Professor of Materials Chemistry

Phone: (86) 13638673026

Email: liuhf@hust.edu.cn

Academic Areas: Materials Chemistry

Hongfang Liu is currently a Professor and Vice Director of School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology. She received her Ph. D from Huazhong University of Science and Technology in 2000. And then she joined Huazhong University of Science and Technology as associated professor. In 2003, she joined Hiroshima University working as a foreigner research professor in Venture Business Laboratory. In 2005, She came back to Huazhong University of Science and Technology. Researches focus on material science and technology, the oil-water gathering pipeline system corrosion, control method, microbiologically influenced corrosion, sulfate reducing bacteria, iron oxidizing bacteria, nanomaterial fabrication. ORR, OER, and sensors/biosensors, biomarker detection, bacterial detection.

Academic Degrees

1997-2000

PhD in Material Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science & Technology

1994-1997

ME in Applied Chemistry, Huazhong University of Science & Technology

1988-1992

BS in Applied Chemistry, Huazhong University of Science & Technology

Professional Experience

2007-now

Professor, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, HUST

2001-207

Associate Professor, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, HUST

2000-2001

Assistant Professor, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, HUST

Courses Taught

1. Engineering Chemistry (for undergraduate student)

2. Nanomaterial chemistry and devices (for graduated student MS )

3. Frontiers of Materials Science (for graduated student DR )

Awards and Honors

2012

Nanjing 321 Talent Program

2014

Nanjing Entrepreneurs Training Program

2015

East Lake High-tech Optical Valley 3551 Talent Plan

2015

Hubei Provincial Innovation and Entrepreneurship Team

2017

Corrosion Science and Technology, Excellent Article Award

2019

Acta Metallurgica Sinica(English Letters), Excellent Article Award

Selected Projects Funded

1.National Key Research and Development Program of China (2018YFF0215002).

2.The Foundation of Hubei Key Laboratory of Material Chemistry and Service Failure (2020MCF02).

3.Key Laboratory of Material Chemistry for Energy Conversion and Storage, Ministry of Education(2018).

4.The science funding comes from CNPC, CNOOC and Sinopec (2021).

Selected Publications

2020

[1]Zhengyun Wang, Jihoon Shin, Jin-Ho Park, Hakho Lee, Dong-Hwan Kim,*and Hongfang Liu*，Engineering Materials for Electrochemical Sweat Sensing Advanced Functional Materials 2020, 2008130.

[2]Shuang Dong, Zhengyun Wang, Junlei Wang, Muhammad Asif, Yin Yao, Fei Xiao*, Hongfang Liu* Sulfate-reducing bacteria respiration approach to fabricating flexible N,S-reduced graphene oxide thin film electrode for in situ cancer biomarker detection, Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry, 859 (2020) 113867.

[3]Muhammad Asif, Ayesha Aziz, Ghazala Ashraf, Tayyaba Iftikhar, Junlei Wang, and Hongfang Liu*. The role of biosensors in COVID-19 outbreak: A topical mini review. Current Opinion in Electrochemistry, 2020

[4]Zhang Tiansui, Wang junlei, Zhang Guoan, Liu Hongfang*,The corrosion promoting mechanism of Aspergillus niger on 5083 aluminum alloy and inhibition performance of miconazole nitrate, Corrosion Science 176 (2020) 108930.

[5]Junlei Wang, Tiansui Zhang, Xinxin Zhang, Muhammed Asif, Lipei Jiang, Shuang Dong, Tingyue Gu, Hongfang Liu*，Inhibition effects of benzalkonium chloride on Chlorella vulgaris induced corrosion of carbon steel，Journal of Materials Science & Technology 43 (2020) 14–20.

[6]Xiaoyu Qiu , Yang Yu , Zhuo Peng , Muhammad Asif, Zhengyun Wang , Lipei Jiang ,Wei Wang , Zhenkai Xu , Haitao Wang *, Hongfang Liu*, Cobalt sulfifides nanoparticles encapsulated in N, S co-doped carbon substrate for highly effificient oxygen reduction,Journal of Alloys and Compounds 815 (2020) 152457.

[7]Haitao Wang*, Xiaoyu Qiu , Zhuo Peng, Wei Wang* , Junlei Wang , Tiansui Zhang , Lipei Jiang , Hongfang Liu*,Cobalt-gluconate-derived high-density cobalt sulfifides nanocrystals encapsulated within nitrogen and sulfur dual-doped micro/mesoporous carbon spheres for effificient electrocatalysis of oxygen reduction Journal of Colloid and Interface Science 561 (2020) 829–837.

