Le Yu

Dr Le Yu

Lecturer

School of Chemical Engineering

College of Engineering and Information Technology

Eligible to supervise Masters and PhD - email supervisor to discuss availability.

My research focus on fabrication of lightweight and non-lead 2D composite materials for the high-performance radiation shielding application. During her PhD, she had 9 papers as first author, 5 papers as co-author and 1 national patent. After her PhD, she joined as a postdoctoral position in ARC graphene hub in School of CEAM. Her research interests include 2D nanomaterials, polymers, and nanocomposites for radiation shielding applications. In late of 2022-2023, she joined as a postdoctoral researcher for HILT-CRC Project, and her research interests on assessing carbon utilization, and recycling opportunities for the Australian heavy industry sectors from a regional hub perspective. Later, she has joined as senior postdoctoral researcher in the field of renewable (sustainable) energy using low-carbon plasma technology to produce ammonia as energy carrier and fertiliser. Currently, she has moved onto the new project ‘Plant for Space’ within the same group.

Date Position Institution name
2022 - ongoing Postdoctoral Research Fellow University of Adelaide

Date Institution name Country Title
2018 - 2022 University of Adelaide Australia Dr

Year Citation
2025 Escribà-Gelonch, M., Osorio-Tejada, J., Yu, L., Wanten, B., Bogaerts, A., & Hessel, V. (2025). Techno-economic and life-cycle assessment for syngas production using sustainable plasma-assisted methane reforming technologies. Energy & Environmental Science, 18(12), 6043-6062.
DOI Scopus4 WoS5
2025 Keilani, A., Arshad, M. Y., Yu, L., Osorio-Tejada, J. L., Gruber-Woelfler, H., Tran, N. N., & Hessel, V. (2025). Novel Incorporation of Environmental Social Governance Ratings for Premarket and Established Chemical Process Technologies. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 13(22), 8342-8362.
DOI Scopus1 WoS1
2025 Su, Y., Li, X., Zheng, D., Andreasson, J., Wang, H., Yu, L., . . . Fang, Y. (2025). Tuning the photocaged spiropyran photoswitch with a sterically hindered adamantane group: releasing the stable merocyanine. CHEMICAL SCIENCE, 16(48), 23121-23128.
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2025 Lu, Y., Wang, W., Yu, L., Zhao, Y. -Q., Chen, Y., Guo, Y., . . . Zhou, Y. (2025). Unveiling phosphofructokinase as the key target: an innovative strategy combining pull-down assays with optical imaging for snail-killing mechanism exploration. SCIENCE CHINA-CHEMISTRY, 68(7), 3191-3199.
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2025 Zhang, B., Liu, Z., Cheng, J., Yu, L., Zhang, Z., Li, J., . . . Feng, P. (2025). In situ synthesis of Fe-Mo alloys via synergistic smelting of copper slag and spent MoSi2 rods: Phase transformation and decomposition mechanism of MoSi2. JOURNAL OF MATERIALS RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY-JMR&T, 39, 1053-1066.
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2025 Xue, M., Xiao, B., Yu, L., Zhai, G., & Lei, Y. (2025). A theoretical investigation on the excited-state decay and anti-kasha fluorescence of phenanthrene dithiadiazolyl radical. CHEMICAL PHYSICS LETTERS, 877, 10 pages.
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2025 Chen, K., Zhou, J., Xu, C. C., Fang, Z., Yu, L., Chen, C., & Qiu, X. (2025). Phosphorylation-assisted cell wall engineering enables ultra-strong, highly ion-conductive bio-membranes for high-power salinity gradient energy harvesting. MATERIALS HORIZONS, 12(20), 8481-8493.
DOI WoS2
2024 Qiao, X., Zhu, Z., Zhang, Y., Yu, L., Zhang, D., Zhang, J., . . . Zeng, W. (2024). Study on the Electric Field Distribution Characteristics of 66 kV Dry-Type Transformer Based on Functional Graded Material (FGM) Treatment. ENERGIES, 17(22), 12 pages.
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2024 Yu, L., Keilani, A., Tran, N. N., Escribà-Gelonch, M., Goodsite, M., Sandhu, S., . . . Hessel, V. (2024). ESG assessment methodology for emerging technologies: plasma versus conventional technology for ammonia production.. RSC Sustain, 3(3), 1102-1113.
DOI Scopus3 WoS4
