Selected Publications

[1] X.Y. LIU, P. BENNEMA and J.P. van der Eerden: "The rough flat rough transition at crystal surfaces", Nature 356, 778 (1992).

[2] X.Y. LIU, E.S Boek, W.J. Briels and P. BENNEMA: "Prediction of growth morphology of crystals based on interfacial structure analysis", Nature 374, 342-345 (1995).

[3] X.Y. LIU, P. van Hoof and P. BENNEMA: "Surface roughening of n‑alkane crystals: solvent dependent critical behavior", Phys. Rev. Lett. 71, 109 (1993).

[4] A.P.H.J. Schenning, F.B.G. Benneker, H.P.M. Geurts, X.Y. LIU, R.J.M. Nolte, "A facile method for the construction of porphyrins wheels", J. Am. Chem.Soc.118, 8549 (1996).

[5] X.Y. LIU and P. BENNEMA: "The equilibrium state of solid‑liquid interfaces of aliphatic compounds", J. Chem. Phys. 97, 3600 (1992).

[6] X.Y. LIU: "First order surface roughening of crystals", Phys. Rev. B48, 1825 (1993).

[7] X.Y. LIU and P. BENNEMA: "Self‑consistent field calculation of structure and static properties of the solid‑fluid interface: paraffin‑like molecule systems", Phys. Rev. E48, 2006 (1993).

[8] X.Y. LIU and P. BENNEMA: "The relation between macroscopic quantities and the solid‑fluid interfacial structure", J. Chem. Phys. 98, 5863 (1993).

[9] X.Y. LIU: "The surface free energy of solid‑fluid interfaces: an inhomogeneous cell model description", J Chem. Phys. 98, 8154 (1993).

[10] M. Da Silva Couto, X.Y. Liu, H. Meekes and P. Bennema: "Scanning tunneling microscopy studies on odd and even n‑paraffin molecules adsorbed on graphite", J. Appl. Phys. 75, 627 (1994).

[11] X.Y. Liu, P. Bennema, C. Meijer and M. Couto: "Ordering of chain‑like molecules at the solid‑fluid interface", Chem. Phys. Lett. 220, 53 (1994).

[12] X.Y.Liu: "Self‑consistent field calculation of structure and static properties of the solid‑fluid interface: monomer systems",Phys. Rev. E49, 583 (1994).

[13] X.Y. LIU and P. BENNEMA: "Morphology of crystals: internal and external controlling factors",Phys. Rev. B49, 765 (1994).

[14] X.Y. LIU: "The solid‑fluid interface: a comparison and further description using the layer model", Surf. Sci. 290, 403 (1993).

[15] X.Y. LIU: "Influence of solvents on properties and the structure of crystal‑solution interfaces of normal alkanes", J. Chem. Phys.102, 1373-1384 (1995).

[16] X.Y. LIU, E.S Boek, W.J. Briels and P. BENNEMA: "Morphological analysis and recognition of interfacial structures", J. Chem. Phys. 103, 3747-3754 (1995).

[17] X.Y. LIU and P. BENNEMA, "Theoretical considerations of growth morphology of crystals",Phys. Rev. B53, 2314 (1996).

[18] X.Y. LIU, K. Maiwa and K. TSUKAMOTO, "Two-dimensional heterogeneous nucleation and the growth kinetics", J. Chem. Phys. 106, 1870 (1997).

[19] X.Y. Liu and K. Tsukamoto, J. Chem. Phys. 107, 10351(1997).

[20] X.Y. Liu, "Modeling for effects of fluid phase on growth morphology of crystals",Phys. Rev.B60, 2810-2817 (1999).

[21] X.Y. Liu, "A new kinetic model for 3D heterogeneous nucleation, compared with experiments",J. Chem. Phys. 111, 1628-1635 (1999).

[22] X.Y. Liu, "Heterogeneous nucleation or homogeneous nucleation?",J. Chem. Phys. 112, 9949-9955 (2000).

