Jun Liu
Dr. Jun Liu is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at North Carolina State University. Prior to this, he was a postdoctoral research associate in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, under Prof. more
Works (79)
2026 article
In situ imaging of domain walls in ferroelectric single crystals by instant polarized light microscopy
Timofeeva, A., Wang, Z., Xu, Z., Liu, S., Pei, Y., Elnaggar, H., … Peters, K. (2026, March 1). Review of Scientific Instruments.
2026 article
Chirality-driven magnetization emerges from relativistic four-current dynamics
Upadhyay, S., Zheng, X., Wang, T., Shayit, A., Liu, J., Sun, D., & Li, X. (2026, January 14). APL Computational Physics, Vol. 1.
2026 article
Cryogenic to beyond Curie temperature dielectric and piezoelectric properties of Pb(Mg1/3Nb2/3)O3–PbTiO3 single crystals under alternate and direct current poling
Xu, Z., Eckstein, U., Wang, Z., Wan, H., Negi, A., Naderi, A., … Jiang, X. (2026, February 23). Journal of Applied Physics.
2026 article
High thermal conductivity of rutile-GeO2 film by metal-organic chemical vapor deposition: 52.9 W m−1 K−1
Rahaman, I., Liao, M. E., Wang, Z., Kwon, E. Y., Sun, R., Li, B., … Fu, K. (2026, February 23). Applied Physics Letters.
2026 journal article
Orbital Seebeck effect induced by chiral phonons
Nature Physics, 22(2), 245–251.
2025 article
A multi-modal embolic gel system for long-term fluorescence imaging and photothermal therapy
Zhao, K., Chen, P., Wang, Z., George, V. P. J., Liu, J., & Hu, J. (2025, April 7). Biomaterials Advances, Vol. 174.
2025 article
Chiral Phonon-Induced Spin Transport via Microscopic Barnett Effect
Qin, Yang, C., Sun, D., Liu, J., & Blum, V. (2025, July 17). Physical Review Letters, Vol. 135.
2025 article
Defects vibrations engineering for enhancing interfacial thermal transport in polymer composites
Zhou, Y., Ciarla, R., Boonkird, A., Raza, S., Nguyen, T., Zhou, J., … Xu, Y. (2025, January 22). Science Advances, Vol. 11.
2025 journal article
Determination of orbital relaxation in Ti/Ni heterostructure via orbital pumping
Journal of Applied Physics, 138(12).
2025 article
Enhancing Thermal Transport in Polymeric Composites Via Engineered Noncovalent Filler–Polymer Interactions
Zhou, Y., Hertog-Raz, D., Raza, S., Transtamar, J., Abarca, B., Wang, Y., … Xu, Y. (2025, January 23). ASME Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol. 147.
2025 article
Improving Adhesion in Organic Photovoltaic Cells with Self-Assembled Monolayers
Shafe, A. A., Raza, S., Henry, R., Liu, J., & O’Connor, B. T. (2025, March 24). ACS Energy Letters, Vol. 3.
2025 article
Microscale simulation of water desalination in Direct Contact Membrane Distillation
Gildeh, M. J., Bhatta, N., Tafreshi, H. V., & Liu, J. (2025, September 5). International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer.
2025 article
Molecular engineering in layered metal halide hybrid perovskites for tunable thermal conductivity, elastic modulus, and beyond
Jouneghaninaseri, A., Zhang, S., Tu, Q., & Liu, J. (2025, October 10). MRS Communications, Vol. 10.
2025 article
Oscillations in incident electric field enhances interfacial water evaporation
Raza, S., Yang, C., Qian, X., & Liu, J. (2025, January 1). Materials Horizons, Vol. 6.
2025 article
Quantification of chirality using continuous chirality measure (CCM): From molecules to crystals
Yang, C., Khan, S., Sun, D., & Liu, J. (2025, October 28). APL Computational Physics.
2025 journal article
Redox-active oxide molten salt composites as a new family of high-capacity thermal energy storage materials
Journal of Materials Chemistry A.
