Staff information

Jun Liu

Interfacial Chemistry & Engineering
Laboratory Fellow
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
PO Box 999
MSIN: K3-59
Richland, WA 99352
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Biography

Jun Liu, Ph.D., has a background in colloidal and surface science, materials processing, and high-resolution electron microscopy. He initiated and led a broad range of basic and applied research programs in materials science at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL). He was appointed to Level VI Senior Staff Scientist position (equivalent to laboratory fellow now) in 2000. In January 2001, he left PNNL to join Lucent Bell Laboratory to conduct research on optical fibers. He joined Sandia National Laboratories in July 2001. At Sandia, he served as the department manager for Chemical Synthesis and Nanomaterials, and Complex Functional Nanomaterials Thrust Leader for Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies (CINT). In October 2005, Jun Liu rejoined PNNL as a Laboratory Fellow to lead the synthesis task within the catalysis initiative.

Dr. Liu's research activities include developing novel functional materials, self-assembly of synthetic materials and hybrid materials/devices involving active biomolecules, developing fundamental understanding for large-scale fabrication of nanomaterials, controlled nucleation and growth, catalytic science, chemical and biosensing, targeted and controlled drug release, etc. Dr. Liu's research has an impact on the direction of nanoscience research. He is a pioneer, and a creative leader in the area of self-assembled nanoscale materials. His research includes "cutting edge" programs ranging from fundamental studies of molecularly organized nanostructural materials, to self-organization of complex proteins, to the development of unique materials aimed at a particular application. Dr. Liu made significant contributions in many areas that are critical to DOE's scientific mission, from understanding tank waste chemistry, to the development of key dielectric materials for microelectronics, efficient environmental remediation technology, smart and responsive composite materials and thin films, carbon nanotubes and carbon nanotube composites, highly dispersed catalyst materials, and labeling-free biomolecular sensing. His research in the understanding and application of self-assembled molecular structures, in the development of multifunctional nanoscale materials with size and shape selectivity, and latterly in controlled crystal growth and in active self-assembly using molecular motors and microtubules, is considered at the forefront of materials science.

Dr. Liu is the author and co-author of 100 technical papers, an invited author for many book chapters, and a co-author and editor of several books. He has published many invited review articles and has presented numerous invited seminars at national and international conferences, workshops, and major research institutes. Dr. Liu's research has received considerable attention in the scientific community and popular press with feature articles and news highlights. His research also has been featured as cover pages in leading journals.

Research Interests

Self-assembled materials, nanostructured functional materials and their applications
Synthesis and applications of nanostructured catalysts
General methods for nanomaterials synthesis based on controlled nucleation and growth

Education and Credentials

Ph.D., Materials Science and Engineering, University of Washington
M.S., Materials Science and Engineering, University of Washington
B.S., Ceramic Engineering, Hunan University, China

Affiliations and Professional Service

Member of American Ceramic Society
Member of Materials Research Society
Member of American Chemical Society

Awards and Recognitions

Distinguished Inventor of Battelle, 2007
Two first place awards at MRS Spring Meeting, Science as Art, San Francisco, 2005
Sandia National Laboratories Director’s Award for Excellence, 2002
Best Paper Award, American Ceramic Society, 1999
R&D 100 Award, team leader, 1998
Finalist for Discover Magazine Award for Technology Innovation, team leader, 1998
Team Leader for Basic Energy Science Materials Science Award for Materials Chemistry: Significant
Implication for DOE-Related Technologies, 1998
Team member, BES Materials Science Award for Materials Chemistry: Significant Implication for DOE-Related Technologies, 1995
Director’s Award for Excellence, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, 1994
Washington Mineral Society Fellowship, 1985
Washington Mineral Society Fellowship, 1986
Organized several successful technical symposia for major technical meetings, such as Materials Research Society, and AAAS

PNNL Publications

2008

Wang D, D Choi, Z Yang, VV Viswanathan, Z Nie, CM Wang, Y Song, J Zhang, and J Liu. 2008. "Synthesis and Li-ion Insertion Properties of Highly Crystalline Mesoporous Rutile TiO2." Chemistry of Materials 20(10):3435-3442.
Lei C, TA Soares, Y Shin, J Liu, and EJ Ackerman. 2008. "Enzyme Specific Activity in Functionalized Nanoporous Supports." Nanotechnology 19(12):Art. No. 125102. doi:10.1088/0957-4484/19/12/125102

