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Henry Liu

Assistant Professor, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National Chung Hsing University

Phone: +886-4-2284-0500#323
Fax: +886-4-2285-7017
E-Mail: hengjui0109@dragon.nchu.edu.tw
Website: Materials Power Lab

Research Interests

Oxide Heterostructure Growths, Synchrotron Spectroscopy


Education

Ph.D., National Tsing-Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan, 2012


Experience

2016/08~present
Assistant Professor of Materials Science and Engineering
National Chung Hsing University (NCHU)

2014/07~2016/07
Postdoctoral of Materials Science and Engineering / Department of Physics
National Chiao Tung University (NCTU) / National Taiwan Normal University (NTNU)

2012/08~2014/07
Postdoctoral of Materials Science and Engineering / Department of Physics
National Chiao Tung University (NCTU) / National Sun Yat-sen University (NSYSU)

2007/10~2011/10
Assistant Researcher of Industrial Application Group
National Synchrotron Radiation Research Center (NSRRC)

2003/10~2007/10
Assistant Researcher of Materials Science Group
National Synchrotron Radiation Research Center (NSRRC)


Publication

  1. H.-J. Liu, J.-C. Wang, D.-Y. Cho, K.-T. Ho, J.-C. Lin, B.-C. Huang, Y.-W. Fang, Y.-M. Zhu, Q. Zhan, L. Xie, X.-Q. Pan, Y.-P. Chiu, C.-G. Duan, J.-H. He, Y.-H. Chu, “Giant photoresponse in quantized SrRuO3 monolayer at oxide interfaces”, ACS Photonics, under review.

  2. Y. Zhang, L. Xie, J. Kim, A. Stern, H. Wang, K. Zhang, X. Yan, L. Li, H. J. Liu, G. Zhao, H. Chi, C. Gadre, Q Lin, C. Uher, T. Chen, Y. H. Chu, Y. C. Zhou, J. Xia, R. Wu, and X. Q. Pan, "Discovery of a Magnetic Conductive Interface in PbZr0.2Ti0.8O3 /SrTiO3 Heterostructures", Nature Commun. accepted.

  3. H. J. Liu, C. K. Wang, C. H. Ma, D. Su, D. T. Hien, S. C. Liao, H. T. Duy, K. H. Wu, C. H. Lai, S. U. Jen, J. Y. Juang, Q. He, Y. C. Chen, P. W. Chiu, and Y. H. Chu, “Heteroepitaxial CoFe2O4/Muscovite Bimorph with Large Magnetostriction for Flexible Electronics”, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 9, 7297 (2017).

  4. D. Chen, C. T. Nelson, X. H. Zhu, C. R. Serrao, J. D. Clarkson, Z. Wang, Y. Gao, S. L. Hsu, L. R. Dedon, Z. Chen, D. Yi, H. J. Liu, D. Zeng, Y. H. Chu, J. Liu, D. G. Schlom, and R. Ramesh, "A Strain Driven Antiferroelectric-to-Ferroelectric Phase Transition in La-Doped BiFeO3 Thin Films on Si", Nano Lett. 17, 5823 (2017).

  5. Y. C. Huang, Y. D. Liou, H. J. Liu, H. H. Lee, Y. C. Chen, and Y. H. Chu, "Magnetic-coupled phase anomaly in mixed-phase BiFeO3 thin films", APL Mater. 5, 086112 (2017).

  6. H. Song, C. Li, C. N. Van, H. J. Liu, R. Qi, R. Huang, Y. H. Chu, and C. G. Duan, "Microstructure evolution with composition ratio in self-assembled WO3-BiVO4 hetero nanostructures for water splitting", J. Mater. Res. 32, 2790 (2017).

  7. T. Amrillah, Y. Bitla, K. Shin, T. Yang, Y. H. Hsieh, Y. Y. Chiou, H. J. Liu, T. H. Do, D. Su, Y. C. Chen, S. U. Jen, L. Q. Chen, K. H. Kim, J. Y. Juang, and Y. H. Chu, "Flexible Multiferroic Bulk Heterojunction with Giant Magnetoelectric Coupling via van der Waals Epitaxy", ACS Nano 11, 6122 (2017).

