FENG LIU portrait
  • Adjunct Professor, Physics And Astronomy
  • Distinguished Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
  • Distinguished Professpr, Materials Science and Engineering
801-587-7719

Publications

  • "Topological field-effect transistor with quantized ON/OFF conductance of helical/chiral dislocation states", X. Li and Feng Liu, Phys. Rev. B 107, 224101 (2023). Published, 06/05/2023.
  • "Realization of flat bands by lattice intercalation in kagome metals", D. Kim and Feng Liu, Phys. Rev. B 107, 205130 (2023). Published, 05/16/2023.
  • "Excitonic Condensate in Flat Valence and Conduction Bands of Opposite Chirality", G. Sethi, M. Cuma, and Feng Liu, Phys. Rev. Lett. 130, 186401 (2023). Published, 05/01/2023.
  • "A p-orbital honeycomb-Kagome lattice realized in a two-dimensional metal-organic framework", X. Wang, B. Xia, C. Lyu, D. Kim, E. Li, S. Fu, J. Chen, P. Liu, Feng Liu and N. Lin, Commun. Chem. 6, 73 (2023). Published, 04/18/2023.
  • "Growth of Mesoscale Ordered Two-Dimensional Hydrogen-Bond Organic Framework with the Observation of Flat Band", M. Pan*, X. Zhang*, Y. Zhou*, P. Wang*, Q. Bian, H. Liu, X. Wang, X. Li, A. Chen, X. Lei, S. Li, Z. Cheng, Z. Shao, H. Ding, J. Gao, F. Li, and Feng Liu, Phys. Rev. Lett. 130, 036203, Editor's Suggestion (2023). Published, 01/20/2023.
  • "Topological Superconductivity Based on Antisymmetric Spin–Orbit Coupling", X. Zhang, J. Liu, and Feng Liu, Nano Lett. 22, 9000 (2022). Published, 11/09/2022.
  • Xiaoming Zhang (2022). Topological Superconductivity Based on Antisymmetric Spin–Orbit Coupling. ACS. Published, 11/09/2022.
  • Xiaoming Zhang (2022). Topological Superconductivity Based on Antisymmetric Spin–Orbit Coupling. ACS. Published, 11/09/2022.
  • S. Chong (2022). Emergent helical edge states in a hybridized three-dimensional topological insulator. Nature. Published, 10/27/2022.
  • "Emergent helical edge states in a hybridized three-dimensional topological insulator", S. K. Chong, L. Liu, K. Watanabe, T. Taniguchi, T. D. Sparks, Feng Liu, and V. V. Deshpande, Nat Commun 13, 6386 (2022). Published, 10/27/2022.
  • D. Lee (2022). Tunable Mott Dirac and Kagome Bands Engineered on 1T-TaS2. ACS. Published, 09/26/2022.
  • "Structural buckling induced higher-order topology", H. Huang, and Feng Liu, Nat. Sci. Rev. 9, nwab170 (2022). Published, 09/26/2022.
  • W. Dong (2022). Superconductivity and topological aspects of two-dimensional transition-metal monohalides. NPJ. Published, 08/30/2022.
  • H. Zhang (2022). A generic dual d-band model for interlayer ferromagnetic coupling in a transition-metal doped MnBi2Te4 family of material. Royal Soceity of Chemisty. Published, 08/23/2022.
  • "A generic dual d-band model for interlayer ferromagnetic coupling in a transition-metal doped MnBi2Te4 family of material", H. Zhang, J. Zhang, Y. Zhang, W. Yang, Y. Wang, X. Xu and Feng Liu, Nanoscale 14, 13689 (2022). Published, 08/23/2022.
  • "Superconductivity and topological aspects of two-dimensional transition-metal monohalides", W. H. Dong, Y. Y. Zhang, Y. F. Zhang, J. T. Sun, Feng Liu, and SX. Du, npj Comput. Mater. 8, 185 (2022). Published, 08/20/2022.
  • "Topological alloy engineering and locally linearized gap dependence on concentration", D. Kim, and Feng Liu, Phys. Rev. B 106, 085105 (2022). Published, 08/04/2022.
  • "Effective Model for Fractional Topological Corner Modes in Quasicrystals", C. Wang, Feng Liu, and H. Huang, Phys. Rev. Lett. 129, 056403 (2022). Published, 07/29/2022.
