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

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

Liu, J., et al. “Fullerene pipes.” Science (New York, N.Y.), vol. 280, no. 5367, May 1998, pp. 1253–56. Epmc, doi:10.1126/science.280.5367.1253. Full Text

Rinzler, A. G., et al. “Large-scale purification of single-wall carbon nanotubes: Process, product, and characterization.” Applied Physics A: Materials Science and Processing, vol. 67, no. 1, Jan. 1998, pp. 29–37. Scopus, doi:10.1007/s003390050734. Full Text

Liu, J., et al. “Fellerene Pipes.” Science, vol. 280, 1998, pp. 1253–56.

Liu, J., et al. “Fullerene 'crop circles'.” Nature, vol. 385, no. 6619, Jan. 1997, pp. 780–81. Scopus, doi:10.1038/385780b0. Full Text

Zhang, J., et al. “Creation of nanocrystals via a tip-induced solid-solid transformation.” Materials Research Society Symposium  Proceedings, vol. 466, Jan. 1997, pp. 89–94.

Lieber, CM, Liu, J, and Sheehan, PE. "Understanding and Manipulating Inorganic Materials with Scanning Probe Microscopes." Angewandte Chemie (International Edition in English) 35.7 (December 1, 1996): 687-704.

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