Dr.Liu

Personal

Name  : LIU Yanjun
Phone : 0755-88018520
E-mail : yjliu@sustc.edu.cn

Honors & Awards

2017: Overseas High-Caliber Personnel
(Level B) in Shenzhen
2016: 12th Thousand Youth Talents Plan
2016: IMRE Dedicated Service Award
2015: Joseph Wang Award 2015
2012: A*STAR JCO Career Development
Award (Lead Investigator)

Acdemic Qualifications

    Jul 2004–Feb 2007     (Ph.D) School of Electrical & Electronic Engineering, Nanyang Technological                                     University, Singapore.

    Sep 2000–Jul 2003     (M.Sc) State Key Lab for Advanced Phontonic Materials and Devices, Dept. of                                     Optical Science and Engineering, Fudan University, China.

    Sep 1996–Jul 2000 ;    (B.Eng) Dept. of Optoelectronic Information Engineering, Shandong University,                                     China.

Working Experience

    Aug 2016–Present       Associate Professor, Southern University of Science and Technology

    Aug 2010–Aug 2016     Research Scientist, Institute of Materials Research and Engineering                                        (IMRE), Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR)

    May 2010–Jul 2010      Temporary Research Staff, Nanyang Technological University.

    Sep 2008–May 2010     Postdoctoral Scholar, Pennsylvania State University, USA.

    Nov 2007–May 2008     Postdoctoral Fellow, European Laboratory for Non-Linear p; Spectroscopy                                       (LENS), Italy.

    Mar 2007–Nov 2007     Research Associate, Nanyang Technological University

Research Interests

Active plasmonics, plasmonic metamaterials, chiral plasmonics, super-resolution imaging.
Polymer-dispersed liquid crystals; Liquid crystal elastomers.
Liquid crystal photonics; Molecular machines.
Tunable photonic crystals, lasers, random lasers, microlenses, sensors, etc.
Light transport, diffusion, and localization in ordered & disordered structures.

Research Skills

Nano/Micro-scale photonic device fabrication on polymer/liquid-crystal composite materials
    using holographic technique or UV exposure. Familiar with the optical properties of liquid
    crystal based devices.
Hands-on experience with liquid crystal device fabrication processes including liquid crystal
    alignment, photolithography, vacuum injection, holography, etc.
Hands-on experience with nanoscale metallic structures (Au/Ag nanodiscs, nanoholes)
    based on nanosphere lithography.
Design and setup optical experiments. Excellent technical skills in the intensive use of optics,
    electronic instruments, and laser operations. Familiar with the measurement of beam profile,
    polarizations, lasing emission, photoluminescence, Transmission/Reflectance Spectrum,
    coherent backscattering (CBS), time-resolved optical measurement, etc.
Characterization techniques: Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM), Atomic Force Microscopy
    (AFM), Dark/Bright Field Optical Microscopy,Leakage Radiation Microscopy, Polarizing Optical
    Microscopy, Surface Profiler, LCD test equipments, etc.
Programming in photonic crystal structure simulation and bandgap calculation, physical
    modeling, computer-generated holograms, and beam profile analysis. Application software:
    MS office, Matlab, Origin, etc.

Our Group

Group Members

Yanjun Liu

Associate Professor

Research Orientation:metasurface, plasmonics, liquid crystal optoelectronics

E-mail: yjliu@sustc.edu.cn

Byung-Ryool Hyun

Research Associate Professor

Research Orientation: Nanomaterials and optoelectronic devices, Bose-Einstein condensation

E-mail: hyun.byungyul@sustc.edu.cn

Zhen Yin

Postdoctors

Research Orientation: Fiber optic， SERS， Liquid Crystal

E-mail: yinz3@sustc.edu.cn

PengPeng Cong

Secretary

E-mail: congpp@mail.sustc.edu.cn

Huilin He

Research Assistant

Research Orientation: Nano-optical Materials,Surface Plasmons Enhanced Fluorescence Spectrum

E-mail: hehl@mail.sustc.edu.cn

Jianxun Liu

Visiting Student

Research Orientation:Nanophotonics, 2D material plasmons

E-mail: zjouljx@126.com

Ke Li

Research Assistant

Research Orientation:PDLC grating，H-PDLC

E-mail: lik@mail.sustc.edu.cn

Anshi Chu

Visiting student

Research Orientation:Plasmonic perovskite

E-mail: CASchuanshi@njtech.edu.cn

Xiaoguo Fang

Undergraduate

Research Orientation: Array of polystyrene ball,sensor

E-mail: fangxg@mail.sustc.edu.cn

Zhenming Wang

Undergraduate

Research Orientation: Liquid Crystal

E-mail: 11510868@mail.sustc.edu.cn

Haodong Jiang

Undergraduate

Research Orientation: Tunable microlens arrays based on the liquid crystals

E-mail: 1245860537@qq.com

Ruiheng Peng

Undergraduate

Research Orientation:Surface Enhanced Raman Scattering

E-mail: 11611804@mail.sustc.edu.cn

Yuhui Liu

Undergraduate

Research Orientation:Surface plasmon polaritons

E-mail: 11510093@mail.sustc.edu.cn

Yujia Sheng

Undergraduate

Research Orientation:Surface plasmon polaritons

E-mail: 11510443@mail.sustc.edu.cn

Yifei Li

Undergraduate

Research Orientation: liquid crystal devices

E-mail: 1257103149@qq.com

Changxiong Zheng

Undergraduate

Research Orientation: plasmonic devices

E-mail: 11610213@mail.sustc.edu.cn

Xiaolei Yin

Undergraduate

Research Orientation: Liquid Crystal

E-mail: 11611215@mail.sustc.edu.cn

Former group members

Litao Hu

Visiting Student

Research Orientation: SERS, Two-dimensional Materials

E-mail: hult@mail.sustc.edu.cn

Shengtao Yin

Visiting Student

Research Orientation: Surface Plasmonic filter, absorber and sensor

E-mail: 13589831680@163.com

Dong Xiao

Research Assistant

Research Orientation: nanophotonics, plasmonics, metamaterial, metasurface

E-mail: xiaod@mail.sustc.edu.cn

Ying Zhang

Research Assistant

Research Orientation:TiO2 inverse opal structures, Azobenzene Liquid Crystal or nanoparticles

