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Education

Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, 2011-2017

M.S. in Chemical Engineering, National Taiwan University, 2008-2010

B.S.E. in Chemical Engineering, National Taiwan University, 2004-2008

Research Interests

• Nanomaterials:
  Zinc-based nano-scale therapeutics for citrus greening disease.
• Bioenergy:
  Co-solvent enhanced lignin fractionation for biofuel production.
• Drug Discovery:
  Novel antagonists for fibroblast growth factor 23 (FGF23) and α-Klotho to treat hypophosphatemic disorders.

Publications

• Liu, S.-H.; Fichthorn, K. A. Interaction of Alkylamines with Cu Surfaces: A Metal-Organic Many-Body Force Field. J. Phys. Chem. C 2017, 121 (40), 22531-22541.
• Liu, S.-H.; Balankura, T.; Fichthorn, K. A. Self-Assembled Monolayer Structures of Hexadecylamine on Cu Surfaces: Density-Functional Theory. Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2016, 18 (48), 32753-32761.
• Liu, S.-H.; Saidi, W. A.; Zhou, Y.; Fichthorn, K. A. Synthesis of {111}-Faceted Au Nanocrystals Mediated by Polyvinylpyrrolidone: Insights from Density-Functional Theory and Molecular Dynamics. J. Phys. Chem. C 2015, 119 (21), 11982-11990.
• Liu, S.-H.; Chen, F.-S.; Lu, C.-H. Synthesis of CuInSe₂ Films via Selenizing the Cu-In Alloy-Containing Nanopowders. J. Alloy. Compd. 2012, 517, 14-19.
• Liu, S.-H.; Chen, F.-S.; Lu, C.-H. Preparation of Thin CuInSe₂ Films Using Cu-In Alloy Nanoparticles. Chem. Lett. 2010, 39 (12), 1333-1335.