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

Fu, Qiang, and Jie Liu. “Integrated single-walled carbon nanotube/microfluidic devices for the study of the sensing mechanism of nanotube sensors.” The Journal of Physical Chemistry. B, vol. 109, no. 28, July 2005, pp. 13406–08. Epmc, doi:10.1021/jp0525686. Full Text

Fu, Q., et al. “Chemical Vapor Depositions of single walled carbon nanotube thin films and their applications for sensors in aqueous solutions.” Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings, vol. 828, June 2005, pp. 265–70.

Lu, J. Q., et al. “Iron nanoparticles derived from iron-complexed polymethylglutarimide to produce high-quality lithographically defined single-walled carbon nanotubes.” Chemistry of Materials, vol. 17, no. 9, May 2005, pp. 2237–40. Scopus, doi:10.1021/cm048280v. Full Text

Lu, J. Q., et al. “High-quality single-walled carbon nanotubes with small diameter, controlled density, and ordered locations using a polyferrocenylsilane block copolymer catalyst precursor.” Chemistry of Materials, vol. 17, no. 9, May 2005, pp. 2227–31. Scopus, doi:10.1021/cm048030e. Full Text

Cui, H., et al. “Growth and properties of Si-N-C-O nanocones and graphitic nanofibers synthesized using three-nanometer diameter iron/platinum nanoparticle-catalyst.” Journal of Materials Research, vol. 20, no. 4, Apr. 2005, pp. 850–55. Scopus, doi:10.1557/JMR.2005.0106. Full Text

Byl, Oleg, et al. “Etching of carbon nanotubes by ozone--a surface area study.” Langmuir : The Acs Journal of Surfaces and Colloids, vol. 21, no. 9, Apr. 2005, pp. 4200–04. Epmc, doi:10.1021/la040132w. Full Text

Doorn, Stephen K., et al. “Raman spectroscopy and imaging of ultralong carbon nanotubes.” The Journal of Physical Chemistry. B, vol. 109, no. 9, Mar. 2005, pp. 3751–58. Epmc, doi:10.1021/jp0463159. Full Text

Fu, Qiang, and Jie Liu. “Effects of ionic surfactant adsorption on single-walled carbon nanotube thin film devices in aqueous solutions.” Langmuir : The Acs Journal of Surfaces and Colloids, vol. 21, no. 4, Feb. 2005, pp. 1162–65. Epmc, doi:10.1021/la047561e. Full Text

Doorn, Stephen K., et al. “Raman spectral imaging of a carbon nanotube intramolecular junction.” Physical Review Letters, vol. 94, no. 1, Jan. 2005, p. 016802. Epmc, doi:10.1103/physrevlett.94.016802. Full Text

Wei, X. L., et al. “Studies on lyotropic liquid crystal formation in the ternary systems of a type of new cationic surfactant/n-butanol/water by 2H quadrupolar splitting and x-ray diffraction.” Journal of Dispersion Science and Technology, vol. 26, no. 6, 2005, pp. 779–83. Scival, doi:10.1081/DIS-200063101. Full Text

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