2025 article
Redox‐Active Oxide/molten Salt Composites for Hybrid Thermal‐Chemical Energy Storage
Cai, R., Bektas, H., Raza, S., Massey, J., Tian, Y., Liu, J., & Li, F. (2025, September 19). Advanced Energy and Sustainability Research, Vol. 9.
2025 article
Theoretical analysis of thermal conductivities of water and heavy water based on thermal resistance network model
Sun, S., Wang, Q., Raza, S., Ma, D., Nakayama, T., Liu, J., & Zhou, J. (2025, January 6). Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 126.
2025 article
Theoretical insights into the thermal conductivity of 2D hybrid perovskites based on a thermal resistance network model
Wang, Q., Qian, X., Nakayama, T., Liu, J., & Zhou, J. (2025, January 1). Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, Vol. 10.
2024 article
Anomalous Correlation between Thermal Conductivity and Elastic Modulus in Two-Dimensional Hybrid Metal Halide Perovskites
Negi, A., Yan, L., Yang, C., Yu, Y., Kim, D., Mukherjee, S., … Liu, J. (2024, May 24). ACS Nano.
2024 article
Chiral phonon activated spin Seebeck effect in chiral materials
Li, X., Zhong, J., Cheng, J., Chen, H., Wang, H., Liu, J., … Zhou, J. (2024, February 2). Science China Physics Mechanics and Astronomy, Vol. 67.
2024 journal article
Colossal anisotropic absorption of spin currents induced by chirality
Science Advances, 10(18).
2024 article
Electrical de-poling and re-poling of relaxor-PbTiO3 piezoelectric single crystals without heat treatment
Kim, H.-P., Zhang, M.-H., Wang, B., Wu, H., Xu, Z., Liu, S., … Jiang, X. (2024, July 30). Nature Communications, Vol. 15.
2023 journal article
Chiral-phonon-activated spin Seebeck effect
Nature Materials, 22(3), 322–328.
2023 article
Corrigendum to “Molecular dynamics simulation of steady-state droplet condensation on a fiber in direct contact membrane distillation settings” [J. Mol. Liquids 368(Part A) (2022) 120736]
Raza, S., He, J., Tafreshi, H. V., & Liu, J. (2023, November 16). Journal of Molecular Liquids, Vol. 393.
Contributors: S. Raza n, J. He n, H. Tafreshi n & n
2023 article
Ferroelectric Domain Wall Engineering Enables Thermal Modulation in PMN–PT Single Crystals
Negi, A., Kim, H. P., Hua, Z., Timofeeva, A., Zhang, X., Zhu, Y., … Liu, J. (2023, February 16). Advanced Materials, Vol. 4.
2023 article
Thermal Transport in Poly(p-phenylene): Anomalous Dimensionality Dependence and Role of π–π Stacking
Yang, C., Raza, S., Li, X., & Liu, J. (2023, July 21). The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, Vol. 7, pp. 6804–6813.
2023 article
Thermal resistance network model for thermal conductivity of normal liquid helium-4 and helium-3
Huang, D., Zhong, J., Raza, S., Niu, R., Fu, B., Yu, D., … Zhou, J. (2023, July 4). Journal of Physics Condensed Matter, Vol. 35.
2023 article
Thickness‐Dependent Thermal Conductivity and Phonon Mean Free Path Distribution in Single‐Crystalline Barium Titanate
Negi, A., Rodriguez, A., Zhang, X., Comstock, A. H., Yang, C., Sun, D., … Liu, J. (2023, April 24). Advanced Science, Vol. 4.
Contributors: A. Negi n, A. Rodriguez *, X. Zhang n, A. Comstock n, C. Yang n, D. Sun n , X. Jiang n , D. Kumah n , M. Hu *, n
2022 article
Enhancement of thermal percolation in composites: A two-dimensional case study
Zhong, J., Jin, H., Wang, Z., Ma, D., Liu, J., & Zhou, J. (2022, October 17). Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 10.
