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Journal publication: 44, Book chapter: 1,

Citation: 1865, H-index: 23 i10-index: 35
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  1. Vashin Gautham, Ashutosh Panpalia, Vinoop Anil, Shakunthala Yerneni, Rohit Thakar, Aayush Nayyar, Emily Jorgensen, Ruizhe Yang, Ehsan Esfahani, Liu, J*, Slip-actuated bionic tactile sensing system with dynamic DC generator integrated E-Textile for dexterous robotic manipulation, (Under revision with Nature Communications )

  2. Sengupta, Bratin, Qiaobei Dong, Rajan Khadka, Dinesh Kumar Behera, Ruizhe Yang, Liu, J, Ji Jiang, Pawel Keblinski, Georges Belfort, and Miao Yu. "Carbon-doped metal oxide interfacial nanofilms for ultrafast and precise separation of molecules." Science 381, no. 6662 (2023): 1098-1104. (Link)

  3. Ruizhe Yang, Zipeng Guo, Zhaohan Yu, Fengyin Du, Vashin Gautham Nanjangud Thyagaraja, Leqi Lin, R Yu Dylan, Pengchong Xu, Jason N Armstrong, Shaoting Lin, Chi Zhou, Liu, J.*. "3D-Printed Conducting Polymer Hydrogel-based DC Generator for Self-powered Electromechanical Sensing." Nano Energy (2023): 108857. (Link)

  4. Simran Shahi, Asma Ahmed, Ruizhe Yang,.., Liu, J., Fei Yao, Huamin Li, "Plasma-induced energy band evolution for two-dimensional heterogeneous anti-ambipolar transistors". Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology B, 41(5), 2023. (Link)

  5. Zhang, X., Zheng, Y., Ding, Z., Yang, G., Xiao, X., Peng, M., Wu, M., J., Liu, Liu, J., Alodhayb, A. and Fu, X., 2023. Nanoscale Intertwined Biphase Nanofiber as Active and Durable Air Electrode for Solid Oxide Electrochemical Cells. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering (2023). (Link)

  6. Liu, J.*, Simone Ciampi, and Andrew Antony. "The Origins of Solid-Solid Contact Electrification." Handbook of Triboelectric Nanogenerators (2023): 1-37. (Link)

  7. Deng, Pengfei, Yanbin Wang, Ruizhe Yang, Zijian He, Yuanqiu Tan, Zhihong Chen, Liu, J.*, and Tian Li. "Self‐Powered Smart Textile Based on Dynamic Schottky Diode for Human‐Machine Interactions." Advanced Science (2023): 2207298. (Link)

  8. Lin, leqi, Gautham, Vashin, Ranjith, Renoy, Yang, Ruizhe, Ciampi, Simone, Chen, James, Liu, J.* “Degradation of Organic Molecules by Tribovoltaic Mechano-chemistry”, Nano Energy (2023) (Link)

  9. Hadjesfandiari, Ali R., Arezoo Hajesfandiari, Liu, J., and Gary F. Dargush. "Couple stress-based flexoelectricity of frictionless contact in dielectrics." European Journal of Mechanics-A/Solids (2023): 104972. (Link)

  10. ​Lyu, Xin, Melanie MacGregor, Liu, J., Nadim Darwish, and Simone Ciampi. "Direct-current output of silicon–organic monolayer–platinum Schottky TENGs: Elusive friction-output relationship." Nano Energy (2023): 108627. (Link)

  11. Zhang, X., Zheng, Y., Ding, Z., Yang, G., Xiao, X., Peng, M., Wu, M., Li, J., Liu, J., Alodhayb, A. and Fu, X., 2023. Nanoscale Intertwined Biphase Nanofiber as Active and Durable Air Electrode for Solid Oxide Electrochemical Cells. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering (2023) (Link).

