Publications

Journal Papers

    1. Shang Gao, Yiwei Jiang, Mucheng Li, Yang Wang, Yao Shen, Matthew C. Flegal, Benjamin C. Nephew, Gregory S. Fischer, Yuxiang Liu, Loris Fichera, Haichong K. Zhang, “Laparoscopic Photoacoustic Imaging System Based on Side-illumination Diffusing Fibers,” IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, early access with pending page numbers, (2023), doi: 10.1109/TBME.2023.3279772.
    2. Wei Wu, Tyler Nguyen, Josue D. Ordaz, Yi Ping Zhang, Nai-Kui Liu, Xinhua Hu, Yuxiang Liu, Xingjie Ping, Qi Han, Xiangbing Wu, Wenrui Qu, Sujuan Gao, Christopher B. Shields, Xiaoming Jin, and Xiao-Ming Xu, “Transhemispheric remodeling the motor cortex promotes forelimb recovery after mouse spinal cord injury,” JCI Insight 7(12), e158150 (2022).(link)
    3. Mingkang Wang, Rui Zhang, Robert Ilic, Yuxiang Liu, and Vladimir A. Aksyuk, “Fundamental limits and optimal estimation of the resonance frequency of a linear harmonic oscillator,” Communications Physics 4, 207 (2021). (link)
    4. Chaoyang Ti, Yao Shen, Yiming Lei, and Yuxiang Liu, “Optical Trapping of Sub−Micrometer Particles with Fiber Tapers Fabricated by Fiber Pulling Assisted Chemical Etching,” Photonics 8(9), 367 (2021). (link)
    5. Yundong Ren, Mucheng Li, Subhrodeep Ray, Brandon Johann Bozeat, and Yuxiang Liu, “Highly accessible low-loss fiber tapering by the ceramic housed electric furnace (CHEF) and frequency-domain real-time monitoring,” Review of Scientific Instruments 92, 035109 (2021). (link)
    6. Chaoyang Ti, Yao Shen, Minh-Tri Ho Thanh, Qi Wen, and Yuxiang Liu, “Reliable and mobile all-fiber modular optical tweezers.” Scientific Reports 10, 20099 (2020). (link)
    7. Feiyun Cui, Hamed Jafarishad, Zhiru Zhou, Jiazhang Chen, Jiahui Shao, Qi Wen, Yuxiang Liu, and H. Susan Zhou. “Batch fabrication of electrochemical sensors on a glycol-modified polyethylene terephthalate-based microfluidic device.” Biosensors and Bioelectronics 167, 112521 (2020). (link)
    8. Mingkang Wang*, Rui Zhang*, Robert Ilic, Vladimir Aksyuk, and Yuxiang Liu, “Frequency Stabilization of Nanomechanical Resonators Using Thermally Invariant Strain Engineering,” Nano Letters 20, 3050–3057 (2020). (link)
    9. Yundong Ren, Subhrodeep Ray, and Yuxiang Liu, “Reconfigurable Acrylic-tape Hybrid Microfluidics,” Scientific Reports 9, 4824 (2019). (link)
    10. Jinqiang Ning, Chaoyang Ti, Yuxiang Liu, “Inchworm Inspired Pneumatic Soft Robot Based on Friction Hysteresis,” Journal of Robotics and Automation 1, 54-64 (2017). (link)
    11. Chaoyang Ti, Minh-Tri Ho-Thanh, Qi Wen & Yuxiang Liu, “Objective-lens-free Fiber-based Position Detection with Nanometer Resolution in a Fiber Optical Trapping System,” Scientific Reports 7, 13168 (2017). (link)
    12. Yundong Ren, Rui Zhang, Chaoyang Ti, and Yuxiang Liu, “Tapered optical fiber loops and helices for integrated photonic device characterization and microfluidic roller coasters,” Optica 3, 1205-1208 (2016). (link)
    13. Rui Zhang, Chaoyang Ti, Marcelo Davanço, Yundong Ren, Vladimir Aksyuk, Yuxiang Liu, and Kartik Srinivasan, “Integrated tuning fork nanocavity optomechanical transducers with high fMQM product and stress-engineered frequency tuning”, Applied Physics Letters, 107, 131110 (2015). (link)
    14. Chaoyang Ti, Gawain M Thomas, Yundong Ren, Rui Zhang, Qi Wen, and Yuxiang Liu, “Fiber based optical tweezers for simultaneous in situ force exertion and measurements in a 3D polyacrylamide gel compartment,” Biomedical Optics Express 6, 2325-2336 (2015). (link)
    15. Marcelo Davanco, Serkan Ates, Yuxiang Liu, and Kartik Srinivasan, “Si3N4 optomechanical crystals in the resolved-sideband regime,” Applied Physics Letters 104, 041101 (2014) (link)
    16. Yuxiang Liu*, Marcelo Davanco*, Vladimir Aksyuk, and Kartik Srinivasan, “Electromagnetically induced transparency and wideband wavelength conversion in silicon nitride microdisk optomechanical resonators,” Physical Review Letters 110, 223603 (2013). (* equal contribution) (link)
      (Highlighted in Phys.org)
    17. Yuxiang Liu, Felix Stief, and Miao Yu, “Subwavelength optical trapping with a fiber-based surface plasmonic lens,” Optics Letters 38, 721-723 (2013). (link)
      (Selected for publication in the Virtual Journal for Biomedical Optics, Editors: Andrew Dunn and Anthony Durkin, Vol. 8, Iss. 4, May 22, 2013).
    18. Yuxiang Liu, Houxun Miao, Vladimir Aksyuk, and Kartik Srinivasan, “Wide cantilever stiffness range cavity optomechanical sensors for atomic force microscopy,” Optics Express 20, 18268-18280 (2012). (link)
      (Highlighted in Phys.org, R&D Magazine, Nanowerk, Imaging & Microscopy)
    19. Ling Tong, Yuxiang Liu, Bridget D. Dolash, Yookyung Jung, Mikhail N. Slipchenko, Donald E. Bergstrom, Ji-Xin Cheng, “Label-free Imaging of Semiconducting and Metallic Carbon Nanotubes in Cells and Mice Using Transient Absorption Microscopy,” Nature Nanotechnology 7, 56-61 (2012). (link)
      (Highlighted by       Nature Nanotechnology, Science Daily, Biophotonics, Microscope and Analysis, BioOptics World, Drug Discovery & Development, and Medgadget.) 
    20. Yuxiang Liu, Hua Xu, Felix Stief, Nikolai Zhitenev, and Miao Yu, “Far-field superfocusing with an optical fiber based surface plasmonic lens made of nanoscale concentric annular slits,” Optics Express 19, 20233-20243 (2011). (link)
      (Featured in “Technology Review 2011: Photonics reaches from science to the consumer world” in the       Laser Focus World magazine; Highlighted by Nanotechnology Now, University of Maryland News).
    21. Yuxiang Liu and Miao Yu, “Optical Manipulation and Binding of Microrods with Multiple Traps Enabled in an Inclined Dual-fiber System,” Biomicrofluidics 4, 043010 (2010). (link) 
      (Highlighted in the       News & Announcements from AIP Biomicrofluidics in February 2011; among the top 20 downloaded papers on Biomicrofluidics in February-March 2011).
    22. Yuxiang Liu and Miao Yu, “Multiple traps created with an inclined dual-fiber system,” Optics Express 17, 21680-21690 (2009). (link) 
      (Selected for publication in       theVirtual Journal for Biomedical Optics, Editor: Gregory W. Faris, Vol. 4, Iss. 13, Dec. 2, 2009).
    23. Yuxiang Liu and Miao Yu, “Investigation of inclined dual-fiber optical tweezers for 3D manipulation and force sensing,” Optics Express 17, 13624-13638 (2009). (link)
      (Selected for publication in       the Virtual Journal for Biomedical Optics, Editor: Gregory W. Faris, Vol. 4, Iss. 10, Oct. 2, 2009).
    24. X. M. Zhang, Yuxiang Liu, H. Bae, C. Pang, and M. Yu, “Phase modulation with micromachined resonant mirrors for low-coherence fiber-tip pressure sensors,” Optics Express 17, 23965-23974 (2009). (link)

