College of Mechanical and Vehicle Engineering

Hunan University

Changsha, PR China

boliu@hnu.edu.cn

2019 – Present: Associate Professor, Hunan University, College of Mechanical and Vehicle Engineering

3/2016-12/2017  Research Fellow, Nanyang Environment and Water Research Institute, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

2/2015-3/2016   Research Associate, Nanyang Environment and Water Research Institute,  Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

State Key Laboratory of Advanced Design and Manufacturing for Vehicle Body

08/2011-02/2015 Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

09/2009-07/2011 M. Eng., Material Processing Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, China

09/2005-07/2009 B. Eng., Manufacturing Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, China

Nanomachanics, Nanomaterials and structures, Nanoscale mass and heat transfer,  Computational Materials Science (First-principles calculation, Molecular dynamics simulation)

2018-2026 the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (¥ 500,000)

2019-2021 National Natural Science Foundation of China (Young Scholars Program) Grant #11802087 (¥ 250,000)

1.B Liu, K Zhou. “Recent progress on graphene-analogous 2D nanomaterials: Properties, modeling and applications”, Progress in Materials Science, 100(2019), 99-169.

2.B Liu, AWK Law, K Zhou. “Strained single-layer C2N membrane for efficient seawater desalinationvia forward osmosis: A molecular dynamics study”, Journal of Membrane Science, 550 (2018), 554-562.

3.B Liu, L Bai, AA Kistanov, SV Dmitriev, AWK Law, K Zhou. “Thermal conductivity and tensile response of phosphorene nanosheets with vacancy defects”, Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 121 (2017), 13876-13887.

4.B Liu, R Wu, AWK Law, X-Q Feng, L Bai, K Zhou. “Channel morphology effect on water transport through graphene bilayers”, Scientific Reports. 6(2016), 38583.

5.B Liu, R Wu, JA Baimova, H Wu, AWK Law, SV Dmitriev and K Zhou. “Molecular dynamics study of pressure-driven water transport through graphene bilayers”,Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 18(2016), 1886-1896.

6.B Liu,F Meng,CD Reddy, JA Baimova,N Srikanth, SV Dmitriev and K Zhou. “Thermal transport in a graphene/MoS2 bilayer heterostructure: A molecular dynamics study”, RSC Advances, 5(2015), 29193-29200. 

7.B Liu, JA Baimova, CD Reddy, SV Dmitriev, AWK Law, XQ Feng and K Zhou, “Interface thermal conductance and rectification in hybrid graphene/silicene monolayer”, Carbon,79 (2014), 236-244.  

8.B Liu, JA Baimova CD Reddy,AWK Law, SV Dmitriev, H Wu  andK Zhou, “Interfacial thermal conductance of a silicene/graphene bilayer heterostructure and the effect of hydrogenation”, ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 6 (2014), 18180–8.

9.B Liu, CD Reddy, JW Jiang, HW Zhu, JA Baimova, , SV Dmitriev and K Zhou, “Thermal conductivity of silicene nanosheets and the effect of isotopic doping”, Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics,47 (2014), 165301.(IF:2.772)

10.B Liu, JA Baimova, SV Dmitriev, X Wang, HW Zhu and K Zhou, “Discrete breathers in hydrogenated graphene”, Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics ,46 (2013) 305302.

11.B Liu, CD Reddy, JW Jiang, JA Baimova, SV Dmitriev, AA Nazarov and K Zhou, “Morphology and in-plane thermal conductivity of hybrid graphene sheets”, Applied Physics Letters, 101 (2012), 211909.

12.R Wu, DP Wang, X Rui, B Liu, K Zhou, AWK Law, Q Yan, J Wei, Z Chen. “In‐Situ Formation of Hollow Hybrids Composed of Cobalt Sulfides Embedded within Porous Carbon Polyhedra/Carbon Nanotubes for High‐Performance Lithium‐Ion Batteries”, Advanced Materials, 27 (2015), 3038-3044.

13.L Jing, M Samani, B Liu, H Li, RY Tay, SH Tsang, O Cometto, A Nylander, J Liu, EHT Teo, AIY Tok, “Thermal Conductivity Enhancement of Coaxial Carbon@Boron Nitride Nanotube Arrays”, ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 9 (2017), 14555-60. (Co-first author)

14.O Cometto, M Samani, B Liu, S Sun, SH Tsang, J Liu, K Zhou, E Teo, “Control of Nanoplane Orientation in voBN for High Thermal Anisotropy in a Dielectric Thin Film: A New Solution For Thermal Hotspot Mitigation in Electronics”, ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces , 9 (2017), 7456-64. (Co-first author)

15.H Zhang, B Liu, HT Kieu, MS Wu, K Zhou, AWK Law, “Coarse-grained molecular dynamics study of membrane distillation through meso-size graphene channels” Journal of Membrane Science,558(2018),34-44.

16.HT Kieu, B Liu, H Zhang, K Zhou, AWK Law, “Molecular dynamics study of water evaporation enhancement  through a capillary graphene bilayer with tunable hydrophilicity”. Applied Surface Science, 452(2018),372-380.

17.M Dahanayaka, B Liu, Z Hu, Z Chen, AWK Law,  K Zhou, “Corrugated graphene layers for sea water desalination using capacitive deionization”, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 19 (2017), 8552-8562.

