Yi Liu
PhD candidate in Mechanical Engineering
University of Minnesota, Twin cities
111 Church ST SE, Room 4128
Minneapolis, MN 55455
Tel: 612-232-4196
Email: liuyily@me.umn.edu
Education:
Interests:
Microfabrication/nanofabrication, polymer microelectronics, microelectromechanical system (MEMS), biosensors,aerosol and particle technology, self-assembly, inkjet printing etc.
Projects:
1.Self-assembled polymer/nanoparticle field-effect transistors for chemical and biosensing applications (Thesis topic).
2.Extremely Ultraviolet Lithography (EUVL) Mask Study: Methods to Evaluate and Control Particulate Contaminant Geenration, Transport and Deposition under Vacuum(a project supported and cooperated with Intel Company).
3.Nano-patterning of Silicon dioxide using e-beam lithography (a project supported and cooperated with Los Alamos National Lab).
4.Polymer microelectronics using inkjet printing technology (Supported by DARPA grant in USA)
Advisors:
Prof. Tianhong Cui and Prof. David Y.H. Pui
Publications:
Journal papers:
1. Yi Liu, Kody Varahramyan, and Tianhong Cui, "All-Polymer Field-Effect Transistor Fabricated with Inkjet Printing Technique", Macromolecular Rapid Communication, 26, 2005, p.1955.
2. Tianhong Cui, Yi Liu and Mo Zhu, "Field-Effect Transistors with Layer-by-Layer Self-Assembled Nanoparticle Thin Films as Channel and Gate Dielectric", Applied Physics Letters, 87, 2005, p.183105.
3. Yi Liu and Tianhong Cui, "Organic optoelectronics: materials, devices and applications", Optics and Precision Engineering, 13, 2005, p.525. (Invited paper)
4. Yi Liu, and Tianhong Cui, "Polymer-Based Rectifying Diodes on a Glass Substrate Fabricated by Inkjet Printing", Macromolecular Rapid Communication, 26, 2005, p.289. (invited paper)
5.Tianhong Cui,Yi Liu, Mo Zhu, Bin Chen, and Kody Varahramyan "Printed polymeric passive RC filters and degradation characteristics", Solid-State Electronics, 49, 2005, p.853.
6. Yi Liu, Tianhong Cui, and Kody Varahramyan, "All-Polymer Capacitor Fabricated with Inkjet Printing technique", Solid-State Electronics, 47, 2003, p.1543.
7. Bin Chen, Tianhong Cui, Yi Liu, and Kody Varahramyan, "All-Polymer RC Filters Fabricated by All-inkjet Printing Technique", Solid-State Electronics, 47 , 2003, p.841
8. Yuming Ai, Yi Liu, Tianhong Cui, and Kody Varahramyan, "Thin Film Deposition of an n-type Organic Semiconductor by Ink-jet Printing Technique", Thin Solid Film, 450, 2004, p.312.
9. Yi Liu, HuLihua, "The Network Management of Access Network", Journal of Telecommunication Information, 346, 2000, p. 45 (in Chinese).
Book Chapters:
10. Tianhong Cui and Yi Liu, "Organic/Polymer Field-Effect Transistors and Their Applications", in Handbook of Organic Electronics and Photonics, American Scientific Publishers, 2006. (Invited book chapter, in press).
Posters and Proceedings:
11. Yi Liu and Tianhong Cui, "Self-Assembled of Nanoparticle based Transistors for Biosensing Application", (Poster), Design of Medical Devices conference, 2005, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
12. Yi Liu and Tianhong Cui, "Polymer Field-Effect Transistors for Potential Biosensing Application", (Poster), Design of Medical Devices conference, April 8&9, 2004, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
13. Yi Liu and Renguo Liu, "The Application of UML in TMN", Proceeding of 23rd Asian Info-communication Conference (AIC), the Asian Info-communications Council, (February 22nd - 25th, 2000 in Denpasar, Indonesia.) p. 427.
Papers submitted or in preparation:
14. Yi Liu, Christof Asbach, Heinz Fissan, and David Y.H.Pui, "Particle Detection with Simple Single Pair or Interdigitated Fingers Based Sensors", in preparation, will submit to Sensors and Actuators A: Physics.
15. Yi Liu, Tianhong Cui, David Redish and Arthur Erdman, "High Performance, Self-Assembled Nanoparticle Ion-Sensitive Field Effect Transistor for Acetylcholine Biosensor", Submitted to Science.
16. Yi Liu and Tianhong Cui, "Nanowire Fabricated from Layer-by-Layer Self-Assembled Nanoparticles", Submitted to Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology.
17. Yi Liu and Tianhong Cui, "A PH Sensitive Ion-Sensitive Field Effect Transistor Based on Self-Assembled Polyelectrolyte/Nanoparticle Multilayer Films", in preparation.
18. Yi Liu and Tianhong Cui, "A Glucose ISFET Biosensor Using Self-Assembled Polyelectrolyte/ Nanoparticle Multilayer Films", in preparation.
19. Yi Liu and Tianhong Cui, "Nanoscale Field-Effect Transistor Using Self-Assembled Nanoparticle Films", in preparation.
20. Yi Liu and Tianhong Cui, "Power Consumption Analysis of Surface Acoustic Wave Sensor System with ANSYS and PSPICE", in preparation.
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