Zhongfan Liu

Director, Centre for Nanoscale Science and Technology of Peking University

Cheung Kong Professor, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University

Director, Institute of Physical Chemistry, Peking University

Address: College of Chemistry &Molecular Engineering, Peking University

Telephone: (86)10-6275-7157               Fax: (86)10-6275-7157

E-mail: zfliu@pku.edu.cn 

EDUCATION

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

•           Postdoctor, University of Tokyo and Institute for Molecular Science (IMS), Japan, 1990-1993

•           Associate Professor, Professor, College of Chemistry of Peking University, P. R. China, August 1993 to Present

•           President, Chinese Electrochemical Society, 2007 to Present

•           Chief scientist of the national basic research program for nanotechnology ‘Quasi-1D Semiconducting Nanomaterials—Structural Modulation, Characterization and Device Fundamentals’, 2007 to Present

•           Editorial boards of Chemistry_ An Asian J., Nano Research, J. Photochemistry and Photobiology C. Photochemistry Review

•           Advisory boards of Adv. Mater. and NPG Asia Mater.

•           Deputy Editor-in-Chief, Huaxue Tongbao

AWARD AND HONORS

•           The Japan-China Science and Technology Exchange Association, 1992,

•           Cross-Century Talented Scientist Fund (MOE, 1993),

•           National Excellent Young Scientist Fund (NSFC, 1994),

•           Outstanding Young Scientist Award (Hong Kong Qiushi Foundation, 1997)

•           Cheung Kong Chair Professor (MOE, 1999),

•           Chinese Analysis and Instruments Association (CAIA) 1^st level award (2005)

•           Chinese University`s Science and Technology Awards-Natural Science 1^st level Award (MOE, 2007),

•           National Award for Natural Science 2^nd level Award (2008)

MAIN SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATION

1. LM Zhang, S Diao, YF Nie, K Yan, N Liu, BY Dai, Q Xie, A Reina, J Kong, ZF Liu*, Photocatalytic patterning and modification of graphene, J Am. Chem. Soc. 133(008)(2011), 2706-2713
2. N Liu, ZF Liu* et al., Universal segregation growth approach to wafer-size graphene from non-noble metals. Nano Lett. 11(1)(2011), 297-303.
3. L Tong, T Zhu, ZF Liu*, Approaching the electromagnetic mechanism of surface-enhanced Raman scattering: from self-assembled arrays to individual gold nanoparticles, Chem. Soc. Rev. 40(3)(2011), 1296-1304 (Invited Review).
4. P Diao, ZF Liu*, Vertically Aligned single-walled carbon nanotubes by chemical assembly - methodology, properties, and applications, Adv. Mater. 22(13)(2010), 1430-1449 (Invited Review).
5. LY Jiao, B Fan, XJ Xian, ZY Wu, J Zhang, ZF Liu*, Creation of nanostructures with poly(methyl methacrylate)-mediated nanotransfer printing, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 130(38)(2008), 12612-12613.
6. YG Yao, QW Li, J Zhang*, R Liu, LY Jiao, YT Zhu, ZF Liu*, Temperature-mediated growth of single-walled carbon-nanotube intramolecular junctions, Nature Materials 6(4)(2007), 283-286.
7. LM Xie, C Liu, J Zhang*, YY Zhang, LY Jiao, L Jiang, L Dai, ZF Liu*, Photoluminescence recovery from single-walled carbon nanotubes on substrates, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 129(41)(2007), 12382-12383.

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Prof. Liu’s research interest is the sp² nanocarbon materials including single-walled car­bon nanotubes (SWNTs) and graphene targeting next-generation electronic devices. His work covers the controlled CVD growth, chemical modification for band structure engineering, and device fabrication techniques of SWNTs and graphene. He has published over 310 peer-re­viewed papers in Nature, Nature Materials, JACS, Angew. Chem., Nano Lett., Adv. Mater., etc.