Dr Tao Liu
PhD, FHEA

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Research Impact

Media coverage 

• https://www.imeche.org/news/news-article/starship-explosion-and-a-piccadilly-line-train-upgrade-10-top-stories-of-the-week
• https://www.electronicsweekly.com/news/research-news/ask-mussel-anchor-wind-turbines-2021-03/
• https://www.theengineer.co.uk/sea-mussels-to-inspire-offshore-wind-farm-solutions/
• https://www.iom3.org/resource/affixing-floating-wind-farms-mussel-muscles-may-know-how.html
• News - Mimicking mussel ‘muscle’ to anchor floating wind farms - University of Nottingham
• The Composites UK Industry Award 2025 for Innovation in Composite Materials ( The HyPStore project )
  Queen Mary partnership awarded Industry Innovation award for advancing low-carbon hydrogen production: QMUL School of Engineering and Materials Science

Featured on the front cover of scientific journal 

• Lyu, Yulan, Yong Pang, Tao Liu, and Wei Sun. "Determining hyperelastic properties of the constituents of the mussel byssus system." Soft Matter (2024).
• Pang, Y., Sun, W. and Liu, T., 2024, May. Quasi-static responses of marine mussel plaques detached from deformable wet substrates under directional tensions. In Proceedings A (Vol. 480, No. 2290, p. 20230465). The Royal Society.
• Long, S., Chen, H., Yao, X. and Liu, T., 2025. Response of shear thickening fluids to high velocity ballistic impact. International Journal of Impact Engineering, 200, p.105248.   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pip7AT0s8n8