Dr Peiyu Chen

BA (Cantab), MSci (Cantab), DPhil (Oxon)

Department of Materials Science and Engineering

University Teacher

p.chen@sheffield.ac.uk

Sir Robert Hadfield Building

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Dr Peiyu Chen
Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Sir Robert Hadfield Building
Mappin Street
Sheffield
S1 3JD

Profile

Peiyu Chen was appointed a University Teacher by the Department of Materials Science and Engineering in 2021.

Peiyu obtained her BA and MSci degrees (Hons) in Natural Sciences from the University of Cambridge in 2014, specialising in Materials Science. She then worked as a Graduate Engineer at Morgan Advanced Materials PLC for one year (2014–2015). After this Peiyu completed her DPhil in Materials at the University of Oxford (2015–2019), during which she worked on the synthesis and characterisation of two-dimensional nanocrystals.

From 2019 to 2021, Peiyu continued at Oxford, working on the surface science of solid-state lithium batteries. During this time, Peiyu was awarded a David Cockayne Junior Research Fellowship and several College Lectureships. She was voted Best Departmental Lecturer and won a Departmental Recognition Award for outstanding lecturing performance.

Publications

Journal articles

Chen P, Silly F, Zhao Y & Castell MR (2022) Transition volumes from multiply twinned particles to single crystals of supported Ag and Au nanoparticles. Applied Physics Letters, 121(6), 061604-061604.
Gao Y, Chen P & Castell MR (2022) Encapsulated Pd crystals on anatase supports: High precision determination of the titanate overlayer moiré structure. Surface Science, 715, 121941-121941.
Chen P, Gao Y & Castell MR (2020) Experimental determination of the {111}/{001} surface energy ratio for Pd crystals. Applied Physics Letters, 117(10), 101601-101601.
Massabuau FC-P, Horton MK, Pearce E, Hammersley S, Chen P, Zielinski MS, Weatherley TFK, Divitini G, Edwards PR, Kappers MJ , McAleese C et al (2019) Optical and structural properties of dislocations in InGaN. Journal of Applied Physics, 125(16), 165701-165701.
Chen P, Xu W, Gao Y, Holdway P, Warner JH & Castell MR (2019) Thermal Degradation of Monolayer MoS2 on SrTiO3 Supports. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 123(6), 3876-3885.
Chen P, Xu W, Gao Y, Warner JH & Castell MR (2018) Epitaxial Growth of Monolayer MoS2 on SrTiO3 Single Crystal Substrates for Applications in Nanoelectronics. ACS Applied Nano Materials, 1(12), 6976-6988.
Massabuau FC-P, Chen P, Horton MK, Rhode SL, Ren CX, O'Hanlon TJ, Kovács A, Kappers MJ, Humphreys CJ, Dunin-Borkowski RE & Oliver RA (2017) Carrier localization in the vicinity of dislocations in InGaN. Journal of Applied Physics, 121(1), 013104-013104.
Pasta M, Armstrong D, Brown ZL, Bu J, Castell MR, Chen P, Cocks A, Corr SA, Cussen EJ, Darnbrough E , Deshpande V et al () 2020 roadmap on solid-state batteries. Journal of Physics: Energy, 2(3), 032008-032008.
Chen P, Gao Y & Castell MR () Thermodynamics driving the strong metal–support interaction: Titanate encapsulation of supported Pd nanocrystals. Physical Review Materials, 5(7).
Chen P, Murugappan K & Castell MR () Shapes of epitaxial gold nanocrystals on SrTiO3 substrates. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 22(8), 4416-4428.

Conference proceedings papers

Massabuau F, Rhode S, Horton M, O'Hanlon T, Kovacs A, Zielinski M, Kappers MJ, Dunin-Borkowski R, Humphreys CJ, Oliver RA & Chen P (2018) Alloy fluctuations at dislocations in III-nitrides: identification and impact on optical properties. Gallium Nitride Materials and Devices XIII, 27 January 2018 - 1 February 2018.

Teaching activities

GEE105 Introduction to Materials Science and Engineering

MAT3331 Industrial Training Programme - Nuclear Materials

MAT4900 / MAT6900 Advanced Nuclear Systems