[8]Ghazala Ashraf, Muhammad Asif, Ayesha Aziz,, Anh Quang Dao, Tiansui Zhang, Tayyaba lftikhar, Qin Wang, and Hongfang Liu*, Facet-energy inspired metal oxide extended hexapods decorated with graphene quantum dots: sensitive detection of bisphenol A in live cells,  Nanoscale, 2020,12:9014-9023.

[9]Ahmed A. Fadhil, Anees A. Khadom, Chaoyang Fu, Hongfang Liu*, Hameed B.Mahood, Adel K. Mahmoud, Mohammed Z. Khalaf, Abdul Mun’em A. Karim, Ceramics coating materials for corrosion control of crude oil distillation column: Experimental and theoretical studies，Corrosion Science 162 (2020) 108220.

[10]Ahmed A.Fadhil, Anees A. Khadom*, Salima K.Ahmed, HongfangLiu*, Chaoyang Fu*, Hameed B.Mahood，Portulaca grandiflora as new green corrosion inhibitor for mild steel protection in hydrochloric acid: Quantitative, electrochemical, surface and spectroscopic investigations，Surfaces and Interfaces，2020, 20:100595

2019

[1]Zhengyun Wang, Ting Liu, Lipei Jiang, Muhammad Asif, Xiaoyu Qiu, Yang Yu, Fei Xiao and Hongfang Liu*，Assembling Metal−Organic Frameworks into the Fractal Scale for Sweat Sensing，ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces，2019，DOI: 10.1021/acsami.9b11726

[2]Hongwei Liu*, Yuxuan Zhang, Weihua Li, Guozhe Meng, Wei Zhang，Hongfang Liu*，Synergistic inhibition effect of magneticfield and inhibitors against carbon steel corrosion in CO2-saturated oilfieldproduced water，Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research，2019,58,17668-17674.

[3]Hongwei Liu*, Guozhuo Meng, Weihua Li, Tingyue Gu* and Hongfang Liu*，Microbiologically Influenced Corrosion of Carbon Steel Beneath a Deposit in CO2-Saturated Formation Water Containing Desulfotomaculum nigrificans， Frontiers in Microbiology，published: 12 June 2019，doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2019.01298

[4]Ahmed A. Fadhil, Muataz H. Ismael, Salah N. Farhan, Anees A.Khadom, Hongfang Liu*, Chaoyang Fu,Corrosion of Crude Oil Distillation Column: Kinetics and Mathematical Views, Journal of Bio- and Tribo-Corrosion (2019) 5:80.

[5]Ghazala Ashraf，Muhammad Asif，Ayesha Aziz， Zhengyun Wang，Xiaoyu Qiu， Qin Huang*，Fei Xiao，Hongfang Liu*，Nanocomposites consisting of copper and copper oxide incorporated into MoS4 nanostructures for sensitive voltammetric determination of bisphenol A，Microchimica Acta ,2019, 186: 337. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00604-019-3406-9

[6]Junlei Wang,,= Chenjing Li,= Xinxin Zhang,Muhammad Asif, Tiansui Zhang,Baoshan Hou, Yanyan Li, Wu Xia, HaitaoWang, and Hongfang Liu*，Corrosion Behavior of Aspergillus niger on 7075 Aluminum Alloy and the Inhibition Effect of Zinc Pyrithione Biocide，Journal of The Electrochemical Society, 166 (8) G1-G8 (2019)

[7]Junlei Wang Fuping Xiong, Hongwei Liu , Tiansui Zhang, Yanyan Li, Chenjing Li, Wu Xia， Haitao Wang, Hongfang Liu*, Study of the corrosion behavior of Aspergillus niger on 7075-T6 aluminumalloy in a high salinity environment，Bioelectrochemistry 129 (2019) 10-17.

[8]Yongming Liu, Junlei Wang, Zhuo Peng, Ziwei Xiong, Yuting Zeng, Xudong Fu, Rong Zhang, Shengfei Hu, Hongfang Liu*, Qingting Liu, Advanced coal fly ash modification by using corrosive microorganisms as alternative filler-reinforcing fluororubbers, Materials Letters (2019), doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matlet.2019.03.036

[9]Muhammad Asif, Ayesha Aziz, Zhengyun Wang, Ghazala Ashraf, Junlei Wang, Hanbo Luo, Xuedong Chen, Fei Xiao*, and Hongfang Liu*，Hierarchical CNTs@CuMn Layered Double Hydroxide Nanohybrid with Enhanced Electrochemical Performance in H2S Detection from Live Cells，Anal. Chem., Just Accepted Manuscript • DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.8b04685 • Publication Date (Web): 14 Feb 2019,91(6):3912-3920