E-mail: yingyingzhang@nwafu.edu.cn

Publications

COVER PAPER

Surface Acoustic Wave Driven Light Shutters Using Polymer-Dispersed Liquid Crystals

Y. J. Liu, X. Y. Ding, S.-C. S. Lin, J. J. Shi, I.-K. Chiang, and T. J. Huang, Surface Acoustic Wave Driven Light Shutters Using Polymer-Dispersed Liquid Crystals, Adv. Mater. 23, 1656-1659 (2011).

A Frequency-Addressed Plasmonic Switch Based on Dual-Frequency Liquid Crystals

Y. J. Liu, Q. Z. Hao, J. S. T. Smalley, J. Liou, I. C. Khoo, and T. J. Huang, A Frequency-Addressed Plasmonic Switch Based on Dual-Frequency Liquid Crystals, Appl. Phys. Lett. 97, 091101 (2010).

All-Optical Modulation of Localized Surface Plasmon Coupling in a Hybrid System Composed of Photo-Switchable Gratings and Au Nanodisk Arrays

Y. J. Liu, Y. B. Zheng, J. Liou, I.-K. Chiang, I. C. Khoo, and T. J. Huang, All-Optical Modulation of Localized Surface Plasmon Coupling in a Hybrid System Composed of Photo-Switchable Gratings and Au Nanodisk Arrays, J. Phys. Chem. C 115, 7717-7722 (2011).

Reflective Plasmonic Color Filters Based on Lithographically Patterned Silver Nanorod Arrays

G. Y. Si, Y. H. Zhao, J. T. Lv, M. Q. Lu, F. W. Wang, H. L. Liu, N. Xiang, T. J. Huang, A. J. Danner, J. H. Teng, and Y. J. Liu, Reflective Plasmonic Color Filters Based on Lithographically Patterned Silver Nanorod Arrays, Nanoscale 5, 6243-6248 (2013).

Maskless fabrication of slanted annular aperture arrays.

J.T. Lv, E. H. Khoo, E. S. P. Leong, L.T. Hu, X. X. Jiang, Y. Li, D. Luo, G.Y. Si and Y. J. Liu,Maskless fabrication of slanted annular aperture arrays. Nanotechnology, 28(22), 225302(2017).

Graphene oxide-decorated silver dendrites for high-performance surface-enhanced Raman scattering applications.

L.T. Hu, Y. J. Liu, Y. S. Han, P.X. Chen, C. Zhang, C. H. Li, Z.Y. Lu, D. Luo, S. Z. Jiang, Graphene oxide-decorated silver dendrites for high-performance surface-enhanced Raman scattering applications. Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 5(16), 3908-3915 (2017).

Plasmofluidics: Merging Light and Fluids at the Micro-/Nano-Scale

M. S. Wang, C. L. Zhao, X. Y. Miao, Y. H. Zhao, J. Rufo, Y. J. Liu, T. J. Huang, and Y. B. Zheng, Plasmofluidics: Merging Light and Fluids at the Micro-/Nano-Scale, Small 11, 4423–4444 (2015).

All-Optical, Polarization-Insensitive Light Tuning Properties in Silver Nanorod Arrays Covered with Photoresponsive Liquid Crystals

G. Y. Si, E. S. P. Leong, X. X. Jiang, J. T. Lv, J. Lin, H. T. Dai, and Y. J. Liu, All-Optical, Polarization-Insensitive Light Tuning Properties in Silver Nanorod Arrays Covered with Photoresponsive Liquid Crystals, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 17, 13223-13227 (2015).

Holographically Formed, Acoustically Switchable Gratings Based on Polymer-Dispersed Liquid Crystals

Y. J. Liu, M. Q. Lu, X. Y. Ding, E. S. P. Leong, S.-C. S. Lin, J. J. Shi, J. H. Teng, L. Wang, T. J. Bunning, and T. J. Huang, Holographically Formed, Acoustically Switchable Gratings Based on Polymer-Dispersed Liquid Crystals, J. Lab. Autom. 18, 291-295 (2013).

Papers

Articles or books published by Professor Liu and Liu group(You can view the content of the article by clicking on the title)

Book chapters

3 D. Xiao and Y. J. Liu, Liquid Crystal Plasmonics (液晶等离激元光子学), a book chapter in Liquid Crystal Photonics (液晶光子学), Edited by Dan Luo, Publishing House of Electronics Industry, Beijing, China, 2018.

2 E. H. Khoo, W. K. Phua, Y. L. Hor, and Y. J. Liu, Chiral Optics, a book chapter in Nanophotonics and Plasmonics: An Integrated View, Edited by Ching Eng (Jason) Png and Yuriy Akimov, CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Inc., USA, 2017.

1 Y. J. Liu, G. Y. Si, Y. H. Zhao, and E. S. P. Leong, Tunable Plasmonics Based on Liquid Crystals, a book chapter in Active Plasmonic Nanomaterials, Edited by Luciano De Sio, Pan Stanford Publishing Pte. Ltd., Singapore, 2015.

Journal papers

2018

111 C. P. Zhang, A. Khan, J. X. Cai, C. W. Liang, Y. J. Liu, J. H. Deng, S. Y. Huang, G. X. Li, and W.-D. Li, Stretchable Transparent Electrodes with Solution-Processed Regular Metal Mesh for an Electroluminescent Light-Emitting Film, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 10, 2100921017 (2018).

