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

Li, Jinghua, et al. “Selective synthesis of large diameter, highly conductive and high density single-walled carbon nanotubes by a thiophene-assisted chemical vapor deposition method on transparent substrates.” Nanoscale, vol. 8, no. 29, Aug. 2016, pp. 14156–62. Epmc, doi:10.1039/c6nr03642b. Full Text

Kim, C. H. J., et al. “Strong, Machinable Carbon Aerogels for High Performance Supercapacitors.” Advanced Functional Materials, vol. 26, no. 27, July 2016, pp. 4976–83. Scopus, doi:10.1002/adfm.201601010. Full Text

Wang, Y., et al. “Emerging non-lithium ion batteries.” Energy Storage Materials, vol. 4, July 2016, pp. 103–29. Scopus, doi:10.1016/j.ensm.2016.04.001. Full Text

Wang, Xuewen, et al. “Subatomic deformation driven by vertical piezoelectricity from CdS ultrathin films.” Science Advances, vol. 2, no. 7, July 2016, p. e1600209. Epmc, doi:10.1126/sciadv.1600209. Full Text Open Access Copy

Ma, L., et al. “Self-assembled ultrathin NiCo2S4 nanoflakes grown on Ni foam as high-performance flexible electrodes for hydrogen evolution reaction in alkaline solution.” Nano Energy, vol. 24, June 2016, pp. 139–47. Scopus, doi:10.1016/j.nanoen.2016.04.024. Full Text

Liu, S., et al. “The morphology-controlled synthesis of a nanoporous-antimony anode for high-performance sodium-ion batteries.” Energy and Environmental Science, vol. 9, no. 4, Apr. 2016, pp. 1229–36. Scopus, doi:10.1039/c5ee03699b. Full Text

Sun, Pingping, et al. “Li3V2(PO4)3 encapsulated flexible free-standing nanofabric cathodes for fast charging and long life-cycle lithium-ion batteries.” Nanoscale, vol. 8, no. 14, Apr. 2016, pp. 7408–15. Epmc, doi:10.1039/c5nr08832a. Full Text

Zhang, T., et al. “Suppressing the voltage-fading of layered lithium-rich cathode materials via an aqueous binder for Li-ion batteries.” Chemical Communications, vol. 52, no. 25, Mar. 2016, pp. 4683–86. Scopus, doi:10.1039/c5cc10534j. Full Text

Liu, J., and X. Zhu. “Ionic Liquid-Immobilized Expanded Perlite Solid-Phase Extraction for Separation/Analysis of Bisphenol A in Food Packaging Material.” Food Analytical Methods, vol. 9, no. 3, Mar. 2016, pp. 605–13. Scopus, doi:10.1007/s12161-015-0222-7. Full Text

Li, P., et al. “Aligned Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube Arrays from Rhodium Catalysts with Unexpected Diameter Uniformity Independent of the Catalyst Size and Growth Temperature.” Chemistry of Materials, vol. 28, no. 3, Feb. 2016, pp. 870–75. Scopus, doi:10.1021/acs.chemmater.5b04358. Full Text

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