Status:
Royal Society Newton International Fellow
Personal website:
Address
University of Oxford
Andrew Wiles Building
Radcliffe Observatory Quarter
Woodstock Road
Oxford
OX2 6GG
Research interests:
Elastic instabilities;
Mechanical metamaterials;
Mechanics of porous media;
Capillary flow problem.
Further details:
I am a research fellow supported by Royal Society, and working with Dominic Vella on dynamic snap-through problems.
Teaching:
I do not have any teaching responsibilities at Oxford.
Prizes, awards, and scholarships:
2018 Newton International Fellowship
2016 Endeavour Research Fellowship
Major / recent publications:
Liu, M., Domino, L., & Vella, D. (2020). Tapered elasticæ as a route for axisymmetric morphing structures. Soft Matter 16(33), 7739-7750.
Meng, Z., Liu, M., Zhang, Y., & Chen, C. (2020). Multi-step deformation mechanical metamaterials. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 144, 104095.
Suo, S., Liu, M., & Gan, Y. (2020). Fingering patterns in hierarchical porous media. Physical Review Fluids, 5(3), 034301.
Liu, M., Wu, J., Gan, Y., Hanaor, D., & Chen, C. (2019). Multiscale modeling of the effective elastic properties of fluid-filled porous materials. International Journal of Solids and Structures, 162, 36-44.
Liu, M., Suo, S., Wu, J., Gan, Y., Hanaor, D., & Chen, C. (2019). Tailoring porous media for controllable capillary flow. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 539, 379-387.
Liu, M., Wu, J., Gan, Y., Hanaor, D., & Chen, C. (2018). Tuning capillary penetration in porous media: Combining geometrical and evaporation effects. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 123, 239-250.
Liu, M., Zhang, Y., Wu, J., Gan, Y., & Chen, C. (2016). Analytical solutions for elastic response of coated mesoporous materials to pore pressure. International Journal of Engineering Science, 107, 68-76.
Liu, M., Wu, J., Gan, Y., & Chen, C. (2016). The pore-load modulus of ordered nanoporous materials with surface effects. AIP Advances, 6(3), 035324.
Liu, M., Wu, J., Gan, Y., Hanaor, D., & Chen, C. (2016). Evaporation limited radial capillary penetration in porous media. Langmuir, 32(38), 9899-9904. Link
Liu, M., Gan, Y., Hanaor, D., Liu, B., & Chen, C. (2015). An improved semi-analytical solution for stress at round-tip notches. Engineering Fracture Mechanics, 149, 134-143.
Liu, M., & Chen, C. (2015). A micromechanical analysis of the fracture properties of saturated porous media. International Journal of Solids and Structures, 63, 32-38.