2023 Yu, L., Yap, P. L., Santos, A. M. C., Tran, D. N. H., & Losic, D. (2023). Lightweight polyester fabric with elastomeric bismuth titanate composite for high-performing lead-free X-ray shielding. Radiation Physics and Chemistry, 205, 110726-1-110726-9.
DOI Scopus17 WoS15
2023 Yu, L., Adamson, P., Lay Yap, P., Tung, T., Makar, S., Turra, M., . . . Losic, D. (2023). From Biowaste to Lab-Bench: Low-Cost Magnetic Iron Oxide Nanoparticles for RNA Extraction and SARS-CoV-2 Diagnostics. Biosensors, 13(2), 196.
DOI Scopus13 WoS11 Europe PMC8
2023 Yu, L., Nine, M. J., Tung, T. T., Pereira, A. L. C., Hassan, K., Tran, D., . . . Losic, D. (2023). Revealing enhanced X-Ray radiation shielding of 2D layered materials and their laminar heterostructures. Graphene and 2D Materials, 8(3-4), 151-159.
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2022 Wilkinson, K. L., Ristic, R., Szeto, C., Capone, D. L., Yu, L., & Losic, D. (2022). Novel use of activated carbon fabric to mitigate smoke taint in grapes and wine. Australian Journal of Grape and Wine Research, 28(3), 500-507.
DOI Scopus8 WoS7
2022 Nine, M. J., Yu, L., Pereira, A. L. C., Batmunkh, M., Hassan, K., Santos, A. M. C., . . . Losic, D. (2022). Laminated antimonene as an alternative and efficient shielding strategy against X-ray radiation. Applied Materials Today, 29, 1-8.
DOI Scopus6 WoS8
2022 Yu, L., Yap, P. L., Santos, A., Tran, D., Hassan, K., Ma, J., & Losic, D. (2022). Graphene and Hexagonal Boron Nitride in Molybdenum Disulfide/Epoxy Composites for Significant X-ray Shielding Enhancement. ACS Applied Nano Materials, 5(9), 12196-12208.
DOI Scopus11 WoS11
2021 Yu, L., Pereira, A. L. C., Tran, D. N. H., Santos, A. M. C., & Losic, D. (2021). Bismuth Oxide Films for X-ray shielding: effects of particle size and structural morphology. Materials Chemistry and Physics, 260, 1-7.
DOI Scopus40 WoS34
2021 Yu, L., Yap, P. L., Tran, N., Santos, A. M. C., & Losic, D. (2021). High-yield preparation of edge-functionalized and water dispersible few-layers of hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) by direct wet chemical exfoliation. Nanotechnology, 32(40), 1-11.
DOI Scopus23 WoS21 Europe PMC6
2021 Yu, L., Yap, P. L., Santos, A., Tran, D., & Losic, D. (2021). Lightweight bismuth titanate (Bi₄Ti₃O₁₂) nanoparticle-epoxy composite for advanced lead-free X-ray radiation shielding. ACS Applied Nano Materials, 4(7), 7471-7478.
DOI Scopus60 WoS48
2021 Rastin, H., Mansouri, N., Tung, T. T., Hassan, K., Mazinani, A., Ramezanpour, M., . . . Losic, D. (2021). Converging 2D nanomaterials and 3D bioprinting technology: state-of-the-art, challenges, and potential outlook in biomedical applications. Advanced Healthcare Materials, 10(22), e2101439-1-e2101439-50.
DOI Scopus29 WoS28 Europe PMC10
2021 Hassan, K., Stanley, N., Tung, T. T., Yap, P. L., Rastin, H., Yu, L., & Losic, D. (2021). Extrusion-Printed CNT–Graphene Sensor Array with Embedded MXene/PEDOT:PSS Heater for Enhanced NO₂ Sensing at Low Temperature. Advanced Materials Interfaces, 8(24), 2101175-1-2101175-12.
DOI Scopus20 WoS19
2020 Wang, H., Tran, D., Moussa, M., Stanley, N. J., Tung, T. T., Yu, L., . . . Losic, D. (2020). Improved preparation of MoS₂/graphene composites and their inks for supercapacitors applications. Materials Science and Engineering: B, 262, 114700-1-114700-10.
DOI Scopus51 WoS44
2020 Hassan, K., Nine, M. J., Tung, T. T., Stanley, N., Yap, P. L., Rastin, H., . . . Losic, D. (2020). Functional inks and extrusion-based 3D printing of 2D materials: a review of current research and applications. Nanoscale, 12(37), 1-36.
DOI Scopus125 WoS110 Europe PMC31
2018 Yu, L., Tran, D., Forward, P., Lambert, M., & Losic, D. (2018). The hydrothermal processing of iron oxides from bacterial biofilm waste as new nanomaterials for broad applications. RSC Advances, 8(61), 34848-34852.
DOI Scopus6 WoS5 Europe PMC4
- Gong, R., Qu, Y., Liu, J., Zhang, X., Zhou, L., Tian, Z., . . . Chen, W. (2025). A two-metalloenzyme cascade constructs the azetidine-containing pharmacophore. NATURE CHEMISTRY, 27 pages.
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- Sil, M., Goswami, A., Mukherjee, N., Ghosh, A., Dhar, A., Ratnaparkhi, P., . . . Hessel, V. (n.d.). Synergistic Effects of Mcm-48 and Mcm-41 Nanoparticles with Bacillus Coagulans on Vigna Radiata Growth: Earth-Based Innovations Inspired by Space.

