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Zhaowei Liu

Title(s)Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
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    1. Super-Resolution Raman Scattering Imaging Enabled by Rough Metal Films. Nano Lett. 2025 Jun 04; 25(22):8954-8960. Lee H, Lei M, Zhao J, Chen G, Hu J, Burns Z, Tian F, Liu Z. PMID: 40405331.
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    2. Advanced Quantitative Phase Microscopy Achieved with Spatial Multiplexing and a Metasurface. Nano Lett. 2025 Feb 05; 25(5):2034-2040. Zhou J, Li A, Lei M, Hu J, Chen G, Burns Z, Tian F, Chen X, Lo YH, Tsai DP, Liu Z. PMID: 39838821.
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    3. Low Thermal Conductivity and Diffusivity at High Temperatures Using Stable High-Entropy Spinel Oxide Nanoparticles. Adv Mater. 2025 Feb; 37(6):e2406732. Chung KM, Adapa SR, Pei Y, Yeerella RH, Chen L, Shivakumar S, Huang W, Liu Z, Cai S, Luo J, Chen R. PMID: 39726354.
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    4. Deep Learning Assisted Plasmonic Dark-Field Microscopy for Super-Resolution Label-Free Imaging. Nano Lett. 2024 Dec 11; 24(49):15724-15730. Lei M, Zhao J, Sahan AZ, Hu J, Zhou J, Lee H, Wu Q, Zhang J, Liu Z. PMID: 39586837; PMCID: PMC11638943.
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    5. Localized Plasmonic Structured Illumination Microscopy Using Hybrid Inverse Design. Nano Lett. 2024 Sep 18; 24(37):11581-11589. Wu Q, Xu Y, Zhao J, Liu Y, Liu Z. PMID: 39234957; PMCID: PMC11421084.
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    6. Metamaterial-Assisted Illumination Nanoscopy with Exceptional Axial Resolution. Adv Sci (Weinh). 2024 Oct; 11(39):e2404883. Lee YU, Li S, Zhao J, Posner C, Zhang J, Liu Z. PMID: 39162105; PMCID: PMC11497044.
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    7. Infrared color-sorting metasurfaces. Nanoscale. 2024 Aug 07; 16(30):14490-14497. Chen G, Zhou J, Chen L, Tian F, Liu Z. PMID: 39022992.
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    8. Eagle-Eye Inspired Meta-Device for Phase Imaging. Adv Mater. 2024 Aug; 36(32):e2402751. Zhou J, Tian F, Hu J, Shi ZL, Godinez VG, Tsai DP, Liu Z. PMID: 38816897.
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    9. Super resolution label-free dark-field microscopy by deep learning. Nanoscale. 2024 Feb 29; 16(9):4703-4709. Lei M, Zhao J, Zhou J, Lee H, Wu Q, Burns Z, Chen G, Liu Z. PMID: 38268454.
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    10. Low-dimensional heat conduction in surface phonon polariton waveguide. Nat Commun. 2023 Dec 12; 14(1):8242. Pei Y, Chen L, Jeon W, Liu Z, Chen R. PMID: 38086822; PMCID: PMC10716141.
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    11. Hyperbolic material enhanced scattering nanoscopy for label-free super-resolution imaging. Nat Commun. 2022 11 04; 13(1):6631. Lee YU, Li S, Wisna GBM, Zhao J, Zeng Y, Tao AR, Liu Z. PMID: 36333375; PMCID: PMC9636421.
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    12. Ultrathin Layered Hyperbolic Metamaterial-Assisted Illumination Nanoscopy. Nano Lett. 2022 07 27; 22(14):5916-5921. Lee YU, Nie Z, Li S, Lambert CH, Zhao J, Yang F, Wisna GBM, Yang S, Zhang X, Liu Z. PMID: 35834181.
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    13. Fourier Optical Spin Splitting Microscopy. Phys Rev Lett. 2022 Jul 08; 129(2):020801. Zhou J, Wu Q, Zhao J, Posner C, Lei M, Chen G, Zhang J, Liu Z. PMID: 35867452; PMCID: PMC10035159.
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    14. Organic Hyperbolic Material Assisted Illumination Nanoscopy. Adv Sci (Weinh). 2021 11; 8(22):e2102230. Lee YU, Posner C, Nie Z, Zhao J, Li S, Bopp SE, Wisna GBM, Ha J, Song C, Zhang J, Yang S, Zhang X, Liu Z. PMID: 34436815; PMCID: PMC8596137.
