Faculty
Gang Logan Liu
Assistant Professor
3104 Micro and Nanotechnology Lab
208 N. Wright Street
Urbana, Illinois 61801
(217) 244-4349
Ph.D. in Bioengineering, University of California-Berkeley and San Francisco, 2006
Research Statement:
We study how electrons, photons and ions commute between solid-state nanoscale electronic/photonic systems and soft-state nanoscale biomolecular systems. The created hybrid nanobionics will be used for the applications of healthcare, renewable energy and environment protection. My current research projects include: 1. designing, modeling and fabrication of nanoscale light harvesting devices to concentrate and enhance electromagnetic field for energy conversion and biomolecular sensing applications; 2. designing and fabrication of nano-bio hybrid molecules by conjugating endogeneous biomolecules with artificial nanophotonic molecules for nucleotide and enzyme imaging and manipulations; 3. Label-free living cell spectroscopic imaging facilitated by micro and nanoscale optoelectronic devices.
Teaching Statement:
I am teaching ECE450, "lines, fields and waves" in spring 2009 semester and this course is about the applications of classic electromagnetic theory in state-of-the-art microwave communications, optoelectronics and photonics. Besides theoretical and applied electromagnetics, I am interested in teaching courses related to micro and nanofabrication, solid-state electronics theory and applications. I am also designing a new graduate course that will help engineering students to study molecular and cell biology using familiar engineering modeling, analysis, and characterization methods.
Research Interests:
- Nanoelectronics, Nanophotonics, Hybrid Nanomaterial, Bioimaging, Genomics and Proteomics, Cancer Biology
For more information:
Nanobionics Lab
Academic Positions
- Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2008-present
- Assistant Research Professor, Micro and Nanotechnology Laboratory, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2008-present
Other Professional Employment
- Lawrence Fellow, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California, 2007-2008
- Postdoctoral Scholar, Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, UC-San Francisco, 2006-2007
Honors, Recognition, and Outstanding Achievements
- Ernest O. Lawrence Fellowship, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (2007)
- Outstanding Publication Award, University of California (2006)
- Innovator Award Finalist, International Association of Laboratory Automation (2006)
- Poster Competition Award, 4th UC Surface Science Symposium (2006)
- Elected Member, Sigma Xi (2005)
- Finalist and Honorable Mention, Berkeley Technology Breakthrough Competition Award (2005)
- Winner, Berkeley-Stanford Technology Competition (2003)
Chapters in Books
- G. L. Liu and L. P. Lee (2009 in print) "Micro and Nano Optofluidic Flow Manipulation." In C. Yang (Ed.), Optofluidics (Chap. 7). New York: McGraw-Hill
Journal Articles
- L. S. Bouchard, M. S. Anwar, G. L. Liu, B. Hann, Z. H. Xie, J. W. Gray, X. Wang, A. Pines and F. F. Chen, "Picomolar sensitivity MRI and photoacoustic imaging of cobalt nanoparticles", Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 106, 4085-4089 (2009).
