Dr Jian Liu
Honorary Research Fellow
Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology
Book Chapters
Qiao, Shi Zhang, Liu, Jian and Lu, Gao Qing (Max) (2011). Synthetic Chemistry of Nanomaterials. In Ruren Xu, Wenqin Pang and Qisheng Huo (Ed.), Modern Inorganic Synthetic Chemistry (pp. 479-506) Amsterdam: Elsevier. doi:10.1016/B978-0-444-53599-3.10021-6
Liu, Jian, Qiao, Shi Zhang and Lu, Gao Qing (Max) (2011). Synthesis and application of hollow nanostructured silica. In Deborah Kane, Adam Micolich and James Rabeau (Ed.), Nanotechnology in Australia: Showcase of early career research (pp. 219-257) Singapore: Pan Stanford Publishing.
Journal Articles
Boyjoo, Yash, Rochard, Guillaume, Giraudon, Jean-Marc, Liu, Jian and Lamonier, Jean-François (2019) Mesoporous MnO2 hollow spheres for enhanced catalytic oxidation of formaldehyde. Sustainable Materials and Technologies, 20 . doi:10.1016/j.susmat.2018.e00091
Liu, Qinglong, Shi, Haodong, Yang, Tianyu, Yang, Yan, Wu, Zhong-Shuai, Yu, Jianqiang, Silva, S. Ravi P. and Liu, Jian (2019) Sequential growth of hierarchical N-doped carbon-MoS2 nanocomposites with variable nanostructures. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 7 11: 6197-6204. doi:10.1039/c9ta00240e
Zhao, Shiyong, Cheng, Yi, Veder, Jean-Pierre, Johannessen, Bernt, Saunders, Martin, Zhang, Lianji, Liu, Chang, Chisholm, Matthew F., De Marco, Roland, Liu, Jian, Yang, Shi-Ze and Jiang, San Ping (2018) One-pot pyrolysis method to fabricate carbon nanotube supported Ni single-atom catalysts with ultrahigh loading. ACS Applied Energy Materials, 1 10: 5286-5297. doi:10.1021/acsaem.8b00903
Meng, Xiuxia, Liu, Yongna, Yang, Naitao, Tan, Xiaoyao, Liu, Jian, da Costa, Joao C. Diniz and Liu, Shaomin (2017) Highly compact and robust hollow fiber solid oxide cells for flexible power generation and gas production. Applied Energy, 205 741-748. doi:10.1016/j.apenergy.2017.08.109
Zhang, Wei, Jiang, Xiangfen, Wang, Xuebin, Kaneti, Yusuf Valentino, Chen, Yinxiang, Liu, Jian, Jiang, Ji-Sen, Yamauchi, Yusuke and Hu, Ming (2017) Spontaneous weaving of graphitic carbon networks synthesized by pyrolysis of ZIF-67 crystals. Angewandte Chemie (International Edition), 56 29: 8435-8440. doi:10.1002/anie.201701252
Yang, Tianyu, Wei, Lijuan, Jing, Lingyan, Liang, Jifen, Zhang, Xiaoming, Tang, Min, Monteiro, Michael J., Chen, Ying (Ian), Wang, Yong, Gu, Sai, Zhao, Dongyuan, Yang, Hengquan, Liu, Jian and Lu, G. Q. Max (2017) Dumbbell-shaped bi-component mesoporous Janus solid nanoparticles for biphasic interface catalysis. Angewandte Chemie, 56 29: 8459-8463. doi:10.1002/anie.201701640
Yang, Tianyu, Wei, Lijuan, Jing, Lingyan, Liang, Jifen, Zhang, Xiaoming, Tang, Min, Monteiro, Michael J., Chen, Ying Ian, Wang, Yong, Gu, Sai, Zhao, Dongyuan, Yang, Hengquan, Liu, Jian and Lu, G. Q. Max (2017) Dumbbell-shaped Bi-component mesoporous Janus solid nanoparticles for biphasic interface catalysis. Angewandte Chemie, 129 29: 8579-8583. doi:10.1002/ange.201701640
Tian, Hao, Wang, Songcan, Zhang, Chi, Veder, Jean-Pierre, Pan, Jian, Jaroniec, Mietek, Wang, Lianzhou and Liu, Jian (2017) Design and synthesis of porous ZnTiO3/TiO2 nanocages with heterojunctions for enhanced photocatalytic H2 production. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 5 23: 11615-11622. doi:10.1039/c7ta00148g