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    15. Highly-efficient electrically-driven localized surface plasmon source enabled by resonant inelastic electron tunneling. Nat Commun. 2021 May 25; 12(1):3111. Qian H, Li S, Hsu SW, Chen CF, Tian F, Tao AR, Liu Z. PMID: 34035272; PMCID: PMC8149681.
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    16. Metamaterial assisted illumination nanoscopy via random super-resolution speckles. Nat Commun. 2021 03 10; 12(1):1559. Lee YU, Zhao J, Ma Q, Khorashad LK, Posner C, Li G, Wisna GBM, Burns Z, Zhang J, Liu Z. PMID: 33692354; PMCID: PMC7946936.
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    17. Imaging of Cell Morphology Changes via Metamaterial-Assisted Photobleaching Microscopy. Nano Lett. 2021 02 24; 21(4):1716-1721. Lee YU, Posner C, Zhao J, Zhang J, Liu Z. PMID: 33576637; PMCID: PMC8858031.
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    18. Unprecedented Fluorophore Photostability Enabled by Low-Loss Organic Hyperbolic Materials. Adv Mater. 2021 Mar; 33(9):e2006496. Lee YU, Li S, Bopp SE, Zhao J, Nie Z, Posner C, Yang S, Zhang X, Zhang J, Liu Z. PMID: 33506542; PMCID: PMC8783542.
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    19. Kerr Metasurface Enabled by Metallic Quantum Wells. Nano Lett. 2021 Jan 13; 21(1):330-336. Zhou J, Qian H, Chen CF, Chen L, Liu Z. PMID: 33337884.
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    20. Metamaterial-Assisted Photobleaching Microscopy with Nanometer Scale Axial Resolution. Nano Lett. 2020 08 12; 20(8):6038-6044. Lee YU, Zhao J, Mo GCH, Li S, Li G, Ma Q, Yang Q, Lal R, Zhang J, Liu Z. PMID: 32597659.
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    21. Low-Loss Organic Hyperbolic Materials in the Visible Spectral Range: A Joint Experimental and First-Principles Study. Adv Mater. 2020 Jul; 32(28):e2002387. Lee YU, Yim K, Bopp SE, Zhao J, Liu Z. PMID: 32490592.
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    22. Imaging of Nanoscale Light Confinement in Plasmonic Nanoantennas by Brownian Optical Microscopy. ACS Nano. 2020 06 23; 14(6):7666-7672. Lee YU, Wisna GBM, Hsu SW, Zhao J, Lei M, Li S, Tao AR, Liu Z. PMID: 32438800.
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    23. Nanoscale optical pulse limiter enabled by refractory metallic quantum wells. Sci Adv. 2020 May; 6(20):eaay3456. Qian H, Li S, Li Y, Chen CF, Chen W, Bopp SE, Lee YU, Xiong W, Liu Z. PMID: 32440539; PMCID: PMC7228750.
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    24. Array atomic force microscopy for real-time multiparametric analysis. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2019 03 26; 116(13):5872-5877. Yang Q, Ma Q, Herum KM, Wang C, Patel N, Lee J, Wang S, Yen TM, Wang J, Tang H, Lo YH, Head BP, Azam F, Xu S, Cauwenberghs G, McCulloch AD, John S, Liu Z, Lal R. PMID: 30850523; PMCID: PMC6442637.
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    25. Large optical nonlinearity enabled by coupled metallic quantum wells. Light Sci Appl. 2019; 8:13. Qian H, Li S, Chen CF, Hsu SW, Bopp SE, Ma Q, Tao AR, Liu Z. PMID: 30701072; PMCID: PMC6344563.
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    26. Experimental Demonstration of Hyperbolic Metamaterial Assisted Illumination Nanoscopy. ACS Nano. 2018 Nov 27; 12(11):11316-11322. Ma Q, Qian H, Montoya S, Bao W, Ferrari L, Hu H, Khan E, Wang Y, Fullerton EE, Narimanov EE, Zhang X, Liu Z. PMID: 30335953.
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    27. High Spatiotemporal Resolution Imaging with Localized Plasmonic Structured Illumination Microscopy. ACS Nano. 2018 08 28; 12(8):8248-8254. Bezryadina A, Zhao J, Xia Y, Zhang X, Liu Z. PMID: 30044607.
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    28. Controlled Homoepitaxial Growth of Hybrid Perovskites. Adv Mater. 2018 May; 30(20):e1705992. Lei Y, Chen Y, Gu Y, Wang C, Huang Z, Qian H, Nie J, Hollett G, Choi W, Yu Y, Kim N, Wang C, Zhang T, Hu H, Zhang Y, Li X, Li Y, Shi W, Liu Z, Sailor MJ, Dong L, Lo YH, Luo J, Xu S. PMID: 29611280.
