Zhe Liu

Email:

Zhe.Liu@monash.edu

Phone:

+61 3 990 53627

Office:

Room 116, Building 31, Clayton Campus

Teaching Commitments:

• MEC3456
• TRC2201

Publications:

• 2012
• Z. Liu, J. Yang, F. Grey, J. Z. Liu*, Y. Liu, Y. Wang, Y. Yang, Y. Cheng, Q.-S. Zheng*, Observation of microscale superlubricity in graphite, Physical Review Letters 108, 205503 (2012)
• Z. Liu, J. Z. Liu*, Y. Cheng, Z.-H. Li, L. Wang, Q.-S. Zheng*, Interlayer binding energy of graphite: A mesoscopic determination from deformation, Physical Review B 85, 205418 (2012)
• J. Yao, K. Wang, M. Ren, J. Z. Liu, H. Wang, Phase inversion spinning of ultrafine hollow fiber membranes through a single orifice spinneret, Journal of Membrane Science (in press)
• S. Sriram, M. Bhaskaran, S. Chen, S. Jayawardhana, P. R. Stoddart, J. Z. Liu, N. V. Medhekar, K. Kalantar-Zadeh, and A. Mitchell, Influence of Electric Field on SERS: Frequency Effects, Intensity Changes, and Susceptible Bonds, Journal of the American Chemical Society 134, 4646 (2012) (10.1021/ja208893q)
• T. W. Ng, C. Y. Lau, E. Bernados-Chamagne, J. Z. Liu, J. Sheridan and N. Tan, Graphite flake self-retraction response based on potential seeking, Nanoscale Research Letters 7, 185 (2012)
• G. W. Rogers, and J. Z. Liu*, High-Performance Graphene Oxide Electromechanical Actuators, Journal of the American Chemical Society 134, 1250 (2012)
• 2011
• W. Xiong, J. Z. Liu*, M. Ma, Z.-P. Xu, J. Sheridan, and Q.-S. Zheng, Strain Engineering Water Transport in Graphene Nano-channels, Physical Review E 84, 056329 (2011)
• C. Chen, M. Ma, K. Jin, J. Z. Liu, L. Shen, Q.-S. Zheng, and Z. Xu, Nanoscale fluid-structure interaction: Flow resistance and energy transfer between water and carbon nanotube, Physical Review E 84, 046314 (2011)
• C. Chen, M. Ma, J. Z. Liu, Q.-S. Zheng, and Z. Xu, Viscous damping of nanobeam resonators: Humidity, thermal noise, and a padding effect, Journal of Applied Physics 110, 034320(2011)
• G. W. Rogers and J. Z. Liu*, Graphene actuators: quantum-mechanical and electrostatic double-layer effects, Journal of the American Chemical Society 133, 10858 (2011) (DOI: 10.1021/ja201887r)
• Y. Peng, J. Z. Liu, K. Wang, and Y.-B. Cheng, Influence of Parameters of Cold Isostatic Pressure on Flexible Dye-sensitized Solar Cell Purpose TiO2 Film, International Journal of Photoenergy 2011, 410352 (2011) (DOI: 10.1155/2011/410352).
• M. D. Ma, L. Shen, J. Sheridan, J. Z. Liu, C. Chen, and Q.-S. Zheng, Friction of water slipping in carbon nanotubes, Physical Review E 83, 036316 (2011)
• 2010
• J. Shang, G. Li, R. Singh, P. Xiao, J. Z. Liu and P. A. Webley, Potassium Chabazite a potential nano-container for gas encapsulation, Journal of Physical Chemistry C 114, 22025 (2010)
• M. D. Ma, J. Z. Liu*, L.-F. Wang, L. M. Shen, Q.-S. Zheng, Effects of Vacancies on Interwall Spacings of Multi-walled Carbon Nanotubes, Journal of Zhejiang University --- Science A 11, 714 (2010)
• J. Chan, J. Z. Liu, and A. Zunger, Bridging the gap between atomic microstructure and electronic properties of alloys: The case of (In,Ga)N, Physical Review B 82, 045112 (2010).
• M. D. Ma, J. Z. Liu*, Lifeng Wang, Luming Shen, Lin Xie, Fei Wei, Jing Zhu, Qianming Gong, Ji Liang, and Quanshui Zheng, Reversible high-pressure carbon nanotube vessel, Physical Review B 81, 235420 (2010)
• Z. Liu, Q.-S. Zheng, and J. Z. Liu*, Stripe/kink microstructures formed in mechanical peeling of highly orientated pyrolytic graphite, Applied Physics Letters 96, 201909 (2010)