[23] X.Y. Liu, K. Tsukamoto and M. Sorai, "New kinetics of CaCO₃ nucleation and microgravity effect", Langmuir 16, 5499-5502 (2000).

[24] C.S. Strom, X.Y. LIU, and Mu WANG, "Fractal pattern formation in gel-grown ammonium chloride: Morphology and solution-induced reconstructive epitaxial nucleation on pseudo-flat surfaces", J. Phys. Chem.B104, 9638-9646 (2000).

[25] X.Y. Liu, and C.S. Strom, "Self-epitaxial nucleation origin of fractal aggregation", J. Chem. Phys. 112, 4408-4411 (2000).

[26] X.Y. Liu, "Generic progressive heterogeneous processes in nucleation", Langmuir 16, 7337-7345 (2000).

[27] X.Y. Liu, E.P.G. van den Berg, A.R.A. Zauner, P. Bennema, "Can foreign particle cause surface instability?", J. Phys. Chem.B104, 11942-11949 (2000).

[28] X.Y. Liu, "Effect of foreign particle on the growth of Faceted crystal faces", J. Chem. Phys. 113, 8807-8816 (2000).

[29] X.Y. Liu, "Generic mechanism of heterogeneous nucleation and molecular interfacial effects", in Advances in Crystal Growth Research, edited by K.Sato, K.Nakajima and Y.Furukawa (ELSEVIER SCIENCE B.V., Amsterdam, 2001) p42-61.

[30] X.Y. Liu, "Interfacial process of nucleation and molecular nucleation templator", Appl. Phys. Lett. 79, 39-41 (2001).

[31] X.Y. Liu, "Interfacial effect of molecules on nucleation kinetics" J. Phys. Chem.B105, 11550-11558 (29 2001).

[32] X.Y. Liu, P. Bennema "Foreign Body Induced Kinetic Roughening: Kinetics and Observations", J. Chem. Phys. 115, 4268-4274 (SEP 1 2001).

[33] X.Y. Liu, "Influence of nucleation nature on Ca mineral/substrate structural synergy and implications for biomineralisation in microgravity" J. Chem. Phys. 115, 9970-9974 (DEC 1 2001).

[34] X.Y. Liu, "Effect of Microgravity on Ca Mineral Crystallization and Implications for Osteoporosis in Space" Appl. Phys. Lett. 79, 3539-3542 (2001).

[35] X.Y. Liu, "From two-dimensional heterogeneous nucleation-induced kinetic roughening to needle-like pattern formation" Appl. Phys. Lett. 79, 3603-3605 (NOV 26 2001).

[36] X.Y. Liu, "Molecular Modeling for Non-ideal Mixing of Amphiphilic Molecules", Langmuir 18, 14-25 (2002).

[37] X.Y. Liu and P.D. Sawant, "Formation Kinetics of Fractal Nanofiber Networks in Supramolecular Materials", Appl. Phys. Lett. 79, 3518-3520 (2001).

[38] X.Y. Liu and P.D. Sawant, "Determination of the Fractal Characteristic of Nanofiber-Network Formation in Supramolecular Materials", ChemPhysChem 3, 374-377 (2002).

[39] X.Y. Liu, and P.D. Sawant, "Mechanism of the formation of self-organized micro-structure in functional materials", Adv. Materials 14, 421-426 (2002).

[40] N. Du, and X.Y. Liu, "Controlled ice nucleation in microsized water droplet", Appl. Phys. Lett. 81, 445-447 (2002).

[41] P.S. Chow, X.Y. Liu, J. Zhang, R.B.H. Tan, "Spherulitic Growth Kinetics of Protein Crystals", Appl. Phys. Lett., 81, 1995-9997 (2002).

[42] X.Y. Liu, "From molecular structure of solid-fluid interfaces to nucleation and growth kinetics: implications for nanostructure engineering", in Nanoscale structure and assembly at solid-fluid interfaces, edited by X.Y. Liu, and James J. De Yoreo, Plenum/Kluwer Academic Publisher, to be published.

