Gang-yu Liu
Department of Chemistry
University of California
Davis, CA 95616
530-754-9678 (phone), 8995 (fax)
liu@chem.ucdavis.edu
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Professional Preparation:
Peking University, Beijing, P. R. China
Princeton University, USA
Princeton University, USA
U. C. Berkeley and LBL, USA
Chemistry
Surface Chemistry
Surface Chemistry
High-resolution imaging
B.S.
Ph.D.
Postdoctoral
Postdoctoral
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Appointments:
Professor:
Department of Chemistry, University of California, Davis, CA
Associate Professor: Department of Chemistry, University of California, Davis, CA
Associate Professor: Department of Chemistry, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI
Assistant Professor: Department of Chemistry, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI
1985
1987
1992
1992-94
2005-present
2001-2005
1999-2001
1994-1999
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Publications:
Five closely related papers
Lulevich, V.; Zink, T.; Chen, H.-Y.; Liu, F.-T; Liu, G.-Y. Cell Mechanics Using Atomic Force
Microscopy-Based Single-Cell Compression Langmuir, 2006, 22 (19), pp 8151–8155 (cover). DOI:
10.1021/la060561p
Lulevich, V.; Shih, Y.; Lo, S.H.; Liu, G.-Y. Cell Tracing Dyes Significantly Change Single Cell
Mechanics J. Phys. Chem. B 2009, 113, 6511–6519, DOI: 10.1021/jp8103358
Zink, T.; Deng, Z.; Chen, H.; Yu, L.; Liu, F.T.; Liu, G.Y. High-resolution three-dimensional imaging of
the rich membrane structures of bone marrow-derived mast cells. Ultramicroscopy 2008, 109, 2231(cover).
Deng, Z.; Zink, T.; Chen, H.-Y.; Walters, D.; Liu, F.-T.; Liu, G.-Y. Impact of Actin Rearrangement and
Degranulation on the Membrane Structure of Primary Mast Cells: A Combined Atomic Force and
Laser Scanning Confocal Microscopy Investigation. Biophysical Journal, 2009, 96 (4), 1629-1639
Garno, J.C.; Yang, Y.; Amro, N.A.; Cruchon-Dupeyrat, S.; Chen, S.; Liu, G.-Y. Precise Positioning of
Nanoparticles on Surfaces Using Scanning Probe Lithography. Nano Letters, 2003, 3, 389-395. DOI:
10.1021/nl025934v
Five other significant and related ones
Liu, G.Y.; Amro, N.A. Positioning Proteins on Surfaces: A Nanoengineering Approach to
Supramolecular Chemistry PNAS, 2002, 99, 5165-5170.
Yang, G.; Tan, L.; Yang, Y.; Chen, S.; Liu, G.-Y. Single Electron Tunneling and Manipulation of
Nanoparticles on Surfaces at Room Temperature Surf. Sci. 2005, 589, 129-138.
Yang, G.; Liu, G.-Y. New Insights for Self-Assembled Monolayers of Organothiols on Au(111) Revealed
by Scanning Tunneling Microscopy J. Phys. Chem., Feature Article, 2003, 107, 8746-8759
Yu, J.-J.; Nolting, B.; Tan, Y. H.; Xue, L.; Gervay-Hague, J.; Liu, G.-Y. Polyvalent Interactions of HIVgp120 Protein and Nanostructures of Carbohydrate Ligands NanoBio Technology, 2005, 1, 15511286 (print) 1551-1294 (online).
