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

Kwok, Kevin W. H., et al. “Uptake of silver nanoparticles and toxicity to early life stages of Japanese medaka (Oryzias latipes): effect of coating materials.” Aquatic Toxicology (Amsterdam, Netherlands), vol. 120–121, Sept. 2012, pp. 59–66. Epmc, doi:10.1016/j.aquatox.2012.04.012. Full Text

Zhou, Weiwei, et al. “General rules for selective growth of enriched semiconducting single walled carbon nanotubes with water vapor as in situ etchant.” Journal of the American Chemical Society, vol. 134, no. 34, Aug. 2012, pp. 14019–26. Epmc, doi:10.1021/ja3038992. Full Text

Cheng, Yingwen, et al. “Synergistic effects from graphene and carbon nanotubes enable flexible and robust electrodes for high-performance supercapacitors.” Nano Letters, vol. 12, no. 8, Aug. 2012, pp. 4206–11. Epmc, doi:10.1021/nl301804c. Full Text

Ding, L., et al. “Carbon nanotube based ultra-low voltage integrated circuits: Scaling down to 0.4 v.” Applied Physics Letters, vol. 100, no. 26, June 2012. Scopus, doi:10.1063/1.4731776. Full Text

Ding, Li, et al. “Carbon nanotube field-effect transistors for use as pass transistors in integrated logic gates and full subtractor circuits.” Acs Nano, vol. 6, no. 5, May 2012, pp. 4013–19. Epmc, doi:10.1021/nn300320j. Full Text

Qin, H. B., et al. “A passively mode-locked Nd:YVO 4 Laser with a carbon nanotube saturable absorber.” Laser Physics, vol. 22, no. 4, Apr. 2012, pp. 684–87. Scopus, doi:10.1134/S1054660X12040160. Full Text

Yang, Leijing, et al. “Channel-length-dependent transport and photovoltaic characteristics of carbon-nanotube-based, barrier-free bipolar diode.” Acs Applied Materials & Interfaces, vol. 4, no. 3, Mar. 2012, pp. 1154–57. Epmc, doi:10.1021/am201778x. Full Text

Lin, Shihong, et al. “Polymeric coatings on silver nanoparticles hinder autoaggregation but enhance attachment to uncoated surfaces.” Langmuir : The Acs Journal of Surfaces and Colloids, vol. 28, no. 9, Mar. 2012, pp. 4178–86. Epmc, doi:10.1021/la202884f. Full Text

Wu, Ji, et al. “Electrophoretically induced aqueous flow through single-walled carbon nanotube membranes.” Nature Nanotechnology, vol. 7, no. 2, Jan. 2012, pp. 133–39. Epmc, doi:10.1038/nnano.2011.240. Full Text

Ma, Rui, et al. “Size-controlled dissolution of organic-coated silver nanoparticles.” Environmental Science & Technology, vol. 46, no. 2, Jan. 2012, pp. 752–59. Epmc, doi:10.1021/es201686j. Full Text

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