Research professors
Education
2016-2022 Nanjing University of Science and Technology, China
Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering
2015-2016 Nanjing University of Science and Technology, China
M.S. in Materials Science and Engineering
2011-2015 Jiangsu University, China
B.S. in Materials Science and Engineering
Professional Experience
06/2024 ~ Present Lecturer, Hohai University, Nanjing, China
06/2022 ~ 06/2024Postdoctoral Fellow,Nanjing University of Science and Technology, China
Research Interests
Corrosion Resistance Design of Metals and Their Alloys (Binary, Multi-component, High-entropy Alloys, etc.)
Functional Design of Single-Molecule Materials (Molecular Switches, Schottky Diodes, etc.)
Study on the Mechanism of Catalytic Reactions on the Surface of Metals and Alloys
TeachingExperience
Fundamentals of material science (for undergraduate students)
Metallic corrosion and protection (for undergraduate students)
Functional materials (for undergraduate students)
Metallic materials (for undergraduate students)
Failure of metallic materials (for graduate students)
Progress in physical metallurgy (for graduate students)
Academic advisor for Doctoral/Master students in Materials engineering
Funding/Projects
National Natural Science Foundation of China Youth Fund Project, 52301015, Research on Spin-Crossover Molecular Adsorption Descriptors on Metal Surfaces and Bistable Design, Principal Investigator
Zijin Postdoctoral Fellowship, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Molecular Information Storage Materials, Principal Investigator
Independent Scientific Research Special Program of Central Universities, 30923010309, Bistable Design of Molecular Interfaces of Spin-Crossover Complexes, Principal Investigator
National Key Research and Development Program, 2017YFB0702200, High-Throughput Evaluation and Prediction Technology for Service Behavior of Key Nuclear Power Materials, Participant
Sino-German Cooperation and Exchange Project, M-0147, Heterogeneous Catalytic Hydrogenation of Carbonyl Compounds Based on Keto-Enol Tautomerism: Where Theory Meets Experiment, Participant
National Natural Science Foundation of China General Program, 22173047, Theoretical Study on Microstructure and Statistical Conductance Behavior of Molecular Junction Interfaces, Participant
RepresentativeJournal Publications
G. Su, S. Yang, S. Li, C. J. Butch, S. N. Filimonov, J.-C. Ren*, and W. Liu*; Switchable Schottky contacts: Simultaneously enhanced output current and reduced leakage current, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2019, 141(4): 1628-1635.
Y. Peng, Z. Ding, G. Su*, H. Hou*, W. Liu*; Solidification process of ABO3-type perovskites: Kinetic two-phase growth method with optimized potential. J. Mater. Sci. Tech. doi.org/10.1016/j.jmst.2024.03.041.
H. Sun#, G. Su#, Y. Zhang#, J.-C. Ren, X. Chen, H. Hou, Z. Ding*, T. Zhang*, W. Liu*; First-principles modeling of the anodic and cathodic polarization to predict the corrosion behavior of Mg and its alloys, Acta Mater. 2023, 244: 118562.
Y. Xu#, J. Jian#, G. Su#, W. Liu*, S. Wang, Y. Shuang, F. Li, L. Jia, D. Friedrich, R. van de Krol, H. Wang*; Bulk embedding of ferroelectric nanodomains in CuBi2O4 cathodes enables boosted photoelectrochemical hydrogen generation. Adv. Funct. Mater. 2023, 33(30): 2213568.
G. Su, S. Yang, Y. Jiang, J. Li, S. Li, J.-C. Ren*, W. Liu*; Modeling chemical reactions on surfaces: The roles of chemical bonding and van der Waals interactions, Prog. Surf. Sci. 2019, 94(4): 100561.
X. Ge#, G. Su#, W. Che, J. Yang, X. Zhou, Z. Wang, Y. Qu, T. Yao, W. Liu*, Y. Wu*; Atomic filtration by graphene oxide membranes to access atomically dispersed single atom catalysts, ACS Catal. 2020, 10(18): 10468-10475.