Yang, Tianyu, Zhong, Yijun, Liang, Ji, Rahman, Md Mokhlesur, Lei, Weiwei, Chen, Ying, Monteiro, Michael J. , Shao, Zongping and Liu, Jian (2017) Hierarchical porous yolk–shell carbon nanosphere for high-performance lithium–sulfur batteries. Particle & Particle Systems Characterization, 34 4: . doi:10.1002/ppsc.201600281
Zhang, Wei, Zhao, Yanyi, Malgras, Victor, Ji, Qingmin, Jiang, Dongmei, Qi, Ruijuan, Ariga, Katsuhiko, Yamauchi, Yusuke, Liu, Jian, Jiang, Ji-Sen and Hu, Ming (2016) Synthesis of monocrystalline nanoframes of Prussian blue analogues by controlled preferential etching. Angewandte Chemie (International Edition), 55 29: 8228-8234. doi:10.1002/anie.201600661
Li, Li, Gu, Zi, Gu, Wenyi, Liu, Jian and Xu, Zhi Ping (2016) Efficient drug delivery using SiO2-layered double hydroxide nanocomposites. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 470 47-55. doi:10.1016/j.jcis.2016.02.042
Aili, David, Zhang, Jin, Dalsgaard Jakobsen, Mark Tonny, Zhu, Haijin, Yang, Tianyu, Liu, Jian, Forsyth, Maria, Pan, Chao, Jensen, Jens Oluf, Cleemann, Lars Nilausen, Jiang, San Ping and Li, Qingfeng (2016) Exceptional durability enhancement of PA/PBI based polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells for high temperature operation at 200°C. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 4 11: 4019-4024. doi:10.1039/c6ta01562j
Yang, Tianyu, Ling, Huajuan, Lamonier, Jean-Francois, Jaroniec, Mietek, Huang, Jun, Monteiro, Michael J. and Liu, Jian (2016) A synthetic strategy for carbon nanospheres impregnated with highly monodispersed metal nanoparticles. NPG Asia Materials, 8 e240: 1-7. doi:10.1038/am.2015.145
Tang, Jing, Liu, Jian, Salunkhe, Rahul R., Wang, Tao and Yamauchi, Yusuke (2016) Nitrogen-doped hollow carbon spheres with large mesoporous shells engineered from diblock copolymer micelles. Chemical Communications, 52 3: 505-508. doi:10.1039/c5cc07610b
Yang, Tianyu, Zhou, Ruifeng, Wang, Da-Wei, Jiang, San Ping, Yamauchi, Yusuke, Qiao, Shi Zhang, Monteiro, Michael J. and Liu, Jian (2015) Hierarchical mesoporous yolk-shell structured carbonaceous nanospheres for high performance electrochemical capacitive energy storage. Chemical Communications, 51 13: 2518-2521. doi:10.1039/c4cc09366f
Tang, Jing, Salunkhe, Rahul R., Liu, Jian, Torad, Nagy L., Imura, Masataka, Furukawa, Shuhei and Yamauchi, Yusuke (2015) Thermal Conversion of Core-Shell Metal-Organic Frameworks: A New Method for Selectively Functionalized Nanoporous Hybrid Carbon. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 137 4: 1572-1580. doi:10.1021/ja511539a
Li, Li, Gu, Wenyi, Liu, Jian, Yan, Shiyu and Xu, Zhi Ping (2015) Amine-functionalized SiO2 nanodot-coated layered double hydroxide nanocomposites for enhanced gene delivery. Nano Research, 8 2: 682-694. doi:10.1007/s12274-014-0552-6
Tang, Jing, Liu, Jian, Li, Cuiling, Li, Yunqi, Tade, Moses O., Dai, Sheng and Yamauchi, Yusuke (2015) Synthesis of nitrogen-doped mesoporous carbon spheres with extra-large pores through assembly of diblock copolymer micelles. Angewandte Chemie (International Edition), 54 2: 588-593. doi:10.1002/anie.201407629
Yang, Tianyu, Liu, Jian, Zhou, Ruifeng, Chen, Zhigang, Xu, Hongyi, Qiao, Shi Zhang and Monteiro, Michael J. (2014) N-doped mesoporous carbon spheres as the oxygen reduction reaction catalysts. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2 42: 18139-18146. doi:10.1039/c4ta04301d
Suzuki, Norihiro, Liu, Jian and Yamauchi, Yusuke (2014) Recent progress on the tailored synthesis of various mesoporous fibers toward practical applications. New Journal of Chemistry, 38 8: 3330-3335. doi:10.1039/c4nj00016a
