Educational Background
08/2013-05/2020: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Ph.D. of Chemistry with honor (T. S. Piper Award)
09/2009 – 06/2013: Nanjing University, Bachelor of Chemistry
Professional Experience
07/2023 – now: Assistant Professor, School of Mechanical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
07/2020 – 03/2023: Postdoc Researcher, Department of Chemistry, University of California, Riverside
Research Interests
Development of chemical tools for material and device fabrications
Transition metal organic chemistry and inorganic chemistry
Selected Publications
Before sjtu:
1. Liu, S.; Girolami, G. S.*, Platinum(II) Di-ω-alkenyl Complexes as “Slow-Release” Precatalysts for Heat-Triggered Olefin Hydrosilylation. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2021, 143, 17492-17509.
2. Liu, S.; Boudjelel, M.; Schrock, R. R.*; Conley, M. P.; Tsay, C., Interconversion of Molybdenum or Tungsten d2 Styrene Complexes with d0 1-Phenethylidene Analogues. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2021, 143, 17209-17218.
3. Liu, S.; Zhang, Z.; Gray, D.; Zhu, L.; Abelson, J. R.; Girolami, G. S.*, Platinum ω-Alkenyl Compounds as Chemical Vapor Deposition Precursors: Synthesis and Characterization of Pt[CH2CMe2CH2CH═CH2]2 and the Impact of Ligand Design on the Deposition Process. Chem. Mater. 2020, 32, 9316-9334.
4. Liu, S.*; Girolami, G. S.*, Microscale Vacuum Distillation Apparatus for High-Boiling, Air- and Heat-Sensitive Liquids. Talanta 2021, 223, 121747.
9. Liu, S., Gray D., Zhu L., and Girolami, G. S.*, Lithium–Olefin π-Complexes and the Mechanism of Carbolithiation: Synthesis, Solution Behavior, and Crystal Structure of (2,2-Dimethylpent-4-en-1-yl)lithium. Organometallics 2019, 38, 2199-2210. Featured in the cover of issue 12.
Patents and Applications
1. Girolami, G. S. and Liu, S.; “Metal Complexes for Depositing Films and Method of Making and Using the Same,” U.S. Patent 11,008,353 (Patented Mar. 14th, 2021);
2. Girolami, G. S. and Liu, S.; “Metal Complexes for Depositing Films and Method of Making and Using the Same,” U.S. Patent 11,253,846 (Patented Feb. 22nd, 2022); International application No. PCT/US2021/021746.
3. Abelson, J. R., Mohimi, E., Girolami, G. S., Liu, S., Zhang, Z.; “Area Selective CVD of Metallic Films Using Precursor Gases and Inhibitors,” U.S. Patent 11,584,986 (Patented Feb. 21st, 2023).