In frontier research, our research group has pioneered cross-disciplinary studies on two-dimensional amorphous materials in China. By integrating "dimensional regulation" and "disorder regulation," our team has innovated a novel class of materials in two-dimensional space: two-dimensional amorphous materials. Our group has developed bottom-up "atom-by-atom" fabrication methods and top-down "cleavage + artificial stacking" strategies, enabling precise atomic structural analysis and characterization of order parameters. These efforts have unveiled unique physical and chemical phenomena arising from the "two-dimensional + disordered" structural features, with exploration of their application prospects in two-dimensional semiconductor devices, silicon-based integrated circuits, and gas sensing.
In applied research, addressing the critical challenge of heat dissipation in chips, our group has developed several high-electrical-insulation and high-thermal-conductivity functional materials for chip thermal management, aligning with urgent industrial demands.
Our group has been supported by grants including the National Key Research and Development Program, National Natural Science Foundation of China, and Beijing Natural Science Foundation. In recent years, our team has published over 60 research papers in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science, Nature sister journals (e.g., Nature Materials, Nature Nanotechnology), PNAS, Physical Review Letters, JACS, Advanced Materials, ACS Nano, and Nano Letters. Several works have been highlighted in media outlets (e.g., Science, NPG Asia Materials, Phys.org) and received commentary in journals.
Dr. Liu, the principal investigator (PI), serves as a reviewer for over 20 academic journals, including Nature, Science, Nature Materials, Nature Nanotechnology, Nature Synthesis, and Science Advances.
Our research interests include (not limited to):
Controllable synthesis methods of materials
(Nature 2023, 615, 56)
Novel Physical Phenomena
(Nat. Commun. 2023, 14, 2382)
Advanced Type of Information Devices
(Nat. Synth. 2025, 4, 106)