110 S. T. Yin, Y. J. Liu, D. Xiao, H. L. He, D. Luo, S. Z. Jiang, H. T. Dai, W. Ji, and X. W. Sun, Liquid-Crystal-Based Tunable Plasmonic Waveguide Filters, J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 51, 235101 (2018).

109 J. J. Cheng, E. H. Hill, Y. B. Zheng, T. C. He, and Y. J. Liu, Optically Active Plasmonic Resonance in Self-Assembled Nanostructures, Mater. Chem. Front. 2, 662-678 (2018).

108 Y. Shi, Y. J. Liu, F. Song, V. G. Chigrinov, H.-S. Kwok, M. G. Hu, D. Luo, and X. W. Sun, Photoalignment-Induced Two-Dimensional Liquid Crystal Polarization Structure via Multi-Beam Polarization Interferometry, Opt. Express 26, 7683-7692 (2018).

107 J. Guo, H. N. Zhang, Z. Li, Y. Q. Sheng, Q. X. Guo, X. L. Han, Y. J. Liu, B. Y. Man, T. Y. Ning, and S. Z. Jiang, Dark Solitons in Erbium-Doped Fiber Lasers Based on Indium Tin Oxide as Saturable Absorbers, Opt. Mater. 78, 432-437 (2018).

106 X. W. Xu, Z. Liu, Y. J. Liu, X. H. Zhang, Z. G. Zheng, D. Luo, and X. W. Sun, Electrically Switchable, Hyper-Reflective Blue Phase Liquid Crystals Films, Adv. Opt. Mater. 6, 1700891 (2018).

105 Z. Y. Lu, Y. J. Liu, M. H. Wang, C. Zhang, Z. Li, Y. Y. Huo, Z. Li, S. C. Xu, B. Y. Man, and S. Z. Jiang, A Novel Natural Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy (SERS) Substrate Based on Graphene Oxide-Ag Nanoparticles-Mytilus Coruscus Hybrid System, Sens. Actuators B: Chem. 261, 1-10 (2018).

104 C. Zhang, C. H. Li, J. Yu, S. Z. Jiang, S. C. Xu, C. Yang, Y. J. Liu, X. G. Gao, A. H. Liu, and B. Y. Man, SERS Activated Platform with Three-Dimensional Hot Spots and Tunable Nanometer Gap, Sens. Actuators B: Chem. 258, 163-171 (2018).

103 X. F. Niu, Y. B. Zhong, R. Chen, F. Wang, Y. J. Liu, and D. Luo, A “Turn-On” Fluorescence Sensor for Pb2+ Detection Based on Graphene Quantum Dots and Gold Nanoparticles, Sens. Actuators B: Chem. 255, 1577-1581 (2018).

2017

102 G. X. Li, L. Wu, K. F. Li, S. M. Chen, C. Schlickriede, Z. J. Xu, S. Y. Huang, W. D. Li, Y. J. Liu, E. Y. B. Pun, T. Zentgraf, K. W. Cheah, Y. Luo, and S. Zhang, Nonlinear Metasurface for Simultaneous Control of Spin and Orbital Angular Momentum in Second Harmonic Generation, Nano Lett. 17, 7974–7979 (2017).

101 Y. Li, Y. J. Liu, H. T. Dai, X. H. Zhang, D. Luo, and X. W. Sun, Flexible Cholesteric Films with Super-Reflectivity and High Stability Based on Multi-Layer Helical Structure, J. Mater. Chem. C 5, 10828-10833 (2017).

100 Y. Li, Y. J. Liu, and D. Luo, Optical Thermal Sensor Based on Cholesteric Film Refilled with Mixture of Toluene and Ethanol, Opt. Express 25, 26349-26355 (2017).

99 L. T. Hu, Y. J. Liu, S. C. Xu, Z. Li, J. Guo, S. S. Gao, Z. Y. Lu, H. P. Si, S. Z. Jiang, and S. Y. Wang, Facile and Low-Cost Fabrication of Ag-Cu Substrates via Replacement Reaction for Highly Sensitive SERS Applications, Chem. Phys. Lett. 667, 351–356 (2017).

98 X. F. Niu, Y. B. Zhong, R. Chen, F. Wang, Y. J. Liu, and D. Luo, A “Turn-On” Fluorescence Sensor for Pb2+ Detection Based on Graphene Quantum Dots and Gold Nanoparticles, Sens. Actuators B: Chem., in press.

97 Z. D. Liu, R. Chen, Y. J. Liu, X. H. Zhang, X. W. Sun, W. B. Huang, and D. Luo, Low-Threshold, Single-Mode, and Linearly Polarized Lasing from All Organic Quasicrystal Microcavity, Opt. Express 25, 21519-21525 (2017).

96 H. W. Qiu, M. Q. Wang, Z. Yang, S. Z. Jiang, Y. J. Liu, J. J. Li, and L. Li, A New Route for the Synthesis of Ag Nanopore-Inlay-Nanogap Structure: Integrated Ag-Core@Graphene-Shell@Ag-Jacket Nanoparticles for High-Efficiency SERS Detection, Chem. Commun. 53, 8691-8694 (2017).

95 S. Z. Jiang, Z. Li, C. Zhang, S. S. Gao, Z. Li, H. W. Qiu, C. H. Li, C. Yang, M. Liu, and Y. J. Liu, A Novel U-Bent Plastic Optical Fibre Local Surface Plasmon Resonance Sensor Based on a Graphene and Silver Nanoparticle Hybrid Structure, J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 50, 165105 (2017).

