Research Interests

       
       High pressure x-ray diffraction facility set-up, upgrade and operation in synchrotron radiation sources.

       Pressure induced phase transitions or amorphization. Structural refinement from high pressure powder diffraction data. Deformation under high pressure and high temperature.
 

 Selected Publications 1

Haozhe Liu, Hans-Rudolf Wenk, and Thomas S. Duffy, Rheology and Elasticity Studies at Ultra-High Pressures and Temperatures, Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, Vol. 18, No. 25, Preface, 2006.       PDF file

Haozhe Liu, John S. Tse, and Ho-kwang Mao, Stability of rocksalt phase of zinc oxide under strong compression: Synchrotron x-ray diffraction experiments and first-principles calculation studies, Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 100, No. 9, 093509, 2006.       PDF

Haozhe Liu, Jiuhua Chen, Jingzhu Hu, C. Dave Martin, Don J. Weidner, Daniel Häusermann, and Ho-kwang Mao, Octahedral tilting evolution and phase transition in orthorhombic NaMgF₃ perovskite under pressure, Geophysical Research Letters, Vol. 32, No. 4, L04304, 2005. (featured as the journal cover, AGU Journal Highlights, NSLS Science Highlights, and Carnegie Institution 2005-2006 Holiday Greeting Card)       PDF file

Haozhe Liu, Yang Ding, Maddury Somayazulu, Jiang Qian, Jingfu Shu, Daniel Häusermann, and Ho-kwang Mao, Rietveld refinement study of the pressure dependence of the internal structural parameter u in the wurtzite phase of ZnO, Physical Review B, Vol. 71, No. 21, 212103, 2005.       PDF file

Haozhe Liu, John S. Tse, Jingzhu Hu, Zhenxian Liu, Luhong Wang, Jiuhua Chen, Don J. Weidner, Yue Meng, Daniel Häusermann, and Ho-kwang Mao, Structural refinement of high-pressure phase of aluminum trihydroxide: In-situ high-pressure angle dispersive synchrotron X-ray diffraction and theoretical studies, Journal of Physical Chemistry B, Vol. 109, No. 18, 8857-8860, 2005.       PDF file

Haozhe Liu, Ho-kwang Mao, Maddury Somayazulu, Yang Ding, Yue Meng, and Daniel Häusermann, B1-to-B2 phase transition of transition-metal monoxide CdO under strong compression, Physical Review B, Vol. 70, No. 9, 094114, 2004.       PDF file

Haozhe Liu, Jingzhu Hu, Jinfu Shu, Daniel Häusermann, and Ho-kwang Mao, Lack of the critical pressure for weakening of size-induced stiffness in 3C-SiC nanocrystals under hydrostatic compression, Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 85, No. 11, 1973-1975, 2004.       PDF file

Haozhe Liu, Jingzhu Hu, Jian Xu, Zhenxian Liu, Jingfu Shu, Ho-kwang Mao, and Jiuhua Chen, Phase transition and compression behavior of gibbsite under high pressure, Physics and Chemistry of Minerals, Vol. 31, No. 4, 240-246, 2004.       PDF file

Haozhe Liu, Wilhelm Klein, Alessandra Sani and Martin Jansen, Pressure induced phase transition and amorphization of Na₃ONO₂, Physical Chemistry and Chemical Physics, Vol. 6, No. 5, 881-883, 2004.       PDF file

Haozhe Liu, Changqing Jin, Jiuhua Chen, and Jingzhu Hu, Anomalous dynamical charge behavior of nanocrystalline 3C-SiC upon compression, Journal of the American Ceramic Society, Vol. 87, No. 12, 2291-2293, 2004.       PDF file
 

 Meetings, Workshops and Club

 Link to Current and Previous Institutions

Mineral Physics Institute, Stony Brook University , (What does the Brook there mean?) NY.

Solid State Chemistry Department (Jansen's Department), Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research, Stuttgart, (Check out the top-scorer) Germany.

Key Laboratory of Extreme Conditions Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academic of Sciences, Beijing (Olympics, 2008), China.

Shenyang National Laboratory for Materials Science, Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang, China.

College of Physics, Jilin University, Changchun, China
 

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