2022 article
Molecular dynamics simulation of steady-state droplet condensation on a fiber in direct contact membrane distillation settings
Raza, S., He, J., Tafreshi, H. V., & Liu, J. (2022, November 4). Journal of Molecular Liquids, Vol. 368, p. 120736.
Contributors: S. Raza n, J. He, H. Tafreshi* & *
2022 article
Thermal Transport across Polyethylene Chains
Yang, C., Duan, X., Zhou, J., Liu, J., & Li, X. (2022, June 3). Journal of Thermal Science, Vol. 31, pp. 1061–1067.
2021 article
Erratum: A Ubiquitous Thermal Conductivity Formula for Liquids, Polymer Glass, and Amorphous Solids [Chin. Phys. Lett. 37 (2020) 104401]
Zhong, J., He, J., Xu, X., Nakayama, T., Wang, Y., Liu, J., … Li, B. (2021, March 1). Chinese Physics Letters, Vol. 38.
2021 article
Evaluating the roles of temperature-dependent eigenvectors in predicting phonon transport properties of anharmonic crystals using normal mode analysis methods
He, J., & Liu, J. (2021, June 3). Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 6.
2021 article
Molecular dynamics simulation of thermal transport in semicrystalline polyethylene: Roles of strain and the crystalline-amorphous interphase region
He, J., & Liu, J. (2021, December 8). Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 12.
2021 article
Thermal boundary conductance across solid–solid interfaces at high temperatures: A microscopic approach
Zhong, J., Wang, Z., Nakayama, T., Li, X., Liu, J., & Zhou, J. (2021, May 17). Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 5.
2021 article
Thermal percolation and electrical insulation in composite materials with partially metallic coated fillers
Zhong, J., He, J., Liu, J., & Zhou, J. (2021, November 22). Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 11.
2020 journal article
A skin layer made of cured polysilazane and yttria stabilized zirconia for enhanced thermal protection of carbon fiber reinforced polymers (CFRPs)
Surface and Coatings Technology, 404, 126481.
Contributors: Y. Jia *, T. Ajayi n, K. Ramakrishnan n, A. Negi n, n , S. Ekkad n , C. Xu n
2020 article
Efficiency improvement of liquid piston compressor using metal wire mesh for near-isothermal compressed air energy storage application
Patil, V. C., Liu, J., & Ro, P. I. (2020, February 1). Journal of Energy Storage.
2020 article
In-Plane Thermoelectric Properties of Flexible and Room-Temperature-Doped Carbon Nanotube Films
Chatterjee, K., Negi, A., Kim, K., Liu, J., & Ghosh, T. K. (2020, June 29). ACS Applied Energy Materials, Vol. 3, pp. 6929–6936.
2020 article
Parallel Frameworks for Robust Optimization of Medium-Frequency Transformers
Booth, K., Subramanyan, H., Liu, J., & Lukic, S. M. (2020, December 4). IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics, Vol. 8, pp. 5097–5112.
2020 article
Size Effects in the Thermal Conductivity of Amorphous Polymers
Feng, T., He, J., Rai, A., Hun, D., Liu, J., & Shrestha, S. S. (2020, October 14). Physical Review Applied.
2020 article
Strong electron-phonon coupling induced anomalous phonon transport in ultrahigh temperature ceramics ZrB2 and TiB2
Yang, J.-Y., Zhang, W., Xu, C., Liu, J., Liu, L., & Hu, M. (2020, February 14). International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer.
2020 journal article
Superior Thermal Dissipation in Graphene Electronic Device Through Novel Heat Path by Electron-Phonon Coupling
ES Energy & Environment, 8, 42–47.
2020 journal article
Synergistic Effects of Boron Nitride (BN) Nanosheets and Silver (Ag) Nanoparticles on Thermal Conductivity and Electrical Properties of Epoxy Nanocomposites
Polymers, 12(2), 426–439.
