1. Education Background
2010-09 - 2015-02, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden, PhD
2007-09 - 2010-07, Shaanxi Normal University, China, Master degree
2003-09 - 2007-07, Shaanxi Normal University, China, Bachelor degree
2. Professional Experience
2018-07 - present, Shaanxi Normal University, Associate professor
2019-07 - 2022-03, Lund University, Sweden, Postdoc
2015-03 - 2018-03, DTU, Denmark, Postdoc
3. Research Interests
Surface forces between polymer and polyelectrolyte layers, nanomechanical mapping of nanomaterials, self-assembling of nanoparticles at model cell surface and 2D materials for applications in smart sensors.
4. Representative Publications
1. Xiaoyan Liu*, Thorsten Auth*, Nabanita Hazra, Morten Frendø Ebbesen, Jonathan Brewer, Gerhard Gompper, Jérôme J.Crassous, and Emma Sparr, Wrapping anisotropic microgel particles in lipid membranes: Effects of particle shape and membrane rigidity, PNAS, 2023, 120, e2217534120.
2. Yan Luo, Xiaoyan Liu*, Yu Fang*, Functional Thin Films: From Interfacial Preparation to Applications, Acc. Mater. Res., 2025, 6, 600−614.
3. Xiangquan Liu, Rongrong Huang, Lingya Peng, Jinglun Yang, Junbao Yan, Binbin Zhai, Yan Luo, Chi Zhang, Shuwen Tan, Xiaoyan Liu*, Liping Ding*, Yu Fang*, Interfacially Fabricated Covalent Organic Framework Membranes for Film-based Fluorescence Humidity Sensors and Moisture Driven Actuators, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2025, e202414472.
4. Xiaoyan Liu*#, Shuwen Tan#, Linda K. Månsson, Linnea Gunnarsson, Jenny Marie Andersson, Hanna Wacklin-Knecht, Jerome J. Crassous, Emma Sparr, Encapsulation of single vesicles and single cells in a crosslinked microgel cage, J. Colloid Interface Sci., 2025, 690, 137339.
5. Xiaojia Xu, Shuwen Tan, Yao Fu, Wenlong Xing, Yaping Song, Xiaoyan Liu*, and Yu Fang, Formation of Highly Negatively Charged Supported Lipid Bilayers on a Silica Surface: Effects of Ionic Strength and Osmotic Stress, Langmuir, 2025, 41, 2619−2628.
6. Shuwen Tan, Xiaojia Xu, Ting Zhang, Min Li, Xiaoyan Liu*, Per M. Claesson, Yu Fang, Emulsion Stabilized by Biocompatible and Stimuli-Responsive Poly(N‐vinylcaprolactam)-Based Microgels: Effects of Electrostatic Repulsion and Deformability on Emulsion Stability, Langmuir, 2024, 40, 16946–16958.
7. Xiangquan Liu, Jiahui Hu, Jinglun Yang, Lingya Peng, Jiaqi Tang, Xiaohui Wang, Rongrong Huang, Jianfei Liu, Kaiqiang Liu, Tingyi Wang, Xiaoyan Liu*, Liping Ding*, Yu Fang*, Fully Reversible and Super-Fast Photo-Induced Morphological Transformation of Nanofilms for High-Performance UV Detection and Light-Driven Actuators, Advanced Science, 2024, 2307165.
8. Xiaoyan Liu, Joakim Stenhammar, Håkan Wennerström, and Emma Sparr*, Vesicles Balance Osmotic Stress with Bending Energy That Can Be Released to Form Daughter Vesicles, J. Phys. Chem. Lett., 2022, 13, 498−507.
9. Xiaoyan Liu*, Surface forces between bottlebrush polymer layers, Curr. Opin. Colloid Interface Sci., 2020, 47, 16-26.
