JIE LIU
Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry

Contact Information
332 Gross Chem Lab
919-660-1549 phone
919-660-1605 fax
j.liu@duke.edu

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Education

	PhD	Probing Microscopic Properties of Low-dimensional Inorganic materials Using Scanning Probe Microscopes, Chemistry, Harvard University, 1996
	MSc	Langmuir-Blodgett Filma of Porphyrin Compounds, Chemistry, Shandong University, P.R. China, 1990
	BSc	Chemistry, Shandong University, P.R. China, 1987

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Experience

	2000-present	Faculty Member, Center for Cellular and Biosurface Engineering, Duke University
	1999-present	Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, Duke University
	1996-1999	Postdoctoral Training, Department of Chemistry, Rice University

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Selected Publications

1. Shaoming Huang, Xinyu Cai, Jie Liu, Growth of Millimeter-long and Horizontally Aligned Single Walled Carbon Nanotubes on Flat Substrates, JACS, In press (2003).
2. Lei An, Jessica M. Owens, Laurie E. McNeil, Jie Liu, Synthesis of Nearly Uniform Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes Using Identical Metal Containing Molecular Nanoclusters as Catalysts, JACS, 124(46), 13688-13689 (2002)
3. Bo Zheng, Chenguang Lu, Alexander Makarovski, Gleb Finkelstein and Jie Liu, Efficient CVD Growth of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes on Surfaces Using Carbon Monoxide Precursor, Nano Letters, 2(8), 895-898 (2002).
4. Benjamin W. Maynor, Yan Li , and Jie Liu. Au “Ink” for AFM “Dip-Pen” Nanolithography. Langmuir, 17, 2575-2578 (2001).
5. Gang Gu, Bo Zheng, W. Q. Han, Siegmar Roth and Jie Liu, Tungsten Oxide Nanowires on Tungsten Substrates, Nano Letters, 2(8), 849-851(2002)
6. Qiang Fu, Chenguang Lu, and Jie Liu, Selective Coating of Single Wall Carbon Nanotubes with Thin SiO2 Layer, Nano Letters, 2 (4), 329 –332 (2002)
7. B. W. Maynor, S. F. Filocamo, M. W. Grinstaff, and J. Liu, Direct-Writing of Polymer Nanostructures: Poly(thiophene) Nanowires on Semiconducting and Insulating Surfaces, JACS,; 124(4); 522-523 (2002)
8. Bo Zheng, Jie Liu, Yiying Wu, Peidong Yang, Synthesis of Ultra-Long and Highly Oriented Silicon Oxide Nanowires from Liquid Alloy, Adv. Mater. 14, 122-124 (2002).
9. H.Z. Geng, R. Rosen, B. Zheng, J. Liu, O. Zhou, Fabrication and properties of nanocomposites of poly(ethylene oxide) and functionalized carbon nanotubes, Adv. Mater. 14(19), 1387-1390 (2002).
10. Yan Li, Benjamin W. Maynor and Jie Liu. AFM “Dip-Pen” Nanolithography. JACS, 123, 2105-2106 (2001)
11. Yan Li, Jie Liu, Yongqian Wang, and ZhongLin Wang. Preparation of monodispersed Fe-Mo nanoparticles as the catalyst for CVD synthesis of carbon nanotubes. Chemistry of Materials, 13, 1008-1014, (2001).
12. Ming Su, Jie Liu. High Yield CVD method for Large Scale preparation of Single Walled Carbon Nanotube. Chemical Physics Letters, 322, 321-326, (2000)
13. Jie Liu, Andrew G. Rinzler, Hongje Dai, Jason H. Hafner, R. Kelley Bradley, Peter J. Boul, Adrian Lu, Terry Iverson, Konstantin Shelimov, Chad B. Huffman, Fernando Rodriguez-Macias, Young-Seok Shon, T. Randall Lee, Daniel T. Colbert, Richard E. Smalley. Fullerene Pipes. Science, 280, 1253-1256 (1998).
14. Jie Liu, Hongjie Dai, Jason H. Hafner, Daniel T. Colbert, Sander J. Tans, Cees Dekker, Richard E. Smalley. Fullerene "Crop Circles." Nature, 385, 780 (1997).
15. Jian Zhang, Jie Liu, Jinlin Huang, P. Kim, C.M. Lieber. Creation of nanocrystals via a tip-induced solid-solid transformation. Atomic Resolution Microscopy of Surfaces and Interfaces. Symposium. Mater. Res. Soc, 282, 89-94 (1997);
16. Jie Liu, J. Zhang, Jinlin Huang; Philip Kim, Charles M. Lieber. Creation of Nanocrystals Through a Solid-Solid Phase Transition Induced by an STM Tip. Science, 274, 757 (1996).
17. Hongjie Dai, Seokwon Yoon, Jie Liu, Ramech C. Budhani, Charles M. Lieber. Simultaneous Observation of Columnar Defects and Magnetic Flux Lines in High-Temperature Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+d Superconductors. Science, 265, 1552 (1994)
18. Seokwon Yoon, Hongjie Dai, Jie Liu, Charles M. Lieber. Surface Pinning as a Determinant of the Bulk Flux-Line Lattice Structure in Copper Oxide Superconductors. Science, 265, 215 (1994).
    

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Short Research Interest Descriptor

Chemistry of Nanoscale Materials

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Research Interest

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; Synthesis and chemical functionalization of single walled carbon nanotubes; Developing carbon nanotube based chemical and biological sensors; SPM based fabrication and modification of functional nanostructures.

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