  • C. Wang (2022). Effective Model for Fractional Topological Corner Modes in Quasicrystals. APS. Published, 07/29/2022.
  • "Excited quantum anomalous and spin Hall effect: dissociation of flat-bands-enabled excitonic insulator state", Y. Zhou*, G. Sethi*, H. Liu, Z. Wang, and Feng Liu, Nanotech. 33, 415001 (2022). Published, 07/19/2022.
  • Y. Zhou (2022). Excited quantum anomalous and spin Hall effect: dissociation of flat-bands-enabled excitonic insulator state. IOP Publishing. Published, 07/19/2022.
  • "High-temperature fractional quantum Hall state in the Floquet kagome flat band", H. Liu*, G. Sethi*, D. N. Sheng, Y. Zhou, J. T. Sun, S. Meng, and Feng Liu, Phys. Rev. B 105, L161108 (2022). Published, 04/29/2022.
  • H. Liu (2022). High-temperature fractional quantum Hall state in the Floquet kagome flat band. APS. Published, 04/29/2022.
  • "Orbital design of flat bands in non-line-graph lattices via line-graph wave functions", H. Liu, G. Sethi, S. Meng, and Feng Liu, Phys. Rev. B 105, 085128 (2022). Published, 02/17/2022.
  • H. Liu (2022). Orbital design of flat bands in non-line-graph lattices via line-graph wave functions. APS. Published, 02/17/2022.
  • "Structural Amorphization-Induced Topological Order", C. Wang, T. Cheng, Z. Liu, Feng Liu, and H. Huang, Phys. Rev. Lett. 128, 056401 (2022). Published, 02/02/2022.
  • C. Wang (2022). Structural Amorphization-Induced Topological Order. APS. Published, 02/02/2022.
  • "Fulde-Ferrell-Larkin-Ovchinnikov pairing induced by aWeyl nodal line in an Ising superconductor with a high critical field", X. Zhang, and Feng Liu, Phys. Rev. B 105, 024505 (2022). Published, 01/06/2022.
  • Xiaoming Zhang (2022). Fulde-Ferrell-Larkin-Ovchinnikov pairing induced by aWeyl nodal line in an Ising superconductor with a high critical field. APS. Published, 01/06/2022.
  • "Hydrogen induced dislocation core reconstruction in bcc tungsten", Y.-H. Li, H.-B. Zhou, F. Gao, G. Lu, G.-H. Lu, and Feng Liu, Acta Mater. 226, 117622 (2022). Published, 01/05/2022.
  • Y. Li (2022). Hydrogen induced dislocation core reconstruction in bcc tungsten. Elsevier. Published, 01/05/2022.
  • Xiaojuan Ni (2022). Engineering of flat bands and Dirac bands in two-dimensional covalent organic frameworks (COFs): relationships among molecular orbital symmetry, lattice symmetry, and electronic-structure characteristics. Royal Soceity of Chemisty. Published, 01/2022.
  • Xiaojuan Ni (2022). Engineering of flat bands and Dirac bands in two-dimensional covalent organic frameworks (COFs): relationships among molecular orbital symmetry, lattice symmetry, and electronic-structure characteristics. Royal Soceity of Chemisty. Published, 01/01/2022.
  • Hang Liu (2021). Non-Hermitian topological states in 2D line-graph lattices: Evolving triple exceptional points on reciprocal line graphs. Institute of Physics. Published, 12/22/2021.
  • Kyung Hwan Jin (2021). Enhance Berry Curvature Dipole and Persistent Spin Texture in the Bi(110) Monolayer. American Chemical Soceity. Published, 11/08/2021.
  • Wen-Han Dong (2021). Manipulation of Dirac Fermions in Nanochain-Structured Graphene. Chinese Physical Soceity. Published, 09/02/2021.
  • H. Huang (2021). Structural buckling induced higher-order topology. Oxford University Press. Published, 08/24/2021.
  • H. Huang (2021). Higher-order topology induced by structural buckling. xford University Press. Published, 08/24/2021.
  • Hang Liu (2021). Screening two-dimensional materials with topological flat bands. American Physical Soceity. Published, 08/16/2021.
  • Huangqing Huang (2021). Generic Orbital Design of Higher-Order Topological Quasicrystalline Insulators with Odd Five-Fold Rotation Symmetry. American Chemical Soceity. Published, 08/05/2021.
