Awards and Honors

- Natural Science and Technology Award of Shaanxi Province (2013, the fourth recipient)

- Natural Science and Technology Award of Shaanxi Province (2010, the fifth recipient)

Research Interests

(i)ColloidandInterface Chemistry, Supramolecular Chemistry and Dynamic Covalent Chemistry

(ii) Functional Soft Matter and Their Applications in Confined Crystallization and Polymerization

(iii) Interfacial Adhesion under Extreme Conditions

Representative Publications

1.Chaowen Shen#, Pan Han#, Zhi Zheng#, Wenhe Jiang, Sheng Gao, Chunxia Hua, Cheng Lung Chen, Fan Xia, Tianyou Zhai*,Kaiqiang Liu*, and Yu Fang. Spatially Confined Face-Selective Growth of Large-Area 2D Organic Molecular Crystals in a Supramolecular Gel for Highly Efficient Flexible Photodetection.Adv. Sci.2022, 9, 2203662. (^#Equal author, IF = 17.521)

2.Xinling Deng^#, Jiaqi Tang^#, Wang Guan^#, Wenhe Jiang, Miaomiao Zhang, Yongkang Liu, Hsin-Lang Chen, Cheng-Lung Chen, Yuangang Li,Kaiqiang Liu*, and Yu Fang. Strong Dynamic Interfacial Adhesion by Polymeric Ionic Liquids under Extreme Conditions. ACS Nano2022, 16, 5303–5315. (IF = 18.027).

3.Zonglin Yang, Yuangang Li*, Chaowen Shen, Yong Chen, Huajing Li, Anning Zhou, andKaiqiang Liu*. Tuning Rheological Behaviors of Supramolecular Aqueous Gels via Charge Transfer Interactions.Langmuir2021, 37, 14713–14723. (IF = 3.208)

4.Chunxia Hua, Ke Liu, Ying Wu, Wenjun Xu, Jing Zhang, Zhaolong Wang,Kaiqiang Liu*, and Yu Fang*. AnOCarborane Derivative of Perylene Bisimide-Based Thin Film Displaying both Electrochromic and Electrofluorochromic Properties.ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces2021, 13, 49500–49508. (IF = 10.383)

5.Ying Gao, Weihuang Zhu*, Jiawu Liu, Ping Lin, Jianfeng Zhang, Tinglin Huang, andKaiqiang Liu*. Mesoporous Sulfur-doped CoFe₂O₄as a New Fenton Catalyst for the Highly Efficient Pollutants Removal.Appl. Catal. B: Environ.2021,295,120273. (IF = 24.319)

6.Jinqiang Wang^#, Jihong Shi^#, Xinling Deng^#, Lingjie Xie, Jinxing Jiang, Jiaqi Tang, Jianfei Liu, Zhen Wen*, Xuhui Sun*,Kaiqiang Liu*, and Yu Fang. Transition Metal Pincer Complex Based Self-Healable, Stretchable and Transparent Triboelecctric Nanogenerator.Nano Energy2020, 78, 105348. (IF = 19.069)

7.Jinqiang Wang^#,Jihong Shi^#, Xinling Deng^#, Lingjie Xie, Jinxing Jiang, Jiaqi Tang, Jianfei Liu, Zhen Wen*, Xuhui Sun*,Kaiqiang Liu*, and Yu Fang. Transition Metal Pincer Complex Based Self-Healable, Stretchable and Transparent Triboelecctric Nanogenerator.Nano Energy2020, 78, 105348. (IF = 19.069)

8.Hongkai Wang^#, Weihuang Zhu^#, Qi Xue, Changhao Wang*, andKaiqiang Liu*. Solvent Dispersion Triggered the Formation of NiFe-Gel as An Efficient Electrocatalyst for Enhancing the Oxygen Evolution Reaction.Chem. Commun.2020, 56, 7781−7784. (IF = 6.065)

9.Kaiqiang Liu^#*, Sheng Gao^#,Zhi Zheng^#,Xinling Deng, Somnath Mukherjee, Suansuan Wang, Hua Xu, Jinqiang Wang, Jianfei Liu, Tianyou Zhai*, and Yu Fang*. Spatially Confined Growth of Fullerene to Super-long Crystalline Fibers in Supramolecular Gels for High-performance Photodetector.Adv. Mater.2019, 31, 1808254.(IF = 32.086)

10.Christopher D. Jones, Henry T. D. Simmons, Kate E. Horner,Kaiqiang Liu, Richard L. Thompson, and Jonathan W. Steed*. Braiding, Branching and Chiral Amplification of Nanofibres in Supramolecular Gels.Nature Chem.2019, 11, 375−381. (IF = 24.274)

11.Suansuan Wang^#,Kaiqiang Liu^#*, Sheng Gao, Jinqiang Wang, Ravi Kumar Marella, and Yu Fang*. Dynamic Covalent Bonding-Triggered Supramolecular Gelation Derived from Tetrahydroxy-Bisurea Derivatives.Soft Matter2017, 13, 8609−8617. (IF = 4.046)

12.Sheng Gao, Suansuan Wang, Jing Ma, Ying Wu, Xuwei Fu, Ravi Kumar Marella,Kaiqiang Liu*, and Yu Fang. Salt Tunable Rheology of Thixotropic Supramolecular Organogels and Their Applications for Crystallization of Organic Semiconductors.Langmuir2016, 32, 12805−12813. (IF = 3.208)

Kaiqiang Liu*, and Jonathan W Steed*. Triggered Formation of Thixotropic Hydrogels by Balancing Competitive Supramolecular Synthons.Soft Matter2013, 9, 11699−11705. (IF = 4.046)