[10]Junlei Wang, Baoshan Hou, Jun Xiang, Xuedong Chen, Tingyue Gu*, Hongfang Liu*，The performance and mechanism of bifunctional biocide sodium pyrithione against sulfate reducing bacteria in X80 carbon steel corrosion，Corrosion Science, Corrosion Science, 2019,150:296-308.  15 April 2019.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.corsci.2019.01. 037, https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0010938X18311004?dgcid=author&tdsourcetag=s_pcqq_aiomsg

[11]Muhammad Asif, Ayesha Aziz1 ,Haitao Wang, Zhengyun Wang, Wei Wang, Muhammad Ajmal, Fei Xiao*, Xuedong Chen*, Hongfang Liu*, Superlattice stacking by hybridizing layered double hydroxide nanosheets with layers of reduced graphene oxide for electrochemical simultaneous determination of dopamine, uric acid and ascorbic acid，Microchimica Acta，(2019) 186: 671 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00604-018-3158-y

[12]Y. Yu, X. Qiu, X. Zhang, Z. Wu, H. Wang, W. Wang, Z. Wang, H. Tan, Z. Peng, X. Guo, H. Liu*, Metal-organic frameworks derived bundled N-doped carbon nanowires confined cobalt phosphide nanocrystals as a robust electrocatalyst for hydrogen production, Electrochimica Acta,299 (2019),423e429. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.electacta.2018.12.184.

[13]Ahmed A.Fadhil，Anees A.Khadom*，Hongfang Liu*，Chaoyang Fu*，Junlei Wang，Noor A.Fadhil，Hameed B.Mahood，(S) 6 Phenyl 2,3,5,6 tetrahydroimidazo[2,1 b] thiazole  hydrochloride as corrosion inhibitor of steel in acidic solution: Gravimetrical, electrochemical, surface morphology and theoretical simulation， Journal of Molecular Liquids，2019,276;503-518.   Volume 276, 15 February 2019, Pages 503-518

[14]Aziz, M. Asif, M. Azeem, G. Ashraf, Z. Wang, F. Xiao*, H. Liu*, Self-stacking of exfoliated charged nanosheets of LDHs and graphene as biosensor with real-time tracking of dopamine from live cells, Analytica Chimica Acta，2019，1047:197-207 , doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aca.2018.10.008

2018

[1]Muhammad Asif, Ayesha Aziz, Muhammad Azeem, Zhengyun Wang, Ghazala Ashraf, Fei Xiao, Xuedong Chen, Hongfang Liu*, A review on electrochemical biosensing platform based on layered double hydroxides for small molecule biomarkers determination. Advances in Colloid and Interface Science, 2018,262:21-38.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cis.2018.11.001

[2]Muhammad Asif, Ayesha Aziz, Ghazala Ashraf, Zhengyun Wang, Junlei Wang, Muhammad Azeem, Xuedong Chen, Fei Xiao*, and Hongfang Liu*, Facet Inspired Core-Shell Gold Nanoislands on Metal Oxides Octadecahedral Heterostructures: High Sensing Performance towards Sulfide in Biotic Fluids, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2018,10(43):36675–36685. https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acsami.8b12186

[3]Muhammad Asif, Ayesha Aziz, Zhengyun Wang and Hongfang Liu*. Chapter 5 Sensing of H2O2 as Cancer Biomarker with LDHs Nanostructures, Advances in Biosensors：Reviews, Sergey Y. Yurish, Editor Volume 2, Published by IFSA Publishing, S. L., 2018. ISBN: 978-84-09-05394-0; e-ISBN: 978-84-09-05393-3, BN-20180930-XX, BIC: TCBS.

[4]Zhengyun Wang, Ting Liu, Yang Yu, Muhammad Asif, Ning Xu, Fei Xiao,and Hongfang Liu*, Coffee Ring Inspired Approach toward Oriented Self- Assembly of Biomimetic Murray MOFs as Sweat Biosensor, Small 2018, 14(45):1802670(1-11). https://doi.org/10.1002/smll.201802670

[5]Yang Yu, Zhuo Peng, Muhammad Asif, Haitao Wang, Wei Wang, Zexing Wu, Zhengyun Wang, Xiaoyu Qiu, Hua Tan, and Hongfang Liu*, FeP Nanocrystals Embedded in N-Doped Carbon Nanosheets for Efficient Electrocatalytic Hydrogen Generation over a Broad pH Range, 2018,6(9):11587–11594. July 2018,ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.8b01746