2007

Dixon DA, Z Dohnalek, MS Gutowski, JZ Hu, E Iglesia, BD Kay, J Liu, CHF Peden, L Wang, Y Wang, JM White, OA Bondarchuk, JE Herrera, J Kim, JH Kwak, T Stuchinskaya, HJ Zhai, CN Chisolm, and J Macht. 2007. "Early Transition Metal Oxides as Catalysts: Crossing Scales from Clusters to Single Crystals to Functioning Materials." In Frontiers in Catalysis Science. Meeting of the Catalysis and Chemical Transformations Program Chemical Sciences, Geosciences and Biosciences Division, Office of Basic Energy Sciences, U.S. Department of Energy Rockville, MD May 23-26, 2004, pp. 389-392. Department of Energy, Washington, DC.
Fryxell GE, SV Mattigod, Y Lin, H Wu, SK Fiskum, KE Parker, F Zheng, W Yantasee, TS Zemanian, RS Addleman, J Liu, J Xu, KM Kemner, S Kelly, and X Feng. 2007. "Design and Synthesis of Self-Assembled Monolayers on Mesoporous Supports (SAMMS): The Importance of Ligand Posture in Functional Nanomaterials." Journal of Materials Chemistry 17:2863-2874. doi:10.1039/b702422c
Lei C, Y Shin, J Liu, and EJ Ackerman. 2007. "Synergetic Effects of Nanoporous Support and Urea on Enzyme Activity." Nano Letters 7(4):1050-53. doi:10.1021/nl070255b
Wang Y, KY Lee, S Choi, J Liu, LQ Wang, and CHF Peden. 2007. "Grafting Sulfated Zirconia on Mesoporous Silica." Green chemistry: an international journal and green chemistry resource:GC 9(6):540-544. doi:10.1039/b614928f
Zhang P, F Xu, A Navrotsky, JS Lee, S Kim, and J Liu. 2007. "Surface Enthalpies of Nanophase ZnO with Different Morphologies." Chemistry of Materials 19(23):5687-5693. doi:10.1021/cm0711919

2006

Wang D, J Liu, Q Huo, Z Nie, W Lu, RE Williford, and Y Jiang. 2006. "Surface-Mediated Growth of Transparent, Oriented, and Well-Defined Nanocrystalline Anatase Titania Films ." Journal of the American Chemical Society 128(42):13670-13671. doi:10.1021/ja0655993
Huo Q, J Liu, LQ Wang, Y Jiang, TN Lambert, and E Fang. 2006. "A New Class of Silica Crosslinked Micellar Core-Shell /nanoparticles." ." Journal of the American Chemical Society 128(19):6447-6453 . doi:10.1021/ja060367p
Lei C, Y Shin, JK Magnuson, GE Fryxell, LL Lasure, DC Elliott, J Liu, and EJ Ackerman. 2006. "Characterization of Functionalized Nanoporous Supports for Protein Confinement ." Nanotechnology 17(22):5531-5538. doi:10.1088/0957-4484/17/22/001

2005

Dabbs DM, U Ramachandran, S Lu, J Liu, LQ Wang, and IA Aksay. 2005. "Inhibition of Aluminum Oxyhydroxide Precipitation with Citric Acid." Langmuir 21(25):11690-11695. doi:10.1021/la050822f

2002

Lei C, Y Shin, J Liu, and EJ Ackerman. 2002. "Entrapping Enzyme in a Functionalized Nanoporous Support." Journal of the American Chemical Society 124(38):11242-3.

