Yong Liu

Qualifications:

BSc Chemical Engineering - Shaanxi University of Science and Technology, China
Grad. Cert. in Business- University of Wollongong, Australia
PhD Chemistry - University of Wollongong, Australia

Research Interests:

My PhD research studied a number of routes to the fabrication of novel nanostructured materials. These include the use of inverse opals and aligned carbon nanotubes as templates and the synthesis of novel nanofibers using electrospinning techniques. The outstanding improvements with the use of nanostructured materials in a wide variety of application areas including fuel cells, photoelectrochemical cells, biosensors, cell culture, electrochemical capacitor and energy storage were investigated.

In my present postdoctoral research, I am involved in the development of 3D architectures based on carbon nanotubes and utilisation of these materials in areas such as fuel cells, energy storage and biology.

5 Key Publications:

1. Chen, J., Minett, A.I., Liu, Y., Lynam, C., Sherrell, P., Wang C. and Wallace, G.G., “Direct Growth of Flexible Carbon Nanotube Electrodes”, Advanced Materials, 2008, 20, 566.
2. Liu, Y., Gilmore, K., Chen, J., Misoska V. and Wallace, G.G., “Bionanowebs Based on Poly(styrene-β-isobutylene-β-styrene) (SIBS) Containing Single Wall Carbon Nanotubes”, Chemistry of Materials, 2007, 19, 2721.
3. Chen, J., Liu, Y. Minett, A.I., Lynam, C., Wang J. and Wallace, G.G., “Flexible, Aligned Carbon Nanotube/Conducting Polymer Electrodes for Lithion-ion Battery”, Chemistry of Materials, 2007, 19, 3595.
4. Liu, Y., Chen, J., Misoska, V. and Wallace, G.G. “Preparation of Novel Ultrafine Nanofibers Based on DNA and Poly(ethylene oxide) by Electrospinning from Aqueous Solutions”, Reactive and Functional Polymers, 2007, 67, 461.
5. Liu, Y., Chen, J., Misoska, V., Swiegers, G.F. and Wallace, G.G. “Preparation of Platinum Inverse Opals using Self-assembled Templates and Their Application in Methanol Oxidation”, Materials Letters, 2007, 61, 2887.

Email: yongliu@uow.edu.au
Phone: 02 4221 3782
Office: 41A. 176

3D carbon nanotube architecture

DNA-PEO electrospun nanofibres

Platinum Inverse Opal