94 J.T. Lv, E. H. Khoo, E. S. P. Leong, L.T. Hu, X. X. Jiang, Y. Li, D. Luo, G.Y. Si and Y. J. Liu,Maskless fabrication of slanted annular aperture arrays. Nanotechnology, 28(22), 225302(2017).(Featured as Frontispiece in the issue of Vol. 28, No. 22, Jun 2017)

93 L.T. Hu, Y. J. Liu, Y. S. Han, P.X. Chen, C. Zhang, C. H. Li, Z.Y. Lu, D. Luo, S. Z. Jiang, Graphene oxide-decorated silver dendrites for high-performance surface-enhanced Raman scattering applications. Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 5(16), 3908-3915 (2017).(Featured as Frontispiece in the issue of Vol. 5, No. 26, Apr 2017)

92 L.T. Hu, Y.J. Liu, S. Xu, Z. Li, J. Guo, S. Gao, Z. Lu, H. Si, S. Jiang, S. Wang, Facile and low-cost fabrication of Ag-Cu substrates via replacement reaction for highly sensitive SERS applications, Chem. Phys. Lett. 667 341–356 (2016).

2016

91 K. Huang, Z. G. Dong, S. T. Mei, L. Zhang, Y. J. Liu, H. Liu, H. B. Zhu, J. H. Teng, B. Luk’yanchuk, J. K. W. Yang, and C. W. Qiu, Silicon Multi-Meta-Holograms for the Broadband Visible Light, Laser Photonics Rev. 10, 500–509 (2016).

90 J. Zhang, H. T. Dai, C. Yan, D. G. Xu, Y. J. Liu, D. Luo, and X. W. Sun, Lasing Properties From Dye-Doped Holographic Polymer Dispersed Liquid Crystal Confined in Two-Dimensional Cylindrical Geometry, Opt. Mater. Express 6, 1367–1375 (2016).

89 T. Ding, X. Y. Yang, L. Ke, Y. J. Liu, W.-Y. Tan, N. Wang, X.-H. Zhu, and X. W. Sun, Improved Quantum Dot Light-Emitting Diodes with a Cathode Interfacial Layer, Org. Electron. 32, 89–93 (2016).

88 X. X. Jiang, E. S. P. Leong, Z. H. Ma, Y. J. Liu, and G. Y. Si, Tuning Plasmon Resonance in Depth-Variant Plasmonic Nanostructures, Materials & Design 96, 64–67 (2016).

87 E. H. Khoo, E. S. P. Leong, S. J. Wu, W. K. Phua, Y. L. Hor, and Y. J. Liu, Effect of Asymmetrical Nanostructures on the Extinction Difference Properties of Actin Biomolecules and Filaments, Sci. Rep. 6, 19658 (2016).

86 W. K. Phua, Y. L. Hor, E. S. P. Leong, Y. J. Liu, and E. H. Khoo, Study of Circular Dichroism Modes Through Decomposition of Planar Nanostructures, Plasmonics 11, 449–457 (2016).

2015

85 Y. J. Liu, G. Y. Si, E. H. Khoo, E. S. P. Leong, W. K. Phua, and H. T. Dai, Chiral Plasmonics: Fabrication and Applications, Sci. Adv. Today 1, 25212 (2015).

84 Z. Y. Cai, E. S.P. Leong, W. Q. Zhang, S. Ravaine, N. L. Yakovlev, Y. J. Liu, J. H. Teng, and X. M. Lu, Sandwich-Structured Fe2O3@SiO2@Au Nanoparticles with Magnetoplasmonic Responses, J. Mater. Chem. C 3, 11645–11652 (2015).

83 E. S. P. Leong, J. Deng, E. H. Khoo, S. J. Wu, W. K. Phua, and Y. J. Liu, Fabrication of Free-Standing, Three-Dimensional Chiral Plasmonic Nanostructures With Single-Step Electron-Beam Lithography, RSC Adv. 5, 96366–96371 (2015).

82 J. T. Lv, E. S. P. Leong, X. X. Jiang, S. S. Kou, H. T. Dai, J. Lin, Y. J. Liu, and G. Y. Si, Plasmon-Enhanced Sensing: Current Status and Prospects, J. Nanomater. 2015, 474730 (2015).

81 H. Chi, Y. J. Liu, F. K. Wang, and C. B. He, Highly Sensitive and Fast Response Colorimetric Humidity Sensor Based on Graphene Oxides Films, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 7, 19882–19886 (2015).

80 M. S. Wang, C. L. Zhao, X. Y. Miao, Y. H. Zhao, J. Rufo, Y. J. Liu, T. J. Huang, and Y. B. Zheng, Plasmofluidics: Merging Light and Fluids at the Micro-/Nano-Scale, Small 11, 4423–4444 (2015). (Featured as Frontispiece in the issue of Vol. 11, No. 35, Sep 2015)

79 Z. C. Ma, J. H. Guo, Y. J. Liu, and Y. Ai, Patterning Mechanism of Carbon Nanotubes Using Surface Acoustic Waves: Acoustic Radiation Effect or Dielectrophoretic Effect, Nanoscale 7, 14047–14054 (2015).

78 K. Chen, E. S. P. Leong, M. Rukavina, T. Nagao, Y. J. Liu, and Y. B. Zheng, Active Molecular Plasmonics: Tuning Surface Plasmon Resonances by Exploiting Molecular Dimensions, Nanophotonics 4, 186-197 (2015).

77 L. Zhang, Z. G. Dong, Y. M. Wang, Y. J. Liu, S. Zhang, J. K. W. Yang, and C.-W. Qiu, Dynamically Configurable Hybridization of Plasmon Modes in Nanoring Dimer Arrays, Nanoscale 7, 12018-12022 (2015).

76 H. T. Dai, L. Chen, B. Zhang, G. Y. Si, and Y. J. Liu, Optically Isotropic, Electrically Tunable Liquid Crystal Droplet Arrays Formed by Photopolymerization-Induced Phase Separation, Opt. Lett. 40, 2723-2726 (2015).