Tang, Jing, Liu, Jian, Torad, Nagy L., Kimura, Tatsuo and Yamauchi, Yusuke (2014) Tailored design of functional nanoporous carbon materials toward fuel cell applications. Nano Today, 9 3: 305-323. doi:10.1016/j.nantod.2014.05.003
Liu, Jian, Liu, Hao, Yang, Tianyu, Wang, Guoxiu and Tade, Moses O. (2014) Mesoporous carbon with large pores as anode for Na-ion batteries. Chinese Science Bulletin, 59 18: 2186-2190. doi:10.1007/s11434-014-0164-2
Liu, Jian, Yang, Tianyu, Wang, Da-Wei, Lu, Gao Qing (Max), Zhao, Dongyuan and Qiao, Shi Zhang (2013) A facile soft-template synthesis of mesoporous polymeric and carbonaceous nanospheres. Nature Communications, 4 1: . doi:10.1038/ncomms3798
Li, Na, Zhang, Qiao, Liu, Jian, Joo, Jibong, Lee, Austin, Gan, Yang and Yin, Yadong (2013) Sol-gel coating of inorganic nanostructures with resorcinol-formaldehyde resin. Chemical Communications, 49 45: 5135-5137. doi:10.1039/c3cc41456f
Yang, Tianyu, Liu, Jian, Zheng, Yao, Monteiro, Michael J. and Qiao, Shi Zhang (2013) Facile Fabrication of CoreShell-Structured Ag@Carbon and Mesoporous YolkShell-Structured Ag@Carbon@Silica by an Extended Stober Method. Chemistry-A European Journal, 19 22: 6942-6945. doi:10.1002/chem.201300523
Zhang, Bo, Wang, Dong, Hou, Yu, Yang, Shuang, Yang, Xiao Hua, Zhong, Ju Hua, Liu, Jian, Wang, Hai Feng, Hu, P., Zhao, Hui Jun and Yang, Hua Gui (2013) Facet-dependent catalytic activity of platinum nanocrystals for triiodide reduction in dye-sensitized solar cells. Scientific Reports, 3 7: . doi:10.1038/srep01836
Ataee-Esfahani, Hamed, Liu, Jian, Hu, Ming, Miyamoto, Nobuyoshi, Tominaka, Satoshi, Wu, Kevin C. W. and Yamauchi, Yusuke (2013) Mesoporous metallic cells: design of uniformly sized hollow mesoporous Pt-Ru particles with Tunable Shell Thicknesses. Small, 9 7: 1047-1051. doi:10.1002/smll.201202539
Zhang, Xiaoyan, Liu, Tingting, Sun, Weidong and Liu, Jian (2013) Mesoporous organosilica hollow microspheres with hierarchical structures on the shell. Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, 13 4: 3046-3053. doi:10.1166/jnn.2013.7377
Qian, Kun, Zhou, Liang, Liu, Jian, Yang, Jie, Xu, Hongyi, Yu, Meihua, Nouwens, Amanda, Zou, Jin, Monteiro, Michael J. and Yu, Chengzhong (2013) Laser engineered graphene paper for mass spectrometry imaging. Scientific Reports, 3 1415.1-1415.7. doi:10.1038/srep01415
Popat, Amirali, Ross, Benjamin P., Liu, Jian, Jambhrunkar, Siddharth, Kleitz, Freddy and Qiao, Shi Zhang (2012) Enzyme-responsive controlled release of covalently bound prodrug from functional mesoporous silica nanospheres. Angewandte Chemie International, 51 50: 12486-12489. doi:10.1002/anie.201206416
Sun, Tai, Liu, Jian, Jia, Yi, Wang, Hui, Sun, Dalin, Zhu, Min and Yao, Xiangdong (2012) Confined LiBH4: enabling fast hydrogen release at ∼100 °C. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 37 24: 18920-18926. doi:10.1016/j.ijhydene.2012.09.119
Zheng, Yao, Liu, Jian, Liang, Ji, Jaroniec, Mietek and Qiao, Shi Zhang (2012) Graphitic carbon nitride materials: Controllable synthesis and applications in fuel cells and photocatalysis. Energy and Environmental Science, 5 5: 6717-6731. doi:10.1039/c2ee03479d
Liang, Ji, Zheng, Yao, Chen, Jun, Liu, Jian, Hulicova-Jurcakova, Denisa, Jaroniec, Mietek and Qiao, Shi Zhang (2012) Facile oxygen reduction on a three-dimensionally ordered macroporous graphitic C3N4/carbon composite electrocatalyst. Angewandte Chemie-International Edition, 51 16: 3892-3896. doi:10.1002/anie.201107981
