2025

1. P. Liao^#, H. He^#, H. Guo^#*, H. Niu, L. Kang, H. Tian, Z. Yao, Z. Li, Y. Wang, L. Y. Zhang, G. Yin, U SASAKI, X. Qi, R. Li, W. Li, Y. Luo, X. Zhang, J. Guo, L. Wang, B. Song*, S. Bai, and L. Liu* “Highly Thermally Conductive Boron Nitride Fiber” ACS Nano doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.5c02929 (2025).

2. Z. Li^#, H. Tian^#, Sasaki U, X. Huang, M. Cheng, X. Han, Y. Ma, P. Liao, Z. Yao, Y. Wang, L. Y. Zhang, G. Yin, Y. Luo, W. Li, X. Zhang, J. Guo, X. Zhao, L. Wang, J. Chen, and L. Liu* “Polycyclic Molecule Chemical Vapor Deposition of Amorphous Monolayer Carbon” Adv. Funct. Mater. 2424751 (2025).

3. Z. Yao^#, H. Tian^#, U. Sasaki, H. Sun, J. Hu, G. Xue, Y. S. Jung, R. Li, Z. Li, P. Liao, Y. Wang, L. Y. Zhang, G. Yin, X. Zhang, Y. Luo, W. Li, Y. S. Cho, P. Liu, K. Liu, Y. Zhang, L. Wang, J. Guo* and L. Liu* “Transferrable, wet-chemistry-derived high-k amorphous metal oxide dielectrics for two-dimensional electronic devices” Nat. Commun. 16, 1482 (2025).

4. R. Li^#, Z. Yao^#, Z. Li^#, L. Liao^#, H. Sun^#, C. Cong^#, X. Huang, K. Wu, T. Wang, H. Tian, H. Tian, P. Liao, S. Liu, Y. Wang, L. Y. Zhang, U Sasaki, G. Yin, J. Guo, Y. Ye, X. Wei, X. Wang, J. Hong, J. Mao, L. Bao, L. Wang, X. Bai, P. Gao, K. Liu, L. Liao, J. He, S. Bai, Y. Zhang, Y. Hou, R. Zou, H.-J. Gao, Y. Zhang, E. Wang, and L. Liu* “Mechanical exfoliation of non-layered metal oxides into ultrathin flakes” Nat. Synth. 4, 106-115 (2025).

2024

5. H. Sun^#, Q. Yang^#, J. Wang^#, M. Ding^#, M. Cheng^#, L. Liao, C. Cai, Z. Chen, X. Huang, Z. Wang, Z. Xu, W. Wang, K. Liu, L. Liu, X. Bai*, J. Chen*, S. Meng*, and L. Wang* “Unveiling sulfur vacancy pairs as bright and stable color centers in monolayer WS₂” Nat. Commun. 15, 9476 (2024).

6. P. Liao^#, H. Guo^#*, H. Niu, R. Li, G. Yin, L. Kang, L. Ren, R. Lv, H. tian, S. Liu, Z. Yao, Z. Li, Y. Wang, L. Y. Zhang, U Sasaki, W. Li, Y. Luo, J. Guo, Z. Xu, L. Wang, R. Zou, S. Bai, and L. Liu* “Core–Shell Engineered Fillers Overcome the Electrical-Thermal Conductance Trade-Off” ACS Nano 18, 30593 (2024).

7. Z. Ye, T. Fang, C. Cong, K. Chen, D. Zhang, X. Kong, Q. Wang, S. Liu, M. Li, B. Zhao, Z. Xia, Y. Shang, L. Liu, E. Shi, X. Wei, and A. Cao* “Strong and Fatigue-Resistant Carbon Nanotube Composites Enabled by Amorphous/Crystalline Heterophase Shell” ACS Nano 18, 24984 (2024).

8. H. Gu^#, K. Meng^#, R, Yuan, S. Xiao, Y. Shan, R. Zhu, Y. Deng, X. Luo, R. Li, L. Liu, X. Chen, Y. Shi, X. Wang, C, Duan, and H. Wang* “Rewritable printing of ionic liquid nanofilm utilizing focused ion beam induced film wetting” Nat. Commun. 15, 2949 (2024).

