Yun Liu
Dr. Yun Liu is a material physicist at the NCNR at the National Institute for Standards and Technology in Gaithersburg, MD. He is an instrument scientist in the SANS group.
Career History/Education:
- Ph. D. of Nuclear Science and Engineering, M.S. in Nuclear Engineering (2005)
Nuclear Science and Engineering Department, MIT, USA
Cumulative Graduate GPA: 4.9/5.0- Master of Nuclear Technology & Application (1999)
Engineering Physics Department, Tsinghua University, P. R. China- Bachelor of Engineering Physics (1997)
Engineering Physics Department, Tsinghua University, P. R. ChinaResearch Interests:
- Structure and dynamics of colloidal systems, such as nucleation/clusterization in colloidal and biological molecular assembly systems, ion/counterion association in polyelectrolyte solution, and colloidal interactions.
- Interaction of small molecules on the surface or porous media, such as hydrogen storage, green-house gas capture, molecular recognition based on surface selection, molecular sieving, small molecule dynamics on functionalized surface.
- Water structure and dynamics in nano-porous systems, such as fuel cell membranes.
Selected Publications:
- L. Porcar, P. Falus, W. R. Chen, A. Faraone, E. Fratini, K. Hong, P. Baglioni, Y. Liu*, "Formation of the Dynamic Clusters in Concentrated Lysozyme Protein Solutions", J. of Physical Chemistry Letters 1, 126-129 (2010).
- S. Xiang, W. Zhou, J. M. Gallegos, Y. Liu*, B. Chen*, "Exceptionally High Acetylene Uptake in a Microporous Metal-Organic Framework with Open Metal Sites", J. of the American Chemical Society 131, 12415-12419 (2009).
- Y. Liu*, J. Her, A. Dailly, A. J. Ramirez-Cuesta, D. A. Neumann, C. M. Brown*, "A Reversible Structure Transition in MIL-53 with Large Temperature Hysteresis", J. of the American Chemical Society 130, 11813-11818 (2008).
- Y. Liu, H. Kabbour, C. M. Brown, D. A. Neumann, C. C. Ahn, "Increasing the Density of Adsorbed Hydrogen with Coordinatively Unsaturated Metal Centers in Metal-organic Frameworks", Langmuir 24, 4772 (2008).
- Y. Liu, C. M. Brown, D. A. Neumann, V. K. Peterson, C. Kepert, "Inelastic Neutron Scattering of H2 Adsorbed in HKUST-1", J. of Alloys and Compounds 446-447, 385 (2007).
- M. Dinca, A. Dailly, Y. Liu, C. M. Brown, D. A. Neumann, J. R. Long, "Hydrogen Storage in a Microporous Metal-Organic Framework with Exposed Mn2+ Coordination Sites", J. of the American Chemical Society 128, 16876 (2006).
- Y. Liu, E. Fratini, P. Baglioni, W. R. Chen, S. H. Chen, "An Effective Long-range Attraction Between Protein Molecules in Solutions Studied by Small Angle Neutron Scattering", Physical Review Letters 95, 118102, (2005).
- Y. Liu*, W. R. Chen, S. H. Chen, "Cluster Formation in Two Yukawa Fluids", J. of Chemical Physics 122, 044507 (2005)
- Y. Liu, D. Berti, A. Faraone, W. R. Chen, A. Alatas, H. Sinn, E. Alp, P. Baglioni, S. H. Chen, "Inelastic X-ray Scattering Studies of Phonons in Liquid Crystalline DNA",
- Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
6 (7), 1499 (2004).Contact Information:
- Yun Liu
National Institute for Standards and Technology
100 Bureau Drive, STOP 6102
Gaithersburg MD 20899- (301)975-6235 (office), (301)921-9847 (fax)
- yun.liu@nist.gov
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