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Xiaoying Liu
Postdoctoral Associate

 

Department of Chemical Engineering
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
77 Massachusetts Avenue
Building 66-153
Cambridge, MA  02139-4307

Phone: (617) 253-6557
Fax: (617) 258-8992
Email: liuxy@mit.edu

Education:
Ph.D., Physical Chemistry (2009)
Harvard University, Cambridge, MA

M.S., Inorganic Chemistry (2004)
Fudan University, Shanghai, China

B.S., Chemistry (2001)
Fudan University, Shanghai, China

Research Area:
My research focuses on the exploration and investigation of heterogeneous catalysis in continuous flow microreactor systems.

Selected Publications:

Liu, X. Y., Xu, B. J., Haubrich, J., Madix, R. J., Friend, C. M. Surface-mediated self-coupling of ethanol on gold, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2009, 131, 5757.

Liu, X. Y., Madix, R. J., Friend, C. M. Unraveling molecular transformations on surfaces: a critical comparison of oxidation reactions on coinage metals, Chemical Society Reviews 2008, 37,2243. (special contribution in honor of the 2007 Nobel Prize laureate Professor Gerhard Ertl)

Liu, X. Y., Klust, A., Madix, R. J., Friend, C. M. Structure sensitivity in the partial oxidation of styrene, styrene oxide, and phenylacetaldehyde on silver single crystals, Journal of Physical Chemistry C 2007, 111, 3675.

Liu, X. Y., Madix, R. J., Friend, C. M. Surface-mediated NH and N addition to styrene on Ag(110), Journal of the American Chemical Society 2006, 128, 14266.

Liu, X. Y., Tian, B. Z., Yu, C. Z., Tu, B., Zhao, D. Y. Microwave-assisted solvothermal synthesis of radial ZnS nanoribbons, Chemistry Letters 2004, 33, 522.

Liu, X. Y., Tian, B. Z., Yu, C. Z., Tu, B., Liu, Z., Terasaki, O., Zhao, D. Y. Ordered nanowire arrays of metal sulfides templated by mesoporous silica SBA-15 via a simple impregnation reaction, Chemistry Letters 2003, 32, 824.

Liu, X. Y., Wu, X. L. Photometric errors in dual wavelength UV-Vis spectrophotometric measurements with a single wavelength spectrophotometer, University Chemistry 2003, 18, 57.

Liu, X. Y., Tian, B. Z., Yu, C. Z., Gao, F., Xie, S. H., Tu, B., Che, R. C., Peng, L. M., Zhao, D. Y. Room-temperature synthesis in acidic media of large-pore three-dimensional bicontinuous mesoporous silica with Ia3d symmetry, Angewandte Chemie-International Edition 2002, 41, 3876.

Liu, X. Y., Tian, B. Z., Guo, J., Zheng, B., Guo, H. P., Zou, Y. F., Xue, F., Luo, Z. L., Li, F. Determination of heavy metals in teas and vegetables with microwave-assisted digestion, Chemical World 2001, 42, 25.

 

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