  12. Yang, Ruizhe; He, Zihao; Lin, Shiquan; Lin, leqi; Wang, Zhong Lin; Wang, Haiyan; Liu, J.*. "Tunable Tribovoltaic Effect via Metal-Insulator-Transition." Nano Letters (2022): 22 (22), 9084-9091 (Link) 

  13. Sumaiya, Saima, Liu, J. and Baykara, Mehmet*, ''True Atomic-Resolution Surface Imaging and Manipulation under Ambient Conditions via Conductive Atomic Force Microscopy'', ACS Nano (2022): 16 (12), 20086-20093 (Link)

  14. Huang, Youchao; Liu, Dexing, Zhu, Tianyu; Zhang, Yiming; Fan, Linchong; Liu, J.*; Zhang, Min *, ''A Mechanically Tunable Electromagnetic Wave Harvester and Detector based on Quasi-static van der Waals Heterojunction'' Nano Energy (2022) (Link)

  15. Liu, Guangmin, Liu, J.* and Dou, Wenjie*, . ''Nonadiabatic quantum dynamics of tribovoltaic effects at sliding metal-semiconductor interfaces'', Nano Energy (2022) (Link) .

  16. Benner, Matthew, Yang, Ruizhe, Lin, leqi, Li, Huamin, Liu, Maomao, and Liu, J.*. "Mechanism of In-Plane and Out-of-Plane Tribovoltaic Direct-Current Transport with Metal/Oxide/Metal Dynamic Heterojunction", ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces (2022) (Link)

  17. Guo, Zipeng, Ruizhe Yang, Liu, J., Jason Armstrong, Ruogang Zhao, and Chi Zhou. "Continuous Stereolithography 3D Printing of Multi-Network Hydrogels in Triply Periodic Minimal Structures (TPMS) With Tunable Mechanical Strength for Energy Absorption." In ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, vol. 86656, p. V003T03A021. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2022. (Link)

  18. Kumar, Abhishek; Zhao, Yaoli; Mohammadi, Mohammad Moein; Liu, J.; Thundat, Thomas; Swihart, Mark "Palladium nanosheet-based dual gas sensors for sensitive room temperature hydrogen and carbon monoxide detection", ACS Sensors (2022) (Link)

  19. Yanpei Tian, Xiaojie Liu, Shilin Xu, Andrew Caratenuto, Ying Mu, Ziqi Wang, Fangqi Chen, Ruizhe Yang, Liu, J., Marilyn Minus, Yi Zheng, ‘Recyclable and efficient ocean biomass-derived hydrogel photothermal evaporator for thermally-localized solar desalination’, Desalination (2022) 523, 115449 (Link)​

  20. Yang, Ruizhe, Matthew Benner, Zipeng Guo, Chi Zhou and Liu, J.* 'High-performance flexible Schottky DC generator via metal/conducting polymer sliding contacts' Advanced Functional Materials (2021), 2103132 (Link)

  21. Yang, Ruizhe, Ran Xu, Wenjie Dou, Matthew Benner, Qing Zhang, and Liu, J.*. "Semiconductor-based dynamic heterojunctions as an emerging strategy for high direct-current mechanical energy harvesting." Nano Energy (2021): 105849. (Link)

  22. Yanpei Tian, Lijuan Qian, Xiaojie Liu, Alok Ghanekar, Liu, J., Thundat, Thomas, Gang Xiao, Yi Zheng, ‘High-temperature and Abrasion Resistant Metal-insulator-metal Plasmonic Metamaterials’, Materials Today Energy, (2021): 100725 (Link)

  23. Kumar, Abhishek; Zhao, Yaoli; Mohammadi, Mohammad Moein; Liu, J.; Thundat, Thomas; Swihart, Mark 'Reduced Graphene Oxide-Wrapped Palladium Nanowires Coated with a Layer of Zeolitic Imidazolate Framework-8 for Hydrogen Sensing' ACS Applied Nano Materials, (2021): (Link)