[43] P. D. Sawant, and X.Y. Liu, "Formation and Novel Thermo-mechanical Processing of Biocompatible Soft Materials", Chemistry of Materials 14, 3793-3798 (2002).

[44] X.Y. Liu, and P.D. Sawant, "Micro/Nanoengineering of Self-Organized Three-Dimensional Fibrous Structure of Functional Materials", Angew. Chemie Int. Ed. 41, 3641-3645 (2002).

[45] X.Y. Liu, S.W. Lim, "Templating and Supersaturation Driven Anti-Templating: Principles of Biominerals Architecture", J. Am. Chem. Soc. 125,888-995 (2003).

[46] X.Y. Liu, P.D. Sawant, Wee Beng Tan, I. B. M. Noor, C. Pramesti, and B. H. Chen, "Creating New Supramolecular Materials by Architecture of Three-Dimensional Nano Crystal Fiber Networks", J. Am. Chem. Soc., 124, 15055-15063 (2002).

[47] Janaky Narayanan and X. Y. Liu, "Protein Interactions in Undersaturated and Supersaturated Solutions: A Study Using Light and X-Ray Scattering", Biophys. J. 84, 523-532(2003).

[48] Ning Du, X.Y. Liu, and C.L. Hew, "Ice Nucleation Inhibition: Mechanism of Antifreeze by Antifreeze Protein", J. Biological Chem. 278, 36000-36004 (2003).

[49] J. Zhang and X.Y. Liu: "Effect of Protein-Protein Interactions on Protein Aggregation Kinetics", J. Chem. Phys.119, 10972 (2003).

[50] X.Y. Liu, and N. Du: "Zero-sized effect of nano-particles and inverse homogeneous-like nucleation: principles of freezing and antifreeze", J. Biological Chem.279, 6124-6131 (2004).

[51] K.-Q. Zhang and X. Y. Liu, "In situ observation of colloidal monolayer nucleation driven by an alternating electric field", Nature 429, 739-742 (2004).

[52] C. S. Strom, X. Y. Liu, and Z.C. Jia: "AFP-induced morphological modification mechanisms linked to ice binding surface", J. Biological Chem. 279, 32407-32417 (2004).

[53] Huaidong Jiang, and X. Y. Liu, "Principles of mimicking and engineering the self-organized structure of hard tissues", J. Biological Chem. 279, 41286-41293 (2004).

[54] D.W. Li, X.Y. Liu and Y. P. Feng, ""Bond angle potential dependent dissipative particle dynamics simulation and lipid inverted phase", J. Phys. Chem. B 108, 11206-11213 (2004)

[55] J.Y. Xiong, X.Y. Liu, S.B. Chen, and T.S. Chung, “Surfactant free Fabrication of Polyimide Nanoparticles”, Appl. Phys. Lett.85, 5733-5735 (2004).

[56] J.Y. Xiong, X.Y. Liu, P.D. Sawant, S.B. Chen, T.S. Chung, and K.P. Pramoda, “Surfactant free fabrication of polymeric nanoparticles by combined liquid-liquid phase separation and solvent/nonsolvent mixing technology”, J. Chem. Phys. 121, 12626-12631 (2004).

[57]    Y.W. Jia and X.Y. Liu, “Self-assembly of protein at aqueous solution surface in correlation to protein crystallization," Appl. Phy. Lett. 86, 023903 (2005). (selected for the January 17, 2005 issue of Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science & Technology).

[58]    J.Y. Xiong, Janaky Narayanan, Xiang-Yang Liu^*, Tan Kok Chong, Shing Bor Chen, Tai-Shung Chung, “Topology Evolution and Gelation Mechanism of Agarose Gel”, J. Phys. Chem B 109, 5638-5643 (2005).