Liu, M.; Amro, N. A.; Liu, G.-Y. Nanografting for Surface Physical Chemistry Annul Review of
Physical Chemistry, 2008, 5; 367–86
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Synergistic:
Senior Editor for J. Phys. Chem., 2005-present
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Course development at WSU: Modern Techniques in Physical and Analytical Chemistry
(graduate level); Physical Chemistry Experiment (undergraduate level)
Course development at UCD: Nanoscience and Imaging (graduate level)
Nanografting, US patent granted in 1999
AFM based Single cell mechanics, US patent pending
Nanolithography using elastomer, US patent pending
Collaborators & Other Afiliations
Collaborators and Co-Editors during the past 48 months
Paul Ashby (LBL), Shaowei Chen (UC Santa Cruz), Holland Cheng (UC Davis), Shirley Chiang (UC
Davis), Jacquelyn Gervay (UC Davis), Susan Kauzlarich (UC Davis); Kit Lam (UC Davis), Fu-tong Liu
(UC Davis), Suhao Lo (UC Davis), Timothy Patten (UC Davis), Miquel Salmeron (UC Berkeley),
Ramsey Stevens (CDI Corp), Guohua Yang (Caly Moly)
Graduate and Postdoctoral Advisors
Doctoral Research: Professor Giacinto Scoles (Princeton University)
Postdoctoral Research: Yuan T. Lee (U.C. Berkeley) and Miquel Salmeron (LBL)
Thesis Advisor and Postdoctoral-Scholar Sponsors
Former graduate students: (24)
Song Xu (Ph.D. 1999), K. Wadu-Mesthrige (Ph.D. 2000), Sylvain Cruchon-Dupeyrat (Ph.D. 2001),
Yile Qian (Ph.D. 2002), Jayne C. Garno (Ph.D. 2002), Nabil Amro (Ph.D. 2003),
Guohua Yang (Ph.D. 2003), Maozi Liu (Ph.D. 2004), William Price (Ph.D. 2005),
Jingjiang Yu (Ph.D. 2005), Yih Tan (Ph.D., 2009), Zhao Deng (Ph.D., 2009), Tiffany Zink (Ph.D.,
2009)
Vijay Jain (M.S. 1996), Jerry Jourdan (M.S. 1998), Akihi ko Yoshi kawa ( M.S. 2004), Jue Wang
(M.S. 2004), Susan Vernene ( M.S. 2004), Amanda Price (M.S. 2004), Xue (Sherr y) Li (M.S.
2005), Shannon Amira Lei gh (MS, 2007) , Yi h. H. Tan (Ph.D. 2009), Tiffany Zink
(Ph.D. 2009). Jessica Koehne (Ph.D. 2009)
Former undergraduate students: (21)
Matthew Affix, Dominic Allam, James Benigna, Adrienne Brown, Ehsan Ghanizadeh; Rahit Gehani,
Gregory Harris, Brandon Lee; J.P. Lu, Ying Liu, Nicole Mangiboya, Love McMiller, Scott Miller,
Joeseph Oravec, Sonia Rosner, Jason Rubado-Mejia, Onkar Singh, Jennifer Standley, Zane
Starkewolfe, Pawel Uliasz, Nancy Woo
Former postdoctoral researchers: (7)
Junfu Liu (11/00-2/02), Jun Hu (4/02-9/02), Yungui Li (5/03-4/04), Li Tan (9/03-8/05), Ruxandra Vidu
(7/03-6/04), Alexandru Riposan (2006-2007), Valentin Lulevich (2006-2008)
Current graduate students: (10)
Donglei Bu, Christopher Fleming, Latevi Lawson, Weifeng Lin, Ying X. Liu, Kyungsun Park, Shawn
Riechers, Marshall Van Zil, Naining Yin, Christopher Zimmer
Current postdoctoral researchers: (4)
T. J. Mullen, Lifang Shi, Jerry (J.R.) Li, Ming Zhang (joint with Patten)
Current undergraduate students: (1)
Gabrial Chu
Publications
A. Peer-Reviewed Journals:
1.
“Surface Acidity of MoO3-NiO-P2O5 / -Al2O3 System”
Zhao, B.; Liu, G.-Y.; Huang, H.; Gui, L.; and Tang, Y. Acta Petrolei. Sinica, 1988, 4, 46-52.
2.
“Hemoglobin Quaternary Structure Change Monitored Directly by Transient UV Resonance Raman Spectroscopy”
Su, C.; Park, Y.D.; Liu, G.-Y.; Spiro, T.G. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1989, 111, 3457-3459.
3.
“Ionic Strength Dependence of Cytochrome-C Structure and Trp-59 H/D Exchange from Ultraviolet Resonance
Raman Spectroscopy”
Liu, G.-Y.; Grygon, C.A.; Spiro, T.G. Biochemistry, 1989, 28, 5046-5050.
4.
“Molecular Order at the Surface of an Organic Monolayer Studied by Low Energy Helium Diffraction”
Chidsey, C. E. D.; Liu, G.-Y.; Rowntree, P.; Scoles, G. J. Chem. Phys., 1989, 91(7), 4421-4423.
5.
“Low Energy Helium Atom Scattering from HCl Monolayer Physisorbed on Graphite”
Liu, G.-Y.; Rowntree, P.; Scoles, G.; Xu, J. Surf. Sci., 1989, 224, 43-59.
