Dr Zhe Liu - Researcher Profile

Biography

Zhe works in the Faculty of Engineering at Monash University as a Lecturer.

Zhe's research interests include:

• The mechanical properties of nanomaterials and nanostructures (e.g., nanotubes, nanowires, quantum dots etc.)
• The mechanics in NanoElectroMechanic systems and MicroElectroMechanic systems
• Thermodynamic, mechanical, electronic, magnetic, and optical properties of semiconductor and metal alloys and heterostructures
• Computational design of materials with target mechanical, electronic, and magnetic properties by the first-principles calculations

Keywords

Heterostructures, Metal alloys, NanoElectroMechanic systems, Nanomaterials and nanostructures, Optical properties of semiconductor, Thermodynamic

Qualifications

DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY

Institution: Northwestern University

Year awarded: 2006

Publications

Journal Articles

Liu, H., Gao, Y., Liu, Z., Zhu, Y., Wang, Y., Nie, J.F., 2013, A simulation study of the shape of beta ' precipitates in Mg-Y and Mg-Gd alloys, Acta Materialia [P], vol 61, issue 2, Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd, England UK, pp. 453-466.

Rogers, G.W., Liu, Z., 2012, High-performance graphene oxide electromechanical actuators, Journal Of The American Chemical Society [P], vol 134, issue 2, American Chemical Society, Washington DC USA, pp. 1250-1255.

Deng, J., Mortazavi Ghazvini, M.S.A., Medhekar, N., Liu, Z., 2012, Band engineering of Ni1-xMgxO alloys for photocathodes of high efficiency dye-sensitized solar cells, Journal Of Applied Physics [P], vol 112, issue 12, American Institute of Physics, Melville NY USA, pp. 1-5.

Qiu, L., Liu, Z., Chang, L., Wu, Y., Li, D., 2012, Biomimetic superelastic graphene-based cellular monoliths, Nature Communications [E], vol 3, Macmillan Publishers Limited, UK, pp. 1-7.

Shang, J., Li, G., Gu, Q., Bastow, T.J., Medhekar, N., Nairn, K.M., Doherty, C.M., Hill, A., Liu, Z., Webley, P., Singh, R.K., 2012, Discriminative separation of gases by a "molecular trapdoor" machanism in chabazite zeolites, Journal Of The American Chemical Society [P], vol 134, issue 46, American Chemical Society, Washington DC USA, pp. 19246-19253.

Deng, J., Fampiou, I., Liu, Z., Ramasubramaniam, A., Medhekar, N., 2012, Edge stresses of non-stoichiometric edges in two-dimensional crystals, Applied Physics Letters [P], vol 100, issue 25, American Institute of Physics, New York USA, pp. 1-5.

Ng, T.W., Lau, C.Y., Bernados-Chamagne, E., Liu, Z., Sheridan, J., Tan, N., 2012, Graphite flake self-retraction response based on potential seeking, Nanoscale Research Letters [P], vol 7, Springer, New York NY USA, pp. 1-9.

Sriram, S., Bhaskaran, M., Chen, S., Jayawardhana, S., Stoddart, P.R., Liu, Z., Medhekar, N., Kalantar-Zadeh, K., Mitchell, A., 2012, Influence of electric field on SERS: frequency effects, intensity changes, and susceptible bonds, Journal Of The American Chemical Society [P], vol 134, issue 10, American Chemical Society, Washington DC USA, pp. 4646-4653.

Liu, Z., Liu, Z., Cheng, Y., Li, Z., Wang, L., Zheng, Q., 2012, Interlayer binding energy of graphite: a mesoscopic determination from deformation, Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics [P], vol 85, issue 20, American Physical Society, Maryland USA, pp. 1-5.

Liu, Z., Zhang, S., Yang, J., Liu, Z., Yang, Y., Zheng, Q., 2012, Interlayer shear strength of single crystalline graphite, Acta Mechanica Sinica/Lixue Xuebao [P], vol 28, issue 4, Springer Heidelberg, Heidelberg Germany, pp. 978-982.

Liu, Z., Yang, J., Grey, F., Liu, Z., Liu, Y., Wang, Y., Yang, Y., Cheng, Y., Zheng, Q., 2012, Observation of microscale superlubricity in graphite, Physical Review Letters [P], vol 108, issue 20, Amer Physical Society, Maryland USA, pp. 1-5.

