Assoc. Prof. LIU Jinhua

Contacts

Email: iamjhliu@njtech.edu.cn

Address: 5 Xin Mo Fan Road, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing 210009, China

Research Interests

Fluorescence nanomaterials /Biosensor design based on aptamer /Biomarker detection / Fluorescence image and drug delivery

Biographical Information

2003-2007  B.S. College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Heilongjiang University.

2007-2009  M.S. in Engineering (Biomedicine engineering), Biomedicine

Engineering Center, Hunan University.

2009-2012  Ph. D. program in State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering (Analysis chemistry), Hunan University.

2013-2014  Lecturer. Zhengjiang Normal University.

2014-2016  Research Fellow. Hong Kong University.

2016-      Associate Professor; Institute of Advanced Materials, Nanjing Tech University.

Academic Achievements

Prof. LIU Jinhua focuses on preparation of nano-material and design of biosensor, including synthesis and surface functionalization of nanomaterials such as carbon nanoparticle, graphene oxide and quantum dots (CdSe, CdTe, CdS, CdSe/CdS, CdSe/ZnS, C-QD, Si-QD), Cu, Ag nanoparticles, the design of nuleic acid probe (especially aptamer) and the construction of detection platform for metal ion, small molecule, DNA and proteins (thrombin, methylation enzyme and apyraze). He has published over 10 SCI papers on Anal Chem, Lab on a chip, Chem Commun, Biosensors Bioelectronics, Langmuir, Materials Science and Engineering: C,  Chemical Engineering Journal, etc, with over 300 citations. Currently, he is in charge of 1 Natural Science Foundation of China (Youth).

Publications:

1. Liu JH *, Zhang Q, Feng Y, Zhou Z, Shih K *; "Solvent-switching gelation and orange-red emission of ultra-small copper nanoclusters"; Chem. Phys. Chem; 17; 225-231; 2016.

2. Liu JH *, Yu J, Chen J, Shih K; "Noncovalent assembly of carbon nanoparticles and aptamer for sensitive detection of ATP"; RSC advance;4; 38199-38205; 2014.

3. Liu JH *, Yu J, Chen J, Yang R, Shih K; "Signal-amplification and real-time fluorescence anisotropy detection apyrase by carbon nanoparticle"; Materials Science and Engineering: C; 38; 206-211; 2014.

4. Liu JH, Wang C, Jiang Y, Hu Y, Li J, Yang S, Li Y, Yang R^* , Tan W;" Graphene signal amplification for sensitive and real-time fluorescence anisotropy detection of small molecule"; Anal.Chem; 85; 1424-1430;2013.

5. Liu JH, Li J, Jiang Y, Yang S, Tan W, Yang R *;"Combination of p-p stacking and electrostatic repulsion between carboxylic carbon nanoparticles and fluorescent oligonucleotides for rapid and sensitive detection of thrombin"; Chem. Commun; 47;11321-11323;2011.

6. Liu JH, Fan J, Gu Z, Cui J, Xu X, Liang Z, Zhu M *;"Green chemistry for large-scale synthesis of semiconductor quantum dots"; Langmuir; 24; 5241-5244;2008.

7. Ouyang X *, Liu JH*, Li J, Yang R; A carbon nanoparticle-based low-background biosensing platform for sensitive and label-free fluorescent assay of DNA methylation; Chem. Commun.; 48;88-90;2012. (*equal contribution authors)

8. Jiang X, Geng F, Wang Y*, Liu JH, Qu P, Xu M*;Fluorescence turn-on and colorimetric dual readout assay of glutathione over cysteine based on the fluorescence inner-filter effect of oxidized TMB on TMPyP; Biosensors and Bioelectronics; 81; 268-273;2016.

9. Feng Y, Liu JH, Wang D, Zhou Z, Deng Y, Zhang T, Shih K *; Efficient degradation of sulfamethazine with CuCo2O4 spinel nanocatalysts for peroxymonosulfate activation; Chemical Engineering Journal; 280;514-524; 2015.

10. Jin F, Lian Yan, Li J, Zheng J, Hu Y, Liu JH, Huang J, Yang R; Molecule-binding dependent assembly of split aptamer and -cyclodextrin: A  sensitive excimer signaling approach for aptamer biosensors; Analytica Chimica Acta; 799;44-50; 2013.

11. Zhao T, Fan J, Cui J, Liu JH, Xu X ,  Zhu M *; Microwave-controlled ultrafast synthesis of uniform silver nanocubes and nanowires; Chemical Physics Letters; 501; 414- 418; 2011.

12. Shi X, Meng X, Sun L, Liu JH, Zheng J, Gai H *, Yang R, Yeung E; Observing photophysical properties of quantum dots in air at the single molecule level: advantages in microarray applications; Lab on a Chip; 10;2844-2847; 2010.

13. Wang Y, Li J, Wang H, Jin J, Liu JH, Yang R *,Silver ions-mediated conformational switch: facile design of structure-controllable nucleic acid probes. Anal. Chem.; 82; 6607-6612; 2010.

14. Fan J, Cui J, Liu JH, Liang Z, Zhu M *; Towards Aqueous Gold Nanoparticles with Buffer Resistance and High Concentration; J. Biomed. Nanotechnol.; 5;536-541;2009.

15. Zhu M *, Gu Z, Fan J, Xu X, Cui J, Liu JH, Long F; Microwave-Mediated Nonaqueous Synthesis of Quantum Dots at Moderate Temperature; Langmuir; 25;10189-10194;2009.