2003年1月-迄今，东南大学，机械学院，教授

2007年7月-2007年12月，美国加州大学，圣巴巴拉分校，访问学者

2002年10月-2002年11月，瑞士苏黎世高工（ETH），访问学者

2001年01月-2002年03月，美国加州大学伯克利分校，机械系，Arun Majumdar实验室，Postdoctoral Research

2000年09月-2001年01月，美国加州大学伯克利分校，机械系，田长霖实验室，Postdoctoral Research

1998年-2002年，东南大学，机械工程系，副教授

1995年-1998年，东南大学，机械工程系，讲师

1. Zhao, Y., L. Yang, C.H. Liu, Q. Zhang, Y.F. Chen, J.K. Yang, and D.Y. Li, Kink effects on thermal transport in silicon nanowires. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 2019. 137: p. 573-578.

2. Yu, H.Y., Z.W. Li, Y. Tao, J.J. Sha, and Y.F. Chen, Thermal Bubble Nucleation in Graphene Nanochannels. Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2019. 123(6): p. 3482-3490.

3. Yang, L., Y. Tao, J.Y. Liu, C.H. Liu, Q. Zhang, M. Akter, Y. Zhao, T.T. Xu, Y.Q. Xu, Z.Q. Mao, Y.F. Chen, and D.Y. Li, Distinct Signatures of Electron-Phonon Coupling Observed in the Lattice Thermal Conductivity of NbSe3 Nanowires. Nano Letters, 2019. 19(1): p. 415-421.

4. Wei, Z.Y., F. Yang, K.D. Bi, J.K. Yang, and Y.F. Chen, Tuning the interfacial thermal conductance via the anisotropic elastic properties of graphite. Carbon, 2019. 144: p. 109-115.

5. Wei, Z.Y., F. Yang, K.D. Bi, J.K. Yang, and Y.F. Chen, Tuning the interfacial thermal conductance via the anisotropic elastic properties of graphite. Carbon, 2019. 144: p. 109-115.

6. Wang, J.L., C.K. Mao, Z.Z. Wu, W. Xi, Y.F. Zhao, R. Xia, J.K. Yang, and Y.F. Chen, Reduction of electrical conductivity in Ag nanowires induced by low-energy electron beam irradiation. Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids, 2019. 124: p. 89-93.

7. Si, W., Y. Zhang, G.S. Wu, Y.J. Kan, Y. Zhang, J.J. Sha, and Y.F. Chen, Discrimination of Protein Amino Acid or Its Protonated State at Single-Residue Resolution by Graphene Nanopores. Small, 2019. 15(14).

8. Si, W., Y. Zhang, J.J. Sha, and Y.F. Chen, Mechanisms of pressure-induced water infiltration process through graphene nanopores. Molecular Simulation, 2019. 45(6): p. 518-524.

9. Mo, J.W., J.J. Sha, D.K. Li, Z.G. Li, and Y.F. Chen, Fluid release pressure for nanochannels: the Young-Laplace equation using the effective contact angle. Nanoscale, 2019. 11(17): p. 8408-8415.

10. Ma, J., K. Li, Z.W. Li, Y.H. Qiu, W. Si, Y.Y. Ge, J.J. Sha, L. Liu, X. Xie, H. Yi, Z.H. Ni, D.Y. Li, and Y.F. Chen, Drastically Reduced Ion Mobility in a Nanopore Due to Enhanced Pairing and Collisions between Dehydrated Ions. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2019. 141(10): p. 4264-4272.

11. Liu, C.H., Y.F. Chen, and C. Dames, Electric-Field-Controlled Thermal Switch in Ferroelectric Materials Using First-Principles Calculations and Domain-Wall Engineering. Physical Review Applied, 2019. 11(4).