  8. J. Jiang, Y. Bitla, C. W. Huang, T. H. Do, H. J. Liu, Y. H. Hsieh, C. H. Ma, C. Y. Jang, Y. H. Lai, P. W. Chiu, W. W. Wu, Y. C. Chen, Y. C. Zhou, and Y. H. Chu, “Flexible ferroelectric element based on van der Waals heteroepitaxy”, Sci. Adv. 3, e1700121 (2017).

  9. P. Gao, Z. Zhang, M. Li, R. Ishikawa, B. Feng, H. J. Liu, Y. L. Huang, N. Shibata, X. Ma, S. Chen, J. Zhang, K. Liu, E. G. Wang, D. Yu, L. Liao, Y. H. Chu, and Y. Ikuhara, “Possible absence of critical Thickness and size effect in ultrathin perovskite ferroelectric films”, Nature Commum. 8, 15549 (2017).

  10. T. C. Wei, H. P. Wang, H. J. Liu, D. S. Tsai, J. R. Ke, C. L. Wu, Y. P. Yin, Q. Zhan, G. R. Lin, Y. H. Chu, and J. H. He, “Photostriction of Strontium Ruthenate”, Nature Commun. 8, 15108 (2017).

  11. C. N. Van, T. H. Do, J. W. Chen, W. Y. Tzeng, K. A. Tasi, H. Song, H. J. Liu, Y. C. Lin, Y. C. Chen, C. L. Wu, C. W. Luo, W. C. Chou, R. Huang, Y. J. Hsu, and Y. H. Chu, “WO3 mesocrystal-assisted photoelectrochemical activity of BiVO4”, NPG Asia Mater. 9, e357 (2017).

  12. H. J. Liu, J. C. Lin, Y. W. Fang, J. C. Wang, B. C. Huang, X. Gao, R. Huang, P. R. Dean, P. D. Hatton, Y. Y. Chin, H. J. Lin, C. T. Chen, Y. Ikuhara, Y. P. Chiu, C. S. Chang, C. G. Duan, Q. He, and Y. H. Chu, “A Metal-Insulator Transition of the Buried MnO2 Monolayer in Complex Oxide Heterostructure”, Adv. Mater.28, 9142 (2016).

  13. H. J. Liu, T. C. Wei, Y. M. Zhu, R. R. Liu, W. Y. Tzeng, C. Y. Tsai, Q. Zhan, C. W. Luo, P. Yu, J. H. He, Y. H. Chu, and Q. He, “Strain Mediated Inverse Photoconductivity in SrRuO3/La0.7Sr0.3MnO3 Superlattices”, Adv. Funct. Mater. 26, 729 (2016).

  14. V. Suresh, J. C. Lin, H. J. Liu, Z. Zhang, P. F. Chiang, Y. C. Chen, J. Y. Lin, and Y. H. Chu, “Crossover between superconductivity and magnetism in SrRuO3 mesocrystal embedded YBa2Cu3O7-xheterostructures”, Nanoscale 8, 18454 (2016).

  15. Y. H. Hsieh, F. Xue, T. Yang, H. J. Liu, Y. Zhu, Y. C. Chen, Q. Zhan, C. G. Duan, L. Q. Chen, Q. He, and Y. H. Chu, “Permanent ferroelectric retention of BiFeO3 mesocrystal”, Nature Commun. 7, 13199 (2016).

  16. J. C. Yang, H. J. Liu, and Y. H. Chu, “Mesocrystal-embedded functional oxide systems”, MRS Commun. 6, 167 (2016). (Invited Review)

  17. P. W. Lee, V. Singh, G. Y. Guo, H. J. Liu, J. C. Lin, Y. H. Chu, C. H. Chen, and M. W. Chu,, “Hidden lattice instabilities as origin of the conductive oxide interface between insulating LaAlO3 and SrTiO3”, Nature Commun. 7, 12773 (2016)

  18. C. Y. Kuo, Z. Hu, J. C. Yang, S. C. Liao, Y. L. Huang, R. K. Vasudevan, M. B. Okatan, S. Jesse, S. V. Kalinin, L. LI, H. J. Liu, C. H. Lai, T. W. Pi, S. Agrestini, K. Chen, P. Ohresser, A. Tanaka, L. H. Tjeng and Y. H. Chu, “Single-domain multiferroic BiFeO3 films”, Nature Commun. 7, 12712 (2016).

