Prof. Dr. Tianfu Liu 

Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences 

Email: tfliu@fjirsm.ac.cn 

Phone: +86 0591-63173131 

Research field: 

Rational design and synthesis of Metal-Organic Frameworks (MOFs) and Supramoleculer-Organic Framework (SOFs) for gas adsorption/separations, luminescence, sensing.  

Developing MOF and SOF materials for homogenous liquid/gas phase catalysis.  

Design and synthesis of stable mesoporous MOFs for bio-related applications, including biomimetic catalysis, enzyme immobilizations. 

 Representative publications: 

1. Ge Huang, Li Yang, Qi Yin, Zhi-Bin Fang, Xiao-Jing Hu, An-An Zhang, Jun Jiang, Tian-Fu Liu*, and Rong Cao*. “A Comparison of Two Isoreticular Metal-Organic Frameworks with Cationic and Neutral Skeletons: Stability, Mechanism, and Functionality”. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2020. DOI: 10.1002/anie.201916649. 

2. Qi Yin, Yu-Lin Li, Lan Li, Jian Lü, Tian-Fu Liu*, Rong Cao*, “Novel Hierarchical Meso-Microporous Hydrogen-bonded Organic Framework for Selective Separation of Acetylene and Ethylene versus Methane,” ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2019, 11, 17823–17827. 

3. Yue Xie, Zhibin Fang, Lan Li, Hongxun Yang*, and Tian-Fu Liu*, “Creating Chemisorption Sites for Enhanced CO2 Photoreduction Activity through Alkylamine Modification of MIL-101-Cr,” ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2019, 11, 27017？27023.  

4. Lan Li, Jun-Dong Yi, Zhi-Bin Fang, Xu-Sheng Wang, Nan Liu, Ya-Nan Chen, Tian-Fu Liu* and Rong Cao, “Creating Giant Secondary Building Layers via Alkali-Etching Exfoliation for Precise Synthesis of Metal-Organic Frameworks Chemistry of Materials,” Chem. Mater., 2019, 31, 7584？7589. 

5. Qi Yin, Peng Zhao, Rong-Jian Sa, Guang-Cun Chen, Jian Lü, Tian-Fu Liu*, Rong Cao*. An Ultra-Robust and Crystalline Redeemable Hydrogen-Bonded Organic Framework for Synergistic Chemo-Photodynamic Therapy. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2018, 57, 7691-7696.  

6. Tian-Fu Liu, Dawei Feng, Ying-Pin Chen, Lanfang Zou, Mathieu Bosch, Shuai Yuan, Zhangwen Wei, Stephen Fordham, Kecheng Wang, and Hong-Cai Zhou*. Topology Guided Design and Syntheses of Highly Stable Mesoporous Porphyrinic Zirconium MOFs with High Surface Area. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2015, 137, 413-419. 

7. Dahuan Liu, Tian-Fu Liu (Co-first author), Ying-Pin Chen, Lanfang Zou, Dawei Feng, Kecheng Wang, Qiang Zhang, Shuai Yuan, Chongli Zhong and Hong-Cai Zhou*. A Reversible Crystallinity-Preserving Phase Transition in Metal-Organic Frameworks: Discovery, Mechanistic Studies, and Potential Applications. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2015, 137, 7740-7746. 

8. Dawei Feng, Tian-Fu Liu (Co-first author), Jie Su, Mathieu Bosch, Zhangwen Wei, Wei Wan, Ying-Pin Chen, Xuan Wang, Kecheng Wang, Xizhen Lian, Zhi-Yuan Gu, Jihye Park, Daqiang Yuan, Xiaodong Zou, Hong-Cai Zhou*. Exceptionally Stable Metal-Organic Frameworks Containing Single-Molecule Traps for Enzyme Encapsulation. Nature Commun. 2015, 6, 5979.  

9. Tian-Fu Liu, Lanfang Zou, Dawei Feng, Ying-Pin Chen, Stephen Fordham, Xuan Wang, Yangyang Liu, Hong-Cai Zhou*. Stepwise Synthesis of Robust Metal-Organic Frameworks via Post-Synthetic Metathesis and Oxidation of Metal Nodes in a Single-Crystal to Single-Crystal Transformation. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2014, 136, 7813–7816.  

10. Tian-Fu Liu, Ying-Pin Chen, Andrey A Yakovenko, Hongcai Zhou*. An Interconversion between Discrete and a Chain of Nanocages: Self-Assembly via a Solvent-Driven, Dimension-Augmentation Strategy. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2012, 42, 17358-17361. 

International patent: 

hromium metal organic frameworks and syntheses of metal organic frameworks, 2015, PCT/GB2015/05182. 

Website：http://people.ucas.edu.cn/~liutianfu?language=en