[6]Zhengyun Wang, Ting Liu, Muhammad Asif, Yang Yu, Wei Wang, Haitao Wang, Fei Xiao and Hongfang Liu*，Rimelike Structure-Inspired Approach toward in Situ-Oriented Self-Assembly of Hierarchical Porous MOF Films as a Sweat Biosensor, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2018, 10, 27936-27946

[7]Haitao Wang, Wei Wang, Shahid Zaman, Yang Yu, Zexing Wu, Hongfang Liu* and Bao Yu Xia*, Dicyandiamide and iron-tannin framework derived nitrogen-doped carbon nanosheets with encapsulated iron carbide nanoparticles as advanced pH-universal oxygen reduction catalysts, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science 530 (2018) 196–201.

[8]Wei Wang, Haitao Wang, Zexing Wu, Yang Yu, Muhammad Asif,,Zhengyun Wang, Xiaoyu Qiu, Hongfang Liu*, Co/MnO/N-C hybrid derived from N-methyl-D-glucamine as effcient bifunctional oxygen electrocatalysts, Electrochimica Acta 281 (2018) 486-493.

[9]Hongwei Liu, Y. Frank Cheng, Dake Xu, Hongfang Liu*. Effect of iron oxidizing bacteria biofilm on corrosion inhibition of imidazoline derivative in CO2-containing oilfield produced water with organic carbon source starvation, Journal of The Electrochemical Society, 2018, 165(7): C354-C361.

[10]Hongwei Liu, Mohita Sharma, Junlei Wang, Y. Frank Cheng, Hongfang Liu*，Microbiologically influenced corrosion of 316L stainless steel in the presence of Chlorella vulgaris，International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation, 2018,129:209-216.

[11]https://ac.els-cdn.com/S0964830518300295/1-s2.0-S0964830518300295-main.pdf?_tid=65d99f80-c17c-4304-baae-141a960ccc59&acdnat=1520497259_9c4841d58377a1cc0843455ed74f291a

[12]Hongwei Liu, Xiankang Zhong, Hongfang Liu*, Y. Frank Cheng, Microbiologically enhanced galvanic corrosion of steel under deposit in a simulated oilfield formation water containing Desulfotomaculum nigrificans, Electrochemistry Communications 90 (2018) 1–5 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1388248118300547

[13]Z. Wang, M. Gui, M. Asif, Y. Yu, S. Dong, H. Wang, W. Wang, F. Wang, F. Xiao and H. Liu*, Facile modular approach to 2D oriented assembly MOFs electrode for non-enzymatic sweat biosensor, Nanoscale, 2018, 10:6629-6638. DOI:10.1039/C8NR00798E.

[14]Hongwei Liu, Tingyue Gu, Guoan Zhang, Hongfang Liu*, Y.Frank Cheng, Corrosion of X80 pipeline steel under sulfate-reducing bacterium biofilms in simulated CO2-saturated oilfield produced water with carbon source starvation, Corrosion Science, 2018:136:47-59, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.corsci.2018.02.038

[15]Hongwei Liu, Dake Xu, Ke Yang, Hongfang Liu*, Y. Frank Cheng, Corrosion of antibacterial Cu-bearing 316L stainless steels in the presence of sulfate reducing bacteria, Corrosion Science 2018,132:46-55 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.corsci.2017.1 2.006

[16]Wei Wang, Haitao Wang, Yang Yu, Zexing Wu, Muhammad Asif and Hongfang Liu*,Metallic cobalt modified MnO–C nanocrystalline composites as an efficient bifunctional oxygen electrocatalyst, Catalysis Science & Technology, 2018, 8, 480 – 485   Pub Date : 2017-12-01 , DOI: 10.1039/C7CY01957B

[17]Z. Wang, S. Dong, M. Gui, M. Asif, W. Wang, F. Wang, H. Liu*, Graphene paper supported MoS2 nanocrystals monolayer with Cu submicron-buds: High-performance flexible platform for sensing in sweat, Analytical Biochemistry (2018), 543：82-89. doi: 10.1016/j.ab.2017.12.010.

[18]Hongwei Liu, Hongwei Liu, Dake Xu, Bijuan Zheng, Muhammad Asif, Fuping Xiong, Guoan Zhang, Hongfang Liu*. A Synergistic Acceleration of Corrosion of Q235 Carbon Steel Between Magnetization and Extracellular Polymeric Substances. Acta Metallurgica Sinica (English Letters), 2018, 31(5): 456-464.