  • D. Kim (2021). Topological alloy engineering and locally linearized gap dependence on concentration. APS. Published, 08/04/2021.
  • Huisen Zhang (2021). Selective Substrate-Orbital-Filtering Effect to Realize the Large-Gap Quantum Spin Hall Effect. American Chemical Soceity. Published, 06/22/2021.
  • Gurjyot (2021). Flat-Band-Enabled Triplet Excitonic Insulator in a Diatomic Kagome Lattice. American Physical Soceity. Published, 05/12/2021.
  • Jianfeng Wang (2021). Density-independent plasmons for terahertz-stable topological metamaterials. US National Academy of Sciences. Published, 05/05/2021.
  • Chen Liu (2021). Sierpiński Structure and Electronic Topology in Bi Thin Films on InSb(111)B Surfaces. American Physical Soceity. Published, 04/30/2021.
  • Lin Hu (2021). Atomistic Mechanism Underlying the Si(111)−(7×7) Surface Reconstruction Revealed by Artificial Neural-Network Potential. American Physical Soceity. Published, 04/30/2021.
  • Xiaoming Zhang (2021). Prediction of Majorana edge states from magnetized topological surface states. American Physical Soceity. Published, 01/06/2021.
  • Wei Jiang (2021). Exotic Topological Bands and Quantum States in Metal–Organic and Covalent–Organic Frameworks. American Chemical Soceity. Published, 01/05/2021.
  • W. Jiang (2021). Exotic Topological Bands and Quantum States in Metal–Organic and Covalent–Organic Frameworks. ACS. Published, 01/05/2021.
  • Lei Sun (2020). Inversion/Mirror Symmetry-Protected Dirac Cones in Distorted Ruby Lattices. Chinese Physical Soceity. Published, 12/08/2020.
  • Xiaojuan Ni (2020). Electronic structures of a diagonally striped lattice: Multiple (N−1)-fold degenerate flat bands. American Physical Soceity. Published, 12/08/2020.
  • Yining Zhou (2020). Realization of an Antiferromagnetic Superatomic Graphene: Dirac Mott Insulator and Circular Dichroism Hall Effect. American Chemical Soceity. Published, 12/02/2020.
  • Xiaojuan Ni (2020). π-Orbital Yin–Yang Kagome bands in anilato-based metal–organic frameworks. The Royal Society of Chemistry. Published, 10/12/2020.
  • Min-Xin Chen (2020). Prediction of giant and ideal Rashba-type splitting in ordered alloy monolayers grown on a polar surface. Oxford University Press on behalf of China Science Publishing & Media Ltd. Published, 09/25/2020.
  • Jinwon Lee (2020). Honeycomb-Lattice Mott Insulator on Tantalum Disulphide. American Physical Soceity. Published, 08/28/2020.
  • K. Jin (2020). 1D topological phases in transition-metal monochalcogenide nanowires. The Royal Society of Chemistry. Published, 06/15/2020.
  • Hang Liu (2020). Fermionic Analogue of High Temperature Hawking Radiation in Black Phosphorus. Chinese Physical Society and IOP Publishing Ltd. Published, 06/01/2020.
  • H. Huang (2020). A Unified View of Topological Phase Transition in Band Theory. American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). Published, 05/20/2020.
  • Z. Liu (2020). Prediction of room-temperature multiferroicity in strained MoCr2S6 monolayer. American Institute of Physics. Published, 04/15/2020.
  • H. Huang (2020). Aperiodic topological crystalline insulators. American Physical Soceity. Published, 04/05/2020.
  • X. Ni (2020). Robustness of topological insulating phase against vacancy, vacancy cluster, and grain boundary bulk defects. American Physical Soceity. Published, 03/19/2020.
  • X. Ni (2020). Theory of Epitaxial Growth of Borophene on Layered Electride: Thermodynamic Stability and Kinetic Pathway. American Chemical Soceity. Published, 03/02/2020.
  • F. Gao (2020). Site-Controlled Uniform Ge/Si Hut Wires with Electrically Tunable Spin–Orbit Coupling. Wiley. Published, 02/27/2020.
  • W. Jiang (2020). Topological Band Engineering of Lieb Lattice in Phthalocyanine-Based Metal–Organic Frameworks. American Chemical Soceity. Published, 02/20/2020.
  • K. Jin (2020). Doping-induced topological phase transition in Bi: The role of quantum electronic stress. American Physical Soceity. Published, 01/08/2020.