Prior to faculty appointment​

  1. Liu, J., Goswami, A. Jiang, K., Khan, F., Kim, S., McGee, R., Li, Z., Hu, Z., Lee, J. and Thundat, T. ‘Direct-current triboelectricity generation by sliding-Schottky nanocontact on MoS2 multilayers’, Nature Nanotechnology, 2018, 13 (2), 112

  2. Liu, J., Zhang YQ., Chen, J., Bao, R., Jiang K., Khan, F., Goswami, A., Li, Z., Liu, FF., Feng, K., Luo, JL., Thundat, T. ‘Separation and quantum tunneling of photo-generated carriers using tribo-induced field’, Matter, 2019, 1 (3), 650-66

  3. Liu, J., Jiang K., Nguyen L. Li, Z, Thundat, T. ‘Interfacial friction-induced electronic excitation mechanism for tribo-tunneling current generation’, Materials Horizons, 2019, (6), 1020 - 1026

  4. Liu, J., Miao, M., Jiang, K., Khan, F., Goswami, A., McGee, R., Li, Z., Nguyen, L., Hu, Z., Lee, J., Cadien, K. and Thundat, T. ‘Sustained electron tunneling at unbiased metal-insulator-semiconductor triboelectric contacts’, Nano Energy, 2018, 48, 320–326

  5. Liu, J., Liu, F., Bao, R., Jiang, K., Khan, F., Li, Z., Peng, H., Chen, James., Alodhayb, A. and Thundat, T. ‘Scaled-up direct-current generation in MoS2 multilayers-based moving heterojunctions’, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2019, 11,38, 35404-35409

  6. Liu, J., Cheikh, M.I., Bao, R., Peng, H., Liu, Feifei, Li, Z., Jiang, K., Chen, James. and Thundat, T. ‘Tribo-tunneling direct-current generator by carbon aerogel/silicon multi-nanocontacts’, Advanced Electronic Materials, 2019, 1900464

  7. Li, Z., Jiang, K., Khan, F., Liu, J., Passion, A., Thundat, T. ‘Anomalous interfacial stress generation during sodium intercalation/extraction in MoS2 thin film anodes’, Science Advances, 2019, 5(1), eaav28

  8. Mohammadi, Mohammadmoein; Kumar, Abhishek; Liu, J.; Liu, Yang; Thundat, Thomas; Swihart, Mark, 'Hydrogen Sensing at Room Temperature Using Flame-synthesized Palladium-decorated Crumpled Reduced Graphene Oxide Nanocomposites', ACS Sensors 2020: 5 (8), 2344-2350

  9. Hu F, An L, Li C, Liu, J., Ma G, Hu Y, Huang Y, Liu Y, Thundat T, Ren S. ‘Transparent and Flexible Thermal Insulation Window Material’. Cell Reports Physical Science. 2020, 1 (8), 100140.

  10. Oruganti, S.K., Liu, F., Paul, D., Liu, J., Malik, J., Feng, K., Kim, H., Liang, Y., Thundat, T. and Bien, F. ‘Experimental Realization of Zenneck type Wave-based non-Radiative, non-coupled Wireless power transmission’. Scientific Reports, 10.1, 2020, 1-12.

  11. Liu, J.; Prashanthi, K.; Li, Z.; McGee, R. T.; Ahadi, K.; Thundat, T. ‘Strain-induced electrostatic enhancements of BiFeO3 nanowire loops’, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 2016, 18, (33), 22772-22777.

  12. Liu, J.; Gaikwad, R.; Hande, A.; Das, S.; Thundat, T. ‘Mapping and Quantifying Surface Charges on Clay Nanoparticles’, Langmuir 2015, 31, (38), 10469-10476.

  13. Liu, J.; Wang, X.; Lin, Z.; Cao, Y.; Zheng, Z.; Zeng, Z.; Hu, Z. ‘Shape-Controllable Pulse Electrodeposition of Ultrafine Platinum Nanodendrites for Methanol Catalytic Combustion and the Investigation of their Local Electric Field Intensification by Electrostatic Force Microscope and Finite Element Method’, Electrochimica Acta 2014, 136, 66-74.

