2017.06–2018.06 Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences Joint Training

2013.09–2018.06 Shandong Normal University Ph.D.

2009.09–2013.06 Shandong Normal University Bachelor

2022.09 –Present Beijing Institute of Technology Researcher/Ph.D. Supervisor

2020.05–2022.08 University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Postdoctoral researcher

2018.06–2020.05 Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences Postdoctoral researcher

Mainly employing theoretical simulation methods:

1. Thermodynamics of active matter, including active depletion forces, active noise, effective temperature, pressure, and other thermodynamic properties.

2. Topological edge states in active matter, including the intrinsic mechanisms of collective motion in active systems and the transport characteristics of edge flows.

3. Interaction and dynamic behavior of colloidal particles in complex environments.

4. Application of multi-scale quantum mechanics and molecular mechanics methods to study various reaction mechanisms, such as double inversion and backside attack in nucleophilic substitution reactions X− + CH3Y in the liquid phase.

5. Base damage in the liquid phase, such as ring opening and proton transfer of larger molecules like purines.

Talent Projects:

The Young Elite Scientist Sponsorship Program by Beijing Association for Science and Technology for the years 2023-2025 (No. BYESS2023300).

Research Projects:

1. Open Project Fund by Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, 100,000 RMB, January 2024 - December 2025, Principal Investigator.

2. National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) General Program, Project Approval Number 12374205, 520,000 RMB, January 2024 - December 2027, Simulation Study on Effective Interactions of Colloidal Particles Induced by Lattice Background, Principal Investigator.

3. Beijing Institute of Technology Research Fund Program for Young Scholars, 600,000 RMB, September 2022 - December 2025, Principal Investigator.

4. National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) Theoretical Physics Special Fund Research Project, Project Approval Number 12047552, 160,000 RMB, January 2021 - December 2021, Study of Depletion Forces in Three-dimensional Active Baths Using Computer Simulation, Principal Investigator.

5. National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) General Program, Project Approval Number 11774206, 660,000 RMB, January 2018 - December 2021, Development of Parallel and Time-dependent Hybrid Quantum-classical Dynamics Methods for Studying Bimolecular Nucleophilic Substitution Reactions, Participant.

6. National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) Youth Science Fund Project, Project Approval Number 51602183, 200,000 RMB, January 2017 - December 2019, Microscopic Reaction Mechanism and Multi-field Coupling Optimization of Samarium-doped Cerium-lanthanum Strontium Cobalt Ferrite Nanocomposite Cathode, Participant.

7. National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) Youth Science Fund Project, Project Approval Number 21403133, 250,000 RMB, January 2015 - December 2017, Theoretical Study on Delayed Fluorescence Mechanism of Novel High-Efficiency Organic Electroluminescent Molecules, Participant.

Published Papers:

As First Author or Co-first Author:

1. Liu P¹, Li L, Ning L, Zheng N, Yang M. Constraint dependence of pressure on a passive probe in an active bath. Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 2023, 35, 445102.

2. Liu P¹, Ning L, Zong Y, Ye F, Yang M, Chen K. Lattice induced short-range attraction between same-charged colloidal particles. Physical Review Letters, 2022, 129, 018002.

3. Liu P¹, Zhu H, Zeng Y, Du G, Ning L, Wang D, Chen K, Lu Y, Zheng N, Ye F, Yang M. Oscillating collective motion of active rotors in confinement. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2020, 117, 11901-11907.

4. Liu P¹, Ye S, Ye F, Chen K, Yang M. Constraint dependence of active depletion forces on passive particles. Physical Review Letters, 2020, 124, 158001.

5. Ning L, Liu P¹, Ye F, Yang M, Chen K. Diffusion of colloidal particles in model porous media. Physical Review E, 2021, 103, 022608.

6. Ye S, Liu P¹, Ye F, Chen K, Yang M. Active noise experienced by a passive particle trapped in an active bath. Soft Matter, 2020, 16, 4655-4660.

7. Liu P¹, Zhang J, Wang D. Multi-level quantum mechanics theories and molecular mechanics study of the double-inversion mechanism of the F⁻ + CH₃I reaction in aqueous solution. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2017, 19, 14358-14365.

8. Liu P¹, Wang D, Xu Y. A new, double-inversion mechanism of the F⁻ + CH₃Cl S_N2 reaction in aqueous solution. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2016, 18, 31895-31903.

9. Liu P¹, Li C, Wang S, Wang D. Catalytic effect of aqueous solution in water-assisted proton transfer mechanism of 8-hydroxy guanine radical. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 2018, 122, 3124-3132.

10. Liu P¹, Li C, Wang D. Multilevel quantum mechanics theories and molecular mechanics calculations of the Cl⁻ + CH₃I reaction in water. The Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 2017, 121, 8012-8016.

11. Liu P¹, Wang Q, Niu M, Wang D. Multi-level quantum mechanics and molecular mechanics study of ring opening process of guanine damage by hydroxyl radical in aqueous solution. Scientific Reports, 2017, 7, 7798.

12. Ye S, Liu P¹, Wei Z, Ye F, Yang M, Chen K. Constraint dependence of average potential energy of a passive particle in an active bath. Chinese Physics B, 2020, 29, 058201.

13. Liu P¹, Li C, Wang D. The effects of proportion and location of pyrimidinyl for modulation of rectification on the structure of quaterphenyl. Chemical Physics Letters, 2016, 666, 38-44.

Other Collaborations:

14. Ning L, Liu P, Zong Y, Liu R, Yang M, Chen K. Universal scaling law for colloidal diffusion in complex media. Physical Review Letters, 2019, 122, 178002.

15. Yang Q, Zhu H, Liu P, Liu R, Shi Q, Chen K, Zheng N, Ye F, Yang M. Topologically protected transport of cargo in a chiral active fluid aided by odd-viscosity-enhanced depletion interactions. Physical Review Letters, 2021, 126, 198001.

16. Lou X, Yang Q, Ding Y, Liu P, Chen K, Zhou X, Ye F, Podgornic R, Yang M. Odd viscosity-induced Hall-like transport of an active chiral fluid. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2022, 119, e2201279119.

17. Li L, Liu P, Chen K, Zheng N, Yang M. Active depletion torque between two passive rods. Soft Matter, 2022, 18, 4265-4272.

18. Cheng K, Liu P, Yang M, Hou M. Experimental investigation of active noise on a rotor in an active granular bath. Soft Matter, 2022, 18, 2541-2548.

19. Niu X, Liu P, Wang D. Multilevel quantum mechanics and molecular mechanics study of the double-inversion mechanism at nitrogen: F⁻ + NH₂Cl in aqueous solution. The Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 2020, 124, 141-147.

20. Liang H, Liu P, Ye F, Yang M. Active thermophoresis and diffusiophoresis. Chinese Physics B, 2022, 31, 104702.

21. Li C, Liu P, Li Y, Wang D. Solvent effects and potential of mean force study of the S_N2 reaction of CH₃F + CN⁻ in water. Chinese Physics B, 2018, 27, 033401.

22. Li C, Niu M, Liu P, Li Y, Wang D. Combined multi-level quantum mechanics theories and molecular mechanics study of water-induced transition state of OH⁻ + CO₂ reaction in aqueous solution. Chinese Physics B, 2017, 26, 103401.

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