Dr Ming Liu
Research Associate Chemistry
- Work email Ming.Liu@liverpool.ac.uk
Publications
2020
Robust Supramolecular Nano-tunnels Built from Molecular Bricks. (Journal article)
Wei, P., He, X., Zheng, Z., He, D., Li, Q., Gong, J., . . . Tang, B. Z. (2020). Robust Supramolecular Nano-tunnels Built from Molecular Bricks.. Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English). doi:10.1002/anie.202013117
Vapochromic crystals: understanding vapochromism from the perspective of crystal engineering (Journal article)
Li, E., Jie, K., Liu, M., Sheng, X., Zhu, W., & Huang, F. (2020). Vapochromic crystals: understanding vapochromism from the perspective of crystal engineering. Chemical Society Reviews, 49(5), 1517-1544. doi:10.1039/c9cs00098d
2019
Barely porous organic cages for hydrogen isotope separation (Journal article)
Liu, M., Zhang, L., Little, M. A., Kapil, V., Ceriotti, M., Yang, S., . . . Cooper, A. (2019). Barely porous organic cages for hydrogen isotope separation. Science, 366(6465), 613-620. doi:10.1126/science.aax7427
2018
Near-Ideal Xylene Selectivity in Adaptive Molecular Pillar[n]arene Crystals (Journal article)
Jie, K., Liu, M., Zhou, Y., Little, M., Pulido, A., Chong, S., . . . Cooper, A. (2018). Near-Ideal Xylene Selectivity in Adaptive Molecular Pillar[n]arene Crystals. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 140(22), 6921-6930. doi:10.1021/jacs.8b02621
Linear Positional Isomer Sorting in Nonporous Adaptive Crystals of a Pillar[5]arene (Journal article)
Jie, K., Zhou, Y., Li, E., Zhao, R., Liu, M., & Huang, F. (2018). Linear Positional Isomer Sorting in Nonporous Adaptive Crystals of a Pillar[5]arene. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 140(9), 3190-3193. doi:10.1021/jacs.7b13156
2017
Structural water as an essential comonomer in supramolecular polymerization (Journal article)
Dong, S., Leng, J., Feng, Y., Liu, M., Stackhouse, C. J., Schoenhals, A., . . . Schalley, C. A. (2017). Structural water as an essential comonomer in supramolecular polymerization. SCIENCE ADVANCES, 3(11). doi:10.1126/sciadv.aao0900
Modular assembly of porous organic cage crystals: isoreticular quasiracemates and ternary co-crystal (Journal article)
Tothadi, S., Little, M. A., Hasell, T., Briggs, M. E., Chong, S. Y., Liu, M., & Cooper, A. I. (2017). Modular assembly of porous organic cage crystals: isoreticular quasiracemates and ternary co-crystal. CRYSTENGCOMM, 19(33), 4933-4941. doi:10.1039/c7ce00783c
Pyrene-Cored Covalent Organic Polymers by Thiophene-Based Isomers, Their Gas Adsorption, and Photophysical Properties (Journal article)
Li, C., Li, P., Chen, L., Briggs, M. E., Liu, M., Chen, K., . . . Ren, S. (2017). Pyrene-Cored Covalent Organic Polymers by Thiophene-Based Isomers, Their Gas Adsorption, and Photophysical Properties. JOURNAL OF POLYMER SCIENCE PART A-POLYMER CHEMISTRY, 55(14), 2383-2389. doi:10.1002/pola.28627
Styrene Purification by Guest-Induced Restructuring of Pillar[6]arene (Journal article)
Jie, K., Liu, M., Zhou, Y., Llittle, M. A., Bonakala, S., Chong, S. Y., . . . Cooper, A. I. (2017). Styrene Purification by Guest-Induced Restructuring of Pillar[6]arene. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 139(8), 2908-2911. doi:10.1021/jacs.6b13300
2016
Three-dimensional Protonic Conductivity in Porous Organic Cage Solids (Journal article)
Liu, M., Chen, L., Lewis, S., Chong, S. Y., Little, M. A., Hasell, T., . . . Cooper, A. I. (2016). Three-dimensional Protonic Conductivity in Porous Organic Cage Solids. Nature Communications, 7. doi:10.1038/ncomms12750
Porous Organic Cage Thin Films and Molecular-Sieving Membranes (Journal article)
Song, Q., Jiang, S., Hasell, T., Liu, M., Sun, S., Cheetham, A. K., . . . Cooper, A. I. (2016). Porous Organic Cage Thin Films and Molecular-Sieving Membranes. Advanced Materials, 28(13), 2629-2637. doi:10.1002/adma.201505688
