Yan Fengyuan, Ph,D,Vice Laboratory Director.
　  Feng-yuan YAN, professor, male, born in Baoding, Hebei Province in Dec. 31, 1964, obtained his BA degree in Solid Physics from the department of Physics, Lanzhou University, in 1985. He received his MS degree and Ph. D degree in Physical Chemistry from the Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences in 1991 and in 1997 respectively. As a Senior Visiting Scholar, he worked at School of Physics & Materials Engineering, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia, from Nov. 2000 to Feb. 2002. His research interests included the tribological behaviors of materials, such as polymer composites, Functional Coatings,Tribological Mechanism,and Tribological Testing Technique. Feng-yuan Yan is the author and co-author of more than 100 papers and the applicant of 6 patents.

Research Direction:
Materials Science, Tribology

Selected Publications:
1.Zhizhong Feng, Fengyuan Yan. Preparation and tribological studies of nanocomposite films fabricated using spin-assisted layer-by-layer assembly. Surface and Coatings Technology, 202: 3290-3297 (2008).
2.Zhizhong Feng, Fengyuan Yan. Preparation and resistivity study of silver nanocomposite films using spin-assisted layer-by-layer assembly. Surface and Interface Analysis, 40: 1523-1528 (2008).
3.Zhizhong Feng, Fengyuan Yan. Preparation of flame sprayed FEP coatings and their tribological properties under water lubrication. Applied Surface Science, 255: 2408-2413 (2008).
4.Gewen Yi, Fengyuan Yan, Mechanical and tribological properties of phenolic resin-based friction composites filled with several inorganic fillers, Wear, 262: 121-129 (2007).
5.Yunxia Wang, Fengyuan Yan. As tudy on tribological behaviour of transfer films of PTFE/bronz composites. Wear, 262: 876-882 (2007).
6.Yunxia Wang, Fengyuan Yan. Tribological properties of transfer films of PTFE-based composites. Wear, 261: 1359-1366 (2006).
7.Gewen Yi and Fengyuan Yan, “Effect of hexagonal boron nitride and calcined petroleum coke on friction and wear behavior of phenolic resin-based friction composites”, Materials Science and Engineering A, 425, 330-338 (2006).
8.Hongling Wang, Haihong Li and Fengyuan Yan, “Synthesis and mechanical properties of metakaolinite-based geopolymer”, Colloids and Surfaces A, 268: 1-6 (2005).
9.Tongbo Wei, Fengyuan Yan and Jun Tian, “Characterization and wear-and corrosion-resistance of microarc oxidation ceramic coatings on aluminum”, Journal of Alloys and compounds, 389: 169-176 (2005).
10.Chenze Qi, Fengyuan Yan, Weimin Liu,  Xudong Sun, Jianmin Chen and Xiaoming Zhang, “Study on preparation and tribological properties of epoxy resin/SiO2 hybrid thin film”, Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 97: 38-43 (2005).
11.Jiansong Zhou and Fengyuan Yan, “Improvement of the tribological behavior of ultra-high-molecular-weight polyethylene by incorporation of poly(phenyl p-hydroxyzoate)”, Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 96: 2336-2343 (2005).
12.Xun Fu, Wei Yu, Yusheng Lin, Debao Wang and Fengyuan Yan, “Preparation of concentrated stable fluids containing silver nanoparticles in nonpolar organic solvent”, Journal of Dispersion Science and Technology, 26: 575-580 (2005).
13.Gang Liu, Yanfeng Li, Fengyuan Yan, Zhenxing Zhao, Lincheng Zhou and Qunji Xue, “Effect of Nanoscale SiO2 and TiO2 as the Fillers on the Mechanical Properties and Aging Behavior of Linear Low-Density Polyethylene/Low-Density Polyethylene Blends”, Journal of Polymers and the Environment, 13(4): 339-348 (2005).
14.Zhi Yang, Bin Dong, Yi Huang, Liang Liu, Fengyuan Yan and Hulin Li, “Enhanced wear resistance and micro-hardness of polystyrene nanocomposites by carbon nanotubes”, Materials Chemistry and Physics, 94: 109-113 (2005).
15.Hongling Wang, Haihong Li and Fengyuan Yan, “Synthesis and tribological behavior of metakaolinite-based geopolymer composites”, Materials Letters, 59: 3976-3981 (2005).
16.Zhi Yang, Bin Dong, Yi Huang, Liang Liu, Fengyuan Yan, Hulin Li, “A study on carbon nanotubes reinforced poly(methyl methacrylate) nanocomposites”, Materials Letters，59(17): 2128-2132 (2005).
17.Jiansong Zhou, Fengyuan Yan, Nong Tian and Jinfang Zhou，“Effect of temperature on the tribologyical and dynamic mechanical properties of liquid crystalline polymer”, Polymer Testing, 24: 270-274 (2005).
18.Hongling Wang, Haihong Li and Fengyuan Yan, “Reduction in wear of metakaolinite-based geopolymer composite through filling of P”，Wear，258: 1562-1566 (2005).

Contact Information:
Tel:0931-4968185
E-mail:fyyan@licp.cas.cn
Fax:0931-8277088
Personal website:http://www.lsl.ac.cn/English/detail.asp?LMID=22&ID=424
Postal code;730000
Address:No.18，Tianshui Middle Road，Lanzhou，P.R.China