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

Liu, Kaihui, et al. “High-throughput optical imaging and spectroscopy of individual carbon nanotubes in devices.” Nature Nanotechnology, vol. 8, no. 12, Dec. 2013, pp. 917–22. Epmc, doi:10.1038/nnano.2013.227. Full Text

Cheng, Yingwen, et al. “Highly efficient oxygen reduction electrocatalysts based on winged carbon nanotubes.” Scientific Reports, vol. 3, Nov. 2013, p. 3195. Epmc, doi:10.1038/srep03195. Full Text

Simmons, J. G., et al. “The dependence of ZnO photoluminescence efficiency on excitation conditions and defect densities.” Applied Physics Letters, vol. 103, no. 20, Nov. 2013. Scopus, doi:10.1063/1.4829745. Full Text

Cheng, Y., et al. “Improving the performance of cobalt-nickel hydroxide-based self-supporting electrodes for supercapacitors using accumulative approaches.” Energy and Environmental Science, vol. 6, no. 11, Nov. 2013, pp. 3314–21. Scopus, doi:10.1039/c3ee41143e. Full Text

Sun, Xiaojing, et al. “In vitro cytotoxicity of silver nanoparticles in primary rat hepatic stellate cells.” Molecular Medicine Reports, vol. 8, no. 5, Nov. 2013, pp. 1365–72. Epmc, doi:10.3892/mmr.2013.1683. Full Text

Lin, Shihong, et al. “Silver nanoparticle-alginate composite beads for point-of-use drinking water disinfection.” Water Research, vol. 47, no. 12, Aug. 2013, pp. 3959–65. Epmc, doi:10.1016/j.watres.2012.09.005. Full Text

Lu, Songtao, et al. “Significantly improved long-cycle stability in high-rate Li-S batteries enabled by coaxial graphene wrapping over sulfur-coated carbon nanofibers.” Nano Letters, vol. 13, no. 6, June 2013, pp. 2485–89. Epmc, doi:10.1021/nl400543y. Full Text

Liedtke, Wolfgang, et al. “Highly conductive carbon nanotube matrix accelerates developmental chloride extrusion in central nervous system neurons by increased expression of chloride transporter KCC2.” Small, vol. 9, no. 7, Apr. 2013, pp. 1066–75. Pubmed, doi:10.1002/smll.201201994. Full Text

Foreman, J. V., et al. “Localized excitons mediate defect emission in ZnO powders.” Journal of Applied Physics, vol. 113, no. 13, Apr. 2013. Scopus, doi:10.1063/1.4798359. Full Text

Peng, Qing, et al. “Solution-processed, antimony-doped tin oxide colloid films enable high-performance TiO2 photoanodes for water splitting.” Nano Letters, vol. 13, no. 4, Apr. 2013, pp. 1481–88. Epmc, doi:10.1021/nl3045525. Full Text

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