Keywords: Nanomedicine, materials chemistry, biomaterials, nanotechnology, self-assembly, soft matter, phase separation, polymers and aggregation-induced emission.

Representative Publications

Liu, J.*, Christine E. Wilkinson*, Xiaolin Liu*, Mingyi Wang*, Xiangkun Elvis Cao*. Revisiting “quantity” and “quality” of science from young scholars. Matter (2024). (In Press) Publisher's Version Liu, J.* Surviving rampant peer pressure in academia as a young researcher. Matter 6, 3691–3692 (2023). Publisher's Version Liu, J., Liu, X., Zhang, T., Huang, J., Tang, B. Z. & Chau, Y. Metastable biological matter in liquid phase separation. Appl. Res. e202300071 (2023) Most Accessed Paper Publisher's Version Preprint Version Zhorabek, F., Abesekara, M. S., Liu, J., Dai, X., Huang, J. & Chau, Y. Construction of multiphasic membraneless organelles towards spontaneous spatial segregation and directional flow of biochemical reactions. Chem. Sci. 14, 801–811 (2023). Cover Art Publisher's Version Liu, J.*, Spruijt, E.*, Miserez, A.* & Langer, R.* Peptide-based liquid droplets as emerging delivery vehicles. Nat. Rev. Mater. 8, 139–141 (2023). Publisher's Version Liu, J.* & Tang, B. Z.* How to drink like a liposome. Nat. Rev. Chem. 7, 5–6 (2023). Publisher's Version Liu, J.* How art impacts my science. Matter 5, 4105–4106 (2022). Publisher's Version Liu, X., Liu, J. & Zhu, C. NIR-II organic dyes: Get brighter and see clearer. Matter 5, 3583–3585 (2022). Publisher's Version Liu, J.*, Perry, S. L.*, Tang, B. Z.* & Tirrell, M. V.* Liquid capsules for gastrointestinal drug delivery. Matter 5, 3107–3109 (2022). Publisher's Version Liu, J., Zhorabek, F. & Chau, Y. Biomaterial design inspired by membraneless organelles. Matter 5, 2787–2812 (2022). Publisher's Version Preprint Version Liu, J.*, Zhang, T., Liu, X. & Tang, B. Z.* Give crucibles to a prokaryote. Matter 5, 2540–2542 (2022). Publisher's Version Liu, J.* From chemistry to dentistry: Paving my uncommon way to Harvard School of Dental Medicine as a materials scientist. Matter 5, 2393–2396 (2022). Publisher's Version Liu, J., Zhang, T., Liu, X., Lam, J. W. Y., Tang, B. Z. & Chau, Y. Molecular logic operations from complex coacervation with aggregation-induced emission characteristics. Mater. Horiz. 9, 2443–2449 (2022). Materials Horizons 2022 Most Popular Articles Celebrating International Women’s Day: Women in Materials Science Publisher's Version Highlight by RSC Highlight by PolySci Liu, J., Feng, R. & Chau, Y. Large-sized but ready to enter: Micron-sized liquid droplets for versatile intracellular delivery. Matter 5, 1637–1639 (2022). Publisher's Version Liu, J., Zhorabek, F., Zhang, T., Lam, J. W. Y., Tang, B. Z. & Chau, Y. Multifaceted cargo recruitment and release from artificial membraneless organelle. Small 18, 2201721 (2022). Publisher's Version Liu, J., Zhorabek, F. & Chau, Y. Nucleic acids modulate liquidity and dynamics of artificial membraneless organelles. ACS Macro Lett. 32, 562–567 (2022). Publisher's Version Liu, J., Zhorabek, F., Dai, X., Huang, J. & Chau, Y. Minimalist design of an intrinsically disordered protein-mimicking scaffold for an artificial membraneless organelle. ACS Cent. Sci. 8, 493–500 (2022). Cover Art Publisher's Version Highlight by ACS Preprint Version Liu, J., Ni, R. & Chau, Y. A self-assembled peptidic nanomillipede to fabricate a tuneable hybrid hydrogel. Chem. Commun. 55, 7093–7096 (2019). Publisher's Version Ni, R., Liu, J. & Chau, Y. Ultrasound-facilitated assembly and disassembly of a pH-sensitive self-assembly peptide. RSC Adv. 8, 29482–29487 (2018). Publisher's Version † Equal Contributions * Corresponding Author