75 G. Y. Si, E. S. P. Leong, X. X. Jiang, J. T. Lv, J. Lin, H. T. Dai, and Y. J. Liu, All-Optical, Polarization-Insensitive Light Tuning Properties in Silver Nanorod Arrays Covered with Photoresponsive Liquid Crystals, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 17, 13223-13227 (2015). (Featured as back cover image in the issue of Vol. 17, No. 20, May 2015)

74 D. Y. Jiang, W. M. Yang, Y. J. Liu, H. L. Liu, and J. H. Teng, The Development of a Wideband and Angle-Insensitive Metamaterial Filter with Extraordinary Infrared Transmission for Micro-Thermophotovoltaics, J. Mater. Chem. C 3, 3552-3558 (2015).

73 H. M. Atkuri, E. S. P. Leong, J. Y. Hwang, G. Palermo, G. Y. Si, J.-M. Wong, L.-C. Chien, J. Ma, K. C. Zhou, Y. J. Liu, and L. De Sio, Developing Novel Liquid Crystal Technologies for Display and Photonic Applications, Displays 36, 2129 (2015).

72 G. Y. Si, E. S. P. Leong, W. Pan, C. C. Chum, and Y. J. Liu, Plasmon-Induced Transparency in Coupled Triangle-Rod Arrays, Nanotechnology 26, 025201 (2015).

Former

71 G. Y. Si, Y. H. Zhao, E. S. P. Leong, J. T. Lv, and Y. J. Liu, Incident-Angle Dependent Color Tuning from a Single Plasmonic chip, Nanotechnology 25, 455203 (2014).

70 H. L. Liu, Z. L. Wang, J. Huang, Y. J. Liu, H. J. Fan, N. I. Zheludev, and C. Soci, Plasmonic Nanoclocks, Nano Lett. 14, 51625169 (2014).

69 E. S. P. Leong, Y. J. Liu, J. Deng, Y. T. Fong, N. Zhang, S. J. Wu, and J. H. Teng, Fluid-Enabled Significant Enhancement and Active Tuning of Magnetic Resonances in Free-Standing Plasmonic Metamaterials, Nanoscale 6, 11106-11111 (2014).

68 E. S. P. Leong, J. Deng, Y. J. Liu, and J. H. Teng, Dual Metamaterial Structures Generated from a One-Step Fabrication Using Stencil Lithography, Appl. Phys. A 116, 907-912 (2014).

67 Z. Y. Cai, Y. J. Liu, X. M. Lu, and J. H. Teng, Fabrication of Well-Ordered Binary Colloidal Crystals with Extended Size Ratios for Broadband Reflectance, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 6, 10265-10273 (2014).

66 G. Y. Si, Y. H. Zhao, A. B. Chew, and Y. J. Liu, Plasmonic Color Filters, J. Mol. Eng. Mater. 2, 1440009 (2014).

65 Y. J. Liu, H. Liu, E. S. P. Leong, C. C. Chum, and J. H. Teng, Fractal Holey-Metal Microlenses with Significantly Suppressed Side Lobes and High-Order Diffractions in Focusing, Adv. Opt. Mater. 2, 487-492 (2014).

64 G. Y. Si, Y. H. Zhao, E. S. P. Leong, and Y. J. Liu, Liquid-Crystal-Enabled Active Plasmonics: A Review, Materials 7, 1296-1317 (2014).

63 E. S. P. Leong, S. J. Wu, N. Zhang, W. W. Loh, E. H. Khoo, G. Y. Si, H. T. Dai, and Y. J. Liu, Optical Properties of Ultrafine Line and Space Polymeric Nanogratings Coated with Metal and Metal-Dielectric-Metal Thin Films, Nanotechnology 25, 055203 (2014).

62 N. Zhang, Y. J. Liu, J. Yang, X. D. Su, J. Deng, C. C. Chum, M. H. Hong, and J. H. Teng, High Sensitivity Molecule Detection by Plasmonic Nanoantennas with Selective Binding at Electromagnetic Hotspots, Nanoscale 6, 1416-1422 (2014).

61 H. L. Liu, E. S. P. Leong, Z. L. Wang, G. Y. Si, L. J. Zheng, Y. J. Liu, and C. Soci, Multiple and Multipolar Fano Resonances in Plasmonic Nanoring Pentamers, Adv. Opt. Mater. 1, 978-983 (2013).

60 Y. J. Liu, M. Q. Lu, X. Y. Ding, E. S. P. Leong, S.-C. S. Lin, J. J. Shi, J. H. Teng, L. Wang, T. J. Bunning, and T. J. Huang, Holographically Formed, Acoustically Switchable Gratings Based on Polymer-Dispersed Liquid Crystals, J. Lab. Autom. 18, 291-295 (2013). (Featured as front cover image in the issue of Vol. 18, No. 4, Aug 2013)

59 E. S. P. Leong, S. Y. Yew, T. S. Kustandi, Y. J. Liu, H. Tanoto, Q. Y. Wu, W. W. Loh, S. L. Teo, and J. H. Teng, New Approach for Multilayered Microstructures Fabrication Based on a Water-Soluble Backing Substrate, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 5, 5898-5902 (2013).

58 G. Y. Si, Y. H. Zhao, J. T. Lv, M. Q. Lu, F. W. Wang, H. L. Liu, N. Xiang, T. J. Huang, A. J. Danner, J. H. Teng, and Y. J. Liu, Reflective Plasmonic Color Filters Based on Lithographically Patterned Silver Nanorod Arrays, Nanoscale 5, 6243-6248 (2013). (Featured as front cover image in the issue of Vol. 5, No. 14, Apr 2013)

57 G. Y. Si, Y. H. Zhao, J. T. Lv, F. W. Wang, H. L. Liu, J. H. Teng, and Y. J. Liu, Direct and Accurate Patterning of Plasmonic Nanostructures with Ultrasmall Gaps, Nanoscale 5, 4309-4313 (2013).

