Dr. Zhongyun Liu

Contact Info
Email: zhongyunliu@gatech.edu
Phone: 510.484.1370
Address: School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
311 Ferst Dr. NW
Atlanta, GA 30332
Office: 470 Bunger-Henry
Other: Google Scholar
Education
2008  B.Sc. Polymer Materials & Engineering, University of Jinan
2011  M.Sc. Chemical Engineering, University of Jinan
2014  Ph.D. Materials Science, Tianjin University

Research Interests

  • Advanced polymer membranes for natural gas purification and liquid separation
  • Hyperbranched polymers and nanomaterials for gas separation
  • Transport mechanism of gas and liquid in polymer membrane
  • Recent Publications

    • Zhongyun Liu, Xiaochan An, Chunhong Dong, Sunxiang Zheng, Baoxia Mi, Yunxia Hu. Modification of thin film composite polyamide membranes with 3D hyperbranched polyglycerol for simultaneous improvement in their filtration performance and antifouling properties. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2017, 5, 23190-23197.
    • Zhongyun Liu, Longbin Qi, Xiaochan An, Caifeng Liu, Yunxia Hu. Surface Engineering of Thin Film Composite Polyamide Membranes with Silver Nanoparticles through Layer-by-Layer Interfacial Polymerization for Antibacterial Properties. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2017, 9 (46), 40987-40997.
    • Zhongyun Liu, Yunxia Hu, Caifeng Liu and Zongyao Zhou. Surface-independent one-pot chelation of copper ions onto filtration membranes to provide antibacterial properties. Chemical Communications, 2016, 52, 12245-12248.
    • Zhongyun Liu, Yunxia Hu. Sustainable Antibiofouling Properties of Thin Film Composite Forward Osmosis Membrane with Rechargeable Silver Nanoparticles Loading. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2016, 8 (33), 21666-21673.
    Recent Presentations
    • Zhongyun Liu, Xiaochan An, Chunhong Dong, Baoxia Mi, Yunxia Hu, Surface Engineering of Thin Film Composite Polyamide Membranes with 3D Hyperbranched Polyglycerol for Improving Antifouling Properties, International Congress on Membranes and Membrane Processes (ICOM), San Francisco, CA, 2017
    • Zhongyun Liu, Longbin Qi, Xiaochan An, Yunxia Hu, Incorporation of Silver Nanoparticles onto Polyamide Surface of Thin Film Composite Membrane through Layer-by-Layer Interfacial Polymerization for Antibacterial Properties, The 253rd ACS National Meeting, San Francisco, CA, 2017