for her pioneering contributions to the study of phonons, electron-phonon interactions, and thermal transport in nanostructures
pointed out that nanotubes can be viewed as arising from the folding of a single sheet of carbon, like a piece of paper that is wrapped at different spiral angles.
predicted that SWNTs could behave like either metals or semiconductors, depending on their chirality.
pioneered Raman spectroscopy as a sensitive tool for the characterization of materials one atomic layer thick, namely carbon nanotubes and graphene.
showed that in nanostructures it is possible to decouple thermal and electrical transport, with significant implications for thermoelectrics and energy use.