- E.S. Lee, G.L. Liu, F. Kim and L.P. Lee, "Remote optical switch for localized control of gene interference" Nano Letters 9, 562–570 (2009)
- G. L. Liu, Y.-T. Long, Y. Choi, T. Kang, and L. P Lee, "Quantized plasmon quenching dips nanospectroscopy via plasmon resonance energy transfer", Nature Methods 4, 1015-1017 (2007)
- G. L. Liu, Y. T. Rosa-Bauza, C. M. Salisbury, J. A. Ellman, C. Craik, L. P. Lee, and F. F. Chen, "Peptide-Nanoparticle hybrid SERS probes for optical detection of protease." J. Nanosci. Nanotech. 7, 2323-2330 (2007)
- G. L. Liu, Y. Yin, S. Kunchakarra, B. Mukherjee, D. Gerion, S. D. Jett, D. G. Bear, J. W. Gray, A. P. Alivisatos, L. P. Lee and F. F. Chen, "nanoplasmonic molecular ruler for measuring nuclease activity and DNA footprinting," Nature Nanotechnology 1, 47-52 (2006)
- G. L. Liu, J. Kim, Y. Lu and L. P. Lee, "Optofluidic Control via Photothermal Nanoparticles," Nature Materials 5, 27-32 (2006)
- G. L. Liu, J. Kim, Y. Lu and L. P. Lee, "Fluorescence enhancement of quantum dots enclosed in Au nanopockets with sub-wavelength aperture," Appl. Phys. Lett. 89, 241118 (2006)
- G. L. Liu, Y. Lu, J. Kim, J. C. Doll and L. P. Lee, "Magnetic Nanocrescents as Controllable Surface Enhanced Raman Scattering Nanoprobes for Biomolecular Imaging," Advanced Materials, 17, 2683-2688 (2005)
- G. L. Liu and L. P. Lee, "Nanowell surface enhanced Raman scattering arrays fabricated by soft-lithography for label-free biomolecular detections in integrated microfluidics," Applied Physics Letters 87, 074101 (2005)
- G. L. Liu, J. C. Doll and L. P. Lee, "High-speed multispectral imaging of nanoplasmonic array," Optics Express 13, 8520-8525 (2005)
- G. L. Liu, V. B. Rodriguez, and L. P. Lee, "Time-Resolved Optical Sensing of Oligonucleotide Hybridization via Au Colloidal Nanoparticles," Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, 5, 1933-1937 (2005)
- Y. Lu*, G. L. Liu *, J. Kim, Y. X. Mejia and L. P. Lee, "Nanophotonic crescent moon structures with sharp edge for ultrasensitive biomolecular detection by local electromagnetic field enhancement effect," Nano Letters 5, 119-124 (2005) *co-first author
- J. Kim*, G. L. Liu * and L. P. Lee, "Lens-scanning Raman microspectroscopy system using compact disc optical pickup technology," Optics Express 13, 4780-4785 (2005) *co-first author
- J. Kim, G. L. Liu, Y. Lu and L. P. Lee, "Intra-Particle Plasmonic Coupling of Tip and Cavity Resonance Modes in Metallic Apertured Nanocavities," Optics Express 13, 8332-8338 (2005)
- Y. Lu, G. L. Liu and L. P. Lee, "High-density silver nanoparticle film with temperature-controllable interparticle spacing for a tunable surface enhanced Raman scattering substrate," Nano letters 5, 5-9 (2005)
- P. J. Hung, K.-H. Jeong, G. L. Liu, and L. P. Lee, "Suspensions for Electrical Connections on the Tunable Elastomer Membrane," Appl. Phys. Lett. 85, 6051-6053 (2004)
- K. Jeong, G. L. Liu, N. Chronis, and L. P. Lee, "Tunable Microdoublet Lens Array," Optics Express 12, 2494-2500 (2004)
- N. Chronis, G. L. Liu, K. Jeong, and L. P. Lee, "Tunable Liquid-filled Microlens Array Integrated with Microfluidic Network," Optics Express 11, 2370-2378 (2003)
Articles in Conference Proceedings
- G.L.Liu, "Ultrahigh Sensitivity Nanoplasmonic Resonance Energy Transfer Spectroscopic Biomolecular Imaging", Proc. of SPIE Vol. 7312, Advanced Environmental, Chemical and Biological Sensing Technologies VI, SPIE Defense and Sensing 2009, Orlando, FL, USA, April 13-14, 2009
- G. L. Liu, J. A. Ellman, L. P. Lee, and F. F. Chen, "Peptide-Nanoparticle hybrid SERS sensor for activity detections of prostate specific antigen", Proceedings of 28th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, IEEE EMBC 2006, New York, NY, USA, August 30-September 3, 2006
- G. L. Liu, J. Kim, and L. P. Lee, "All-optical microfluidic circuit for biochemical and cellular analysis powered by photoactive nanoparticles", Proc. SPIE Int. Soc. Opt. Eng. 6329, 63290J (2006)
- E. S. Lee, G. L. Liu, F. J. Kim, Y.-T. Long, and L. P. Lee, "Localized Optical Activation of Therapeutic Gene Release using ONCOS Therapy", Proceedings of 10th International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences (MicroTAS2006), Tokyo, Japan, November 8-11, 2006
- G. L. Liu, E. H. Anderson, J. A. Liddle, and L. P. Lee, "Plasmonic Nanorainbow for Label-Free Biomolecule Sensing," Proc. SPIE Int. Soc. Opt. Eng. 5703, 91 (2005)
- G. L. Liu and L. P. Lee, "Optical Sensing of Electrochemical Reactions on a Bio-hybrid Nanoparticle," Proc. SPIE Int. Soc. Opt. Eng. 5705, 123 (2005).