9. H. Niu, H. Guo, L. Kang, L. Ren, R. Lv, L. Liu, A. Bashir, and S. Bai* “Highly thermally conductive and soft thermal interface materials based on vertically oriented film” Compos. B. Eng. 272, 111219 (2024).

10. S. Liu^#, R. Cao^#, J. Hu^#, H. Tian, Y. Ma, H. Xue, Z. Li, Z. Yao, R. Li, P. Liao, Y. Wang, L. Y. Zhang, G. Yin, U Sasaki, J. Guo, L. Wang, X. Zhang, W. Zhou, J. Chen, W. Fu*, and L. Liu* “Degree of disorder-regulated ion transport through amorphous monolayer carbon” RSC Adv. 14, 17032 (2024).

11. H. Guo^#, W. Yan^#, J. Sun^#, Y. Pan*, H. He, Y. Zhang, F. Yang, Y. Wang, C. Zhang, R. Li, L. Liu, S. Bai, W. Wang, Y. Ye, T.-H. Liu, J. Shiomi, X. Zhang*, and B. Song* “Four-phonon scattering and thermal transport in 2H–MoTe₂” Mater. Today Phys. 40, 101314 (2024).

2023

12. H. Tian^#, Z. Yao^#, Z. Li, J. Guo, and L. Liu* “Unlocking More Potentials in Two-Dimensional Space: Disorder Engineering in Two-Dimensional Amorphous Carbon” ACS Nano 17, 24468 (2023) (Invited Perspective Paper).

13. H. Deng, T. Sarakonsri, T. Huang, A. Yu, L. Liu, X. Bai, W. Wang, and Katerina E Aifantis* “A new type of morphological instability in Sn/2D graphene anodes” J. Mater. Sci.: Mater. Electron. 34, 1663 (2023).

14. Y. Ke, C. Li, Y. Liang, X. Zhang, J. Song, R. Li, L. Liu, J. Dai, Z. Wei, and Q. Zhang* “Giant enhancement of second-harmonic generation of indium selenide on planar Au” Nanoscale 15, 10125 (2023).

15. N. Li^#, R. Shi^#, Y. Li^#, R. Qi, Z. Liu, F. Liu, Y. Li, X. Zhang, X. Guo, K. Liu, Y. Jiang, X.-Z. Li, J. Chen*, L. Liu*, E. Wang*, and P. Gao* “Phonon transition across an isotopic interface” Nat. Commun. 14, 2382 (2023).

16. Lei Liu* “When 2D Materials Encounter Disorder” Chin. Phys. Lett. 40, 056101 (2023) (Invited Perspective Paper).

17. S. Yu^#, P. Liao^#, Y. Zhang^#, Y. Li, H. Tian, R. Li, S. Liu, Z. Yao, Z. Li, Y. Wang, L. Y. Zhang, J. Guo, L. Wang, S. Bai, J. Chen, X. Bai, and L. Liu* “Hydrogen‐Bond‐Mediated Surface Functionalization of Boron Nitride Micro‐Lamellae toward High Thermal Conductive Papers” Adv. Mater. Interfaces 10, 2202196 (2023).     

18. X. Huang^#, L. Wang^#*, K. Liu^#, L. Liao, H. Sun, J. Wang, X. Tian, Z. Xu, W. Wang, L. Liu, Y. Jiang, J. Chen*, E. Wang*, and X. Bai* “Tracking cubic ice at molecular resolution” Nature 617, 86 (2023).

19. H. Tian^#, Y. Ma^#, Z. Li^#, M. Cheng^#, S. Ning^#, E. Han, M. Xu, P.-F. Zhang, K. Zhao, R. Li, Y. Zou, P. Liao, S. Yu, X. Li, J. Wang, S. Liu, Y. Li, X. Huang, Z. Yao, D. Ding, J. Guo, Y. Huang, J. Lu, Y. Han, Z. Wang, Z. G. Cheng, J. Liu, Z. Xu, K. Liu, P. Gao, Y. Jiang, L. Lin, X. Zhao, L. Wang, X. Bai, W. Fu, J.-Y. Wang, M. Li, T. Lei, Y. Zhang, Y. Hou, J. Pei, S. J. Pennycook, E. Wang, J. Chen*, W. Zhou*, and L. Liu* “Disorder-tuned conductivity in amorphous monolayer carbon” Nature 615, 56 (2023).

