Dr Jie Liu

Jie joined the X-ray diffraction team as a Research Technical Professional in May 2023. She has extensive experience in the structural study of new compounds, including organic/inorganic, and co-crystal, the investigation of the relationship between physical properties and crystal structures, and selective crystallisation and phase transition of polymorphs.

Biography:

Postdoctoral Researcher at Laboratoire de Chimie des Polymères, Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Belgium, 2018-2023, working with Prof. Yves H. Geerts on exploring new polymorphs and polymorphic selection of organic molecules using multiple crystallisation methods (through melt/solution crystallisation and surface crystallisation methods such as spin-coating/dip coating), and investigation of thin films using multiple X-ray diffraction techniques (SCXRD, specular-XRD, XRR, GIXRD, and Pole Figures).

Research Technical Professional in State Key Laboratory of Crystal Materials, Shandong University (SDU), China, 2010-2018, managing the X-ray diffraction laboratory, including Powder and single-crystal diffractometers and investigating solid-state phase transition of crystals, and the relationships between crystal structures and physical properties.

PhD in Materials Science at the Institute of Crystal Materials, Shandong University, China, 2013-2017, supervised by Prof. Xutang Tao on the study of Polymorphism, Solid-State Phase Transition, and Properties of Crystalline Molecular Complexes.

Representative Publications:

Full Publications:https://orcid.org/my-orcid?orcid=0000-0002-1301-057X

1) XiaofanYang, Jie Liu, * Nicholas R. Bagnall, Johan P. A. Heuts, Brady Worrell, Christopher Waldron, and David M. Haddleton* Assessing Cobalt (II/III) Complex Purity Using XRD and Its Impact on Effectiveness of Catalytic Chain Transfer Polymerization. Macromolecules 2025, 58, 3188−3198.

2) Baiwen Zhao, Guy J. Clarkson, Jie Liu, Franck Millange, Michel Frigoli, Thi Huong Le, Jérôme Marrot, and Richard I. Walton *. Structural variety in calcium metal–organic frameworks with a tetratopic carboxylate ligand. CrystEngComm, 2025, 27, 2830-2840.

3) Justas Deveikis, Marcin Giza, David Walker, Jie Liu, Claire Wilson, Nathaniel P. Gallop, Pablo Docampo, James Lloyd-Hughes,* and Rebecca L. Milot*. Temperature-Dependent Structural and Optoelectronic Properties of the Layered Perovskite 2‑Thiophenemethylammonium LeadIodide. J. Phys. Chem. C 2024, 128, 13108−13120.

4) Gustavo H. Cassemiro, C. David Hinostroza, Leandro Rodrigues de Faria, Daniel A. Mayoh, Jie Liu, Maria C. O. Aguiar, Martin R. Lees, Geetha Balakrishnan, J. Larrea Jiménez, Antonio Jefferson da Silva Machado, Valentina Martelli, and Walber H. Brito. Role of native point defects and Hg impurities in the electronic properties of Bi₄I₄.Phys. Rev. B, 2024, 110, 224113.

5) Noha Khamis, Ye Zheng, Marianna N. Diamantakis, Guy J. Clarkson, Jie Liu, and Martin Wills*. Regio- and Enantioselective Asymmetric Transfer Hydrogenation of One Carbonyl Group in a Diketone through Steric Hindrance. J. Org. Chem. 2024, 89, 2759−2763

6) Jiqiang Xu, Tao Jin, Zepeng Liu, Jiaxuan Songa, Huilong Li, Jie Liu,* Jiaxiang Yang, Jing Zhang ,* Chengyuan Wang*. Substitution effect and charge transport properties in organic field-effect transistors (OFETs) of simply functionalized carbazole derivatives. J. Solid State Chem. 2025 341, 125093.

7) Luca Catalano,* Rituraj Sharma, Durga Prasad Karothu, Marco Saccone, Oren Elishav, Charles Chen, Navkiran Juneja, Martina Volpi, Rémy Jouclas, Hung-Yang Chen, Jie Liu, Guangfeng Liu, Elumalai Gopi, Christian Ruzié, Nicolas Klimis, Alan R. Kennedy, T. Kyle Vanderlick, Iain McCulloch, Michael T. Ruggiero, Panče Naumov, Guillaume Schweicher, Omer Yaffe, and Yves H. Geerts.Toward On-Demand Polymorphic Transitions of Organic Crystals via Side Chain and Lattice Dynamics Engineering. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2024, 146, 31911−31919.

8) Jie Liu,* Sylvain Kabbadj, Guangfeng Liu, Lygia S. de Moraes, Gabin Gbabode, Guillaume Schweicher, Roland Resel, and Yves Geerts*. Accessing Selective Crystallization of ROY Polymorphs Using Directional Crystallization from the Melt. Cryst. Growth Des. 2023, 23, 8565−8574.

9) Martina Volpi, Rémy Jouclas, Jie Liu, Guangfeng Liu, Luca Catalano, Nemo McIntosh, Marco Bardini, Christos Gatsios, Federico Modesti, Nicholas Turetta, David Beljonne, Jérôme Cornil, Alan R. Kennedy, Norbert Koch, Peter Erk, Paolo Samorì,Guillaume Schweicher,* and Yves H. Geerts*. Enantiopure Dinaphtho[2,3-b:2,3-f]thieno[3,2-b]thiophenes: Reaching High Magnetoresistance Effect in OFETs. Adv. Sci. 2023, 2301914.

10) Martin Kaltenegger, Sebastian Hofer, Roland Resel*, Oliver Werzer, Hans Riegler, Josef Simbrunner, Christian Winkler, Yves Geerts, and Jie Liu. Engineering of a kinetically driven phase of phenoxazine by surface crystallisation. CrystEngComm. 2022, 24,4921-4931.

11) Jie Liu*, Guangfeng Liu, Zijian Song, Martin Kaltenegger, Lygia Silva de Moraes, Elumalai Gopi, Simone Napolitano, and Yves Henri Geerts. Memory Effect and Crystallization of (R, S)-2- Chloromandelic Acid Glass. J. Phys. Chem. B 2021, 125, 13339–13347.

12) Guangfeng Liu^‡, Jie Liu^‡, Xin Ye, Lina Nie, Peiyang Gu, Xutang Tao*, and Qichun Zhang* Self-Healing Behavior in a Thermo-Mechanically Responsive Cocrystal during a Reversible Phase Transition. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2017, 56, 198-202.