  14. Liu, J.; Lin, Z.; Wang, X.; Zeng, Z.; Hu, Z. ‘Modeling the morphology-dependent optical properties of single and dimer Pt nanodendrite structures’, EPL (Europhysics Letters) 2014, 108, (3), 37004.

  15. Zhang, Y.-Q.; Tao, H.-B.; Liu, J.; Sun, Y.-F.; Chen, J.; Hua, B.; Thundat, T.; Luo, J.-L.‘A rational design for enhanced oxygen reduction: Strongly coupled silver nanoparticles and engineered perovskite nanofibers’, Nano Energy, 2017, 38, 392-400.

  16. Chen, Q.; Liu, J.; Thundat, T.; Gray, M. R.; Liu, Q. ‘Spatially resolved organic coating on clay minerals in bitumen froth revealed by atomic force microscopy adhesion mapping’, Fuel 2017, 191, 283-289.

  17. Li, Z.; Liu, J.; Jiang, K.; Thundat, T. ‘Carbonized nanocellulose sustainably boosts the performance of activated carbon in ionic liquid supercapacitors’, Nano Energy 2016, 25, 161-169.

  18. Zhang, H.; Ye, F.; Hu, Y.; Liu, J.; Zhang, Y.; Wu, Y.; Hu, Z. ‘The investigation of thermal properties on multilayer Sb2Te3/Au thermoelectric material system with ultra-thin Au interlayers’, Superlattices Microstruct. 2016, 89, 312-318.

  19. Wu, Y.; Lin, Z.; Tian, Z.; Han, C.; Liu, J.; Zhang, H.; Zhang, Z.; Wang, Z.; Dai, L.; Cao, Y. ‘Fabrication of Microstructured thermoelectric Bi2Te3 thin films by seed layer assisted electrodeposition’, Mater. Sci. Semicond. Process. 2016, 46, 17-22.

  20. Tian, Z.; Wang, X.; Liu, J.; Lin, Z.; Hu, Y.; Wu, Y.; Han, C.; Hu, Z., ‘Power factor enhancement induced by Bi and Mn co-substitution in NaxCoO2 thermoelectric materials’, J. Alloys Compd. 2016, 661, 161-167.

  21. Lin, Z.; Wang, X.; Liu, J.; Tian, Z.; Dai, L.; He, B.; Han, C.; Wu, Y.; Zeng, Z.; Hu, Z. ‘On the role of localized surface plasmon resonance in UV-Vis light irradiated Au/TiO2 photocatalysis systems: pros and cons’, Nanoscale 2015, 7, (9), 4114-4123.

  22. Dai, L.; Liu, J.; Han, C.; Wang, Z.; Zhang, Y.; Hu, Z. ‘Influence of electronic transmission on the electrical transport properties in metal–semiconductor contacts’, physica status solidi (a) 2015, 212, (12), 2791-2797.

  23. Zheng, Z.; Wang, X.; Liu, J.; Xiao, J.; Hu, Z. ‘Si doping influence on the catalytic performance of Pt/TiO2 mesoporous film catalyst for low-temperature methanol combustion’, Appl. Surf. Sci. 2014, 309, 144-152.

  24. Yang, X.; Wang, X.; Liu, J.; Hu, Z. ‘Power factor enhancement in NaxCoO2 doped by Bi’, J. Alloys Compd. 2014, 582, 59-63.

  25. Chen, Y.; Liu, J. (contributed equally); Wang, X.; Wang, W.; Zeng, Z.; Hu, Z. ‘Chemical Composition and Surface Roughness of AlOx-Controlled Activity of Pt/AlOx Thin Film Catalysts for Methanol Oxidation Reaction’, Catal. Lett. 2014, 144, (10), 1696-1703

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