Lianjie Xue, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Chemistry

Center for Natural Sciences, Room 117
(434) 592-7706

Education

Ph.D., Physical Chemistry from Texas Tech University
M.S., Physical Chemistry from Xiamen University (China)
B.S., Chemistry from Henan Normal University (China)

Biography

Dr. Xue completed his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in China and came to US to pursue his Ph.D degree at Texas Tech University in 2010. Since 2016, he had been carrying out his postdoctoral research at Kansas State University, where he had worked in the Chemical Engineering, Physics, Industrial Engineering and Chemistry departments. It was from this unstable journey that he experienced the Lord’s provision and faithfulness again and again and his faith grew. He prayed for a position at Liberty University several months before the position was posted. The Lord answered his prayer, he joined Liberty University in 2022 and he is now enjoying every moment of serving the Lord here. His current research focuses on studying molecular dynamics using spectroscopic and simulation methods.

Dr. Xue is keenly interested in the topics of Christianity & Science, and apologetics. He is studying on existing and emerging Christianity & Science series and working on integrating them into his general chemistry and physical chemistry lecture/lab teachings.

Courses Taught

CHEM 121L/122L – General Chemistry I/II Lab
CHEM 461/462 – Physical Chemistry I/II
CHEM 461L/462L – Physical Chemistry I/II Lab

Research Interests

Electrochemistry, ultrafast spectroscopy, fluorescence correlation spectroscopy, ionic liquids.

Publications

L. Xue, C. Trallero, et al., Bandgap Modification Facilitating Ultrafast Photoionization in Wide Bandgap Crystals. (to be submitted)
• A. Rousseau, P Valvin, L. Xue, J. Li, J. H. Edgar, B. Gil, G. Cassabois, Phonon-assisted broadening in Bernal boron nitride: A comparison between indirect and direct excitons. Phys. Rev. B, 2022, 106(3), 035203.
• L. Xue, S. Jin, D. A. Higgins, T. Ito, Investigation of molecular diffusion at block copolymer thin film using maximum entropy method-based fluorescence correlation spectroscopy and single molecule tracking. J Fluoresc. 2022, 32, 1770-1787.
• A. Rousseau, P. Valvin, W. Desrat, L. Xue, J. Li, J. H. Edgar, G. Cassabois, Bernal boron nitride crystals identified by deep-ultraviolet cryomicroscopy. ACS Nano, 2022, 16, 2756-2761.
• J. Li, E. R. Glaser, C. Elias, G. Ye, D. Evans, L. Xue, S. Liu, G. Cassabois, B. Gil, P. Valvin, T. Pelini, A. Yeats, R. He, B. Liu, J. H. Edgar, Defect engineering of monoisotopic hexagonal boron nitride crystals via neutron transmutation. Chem. Mater. 2021, 33, 9231-9239.
• A. Rousseau, M. Moret, P. Valvin, W. Desrat, J. Li, E. Janzen, L. Xue, J. H. Edgar, G. Cassbois, B. Gil, Determination of the optical bandgap of the bernal and rhombohedral boron nitride polymorphs, Phys. Rev. Mater. 2021, 5, 064602.
• X. Wang, X. Yu, M. Berg, B. Depaola, H. Shi, P. Chen, L. Xue, X. Chang, S. Lei, Nanosecond laser writing of straight and curved waveguides in silicon with shaped beams, J. Laser Appl., 2020, 32, 022002.
• T. Pelini, C. Elias, R. Page, L. Xue, L. Liu, J. H. Edgar, A. Dreau, V. Jacques, P. Valvin, B. Gin, G. Cassabois, Shallow and deep levels in carbon-doped hexagonal boron nitride crystals. Phys. Rev. Mater. 2019, 3, 094001.
• S. Liu, R. He, L. Xue, J. Li, B. Liu, J. H. Edgar, Single Crystal Growth of Millimeter-Sized Monoisotopic Hexagonal Boron Nitride, Chemistry of Materials, 2018, 30, 6222-6225.
• E. Gurung, D. Meng, L. Xue, G. Tamas, R. M. Lynden-Bell, E. L. Quitevis, Optical Kerr Effect Spectroscopy of CS2 in Monocationic and Dicationic Ionic Liquids: Insights into the Intermolecular Interactions in Ionic Liquids, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2018, DOI: 10.1039/C8CP04503H.
• F. Khabaz, Y. Zhang, L. Xue, E. L. Quitevis, E. J. Maginn, R. Khare, Temperature Dependence of Volumetric and Dynamic Properties of Imidazolium-Based Ionic Liquids, J. Phys. Chem. B, 2018, 122, 2414-2424.
• L. Xue, G. Tamas, F. Bardak, E. L. Quitevis, Comparative Study of the Intermolecular Dynamics of Imidazolium-Based Ionic Liquids with Linear and Branched Alkyl Chains: OHD-RIKES measurements, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2017, 19, 4661-4672.
• L. Xue, E. Gurung, G. Tamas, Y. Kho, M. Shadeck, S. Simon, M. Maroncelli, E. L. Quitevis, Effect of Alkyl Chain Branching on Physicochemical Properties of Imidazolium-Based Ionic Liquids, J. Chem. Eng. Data, 2016, 61, 1078-1091.
• L. Xue, G. Tamas, E. L. Quitevis, Comparative OHD-RIKES Study of the Low-Frequency (0-250 cm-1) Vibrational Dynamics of Dibenzyl- and Monobenzyl-Substituted Imidazolium Ionic Liquids and Benzene/Dimentylimidazolium Mixtures, ACS Sustain. Chem. Eng., 2016, 4, 514-524.
• Zhang, Y.; Xue, L.; Khabaz, F.; Doerfler, F.; Quitevis, E. L.; Khare, R.; Maginn E., Molecular Topology and Local Dynamics Govern the viscosity of Imidazolium-Based Ionic Liquids, J. Phys. Chem. B, 2015, 119, 14934-44.
• L. Xue, G. Tamas, R. P. Matthews, A. J. Stone, P. A. Hung, E. Q. Quievis, R. M. Lynden-Bell, An OHD-RIKES and Simulation Study Comparing a Benzylmethylimidazolium Ionic Liquid with an Equimolar Mixture of Dimethylimidazolium and Benzene, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys, 2015, 17(15), 9973-9983.
• L. Xue, G. Tamas, E. Gurung, E. L. Quitevis, Probing the Interplay between Electrostatic and Dispersion Interactions in the Solvation of Nonpolar Nonaromatic Solutes in Ionic Liquids: OKE Spectroscopic Study of CS2/[CnC1im][NTf2] Mixtures (n = 1-4), J. Chem. Phys., 2014, 140, 164512(1)-164512(11).