6.
“Helium Diffraction from Overlayers Physisorbed on a Self-Assembled Organic Monolayer,”
Chidsey, C. E. D.; Liu, G.-Y.; Scoles, G.; Wang, J. Langmuir, 1990, 6, 1804-1806.
7.
“Surface Structures and Thermal motion of Monolayers of n-alkane Thiols self-Assembled on Au(111) Studied by
Low Energy Helium Diffraction”
Camillone(III), N.; Chidsey, C. E. D.; Liu, G-Y.; Putvinski, T. M.; Scoles, G. J. Chem. Phys., 1991, 94(12),
8493-8502.
8.
“Low Energy Helium Diffraction Studies of CO2 Overlayer Physisorbed on NaCl(001)”
Liu, G.; Robinson, G. N.; Scoles, G.; Heiney, P. A. Surf. Sci., 1992, 262, 409-421.
9.
“Surface Structures of CH3Br Overlayers Physisorbed on C(0001), NaCl(001) and LiF(001) Surfaces”
Camillone(III), N.; Liu, G.-Y.; Robinson, G.; Rowntree, P.; Scoles, G. J. Chem. Phys. 1992, 96(12),
9212-9220.
10. “Superlattice Structure at The Surface of a Monolayer of Octadecanethiol Self-Assembled on Au(111),”
Camillone(III), N., Chidsey, C. E. D., Liu, G-Y.; Scoles G. J. Chem. Phys., 1993, 98(4), 3503-3511.
11. “Substrate Dependence of the Surface Structure and Chain Packing of Docosyl Mercaptan Self-Assembled on the
Au(111), (110), and (100) Faces of Single Crystal Gold”
Camillone(III), N.; Chidsey, C. E. D.; Liu, G-Y.; Scoles, G. J. Chem. Phys, 1993, 98(5), 4234-4245.
12. “Structural Defects in Self-Assembled Organic Monolayers via Combined Atomic Beam and X-ray Diffraction”
Camillone(III), N.; Chidsey, C. E. D.; Eisenberger, P.; Fenter, P.; Li, J.; Liang, K. S.; Liu, G-Y.; Scoles, G.
J. Chem. Phys, 1993, 99(1), 744-747.
13. “Reversible Displacement of Chemisorbed Monolayers on Gold: An Atomic Force Microscopy Study”
Liu, G.-Y.; Salmeron, M. B. Langmuir 1994, 10, 367.
14. “An Unexpected Packing of Fluorinated Alkanethiols on Au(111) by Atomic Force Microscopy”
Liu, G.-Y., Fenter, P., Chidsey, C. E. D., Ogletree, D. F. and Salmeron, M. J. Chem. Phys., 1994, 101 (5),
4301-4306.
15. “Molecular Arrangement and Mechanical Stability of Self-assembled Monolayers on Au(111) under Applied Load”
Salmeron, M. B.; Liu, G.-Y.; Ogletree, D. F. in “Forces in Scanning Probe Methods”, eds. H. - J. Gunterodt, D.
Anselmetti and E. Meyer. NATO ASI Series E. Kluwer Academic Publisher, The Netherlands, 1995, 593-598.
16. “Preparation, Structure and Mechanical Stability of Alkylsilane Monolayer on Mica”
Xiao, X.-D.; Liu, G. -Y.; Charych, D. H.; Salmeron, M. Langmuir 1995, 11, 1600.
(publications below represent research work at WSU)
17. "Disaggregation of TMV by BSA"
Wadu-Mesthrige, K.; Pati, B.; McClain, W. M.; Liu, G.-Y. Langmuir, 1996, 12, 3511-3515.
18. "Conjugated Polymers with Main Chain Chirality. I. Synthesis of an Optically Active Polyacrylenevinylene"
Hu, Q.; Vitharana, D.; Liu, G.-Y.; Jain, V.; Aagaman, M. W.; Zhang, L.; Lee, T. R.; Pu, L.
Macromolecules, 1996, 11, 1082-1084.
19. "Conjugated Polymers with Main Chain Chirality. II"
Hu, Q.; Jain, V.; Liu, G.-Y.; Pu, L. Macromolecules, 1996, 29, 5075-5082.
20. "AFM Study of Specific Antigen-Antibody Binding"
Browning-Kelley, M. E.; Wadu-Mesthrige, K.; Hari, V.; Liu, G.-Y. Langmuir, 1997, 12, 343 - 350.