Conference Papers (starting from 2021)

    1. Mingzhang Zhu, Yao Shen, Alex J. Chiluisa, Jialin Song, Loris Fichera, and Yuxiang Liu. “Optical Fiber Coupling System for Steerable Endoscopic Instruments.” In 2021 43rd Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine & Biology Society (EMBC), pp. 4871-4874. IEEE, (2021). https://doi.org/10.1109/EMBC46164.2021.9629658
    2. Li, Mucheng, Mackenzie Damon, and Yuxiang Liu. “Motion-insensitive Lossy-mode-resonances Optical Fiber Sensor for Relative Humidity and Moisture Contents.” in Frontiers in Optics + Laser Science 2021, C. Mazzali, T. (T.-C.) Poon, R. Averitt, and R. Kaindl, eds. Technical Digest Series, Paper JW7A-11. Optica (formerly Optical Society of America),(2021). https://doi.org/10.1364/FIO.2021.JW7A.11
    3. Jafarishad, Hamed, Mucheng Li, and Yuxiang Liu. “Optical fiber strain sensor for real-time food deformation measurements in drying.” in Frontiers in Optics + Laser Science 2021, C. Mazzali, T. (T.-C.) Poon, R. Averitt, and R. Kaindl, eds. Technical Digest Series, Paper JW7A.12. Optica (formerly Optical Society of America), (2021). https://doi.org/10.1364/FIO.2021.JW7A.12
    4. Isabelle A. Chan, Jesse F. d’Almeida, Alex J. Chiluisa, Thomas L. Carroll, Yuxiang Liu, Loris Fichera, “On the merits of using angled fiber tips in office-based laser surgery of the vocal folds.” in Medical Imaging 2021: Image-Guided Procedures, Robotic Interventions, and Modeling. Proceedings vol. 11598, Paper 115981Z. International Society for Optics and Photonics (SPIE) (2021). https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2580454

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