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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
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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
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Research Interests
Development of chemical tools for material and device fabrications
Transition metal organic chemistry and inorganic chemistry
Sorry we do not take master students.
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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.
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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).