21. "Nanometer-Scale Fabrication by Simultaneous Nanoshaving and Molecular Self-Assembly"
Xu, S.; Liu, G.-Y. Langmuir, 1997, 12, 127 - 129.
22. "Nanometer-Scale Elasticity Measurements Using AFM"
Kiridena, W.; Jain, V.; Kuo, P. K.; Liu, G. Y. Surf. and Interface Analy. 1997, 25, 383-389.
23. "Atomic Force Microscopy Studies of Self-Assembled Monolayers of Thiols"
Liu, G. Y., Xu, S., Cruchon-Dupeyrat, S. In Thin Film: Self-Assembled Monolayers of Thiols;
Ed. A. Ulman, 1998, 24, 81 - 110.
24. "In Situ Studies of Thiol Self-Assembly on Gold from Solution Using Atomic Force Microscopy"
Xu, S.; Cruchon-Dupeyrat, S. J. N.; Garno, J. C.; Liu, G.-Y.; Jennings, G. K.; Yong, T. H.;
Laibinis, P. E. J. Chem. Phys., 1998, 108, 5002 - 5012.
25. “Accelerating Self-assembly on Gold - A Spatial Confinement Effect”
Xu, S.; Laibinis, P. E.; Liu, G.-Y. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1998, 120, 9356 - 9361.
26. "Nanometer Scale Fabrication of Self-Assembled Monolayers: Nanoshaving and Nanografting"
Liu, G.-Y.; Xu, S. In New Directions in Materials Synthesis, Ed. Winter, C. H.; Hoffman, D., 1998, ACS
Symposium Series 727, chapter 15, 199-208.
27. “Correspondence Between Layer Morphology and Intralayer Excitation Transport Dynamics in ZirconiumPhosphonate Monolayers”
Horne, J. C.; Huang, Y.; Liu, G.-Y.; Blanchard, G. J. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1999, 121, 4419 - 4426.
28. “Imaging Nanoscopic Elasticity of Thin Film Materials by Atomic Force Microscopy: Effects of Force
Modulation Frequency and Amplitude”
Jourdan, J.; Cruchon-Dupeyrat, S. J.; Huang, Y.; Kuo, P. K.; Liu, G.-Y. Langmuir, 1999, 15,
6495-6504.
29. “Fabrication of Nanometer Scale Patterns within Self-Assembled Monolayers by Nanografting”
Xu, S.; Miller, S.; Laibinis, P. E.; Liu, G. Y. Langmuir, 1999, 15, 7244-7251.
30. “Structural Basis of the Escherichia coli Outer-Membrane Permeability”
Amro, N. A.; Kotra, L. P.; Wadu-Mesthrige, K.; Bulchev, A.; Mobashery, S.; Liu, G-Y.
Proc. SPIE, 1999, 3607, 108-122.
31. “Dynamics of the Lipopolysaccharide Assembly on the Surface of Escherichia coli”
Kotra, L. P.; Golemi, D.; Amro, N. A.; Liu, G-Y.; Mobashery, S.; J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1999,
121, 8707-8711.
32. “Fabrication and Imaging of Nanometer-Sized Protein Patterns”
Wadu-Mesthrige, K.; Xu, S.; Amro, N. A.; Liu, G-Y.; Langmuir, 1999, 15, 8580-8583.
33.
“Atomospheric Pressure Chemical Vapor Deposition of Titanium Aluminum Nitride Films”
Scheper, J. T.; Wadu-Mesthrige, K.; Proscia, J. W.; Liu, G-Y.; Winter, C. H. Chem. Materials.
1999, 11, 3490-3496.
34. “High-Resolution Atomic Force Microscopy Studies of the Escherichia Coli Outer Membrane: The Structural
Basis for Permeability”
Amro, N. A.; Kotra, L. P.; Wadu-Mesthrige, K.; Bulchev, A.; Mobashery, S.; Liu, G-Y.
Langmuir, 2000, 16(6), 2789-2796.
35. “Patterning Surface Using Tip Directed Displacement and Self-Assembly”
Amro, N. A.; Xu, S.; Liu, G-Y. Langmuir, 2000, 16(7), 3006-3009.
36. “Nanofabrication of Self-Assembled Monolayers Using Scanning Probe Lithography”
Liu, G-Y.; Xu, S.; Qian, Y. Acc. Chem. Res. 2000, 33, 457-466.