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    29. Nanostructuring Multilayer Hyperbolic Metamaterials for Ultrafast and Bright Green InGaN Quantum Wells. Adv Mater. 2018 Apr; 30(15):e1706411. Lu D, Qian H, Wang K, Shen H, Wei F, Jiang Y, Fullerton EE, Yu PKL, Liu Z. PMID: 29512215.
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    30. Super-resolution imaging by metamaterial-based compressive spatial-to-spectral transformation. Nanoscale. 2017 Nov 30; 9(46):18268-18274. Ma Q, Hu H, Huang E, Liu Z. PMID: 29138787.
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    31. Localized plasmonic structured illumination microscopy with an optically trapped microlens. Nanoscale. 2017 Oct 12; 9(39):14907-14912. Bezryadina A, Li J, Zhao J, Kothambawala A, Ponsetto J, Huang E, Wang J, Liu Z. PMID: 28949360.
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    32. Hyperbolic metamaterials for dispersion-assisted directional light emission. Nanoscale. 2017 Jul 06; 9(26):9034-9048. Ferrari L, Smalley JST, Fainman Y, Liu Z. PMID: 28639636.
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    33. Experimental Demonstration of Localized Plasmonic Structured Illumination Microscopy. ACS Nano. 2017 06 27; 11(6):5344-5350. Ponsetto JL, Bezryadina A, Wei F, Onishi K, Shen H, Huang E, Ferrari L, Ma Q, Zou Y, Liu Z. PMID: 28467053.
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    34. Optical Observation of Plasmonic Nonlocal Effects in a 2D Superlattice of Ultrasmall Gold Nanoparticles. Nano Lett. 2017 04 12; 17(4):2234-2239. Shen H, Chen L, Ferrari L, Lin MH, Mortensen NA, Gwo S, Liu Z. PMID: 28225624.
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    35. Near-perfect broadband absorption from hyperbolic metamaterial nanoparticles. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2017 02 07; 114(6):1264-1268. Riley CT, Smalley JS, Brodie JR, Fainman Y, Sirbuly DJ, Liu Z. PMID: 28119502; PMCID: PMC5307466.
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    36. Etalon Array Reconstructive Spectrometry. Sci Rep. 2017 01 11; 7:40693. Huang E, Ma Q, Liu Z. PMID: 28074883; PMCID: PMC5225422.
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    37. Giant Kerr response of ultrathin gold films from quantum size effect. Nat Commun. 2016 10 10; 7:13153. Qian H, Xiao Y, Liu Z. PMID: 27721498; PMCID: PMC5062544.
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    38. Highly stretchable, printable nanowire array optical polarizers. Nanoscale. 2016 Sep 21; 8(35):15850-6. Kwon S, Lu D, Sun Z, Xiang J, Liu Z. PMID: 27537105.
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    39. Three-dimensional fluorescent microscopy via simultaneous illumination and detection at multiple planes. Sci Rep. 2016 08 16; 6:31445. Ma Q, Khademhosseinieh B, Huang E, Qian H, Bakowski MA, Troemel ER, Liu Z. PMID: 27527813; PMCID: PMC4985622.
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    40. Direction Modulated Brachytherapy for Treatment of Cervical Cancer. II: Comparative Planning Study With Intracavitary and Intracavitary-Interstitial Techniques. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2016 10 01; 96(2):440-448. Han DY, Safigholi H, Soliman A, Ravi A, Leung E, Scanderbeg DJ, Liu Z, Owrangi A, Song WY. PMID: 27598809.
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    41. Ultrafast Imaging using Spectral Resonance Modulation. Sci Rep. 2016 04 28; 6:25240. Huang E, Ma Q, Liu Z. PMID: 27122101; PMCID: PMC4848519.
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    42. Correction: Localized plasmon assisted structured illumination microscopy for wide-field high-speed dispersion-independent super resolution imaging. Nanoscale. 2016 Feb 14; 8(6):3848. Ponsetto JL, Wei F, Liu Z. PMID: 26794228.
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    43. High-Quality, Ultraconformal Aluminum-Doped Zinc Oxide Nanoplasmonic and Hyperbolic Metamaterials. Small. 2016 Feb 17; 12(7):892-901. Riley CT, Smalley JS, Post KW, Basov DN, Fainman Y, Wang D, Liu Z, Sirbuly DJ. PMID: 26715115.