• 2009
• J. Z. Liu, G. Trimarchi and A. Zunger, Prediction of ordering and spontaneous rotation of epitaxial habits in substrate-coherent InGaN and GaAsSb, Applied Physics Letters 95, 081901 (2009)
• J. Z. Liu and A. Zunger, Thermodynamic theory of epitxial alloys: first-principles mixed-basis cluster expansion of (In, Ga)N alloy film, Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter 21, 295402 (2009), (*Selected for inclusion in IOP Select)
• D. J. Zeng, X. L. Wei, J. Z. Liu, Q. Chen, X. Li, and Q.-S. Zheng, Tunable resonant frequencies for determining Youngs modulus of nanowires, Journal of Applied Physics 105, 114311 (2009) (Selected for Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science & Technology 19, issue 25)
• 2008
• J. A. Chan, J. Z. Liu, H. Raebiger, S. Lany and A. Zunger, Relative stability, electronic structure, and magnetism of MnN and (Ga,Mn)N alloys", Physical Review B 78, 184109 (2008)
• J. Z. Liu and A. Zunger, Thermodynamic states and phase diagrams for bulk-incoherent, bulk-coherent, and epitaxially-coherent semiconductor alloys: Application to cubic (Ga, In)N, Physical Review B 77, 205201 (2008)
• 2007 and before
• J. Z. Liu, G. Giancarlo and A. Zunger, Strain-minimizing networks in tetrahedral networks, Physical Review Letters 99, 145501 (2007)
• F. E. Fine, J. Z. Liu and M. D. Asta, An unsolved mystery: The composition of bcc Cu alloy precipitates in bcc Fe and steels, Materials Science and Engineering A 463, 271 (2007)
• J. Z. Liu, G. Ghosh, A. van de Walle and M. Asta, Applications of the Transferable Force Constant Approach to the Modeling of Vibrational Thermodynamic Properties in Al-TM (=Ti, Zr, Hf) fcc Alloys, Physical Review B 75, 104117 (2007).
• J. Z. Liu, A. van de Walle, G. Ghosh and M. Asta, Structure, energetics and mechanical stability of Fe-Cu BCC alloys from first-principles calculations, Physical Review B 72, 144109(2005).
• L.-F. Wang, Q.-S. Zheng, J. Z. Liu and Q. Jiang, Size dependence of the thin-shell model for carbon nanotubes, Physical Review Letters 95, 105501 (2005) (Selected for Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science & Technology 12, issue 11)
• J. Z. Liu, Q.-S. Zheng, L.-F. Wang and J. Qing Mechanical properties of single-walled carbon nanotube bundles as bulk materials, Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids 53, 123 (2005),
• J. Z. Liu, Q.-S. Zheng and Q. Jiang, Effect of bending instabilities on the measurements of mechanical properties of multiwalled carbon nanotubes Physical Review B 67, 075414 (2003) (Selected for Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science & Technology 7, issue 10)
• Q.-S. Zheng. J. Z. Liu and Q. Jiang, The excess van der Waals interaction energy of a multi-walled carbon nanotube with an extruded core and intershell sliding. Physical Review B 65, 245409 (2002) (Selected for Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science & Technology 5, issue 23)
• J. Z. Liu, Q.-S. Zheng, Q. Jiang, Effect of a rippling mode on resonances of carbon nanotubes. Physical Review Letters 86, 4843(2001) (Selected for Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science & Technology 3, issue 22)
• Q.-S. Zheng, J. Z. Liu, Q. Jiang, Effect of rippling mode to resonances of carbon nanotubes. In: Mechanics and Materials Engineering for Science and Experiments (Zhou YC et al. eds), New York: Science Press, 13 (2001)

Research Interests:

• 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