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Citations
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World Ranking
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2014 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Liyuan Liang is affiliated with Oak Ridge National Laboratory in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of engineering and environmental science, with a notable focus on subfields such as biomedical engineering, water science and technology, environmental chemistry, electrical and electronic engineering, and paleontology.

Their research topics encompass environmental remediation with nanomaterials, advanced oxidation water treatment, electrokinetic soil remediation techniques, paleontology and stratigraphy of fossils, methane hydrates and related phenomena, nanomaterials for catalytic reactions, and groundwater flow and contamination studies.

Frequent co-authors in Liang's research include Feng He, Robert Riding, Dezhi Yang, Bo Chen, and Zhenyu Wang.

Liang has published in multiple venues, with the most frequent being SSRN Electronic Journal, Environmental Science & Technology, Chemical Engineering Journal, Chemosphere, and Marine Geology.

Significant recent publications by Liang include:

  • Development and characterization of biodegradable ultraviolet protective and antibacterial polylactic acid-cellulose acetate film modified by phenyl salicylate, 2022, International Journal of Biological Macromolecules
  • Coincorporation of N and S into Zero-Valent Iron to Enhance TCE Dechlorination: Kinetics, Electron Efficiency, and Dechlorination Capacity, 2021, Environmental Science & Technology
  • Molecular Dynamics Simulation of the Structures, Dynamics, and Aggregation of Dissolved Organic Matter, 2020, Environmental Science & Technology
  • Transport of nanoscale zero-valent iron in saturated porous media: Effects of grain size, surface metal oxides, and sulfidation, 2022, Chemosphere
  • Sulfidation of Nanoscale Zero-Valent Iron by Sulfide: The Dynamic Process, Mechanism, and Role of Ferrous Iron, 2024, Environmental Science & Technology

Liang was recognized as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2014.

Best Publications

  • Adsorption and desorption of natural organic matter on iron oxide: mechanisms and models.

    Baohua. Gu;Juergen. Schmitt;Zhihong. Chen;Liyuan. Liang

  • The Genetic Basis for Bacterial Mercury Methylation

    Jerry M. Parks;Alexander Johs;Mircea Podar;Mircea Podar;Romain Bridou

  • Adsorption and desorption of different organic matter fractions on iron oxide

    Baohua Gu;Jürgen Schmitt;Zhihong Chen;Liyuan Liang

  • Reductive precipitation of uranium(VI) by zero-valent iron

    B. Gu;L. Liang;M. J. Dickey;X. Yin

  • Mercury reduction and complexation by natural organic matter in anoxic environments

    Baohua Gu;Yongrong Bian;Carrie L. Miller;Wenming Dong

  • Active transport, substrate specificity, and methylation of Hg(II) in anaerobic bacteria

    Jeffra K. Schaefer;Sara S. Rocks;Wang Zheng;Liyuan Liang

  • Biogeochemical dynamics in zero-valent iron columns: implications for permeable reactive barriers

    B. Gu;T. J. Phelps;L. Liang;M. J. Dickey

  • Performance evaluation of a zerovalent iron reactive barrier: Mineralogical characteristics

    Debra Helen Phillips;Baohua Gu;David B Watson;Yul Roh

  • Geobiology of microbial carbonates: metazoan and seawater saturation state influences on secular trends during the Phanerozoic

    Robert Eric Riding;Liyuan Liang;Liyuan Liang

  • Chemical aspects of iron oxide coagulation in water: laboratory studies and implications for natural systems.

    Liyuan Liang;James J. Morgan

  • Fabrication of Two- and Three-Dimensional Silica Nanocolloidal Particle Arrays

    Wei Wang;Baohua Gu;Liyuan Liang;William Hamilton

  • Mercury Reduction and Oxidation by Reduced Natural Organic Matter in Anoxic Environments

    Wang Zheng;Liyuan Liang;Baohua Gu

  • Oxidation and methylation of dissolved elemental mercury by anaerobic bacteria

    Haiyan Hu;Haiyan Hu;Hui Lin;Wang Zheng;Stephen J. Tomanicek

  • Synthesis of Rutile (α-TiO2) Nanocrystals with Controlled Size and Shape by Low-Temperature Hydrolysis: Effects of Solvent Composition

    Wei Wang;Baohua Gu;Liyuan Liang;William A. Hamilton

  • First- and second-order kinetics approaches for modeling the transport of colloidal particles in porous media

    James E. Saiers;George M. Hornberger;Liyuan Liang

  • Mobility of natural organic matter in a study aquifer

    John F. McCarthy;Thomas M. Williams;Liyuan Liang;Philip M. Jardine

  • Competitive adsorption, displacement, and transport of organic matter on iron oxide: I. Competitive adsorption

    Baohua Gu;Tonia L. Mehlhorn;Liyuan Liang;John F. McCarthy

  • Preferential flow path development and its influence on long-term PRB performance: column study.

    W Kamolpornwijit;L Liang;O.R West;G.R Moline

  • CO2 hydrate composite for ocean carbon sequestration.

    Sangyong Lee;Liyuan Liang;David Riestenberg;Olivia R West

  • Competitive adsorption, displacement, and transport of organic matter on iron oxide: II. Displacement and transport

    Baohua Gu;Tonia L. Mehlhorn;Liyuan Liang;John F. McCarthy

  • Geochemical and microbial reactions affecting the long-term performance of in situ ‘iron barriers’

    Liyuan Liang;Nic Korte;Baohua Gu;Robert Puls

Frequent Co-Authors

Baohua Gu
Baohua Gu Oak Ridge National Laboratory
David E. Graham
David E. Graham Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Stan D. Wullschleger
Stan D. Wullschleger Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Jeremy C. Smith
Jeremy C. Smith University of Tennessee at Knoxville
Wei Wang
Wei Wang Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China
Robert Riding
Robert Riding University of Tennessee at Knoxville
John F. McCarthy
John F. McCarthy University of Tennessee at Knoxville
David B. Watson
David B. Watson Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Anne O. Summers
Anne O. Summers University of Georgia
Costas Tsouris
Costas Tsouris Oak Ridge National Laboratory

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