  19. Y. L. Huang, W. S. Chang, C. N. Van, H. J. Liu, K. A. Tsai, J. W. Chen, H. H. Kuo, W. Y. Tzeng, Y. C. Chen, C. L. Wu, C. W. Luo, Y. J. Hsu, and Y. H. Chu, “Tunable photoelectrochemical performance of Au/BiFeO3heterostructure”, Nanoscale 8, 15795 (2016).

  20. C. H. Ma, J. C. Lin, H. J. Liu, T. H. Do, Y. M. Zhu, T. D. Ha, Q. Zhan, J. Y. Juang, Q. He, E. Arenholz, P. W. Chiu, and Y. H. Chu, “Van der Waals epitaxy of functional MoO2 film on mica for flexible electronics”, Appl. Phys. Lett. 108, 253104 (2016).

  21. C. I. Li, J. C. Lin, H. J. Liu, M. W. Chu, H. W. Chen, C. H. Ma, C. Y. Tsai, H. W. Huang, H. J. Lin, H. L. Liu, Po-Wen Chiu, and Y. H. Chu, “van der Waals Epitaxy of Flexible and Transparent VO2 Film on Muscovite”, Chem. Mater. 28, 3914 (2016).

  22. J. C. Yang, C. Y. Kuo, H. J. Liu, H. C. Ding, C. G. Duan, H. J. Lin, Z. Hu, T. W. Pi, L. H. Tjeng, C. T. Chen, E. Arenholz, Q. He, and Y. H. Chu, “Electrically enhanced magnetization in highly strain BiFeO3 films”, NPG Asia Mater. 8, e269 (2016).

  23. P. Gao, H. J. Liu, Y. L. Huang, Y. H. Chu, R. Ishikawa, B. Feng, Y. Jiang, N. Shibata, E. G. Wang, and Y. Ikuhara, “Atomic mechanism of polarization-controlled surface reconstruction in ferroelectric thin films”, Nature Commun. 7, 11318 (2016).

  24. C. Ju, J. C. Yang, C. Luo, P. Shafer, H. J. Liu, Y. L. Huang, H. H. Kuo, F. Xue, C. W. Luo, L. Q. Chen, Q. He, P. Yu, E. Arenholz, X. M. Lu, and Y. H. Chu, “Anomalous Electronic Anisotropy Triggered by Ferroelastic Coupling in multiferroic heterostructures”, Adv. Mater. 28, 876 (2016).

  25. Y. M. Zhu, Q. Zhan, J. C. Yang, Y. Bitla, P.P. Liu, C. I. Li, H. J. Liu, E. Arenholz, Q. He, and Y. H. Chu, “Enhanced Structural and Magnetic Coupling in a Mesocrystal-Assisted Nanocomposite”, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 8, 1104 (2016).

  26. H. J. Liu, Y. H. Du, P. Gao, Y. C. Huang, H. W. Chen, Y. C. Chen, H. L. Liu, Q. He, Y. Ikuhara, and Y. H. Chu, “Tetragonal BiFeO3 on yttria-stabilized zirconia”, APL Mater. 3, 116104 (2015).

  27. H. J. Liu, Y. Y. Liu, C. Y. Tsai, S. C. Liao, Y. J. Chen, H. J. Lin, W. F. Hsieh, C. H. Lai, J. Y. Li, C. T. Chen, Q. He, and Y. H. Chu, “Tuning the functionalities of a mesocrystal via structural coupling”, Sci. Rep. 5, 12073(2015).

  28. Y. Bitla, Y. Y. Chin, J. C. Lin, N. V. Chien, H. J. Liu, H. J. Lin, C. T. Chen, Y. H. Chu, and Q. He, “Origin of metallic behavior in NiCo2O4 ferrimagnet”, Sci. Rep. 5, 15201 (2015).