2022

20. S. Liu^#, P. Liao^#, W. Wei^#, E. Han, Y. Wang, H. Tian, R. Li, J. Pan, C. Zhang, H. Li, Y. Li, Z. Yao, Z. Li, L. Y. Zhang, Z. Li, R. Huang, Y. Gao, J. Guo, J. Chen, Y. Cui*, and L. Liu* “Room‐Temperature Metal‐Catalyzed Ultrafast Gasification of Ultrathin Boron Flakes” Adv. Funct. Mater. 33, 2210729 (2022).

21. J. Zhang, C. Li, Y. Liang, J. Song, Q. Shang, L. Zhao, H. Tian, L. Liu, and Q. Zhang*, “Solution‐Processed Selective Area Homoepitaxial Growth of Suspended MAPbX₃ (X = Cl, Br) Perovskite Micro‐Arrays” Adv. Funct. Mater. 33, 2208841 (2022).

22. Y. Li^#, X. Zhang^#, J. Wang, X. Ma, J. Shi, X. Guo, Y. Zuo, R. Li, H. Hong, N. Li, K. Xu, X. Huang, H. Tian, Y. Yang, Z. Yao, P. Liao, X. Li, J. Guo, Y.  Huang, P. Gao, L. Wang, X.  Yang, Q. Dai, E. Wang, K. Liu, W. Zhou, X. Yu, L. Liang, Y. Jiang, X. Li*, and L. Liu* "Engineering Interlayer Electron–Phonon Coupling in WS₂/BN Heterostructures” Nano Lett. 22, 2725 (2022).

23. J. Wang^#, X. Xu^#, T. Cheng^#, L. Gu^#, R. Qiao, Z. Liang, D. Ding, H. Hong, P. Zheng, Z. Zhang, Z. Zhang, S. Zhang, G. Cui, C. Chang, C. Huang, J. Qi, J. Liang, C. Liu , Y. Zuo, G. Xue, X. Fang, J. Tian, M. Wu , Y. Guo, Z. Yao, Q. Jiao, L. Liu, P. Gao, Q. Li, R. Yang, G. Zhang, Z. Tang, D. Yu, E. Wang, J. Lu, Y. Zhao*, S. Wu*, F. Ding*, and K. Liu* “Dual-coupling-guided epitaxial growth of wafer-scale single-crystal WS2 monolayer on vicinal a-plane sapphire” Nat. Nanotechnol. 17, 33 (2022).

2021

24. R. Li^#, Y. Li^#, Y. Yang^#, X. Huang, S. Zhang, H. Tian, X. Huang, Z. Yao, P. Liao, S. Yu, S. Liu, Z. Li, Y. Huang, J. Guo, F. Mei, L. Wang*, X. Li*, and L. Liu* “Isotope Effect of Hydrogen Functionalization in Layered Germanane: Implications for Germanane-Based Optoelectronics” ACS Appl. Nano Mater. 4, 13708 (2021).

25. Y. Li, X. Wen, C. Tan, N. Li, R. Li, X. Huang, H. Tian, Z. Yao, P. Liao, S. Yu, S. Liu, Z. Li, J. Guo, Y. Huang, P. Gao, L. Wang, S. Bai, and L. Liu* “Synthesis of centimeter-scale high-quality polycrystalline hexagonal boron nitride films from Fe fluxes” Nanoscale 13, 11223 (2021).

26. X. Huang^#, W. Zhao^#, C. Zhu^#, X. Chen, X. Han, J.  Xing, L. Bao, L. Meng, N. N. Shi, P. Gao, L. Liu, X. Zhou, F. Xu*, F. Ding*, and Y. Huang* “Modification of the Interlayer Coupling and Chemical Reactivity of Multilayer Graphene through Wrinkle Engineering” Chem. Mater. 33, 2506 (2021).