  • X. Zhou (2019). Observation of topological surface states in the high-temperature superconductor MgB2. American Physical Soceity. Published, 11/21/2019.
  • J. Wang (2019). Anomalous Dirac Plasmons in 1D Topological Electrides. American Physical Soceity. Published, 11/12/2019.
  • Y. Han (2019). Energy barriers for Pb adatom diffusion on stepped ultrathin Pb(111) quantum nanofilms: First-principles calculations. American Physical Soceity. Published, 11/05/2019.
  • L. Gao (2019). Orbital design of topological insulators from two-dimensional semiconductors. American Chemical Soceity. Published, 10/25/2019.
  • X. Zhang (2019). Enhancing superconductivity in bulk β−Bi2Pd by negative pressure induced by quantum electronic stress. American Physical Soceity. Published, 09/30/2019.
  • H. Huang (2019). Comparison of quantum spin Hall states in quasicrystals and crystals. American Physical Soceity. Published, 08/08/2019.
  • X. Li (2019). Unidirectional Spin−Orbit Interaction Induced by the Line Defect in Monolayer Transition Metal Dichalcogenides for High-Performance Devices. American Chemical Soceity. Published, 08/06/2019.
  • L. Sun (2019). Polaronic Resistive Switching in Ceria-Based Memory Devices. WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim. Published, 07/22/2019.
  • W. Jiang (2019). A Lieb-like lattice in a covalent-organic framework and its Stoner ferromagnetism. Springer Nature. Published, 05/17/2019.
  • Y. Zhou (2019). Weyl points created by a three-dimensional flat band. American Physical Soceity. Published, 05/13/2019.
  • K. Jin (2019). Topological superconducting phase in high-Tc superconductor MgB2 with Dirac–nodal-line fermions. Springer Nature. Published, 05/03/2019.
  • Z. Zhang (2019). Valley splitting in the van der Waals heterostructure WSe2/CrI3: The role of atom superposition. American Physical Soceity. Published, 03/29/2019.
  • W. Jiang (2019). Topological band evolution between Lieb and kagome lattices. American Physical Soceity. Published, 03/18/2019.
  • S. Zhang (2019). Kagome bands disguised in a coloring-triangle lattice. American Physical Soceity. Published, 03/18/2019.
  • K. Jin (2019). 12. "A 2D nonsymmorphic Dirac semimetal in a chemically modified group-VA monolayer with a black phosphorene structure", K-H Jin, H. Huang, Z. Wang and Feng Liu, Nanoscale, 11, 7256 (2019). The Royal Society of Chemistry. Published, 03/18/2019.
  • X. Ni (2019). A 3D percolation model for multicomponent nanocarbon composites: the critical role of nematic transition. IOP Publishing Ltd. Published, 02/20/2019.
  • W. Jiang (2019). Dichotomy between frustrated local spins and conjugated electrons in a two-dimensional metal-organic framework. The Royal Society of Chemistry. Published, 01/19/2019.
  • Yunshan Wang (2018). Incident wavelength and polarization dependence of spectral shifts in β-Ga2O3 UV photoluminescence. Nature publishing group. Published, 12/24/2018.
  • Zhao Liu (2018). Intrinsic Quantum Anomalous Hall Effect with In-Plane Magnetization:Searching Rule and Material Prediction. APS. Published, 12/13/2018.
  • Jianfeng Wang (2018). Pseudo Dirac nodal sphere semimetal. APS. Published, 11/26/2018.
  • Lin Hu (2018). Significantly enhanced magnetoresistance inmonolayer WTe2viaheterojunction engineering: afirst-principles study. ACS. Published, 11/02/2018.
  • Huaqing Huang (2018). Black-hole horizon in the Dirac semimetal Zn2In2S5. APS. Published, 09/26/2018.
  • Huaqing Huang (2018). Theory of spin Bott index for quantum spin Hall states in nonperiodic systems. APS. Published, 09/17/2018.
  • Huaqing Huang (2018). Quantum Spin Hall Effect and Spin Bott Index in a Quasicrystal Lattice. APS. Published, 09/17/2018.
  • Chunxiao Zhang (2018). Band gap reduction in van der Waals layered 2Dmaterialsviaa de-charge transfer mechanism. ACS. Published, 08/08/2018.
  • Lin Hu (2018). Ubiquitous Spin-Orbit Coupling in a Screw Dislocation with High Spin Coherency. APS. Published, 08/06/2018.
