PD Dr. Shi-Xia Liu

PD Dr. Shi-Xia LIU

from the Lanzhou University, China. A former Humboldt-Fellow from the University of Siegen, Germany.

e-mail: shi-xia.liu@unibe.ch

Tel.: +41 31 684 33 97 Office S463

EDUCATION: 09/95 - 07/98 Ph.D., Department of Chemistry, Lanzhou University, China 09/92 - 07/95 M.S., Department of Chemistry, Lanzhou University, China 09/88 - 07/92 B.S., Department of Chemistry, Lanzhou University, China HONORS: "Humboldt research fellowship" Siegen University 1998-2000 "Baosteel Education Foundation Award" Lanzhou University 1997 "Blue Star Award" Lanzhou University 1995 "Sun Project Award" Lanzhou University 1994 "Excellent Graduate Scholarship" Lanzhou University 1993 "Excellent Graduate Award" Lanzhou University 1992 "Excellent Student Scholarship" Lanzhou University 1989-1992 RESEARCH EXPERIENCE AND INTERESTS: the design and synthesis of novel functionalized bis(ethylenedithio)-tetrathiafulvalene (ET) containing molecular building blocks for the self assembly of supramolecular polymetallic systems with multiple physical properties. supramolecular coordination complexes It is intended to prepare new metallosupramolecular systems and nanotubes employing phenanthroline or bipyridine units and copper (I) as coordinating species, elucidate their structures, and determine the ability of these metallosupramolecular nanotube systems to function as ion-channels in bilayer lipid membranes and as to whether the redoxstates of these systems can modulate their performance as ion channels. the synthesis and characterization of chiral lanthanide complexes with tripod-like acyclic neutral ligands, and development of of luminescent and magnetically orientable liquid crystals containing lanthanide metal ions. PUBLICATIONS: Shixia Liu, Weisheng Liu, Xiuli Wang and Minyu Tan, "Synthesis and Characterization of Complexes of Lanthanide Nitrates with N, N'-Dinaphthyl-N, N'-Diphenyl-3, 6-dioxaoctanediamide", Polyhedron, 14(23/24), 3605-3609, 1995. Shixia Liu, Weisheng Liu, Minyu Tan and Kaibei Yu, "Synthesis, Characterization and Structure of Complexes of Lanthanum (III) Picrate with N, N, N', N'-Tetraphenyl-3, 6, 9-trioxaundecanediamide", J. Coord. Chem., 39(2), 105-115, 1996. Shixia Liu, Weisheng Liu, Minyu Tan and Kaibei Yu, "Synthesis and Crystal Structure of Complexes of Erbium (III) Picrate with N, N, N', N'-Tetraphenyl-3, 6, 9-trioxaundecanediamide", Polyhedron, 16(9), 1491-1495, 1997. Shixia Liu, Weisheng Liu, Minyu Tan, Kaibei Yu and Ganzu Tan, "Synthesis, Characterization and Crystal Structure of Complexes of lanthanide Picrates with N, N, N', N'-Tetraphenyl-3, 6-dioxaoctanediamide", Helv. Chim. Acta, 80(2), 586-592, 1997. Weisheng Liu, Shixia Liu, Minyu Tan, Kaibei Yu and Ganzu Tan, "Crystal Structures of the Complexes of Rare Earth Picrates with N, N, N', N'-Tetraphenyl-3, 6-dioxaoctanediamide", Science in China (Series B), 40(3), 323-329, 1997. Shixia Liu, Weisheng Liu, Minyu Tan, "Studies on Lanthanide Picrate Complexes of N, N'-Dinaphthyl-N, N'-Diphenyl-3, 6-dioxaoctanediamide and their extractability", Indian J. Chem., 36A(3), 206-209, 1997. Ming Xue, Minyu Tan, Weisheng Liu, Shixia Liu et al., "Synthesis, Characterization and Structure of Complexes of Rare Earths with Azo/thia Crown Ethers", Science in China (Series B), 27(5), 390, 1997. Wu Yang, Xiu-Lan. Teng, Miao Chen, Jin-Zhang Gao, Li Yuan, Jing-Wang Kang, Qing-Yu Qu, Shixia Liu, "Determination of trace europium based on new fluorimetric system of europium (III) with thenoyltrifluoroacetone and N, N'- dinaphthyl - N, N'- diphenyl-3, 6-dioxaoctanediamide", Talanta, 46(4), 527-532, 1998. Liyan Fan, Weisheng Liu, Shixia Liu, Minyu Tan, Ganzu Tan and Kaibei Yu, "Synthesis, crystal structure and fluorescence emission of complexes of lanthanide picrates with N, N '-dimethyl-N, N '-diphenyl-3,6-dioxaoctanediamide", J. Coord. Chem., 48(1), 33-42, 1999. Yongping Zhang, Ning Tang, Zunge Gu, Shixia Liu and Minyu Tan, "Synthesis, characterization and antitumor activity of complexes of lanthanide nitrates with bis(2-pyridyl-N-oxide)disulfide", Synthesis and Reactivity in Inorganic and Metal-Organic Chemistry, 30(10), 1995-2008, 2000. Shi-Xia Liu, Christoph Michel, Michael Schmittel, "A highly regioselective Sonogashira coupling as a key step in the preparation of the first phenanthroline with two diverse reactive groups in 3,8-positions", Organic Letters, 2(25), 3959-3962, 2000. Michael Schmittel, Christoph Michel, Shi-Xia Liu, Daniel Schildbach and Dieter Fenske, "New sterically encumbered 2,9-diarylphenanthrolines for the selective formation of heteroleptic bis (phenanthroline) copper (I) complexes ", Eur. J. Inorg. Chem., 5, 1155-1166, 2001. Yanling Zhang, Shixia Liu, Weisheng Liu, Minyu Tan and Kaibei Yu, "Crystal structure and fluorescence spectra of a complex of europium picrate with N, N, N', N'-Tetraphenyl-3, 6,9-trioxaundecanediamide", J. Coord. Chem, 55(5), 545-553, 2002. Shi-Xia Liu, Stefan Dolder, Melanie Pilkington and Silvio Decurtins, "The facile synthesis of novel functionalized bis(ethylenedithio)tetrathiafulvalene (BEDT-TTF) derivatives", J. Org. Chem, 67(9), 3160-3162, 2002.