A polymeric membrane permeabilizer displaying densely packed arrays of crown ether lateral substituents (vol 2, pg 8606, 2012) (Journal article)
Liu, M., Bertova, A., Illy, N., Brissault, B., Penelle, J., Ondrias, K., & Barbier, V. (2016). A polymeric membrane permeabilizer displaying densely packed arrays of crown ether lateral substituents (vol 2, pg 8606, 2012). RSC ADVANCES, 6(17), 14222. doi:10.1039/c6ra90009g
2014
Synthesis, Characterization, and Ion-Complexing Properties of Polymers Displaying Densely Packed Arrays of Crown-Ethers as Lateral Substituents (Journal article)
Liu, M., Peyrat, S., Illy, N., Wintgens, V., Brissault, B., Penelle, J., & Barbier, V. (2014). Synthesis, Characterization, and Ion-Complexing Properties of Polymers Displaying Densely Packed Arrays of Crown-Ethers as Lateral Substituents. JOURNAL OF POLYMER SCIENCE PART A-POLYMER CHEMISTRY, 52(16), 2337-2345. doi:10.1002/pola.27245
Towards computer-guided tuning of the crystal packing of porous organic cages (Conference Paper)
Pulido, A., Liu, M., Reiss, P., Slater, A., Chong, S., Little, M., . . . Day, G. (2014). Towards computer-guided tuning of the crystal packing of porous organic cages. In ACTA CRYSTALLOGRAPHICA A-FOUNDATION AND ADVANCES Vol. 70 (pp. C667). doi:10.1107/S2053273314093322
Acid- and Base-Stable Porous Organic Cages: Shape Persistence and pH Stability via Post-synthetic "Tying" of a Flexible Amine Cage (Journal article)
Liu, M., Little, M. A., Jelfs, K. E., Jones, J. T. A., Schmidtmann, M., Chong, S. Y., . . . Cooper, A. I. (2014). Acid- and Base-Stable Porous Organic Cages: Shape Persistence and pH Stability via Post-synthetic "Tying" of a Flexible Amine Cage. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, 136(21), 7583-7586. doi:10.1021/ja503223j
2013
Dodecaamide Cages: Organic 12-Arm Building Blocks for Supramolecular Chemistry (Journal article)
Culshaw, J. L., Cheng, G., Schmidtmann, M., Hasell, T., Liu, M., Adams, D. J., & Cooper, A. I. (2013). Dodecaamide Cages: Organic 12-Arm Building Blocks for Supramolecular Chemistry. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, 135(27), 10007-10010. doi:10.1021/ja403987j
2012
Self-Assembly of Amphiphilic Liquid Crystal Polymers Obtained from a Cyclopropane-1,1-Dicarboxylate Bearing a Cholesteryl Mesogen (Journal article)
Jia, L., Liu, M., Di Cicco, A., Albouy, P. -A., Brissault, B., Penelle, J., . . . Li, M. -H. (2012). Self-Assembly of Amphiphilic Liquid Crystal Polymers Obtained from a Cyclopropane-1,1-Dicarboxylate Bearing a Cholesteryl Mesogen. LANGMUIR, 28(30), 11215-11224. doi:10.1021/la301860b
A polymeric membrane permeabilizer displaying densely packed arrays of crown ether lateral substituents (Journal article)
Liu, M., Bertova, A., Illy, N., Brissault, B., Penelle, J., Ondrias, K., & Barbier, V. (2012). A polymeric membrane permeabilizer displaying densely packed arrays of crown ether lateral substituents. RSC ADVANCES, 2(23), 8606-8609. doi:10.1039/c2ra20548c
2010
Photoresponsive Host-Guest Systems Based on a New Azobenzene-Containing Crytpand (Journal article)
Liu, M., Yan, X., Hu, M., Chen, X., Zhang, M., Zheng, B., . . . Huang, F. (2010). Photoresponsive Host-Guest Systems Based on a New Azobenzene-Containing Crytpand. ORGANIC LETTERS, 12(11), 2558-2561. doi:10.1021/ol100770j
Negatively charged crown ethers for binding paraquat in water (Journal article)
Ling, W., Ming, L., XiaoPeng, C., ShiJun, L., & FeiHe, H. (2010). Negatively charged crown ethers for binding paraquat in water. SCIENCE CHINA-CHEMISTRY, 53(5), 1074-1080. doi:10.1007/s11426-010-0151-7
Selectivity Algorithm for the Formation of Two Cryptand/Paraquat Catenanes (Journal article)
Liu, M., Li, S., Hu, M., Wang, F., & Huang, F. (2010). Selectivity Algorithm for the Formation of Two Cryptand/Paraquat Catenanes. ORGANIC LETTERS, 12(4), 760-763. doi:10.1021/ol9028463
Metal Coordination Mediated Reversible Conversion between Linear and Cross-Linked Supramolecular Polymers (Journal article)