37. “Arenethiols Form Ordered and Incommensurate Self-Assembled Monolayers on Au(111) Surfaces”
Yang, G.; Qian, Y.; Engtrakul, C.; Sita, L. R.; Liu, G-Y. J. Phys. Chem B, 2000, 104, 9059-9062.
38. “Nanomolar Scale Nitric Oxide Generation from Self-Assembled Monolayer Modified Gold Electrodes”
Hou, Y.; Chen, Y.; Amro, N.; Wadu-Mesthrige, K.; Andreana, P. R.; Liu, G. Y.; Wang, P. G.
Chem. Commun. 2000, 19, 1831-1832.
39. “Visualizing Bacteria at High Resolution”
Kotra, L. P.; Amro, N. A.; Liu, G. Y.; Mobashery, S. ASM News 2000, 66, 675-681.
40. “Immobilization of Proteins on Self-assembled Monolayers”
Wadu-Mesthrige, K.; Amro, N. A.; Liu, G-Y. Scanning, 2000, 22, 380-388.
41. “Nanocomposites by Electrostatic Interactions”
Auer, F.; Scotti, M.; Ulman, A.; Jordan, R.; Sellergren, B.; Garno, J.; Liu, G-Y. Langmuir, 2000, 16, 75547557.
42. “Polytetrahydrofuran Cross-Linked Polystyrene Resins for Solid-Phase Organic Synthesis:
Toy, P. H.; Reger, T. S.; Garibay, P.; Garno, J. C.; Malikeyil, J. A.; Liu, G.-Y.; Janda, K. D.
J. Combinatorial Chem., 2001, 3, 117-124.
43. “Fabrication of Nanometer-Sized Protein Patterns Using Atomic Force Microscopy and Selective
Immobilization”
Wadu-Mesthrige, K.; Amro, N. A.; Garno, J. C.; Liu, G. Y.; Biophysical J., 2001, 80, 1891-1899.
44. “Nanofabrication Using Computer-Assisted Design and Automated Vector-Scanning Probe Lithography”
Cruchon-Dupeyrat, S.; Porthun, S.; Liu, G. Y. Applied Surface Science, 2001, 175-176, 636-642.
45. “Characterization of AFM Tips Using Nanografting”
Xu, S.; Amro, N.; Liu, G-Y. Applied Surface Science, 2001, 175-176, 649-655.
46. “Contact Resonance Imaging — A Simple Approach to Improve the Resolution of AFM for Biological and
Polymeric Materials”
Wadu-Mesthrige, K.; Amro, N. A.; Garno, J. C.; Liu, G. Y. Applied Surface Science, 2001, 175-176, 391-398.
----------------------------------------------------------------At UC Davis --------------------------------------------47. “Self-assembled rigid monolayers of 4 '-substituted-4- mercaptobiphenyls on gold and silver surfaces”
Kang, J. F.; Ulman, A.; Liao, S.; Jordan, R.; Yang, G. H.; Liu, G. Y. Langmuir 2001, 17, 95-106.
48. “Room Temperature Solution Synthesis of Alkyl-Capped Tetrahedral Shaped Silicon Nanocrystals”
Baldwin, R. K.; Pettigrew, K. A.; Garno, J. C.; Power, P. P.; Liu, G. Y.; Kauzlarich, S. M. J. Am. Chem. Soc.,
2002; 124(7); 1150-1151.
49. “Positioning Proteins on Surfaces: A Nanoengineering Approach to Supramolecular Chemistry”
Liu, G. Y.; Amro, N. A. PNAS, 2002, 99, 5165-5170.
50. “Production of Nanostructures of DNA on Surfaces”
Liu, M.; Amro, N. A.; Chow, C. S. Nano Letters, 2002, 2(8), 863-867.
51. “Self-assembled multilayers of 4,4 '-dimercaptobiphenyl formed by Cu(II)-catalyzed oxidation”
Brower, T. L.; Garno, J. C.; Ulman, A.; Liu, G. Y.; Yan, C.; Golzhauser, A.; Grunze, M. Langmuir 2002, 18,
6207-6216.
52. “Three-Dimensional Nanostructure Construction via Nanografting: Positive and Negative Pattern Transfer”
Liu, J.; Cruchon-Dupeyrat, S.; Frommer, J.; Liu, G. Y. Nano Letters, 2002, 2(9), 937-940.