Bai, Shiyang, Liu, Jian, Gao, Jinsuo, Yang, Qihua and Li, Can (2012) Hydrolysis controlled synthesis of amine-functionalized hollow ethane-silica nanospheres as adsorbents for CO2 capture. Microporous and Mesoporous Materials, 151 474-480. doi:10.1016/j.micromeso.2011.09.014
Hartono, Sandy B., Gu, Wenyi, Kleitz, Freddy, Liu, Jian, He, Lizhong, Middelberg, Anton P. J., Yu, Chengzhong, Lu, Gao Qing (Max) and Qiao, Shi Zhang (2012) Poly-L-lysine functionalized large pore cubic mesostructured silica nanoparticles as biocompatible carriers for gene delivery. ACS Nano, 6 3: 2104-2117. doi:10.1021/nn2039643
Liu, Jian, Yang, Heng Quan, Kleitz, Freddy, Chen, Zhi Gang, Yang, Tianyu, Strounina, Ekaterina, Lu, Gao Qing (Max) and Qiao, Shi Zhang (2012) Yolk-shell hybrid materials with a periodic mesoporous organosilica shell: Ideal nanoreactors for selective alcohol oxidation. Advanced Functional Materials, 22 3: 591-599. doi:10.1002/adfm.201101900
Popat, Amirali, Liu, Jian, Lu, Gao Qing (Max) and Qiao, Shi Zhang (2012) A pH-responsive drug delivery system based on chitosan coated mesoporous silica nanoparticles. Journal of Materials Chemistry, 22 22: 11173-11178. doi:10.1039/c2jm30501a
Wu, Xia, Liu, Jian, Chen, Zhigang, Yang, Qihua, Li, Can, Lu, Gaoqing and Wang, Lianzhou (2012) Amino acid assisted synthesis of mesoporous TiO2 nanocrystals for high performance dye-sensitized solar cells. Journal of Materials Chemistry, 22 21: 10438-10440. doi:10.1039/c2jm16762j
Liu, Jian, Wang, Bo, Hartono, Sandy Budi, Liu, Tingting, Kantharidis, Phillip, Middelberg, Anton P. J., Lu, Gao Qing (Max), He, Lizhong and Qiao, Shi Zhang (2012) Magnetic silica spheres with large nanopores for nucleic acid adsorption and cellular uptake. Biomaterials, 33 3: 970-978. doi:10.1016/j.biomaterials.2011.10.001
Popat, Amirali, Liu, Jian, Hu, Qiuhong, Kennedy, Michael, Peters, Brenton, Lu, Gao Qing (Max) and Qiao, Shi Zhang (2012) Adsorption and release of biocides with mesoporous silica nanoparticles. Nanoscale, 4 3: 970-975. doi:10.1039/c2nr11691j
Zheng, Yao, Jiao, Yan, Chen, Jun, Liu, Jian, Liang, Ji, Du, Aijun, Zhang, Weimin, Zhu, Zhonghua, Smith, Sean C., Jaroniec, Mietek, Lu, Gao Qing (Max) and Qiao, Shi Zhang (2011) Nanoporous graphitic-C3N4@Carbon metal-free electrocatalysts for highly efficient oxygen reduction. Journal of The American Chemical Society, 133 50: 20116-20119. doi:10.1021/ja209206c
Yang, Yan, Liu, Jian, Li, Xiaobo, Liu, Xiao and Yang, Qihua Yang (2011) Organosilane-assisted transformation from core-shell to yolk-shell nanocomposites. Chemistry of Materials, 23 16: 3676-3684. doi:10.1021/cm201182d
Liu, Jian, Harrison, Ryan, Zhou, Ji Zhi, Liu, Ting Ting, Yu, Chengzhong, Lu, Gao Qing (Max), Qiao, Shi Zhang and Xu, Zhi Ping (2011) Synthesis of nanorattles with layered double hydroxide core and mesoporous silica shell as delivery vehicles. Journal of Materials Chemistry, 21 29: 10641-10644. doi:10.1039/c1jm12054a
Popat, Amirali, Hartono, Sandy Budi, Stahr, Frances, Liu, Jian, Qiao, Shi Zhang and Lu, Gao Qing (Max) (2011) Mesoporous silica nanoparticles for bioadsorption, enzyme immobilisation, and delivery carriers. Nanoscale, 3 7: 2801-2818. doi:10.1039/c1nr10224a