Wang, F., Zhang, J., Ding, X., Dong, S., Liu, M., Zheng, B., . . . Huang, F. (2010). Metal Coordination Mediated Reversible Conversion between Linear and Cross-Linked Supramolecular Polymers. ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION, 49(6), 1090-1094. doi:10.1002/anie.200906389
Metal Coordination Mediated Reversible Conversion between Linear and Cross-Linked Supramolecular Polymers (Journal article)
Wang, F., Zhang, J., Ding, X., Dong, S., Liu, M., Zheng, B., . . . Huang, F. (2010). Metal Coordination Mediated Reversible Conversion between Linear and Cross-Linked Supramolecular Polymers. Angewandte Chemie, 122(6), 1108-1112. doi:10.1002/ange.200906389
2009
Taco Complex Templated Syntheses of a Cryptand/Paraquat [2]Rotaxane and a [2]Catenane by Olefin Metathesis (Journal article)
Li, S., Liu, M., Zheng, B., Zhu, K., Wang, F., Li, N., . . . Huang, F. (2009). Taco Complex Templated Syntheses of a Cryptand/Paraquat [2]Rotaxane and a [2]Catenane by Olefin Metathesis. ORGANIC LETTERS, 11(15), 3350-3353. doi:10.1021/ol9012052
Synthesis of Bis(m-phenylene)-32-crown-10-Based Discrete Rhomboids Driven by Metal-Coordination and Complexation with Paraquat (Journal article)
Zhu, K., He, J., Li, S., Liu, M., Wang, F., Zhang, M., . . . Huang, F. (2009). Synthesis of Bis(m-phenylene)-32-crown-10-Based Discrete Rhomboids Driven by Metal-Coordination and Complexation with Paraquat. JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY, 74(10), 3905-3912. doi:10.1021/jo900461g
Three-dimensional bis(m-phenylene)-32-crown-10-based cryptand/paraquat catenanes (Journal article)
Liu, M., Li, S., Zhang, M., Zhou, Q., Wang, F., Hu, M., . . . Huang, F. (2009). Three-dimensional bis(m-phenylene)-32-crown-10-based cryptand/paraquat catenanes. ORGANIC & BIOMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY, 7(7), 1288-1291. doi:10.1039/b815929g
Efficient syntheses of bis(m-phenylene)-26-crown-8-based cryptand/paraquat derivative [2]rotaxanes by immediate solvent evaporation method (Journal article)
Wang, F., Zhou, Q., Zhu, K., Li, S., Wang, C., Liu, M., . . . Huang, F. (2009). Efficient syntheses of bis(m-phenylene)-26-crown-8-based cryptand/paraquat derivative [2]rotaxanes by immediate solvent evaporation method. TETRAHEDRON, 65(7), 1488-1494. doi:10.1016/j.tet.2008.11.081
2008
Preparation of Bis(m-phenylene)-32-crown-10-Based Cryptand/Bisparaquat [3]Rotaxanes with High Efficiency (Journal article)
Li, S., Liu, M., Zhang, J., Zheng, B., Wen, X., Li, N., & Huang, F. (2008). Preparation of Bis(m-phenylene)-32-crown-10-Based Cryptand/Bisparaquat [3]Rotaxanes with High Efficiency. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY, 2008(36), 6128-6133. doi:10.1002/ejoc.200800737
Binding of secondary dialkylammonium salts by pyrido-21-crown-7 (Journal article)
Zhang, C., Zhu, K., Li, S., Zhang, J., Wang, F., Liu, M., . . . Huang, F. (2008). Binding of secondary dialkylammonium salts by pyrido-21-crown-7. TETRAHEDRON LETTERS, 49(48), 6917-6920. doi:10.1016/j.tetlet.2008.09.110
High-yield preparation of [2]rotaxanes based on the bis(m-phenylene)-32-crown-10-based cryptand/paraquat derivative recognition motif (Journal article)
Li, S., Liu, M., Zhang, J., Zheng, B., Zhang, C., Wen, X., . . . Huang, F. (2008). High-yield preparation of [2]rotaxanes based on the bis(m-phenylene)-32-crown-10-based cryptand/paraquat derivative recognition motif. ORGANIC & BIOMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY, 6(12), 2103-2107. doi:10.1039/b803927e
2007
Host size effect in the complexation of two bis(m-phenylene)-32-crown-10-based cryptands with a diazapyrenium salt (Journal article)
Zhang, X., Zhai, C., Li, N., Liu, M., Li, S., Zhu, K., . . . Gibson, H. W. (2007). Host size effect in the complexation of two bis(m-phenylene)-32-crown-10-based cryptands with a diazapyrenium salt. TETRAHEDRON LETTERS, 48(42), 7537-7541. doi:10.1016/j.tetlet.2007.08.038