Wei Lai
Contact Information
Phone:
(517) 355-5126
Email:
laiwei@msu.edu
Associate Professor
Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
Biography
Wei Lai obtained his PhD in Materials Science at California Institute of Technology. Before joining MSU in 2009, he was a postdoctoral associate at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. His research interests focus on the study of materials for energy through integrated experimental and computational efforts.
Education
- Ph.D., Materials Science, California Institute of Technology 2007
- M.S., Materials Science, California Institute of Technology 2004
- B.S., Materials Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China 1998
Research Interests
- Study of Materials for Energy Through Integrated Experimental and Computational Efforts
Research Lab
Wei Lai GroupSelected Publications
- J. Li, D.P. Weller, D.T. Morelli, W. Lai, W. "Density-functional theory based molecular dynamics simulation of tetrahedrite thermoelectrics: Effect of cell size and basis sets," Computational Materials Science 144, 315-321 7 (2018).
- R. Shanmugam, Q. Chen, W. Lai, "Structural study of Na2/3[Ni⅓Ti⅔] O2 using neutron diffraction and atomistic simulations," Solid State Ionics 314, 17-24 (2018).
- M.J. Klenk, W. Lai, "Effect of exchange-correlation functionals on the density functional theory simulation of phase transformation of fast-ion conductors: A case study in the Li garnet oxide Li7 La3 Zr2 O12," Computational Materials Science 134, 132-136 (2017).
- M.J. Klenk, S.E. Boeberitz, J. Dai, N.H. Jalarvo, V.K. Peterson, W. Lai, "Lithium self-diffusion in a model lithium garnet oxide Li5 La3 Ta2 O12: A combined quasi-elastic neutron scattering and molecular dynamics study," Solid State Ionics 312, 1-7 (2017).