She has more than 5-year teaching experience across the field of food engineering and chemical engineering. Currently, she is a lecturer in School of CE, coordinating ‘Food Engineering’ for second-year undergraduates and ‘Food Processing and Safety’ as a core course for postgraduates. She also provides teaching assistance for the courses including ‘Research Project’, ‘Unit Operation’, ‘Materials I’ and ‘Introduction to Process Engineering’. This year (2024), she has been appointed as Deputy Head of Outreach Activity from School of CE.She has more than 5-year teaching experience across the field of food engineering and chemical engineering. Currently, she is a lecturer in School of CE, coordinating ‘Food Engineering’ for second-year undergraduates and ‘Food Processing and Safety’ as a core course for postgraduates. She also provides teaching assistance for the courses including ‘Research Project’, ‘Unit Operation’, ‘Materials I’ and ‘Introduction to Process Engineering’. This year (2024), she has been appointed as Deputy Head of Outreach Activity from School of CE.

Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name
2025 Co-Supervisor Optimization and scale-up of the pharmaceutical processes for the production of parthenolide Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Jonah Lennox
2025 Co-Supervisor Regulation on photocatalyst for Energy-Related Reaction Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Miss Rida Rafi
2025 Co-Supervisor Photocatalysts for converting carbon dioxide into high-value-added fuel Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Jinpeng Zhang
2025 Co-Supervisor Construction of Honeycomb like: ZnIn2S4-g-C3N4 Heterojunction for Superior Photocatalytic CO2 Reduction Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Afzal Ali
2025 Co-Supervisor Development of Analyte sensitive Fluorescent Aerogels for Space Applications. Doctor of Philosophy under a Jointly-awarded Degree Agreement with Doctorate Full Time Miss Alexandra Nia Thomas
2025 Co-Supervisor Whole Organism Analytics using Free-Living Nematodes - Astropharmacy Doctor of Philosophy under a Jointly-awarded Degree Agreement with Doctorate Full Time Miss Laura Jasmine Beckett
2025 Co-Supervisor Engineering Process development for filtration and finishing steps in Parthenolide Industrial Production Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Anh Duy Nguyen
2025 Co-Supervisor Feasibility study and process engineering insights into parthenolide stability and formulation for development of industrial production informed by physicochemical profiling Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mrs Yaxin Wang
2025 Co-Supervisor Engineering Process development for filtration and finishing steps in Parthenolide Industrial Production Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Anh Duy Nguyen
2025 Co-Supervisor Development of Analyte sensitive Fluorescent Aerogels for Space Applications. Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Miss Alexandra Nia Thomas
2025 Co-Supervisor Construction of Honeycomb like: ZnIn2S4-g-C3N4 Heterojunction for Superior Photocatalytic CO2 Reduction Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Afzal Ali
2025 Co-Supervisor Regulation on photocatalyst for Energy-Related Reaction Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Miss Rida Rafi
2025 Co-Supervisor Photocatalysts for converting carbon dioxide into high-value-added fuel Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Jinpeng Zhang
2025 Co-Supervisor Whole Organism Analytics using Free-Living Nematodes - Astropharmacy Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Miss Laura Jasmine Beckett
2025 Co-Supervisor Feasibility study and process engineering insights into parthenolide stability and formulation for development of industrial production informed by physicochemical profiling Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mrs Yaxin Wang
2025 Co-Supervisor Optimization and scale-up of the pharmaceutical processes for the production of parthenolide Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Jonah Lennox

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