2001

Shin Y, II, J Liu, JH Chang, II, Z Nie, and GJ Exarhos. 2001. "Hierarchically Ordered Ceramics through Surfactant-Templated Sol-Gel Mineralization of Biological Cellular Structures." Advanced Materials 13(10):728-732.
Domansky K, J Liu, LQ Wang, MH Engelhard, and S Baskaran. 2001. "Chemical Sensors Based on Dielectric Response of Functionalized Mesoporous Silica Films." Journal of Materials Research 16(10):2810-2816.
Kelly SD, KM Kemner, GE Fryxell, J Liu, and SV Mattigod. 2001. "X-Ray Absorption Fine Structure Spectroscopy Determination of the Binding Mechanism of Tetrahedral Anions to Self Assembled Monolayers on Mesoporous Support." Journal of Synchrotron Radiation 8(Pt 2):922-924.
Zemanian TS, GE Fryxell, J Liu, SV Mattigod, JA Franz, and Z Nie. 2001. "Deposition of Self-Assembled Monolayers in Mesoporous Silica from Supercritical Fluids." Langmuir 17(26):8172-8177.
Zemanian TS, GE Fryxell, J Liu, SV Mattigod, Y Shin, JA Franz, OA Ustyugov, and Z Nie. 2001. "Chemical Functionalization of Nanostructured Materials Using Supercritical Reaction Media." In IEEE-NANO 2001 : proceedings of the 2001 1st IEEE Conference on Nanotechnology, October, 28-30, 2001, Maui, Hawaii / , pp. 288-292. IEEE, New York, NY.

2000

Shin Y, J Liu, LQ Wang, Z Nie, WD Samuels, GE Fryxell, and GJ Exarhos. 2000. "Ordered Hierarchical Porous Materials: Towards Tunable Size- and Shape-Selective Microcavities in Nanoporous Channels." Angewandte Chemie International Edition 39(15):2702-2707.
Liu J, GE Fryxell, M Qian, LQ Wang, and Y Wang. 2000. "Interfacial Chemistry in Self-Assembled Nanoscale Materials with Structural Ordering." Pure and Applied Chemistry 72(1-2):269-279.
Shin Y, TS Zemanian, GE Fryxell, LQ Wang, and J Liu. 2000. "Supercritical Processing of Functionalized Size Selective Microporous Materials." Microporous and Mesoporous Materials 37(1-2):49-56.
Baskaran S, J Liu, K Domansky, NJ Kohler, XH Li, CA Coyle, GE Fryxell, S Thevuthasan, and RE Williford. 2000. "Low Dielectric Constant Mesoporous Silica Films Through Molecularly Templated Synthesis ." Advanced Materials 12(4):291-294.
Choi S, Y Wang, Z Nie, J Liu, and CHF Peden. 2000. "Cs-Substituted Tungstophosphoric Acid Salt Supported on Mesoporous Silica." Catalysis Today 55(1-2):117-124.
Choi S, Y Wang, Z Nie, D Khmbapati, J Liu, and CHF Peden. 2000. "Mesoporous Silica Supported Solid Acid Catalysts." In 12th International Congress on Catlysis, Studies in Surface Science Catalysis, vol. 130 pt B, ed. A. Corma, F.Melo, S. Mendioroz et al, pp. 965-970. Elsevier, Amsterdam, , NETHERLANDS.
Fryxell GE, and J Liu. 2000. "Designing Surface Chemistry in Mesoporous Silica." Chapter 21 in Adsorption on Silica Surfaces, Surfactant Science Series, vol. 90, ed. Eugene Papirer, pp. 665-687. Marcel Dekker, New York, NY.
Fryxell GE, J Liu, SV Mattigod, LQ Wang, Y Lin, X Feng, TA Hauser, and M Gong. 2000. "Environmental Applications of Interfacially Modified Mesoporous Ceramics." In Environmental Issues and Waste Management Technologies in the Ceramic and Nuclear Industries V, vol. 107, ed. G. T. Chandler and X. Feng, pp. 29-37. American Ceramic Society, Westerville, OH.
Gong X, J Liu, S Baskaran, RD Voise, and JS Young. 2000. "Surfactant-assisted Processing of Carbon Nanotube/Polymer Composites." Chemistry of Materials 12(4):1049-1052.
Liang L, PC Rieke, J Liu, GE Fryxell, JS Young, MH Engelhard, and KL Alford. 2000. "Surfaces with Reversible Hydrophilic/Hydrophobic Characteristics on Cross-linked Poly(N-Isopropylacrylamide) Hydrogels." Langmuir 16:8016-8023.
Liang L, PC Rieke, GE Fryxell, J Liu, MH Engelhard, and KL Alford. 2000. "Temperature-Sensitive Surfaces Prepared by UV Photografting Reaction of Photosensitizer and N-Isopropylacrylamide ." Journal of Physical Chemistry B 104(49):11667-11673.
Liang L, PC Rieke, GE Fryxell, J Liu, MH Engelhard, and KL Alford. 2000. "Temperature-Sensitive Surfaces Prepared by UV Photografting Reaction of Photosensitizer and N-Isopropylacrylamide ." Journal of Physical Chemistry B 104:11667-11673.
Liu J, Y Shin, Z Nie, JH Chang, LQ Wang, GE Fryxell, WD Samuels, and GJ Exarhos. 2000. "Molecular Assembly in Ordered Mesoporosity: A New Class of Highly Functional Nanoscale Materials." Journal of Physical Chemistry A 104(36):8328-8339.
Liu J, GE Fryxell, SV Mattigod, TS Zemanian, Y Shin, and LQ Wang. 2000. "Synthesis and Applications of Functionalized Nanoporous Materials for Specific Adsorption." In Nanoporoous Materials II, Studies in Surface Science and Catalysis, vol. 129, pp. 729-738. Elsevier, Amsterdam, , NETHERLANDS.
Smith BA, JZ Zhang, AG Joly, and J Liu. 2000. "Luminescence Decay Kinetics of Mn2+ Doped ZnS Nanoclusters Grown in Reverse Micelles." Physical Review. B, Condensed Matter 62(3):2021-2028.
Thevuthasan S, S Baskaran, K Domansky, J Liu, and MH Engelhard. 2000. "Effectiveness of High Energy Ion Beam Techniques for the Characterization of Mesoporous Low Dielectric-Constant Materials." Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section B, Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms 161-163:476-481.
Wang LQ, J Liu, GJ Exarhos, K Flanigan, and R Bordia. 2000. "Conformation Heterogeneity and Mobility of Surfactant Molecules in intercalated Clay Minerals Studied by Solid-State NMR." Journal of Physical Chemistry B 104(13)(April 6, 2000):2810-2816.

