Resume of Xiang-Qian LIU (Ph.D.)

Xiang-Qian LIU (Ph.D.)
Postdoctoral Associate in Prof. Ober's Group
Department of Materials Science & Engineering, Cornell University
303T, Bard Hall, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
Tel: 1-607-255-0352, Fax: 1-607-255-2365
E-mail: [email protected]
PhD, Department of Chemistry, Peking University, China, 1998
MS & BS, Department of Chemistry, Lanzhou University, China, 1991

References:
Professor Christopher K. Ober Department of Materials Science & Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14850 Tel: 607-255-8417, Fax: 607-255-6575
Professor Masa-aki Kakimoto Department of Organic & Polymeric Materials, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo 152-8552 Japan.
Tel: 81-3-5734-2429, Fax: 81-3-5734-2875
Professor Fu-Mian LI Department of Chemistry, Peking University, Beijing 100871 China. Tel: 86-10- 6275-7155, Fax: 86-10-6275-2054

Objective
An R&D, processing and/or fabrication position that emphasizes creativity and collaboration in design, preparation and application of functional polymer-related materials and devices.

Highlight
Extensive experience in design and studies of organic & polymeric materials
Strong background in synthetic organic and polymer chemistry
Familar with modern analytical techniques
Experienced in microlithography and related characterization techniques

Professional Experience
2001/5-2003/5 Postdoctoral Associate, Professor Christopher K. Ober's Group, Department of Materials Science & Engineering, Cornell University, Bard Hall, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA. Research work: "Design, Synthesis and 157 nm Photolithography Properties of Novel Fluoropolymer Photoresists", funded by International SEMATECH, "Environmentally Friendly Photoacid Generators (PAGs) With No Perfluorooctyl Sulfonates (PFOS)", funded by Intel

1998/12-2001/4 Postdoctoral Associate, Professor Masa-aki Kakimoto's Laboratory, Department of Organic and Polymeric Materials, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2-12-1, Ookayama, Meguroku, Tokyo 152-8552, Japan. Research work: "Synthesis and Properties of High-Performance Polyimides from AB, AB2-Type Monomers and Macrocyclic Thioether Imide Oligomers"

1993/9-1995/8 Lecturer, Department of Chemistry, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, Gansu Province 730000, China
Teaching: "Polymer Chemistry", "Introduction of Polymer Science," "Experiments of Polymer Chemistry & Physics" for senior students
Research work: "Studing on the Copolymerization of TDI with Vinyl Monomers and Properties of Resultant Copolymers", funded by Science and Technology Commission of Gansu Province, 1993-1995

1991/7-1993/8 Research associate, Department of Chemistry, Lanzhou University, Gansu Province 730000, China
Teaching: "Polymer Chemistry", "Experiments of Polymer Chemistry & Physics" for senior students
Research work: "Magnetic Field Effects on the Polymerization of Vinyl Monomers"

Education
1995/9-1998/7 Ph.D. ( Polymer chemistry ) Department of Chemistry, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
Thesis: Synthesis, Ring-Opening Polymerization of Chloromethyl Substituted Propiolactone and Properties of the Related Polymers and Copolymers
Supervisor: Professor Fu-Mian Li
Date obtained Ph.D.: July 7, 1998.

1988/9-1991/6 M.S. ( Polymer Chemistry) Department of Chemistry, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, Gansu Province 730000, China
Major Courses: Organic Synthesis, Organic Structure Analysis, Principles of Polymerization, Functional Polymers, Polymer Structure and Property
Thesis: Magnetic Field Effects on the Polymerization of Vinyl Monomers
Advisor: Professor Zhi-Xing Su
Date obtained M.S. Degree: June 22, 1991.

1984/9-1988/7 B.S. ( Polymer Chemistry ) Department of Chemistry, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, Gansu Province 730000, China
Major Course: Mathematics, Physics, Inorganic Chemistry, Analytical Chemistry, Physical Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Structural Chemistry, Polymer Chemistry, Polymer Physics
Thesis: The Effects of Acidity of Polymerization Medium on Structures and Properties of Polyaniline
Advisor: Prof. Zhi-Xing Su
Date obtained Bachelor's Degree: June 26, 1988.