53. “Production of Periodic Arrays of Protein Nanostructures”
Garno, J. C.; Amro, N. A.; Wadu-Mesthrige, K.; Liu, G. Y. Langmuir, 2002, 18, 8186-8192.
54. “Nanostructures of Organic Molecules and Proteins on Surfaces”
Amro, N. A.; Garno, J. C.; Liu, M.; Wadu-Mesthrige, Liu, G-Y.
Proc. SPIE, 2002, 4807, 10-22.
55. “Precise Positioning of Nanoparticles on Surfaces Using Scanning Probe Lithography”
Garno, J. C.; Yang, Y.; Amro, N. A.; Cruchon-Dupeyrat, S.; Chen, S.; Liu, G. Y. Nano Letters, 2003, 3, 389395.
56. “Structures of Annealed Decanethiol SAMs on Gold: an UHV-STM Study”
Qian, Y.; Yang, G. H.; Jung, T.; Liu, G. Y. Langmuir, 2003, 19, 6056-6065.
57. “New Insights for Self-Assembled Monolayers of Organothiols Revealed by Scanning Tunneling Microscopy”
Yang, G.; Liu, G. Y. J. Phys. Chem., Feature Article, 2003, 107, 8746-8759.
58. “Synthesis of gold glyconanoparticles and biological evaluation of recombinant Gp120 interactions”
Nolting, B, Yu, J. J., Liu, G. Y., Cho S. J., Kauzlarich S., Gervay-Hague J.
Langmuir, 2003, 19, 6465-6473.
59. “Scanning probe lithography of self-assembled monolayers”
Yang, G.; Amro, N. A.; Liu, G-Y. Proc. SPIE 2003, 5220, 52-65.
60. “Molecular Level Approach to Inhibit Degradations of Alkanethiol Self-assembled Monolayers in Aqueous
Media”
Yang, G.; Amro, N. A.; Starkewolfe, Z. B.; Liu, G. Y. Langmuir, 2004, 20, 3995-4003.
61. “Hybridization with Nanostructures of Single-Stranded DNA”
Liu, M.; Liu, G. Y. Langmuir, 2005, 21, 1972-1978.
62. “Single Electron Tunneling and Manipulation of Nanoparticles on Surfaces at Room Temperature”
Yang, G.; Tan, L.; Yang, Y.; Chen, S.; Liu, G. Y. Surf. Sci. 2005, 589, 129-138.
63. “Probing Local Structure and Mechanical Response of Using Force Modulation and Nanofabrication”
Price, W. J.; Kuo, P. K.; Lee, T. R.; Colorado R.; Ying, Z. C.; Liu, G. Y. Langmuir, 2005, 21, 8422-8428.
64. “Polyvalent Interactions of HIV-gp120 Protein and Nanostructures of Carbohydrate Ligands”
Yu, J.; Nolting, B.; Tan, Y. H.; Li, X.; Gervay-Hague, J.; Liu, G. Y. Nanobiotechnology, 2006, 1, 201-210.
65. “Measuring the Size Dependence of Young’s Modulus Using Force Modulation Atomic Force Microscopy”
Price, W. J.; Leigh, S. A.; Hsu, S. M.; Patten, T. E.; Liu, G. Y. J. Phys. Chem., 2006, 110, 1382-1388.
66. “A Simple Miniaturization Protocol to Produce Multi-component Micro- and Nano-structures”
Ouyang, Z.; Tan, L.; Liu, M.; Judge, O. S.; Zhang, X.; Li, H.; Hu, J.; Patten, T. E.; Liu, G. Y. SMALL 2006, 7,
884-887 (cover).
67. “Cell Mechanics Using Atomic Force Microscopy Based Single Cell Compression”
Lulevich, V.; Zink, T.; Chen, H.; Liu, F.; Liu, G. Y. Langmuir 2006, 22(19), 8151-8155 (cover).
68. “A Nanoengineering Approach to Regulate the Lateral Heterogeneity of Self-Assembled Monolayers”
Yu, J.; Tan, Y. H.; Li, X.; Kuo, P. K.; Liu, G. Y. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2006, 128(35), 11574-11581.
69. “High-Efficiency Stepwise Contraction and Adsorption Nanolithography”
Tan, L.; Ouyang, Z.; Liu, M.; Ell, J.; Hu, J.; Patten, T. E.; Liu, G.-Y. J. Phys. Chem. B 2006, 110(46); 23315-23320.
