Education
PhD in Chemistry, 2007 University of California, Berkeley
Haitao Liu
University of Pittsburgh
Chemistry
Profile
Assistant, Associate, and Full Professor of Chemistry, 2010 - now University of Pittsburgh
Postdoc 2007-2010 Columbia University
Ph.D. 2007 University of California, Berkeley
B.S. 2001 University of Science and Technology of China
Research
We are interested in fundamental studies related to the Chiral Induced Spin Selectivity (CISS) effect, including synthesis of chiral materials, understanding the underlying mechanism of CISS effects, and developing applications of CISS in electrochemistry and electronics.
Most Cited Publications
1. Effect of airborne contaminants on the wettability of supported graphene and graphite, Nature materials 12 (10), 925-931
2. Atmospheric oxygen binding and hole doping in deformed graphene on a SiO2 substrate, Nano letters 10 (12), 4944-4951
3. Study on the surface energy of graphene by contact angle measurements, Langmuir 30 (28), 8598-8606
4. Mechanistic study of precursor evolution in colloidal group II-VI semiconductor nanocrystal synthesis, Journal of the American Chemical Society 129 (2), 305-312
5. Photochemical reactivity of graphene, Journal of the American Chemical Society 131 (47), 17099-17101
Recent Publications
Interactions of the DNA Nanostructure with Silane-Based Self-Assembled Monolayers S Kundu, SP Moore, A Kumari, H Liu, Langmuir 42 (14), 9754-9759
Intrinsic Wettability of Talc, S Kundu, L Li, H Liu, Langmuir 42 (9), 6637-6642
Contrast Modulation in DNA‐Based Lithography: Pathway to 3D Nanofabrication, A Xu, AN Pop, H Kim, H Liu, Small Structures 7 (1), e202500718 2026
Template‐Directed Growth of Palladium Nanoparticles in Holey Single‐Layer Graphene for High‐Performance Room‐Temperature Hydrogen Sensing, R Ahamed, DC Sorescu, Z Zeng, G Kesavan, S Afrin, J Wang, A McQuain, et al., Small Structures 7 (1), e202500412, 2026
Long-Lasting Simultaneously Hydrophilic/Oleophobic Behavior of a Nanometer-Thick Ionic Liquid Coating, A Tirado, N Kouma, A Kumari, F Almanea, M Vander Woude, D Kelly, ... Langmuir 41 (49), 33139-33145