Publications
23. "Synthesis, Characterization and Ring-Opening Polymerization of Macrocyclic Thioether Imide Oligomers" Submitted Xiang-Qian Liu, Mitsutoshi Jikei and Masa-aki Kakimoto*

22."Siloxane Encapsulants" European Patent Application No. EP 1801163(A1) 2007, June, 27. Garo Khanarian, Angelo Pedicini, Xiang-Qian Liu, [PDF Full Text 167 KB]

21."Photosensitive Compostition" European Patent Application No. EP 1783524(A2) 2007, May, 9. Mark R. Winkle, Jill E. Steeper, Xiang-Qian Liu, Okada-Coakley Janet, Ibbitson A. Scott [PDF Full Text 133 KB]

20. "Environmentally Friendly Photoacid Generators (PAGs) With No Perfluorooctyl Sulfonates (PFOS)" US Patent Application No. US 2005/0208420 A1 2005, Sep.,22. Christopher K. Ober*, Ramakrishnan Ayothi, Kyung-Min Kim, Xiang-Qian Liu [PDF Full Text 1012 KB]

19. "Strategies for High Transparency Acrylate Resists for 157 nm Lithography. " J. Photopolymer Science & Technology 2003, 16(4), 573-580. Vladimir Jakubek, Xiang-Qian Liu, Vaishali R. Vohra, Katsuji Douki, Young-Je Kwark, Christopher K. Ober, Tohmas J. Markley, Eric A. Robertson, Richard V. C. Carr, John A. Marsella, Will Conley, Daniel Miller and Paul Zimmerman [PDF Full Text 1186 KB]

18. "Fluoropolymer Resists for 157 nm Lithography." Proc. SPIE-Int. Soc. Opt. Eng. 2003, 5039, 539-547. Vaishali R. Vohra, Xiang-Qian Liu,Katsuji Douki, Christopher K. Ober, Will Conley, Paul Zimmerman, Daniel Miller [PDF Full Text 646 KB]

17. "Fluorinated Dissolution Inhibitors for 157 nm Lithography." Proc. SPIE-Int. Soc. Opt. Eng. 2002, 4690, 477-485. Alyssandrea H. Hamad, Young C. Bae, Xiang-Qian Liu, Christopher K.Ober, Frank M. Houlihan, Gary Dabbagh, Anthony E. Novembre [PDF Full Text 172 KB]

16. "Highly Transparent Resist Platforms for 157 nm Microlithography: An Update. " Proc. SPIE-Int. Soc. Opt. Eng. 2002, 4690, 84-93. Vaishali R. Vohra, Katsuji Douki, Young-Je Kwark, Xiang-Qian Liu, Young C. Bae, Christopher K. Ober, Will Conley, Daniel Miller, Paul Zimmerman [PDF Full Text 237 KB]

15. "New Strategies for High Resolution Photoresists. " J. Photopolymer Science & Technology 2002, 15(4), 603-612. Christopher K. Ober, Katsuji Douki, Vaishali R. Vohra, Young-Je Kwark, Xiang-Qian Liu, Will Conley, Daniel Miller and Paul Zimmerman,

14. "Tetrafluorophenols: New Functional Structures for 157 nm Lithography." Polym. Prepr.(American Chemical Society, Division of Polymer Chemistry) 2002, 43(1), 480-481. Young-Je Kwark, Katsuji Douki, Vaishali R. Vohra, Xiang-Qian Liu, Will Conley, Daniel Miller, Christopher K. Ober.

13. "Advances in Resists for 157 nm Microlithography" Abstracts of Papers, 224th ACS National Meeting, Boston, MA, United States, August 18-22, 2002. Christopher K. Ober,Vaishali R. Vohra, Katsuji Douki, Xiang-Qian Liu, Young-Je Kwark, Will Conley, Daniel Miller, Paul Zimmerman.

12. "Synthesis and Properties of AB-Type Semicrystalline Polyimides Prepared from Polyamic Acid Ethyl Ester Precursors" Macromolecules 2001, 34(10), 3146-3154. Xiang-Qian Liu, Mitsutoshi Jikei and Masa-aki Kakimoto* [PDF Full Text 132 KB]

11. "Semicrystalline Aromatic Polyimides Starting from AB-Type Monomers" Chemistry of Materials 2000, 12, 3885-3891. Xiang-Qian Liu, Kazuhiro Yamanaka, Mitsutoshi Jikei and Masa-aki Kakimoto* [PDF Full Text 101 KB]

10. "Synthesis and Properties of Aromatic Polyimides Derived from Self-Polycondensation of AB-Type Monomers" Journal of Photopolymer Science & Technology 2000, 13(2), 317-319. Xiang-Qian Liu, Mitsutoshi Jikei and Masa-aki Kakimoto*

9. "Ring-Opening Copolymerization of 2-Chloromethyl-2-Methyl-3-Propiolactone with 6-Caprolactone" Macromol. Rapid Commun. 1999, 20(9), 470-474. Xiang-Qian Liu, Zi-Chen Li, Fu-Sheng Du and Fu-Mian Li* [PDF Full Text 63 KB]

8. "Ring-Opening Copolymerization of 2-Chloromethyl-2-Methyl-3-Propiolactone with 1,3-Trimethlene Carbonate" Polymer Bulletin 1999, 42(6), 649-654. Xiang-Qian Liu, Zi-Chen Li and Fu-Mian Li* [PDF Full Text 102 KB]