  29. S. C. Liao, Y. L. Chen, W. C. Kuo, J. Cheung, W. C. Wang, X. Cheng, Y. Y. Chin, Y. Z. Chen, H. J. Liu, H. J. Lin, C. T. Chen, J. Y. Juang, Y. L. Chueh, N. Valanoor, Y. H. Chu, and C. H. Lai, “Self-assembled epitaxial core-shell nanocrystal with tunable magnetic anisotropy”, Small 11, 4117 (2015).

  30. N. V. Chien, W. S. Chang, J. W. Chen, K. A. Tasi, W. Y. Tzeng, Y. C. Lin, H. H. Kuo, H. J. Liu, K. D. Chang, W. C. Chou, C. L. Wu, Y. C. Chen, C. W. Luo, Y. J. Hsu, and Y. H. Chu, “Heteroepitaxial approach to explore charge dynamics across Au-BiVO4 interface for photoactivity enhancement”, Nano Energy 15, 625 (2015).

  31. C. E. Cheng, H. J. Liu, F. Dinelli, Y. C. Chen, C. S. Chang, F. S. S. Chien, and Y. H. Chu, “Revealing the flexoelectricity in the mixed-phase regions of epitaxial BiFeO3 thin films”, Sci. Rep. 5, 8091 (2015).

  32. H. J. Liu, W. I. Liang, Y. H. Chu, H. M. Zheng, and R. Ramesh, “Self-assembled vertical heteroepitaxial nanostructures: from growth to functionalities”, MRS Commun. 4, 31-44 (2014). (Invited Review)

  33. J. C. Yang, Q. He, Y. M. Zhu, J. C. Lin, H. J. Liu, Y. H. Hsieh, P. C. Wu, Y. L. Chen, S. F. Lee, Y. Y. Chin, H. J. Lin, C. T. Chen, Q. Zhan, E. Arenholz, and Y. H. Chu, “Magnetic Mesocrystals-Assisted Magnetoresistance in Manganite”, Nano Lett. 14, 6073 (2014).

  34. Y. C. Huang, Y. Y. Liu, Y. T. Lin, H. J. Liu, Q. He, J. Li, Y. C. Chen, and Y. H. Chu, “Giant enhancement of ferroelectric retention in BiFeO3 mixed phase boundary”, Adv. Mater. 26, 6335 (2014).

  35. J. C. Yang, C. H. Yeh, Y. T. Chen, S. C. Liao, R. Huang, H. J. Liu, C. C. Hung, S. H. Chen, S. L. Wu, C. H. Lai, Y. P. Chiu, P. W. Chiu, and Y. H. Chu, “Conduction Control at Ferroic Domain Walls via External Stimuli”, Nanoscale 6, 10524 (2014).

  36. H. H. Kuo, L. Chen, Y. Z. Ji, H. J. Liu, L. Q. Chen, and Y. H. Chu, “Tuning Phase Stability of Complex Oxide Nanocrystals via Conjugation”, Nano Lett. 14, 3314 (2014).

  37. W. S. Chang, H. J. Liu, V. T. Tra, J. W. Chen, T. C. Wei, W. Y. Tzeng, Y. M. Zhu, H. H. Kuo, Y. H. Hsieh, J. C. Lin, Q. Zhan, C. W. Luo, J. Y. Lin, J. H. He, C. L. Wu, and Y. H. Chu, “Tuning electronic transport in a self-assembled nanocomposite”, ACS Nano 8, 6242 (2014).

  38. W. I. Liang, Y. M. Liu, S. C. Liao, W. C. Wang, H. J. Liu, H. J. Lin, C. T. Chen, C. H. Lai, A. Borisevich, E. Arenholz, J. Y. Li, and Y. H. Chu, “Design of Magnetoelectric Coupling in a Self-Assembled Epitaxial Nanocomposite via Chemical Interaction”, J. Mater. Chem. C 2, 811 (2014).

  39. H. J. Liu, V. T. Tra, Y. J. Chen, R. Huang, C. G. Duan, Y. H. Hsieh, H. J. Lin, J. Y. Lin, C. T. Chen, Y. Ikuhara, and Y. H. Chu, “Large Magneto-resistance in Magnetically Coupled SrRuO3-CoFe2O4 Self Assembled Nanostructures”, Adv. Mater. 25, 4753 (2013).