56 Z. Y. Cai, Y. J. Liu, X. M. Lu, and J. H. Teng, In Situ “Doping” Inverse Silica Opals with Size-Controllable Gold Nanoparticles for Refractive Index Sensing, J. Phys. Chem. C 117, 9440-9445 (2013).

55 E. S. P. Leong, Y. J. Liu, C. C. Chum, and J. H. Teng, Optical Magnetic Resonances in Subwavelength Ag-MgF2-Ag Grating Structures, Plasmonics 8, 1221-1226 (2013).

54 M. Q. Lu, B. K. Juluri, Y. H. Zhao, Y. J. Liu, T. J. Bunning, and T. J. Huang, Single-Step Holographic Fabrication of Large-Area Periodically Corrugated Metal Films, J. Appl. Phys. 112, 113101 (2012).

53 Z. Y. Cai, Y. J. Liu, E. S. P. Leong, J. H. Teng, and X. M. Lu, Highly Ordered and Gap Controllable Two-Dimensional Non-Close-Packed Colloidal Crystals and Plasmonic-Photonic Crystals with Enhanced Optical Transmission, J. Mater. Chem. 22, 24668-24675 (2012).

52 Y. J. Liu, W. W. Loh, E. S. P. Leong, T. S. Kustandi, X. W. Sun, and J. H. Teng, Nanoimprinted Ultrafine Line and Space Nanogratings for Liquid Crystal Alignment, Nanotechnology 23, 465302 (2012).

51 Z. Y. Cai, Y. J. Liu, J. H. Teng, and X. M. Lu, Fabrication of Large Domain Crack-Free Colloidal Crystal Heterostructures with Superposition Bandgaps Using Hydrophobic Polystyrene Spheres, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 4, 5562-5569 (2012).

50 Y. J. Liu, Y.-C. Su, Y.-J. Hsu, and V. K. S. Hsiao, Light-Induced Spectral Shifting Generated from Azo-Dye Doped Holographic 2D Gratings, J. Mater. Chem. 22, 14191-14195 (2012).

49 Y. J. Liu, Z. Y. Cai, E. S. P. Leong, X. S. Zhao, and J. H. Teng, Optically Switchable Photonic Crystals based on Inverse Opals Partially Infiltrated by Photoresponsive Liquid Crystals, J. Mater. Chem. 22, 7609-7613 (2012).

48 Q. Chen, C. F. Zhang, B. Jiang, X. Y. Wang, Y. J. Liu, Y. Cao, and M. Xiao, Frequency Up-Converted Lasing in Polymeric Composites with Two-Photon Absorbing Antenna, Opt. Express 20, 9135-9143 (2012).

47 Y. J. Liu, G. Y. Si, E. S. P. Leong, N. Xiang, A. J. Danner, and J. H. Teng, Light-Driven Plasmonic Color Filters by Overlaying Photoresponsive Liquid Crystals on Gold Annular Aperture Arrays, Adv. Mater. 24, OP131-OP135 (2012).

46 Y. J. Liu, G. Y. Si, E. S. P. Leong, B. Wang, A. J. Danner, X. C. Yuan, and J. H. Teng, Optically Tunable Plasmonic Color Filters (Invited paper), Appl. Phys. A 107, 49-54 (2012).

45 E. S. P. Leong, Y. J. Liu, C. C. Chum, B. Wang, and J. H. Teng, Waveguiding Effect in 2D Metal-Dielectric-Metal Grating Structure (Invited paper), Appl. Phys. A 107, 127-132 (2012).

44 Y. J. Liu, H. T. Dai, E. S. P. Leong, J. H. Teng, and X. W. Sun, Azo-Dye-Doped Absorbing Photonic Crystals with Purely Imaginary Refractive Index Contrast and All-Optically Switchable Diffraction Properties, Opt. Mater. Express 2, 55-61 (2012).

43 Y. J. Liu, E. S. P. Leong, B. Wang, and J. H. Teng, Optical Transmission Enhancement and Tuning by Overlaying Liquid Crystals on a Gold Film with Patterned Nanoholes, Plasmonics 6, 659-664 (2011).

42 Y. J. Liu, H. T. Dai, E. S. P. Leong, J. H. Teng, and X. W. Sun, Electrically Switchable Two-Dimensional Photonic Crystals Made of Polymer-Dispersed Liquid Crystals Based on the Talbot Self-Imaging Effect, Appl. Phys. B. 104, 659-663 (2011).

41 S. Y. Yew, T. S. Kustandi, H. Y. Low, J. H. Teng, Y. J. Liu, and E. S. P. Leong, Single-Material-Based Multilayered Nanostructures Fabrication via Reverse Thermal Nanoimprinting, Microelectron. Eng. 88, 2946-2950 (2011).

40 E. S. P. Leong, H. Liu, Y. J. Liu, and J. H. Teng, Optical Metamaterials and Super-Resolution Imaging (Invited review paper), COSMOS 7, 43-63 (2011).

39 E. S. P. Leong, Y. J. Liu, B. Wang, and J. H. Teng, Effect of Surface Morphology on Optical Properties in Metal-Dielectric-Metal Thin Film Systems, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 3, 1148-1153 (2011).

38 Y. J. Liu, J. J. Shi, F. Zhang, H. N. Liang, J. Xu, A. Lakhtakia, S. J. Fonash, and T. J. Huang, High-Speed Humidity Sensors Based on Chiral Sculptured Thin Films, Sens. Actuators B: Chem. 156, 593-598 (2011).

