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, 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.

Zhang, J., et al. “Creation of nanocrystals through a solid-solid phase transition induced by an STM tip.” Science, vol. 274, no. 5288, Nov. 1996, pp. 757–61. Scopus, doi:10.1126/science.274.5288.757. Full Text

Liu, J., and C. M. Lieber. “Electron tunneling microscopy: A direct probe of metal substitution in BiSrCaCuO superconductors.” Inorganica Chimica Acta, vol. 243, no. 1–2, Feb. 1996, pp. 305–08. Scopus, doi:10.1016/0020-1693(95)04920-7. Full Text

Lieber, C. M., et al. “Understanding and Manipulating Inorganic Materials with Scanning Probe Microscopes.” Angewandte Chemie (International Edition in English), vol. 35, no. 7, Jan. 1996, pp. 686–704. Scopus, doi:10.1002/anie.199606861. Full Text

Liu, J., et al. “Probing complex low-dimensional solids with scanning probe microscopes: From charge density waves to high-temperature superconductivity.” Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology B: Microelectronics and Nanometer Structures, vol. 14, no. 2, Jan. 1996, pp. 1064–69. Scopus, doi:10.1116/1.588401. Full Text

Liu, J., and Charles M. Lieber. “Surface structure of Pb doped Bi-2201 single crystals Studied by STM.” Inorg. Chim. Acta., vol. 243, 1996.

Dai, H., et al. “Simultaneous Observation of Columnar Defects and Magnetic Flux Lines in High-Temperature Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8 Superconductors.” Science (New York, N.Y.), vol. 265, no. 5178, Sept. 1994, pp. 1552–55. Epmc, doi:10.1126/science.265.5178.1552. Full Text

Yoon, S., et al. “Surface pinning as a determinant of the bulk flux-line lattice structure in copper oxide superconductors.” Science (New York, N.Y.), vol. 265, no. 5169, July 1994, pp. 215–18. Epmc, doi:10.1126/science.265.5169.215. Full Text

Liu, J., et al. “Intrinsic features of Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+ delta tunneling spectra: Scaling and symmetry of the energy gap.” Physical Review. B, Condensed Matter, vol. 49, no. 9, Mar. 1994, pp. 6234–38. Epmc, doi:10.1103/physrevb.49.6234. Full Text

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