HONGYAN LIANG
Email:hongyan.liang@tju.edu.cn
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Interdisciplinary research on nanomaterials, catalysts, light emission, surface enhanced Raman spectrum and optical sensing
EDUCATION
2009–2014 Ph.D. in Science of Energy and Materials, Institut national de la recherche scientifique (INRS), Canada
2006–2009 M.Sc.in Materials Physics and Chemistry, Shandong University, (joint program inInstitute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences) China
2002–2006 B.Sc. in Materials Science and Engineering,Shandong University, China
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
2016–2018 NSERC Post-Doctoral Research Fellow,Sargent Group, University of Toronto
l Synthesized and characterized high quality colloidal quantum dots
l Designed dot-in-matrix structure for light emission
l Lead-free perovskite for light emission
2015–2016 FRQNT Post-doctoral Research Fellow,Sargent Group, University of Toronto
l Synthesized and characterized high quality colloidal quantum dot for light emission
PUBLICATIONS
1.Shape-engineered silver nanocones for refractive index plasmonic nanosensors
H. Y. Liang, H. Ren, Y. Z. Guo, Y. R. Fang.Optics Letters. 2019, 44, 3713.(IF = 3.866)
2.Quantum-Dot-Derived Catalysts for CO2 Reduction Reaction
M. Liu, M. X. Liu, X. M. Wang, S. M. Kozlov, Z. Cao, P. De Luna, H. M. Li, X. Q. Qiu, K. Liu, J. H. Hu, C. K. Jia, P. Wang, H. M. Zhou, J. He, M. Zhong, X. Z. Lan, Y. S. Zhou, Z. Q. Wang, J. Li, A. Seifitokaldani, C. T. Dinh,H. Y. Liang, C. Q. Zou, D. L. Zhang, Y. Yang, T. S. Chan, Y. Han, L. Cavallo, T. K. Sham, B. J. Hwang, E. H.Sargent.Joule. 2019, 3, 1703. (IF > 20)
3.Steering post-C-C coupling selectivity enables high efficiency electroreduction of carbon dioxide to multi-carbon alcohols
T. T. Zhuang, Z. Q. Liang, A. Seifitokaldani, Y. Li, P. De Luna, T. Burdyny, F. L. Che, F. Meng, Y. M. Min, R. Quintero-Bermudez, C. T. Dinh, Y. J. Pang, M. Zhong, B. Zhang, J. Li, P. N. Chen, H. Y. Liang, W. N. Ge, B. J. Ye, D. Sinton, S.-H. Yu, E. H. Sargent, EH.Nature Catalysis. 2018, 1, 421. (IF > 20)
4.Silver Nanoparticle Film Induced Photoluminescence Enhancement of Near-infrared Emitting PbS and PbS/CdS Core/shell Quantum Dots: Observation of Different Enhancement Mechanisms
H. Y. Liang, H. G. Zhao, Z. P. Li, C. Harnagea, F. Rosei, D. L. Ma.Nanoscale. 2016, 8, 4882. (IF = 7.233)
5.Design of Phosphor White Light Systems for High-Power Applications
K. T. Bicanic, X. Y. Li, R. P. Sabatini, N. Hossain, C. F. Wang, F. J. Fan, H. Y. Liang, S. Hoogland, E. H. Sargent.Acs Photonics. 2016, 3, 2243. (IF = 6.800)