7. "Synthesis, Ring-Opening Polymerization of 2-Chloromethyl-2-Methyl-3-Propiolactone" Macromolecular Chemistry & Physics 1999, 200, 468-473. Xiang-Qian Liu, Ming-Xia Wang, Fu-Sheng Du, Zi-Chen Li* [PDF Full Text 96 KB]

6. "Synthesis of Poly(Ethyl Vinyl Ether) Containing C60 and Fluorescence Behavior Thereof" Acta Polymeric Sinica 1999, 1, 123-125. Han Hong, Xiang-Qian Liu, Peng Zhou and Fu-Mian Li*

5. "Vinyl Monomers Bearing Chromophore Moieties and Their Polymers VI. Synthesis, Photochemical and Initiation Behavior of Acrylic Monomers Bearing Phenothiazine Oxide Moieties and Their Polymers" J. Appl. Polym. Sci. 1998, 70(6), 1191-1199. Xiang-Qian Liu, Fu-Sheng Du, Zi-Chen Li and Fu-Mian Li* [PDF Full Text 206 KB]

4. "Nonisothermal Crystallization Kinetics of Poly(2-Chloromethyl-2-Methyl-3-Propiolactone)" Acta Polymeric Sinica 1998, 6, 736-739. Xiang-Qian Liu, Xuan Bao, Fu-Sheng Du, Zi-Chen Li and Fu-Mian Li*

3. "Photopolymerization of Acrylonitrile Sensitized by N-Acrylylphenothiazine and Its Oxides" Acta Polymeric Sinica 1998, 5, 624-627. Xiang-Qian Li, Fu-Mian Li,* Geng-Xu Yang, Qing-Chen Cui, Ju-Xian Zhang

2. "Synthesis of N-Acryloylphenothiazine Oxides and Their Polymers and the Fluorescence Behavior Thereof" Acta Polymeric Sinica 1997, 5, 633-636. Xiang-Qian Liu, Fu-Sheng Du, Zi-Chen Li and Fu-Mian Li*

1. "The Effect of Acidity of Polymerization Medium on the Structures and Properties of Polyaniline" Chemical Journal of Chinese Universities 1990, 5, 624-627. Zhi- Xing Su,* Xiang-Qian Liu, Feng-Ling Sheng

Presentation
"Synthesis and Properties of Aromatic Polyimides Derived from Self-Polycondensation of AB-Type Monomers" The 17th Conference of Photopolymer Science and Technology with the International Symposium on Materials and Processes for Advanced Giga-Bit Scale Lithography 2000" Chiba, Japan, June 27-30, 2000. Xiang-Qian Liu, Mitsutoshi Jikei and Masa-aki Kakimoto*

"AB-Type Semicrystalline Polyimides Based on Hydroquinone, Resorcinol and Catechol" Pacifichem 2000, Hawii, USA, Dec. 15, 2000. Xiang-Qian Liu, Mitsutoshi Jikei and Masa-aki Kakimoto*

"Synthesis of Polymeric Acid Monomethyl Ester by Direct-Polycondensation of Monomethyl 4-(4'-Aminophenoxy)phthalate Using Diphenyl-(2,3-Dihydro-2-Thioxo-3-Benzoxazolyl)phosphonate" Proceedings: International Conference on Advanced Fiber Materials, Ueda, Japan, Oct. 3-5, 1999, p224. Xiang-Qian Liu, Mitsutoshi Jikei and Masa-aki Kakimoto*

"Synthesis and Properties of AB-Type Polyimides Derived from Self-Polycondensation of Monomethyl 4-(4'-Aminophenoxy)phthalate" The 8th Polyimide Conference of Japan" Tokyo, Japan, Sept. 6, 1999. Xiang-Qian Liu, Mitsutoshi Jikei and Masa-aki Kakimoto*

"Fluorescence Structural Self- Qenching Effect and Photosensitizing Behavior of Acrylic Monomers Having Chromophore Moieties" Asia Polymer Symposium (Aposym/1997), Taegu, Korea, May. 12-14, p26. Xiang-Qian Liu, Fu-Sheng Du, Zi-Chen Li and Fu-Mian Li*

"Magnetic Field Effects on Polymerization of Vinyl Monomers (I) MFEs on the Bulk Polymerization of MMA Photosensitized by Macromolecular Benzophenone"; "Magnetic Field Effects on Polymerization of Vinyl Monomers (II) MFEs on the Bulk Polymerizaton of MMA Photosensitized by Copolymer of Styrene/N-(1-Naphthyl)maleimide" IUPAC Polymerization 91, Hangzhou, China, Oct. 14-18, 1991, p73; p75. Xiang-Qian Liu, Zhi-Xing Su*

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