Luqi LIU obtained her Ph.D. from the Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences in July 2003. She subsequently conducted postdoctoral research in the Department of Materials and Interfaces at the Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel, under the supervision of Professor H. Daniel Wagner. In February 2007, she joined the National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, where she currently holds the position of Full Professor.

Research Interests

1. Experimental Studies in Micro/Nano Mechanics

2. Micromechanics of Composite Materials

3. Design and Fabrication of Functional Nanocomposites

Selected Publications (full list viaResearchgate)

1. Guorui Wang, Zhaohe Dai, Junkai Xiao, ShiZhe Feng, Chuanxin Weng, Luqi Liu*, Zhiping Xu*, Rui Huang*, Zhong Zhang*,Bending of Multilayer van der Waals Materials, Phys. Rev. Lett. 2019,123,116101.

2. Zhaohe Dai, Yuan Hou, Daniel A. Sanchez, Guorui Wang, Christopher J. Brennan,Zhong Zhang, Luqi Liu,* Nanshu Lu,* Interface-Governed Deformation of Nanobubbles and Nanotents Formed by Two-Dimensional Materials. Phys. Rev. Lett. 2018,121,266101 (cover).

3. Guorui Wang, Zhaohe Dai, Yanlei Wang, PingHeng Tan, Luqi Liu,* Zhiping Xu,* Yueguang Wei, Rui Huang, Zhong Zhang*, Measuring Interlayer Shear Stress in Bilayer Graphene, Phys. Rev. Lett. 2017,119,036101. (Featured in Physics, Editors’ suggestion).

4. Zhaohe Dai, Guorui Wang, Zhiyue Zheng, Yanlei Wang, Shuai Zhang, Xiaoying Qi, Pingheng Tan, Luqi Liu*, Zhiping Xu, Qunyang Li , Zhihai Cheng*, Zhong Zhang*, Mechanical responses of boron-doped monolayer graphene, Carbon, 2019,147,594-601.

5. Zhaohe Dai, Luqi Liu,* Zhong Zhang*, Strain Engineering of 2D Materials: Issues and Opportunities at the Interface, Adv. Mater. 2019, 1805417, DOI: 10.1002/adma.201805417.

6. Guorui Wang, Luqi Liu,* Zhong Zhang*, Interface mechanics in carbon nanomaterials-based nanocomposites, Composites Part A, 2021,141,106212.

7. Guorui Wang, Zhaohe Dai, Luqi Liu*, Hai Hu, Qing Dai, Zhong Zhang*,Tuning the Interfacial Mechanical Behaviors of Monolayer Graphene/PMMA Nanocomposites,  ACS Applied Material & Interface, 2016,8,22554-22562.

8. Zhaohe Dai, Guorui Wang, Luqi Liu*, Yuan Hou, Yueguang Wei, Zhong Zhang*, Mechanical behavior and properties of hydrogen bonded graphene/polymer nano-interfaces，Compos. Sci. Technol. 2016,136,1-9. 

9. Zhaohe Dai, Yanlei Wang, Luqi Liu*, Xuelu Liu, PingHeng Tan, Zhiping Xu*, Jun Kuang, Qing Liu, Jun Lou and Zhong Zhang*，Hierarchical Graphene-Based Films with Dynamic Self-Stiffening for Biomimetic Artificial Muscle, Adv. Funct. Mater. 2016,26,7003-7010.

10. Yun Gao, Lu-Qi Liu, Sheng-Zhen Zu, Ke Peng, Ding Zhou, Bao-Hang Han, Zhong Zhang，The Effect of Interlayer Adhesion on the Mechanical Behaviors of Macroscopic Graphene Oxide Papers, ACS Nano, 2011; 5: 2134-2141.

11. Luqi Liu, Wenjun Ma, Zhong Zhang, Macroscopic Carbon Nanotube Assemblies: Preparation, Properties and Potential Applications, Small, 2011, 7，1504-1520.

12. Jun Kuang, Zhaohe Dai, Luqi Liu*, Zhou Yang, Ming Jin, Zhong Zhang*, Synergistic effects from graphene and carbon nanotubes endow ordered hierarchical structure foams with a combination of compressibility, super-elasticity and stability and potential application as pressure sensors , Nanoscale, 2015,7,9252-9260.