1999

Palmer BJ, J Liu, and JW Virden. 1999. "Simulations of the Effect of Diblock Surfactant Spacer Molecules on Micelle Structure and Function." Langmuir 15(22):7426-7431.
Fryxell GE, J Liu, and SV Mattigod. 1999. "Self-assembled Monolayers on Mesoporous Supports (SAMMS) - An Innovative Environmental Sorbent." Materials Technology 14(4):188-191.
Fryxell GE, J Liu, TA Hauser, Z Nie, KF Ferris, SV Mattigod, M Gong, and RT Hallen. 1999. "Design and Synthesis of Selective Mesoporous Anion Types ." Chemistry of Materials 11(8):2148-2154.
Kemner KM, X Feng, J Liu, GE Fryxell, LQ Wang, AY Kim, M Gong, and SV Mattigod. 1999. "Investigation of the local chemical interactions between Hg and self-assembled monolayers on mesoporous supports." Journal of Synchrotron Radiation 6(3):633-635.
Mattigod SV, X Feng, GE Fryxell, J Liu, and M Gong. 1999. "Separation of Complexed Mercury from Aqueous Wastes Using Self-Assembled Mercaptan on Mesoporous Silica." Separation Science and Technology 34(12):2329-2345.
Wang LQ, GJ Exarhos, and J Liu. 1999. "Nuclear Magnetic Resonance-Characterization of Self-Assembled Nanostructured Materials." Advanced Materials 11(16):1331-1340.

1998

Elder SH, Y Gao, XS Li, J Liu, DE McCready, and CF Windisch, JR. 1998. "Zirconia-Stabilized 25-AngstromTiO2 Anatase Crystallites in a Mesoporous Structure." Chemistry of Materials 10(10):3140-3145.
Windisch CF, JR, JW Virden, SH Elder, J Liu, and MH Engelhard. 1998. "Electrochemistry of TiN in 6M KOH Solution." Journal of the Electrochemical Society 145(4):1211-1218.