Dr Yi LIU, associate professor

Professional experiences:

• 2016 to present: Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering, CAS, Associate Professor
• 2014-2016:  Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering, Assistant Professor
• 2011-2014: University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Ph.D

Research interests:

Bioamaterials; Vacuum cold spray technology; Functional coatings;

Publications:

1. Yi Liu, Zhaohui Dang, Yuyue Wang, Jing Huang, and Hua Li, Hydroxyapatite/ Graphene-Nanosheet Composite Coatings Deposited by Vacuum Cold Spraying for Biomedical Applications: Inherited Nanostructures and Enhanced Properties, Carbon, 2014, 67: 250-259.
2. Yi Liu, Jing Huang, and Hua Li, Synthesis of Hydroxyapatite-Reduced Graphite Oxide Nanocomposites for Biomedical Applications: Oriented Nucleation and Epitaxial Growth of Hydroxyapatite, Journal of Materials Chemistry B, 2013, 1: 1826-1834.
3. Yi Liu, Jing Huang, M. Niinomi and Hua Li, Inhibited grain growth in hydroxyapatite-graphene nanocomposites during high temperature treatment and their enhanced mechanical properties, Ceramics International 2016, 42(9):11248-11255.
4. Yi Liu*, Yuyue Wang, Xinkun Suo, Yongfeng Gong, Chang-jiu Li, and Hua Li, Impact-induced bonding and boundary amorphization of TiN ceramic particles during room temperature vacuum cold spray deposition, Ceramics International 2016, 4(21)B: 1640-1647.
5. Yi Liu, Jing Huang, and Hua Li, Nanostructural Characteristics of Vacuum Cold Sprayed Hydroxyapatite/Graphene-Nanosheet Coatings for Biomedical Applications, Journal of Thermal Spray Technology, 2014, 23: 1149-1156.
6. Yi Liu, Xinkun Suo, Jing Huang, Niinomi Mitsuo, Hua Li, Cold Sprayed Coatings for Biological Applications: A Review, Surface Technology, 2016,8 special issue.
7. Yi Liu, Yuyue Wang, Guanjun Yang, Juanjuan Feng, and Kei J. Kusumoto, Effect of Nano-Sized TiN Additions on the Electrical Properties of Vacuum Cold Sprayed SiC Coatings, Journal of Thermal Spray Technology, 2010, 19(6): 1238-1243.
8. M. Niinomi*, Yi Liu, M. Nakai, H. Liu and H. Li*, Biomedical Titanium Alloys with Young’s Moduli Close to That of Cortical Bone, Regenerative Biomaterials 2016:rbw016. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/rb/rbw016
9. Xiaoyan He, Yi Liu, Jing Huang, Xiuyong Chen, Kun Ren, and Hua Li, Adsorption of Alginate and Albumin on Aluminum Coatings Inhibits Adhesion of Escherichia Coli and Enhances the Anti-Corrosion Performances of the Coatings, Applied Surface Science, 2015, 332: 89-96.
10. Jing Huang, Yi Liu, Yuxin Liu, and Hua Li, Hydroxyapatite Nucleated and Grown on Nano Titania Particles Enhances Recruitment of Escherichia Coli for Subsequent Photocatalytic Elimination, Materials Chemistry and Physics, 2015, 151: 364-371.
11. Kun Ren, Yi Liu, Xiaoyan He, and Hua Li, Suspension Plasma-Spray Fabrication of Nanocrystalline Titania Hollow Microspheres for Photocatalytic Applications, Journal of Thermal Spray Technology, 2015, 24(7):1213-1220.
12. Jing Huang, Yi Liu, Jianhui Yuan, and Hua Li, Al/Al₂O₃ Composite Coating Deposited by Flame Spraying for Marine Applications: Alumina Skeleton Enhances Anti-Corrosion and Wear Performances, Journal of Thermal Spray Technology, 2014, 23: 676-683.
13. Yuyue Wang, Yi Liu, Changjiu Li, Guanjun Yang, and Kei J. Kusumoto, Electrical and Mechanical Properties of the Nanostructure TiN Coatings Deposited by Vacuum Cold Spray, Vacuum, 2012, 86(7): 953-959.
14. Yuyue Wang, Yi Liu, Changjiu Li, Guanjun Yang, Juanjuan Feng, and Kei J. Kusumoto, Investigation on the Electrical Properties of Vacuum Cold Sprayed SiC-MoSi₂ Coatings at Elevated Temperatures, Journal of Thermal Spray Technology, 2011, 20(4): 892-897.
15. Yuyue Wang, Yi Liu, Changjiu Li, Guanjun Yang, Juanjuan Feng, and Kei J. Kusumoto, Effect of Microstructure on the Electrical Properties of Nano-Structured TiN Coatings Deposited by Vacuum Cold Spray, Journal of Thermal Spray Technology, 2010, 19(6): 1231-1237.
16. Yuyue Wang, Juanjuan Feng, and Yi Liu, Preparation and Characterization of Cordierite Powder via Tween-80 Modified Citrate Sol-gel Method, Advanced Material Research, 2010, 148-149: 929-933.
17. Yuxin Liu, Jing Huang, Siyue Ding, Yi Liu, and Hua Li, Deposition, Characterization, and Enhanced Adherence of Escherichia Coli Bacteria on Flame Sprayed Photocatalytic Titania-Hydroxyapatite Coatings, Journal of Thermal Spray Technology, 2013, 22(6): 1053-1062.
18. Xiuyong Chen, Jianhui Yuan, Jing Huang, Kun Ren, Yi Liu, Shaoyang Lu, and Hua Li, Large-Scale Fabrication of Superhydrophobic Polyurethane/Nano-Al₂O₃ Coatings by Suspension Flame Spraying for Anti-Corrosion Applications, Applied Surface Science, 2014, 311: 864-869.
19. Xiuyong Chen, Yongfeng Gong, Xinkun Suo, Jing Huang, Yi Liu, and Hua Li, Construction of Mechanically Durable Superhydrophobic Surfaces by Thermal Spray Deposition and Further Surface Modification, Applied Surface Science, 2015, 356: 639-644.