Yao, J., Wang, K., Ren, M., Liu, Z., Wang, H., 2012, Phase inversion spinning of ultrafine hollow fiber membranes through a single orifice spinneret, Journal of Membranes Science [P], vol 421, Elsevier Science BV, Amsterdam Netherlands, pp. 8-14.

Ma, M., Shen, L., Sheridan, J., Liu, Z., Chen, C., Zheng, Q., 2011, Friction of water slipping in carbon nanotubes, Physical Review E - Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics [P], vol 83, issue 3, American Physical Society, Maryland USA, pp. 1-7.

Rogers, G., Liu, Z., 2011, Graphene Actuators: Quantum-mechanical and electrostatic double-layer effects, Journal Of The American Chemical Society [P], vol 133, issue 28, American Chemical Society, Washington DC USA, pp. 10858-10863.

Peng, Y., Liu, Z., Wang, K., Cheng, Y., 2011, Influence of parameters of cold isostatic pressing on TiO2 films for flexible dye-sensitized solar cells, International Journal Of Photoenergy [P], vol 2011, Hindawi Publishing Corporation, USA, pp. 1-7.

Chen, C., Ma, M., Jin, K., Liu, Z., Shen, L., Zheng, Q., Xu, Z., 2011, Nanoscale fluid-structure interaction: Flow resistance and energy transfer between water and carbon nanotubes, Physical Review E - Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics [P], vol 84, issue 4, American Physical Society, Maryland USA, pp. 1-7.

Xiong, W., Liu, Z., Ma, M., Sheridan, J., Zheng, Q., 2011, Strain engineering water transport in graphene nanochannels, Physical Review E - Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics [P], vol 84, issue 5, American Physical Society, Maryland USA, pp. 1-7.

Chen, C., Ma, M., Liu, Z., Zheng, Q., Xu, Z., 2011, Viscous damping of nanobeam resonators: Humidity, thermal noise, and a paddling effect, Journal Of Applied Physics [P], vol 110, issue 3, American Institute of Physics, New York USA, pp. 1-5.

Chan, J., Liu, Z., Zunger, A., 2010, Bridging the gap between atomic microstructure and electronic properties of alloys: The case of (In,Ga)N, Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics [P], vol 82, issue 4, American Physical Society, USA, pp. 1-11.

Ma, M., Liu, Z., Wang, L., Shen, L., Zheng, Q., 2010, Effects of vacancies on interwall spacings of multi-walled carbon nanotubes, Journal Of Zhejiang University-Science A [P], vol 11, issue 10, Zhejiang University, Peoples Republic of China, pp. 714-721.

Shang, J., Li, G., Singh, R., Xiao, P., Liu, Z., Webley, P., 2010, Potassium chabazite: A potential nanocontainer for gas encapsulation, Journal of Physical Chemistry C [P], vol 114, issue 50, Amer Chemical Soc., USA, pp. 22025-22031.

Ma, M., Liu, Z., Wang, L., Shen, L., Xie, L., Wei, F., Zhu, J., Gong, Q., Liang, J., Zheng, Q., 2010, Reversible high-pressure carbon nanotube vessel, Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics [P], vol 81, issue 23, American Physical Society, USA, pp. 1-5.

Liu, Z., Zheng, Q., Liu, Z., 2010, Stripe/kink microstructures formed in mechanical peeling of highly orientated pyrolytic graphite, Applied Physics Letters [P], vol 96, issue 20, American Institute of Physics, USA, pp. 1-3.

Liu, Z., Trimarchi, G., Zunger, A., 2009, Prediction of ordering and spontaneous rotation of epitaxial habits in substrate-coherent InGaN and GaAsSb, Applied Physics Letters [P], vol 95, issue 8, American Institute of Physics, Melville NY USA, pp. 081901-1-081901-3.

Liu, Z., Zunger, A., 2009, Thermodynamic theory of epitaxial alloys: first-principles mixed-basis cluster expansion of (In, Ga)N alloy film, Journal of Physics Condensed Matter [P], vol 21, IOP Publishing, Bristol England, pp. 295402-1-295402-19.

Zeng, D., Xianlong, W., Liu, Z., Chen, Q., Li, Z., Zheng, Q., 2009, Tunable resonant frequencies for determining Young's moduli of nanowires, Journal Of Applied Physics [P], vol 105, issue 11, American Institute of Physics, Melville NY USA, pp. 114311-1-114311-4.