27. X. Huang^#, L. Zhang^#, L. Liu*, Y. Qin, Q. Fu, Q. Wu, R. Yang, J. Lv, Z. Ni, L. Liu*, W. Ji, Y. Wang, X. Zhou, and Y. Huang* “Raman spectra evidence for the covalent-like quasi-bonding between exfoliated MoS₂ and Au films” Sci. China Inf. Sci. 64, 1 (2021).

28. L. Wang^#*, J. Chen^#, S. J. Cox^#*, L. Liu*, G. C. Sosso, N. Li, P. Gao, A. Michaelides, E. Wang, X. Bai* “Microscopic Kinetics Pathway of Salt Crystallization in Graphene Nanocapillaries”Phys. Rev. Lett. 126, 136001 (2021). 

29. R. Qi^#, N. Li^#, J. Du, R. Shi, Y. Huang, X. Yang, L. Liu, Z. Xu, Q. Dai, D. Yu, and P. Gao* “Four-dimensional vibrational spectroscopy for nanoscale mapping of phonon dispersion in BN nanotubes” Nat. Commun. 12, 1179 (2021).

30. N. Li^#, X. Guo^#, X. Yang^#*, R. Qi, T. Qiao, Y. Li, R. Shi, Y. Li, K. Liu, Z. Xu, L. Liu, F J.G. de Abajo, Q. Dai*, E. Wang, and P. Gao* “Direct observation of highly confined phonon polaritons in suspended monolayer hexagonal boron nitride” Nat. Mater. 20, 43 (2021).

2020

31. L. Wang*^#, Lei Liu^#, Ji Chen^#, A. Mohsin, J. H. Yum, T. W. Hudnall, C. W. Bielawski, T. Rajh, X. Bai, S. Gao*, and G. Gu* “Synthesis of Honeycomb‐Structured Beryllium Oxide via Graphene Liquid Cells” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 59, 15734, (2020) (Highlighted by Science 369, 46 2020).

32. R. Li^#, Y. Li^#, H. Tian, P. Liao, H. Wang, S. Zhang, Z. Yao, H. Wang*, S. Liu, G. Chen, S. Yu, Z. Li, J. Liu, Z. Xu, F. Mei, P. Liu, J. Guo, K. Liu, X. Li*, and L. Liu* “Valley Polarization in Superacid-Treated Monolayer MoS₂” ACS Appl. Electron. Mater. 2, 1981, (2020).

33. Y. Huang^#, Y. Pan^#, R. Yang^#, L. Bao, L. Meng, H. Luo, Y. Cai, G. Liu, W. Zhao, Z. Zhou, L. Wu, Z. Zhu, M. Huang, L. Liu, L. Liu, P. Cheng, K. Wu, S. Tian, C. Gu, Y. Shi, Y. Guo, Z. Cheng, J. Hu, L. Zhao, G. Yang, E. Sutter, P. Sutter*, Y. Wang, W. Ji*, X. Zhou*, and H. Gao* “Universal mechanical exfoliation of large-area 2D crystals”Nat. Commun. 11, 2453 (2020).

34. S. Zhang, R. Li, Z. Yao, P. Liao, Y. Li, H. Tian, J. Wang, P.  Liu, J. Guo, K. Liu, F. Mei*, and L. Liu* “Laser annealing towards high-performance monolayer MoS₂ and WSe₂ field effect transistors” Nanotechnology 31 30LT02 (2020).

35. L. Zhu^#, X. Jin^#, Y. Zhang*, S. Du, L. Liu*, T. Rajh, Z. Xu, W. Wang, X. Bai*, J. Wen*, and L. Wang* “Visualizing Anisotropic Oxygen Diffusion in Ceria under Activated Conditions”Phys. Rev. Lett.124, 056002 (2020). 