37 H. T. Dai, Y. J. Liu, D. Luo, and X. W. Sun, Propagation Properties of Optical Vortex Carried by an Airy beam: Experimental Implementation, Opt. Lett. 36, 1617-1619 (2011).

36 Y. J. Liu, Y. B. Zheng, J. Liou, I.-K. Chiang, I. C. Khoo, and T. J. Huang, All-Optical Modulation of Localized Surface Plasmon Coupling in a Hybrid System Composed of Photo-Switchable Gratings and Au Nanodisk Arrays, J. Phys. Chem. C 115, 7717-7722 (2011). (Featured as front cover image in the issue of Vol. 115, No. 15, Apr 2011 and re-featured in front cover image in the issue of Vol. 116, No. 22, Jun 2012).

35 Y. J. Liu, X. Y. Ding, S.-C. S. Lin, J. J. Shi, I.-K. Chiang, and T. J. Huang, Surface Acoustic Wave Driven Light Shutters Using Polymer-Dispersed Liquid Crystals, Adv. Mater. 23, 1656-1659 (2011). (Featured as front cover image in the issue of Vol. 23, No. 14, Apr 2011)

34 Y. J. Liu, H. T. Dai, and X. W. Sun, Holographic Fabrication of Azo-Dye-Functionalized Photonic Structures, J. Mater. Chem. 21, 2982-2986 (2011).

33 S. Gao, C. F. Zhang, Y. J. Liu, H. P. Su, L. Wei, T. J. Huang, N. Dellas, S. Z. Shang, S. E. Mohney, J. K. Wang, and J. Xu, Lasing from Colloidal InP/ZnS Quantum Dots, Opt. Express 19, 5528-5535 (2011).

32 J. H. Zheng, G. Q. Sun, Y. M. Jiang, T. T. Wang, A. Q. Huang, Y. B. Zhang, P. Y. Tang, S. L. Zhuang, Y. J. Liu, and S. Yin, H-PDLC Based Waveform Controllable Optical Choppers for FDMF Microscopy, Opt. Express 19, 2216-2224 (2011). Also selected in Virtual Journal for Biomedical Optics 6(2), (2011).

31 Y. J. Liu, Q. Z. Hao, J. S. T. Smalley, J. Liou, I. C. Khoo, and T. J. Huang, A Frequency-Addressed Plasmonic Switch Based on Dual-Frequency Liquid Crystals, Appl. Phys. Lett. 97, 091101 (2010). (Featured as front cover image in the issue of Vol. 97, No. 9, Aug 2010; Top 20 most downloaded articles in Sep. 2010).

30 H. T. Dai, Y. J. Liu, D. Luo, and X. W. Sun, Propagation Dynamics of an Optical Vortex Imposed on an Airy Beam, Opt. Lett. 35, 4075-4077 (2010).

29 Y. H. Zhao, S.-C. S. Lin, A. A. Nawaz, B. Kiraly, Q. Z. Hao, Y. J. Liu, and T. J. Huang, Beam Bending via Plasmonic Lenses, Opt. Express 18, 23458-23465 (2010).

28 J. H. Zheng, G. Q. Sun, K. Wen, T. T. Wang, S. L. Zhuang, Y. J. Liu, and S. Yin, Electrically Controlled Optical Choppers Based on Holographic Polymer Dispersed Liquid Crystal Gratings, Chin. Opt. Lett. 8, 1167-1170 (2010).

27 Y. J. Liu, Y. B. Zheng, J. Shi, H. Huang, T. R. Walker, and T. J. Huang, Optically Switchable Gratings Based on Azo-Dye-Doped, Polymer-Dispersed Liquid Crystals, Opt. Lett. 34, 2351-2353 (2009).

26 Y. J. Liu, T. J. Huang, H. T. Dai, and X. W. Sun, Electrically Switchable Phase-Type Fractal Zone Plates and Fractal Photon Sieves, Opt. Express 17, 12418-12423 (2009).

25 H. T. Dai, D. Luo, X. W. Sun, and Y. J. Liu, Airy Beams Generated by a Binary Phase Element Made of Polymer-Dispersed Liquid Crystals, Opt. Express 17, 19365-19370 (2009).

24 D. Luo, X. W. Sun, H. T. Dai, Y. J. Liu, H. Z. Yang, and W. Ji, Two-Directional Lasing from a Dye-Doped Two-Dimensional Hexagonal Photonic Crystals Made of Holographic Polymer-Dispersed Liquid Crystals, Appl. Phys. Lett. 95,151115 (2009).

23 D. Luo, X. W. Sun, Y. J. Liu, H. T. Dai, O. Y. Shen, M. B. H. Breese, and Z. Raszewski, Electrically Switchable Computer-Generated Hologram Using a Liquid Crystal Cell with a Proton Beam Patterned Polymethylmethacrylate Substrate, Appl. Opt. 48, 3766-3770 (2009).

22 H. T. Dai, Y. J. Liu, X. W. Sun, and D. Luo, A Negative–Positive Tunable Liquid-Crystal Microlens Array by Printing, Opt. Express 17, 4317-4323 (2009).

21 Y. J. Liu and X. W. Sun, Holographic Polymer-Dispersed Liquid Crystals: Materials, Formation, and Applications (Review paper), Advances in OptoElectronics, vol. 2008, Article ID 684349, 52 pages, 2008.

20 Y. J. Liu, X. W. Sun, D. Luo, and Z. Raszewski, Generating Electrically Tunable Optical Vortices by a Liquid Crystal Cell with Patterned Electrode, Appl. Phys. Lett. 92, 101114 (2008).

