Biography

Fields of research:

1. Fabrication of functional porous materials and green separation application.

2. Modeling and optimal control of separation/identification processes in complex systems.

    

Granted Projects:

1. National Natural Science Foundation of China.

2. Ph.D. ProgramsFoundation of Ministry of Education of China.

3. Special Financial Grant from the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation.

4. China PostdoctoralScience Foundation funded project.

    

Main Publications:

1. Synthesis of novel high flux thin-film nanocomposite nanofiltration membrane containing GO-SiO₂ via interfacial polymerization[J]. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 2019 (English).

2. Adsorption for perfluorooctanoic acid with graphitic-phase carbon nitride and its HPLC fluorescence determination[J].Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering, 2019(English).

3. Immobilization of trypsin onto large-pore mesoporous silica andoptimization enzyme activity via response surface methodology. Solid State Sciences, 2019, (English)

4. Construction and comparison of BSA-stabilizedfunctionalized GQD composite fluorescent probesfor selective trypsin detection[J]. New Journal of Chemistry, 2018(English).

5. Preparation of surface anion imprinted polymer by developing aLa(III)-coordinated 3-Methacryloxyethyl-propyl bi-functionalized grapheneoxide for phosphate removal[J].Journal ofthe Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers, 2018 (English).

6. A mussel inspired highly stable graphene oxidemembrane for efficient oil-in-water emulsions separation[J]. Separation and Purification Technology, 2018(English).

7. A molecularly imprinted polymer placed on the surface of graphene oxide and doped with Mn(II)-doped ZnS quantum dots for selective fluorometric determination of acrylamide[J]. Microchimica Acta, 2018(English).

   A novel electrochemical sensor based on graphene oxide decorated with silver nanoparticles–molecular imprinted polymers for determination of sunset yellow in soft drinks. Food Analytical. Methods,2017 (English).

8. Static and dynamic sorption studying of heavy metal ions on amino-functionalized SBA-15[J].Journal of Dispersion Science and Technology, 2018 (English).

9. A novel dual temperature responsive mesoporous imprinted polymer for Cd(II) adsorption and temperature switchable controlled separation and regeneration[J]. Chemical Engineering Journal, 2017(English).

10. RAFT-mediated microemulsion polymerization to synthesize a novel high-performance graphene oxide-based cadmium imprinted polymer[J]. Chemical Engineering Journal, 2016(English).

11. Selective separation of phenol from salicylic acid effluent over molecularly imprinted polystyrene nanospheres composite alumina membranes[J]. Chemical Engineering Journal, 2016(English).

12. Facile synthesis of novel photoresponsive mesoporous molecularly imprinted polymers for photo-regulated selective separation of bisphenol A[J]. Chemical Engineering Journal,2016(English).

13. Liu Yan^*,Liu Fangfang, Meng Minjia,Liu Zhanchao,Ni Liang^*, Zhong Guoxing. Synthesis of Ni(II) ion imprinted polymer based on macro-mesoporous silica with enhanced dynamic adsorption capacity: Optimization by response surface methodology[J].New Journal of Chemistry, 2016, 40,3821--3832.

14. Liu Yan^*, Qiu Jian, Liu Zhanchao, Ni Liang, Jiang Yinhua, Gong Chongying, Meng Xiangguo, Liu Fangfang, Zhong Guoxing. Tailor-made ion-imprinted polymer based on functionalized graphene oxide for the preconcentration and determination of trace copper in food samples[J]. Journal of Separation Science, 2016,39, 1371-1378.

15. Yan Liu^*, Jian Qiu, Yinhua Jiang , Zhanchao Liu, Minjia Meng, Liang Ni ,Changchun Qin , Jianbo Peng. Selective Ce(III) ion-imprinted polymer grafted on Fe₃O₄ nanoparticlessupported by SBA-15 mesopores microreactor via surface-initiatedRAFT polymerization.Microporous and Mesoporous Materials, 2016, 234, 176-185.

16. Yan Liu^*, Fangfang Liu, Liang Ni, Minjia Meng, Xiangguo Meng, Guoxing Zhong, Jian Qiu. A modeling study by response surfacemethodology (RSM) on Sr(II) ion dynamicadsorption optimization using a novel magnetic ionimprinted polymer. RSC Adv., 2016, 6, 54679-54692.

    Synthesis of hydrophilic surface ion-imprintedpolymer based on graphene oxide for removal ofstrontium from aqueous solution[J].Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2015(English).

17. Preparation of a two-dimensional ion-imprinted polymer based on a graphene oxide/SiO₂composite for the selective adsorption of nickel ions[J]. Langmuir, 2015(English).