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67
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11718
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7122
National Ranking
56

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2005 - Fellow, The World Academy of Sciences
  • 1998 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For major contributions in the study of state and angleresolved reaction and energy transfer dynamics using molecular beam techniques, in particular, the Doppler selected timeofflight technique

Overview

Kopin Liu is affiliated with Academia Sinica in Taiwan and has an extensive research portfolio primarily in the fields of Physics and Astronomy as well as Chemistry. Their research emphasizes Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, with significant contributions to Spectroscopy.

Their work is represented heavily in advanced chemical physics and spectroscopy applications, including several studies involving spectroscopy and quantum chemical techniques. The main topics of their publications include:

  • Advanced Chemical Physics Studies
  • Spectroscopy and Laser Applications
  • Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies
  • Molecular Spectroscopy and Structure
  • Quantum, superfluid, helium dynamics
  • Mass Spectrometry Techniques and Applications
  • Innovative Microfluidic and Catalytic Techniques Innovation

Liu's recent scholarly contributions encompass a range of studies published in notable venues. Recent papers include:

  • "Real-time tracking of the entangled pathways in the multichannel photodissociation of acetaldehyde" (2020) published in Chemical Science
  • "Fermi-phase-induced interference in the reaction between Cl and vibrationally excited CH3D" (2022) published in Nature Chemistry
  • "State-to-State Dynamics in Mode-Selective Polyatomic Reactions" (2023) published in The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters
  • "Multifaceted Stereoselectivity in Polyatomic Reactions" (2020) published in The Journal of Physical Chemistry A
  • "Active stereo-control of the Cl + CH4(ν3 = 1) reaction: a three-dimensional perspective" (2020) published in Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics

Publications are frequently featured in journals such as:

  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry A
  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters
  • Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
  • Chemical Science
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

Collaboration is a notable part of Liu's research, working repeatedly with several co-authors. Frequent collaborators include:

  • Huilin Pan
  • Surjendu Bhattacharyya
  • Sohidul Mondal
  • Chung-Hsin Yang
  • Dong H. Zhang

In recognition of their work, Liu was named a Fellow of the American Physical Society in 1998, with a citation acknowledging contributions to the study of state- and angle-resolved reaction and energy transfer dynamics using molecular beam techniques. Additionally, Liu was awarded Fellowship of The World Academy of Sciences in 2005.

Best Publications

  • Observation of Gravitational Waves from Two Neutron Star–Black Hole Coalescences

    R. Abbott;T. D. Abbott;S. Abraham;F. Acernese

  • Application of time-sliced ion velocity imaging to crossed molecular beam experiments

    Jim J. Lin;Jingang Zhou;Weicheng Shiu;Kopin Liu

  • Do Vibrational Excitations of CHD3 Preferentially Promote Reactivity Toward the Chlorine Atom

    Shannon Yan;Shannon Yan;Yen-Tien Wu;Yen-Tien Wu;Bailin Zhang;Bailin Zhang;Xian-Fang Yue;Xian-Fang Yue

  • Resonance-mediated chemical reaction: F+HD-->HF+D

    Rex T. Skodje;Rex T. Skodje;Dimitris Skouteris;David E. Manolopoulos;Shih-Huang Lee

  • van der waals interactions in the Cl + HD reaction

    Dimitris Skouteris;David E. Manolopoulos;Wensheng Bian;Hans-Joachim Werner

  • Gas phase reactions of iron clusters with hydrogen. I. Kinetics

    S. C. Richtsmeier;E. K. Parks;K. Liu;L. G. Pobo

  • Crossed-beam studies of neutral reactions: state-specific differential cross sections.

    Kopin Liu

  • State-specific correlation of coincident product pairs in the F + CD4 reaction.

    Jim J. Lin;Jingang Zhou;Weicheng Shiu;Kopin Liu;Kopin Liu

  • Observation of a transition state resonance in the integral cross section of the F+HD reaction

    Rex T. Skodje;Dimitris Skouteris;David E. Manolopoulos;Shih-Huang Lee

  • CH Stretching Excitation in the Early Barrier F + CHD3 Reaction Inhibits CH Bond Cleavage

    Weiqing Zhang;Weiqing Zhang;Hiroshi Kawamata;Kopin Liu

  • The Chemical Dynamics and Kinetics of Small Radicals: Part 1

    Kopin Liu;Albert Wagner

  • Quantum-state resolved bimolecular collisions of velocity-controlled OH with NO radicals.

    Moritz Kirste;Xingan Wang;H. Christian Schewe;Gerard Meijer

  • The inelastic scattering of 2Π [case (b)] molecules and an understanding of the differing Λ doublet propensities for molecules of π vs π3 orbital occupancy

    Paul J. Dagdigian;Millard H. Alexander;Kopin Liu

  • Reactive Resonance in a Polyatomic Reaction

    Weicheng Shiu;Jim J. Lin;Kopin Liu

  • Steric control of the reaction of CH stretch-excited CHD3 with chlorine atom.

    Fengyan Wang;Jui-San Lin;Kopin Liu;Kopin Liu

  • The dynamics of ethylene dimer infrared photodissociation in pulsed molecular beamsa)

    Mark A. Hoffbauer;Kopin Liu;Clayton F. Giese;W. Ronald Gentry

  • Reaction dynamics of O(1D)+H2, D2, and HD: Direct evidence for the elusive abstraction pathway and the estimation of its branching

    Yen Tsung Hsu;Jeng Han Wang;Jeng Han Wang;Kopin Liu

  • Imaging a reactive resonance in the Cl+CH4 reaction

    Bailin Zhang;Kopin Liu

  • Reactive excitation functions for F+p-H2/n-H2/D2 and the vibrational branching for F+HD

    Feng Dong;Shih-Huang Lee;Kopin Liu

  • State‐to‐state integral cross sections for the inelastic scattering of CH(X 2Π)+He: Rotational rainbow and orbital alignment

    R. Glen Macdonald;Kopin Liu

  • The Chemical Dynamics and Kinetics of Small Radicals: Part 2

    Kopin Liu;Albert Wagner

Frequent Co-Authors

Jim J. Lin
Jim J. Lin National Taiwan University
George C. Schatz
George C. Schatz Northwestern University
Gábor Czakó
Gábor Czakó University of Szeged
David E. Manolopoulos
David E. Manolopoulos University of Oxford
Albert F. Wagner
Albert F. Wagner Argonne National Laboratory
John C. Polanyi
John C. Polanyi University of Toronto
Hua Guo
Hua Guo University of New Mexico
Gerard Meijer
Gerard Meijer Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society
Joel M. Bowman
Joel M. Bowman Emory University
Sean C. Smith
Sean C. Smith Australian National University

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