2020 article
Thermal resistance network model for heat conduction of amorphous polymers
Zhou, J., He, J., Xu, X., Nakayama, T., Wang, Y., & Liu, J. (2020, January 17). Physical Review Materials, Vol. 4.
2019 article
Enhanced thermoelectric properties through minority carriers blocking in nanocomposites
Hu, J., Liu, B., Subramanyan, H., Li, B., Zhou, J., & Liu, J. (2019, September 6). Journal of Applied Physics.
2019 article
On the importance of using exact full phonon dispersions for predicting interfacial thermal conductance of layered materials using diffuse mismatch model
Subramanyan, H., Kim, K., Lu, T., Zhou, J., & Liu, J. (2019, November 1). AIP Advances.
2019 conference paper
Optimization of Medium Frequency Transformers with Practical Considerations
IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (APEC). Presented at the 2019 IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (APEC), Anaheim, CA.
2019 article
Role of angular bending freedom in regulating thermal transport in polymers
Subramanyan, H., Zhang, W., He, J., Kim, K., Li, X., & Liu, J. (2019, March 6). Journal of Applied Physics.
2019 article
Role of radiation in heat transfer from nanoparticles to gas media in photothermal measurements
Li, Y., Zhou, J., Li, B., & Liu, J. (2019, March 20). International Journal of Modern Physics C, Vol. 30.
2019 journal article
Roles of kink on the thermal transport in single polyethylene chains
Duan, X., Li, Z., Liu, J., Chen, G., & Li, X. (2019, April 23). Journal of Applied Physics.
2019 article
Sono-Assisted Surface Energy Driven Assembly of 2D Materials on Flexible Polymer Substrates: A Green Assembly Method Using Water
Zhou, D., Hao, J., Clark, A., Kim, K., Zhu, L., Liu, J., … Li, B. (2019, August 20). ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, Vol. 11, pp. 33458–33464.
2018 journal article
Disorder enhanced thermal conductivity anisotropy in two-dimensional materials and van der Waals heterostructures
Journal of Applied Physics, 124(5), 055104.
2018 article
Strain effects on the anisotropic thermal transport in crystalline polyethylene
He, J., Kim, K., Wang, Y., & Liu, J. (2018, January 29). Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 112.
2018 journal article
Thermal percolation in composite materials with electrically conductive fillers
Applied Physics Letters, 113(4), 041902.
2018 journal article
Thermal transport in semicrystalline polyethylene by molecular dynamics simulation
Journal of Applied Physics, 123(1), 015107.
2017 article
Solution-Processed Cu2Se Nanocrystal Films with Bulk-Like Thermoelectric Performance
Forster, J. D., Lynch, J. J., Coates, N. E., Liu, J., Jang, H., Zaia, E., … Urban, J. J. (2017, May 30). Scientific Reports, Vol. 7.
2017 article
Thermoelectric transport in hybrid materials incorporating metallic nanowires in polymer matrix
Liu, B., Lu, T., Wang, B., Liu, J., Nakayama, T., Zhou, J., & Li, B. (2017, March 13). Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 110.
2016 article
Analytical and numerical investigation on a new compact thermoelectric generator
Ming, T., Yang, W., Huang, X., Wu, Y., Li, X., & Liu, J. (2016, November 25). Energy Conversion and Management, Vol. 132, pp. 261–271.
2016 article
Anisotropic Thermal Transport in Thermoelectric Composites of Conjugated Polyelectrolytes/Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes
Mai, C.-K., Liu, J., Evans, C. M., Segalman, R. A., Chabinyc, M. L., Cahill, D. G., & Bazan, G. C. (2016, June 23). Macromolecules, Vol. 49, pp. 4957–4963.
2016 article
Electrochemical Effects in Thermoelectric Polymers
Chang, W. B., Fang, H., Liu, J., Evans, C. M., Russ, B., Popere, B. C., … Segalman, R. A. (2016, March 18). ACS Macro Letters, Vol. 5, pp. 455–459.
2016 journal article
Electrochemical effects in thermoelectric polymers
ACS Macro Letters, 5, 455–459.