  • Wei Jiang (2018). Li doped kagome spin liquid compounds. Royal Soceity of Chemistry. Published, 07/31/2018.
  • Huaqing Huang (2018). Tunable topological semimetal states with ultraflat nodal rings in strained YN. APS. Published, 07/23/2018.
  • Lei Kang (2018). Two Novel Deep-Ultraviolet Nonlinear Optical Crystalswith Shorter Phase-Matching Second HarmonicGeneration than KBe2BO3F2: A First-Principles Prediction. WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim. Published, 06/20/2018.
  • Hang Liu (2018). Photoinduced Nonequilibrium Topological States in Strained Black Phosphorus. APS. Published, 06/08/2018.
  • Xiaojuan Ni (2018). Intrinsic quantum anomalous hall effect in a two-dimensional anilato-based lattice. ACS. Published, 05/16/2018.
  • Haiyuan Chen (2018). Prediction of two-dimensional nodal-linesemimetals in a carbon nitride covalent network. Royal Soceity of Chemistry. Published, 04/20/2018.
  • Zhao Liu (2018). Pressure-induced organic topological nodal-line semimetal in the three-dimensionalmolecular crystal Pd(dddt)2. APS. Published, 04/18/2018.
  • Z. F. Wang (2018). Light-Induced Type-II Band Inversion and Quantum Anomalous Hall Statein Monolayer FeSe. APS. Published, 04/13/2018.
  • Huaqing Huang (2018). Alloy Engineering of Topological Semimetal Phase Transition inMgTa2−xNbxN3. APS. Published, 03/27/2018.
  • Huaqing Huang (2018). Topological Electride Y2C. ACS. Published, 02/20/2018.
  • Xiaoming Zhang (2018). Topological states in a two-dimensional metal alloy in Si surface: BiAg/Si(111)-4×4surface. APS. Published, 02/16/2018.
  • Chong Li (2018). Formation of a large gap quantum spin Hall phasein a 2D trigonal lattice with three p-orbitals. ACS. Published, 02/08/2018.
  • Ninghai Su (2018). Prediction of large gap flat Chern band in a two-dimensional metal-organicframework. IOP. Published, 01/18/2018.
  • Aizhu Wang (2018). Kane Fermion in a Two-Dimensionalπ‑ConjugatedBis(iminothiolato)nickel Monolayer. ACS. Published, 01/17/2018.
  • Xiaojuan Ni (2018). Monte Carlo simulations of electricalpercolation in multicomponent thinfilmswith nanofillers. IOP. Published, 01/11/2018.
  • Eunice J H Phua (2018). Oxidation-promoted InterfacialSynthesisofRedox-active Bis(diimino)nickelNanosheet. The Chemical Soceity of Japan. Published, 01/01/2018.
  • Shunhong Zhang (2017). Electronic and spin dynamics in the insulating iron pnictide NaFe0.5Cu0.5As. APS. Published, 12/21/2017.
  • Jiangfeng Wang (2017). Prediction of Ideal Topological Semimetals with Triply Degenerate Points in the NaCu3Te2 Family. APS. Published, 12/18/2017.
  • W. Li (2017). Thickness-dependent energetics for Pb adatoms on low-index Pb nanofilm surfaces: First-principles calculations. APS. Published, 11/06/2017.
  • Kyung-Hwan Jin (2017). Nanostructured topological state in bismuth nanotube arrays: inverting bonding–antibonding levels of molecular orbitals. The Royal Society of Chemistry. Published, 10/12/2017.
  • X. Sun (2017). Bis(aminothiolato)nickel nanosheet as a redox switch for conductivity and an electrocatalyst for the hydrogen evolution reaction. The Royal Society of Chemistry. Published, 10/03/2017.
  • Xiaoming Zhang (2017). Theoretical Discovery of a Superconducting Two-Dimensional Metal−Organic Framework. ACS. Published, 09/12/2017.
  • Huaqing Huang (2017). Topological nodal-line semimetal in nonsymmorphic Cmce-phase Ag2S. APS. Published, 09/06/2017.
  • Z. Zhu (2017). Multivalency-Driven Formation of Te-Based Monolayer Materials: A Combined First-Principles and Experimental study. APS. Published, 09/05/2017.
