Publications

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1. Gu, K.; Zhou, W.; Liu, C.* Visualizing Back Electron Transfer in Eosin Y Photoredox Catalysis. Chem. Comm. 2024, 60, 12445–12448.

2. Gu, K.; Yu, C.; Zhou, W.; Liu, C.* In Operando Visualization of Elementary Turnovers in Photocatalytic Organic Synthesis. J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2024, 15, 717–724. 

   • • Featured on the supplementary cover of J. Phys. Chem. Lett.

3. Ye, R.; Sun, X.; Mao, X.; Alfonso, F.; Baral S.; Liu, C.; Coates, G.; Chen, P.* Optical Sequencing of Single Synthetic Polymers. Nat. Chem. 2024, 16, 210-217.

4. Xie, J.; Zhou, W.; Mao, X.*; Liu, C.* Characterization of Single Synthetic Polymers via Magnetic Tweezers. J. Polym. Sci. 2024, 62, 1260-1276.

5. Gu, K.; Liu, C.* Recognition of Single Fluorescence Events by Temporal Pixel Intensity Fluctuation. Chem. Biomed. Imaging 2023, 1, 234–241.

6. Gu, K.; Liu, S.; Liu, C.* Surface Preparation for Single-Molecule Fluorescence Imaging in Organic Solvents. Langmuir 2022, 38, 15848-15857.

7. Shen, L.; Chen, R.; Zhang, D.; Yilmazoglu, U. C.; Gu, K.; Sarmiento, J. S.; Zhu, T.; Zheng, L.; Zheng, J.; Wang, H.; Liu, C.; Gong, X.* High-Performance Perovskite Photovoltaics by Heterovalent Substituted Mixed Perovskites. Adv. Funct. Mater. 2022, 32, 2207911.

8. Baral, S.; Liu, C.*; Mao, X.; Coates, G. W.; Chen, P.* Tuning Single-Polymer Growth via Hydrogen Bonding in Conformational Entanglements. ACS Cent. Sci. 2022, 8, 1116-1124.

9. Baral, S.; Liu, C.; Chakraborty, U.; Kubo, K; Mao, X.; Coates, G. W.; Chen, P.* Single-Chain Polymerization Dynamics and Conformational Mechanics of Conjugated Polymers. Chem 2021, 7, 2175-2189. 

   • • US Army Research Lab: “Pioneering chemistry approach could lead to more robust soft electronics“.

10. Liu, C.*; Baral, S.; Gu, K; Mao, X; Chen, P.* Real-time Single Polymer Growth toward Single-Monomer Resolution. Trends Chem. 2021, 3, 318-331.

11. Zhu, T.; Yang, Y.; Gu, K.; Liu, C.; Zheng, J.; Gong, X.* Novel Quasi-2D Perovskites for Stable and Efficient Perovskite Solar Cells. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2020, 12, 51744-51755. 

12. Zheng, L.; Wang, K.; Zhu, T.; Yang, Y.; Chen, R.; Gu, K.; Liu, C.; Gong, X.* High-Performance Perovskite Solar Cells by One-Step Self-Assembled Perovskite-Polymer Thin Films. ACS Appl. Energy Mater. 2020, 3, 5902-5912. 

2019 and Before

13. Mao, X.; Liu, C.; Hesari, M.; Zou, N.; Chen, P.* Super-resolution imaging of nonfluorescent reactions via competition. Nat. Chem. 2019, 11, 687-694.

    • • Featured on the front cover of Nat. Chem.

      • C&En News: “Extending fluorescence microscopy to nonfluorescent reactions“.

14. Liu, C.; Kubo, K.; Wang, E.; Han, K. S.; Yang, F.; Chen, G.; Escobedo, F. A.*; Coates, G. W.*; Chen, P.* Single Polymer Growth Dynamics. Science 2017, 358, 352-355.

    • • US Army Research Lab: “Army research leading to materials of the future wins national award“.

      • C&En News: “Research of the Year 2017”.

      • Phys.org: “Close up view of growing polymer chain show jump steps”.

      • Nature: “Polymer chains grow one ‘hairball’ at a time”.

15. Liu, C.; Huang, D.; Yang, T.; Cremer, P. S.* Simultaneous Detection of Multiple Proteins that Bind to the Identical Ligand in Supported Lipid Bilayers. Anal. Chem. 2015, 87, 7163–7170

16. Liu, C.; Huang, D.; Yang, T.; Cremer, P. S.* Monitoring of Phosphatidic Acid Formation in Intact Phosphatidylcholine Bilayers upon Phospholipase D Catalysis. Anal. Chem. 2014, 86, 1753–1759

17. Sagle, L. B.; Ruvuna, L. K.; Bingham, J. M.; Liu, C.; Cremer, P. S.; Van Duyne, R. P.* Single Particle Tracking Measurements Confirm GM1 Clustering in Solid Supported Bilayers. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2012, 134, 15832-15839

18. Monson, C. F.; Cong, X.; Robison, A. D.; Pace, H. P.; Liu, C.; Poyton, M. F.; Cremer, P. S.* Phosphatidylserine Reversibly Binds Cu2+ with Extremely High Affinity. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2012, 134, 7773-7779

19. Liu, C.; Monson, C. F.; Yang, T.; Pace, H. P.; Cremer, P. S.* Protein Separation by Electrophoretic-Electroosmotic Focusing on Supported Lipid Bilayers. Anal. Chem. 2011, 83, 7876–7880

    • • C&En News: “New Method Isolates Membrane Proteins”.

20. Monson, C. F.; Pace, H. P.; Liu, C.; Cremer, P. S.* Supported Bilayer Electrophoresis Under Controlled Buffer Conditions. Anal. Chem. 2011, 83, 2090-2096