Y. Han#, G. Su#, J. Zhou, J.-C. Ren, F. Xue, H. Hou, J. Mei*, W. Liu*, T. Zhang*; Modeling of the cathodic and anodic polarization curves of metals and alloys at an electronic level, J. Mater. Chem. A 2022, 10(34): 17652-17658.
J. Li, Y. Yang, Q. Yu, G. Su*, W. Liu*; Development and prospects in the structure and performance of lanthanide single-molecule magnets. J. Phys. Chem. C 2024, 128(12): 4882-4890.
J. Jian, S. Wang, Q. Ye, F. Li, G. Su, W. Liu, C. Qu, F. Liu, C. Li, L. Jia, A. A. Novikov, V. A. Vinokurov, D. H. S. Harvey, D. Shchukin, D. Friedrich, R. van de Krol, H. Wang*; Activating a semiconductor-liquid junction via laser-derived dual interfacial layers for boosted photoelectrochemical water splitting, Adv. Mater. 2022, 34(19): 2201140.
W. Liu*, S. Yang, J. Li, G. Su, J.-C. Ren; One molecule, two states: Single molecular switch on metallic electrodes, WIREs Comput. Mol. Sci. 2021, 11(4): e1511.
M. Fang, X. Liu, J.-C. Ren, S. Yang, G. Su, Q. Fang, J. Lai, S. Li*, W. Liu*; Revisiting the anchoring behavior in lithium-sulfur batteries: many-body effect on the suppression of shuttle effect, npj Comput. Mater. 2020, 6: 8.
J. Li, S. Yang, J.-C. Ren, G. Su, S. Li, C. J. Butch, Z. Ding*, W. Liu*; Deep molecular orbital driven high-temperature hydrogen tautomerization switching, J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2019, 10(21): 6755-6761.
J. Li, G. Su, S. Yang, X. Zhang, J.-C. Ren, C. J. Butch, H. Wang*, W. Liu*; Effect of single-atom defects on metal surfaces on porphycene tautomerization, J. Phys. Chem. C 2022, 126(10): 4871-4878.
C. Chen, S. Yang, G. Su, J. Li, J.-C. Ren, W. Liu*; Conductance switching in molecular self-assembled monolayers for application of data storage, J. Phys. Chem. C 2021, 125(1): 1069-1074.
C. Chen, S. Yang, G. Su, Q. Ji, M. Fuentes-Cabrera, S. Li*, W. Liu*; Large enantiospecificity of step-kink metal surfaces: Contributions from the backbone and side chain of α-amino acids, J. Phys. Chem. C 2020, 124(1): 742-748.
Key Patents
Wei Liu; Sha Yang; Jichang Ren; Guirong Su; Shuang Li; A Method for Controlling the Transition of Self-Assembled Metal-Organic Interface Molecular Switches through Surface Strain, September 6, 2022, China, Patent No. ZL201910862050.3
Wei Liu; Meng Li; Shuang Li; Sha Yang; Guirong Su; A Method for Regulating the Separation Ability of Cysteine Molecules by Applying Strain, September 3, 2021, China, Patent No. ZL201810918758.1
Wei Liu; Meng Li; Shuang Li; Yonghui Wang; Sha Yang; Guirong Su; Meijun Han; A Method for Enhancing the Separation Ability of Cysteine Molecules by Doping Gold Surfaces, January 8, 2021, China, Patent No. ZL201710483980.9
Shuang Li; Yonghui Wang; Wei Liu; Sha Yang; Guirong Su; A Method for Effectively Improving the Separation Ability of Serine on Copper Surfaces through Surface Modification, May 7, 2019, China, Patent No. ZL201611239711.X
Openings
Recruiting Master/Ph.D students to study metallic materials at Hohai University.