12. Chen, Min; Yang, Juekuan; Gao, Yandong; Chen, Yunfei; Li, Deyu, Molecular Dynamics Studies of Homogeneous and Heterogeneous Thermal Bubble Nucleation , JOURNAL OF HEAT TRANSFER-TRANSACTIONS OF THE ASME ,Volume: 136 ,Issue: 4 , Article Number: 041502 ,DOI: 10.1115/ 1.4026010, Published: APR 2014

13. Wei, Zhiyong; Yang, Juekuan; Chen, Weiyu ; Bi, Kedong; Li, Deyu; Chen, Yunfei, Phonon mean free path of graphite along the c-axis, APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS , Volume: 104 ,Issue: 8,Article Number: 081903, DOI: 10.1063/1.4866416, Published: FEB 24 2014

14. Wei, Zhiyong， Chen, Yunfei， Dames, Chris*，Negative correlation between in-plane bonding strength and cross-plane thermal conductivity in a model layered material,  APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS, 102(1),011901, 2013.

15. Yu Jing， Kan Yajing， Rapp Michael， Danner Eric，Wei Wei，Das Saurabh， Miller Dusty R, Chen Yunfei， Waite J. Herbert， Israelachvili Jacob N.*， Adaptive hydrophobic and hydrophilic interactions of mussel foot proteins with organic thin films，PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA，110（39），15680-15685，2013.

16. Jiapeng Li, Yan Zhang, Juekuan Yang, Kedong Bi, Zhonghua Ni,Deyu Li, and Yunfei Chen，Molecular dynamics study of DNA translocation through graphene nanopores，PHYSICAL REVIEW E 87, 062707 (2013)。

17. Chunwei Zhang, Weiwei Zhao, Kedong Bi, Jian Ma, Jianli Wang, Zhenhua Ni, Zhonghua Ni, Yunfei Chen，Heat conduction across metal and nonmetal interface containing imbedded graphene layers，CARBON 64， 61-66，2013。

18. Gu, YF , Ni, ZH ,Chen, MH , Chen YF*, The Phonon Thermal Conductivity of Single-Layer Graphene From Complete Phonon Dispersion Relations, JOURNAL OF HEAT TRANSFER-TRANSACTIONS OF THE ASME, 134(6), 062401_(1-9), 2012.

19. Li, D, Wu, GS ,  Wang, YD , Liu, D, Zhang, DC, Chen, Yunfei, Peterson, GP , Yang, R* , Enhancing Flow Boiling Heat Transfer in Microchannels for Thermal Management with Monolithically-Integrated Silicon Nanowires，Nano Letters, 12（7），3385-3390， 2012

20. Juekuan Yang, Yang Yang, Scott W. Waltermire, XiaoxiaWu, Haitao Zhang, Timothy Gutu, Youfei Jiang, Yunfei Chen, Alfred A. Zinn, Ravi Prasher*, Terry T. Xu* and Deyu Li*, Enhanced and switchable nanoscale thermal conduction due to van der Waals interfaces, Nature Nanotechnology, 7,91-95, 2012.

21. Zhiyong Wei, Zhonghua Ni, Kedong Bi, Minhua Chen, Yunfei Chen, In-plane lattice thermal conductivities of multilayer graphene films, CARBON 49 (2011) 2653–2658.

22. Zhiyong Wei, Zhonghua Ni, Kedong Bi, Minhua Chen, Yunfei Chen, Interfacial thermal resistance in multilayer graphene structures, Physics Letters A 375 (2011) 1195–1199.

23. Juekuan Yang, Yang, Yang , Waltermire, Scott W., Gutu, Timothy, Zinn, Alfred A., Xu, Terry T., Yunfei Chen, Deyu Li*, Measurement of the Intrinsic Thermal Conductivity of a Multiwalled Carbon Nanotube and Its Contact Thermal Resistance with the Substrate, SMALL, Vol 7 (16) 2334-2340,  DOI: 10.1002/smll.201100429, 2011.

24. Juekuan Yang, Scott Waltermire, Yunfei Chen, Alfred A. Zinn, Terry T. Xu, and Deyu Li，Contact thermal resistance between individual multiwall carbon nanotubes,  Applied Physics Letters, 96, 023109, 2010.