2019

36. P. Liu, H. Tian, W. Windl, G. Gu, G. Duscher, Y. Wu, M. Zhao, J. Guo*, B. Xu*, and L. Liu* “Direct imaging of the nitrogen-rich edge in monolayer hexagonal boron nitride and its band structure tuning” Nanoscale 11, 20676 (2019).

37. L. Liu*, E. J. Lenferink, G. Wei, T. K. Stanev, N. Speiser, and N. P. Stern* “Electrical Control of Circular Photogalvanic Spin-Valley Photocurrent in a Monolayer Semiconductor” ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 11, 3334 (2019).

38. X. Guo, H. Hu, D. Hu, B. Liao, K. Chen, L. Liu, X. Zhu, X. Yang* and Q. Dai* “High-efficiency modulation of coupling between different polaritons in an in-plane graphene/hexagonal boron nitride heterostructure” Nanoscale 11, 2703 (2019).

39. Z. Zhang, X. Xu, R. Qiao, J. Liu, Y. Feng, Z. Zhang, P. Song, M. Wu, L. Zhu, X. Yang, P. Gao, L. Liu, J. Xiong, E. Wang and K. Liu* “Low-temperature epitaxy of transferable high-quality Pd(111) films on hybrid graphene/Cu(111) substrate” Nano Res. 12, 2712 (2019).

40. D. Chen, R. Qiao, X. Xu, W. Dong, L. Wang, R. Ma, C. Liu, Z. Zhang, M. Wu, L. Liu, L. Bao, H. Wang, P. Gao, K. Liu* and D. Yu* “Sub-10 nm stable graphene quantum dots embedded in hexagonal boron nitride”Nanoscale 11, 4226 (2019).

2018

41. J. Liu, R. Li, H. Li, Y. Li, J. Yi, H. Wang, X. Zhao, P. Liu, J. Guo*, and L. Liu* “Graphene-based in-plane heterostructures for atomically thin electronics” New Carbon Mater. 33, 482 (2018).

42. J. Wang, X. Xu, R. Qiao, J. Liang, C. Liu, B. Zheng, L. Liu, P. Gao, Q. Jiao, D. Yu, Y. Zhao*, and K. Liu*, “Visualizing grain boundaries in monolayer MoSe₂ using mild H₂O vapor etching” Nano Res. 11, 4082 (2018).

Prior to PKU

43. A. Mohsin, N. G. Cross, L. Liu, K. Watanabe, T. Taniguchi, G. Duscher*, and G. Gu* “Mapping the layer count of few-layer hexagonal boron nitride at high lateral spatial resolutions” 2D Mater. 5, 015007 (2017).

44. A. Mohsin, N. G. Cross, L. Liu, P. Liu, G. Duscher, and G. Gu* “Experimentally determined edge orientation of triangular crystals of hexagonal boron nitride” Phys. Status Solidi B 254, 1700069 (2017).

45. C. Ma, J. Park, L. Liu, Y. Kim, M. Yoon, A. P. Baddorf, G. Gu, and A. Li* “Interplay between intercalated oxygen superstructures and monolayer h-BN on Cu(100)” Phys. Rev. B 94, 064106 (2016).

46. H. Wang, C. Zhao, L. Liu, Z. Xu, J. Wei, W. Wang*, X. Bai, and E. Wang* “Towards the controlled CVD growth of graphitic B–C–N atomic layer films: the key role of B–C delivery molecular precursor” Nano Res. 9, 1221 (2016).

47. X. Zhang, D. Stradi, L. Liu, H. Luo, M.Brandbyge, and G. Gu* “Tunneling spectra of graphene on copper unraveled” Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 18, 17081 (2016).

48. T. Roy, L. Liu, S. De La Barrera, B. Chakrabarti, Z. R. Hesabi, C. A. Joiner, R. M. Feenstra, G. Gu, and E. M. Vogel* “Tunneling characteristics in chemical vapor deposited graphene–hexagonal boron nitride–graphene junctions”, Appl. Phys. Lett. 104, 123506 (2014).