[59]      J. Y. Xiong, X. Y. Liu, S. B. Chen, T. C. Chung, “Preferential solvation stabilization for hydrophobic polymeric nanoparticle fabrication” J. Phys. Chem B 109 (29): 13877-13882 (JUL 28, 2005)

[60]    Huaidong Jiang, X.Y. Liu^*, Chwee T. Lim, Chin Y. Hsu, “Ordering of self-assembled nanobiominerals in correlation to mechanical properties of hard tissues”, Appl. Phys. Lett.., 86, 16391(2005). (selected for the  April 25, 2005 issue of Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science & Technology and the April 15, 2005 issue of Virtual Journal of Biological Physics Research).

[61]    C. Strom, X.Y. Liu* and Z.C. Jia, “Ice surface reconstruction as AFP-induced morphological modification mechanism", J. Am. Chem. Soc., 127, 428-440 (2005).

[62]      Haibing Xia, Janaky Narayanan, Changyong Xiao, Daming Cheng, Xiang Yang Liu, Hardy Sze On Chan,* “Formation of Ordered Arrays of Oriented Polyaniline Nanoparticle Nanorods” , J. Phys. Chem. B109, 12677-12684 (2005)

[63]      Wilber Lim, Yuan Ping Feng, and X.Y. Liu, “Molecular dynamics simulation of paracetamol molecules ordering around glycogen”, Phys. Rev. E 71, 051604- 051615 (2005).

[64]      D.W. Li, X.Y. Liu^*, “Examination of Membrane Fusion by Dissipative Particle Dynamics Simulation and comparison with continuum elastic models”, J. Chem. Phys., 122, 174909 (2005). (Selected for  May 15, 2005 issue of Virtual Journal of Biological Physics Research).

[65]      Y. W. Jia and X. Y. Liu*, “Prediction of protein crystallization based on interfacial and diffusion kinetics”, Appl. Phys. Lett. 87,  103902 (2005).

[66]      Jing-Liang Li and Xiang-Yang Liu*, “Architecture and engineering of a supramolecular functional material by manipulating the nanostructure of fiber network”, Appl. Phys. Lett. 87, 113103 (2005) (Sept. 5, 2005).

[67]      C. S. Strom, X.Y. Liu^*, Z.C. Jia, “Why does insect AFP Tenebrio Molitor (TmAFP) produce pyramidal ice crystallites?”, Biophys. J. 89, 2618-2627 (2005).

[68]      Huaidong Jiang, X.Y. Liu^*, “Kinetics and template nucleation of self-assembled hydroxyapatite nanocrystallites by chondroitin sulfate”, J. Biological Chem. 280, 42061-42066 (2005) (DEC 23).

[69]      Y. W. Jia, J. Narayanan, X. Y. Liu^* and Y. Liu, “Investigation of the mechanism of crystallization of soluble protein in the presence of nonionic surfactant”, Biophys. J. 89, 4245-4251 (Dec. 2005).

[70]      Yu Liu, Janaky Narayanan*, and Xiang-Yang Liu*, “Colloidal Phase Transition Driven by Alternating Electric Field”,  J. Chem. Phys. 124, 124906-124911 (March, 2006).

[71]      Ke-Qin Zhang and Xiang Y. Liu*, “Two scenarios of the colloidal phase transitions”, Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 105701-105704 (March 2006). 

[72]      Yanwei Jia and Xiang-Yang Liu*, “From Surface Self-assembly to Crystallization: Prediction of Protein Crystallization Conditions”, J. Phys. Chem. B110, 6949-6955 (Mar, 2006). 

[73]    Li Wang, Ke-Qin Zhang, Xingyu Gao, Xiang-Yang Liu, Andrew TS Wee, “Resonant Photoemission Study of Single-Strand DNA”, Appl. Phys. Lett. 89, 013092 (Jul. 2006). (Selected for the July 15, 2006 issue of Virtual Journal of Biological Physics Research).