18.M Dahanayaka, B Liu, Z Hu, Q-X Pei, Z Chen, AWK Law,  K Zhou, “Graphene membranes with nanoslits for seawater desalination via forward osmosis”, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 45 (2017), 305551-30561.

19.Z Hu, B Liu, M Dahanayaka AWK Law, J Wei, K Zhou, “Ultrafast permeation of seawater pervaporation using single-layered C2N via strain engineering”, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 19(2017), 15973-15979

20.H Zhang, B Liu, MS Wu, K Zhou, AWK Law, “Transport of salty water through graphene bilayer in an electric field: a molecular dynamics study”, Computational Materials Science, 131 (2017), 100-7.

21.HT Kieu, B Liu, K Zhou, AWK Law, “Pressure-driven water permeation through multilayer graphene nanosheets”, PhysicaStattus Solidi B-Basic Solid State Physic, 10 (2017), 1700074.

22.SJ L, B Liu, W Hu, K Zhou, LK Ang, “Thermionic Energy Conversion Based on Graphene van der Waals Heterostructures”, Scientific Reports, 7 (2017), 46211.

23.M Dahanayaka, B Liu, Z Hu, Z Chen, AWK Law,  K Zhou, “Corrugated Graphene Layers for Sea Water Desalination using Capacitive Deionization”, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 19 (2017), 8552-8562.

24.JA Baimova, B Liu, SV Dmitriev, K Zhou. “Mechanical properties of crumpled graphene under hydrostatic and uniaxial compression”, Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 48 (2015), 095302.

25.JA Baimova, B Liu, SV Dmitriev, N Srikanth and K Zhou, “Mechanical properties of bulk carbon nanostructures: effect of loading and temperature”, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 16 (2014), 19505-13.

26.JA Baimova, B Liu, SV Dmitriev and K Zhou, “Mechanical properties and structures of bulk nanomaterials based on carbon nanopolymorphs”, Physica Status Solidi-Rapid Research Letters, 8 (2014), 336-40. 

27.JA Baimova, B Liu and K Zhou, “Folding and crumping of graphene under biaxial compression”, Letters on Materials, 2 (2014), 96-9.

28.JA Baimova, B Liu, SV Dmitriev, K Zhou and AA Nazarov, “Effect of Stone-Thrower-Wales defect on structural stability of graphene at zero and finite temperatures”, EPL, 103 (2013), 46001. 

29.LC Bai, PP Sun, B Liu, ZS Liu, K Zhou, “Mechanical behaviors of T-carbon: A molecular dynamics study”, Carbon , 138(2018),357-362.

30.P Lin, F Shen, A Yeo, B Liu, M Xue, H Xu, K Zhou, “Characterization of interfacial delamination in multi-layered integrated circuit packaging”, Surface & Coatings Technology , 2016 (In Press).

31.L Bai, N Srikanth, B Zhao, B Liu, Z Liu, K Zhou, “Lubrication mechanisms of graphene for DLC films scratched by a diamond tip”, Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics , 49 (2016), 485302.

32.R Wu, Y Xue, B Liu, K Zhou, J Wei, SH Chan, “Cobalt diselenide nanoparticles embedded within porous carbon polyhedra as advancedelectrocatalyst for oxygen reduction reaction”, Journal of Power Sources , 330 (2016), 132-139.

33.L Bai, N Srikanth, H Wu, F Liu, B Liu, Kun Zhou, “Effect of environmental hydrogen atoms on the tribological behaviors of diamond-like carbon films”, Tribology International, 99 (2016),258-266.

34.L Bai, N Srikanth, H Wu, Y Liu, B Liu, Kun Zhou, “Investigation on tensile behaviors of diamond-like carbon films”, Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids,443 (2016), 8-16. 

35.JA Baimova; EA Korznikova, SV Dmitirev, B Liu, K Zhou. “Wrinkles and wrinklons in graphene and graphene nanoribbons under strain”, Current Nanoscience, 12 (2016), 184-191. 

36.JA Baimova, LK Rysaeva, B Liu, SV Dmitriev, K Zhou, “From flat graphene to bulk carbon nanostructures”, Physica Status Solidi (b)-Basic Solid State Physics , 252 (2015), 1502-1507.

37.P Lin , RI Babicheva , M Xue , HS Zhang , H Xu ,B Liu  and K Zhou, “Tensile response of bi-crystalline Si nanofilms with twist and tilt grain boundaries”, Computational Materials Science, 96 (2015), 295-299. 

38.RI Babicheva, SV Dmitriev, Y Zhang, SW Kok, N Srikanth, B Liuand K Zhou, “Effect of grain boundary segregations of Fe, Co, Cu, Ti, Mg and Pb on small plastic deformation of nanocrystalline Al”, Computational Materials Science, 98 (2015), 410-416.

39.P Lin, RI Babicheva, M Xue, HS Zhang, H Xu, B Liu, K Zhou. “Effects of temperature and voids on the interfacial fracture of Si/a‐Si3N4 bilayer systems”, Physica Status Solidi (b)-Basic Solid State Physics , 252 (2015), 2013-2019.

40.JA Baimova, EA Korznikova, SV Dmitriev, B Liu, K Zhou. “Review on crumpled graphene: unique mechanical properties”, Reviews on Advanced Materials Science, 39 (2014), 69-83. 

41.YH Wei, ZB Dong, B Liu, R Ma, XH Zhan, YF Lu and P Guo, “Stress distributions of welding joints in titanium-steel composit