25. Dongyan Xu, Yongsheng Leng, Yunfei Chen, Deyu Li, Water structures near charged[100]and [111]silicon surfaces, Applied Physics Letters, 94, 201901,2009.

26. Yanyan Ge, Dongyan Xu, Juekuan Yang, Yunfei Chen, Deyu Li, Ionic current through a nanopore three nanometers in diameter, Physical Review E, 80， 021918， 2009

27. Hao Bu, Yunfei Chen, Min Zou, Hong Yi, Kedong Bi, Zhonghua Ni, Atomistic simulations of mechanical properties of graphene nanoribbons, Physical Letters A, 373, 3359-3362, 2009

28. Zeng HB, Pesika N, Tian Y, Zhao BX, Chen YF, Tirrell M, Turner KL, Israelachvili JN, Frictional Adhesion of Patterned Surfaces and Implications for Gecko and Biomimetic Systems, LANGMUIR   25(13), 7486-7495, 2009 

29. Boxin Zhao, Noshir Pesika, Hongbo Zeng, Zhensong Wei, Yunfei Chen, Kellar Autumn, Kimberly Turner, and Jacob Israelachvili, Role of Tilted Adhesion Fibrils (Setae) in the Adhesion and Locomotion of Gecko-like Systems， Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 113(12) 3615-3621, 2009.

30. Yue Zhang, Yunfei Chen, Kedong Bi, Juekuan Yang, Zhonghua Ni and Yujuan Wang, Interface slip and the build up of hydrodynamic pressure in nanoscale bearings, Physica B, Condensed Matter Physics, 404，231-234， 2009.

31. Yunfei Chen, Juekuan Yang, Xiaohui Wang, Zhonghua Ni and Deyu Li, Temperature dependence of frictional force in carbon nanotube oscillators, Nanotechnology, 20(3), 035704_(1-6), 2009.

32. Yunfei Chen, Zhonghua Ni, Guiming Wang, Dongyan Xu and Deyu Li, Electroosmotic Flow in Nanotubes with High Surface Charge Densities, Nano Letters, 8(1), 42-48, 2008

33. Yunfei Chen, Deyu Li, Juekuan Yang, Yujuan Wang and Han Hu, Interface effects on lattice thermal conductivities of superlattices, Journal of Computational and Theoretical Nanoscience, 5(2), 157-164, 2008

34. Yunfeng Gu and Yunfei Chen, Thermal conductivities of single-walled carbon nanotubes calculated from the complete phonon dispersion relations, Physical Review B, 76, 134110_(1-9), 2007

35. Dongyan Xu, Deyu Li, Yongsheng Leng and Yunfei Chen, Molecular dynamics simulations of ion distribution in nanochannels, Molecular Simulation, 33(12), 959-963, 2007

36. Yanliang Zhang, Yunfei Chen, Changmeng Gong, Juekuan Yang, Ruiming Qian, and Yujuan Wang，Optimization of Superlattice Thermoelectric Materials and Microcoolers，IEEE, Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems, 16(5), 1113-1119, 2007

37. Juekuan Yang, Yujuan Wang and Yunfei Chen, GPU accelerated molecular dynamics simulation of thermal conductivities, Journal of Computational Physics, 221(2), 799-804, 2007

38. Gutian Zhao, Qiyan Tan, Li Xiang, Di Zhang, Zhonghua Ni*, Hong Yi and Yunfei Chen*，Imaging the condensation and evaporation of molecularly thin ethanol films with surface forces apparatus，Rev. Sci. Instrum. 85 , 013702 (2014)

39. Tan, Qiyan; Zhao, Gutian; Qiu, Yinghua; Kan, Yajing; Ni, Zhonghua; Chen, Yunfei, Experimental Observation of the Ion-Ion Correlation Effects on Charge Inversion and Strong Adhesion between Mica Surfaces in Aqueous Electrolyte Solutions, LANGMUIR, Volume: 30, Issue: 36, Pages: 10845-10854,DOI: 10.1021/la5024357, Published: SEP 16 2014.