  40. Z. L. Luo, Z. H. Chen, Y. J. Yang, H. J. Liu, C. W. Huang, H. L. Huang, H. B. Wang, M. M. Yang, C. S. Hu, G. Q. Pan, W. Wen, X. L. Li, Q. He, T. Sritharan, Y. H. Chu, L. Chen, and C. Gao, “Periodic Elastic Nanodomains in Ultrathin Tetragonal-like BiFeO3 Films”, Phys. Rev. B 88, 064103 (2013).

  41. Y. H. Hsieh, H. H. Kuo, S. C. Liao, H. J. Liu, Y. J. Chen, H. J. Lin, C. T. Chen, C. H. Lai, Q. Zhan, Y. L. Chueh, and Y. H. Chu, “Tuning the formation and functionalities of ultrafine CoFe2O4 nanocrystals via interfacial coherent strain”, Nanoscale 5, 6219 (2013).

  42. V. T. Tra, J. W. Chen, P. C. Huang, B. C. Huang, Y. Cao, C. H. Yeh, H. J. Liu, E. A. Eliseev, A. N. Morozovska, J. Y. Lin, Y. C. Chen, M. W. Chu, P. W. Chiu, Y. P. Chiu, L. Q. Chen, C. L. Wu, and Y. H. Chu, “Ferroelectric control of the conduction at the LaAlO3/SrTiO3 heterointerface”, Adv. Mater. 25, 3357 (2013).

  43. Y. M. Zhu, D. Ke, R. Yu, Y. H. Heish, H. J. Liu, X. M. Li, Y. H. Chu, and Q. Zhan, “Self-assembled perovskite-spinel heterostructure on a highly distorted substrate”, Appl. Phys. Lett. 102, 111903 (2013).

  44. J. L. Guo, Y. D. Chiou, W. I. Liang, H. J. Liu, Y. J. Chen, W. C. Kuo, C. Y. Tsai, H. H. Kuo, K. A. Tsai, W. F. Hsieh, J. Y. Juang, Y. J. Hsu, H. J. Lin, C. T. Chen, X. P. Liao, B. Shi, and Y. H. Chu, “Complex Oxide - Noble Metal Conjugated Nanoparticles”, Adv. Mater. 25, 2040 (2013).

  45. J. Chen, H. Lu, H. J. Liu, Y. H. Chu, S. Dunn, K. Ostrikov, A. Gruverman, and N. Valanoor, “Interface control of surface photochemical reactivity in ultrathin epitaxial ferroelectric films”, Appl. Phys. Lett. 102, 182904 (2013).

  46. H. J. Liu, H. J. Chen, W. I. Liang, C. W. Liang, H. Y. Lee, S. J. Lin, and Y. H. Chu, “Structure evolution of highly compressed BiFeO3 epitaxial thin films on YAlO3”, J. Appl. Phys. 111, 052002 (2012). (Invited Paper)

  47. H. J. Liu, L. Y. Chen, Q. He, C. W. Liang, Y. Z. Chen, Y. S. Chien, Y. H. Hsieh, S. J. Lin, E. Arenholz, C. W. Luo, Y. L. Chueh, Y. C. Chen, and Y. H. Chu, “Epitaxial Photostriction-Magnetostriction Coupled Self-Assembled Nanostructure”, ACS Nano 6, 6592 (2012).

  48. H. J. Liu, C. W. Liang, W. I. Liang, H. J. Chen, J. C. Yang, C. Y. Peng, G. F. Wang, F. N. Chu, Y. C. Chen, H. Y. Lee, L. Chang, S. J. Lin, and Y. H. Chu, “Strain Driven Phase Boundaries in BiFeO3 Thin Films Studied by Atomic Force Microscopy and X-ray Diffraction”, Phys. Rev. B 85, 014104 (2012).

  49. S. C. Liao, P. Y. Tsai, H. J. Liu, C. W. Liang, J. C. Yang, S. J. Lin, C. H. Lai, and Y. H. Chu, “Misorientation Control and Functionality Design of Nanopillars in Self-Assemble Perovskite-Spinel Hetero-epitaxial Nanostructures”, ACS Nano 5, 4118 (2011).