研究方向
稀土掺杂上转换发光材料及其应用的研究，以及纳米材料制备和自组装、生物无机化学和超分子化学、催化表面科学以及纳米生物探针等。
个人简介
2011.07-至今 副教授 新加坡国立大学
2011.01-至今 高级研究员 新加坡科学院材料工程研究所
2006.12-2011.06 助理教授 新加坡国立大学
2004.09-2006.11 博士后 麻省理工学院
2004.9 无机化学 博士 西北大学(美国)
1999.9 化学 硕士 东卡罗莱纳州立大学
1996-1999 化学工程 学士 北京工商大学
现任学术机构会员：
2001-至今 Materials Research Society (MRS)
2008-至今 Singapore National Institute of Chemisty
现任学术杂志编委：
期刊编委：COSMOS (World Scientific)
期刊编委：Nanoscale (RSC)
当前项目
1.“Project name”, granting organization,
2.“Phase and size control of luminescence nanocrystals through lanthanide doping”, MOE
3.“Composite nanostructured materials for thermal management”, DSTA
4.“Luminescent material as spectral converters for enhancing the power conversion efficiency of solar cells”, ASTAR
5.“Developing near-infrared to visible upconversion nanoparticles for three-dimensional in vivo cancer imaging”, ASTAR
代表成果
Zinc Oxide Nano- and Microfabrication from Coordination-Polymer Templates,” Angewandte Chemie 2009, 121, 3062–3065; Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2009, 48, 3018-3021 (Invited research highlight
2.X. Liu*, “Aligned Conjugated Polymers Standing Upright,” Small 2010, 6, 2333-2335 (Research highlight).3.X. Liu, N. Wu, B. H. Wunsch, R. J. Barsotti, F. Stellacci, “Shape-controlled Growth of Micrometer-sized Gold Crystals by a Slow Reduction Method, ” Small 2006, 2, 1046-1050.
4.X. Liu, Y. Zhang, D. K. Goswami, J. S. Okasinski, K. Salaita, P. Sun, M. J. Bedzyk, C. A. Mirkin, “The controlled Evolution of a Single Crystal,” Science 2005, 307, 1763-1766.
5.X. Liu, C. L. Stern, C. A. Mirkin, “Chemical Origami: Formation of Flexible 52-Membered Tetranuclear Metallacylces via a Molecular Square Formed from a Hemilabile Ligand,“ Organometallics 2002, 21, 1017-1019.
6.X. Liu, L. Fu, S. Hong, V. P. Dravid, C. A. Mirkin, “Arrays of Magnetic Nanoparticles via Dip-Pen Nanolithography,” Advanced Materials 2002, 14, 231-234.
7.X. Huang, S. Han, W. Huang*, X. Liu*, “Enhancing Solar Cell Efficiency: the Search for Luminescent Materials as Spectral Converters,” Chemical Society Reviews 2013, 42,173-201 (Invited Review Article).
8.Y. Yang, F. Liu, X. Liu*, B. Xing*, “NIR Light Controlled Photorelease of siRNA and its Targeted Intracellular Delivery Based on Upconversion Nanoparticles,” Nanoscale, 2013, 5, 231-238.
9.G. Du, X. Liu*, Y. Zong, T. S. A. Hor, A. Yu, Z. Liu*, “Co3O4 nanoparticle-modified MnO2 nanotube bifunctional oxygen cathode catalysts for rechargeable zinc-air batteries,” Nanoscale 2013, 5, 4657-4661.
10.L. T. Su, S. K. Karuturi, J. Luo, L. Liu, X. Liu, J. Guo, T. C. Sum, R. Deng, H. J. Fan, X. Liu*, A. I. Y. Tok*, “Photon Upconversion in Heteronanostructured Photoanodes for Enhanced Near-Infrared Light Harvesting,” Advanced Materials,2013, 25, 1603-1607.