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    44. NiO(x)-Fe2O3-coated p-Si photocathodes for enhanced solar water splitting in neutral pH water. Nanoscale. 2015 Mar 21; 7(11):4900-5. Kargar A, Cheung JS, Liu CH, Kim TK, Riley CT, Shen S, Liu Z, Sirbuly DJ, Wang D, Jin S. PMID: 25712435.
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    45. Wide field super-resolution surface imaging through plasmonic structured illumination microscopy. Nano Lett. 2014 Aug 13; 14(8):4634-9. Wei F, Lu D, Shen H, Wan W, Ponsetto JL, Huang E, Liu Z. PMID: 25014211.
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    46. Localized plasmon assisted structured illumination microscopy for wide-field high-speed dispersion-independent super resolution imaging. Nanoscale. 2014 Jun 07; 6(11):5807-12. Ponsetto JL, Wei F, Liu Z. PMID: 24740802.
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    47. Ultralow thermal conductivity of multilayers with highly dissimilar Debye temperatures. Nano Lett. 2014 May 14; 14(5):2448-55. Dechaumphai E, Lu D, Kan JJ, Moon J, Fullerton EE, Liu Z, Chen R. PMID: 24730544.
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    48. Motion-map constrained image reconstruction (MCIR): application to four-dimensional cone-beam computed tomography. Med Phys. 2013 Dec; 40(12):121710. Park JC, Kim JS, Park SH, Liu Z, Song B, Song WY. PMID: 24320496.
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    49. Organic light-emitting-diode-based plasmonic dark-field microscopy. Opt Lett. 2012 Nov 01; 37(21):4359-61. Wei F, O YW, Li G, Cheah KW, Liu Z. PMID: 23114295.
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    50. Liver motion during cone beam computed tomography guided stereotactic body radiation therapy. Med Phys. 2012 Oct; 39(10):6431-42. Park JC, Park SH, Kim JH, Yoon SM, Song SY, Liu Z, Song B, Kauweloa K, Webster MJ, Sandhu A, Mell LK, Jiang SB, Mundt AJ, Song WY. PMID: 23039678.
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    51. 3D branched nanowire heterojunction photoelectrodes for high-efficiency solar water splitting and H2 generation. Nanoscale. 2012 Mar 07; 4(5):1515-21. Sun K, Jing Y, Li C, Zhang X, Aguinaldo R, Kargar A, Madsen K, Banu K, Zhou Y, Bando Y, Liu Z, Wang D. PMID: 22322530.
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    52. Breaking the imaging symmetry in negative refraction lenses. Opt Express. 2012 Jan 30; 20(3):2581-6. Ma C, Liu Z. PMID: 22330496.
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    53. Hyperlenses and metalenses for far-field super-resolution imaging. Nat Commun. 2012; 3:1205. Lu D, Liu Z. PMID: 23149749.
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    54. Direct observation of plasmonic index ellipsoids on a deep-subwavelength metallic grating. Appl Opt. 2011 Nov 01; 50(31):G1-6. Feng L, Liu Z, Fainman Y. PMID: 22086031.
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    55. Ultra-fast digital tomosynthesis reconstruction using general-purpose GPU programming for image-guided radiation therapy. Technol Cancer Res Treat. 2011 Aug; 10(4):295-306. Park JC, Park SH, Kim JS, Han Y, Cho MK, Kim HK, Liu Z, Jiang SB, Song B, Song WY. PMID: 21728386.
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    56. Metamaterials for enhanced polarization conversion in plasmonic excitation. ACS Nano. 2011 Jun 28; 5(6):5100-6. Feng L, Mizrahi A, Zamek S, Liu Z, Lomakin V, Fainman Y. PMID: 21500845.
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    57. Four-dimensional cone-beam computed tomography and digital tomosynthesis reconstructions using respiratory signals extracted from transcutaneously inserted metal markers for liver SBRT. Med Phys. 2011 Feb; 38(2):1028-36. Park JC, Park SH, Kim JH, Yoon SM, Kim SS, Kim JS, Liu Z, Watkins T, Song WY. PMID: 21452740.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 20     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    58. Plasmonic structured illumination microscopy. Nano Lett. 2010 Jul 14; 10(7):2531-6. Wei F, Liu Z. PMID: 20507152.
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    59. Focusing surface waves with an inhomogeneous metamaterial lens. Appl Opt. 2010 Mar 01; 49(7):A18-22. Escobar MA, Berthomé M, Ma C, Liu Z. PMID: 20197798.
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    60. Focusing light into deep subwavelength using metamaterial immersion lenses. Opt Express. 2010 Mar 01; 18(5):4838-44. Ma C, Liu Z. PMID: 20389496.
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