70. “The Significance of Local Density of States in the Scanning Tunneling Microscopy Imaging of Alkanethiol Selfassembled Monolayers”
Riposan, A.; Liu, G.-Y. J. Phys. Chem. B 2006, 110; 23926-23937.
71. “Structural characterization of aldehyde–terminated self-assembled monolayers”
Riposan, A.; Li, Y.; Tan, Y.H.; Galli, G.; Liu, G.-Y. J. Phys. Chem. B 2007, 111; 12727-12739.
72. “Nanografting for Surface Physical Chemistry”
Liu, M.; Amro, N.; Liu, G.-Y. Annul Review of Physical Chemistry, 2008, 5; 367–86
73. “Self-organization of a new .uorous porphyrin and C60 films on indium-tin-oxide electrode”
Varotto, A.; Louis, T.; Vinodu, M.; Koehne, J.; Liu, G.-Y.; Drain, C. M., Chem. Commun., 2008, 4921–4923.
74. “High-resolution three-dimensional imaging of the rich membrane structures of bone marrow-derived mast cells”
Zink, T.; Deng, Z.; Chen, H.; Yu, L.; Liu, F.-T.; Liu, G.-Y. Ultramicroscopy 2008, 109, 22-31. (cover)
75. “A Nanoengineering Approach for Investigation and Regulation of Protein Immobilization”
Tan, Y.; Liu, M.; Nolting, B.; Go, J.G.; Gervay-Hague, J.; Liu, G.-Y. ACS Nano, 2008, 2(11), 2374-2384
76.“Activation of Cells Investigated by a Combined Atomic Force and Laser Scanning Confocal Microscopy”
Deng, Z.; Zink, T.; Chen, H.; Walters, D.; Liu, F.-T.; Liu, G.-Y. Biophysical Journal, 2009, 96, 1629-1639
77. “Deformation and Hyperfine Structures of Dendrimers Investigated by Scanning Tunneling Microscopy” Christopher
J. Fleming, Ying X. Liu, Zhao Deng, and Gang-yu Liu
J. Physical Chemistry, A, 2009, 113 (16), 4168-4174
78. “Electrode Arrays of Carbon Nanofibers for Biosensing at the Molecular and Cellular Level”
Koehne, J.; Chen, H.; Cassell, A.; Liu, G.Y.; Li, J.; Meyyappan, M.
Bio-Medical Materials and Engineering, 2009, 19(1), 35-43.
79. “Cell Tracing Dyes Significantly Change Single Cell Mechanics”
Lulevich, V.; Shih,Y.; Lo,S. H.; Liu, G. Y.
J. Phys. Chem. B 2009, 113, 6511–6519
80. “Scanning Probe-Based Lithography for Production of Biological and Organic Nanostructures on Surfaces”
Yang, G.; Garno, J.; Liu, G. Y.
ComprehensiveN anosciencea nd Technology 2009, in press
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Books and Book Chapters:
"Nanometer Scale Fabrication of Self-Assembled Monolayers: Nanoshaving and Nanografting"
Liu, G.-Y.; Xu, S. In New Directions in Materials Synthesis, Ed. Winter, C. H.; Hoffman, D., 1998, ACS
Symposium Series 727, 199.
"Atomic Force Microscopy Studies of Self-Assembled Monolayers of Thiols"
Liu, G. Y., Xu, S., Cruchon-Dupeyrat, S. In Thin Film: Self-Assembled Monolayers of Thiols;
Ed. Ulman, A. 1998, 24, 81 - 110.
“Self-Assembled Nanostructures”
Zhang, J. Z.; Wang, Z. L.; Liu, J.; Chen, S.; Liu, G. Y. Kluwer Academic Publisher, NY 2002.
ISBN - 0306472996
Patents:
(1) Nanografting --- A new method for nanofabrication, US patent - 5922214, Approval Date: 7/13/99. ,
presently licensed by Agilent Technology.Gang-yu Liu and Song Xu
(2) Successive Shrinking of Elastomers --- A Simple Miniaturization Protocol to Produce Micro- and
Nano-structures
US patent – provisional application filed on May 27, 2005 with UC Davis Technology Transfer
Office, Gang-yu Liu, Jun Hu, Li Tan and Maozi Liu
(3) Atomic Force Microscopy-Based Platform for Investigating Single Cell Mechanics
US patent – provisional application filed on June 23, 2006 with UC Davis Technology Transfer
Office, Valentyn Liulevych and Gang-yu Liu