19 Y. J. Liu, X. W. Sun, Q. Wang, and D. Luo, Electrically Switchable Optical Vortex Generated by a Computer-Generated Hologram Recorded in Polymer-Dispersed Liquid Crystals, Opt. Express 15, 16645-16650 (2007). Also selected in Virtual Journal for Biomedical Optics 3(1), (2008).

18 C. X. Xu, G. P. Zhu, Y. J. Liu, X. W. Sun, X. Li, J. P. Liu, and Y. P. Cui, Optical Function of Bionic Nanostructure of ZnO, New J. Phys. 9, 381 (2007).

17 Y. J. Liu and X. W. Sun, Electrically Tunable Three-Dimensional Holographic Photonic Crystals Made of Polymer-Dispersed Liquid Crystal, Jpn. J. Appl. Phys. 46, 6634-6638 (2007).

16 Y. J. Liu and X. W. Sun, Electrically Switchable Computer-Generated Hologram Recorded in Polymer-Dispersed Liquid Crystals, Appl. Phys. Lett. 90, 191118 (2007).

15 Y. J. Liu, X. W. Sun, H. I. Elim, and W. Ji, Effect of Liquid Crystal Concentration on the Lasing Properties of Dye-Doped Holographic Polymer-Dispersed Liquid Crystal Transmission Gratings, Appl. Phys. Lett. 90, 011109 (2007).

14 Y. J. Liu and X. W. Sun, Electrically Tunable Two-Dimensional Holographic Photonic Crystals Fabricated by a Single Diffractive Element, Appl. Phys. Lett. 89, 171101 (2006). Also selected in Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science & Technology 14(19), (2006).

13 Y. J. Liu, X. W. Sun, H. I. Elim, and W. Ji, Gain Narrowing and Random Lasing from Dye-Doped Polymer-Dispersed Liquid Crystals with Nanoscale Liquid Crystal Droplets, Appl. Phys. Lett. 89, 011111 (2006).

12 Y. J. Liu, X. W. Sun, P. Shum, and X. J. Yin, Tunable Fly’s-Eye Lens Made of Patterned Polymer-Dispersed Liquid Crystal, Opt. Express 14, 56345640 (2006). Also selected in The Virtual Journal for Biomedical Optics 1(7), (2006).

11 Y. J. Liu, X. W. Sun, P. Shum, X. H. Zhang, H. P. Li, J. Mi, and W. Ji, Lasing from a One-Dimensional Photonic Crystal Made of Dye-Doped Holographic Polymer-Dispersed Liquid Crystal Gratings, Jpn. J. Appl. Phys. 45, L559-L561 (2006).

10 Y. J. Liu, X. W. Sun, P. Shum, H. P. Li, J. Mi, W. Ji, and X. H. Zhang, Low-Threshold and Narrow-Linewidth Lasing from Dye-Doped Holographic Polymer-Dispersed Liquid Crystal Transmission Gratings, Appl. Phys. Lett. 88, 061107 (2006).

9 Y. J. Liu, X. W. Sun, and Q. Wang, A Focus-Switchable Lens Made of Polymer-Liquid Crystal Composite, J. Crys. Growth 288, 192-194 (2006).

8 Y. J. Liu, X. W. Sun, J. H. Liu, H. T. Dai, and K. S. Xu, A Polarization Insensitive 22 Optical Switch Fabricated by Liquid Crystal-Polymer Composites, Appl. Phys. Lett. 86, 041115 (2005).

7 Y. J. Liu, X. W. Sun, H. T. Dai, J. H. Liu, and K. S. Xu, Effect of Surfactant on Electro-Optical Properties of Holographic Polymer Dispersed Liquid Crystal Bragg Gratings, Opt. Mater. 27, 1451-1455 (2005).

6 H. T. Dai , K. S. Xu, Y. J. Liu, X. Wang, and J. H. Liu, Characteristics of LCOS Phase-Only Spatial Light Modulator and Its Applications, Opt. Commun. 238, 269-276 (2004).

5 B. Zhang, Y. J. Liu, and K. S. Xu, Electro-Optical Properties of Holographic Polymer Dispersed Liquid Crystal Devices (in Chinese), Acta Phys. Sin. 53, 1850-1855 (2004).

4 Y. J. Liu, B. Zhang, Y. Jia, and K. S. Xu, Improvement of the Diffraction Properties in Holographic Polymer Dispersed Liquid Crystal Bragg Gratings, Opt. Commun. 218, 27-32 (2003).

3 B. Zhang, Y. J. Liu, Y. Jia, and K. S. Xu, Optimization of Diffraction Properties for Holographic Polymer Dispersed Liquid Crystal (in Chinese), Acta Phys. Sin. 52, 91-95 (2003).

2 B. Zhang, Y. J. Liu, and K. S. Xu, Study of Novel Holographic Polymer Dispersed Liquid Crystal Materials (in Chinese), Chinese Journal of Lasers A29, 421-423 (2002).

1 B. Zhang, Y. J. Liu, Z. J. Xing, Y. D. Zhang, and K. S. Xu, Novel Holographic Polymer Dispersed Liquid Crystal Materials for Optical Switch Application (in Chinese), Laser & Optoelectronics Progress 429(9), 28-28 (2001).

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2016. 8,  LIU group in SUSTech was set up.

2016. 10,  Litao Hu joined LIU group as a visiting student.

2017. 6,  Pengpeng Cong joined LIU group as a secretary.

2017. 6,  Huilin He joined LIU group as a research assistant.

2017. 7,  Shengtao Yin joined LIU group as a visiting student.

2017. 7,  Zhen Yin joined LIU group as a postdoc.

2017. 9,  Byung-Ryool Hyun joined LIU group as a research Assoc. Prof.

2017. 9, Dong Xiao joined LIU group as a research assistant.

2017. 10, Jianxun Liu joined LIU group as a visiting student.

2017. 10, Ying Zhang joined LIU group as a research assistant.

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