Liu, Jian, Qiao, Shi Zhang, Liu, Hao, Chen, Jun, Orpe, Ajay, Zhao, Dongyuan and Lu, Gao Qing (Max) (2011) Extension of the stober method to the preparation of monodisperse resorcinol-formaldehyde resin polymer and carbon spheres. Angewandte Chemie-international Edition, 50 26: 5947-5951. doi:10.1002/anie.201102011
Liu, Hao, Wang, Guoxiu, Liu, Jian, Qiao, Shizhang and Ahn, Hyojun (2011) Highly ordered mesoporous NiO anode material for lithium ion batteries with an excellent electrochemical performance. Journal of Materials Chemistry, 21 9: 3046-3052. doi:10.1039/c0jm03132a
Fang, Wen Qi, Zhou, Ji Zhi, Liu, Jian, Chen, Zhi Gang, Yang, Chen, Sun, Cheng Hua, Qian, Guang Ren, Zou, Jin, Qiao, Shi Zhang and Yang, Hua Gui (2011) Hierarchical structures of single-crystalline anatase TiO2 nanosheets dominated by {001} facets. Chemistry-A European Journal, 17 5: 1423-1427. doi:10.1002/chem.201002582
Liu, Jian, Qiao, Shi Zhang, Hu, Qiu Hong and Lu, Gao Qing (2011) Magnetic nanocomposites with mesoporous structures: Synthesis and applications. Small, 7 4: 425-443. doi:10.1002/smll.201001402
Chen, Jun Song, Liu, Jian, Qiao, Shi Zhang, Xu, Rong and Lou, Xiong Wen (2011) Formation of large 2D nanosheets via PVP-assisted assembly of anatase TiO2 nanomosaics. Chemical Communications, 47 37: 10443-10445. doi:10.1039/c1cc13929k
Chen, Jun Song, Chen, Chunping, Liu, Jian, Xu, Rong, Qiao, Shi Zhang and Lou, Xiong Wen (2011) Ellipsoidal hollow nanostructures assembled from anatase TiO2 nanosheets as a magnetically separable photocatalyst. Chemical Communications, 47 9: 2631-2633. doi:10.1039/c0cc04471g
Liu, Jian, Qiao, Shi Zhang, Chen, Jun Song, Lou, Xiong Wen, Xing, Xianran and Lu, Gao Qing (Max) (2011) Yolk/shell nanoparticles: New platforms for nanoreactors, drug delivery and lithium-ion batteries. Chemical Communications, 47 47: 12578-12591. doi:10.1039/c1cc13658e
Wang, Guoxiu, Liu, Hao, Liu, Jian, Qiao, Shizhang, Lu, Gaoqing Max, Munroe, Paul and Ahn, Hyojun (2010) Mesoporous LiFePO4/C nanocomposite cathode materials for high power lithium ion batteries with superior performance. Advanced Materials, 22 44: 4944-4948. doi:10.1002/adma.201002045
Liu, Jian, Qiao, Shi Zhang, Hartono, Sandy Budi and Lu, Gao Qing (Max) (2010) Monodisperse yolk-shell nanoparticles with a hierarchical porous structure for delivery vehicles and nanoreactors. Angewandte Chemie (International Edition), 49 29: 4981-4985. doi:10.1002/anie.201001252
Liu, Jian, Hartono, Sandy Budi, Jin, Yong Gang, Li, Zhen, Lu, Gao Qing (Max) and Qiao, Shi Zhang (2010) A facile vesicle template route to multi-shelled mesoporous silica hollow nanospheres. Journal of Material Chemistry, 20 22: 4595-4601. doi:10.1039/b925201k
Hartono, Sandy Budi, Qiao, Shi Zhang, Liu, Jian, Jack, Kevin, Ladewig, Bradley P., Hao, Zhengping and Lu, Gao Qing Max (2010) Functionalized mesoporous silica with very large pores for cellulase immobilization. Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 114 18: 8353-8362. doi:10.1021/jp102368s
Liu, J., Yang, Q., Zhao, X. S. and Zhang, L. (2007) Pore size control of mesoporous silicas from mixtures of sodium silicate and TEOS. Microporous and Mesoporous Materials, 106 1-3: 62-67. doi:10.1016/j.micromeso.2007.02.045
Conference Paper
Li, Zhen, Ma, Xuedan, Sun, Qiao, Wang, Zhe, Liu, Jian, Zhu, Zhonghua, Qiao, Shi Zhang, Smith, Sean C., Lu, Gaoqing (Max) and Mews, Alf (2010) Synthesis and characterization of colloidal core-shell semiconductor nanowires. European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, 2010 27: 4325-4331. doi:10.1002/ejic.201000734