49. L. Liu^#, J. Park^#, D. A. Siegel, K. F. McCarty, K. W. Clark, W. Deng, L. Basile, J. C. Idrobo, A. Li*, and G. Gu* “Heteroepitaxial Growth of Two-Dimensional Hexagonal Boron Nitride Templated by Graphene Edges”, Science 343, 163 (2014).

50. L. Liu^#, D. A. Siegel^#, W. Chen#, P. Liu, J. Guo, G. Duscher, C. Zhao, H. Wang, W. Wang, X. Bai, K. F. McCarty*, Z. Zhang*, and G. Gu* “An Unusual Role of Epilayer-Substrate Interactions in Determining Orientational Relations in van der Waals Epitaxy”, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 111, 16670 (2014).

51. J. Park^#, J. Lee^#, L. Liu, K. Clark, C. Durand, C. Park, B. Sumpter, A. Baddorf, A. Mohsin, M. Yoon*, G. Gu*, and A. Li* “Spatially Resolved One-Dimensional Boundary States in Graphene-Hexagonal Boron Nitride Planar Heterostructures”, Nat. Commun. 5, 5403 (2014).

52. A. Mohsin, L. Liu, P. Liu, W. Deng, I. N. Ivanov, G. Li, O. E. Dyck, G. Duscher, J. R. Dunlap, K. Xiao, and G. Gu* “Synthesis of millimeter-size hexagon-shaped graphene single crystals on resolidified copper”, ACS Nano 7, 8924 (2013).

53.  M. Wu, X. Li, D. Pan, L. Liu, X. Yang, Z. Xu, W. Wang*, Y. Sui*, and X. Bai* “Synthesis of nitrogen-doped single-walled carbon nanotubes and monitoring of doping by Raman spectroscopy” Chin. Phys. B 22, 086101 (2013).

54. L. Liu, D. Xie, M. Wu, X. Yang, Z. Xu, W. Wang*, X. Bai, and E. Wang “Controlled oxidative functionalization of monolayer graphene by water-vapor plasma etching” Carbon 50, 3039 (2012).

55. L. Liu, Y. Zhang, W. Wang*, C. Gu, X. Bai, and E. Wang* “Nanosphere lithography for the fabrication of ultranarrow graphene nanoribbons and on-chip bandgap tuning of graphene” Adv. Mater. 23, 1246 (2011) (Highlighted in NPG Asia Materials with the title of “Graphene: Ribbons from spheres”)

56. X. Yang, L. Liu, M. Wu, W. Wang*, X. Bai*, and E. Wang* “Wet-chemistry-assisted nanotube-substitution reaction for high-efficiency and bulk-quantity synthesis of Boron- and Nitrogen-codoped single-walled carbon nanotubes” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 133, 13216 (2011).

57.  W. Fu, S. Qin, L. Liu, T. Kim, S. Hellstrom, W. Wang*, W. Liang, X. Bai, A. Li*, and E. Wang* “Ferroelectric gated electrical transport in CdS nanotetrapods” Nano Lett. 11, 1913 (2011).

58. Z. Xu, Y. Bando, L. Liu, W. Wang, X. Bai*, and D. Golberg* “Electrical conductivity, chemistry, and bonding alternations under graphene oxide to graphene transition as revealed by in situ TEM” ACS Nano 5, 4401 (2011).

59. P. Gao, K. Liu, L. Liu, Z. Wang, Z. Liao, Z. Xu, W. Wang, X. Bai*, E. Wang*, and Y. Li “Higher-order harmonic resonances and mechanical properties of individual cadmium sulphide nanowires measured by in situ transmission electron microscopy” J Electron Microsc. 59, 285 (2010).

60. W. Fu, L. Liu, W. Wang, M. Wu, Z. Xu, X. Bai*, and E. Wang* “Carbon nanotube transistors with graphene oxide films as gate dielectrics” Sci. China Phys. Mech. 53, 838 (2010).

61. W. Fu, Z. Xu, L. Liu, X. Bai*, and E. Wang* “Two-bit ferroelectric field-effect transistor memories assembled on individual nanotubes” Nanotechnology 20, 475305 (2009).