. Li, J. Rodríguez-Lopez, J. S. Moore, C. M. Schroeder, “Characterizing Intermolecular Charge Interactions in Redox-active Pyridinium-based Molecular Junctions”, Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry, 85, 114070 (2020) 
  14. H. Yu*, S. Li*, K. Schwieter, Y. Liu, B. Sun, J. S. Moore, C. M. Schroeder, “Charge Transport in Sequence-dependent Conjugated Oligomers”, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 142, 10, 4852-4861 (2020) 
  15. D. Kumar*, A. Shenoy*, S. Li, C. M. Schroeder, “Orientation control and nonlinear trajectory tracking of colloidal particles using microfluidics”, Physical Review Fluids, 4, 114203 (2019) 
  16. S. Li*, H. Yu*, K. Schwieter, K. Chen, B. Li, Y. Liu, J. S. Moore, C. M. Schroeder, “Charge Transport and Quantum Interference in Oxazole-Terminated Conjugated Oligomers”, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 141, 16079-16084 (2019) 
  17. B. Li*, H. Yu*, E. C. Montoto, Y. Liu, S. Li, K. Schwieter, J. Rodriquez-Lopez, J. S. Moore, C. M. Schroeder, “Intrachain Charge Transport through Conjugated Donor-Acceptor Oligomers”, ACS Applied Electronic Materials, 1, 7-12, (2018) 
  18. S. Li and C. M. Schroeder, “Synthesis and Single Molecule Studies of Thermo-responsive DNA Copolymers”, ACS Macro Letters, 7, 281-286 (2018) 
  19. Y. Zhou, B. Li, S. Li, H. A. M. Ardoena, W. L. Wilson, J. D. Tovar, C. M. Schroeder, “Concentration Driven Assembly and Sol-Gel Transition π-Conjugated Oligopeptides”, ACS Central Science, 3, 986- 994 (2017) 
  20. B. Li, L. R. Valverde, F. Zhang, Y. Zhou, S. Li, Y. Diao, W. L. Wilson, C. M. Schroeder, “Macroscopic Alignment and Assembly of π-conjugated Oligopeptides using Colloidal Microchannels”, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 9, 41586-41593 (2017) 
  21. B. Li, S. Li, Y. Zhou, H. A. M. Ardona, L. R. Valverde, W. L. Wilson, J. D. Tovar, C. M. Schroeder, “Non-equilibrium Self-assembly of pi-conjugated Oligopeptides in Solution”, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 9, 3977-3984 (2017)