- G. L. Liu, F. Chen, D. Gerion, Y. Yin, A. P. Alivisatos, J. W. Gray and L. P. Lee, "Nanoplasmonic Biomolecular Ruler with a 2nm Spatial Resolution for Probing Restricted Digestion of Nucleic Acids," Proceedings of 9th International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences (MicroTAS2005), pp. 1513-1515, Boston, MA, USA, October 9-13, 2005
- G. L. Liu, E. H. Anderson, J. A. Liddle and L. P. Lee, "Nanorainbow in Integrated Microfluidics for Multiplexed Label-Free Genomic Studies," Proceedings of 9th International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences (MicroTAS2005), pp. 788-790, Boston, MA, USA, October 9-13, 2005
- Y. Lu, G. L. Liu, J. Kim, Y. X. Mejia and L. P. Lee, "Nanophotonic Crescent Structures with Sharp Edge for Ultrasensitive Biomolecular Detections by Local Electromagnetic Field Effect," Proceedings of 9th International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences (MicroTAS2005), pp. 1230-1232, Boston, MA, USA, October 9-13, 2005
- G. L. Liu and L. P. Lee, "Soft Lithography-based Nano-well SERS Substrate for Label-free Biomolecular Detection Chip," Proceedings of 9th International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences (MicroTAS2005), pp. 1003-1005, Boston, MA, USA, October 9-13, 2005
- J. Kim, G. L. Liu, Y. Lu, and L. P. Lee, "Numerical Studies of Gold Nano-crescent Probe with High Local Field Enhancement Factor," Proceedings of 9th International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences (MicroTAS2005), pp. 1285-1287, Boston, MA, USA, October 9-13, 2005
- K. Jeong; G. L. Liu, N. Chronis, and L. P. Lee, "Tunable Microdoublet Lens Array," Proceedings of IEEE MEMS 2004, pp. 37-40, Jan. 25-29, 2004
- S. Kwon, G. L. Liu, K. Jeong, and L. P. Lee, "Micro Confocal Line Scanning System for High Density Microfluidics," Optical MEMS 2003, pp. 10-11, IEEE/LEOS International Conference, 18-21 Aug. 2003
- G. L. Liu, Y. Choi, and L. P. Lee, "Configurable 3D Nanoscale High Aspect Ratio Pillars for Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy," IEEE Nanotechnology 2003, pp. 425-427, 12-14 Aug. 2003
- G. L. Liu, Y. Choi, S. Kwon, and L. P. Lee, "Nanopillar Substrate for SERS," Proceedings of Micro Total Analysis Systems 2003, pp. 705-708, Squaw Valley, CA, USA, October 5-9, 2003
- S. Kwon, G. L. Liu, K. Jeong, and L. P. Lee, "Micro Confocal Line Scanning System for Multiplexed Biochips, Proceedings of Micro Total Analysis Systems 2003, pp. 1255-1258, Squaw Valley, CA, USA, October 5-9, 2003
Conferences Organized or Chaired
- Track chair of microfludics, IEEE Engineering in Biology and Medicine Conference 2009