Chan, J.A., Liu, Z., Raebiger, H., Lany, S., Zunger, A., 2008, Relative stability, electronic structure, and magnetism of MnN and (Ga,Mn)N alloys, Physical Review B, vol 78, issue 18, American Physical Society, NE Physics Ellipse, College Pk, MD 20740-3844 USA, pp. 184109-1-184109-11.

Liu, Z., Zunger, A., 2008, Thermodynamic states and phase diagrams for bulk-incoherent, bulk-coherent, and epitaxially-coherent semiconductor alloys: Application to cubic (Ga,In)N, Physical Review B, vol 77, issue 20, American Physical Society, NE Physics Ellipse, College Pk, MD 20740-3844 USA, pp. 205201-1-205201-12.

Fine, M., Liu, Z., Asta, M.D., 2007, An unsolved mystery: The composition of bcc Cu alloy precipitates in bcc Fe and steels, Materials Science & Engineering A: Structural Materials: Properties, Microstructure and Processing [P], vol 463, Elsevier, Switzerland, pp. 271-274.

Liu, Z., Trimarchi, G., Zunger, A., 2007, Strain-minimizing tetrahedral networks of semiconductor alloys, Physical Review Letters [P], vol 99, issue 14, American Physical Society, NE Physics Ellipse, College PK, MD 20740-3844 USA, pp. 145501-1-145501-4.

Liu, Z., Gosh, G., van de Walle, A., Asta, M.D., 2007, Transferable force-constant modeling of vibrational thermodynamic properties in fcc-based Al-TM (TM=Ti, Zr, Hf) alloys, Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics [P], vol 75, issue 10, American Physical Society, NE Physics Ellipse, College Pk, MD 20740-3844, USA, pp. 104117-1-104117-15.

Liu, J.Z., Zheng, Q., Wang, L., Jiang, Q., 2005, Mechanical properties of single-walled carbon nanotube bundles as bulk materials, Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, vol 53, issue 1, Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd, Oxford England, pp. 123-142.

Wang, L., Zheng, Q., Liu, J.Z., Jiang, Q., 2005, Size dependence of the thin-shell model for carbon nanotubes, Physical Review Letters, vol 95, issue 10, American Physical Society, CollegePK USA, pp. 105501-1-105501-4.

Liu, J., van de Walle, A., Ghosh, G., Asta, M., 2005, Structure, energetics, and mechanical stability of Fe-Cu bcc alloys from first-principles calculations, Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics [P], vol 72, issue 14, American Physical Society, NE Physics Ellipse, College PK, MD 20740-3844, USA, pp. 144109-1-144109-16.

Liu, J.Z., Zheng, Q., Jiang, Q., 2003, Effect of bending instabilities on the measurements of mechanical properties of multiwalled carbon nanotubes, Physical Review B, vol 67, issue 7, American Physical Society, CollegePK USA, pp. 075414-1-075414-8.

Zheng, Q., Liu, J.Z., Jiang, Q., 2002, Excess van der Waals interaction energy of a multiwalled carbon nanotube with an extruded core and the induced core oscillation, Physical Review B, vol 65, issue 24, American Physical Society, CollegePK USA, pp. 245409-1-245409-6.

Liu, J.Z., Zheng, Q., Jiang, Q., 2001, Effect of a rippling mode on resonances of carbon nanotubes, Physical Review Letters, vol 86, issue 21, The American Physical Society, CollegePK USA, pp. 4843-4846.

Postgraduate Research Supervisions

Current Supervision

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

Advanced Adsorbents for Gas Separations.

Supervisors:

Liu, Z (Main), Webley, P (Associate).

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

Doped graphene for energy storage.

Supervisors:

Li, D (Joint-co), Liu, Z (Joint).

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

Enhancement of water evaporation at nano-scale.

Supervisors:

Alan, T (Joint), Liu, Z (Joint-co), Li, D (Associate).

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

Fabrication and experimental characterization of spin polarized light sources.

Supervisors:

Liu, Z (Main).

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

Graphene based materials for water purification.

Supervisors:

Majumder, M (Main), Liu, Z (Associate).

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

Inspiration from trees - Water evaporation and transport in nano-channels.

Supervisors:

Liu, Z (Joint-co), Yan, W (Joint).

Completed Supervision

Student:

Rogers, G.

Program of Study:

Micro/nano-actuation - piezoelectric and graphene based designs. (PHD) 2012.

Supervisors:

Liu, Z (Main).