Selected Publications

  1. 1. Zhirong Liu*. Accelerating kinetics with time-reversal path sampling. Molecules 28 (24), 8147/1-12 (2023).
  2. 2. Xiaohui Wang, Bin Chong, Zhaoxi Sun, Hao Ruan, Yingguang Yang, Pengbo Song, and Zhirong Liu*. More is simpler: decomposition of ligand-binding affinity for proteins being disordered. Protein Sci. 31, e4375 (2022).
  3. 3. Bin Chong, Yingguang Yang, Zi-Le Wang, Han Xing, and Zhirong Liu*. Reinforcement learning to boost molecular docking upon protein conformational ensemble. Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 23, 6800 (2021).
  4. 4. Qiaojing Huang, Maodong Li, Luhua Lai*, and Zhirong Liu*. Allostery of multidomain proteins with disordered linkers. Curr. Opin. Struct. Biol. 62, 175 (2020).
  5. 5. Miao Yu, Yixin Chen, Zi-Le Wang, and Zhirong Liu*. Fluctuation correlations as major determinants of structure- and dynamics-driven allosteric effects. Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 21, 5200 (2019).
  6. 6. Zi-Le Wang, Zhi-Feng Huang*, and Zhirong Liu*. Elastic constants of stressed and unstressed materials in the phase field crystal model. Phys. Rev. B 97, 144112 (2018).
  7. 7. Ting Cheng, Haifeng Lang, Zhenzhu Li, Zhongfan Liu, and Zhirong Liu*. Anisotropic carrier mobility in two-dimensional materials with tilted Dirac cones: theory and application. Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 19, 23942 (2017).
  8. 8. Maodong Li and Zhirong Liu*. Dimensions, energetics and denaturant effects of protein unstructured state. Protein Sci. 25, 734 (2016).
  9. 9. Jinying Wang, Shibin Deng, Zhongfan Liu, and Zhirong Liu*. The rare two-dimensional materials with Dirac cones. Natl. Sci. Rev. 2, 22 (2015).
  10. 10. Zhenzhu Li, Jinying Wang, and Zhirong Liu*. Intrinsic carrier mobility of Dirac cones: the limitations of deformation potential theory. J. Chem. Phys. 141, 144107 (2014).
  11. 11. Fan Jin, Chen Yu, Luhua Lai*, and Zhirong Liu*. Ligand clouds around protein clouds: a scenario of ligand binding with intrinsically disordered proteins. PLoS Comput. Biol. 9, e1003249 (2013).
  12. 12. Mingmei Yang, Lin Zhou, Jinying Wang, Zhongfan Liu*, and Zhirong Liu*. Evolutionary chlorination of graphene: from charge-transfer complex to covalent bonding and non-bonding. J. Phys. Chem. C 116, 844 (2012).
  13. 13. Fangping Ouyang, Shenglin Peng, Zhongfan Liu*, and Zhirong Liu*. Bandgap opening in graphene antidot lattices: the missing half. ACS Nano 5, 4023 (2011).
  14. 14. Zhirong Liu, Lynn Zechiedrich, and Hue Sun Chan. Local site preference rationalizes disentangling by DNA topoisomerases. Phys. Rev. E. 81, 031902 (2010).
  15. 15. Yongqi Huang and Zhirong Liu*. Kinetic advantage of intrinsically disordered proteins in coupled folding-binding process: a critical assessment of the "fly-casting" mechanism. J. Mol. Biol393, 1143 (2009).