Miaofang Chi

Professor in the Thomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science

Chi's research interest is on designing better materials by advancing our knowledge of the behavior of atoms, electrons, and ions in materials using novel electron microscopy, for applications in energy, sustainability, and microelectronics.

Appointments and Affiliations

  • Professor in the Thomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science

Contact Information

Education

  • Ph.D. University of California, Davis, 2008

Courses Taught

  • ME 758S: Curricular Practical Training
  • ME 555: Advanced Topics in Mechanical Engineering

Representative Publications

  • Kim, Young-Hoon, Fehmi Sami Yasin, Na Yeon Kim, Max Birch, Xiuzhen Yu, Akiko Kikkawa, Yasujiro Taguchi, Jiaqiang Yan, and Miaofang Chi. “Ultralow-temperature cryogenic transmission electron microscopy using a new helium flow cryostat stage.” Ultramicroscopy 280 (February 2026): 114263. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ultramic.2025.114263.
  • Yang, F. Z., K. F. Luo, Weizhe Zhang, Xiaoyu Guo, W. R. Meier, H. Ni, H. X. Li, et al. “Incommensurate Transverse Peierls Transition and Signature of Chiral Charge Density Wave in EuAl4.” Nature Communications 16, no. 1 (November 2025): 10401. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-65374-y.
  • Ni, Haoyang, Fehmi S. Yasin, Andrew F. May, Miaofang Chi, and Jian-Min Zuo. “Magnetic Phase Diagram of 2D Magnet Fe5-xGeTe2 Revealed by Cryogenic Lorentz 4D-STEM.” Nano Letters 25, no. 39 (October 2025): 14256–63. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.5c02690.
  • Smith, Jacob, Hwangsun Kim, Ke An, Yan Chen, Ondrej Dyck, Kate Reidy, and Miaofang Chi. “Unraveling Materials Synthesis Mechanisms Using In Situ Transmission Electron Microscopy and Neutron Scattering.” Chemical Reviews 125, no. 18 (September 2025): 8731–63. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemrev.5c00063.
  • Ghanbari, Reza, Harikrishnan Kp, Kinnary Patel, Hua Zhou, Tao Zhou, Rui Liu, Liyan Wu, et al. “Strain-induced lead-free morphotropic phase boundary.” Nature Communications 16, no. 1 (August 2025): 7766. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-63041-w.