Faculty Profiles

Jie Liu
Jie Liu
George Barth Geller Distinguished Professor of Chemistry
Office: 
2105 French Science Center, Durham, NC 27708
Phone: 
(919) 660-1549
Fax: 
(919) 660-1605
j.liu@duke.edu
Liu Research Group
Research Interests: 

Dr. Liu’s research interests are focusing on the chemistry and material science of nanoscale materials. Specific topics in his current research program include: Self-assembly of nanostructures; Preparation and chemical functionalization of single walled carbon nanotubes; Developing carbon nanotube based chemical and biological sensors; SPM based fabrication and modification of functional nanostructures.

Overview

Education:

Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department Of Chemistry, Rice University 1996 - 1999

Ph.D., Harvard University 1996

M.S., Shandong University (China) 1990

B.S., Shandong University (China) 1987

Research Areas:
Inorganic, Nanoscience and Materials

Su, M., et al. “A scalable CVD method for the synthesis of single-walled carbon nanotubes with high catalyst productivity.” Chemical Physics Letters, vol. 322, no. 5, May 2000, pp. 321–26. Scopus, doi:10.1016/S0009-2614(00)00422-X. Full Text

Kuznetsova, A., et al. “Enhancement of adsorption inside of single-walled nanotubes: Opening the entry ports.” Chemical Physics Letters, vol. 321, no. 3–4, Apr. 2000, pp. 292–96. Scopus, doi:10.1016/S0009-2614(00)00341-9. Full Text

Mawhinney, D. B., et al. “Infrared spectral evidence for the etching of carbon nanotubes: Ozone oxidation at 298 K [7].” Journal of the American Chemical Society, vol. 122, no. 10, Mar. 2000, pp. 2383–84. Scopus, doi:10.1021/ja994094s. Full Text

Kuznetsova, A., et al. “Physical adsorption of xenon in open single walled carbon nanotubes: observation of a quasi-one-dimensional confined Xe phase.” Journal of Chemical Physics, vol. 112, no. 21, Jan. 2000, pp. 9590–98. Scopus, doi:10.1063/1.481575. Full Text

Su, Ming, and Jie Liu. “High Yield CVD method for Large Scale preparation of Single Walled Carbon Nanotube.” Chemical Physics Letters, vol. 322, 2000, pp. 321–26.

Boul, P. J., et al. “Reversible sidewall functionalization of buckytubes.” Chemical Physics Letters, vol. 310, no. 3–4, Sept. 1999, pp. 367–72. Scopus, doi:10.1016/S0009-2614(99)00713-7. Full Text

Walters, D. A., et al. “Elastic strain of freely suspended single-wall carbon nanotube ropes.” Applied Physics Letters, vol. 74, no. 25, June 1999, pp. 3803–05. Scopus, doi:10.1063/1.124185. Full Text

Mickelson, E. T., et al. “Solvation of fluorinated single-wall carbon nanotubes in alcohol solvents.” Journal of Physical Chemistry B, vol. 103, no. 21, May 1999, pp. 4318–22. Scopus, doi:10.1021/jp9845524. Full Text

Ye, Y., et al. “Hydrogen adsorption and cohesive energy of single-walled carbon nanotubes.” Applied Physics Letters, vol. 74, no. 16, Apr. 1999, pp. 2307–09. Scopus, doi:10.1063/1.123833. Full Text

Liu, J., et al. “Controlled deposition of individual single-walled carbon nanotubes on chemically functionalized templates.” Chemical Physics Letters, vol. 303, no. 1–2, Apr. 1999, pp. 125–29. Scopus, doi:10.1016/S0009-2614(99)00209-2. Full Text

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