6. Chemically Synthesized Noble Metal Nanostructures for Plasmonics
H. Y. Liang,H. Wei, D. Pan, H. X. Xu,Nanotechnol. Rev., 2015, 4,289.
7.Asymmetric Silver “Nanocarrot” Structures: Solution Synthesis and Their Asymmetric Plasmonic Resonances
H. Y. Liang, D. Rossouw, H. G. Zhao, S. K. Cushing, H. L. Shi, A. Korinek, H. X. Xu, F. Rosei, W. Z. Wang, N. Q. Wu, G. A. Botton, D. L. Ma.J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2013, 135, 9616. (IF = 14.357)
8.Enormous Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering from Dimers of Flower-Like Silver Mesoparticles
H. Y. Liang, Z. P. Li, Z. X. Wang, W. Z. Wang, F. Rosei, D. L. Ma, H. X. Xu,Small, 2012, 8, 3400. (IF = 9.598)
9.Silver Nanorice Structures: Oriented Attachment-Dominated Growth, High Environmental Sensitivity, and Real-Space Visualization of Multipolar Resonances
H. Y. Liang, H. G. Zhao, D. Rossouw, W. Z. Wang, H. X. Xu, G. A. Botton, D. L. MaChem. Mater., 2012, 24, 2339. (IF = 9.890)
10.In situ Facile Synthesis of Ruthenium Nanocluster Catalyst Supported on Carbon Black for Hydrogen Generation from the Hydrolysis of Ammonia-borane
H. Y. Liang, G. Z. Chen, S. Desinan, R. Rosei, F. Rosei, D. L. Ma,Int. J. Hydrogen Energy, 2012, 37, 17921.
11.Controlled Synthesis of Uniform Silver Nanospheres
H. Y. Liang, W. Z. Wang, Y. Z. Huang, S. P. Zhang, H. Wei, H. X. Xu.J Phys. Chem. C., 2010, 114, 7427.
12.Highly Surface Roughened “Flower-like” Silver Nanoparticles for Extremely Sensitive Substrates of Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering
H. Y. Liang, Z. P. Li, W. Z. Wang, Y. S. Wu, H. X. Xu.Adv. Mater., 2009, 21, 4614. (IF = 21.950)
13.High-Yield Uniform Synthesis and Microstructure-Determination of Rice-Shaped Silver Nanocrystals
H. Y. Liang, H. X. Yang, W. Z. Wang, J. Q. Li, H. X. Xu.J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2009, 131, 6068. (IF = 14.357)
14.Anisotropic Optical Properties of Oriented Silver Nanorice and Nanocarrots in Stretched Polymer Films
X. Tong,H. Y. Liang, Y. L. Liu, L. Tan, D. L. Ma, Y. Zhao.Nanoscale, 2015,7, 8858.
15.Size Dependence of Temperature-related Optical Properties of PbS and PbS/CdS Core/shell Quantum Dots
H. G. Zhao,H. Y. Liang, F. Vidal, F. Rosei, A. Vomiero, D. L. Ma.Journal of Physical Chemistry C. , 2014, 118,20585.
16.Investigating Photoinduced Charge Transfer in Double- and Single-Emission PbS@CdS Core@shell Quantum Dots
H. G. Zhao,H. Y. Liang, B. A. Gonfa, M. Chaker, T. Ozaki, P. Tijssen, F. Vidal, and D. Ma.Nanoscale, 2014, 6, 215. (Inside back cover)
17.Controlling Photoinduced Electron Transfer from PbS@CdS Core@shell Quantum Dots to Metal Oxide Nanostructured Thin Films
H. G. Zhao, Z. Fan,H. Y. Liang, G. S. Selopal, B. A. Gonfa, L. Jin, A. Soudi, D. Cui, F. Enrichi, M. M. Natile, I. Concina, D. L. Ma, A. O. Govorov, F. Rosei, A. Vomiero.Nanoscale, 2014, 6,7004.
18.Plasmonic Nanorice Antenna on Triangle Nanoarray for Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering Detection of Hepatitis B Virus DNA
M. Li, S. K. Cushing,H. Y. Liang, S. Suri, D. L.Ma, N. Q.Wu,Anal. Chem. 2013, 85, 2072.
19.Ultrasonic-Assisted Synthesis of Au Nanobelts and Nanowires
Y. Z. Huang, W. Z. Wang,H. Y. Liang, H. Wei, H. X. Xu.J. Nanosci. Nanotechnol., 2010, 10, 7515.
20.Surfactant-Promoted Reductive Synthesis of Shape-Controlled Gold Nanostructures
Y. Z. Huang, W. Z. Wang,H. Y. Liang, H. X. Xu.Cryst. Growth Des., 2009, 9, 858.