2016 article
Thermal Conductivity in the Radial Direction of Deformed Polymer Fibers
Lu, Y., Liu, J., Xie, X., & Cahill, D. G. (2016, May 12). ACS Macro Letters, Vol. 5, pp. 646–650.
2016 article
Thermal Conductivity, Heat Capacity, and Elastic Constants of Water-Soluble Polymers and Polymer Blends
Xie, X., Li, D., Tsai, T.-H., Liu, J., Braun, P. V., & Cahill, D. G. (2016, January 25). Macromolecules, Vol. 49, pp. 972–978.
2016 article
Tuning thermal conductivity in molybdenum disulfide by electrochemical intercalation
Zhu, G., Liu, J., Zheng, Q., Zhang, R., Li, D., Banerjee, D., & Cahill, D. G. (2016, October 21). Nature Communications, Vol. 7.
2015 article
Harvesting Waste Heat in Unipolar Ion Conducting Polymers
Chang, W. B., Evans, C. M., Popere, B. C., Russ, B. M., Liu, J., Newman, J., & Segalman, R. A. (2015, December 24). ACS Macro Letters, Vol. 5, pp. 94–98.
2015 journal article
Thermal Conductivity and Elastic Constants of PEDOT:PSS with High Electrical Conductivity
Macromolecules, 48(3), 585–591.
2014 article
Measurement of the anisotropic thermal conductivity of molybdenum disulfide by the time-resolved magneto-optic Kerr effect
Liu, J., Choi, G.-M., & Cahill, D. G. (2014, December 19). Journal of Applied Physics.
2014 article
Pump-probe measurements of the thermal conductivity tensor for materials lacking in-plane symmetry
Feser, J. P., Liu, J., & Cahill, D. G. (2014, October 1). Review of Scientific Instruments.
2014 article
Size effect on the thermal conductivity of ultrathin polystyrene films
Liu, J., Ju, S., Ding, Y., & Yang, R. (2014, April 14). Applied Physics Letters.
2013 article
Simultaneous measurement of thermal conductivity and heat capacity of bulk and thin film materials using frequency-dependent transient thermoreflectance method
Liu, J., Zhu, J., Tian, M., Gu, X., Schmidt, A., & Yang, R. (2013, March 1). Review of Scientific Instruments.
2013 article
Thermoelectric Transport Across Nanoscale Polymer–Semiconductor–Polymer Junctions
Wang, Y., Liu, J., Zhou, J., & Yang, R. (2013, October 28). The Journal of Physical Chemistry C.
2013 article
Ultralow Thermal Conductivity of Atomic/Molecular Layer-Deposited Hybrid Organic–Inorganic Zincone Thin Films
Liu, J., Yoon, B., Kuhlmann, E., Tian, M., Zhu, J., George, S. M., … Yang, R. (2013, October 28). Nano Letters.
2012 article
Length-dependent thermal conductivity of single extended polymer chains
Liu, J., & Yang, R. (2012, September 24). Physical Review B.
2011 article
Thermal transport across carbon nanotubes connected by molecular linkers
Liu, J., Alhashme, M., & Yang, R. (2011, October 20). Carbon.
2010 article
Heat transfer enhancement by filling metal porous medium in central area of tubes
Ming, T. Z., Zheng, Y., Liu, J., Liu, C., Liu, W., & Huang, S. Y. (2010, March 1). Journal of the Energy Institute.
2010 article
Tuning the thermal conductivity of polymers with mechanical strains
Liu, J., & Yang, R. (2010, May 28). Physical Review B.
2010 article
Ultrafast thermoreflectance techniques for measuring thermal conductivity and interface thermal conductance of thin films
Zhu, J., Tang, D., Wang, W., Liu, J., Holub, K. W., & Yang, R. (2010, November 1). Journal of Applied Physics.
Employment
Updated: March 1st, 2026 08:41
2022 - present
2015 - present
Education
Updated: December 30th, 2019 15:54
2008 - 2013
Funding History
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