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Overview

Wei Liu is affiliated with the University of California, Riverside in the United States. Their research focuses primarily on Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science, with significant contributions to the fields of Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science, and Oceanography.

The scientist has contributed to topics that include climate variability and models, oceanographic and atmospheric processes, atmospheric and environmental gas dynamics, marine and coastal ecosystems, geology and paleoclimatology research, Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics, and meteorological phenomena and simulations.

Wei Liu's recent publications include:

  • Climate impacts of a weakened Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation in a warming climate, 2020, Science Advances
  • Process Drivers, Inter-Model Spread, and the Path Forward: A Review of Amplified Arctic Warming, 2022, Frontiers in Earth Science
  • Surface warming-induced global acceleration of upper ocean currents, 2022, Science Advances
  • Mechanisms and Impacts of Earth System Tipping Elements, 2023, Reviews of Geophysics
  • Ocean warming and accelerating Southern Ocean zonal flow, 2021, Nature Climate Change

Frequent collaborators in Wei Liu's work include:

  • Shouwei Li
  • Alexey V. Fedorov
  • Robert J. Allen
  • Shang-Ping Xie
  • Jia-Rui Shi

Wei Liu has published extensively in several scientific venues. The most frequent publication venues are:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Climate Dynamics
  • Communications Earth & Environment
  • Geophysical Research Letters
  • Science Advances

Best Publications

  • Semiconducting Group 15 Monolayers: A Broad Range of Band Gaps and High Carrier Mobilities

    Shengli Zhang;Meiqiu Xie;Fengyu Li;Zhong Yan

  • Density-Functional Theory with Screened van der Waals Interactions for the Modeling of Hybrid Inorganic-Organic Systems

    Victor G. Ruiz;Wei Liu;Egbert Zojer;Matthias Scheffler

  • Additive manufacturing of functionally graded materials: A review

    Chi Zhang;Fei Chen;Zhifeng Huang;Mingyong Jia

  • High Tensile Ductility and Strength in Bulk Nanostructured Nickel

    Yonghao Zhao;Troy Topping;John F. Bingert;Jeremy J. Thornton

  • Multiplexed Nanomaterial-Based Sensor Array for Detection of COVID-19 in Exhaled Breath.

    Benjie Shan;Yoav Y Broza;Wenjuan Li;Yong Wang

  • Benzene adsorbed on metals: Concerted effect of covalency and van der Waals bonding

    Wei Liu;Javier Carrasco;Biswajit Santra;Biswajit Santra;Angelos Michaelides

  • Improving ductility of a Mg alloy via non-basal slip induced by Ca addition

    Gaoming Zhu;Leyun Wang;Hao Zhou;Jinhui Wang

  • N, O-codoped hierarchical porous carbons derived from algae for high-capacity supercapacitors and battery anodes

    Wenhua Yu;Huanlei Wang;Shuang Liu;Nan Mao

  • Modeling adsorption and reactions of organic molecules at metal surfaces.

    Wei Liu;Alexandre Tkatchenko;Matthias Scheffler

  • van der Waals Stacking Induced Transition from Schottky to Ohmic Contacts: 2D Metals on Multilayer InSe

    Tao Shen;Ji-Chang Ren;Xinyi Liu;Shuang Li

  • Biomass derived hierarchical porous carbons as high-performance anodes for sodium-ion batteries

    Huanlei Wang;Wenhua Yu;Jing Shi;Nan Mao

  • Enhanced Hydrogen Storage on Li-Dispersed Carbon Nanotubes

    W. Liu;Y. H. Zhao;Y. Li;Q. Jiang

  • Investigation of aluminum-based nanocomposites with ultra-high strength

    Y. Li;Y.H. Zhao;V. Ortalan;W. Liu

  • Bioinspired Mineralization under Freezing Conditions: An Approach to Fabricate Porous Carbons with Complicated Architecture and Superior K+ Storage Performance.

    Yongpeng Cui;Wei Liu;Xia Wang;Jiajia Li

  • Ultrastrong, Stiff and Multifunctional Carbon Nanotube Composites

    Xin Wang;Zhenzhong Yong;Qingwen Li;Philip D. Bradford

  • Structure and energetics of benzene adsorbed on transition-metal surfaces: density-functional theory with van der Waals interactions including collective substrate response

    Wei Liu;Victor G Ruiz;Guo-Xu Zhang;Biswajit Santra

  • Adsorption Geometry Determination of Single Molecules by Atomic Force Microscopy

    Bruno Schuler;Wei Liu;Alexandre Tkatchenko;Nikolaj Moll

  • A highly sensitive and moisture-resistant gas sensor for diabetes diagnosis with Pt@In 2 O 3 nanowires and a molecular sieve for protection

    Wei Liu;Lin Xu;Kuang Sheng;Xiangyu Zhou

  • Preparation, characterization and photocatalytic activity of Co-doped ZnO powders

    Chao Xu;Lixin Cao;Ge Su;Wei Liu

  • Insight into the description of van der Waals forces for benzene adsorption on transition metal (111) surfaces

    Javier Carrasco;Wei Liu;Angelos Michaelides;Alexandre Tkatchenko

  • Controlled Design of Well‐Dispersed Ultrathin MoS 2 Nanosheets inside Hollow Carbon Skeleton: Toward Fast Potassium Storage by Constructing Spacious “Houses” for K Ions

    Yongpeng Cui;Wei Liu;Wenting Feng;Yuan Zhang

Frequent Co-Authors

Huanlei Wang
Huanlei Wang Ocean University of China
Alexandre Tkatchenko
Alexandre Tkatchenko University of Luxembourg
Yuntian Zhu
Yuntian Zhu City University of Hong Kong
Zhengyu Liu
Zhengyu Liu The Ohio State University
Enrique J. Lavernia
Enrique J. Lavernia Texas A&M University
Yonghao Zhao
Yonghao Zhao Nanjing University of Science and Technology
Shougang Chen
Shougang Chen Ocean University of China
Hongwei Song
Hongwei Song Jilin University
Biao Dong
Biao Dong Jilin University
Shang-Ping Xie
Shang-Ping Xie University of California, San Diego

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