  • Bin Cui (2017). Creation of half-metallic f-orbital Dirac fermion with superlight elements in orbital-designed molecular lattice. APS. Published, 08/23/2017.
  • S. Kim (2017). Atomically Abrupt Topological p−n Junction. ACS. Published, 08/21/2017.
  • N. Chen (2017). Giant lattice expansion by quantum stress and universal atomic forces in semiconductors under instant ultrafast laser excitation. The Royal Society of Chemistry. Published, 08/14/2017.
  • Q. Wang (2017). Spin fluctuation induced linear magnetoresistance in ultrathin superconducting FeSe films. IOP. Published, 08/14/2017.
  • T. Zhang (2017). Gallium platinum alloys -- a new material system for UV plasmonics. Optical Society of America. Published, 07/12/2017.
  • J. Wang (2017). Tuning interfacial spin filters from metallic to resistive within a single organic semiconductor family. APS. Published, 06/30/2017.
  • Lei Zhang (2017). Quantum Spin Hall Effect and Tunable Spin Transport in As-Graphane. ACS. Published, 06/19/2017.
  • B. Huang (2017). Bending strain engineering in quantum spin hall system for controlling spin currents. Nature. Published, 06/16/2017.
  • Z. Feng (2017). Gapped Spin-1/2 Spinon Excitations in a New Kagome Quantum Spin Liquid Compound Cu3 Zn(OH)6FBr. IOP. Published, 06/15/2017.
  • Wei Jiang (2017). conjugation in the epitaxial Si(111)-(√3× √3) surface: Unconventional “bamboo hat” bonding geometry for Si. APS. Published, 06/12/2017.
  • Huaqing Huang (2017). Tensile strained gray tin: Dirac semimetal for observing negative magnetoresistance with Shubnikov–de Haas oscillations. APS. Published, 05/02/2017.
  • Zhengfei Wang (2017). Computational design of two-dimensional topological materials. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. Published, 03/23/2017.
  • Dali Sun (2017). Spintronic detection of interfacial magnetic switching in a paramagnetic thin film of tris(8-hydroxyquinoline)iron(III). APS. Published, 02/17/2017.
  • Zhengfei Wang (2017). Pulse laser induced graphite-to-diamond phase transition: the role of quantum electronic stress. Springer. Published, 02/01/2017.
  • “Electrophobic Interaction Induced Impurity Clustering in Metals”, H.-B. Zhou, J.-L. Wang, W. Jiang, J. A. Aguiar, G.-H. Lu1, and Feng Liu, Acta Materialia, 119, 1 (2016). Published, 10/15/2016.
  • “Direction-Controlled Light-Driven Movement of Microribbons”, Y. Zhang, C. Peng, B. Cui, Z. Wang, X. Pang, R. Ma, Feng Liu, Y. Che, J. Zhao, Adv. Mat., 28, 8538 (2016). Published, 10/12/2016.
  • “Spin-polarized valley Hall effect in ultrathin silicon nanomembrane via interlayer antiferromagnetic coupling”, J.-T. Sun, Z. Wang, S. Meng, S. Du, F. Liu and H-J Gao, 2D Mater. 3, 035026 (2016). Published, 09/14/2016.
  • "Large-Gap Quantum Spin Hall State in MXenes: d‑Band Topological Order in a Triangular Lattice",. Published, 09/13/2016.
  • “Quantum spin Hall phase in 2D trigonal lattice”, Z. F. Wang, Kyung-Hwan Jin & Feng Liu, Nature Commun. 7, 12746 (2016). Published, 09/07/2016.
  • "Effect of Chlorine Substitution on Lattice Distortion and Ferroelectricity of CH3NH3PbI3", W. L. Yan, G. H. Lu and Feng Liu, J. Phys. Chem. C 120, 17972 (2016). Published, 07/28/2016.
  • “Graphene processing using electron beam assisted metal deposition and masked chemical vapor deposition growth”, A. Merrell and Feng Liu, J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 34, 4 (2016). Published, 07/18/2016.
  • “Topological Edge States in High-Temperature Superconductor FeSe/SrTiO3(001) Film”, Z. F. Wang, H. Zhang, D. Liu, C. liu, C. Tang, C. Song, Y. Zhong, J. Peng, F. Li, C. Nie, L, Wang, X. J. Zhou, X, Ma, Q. K. Xue and Feng Liu, Nature Mat., 15, 968 (2016). Published, 07/04/2016.
  • “Electronic structure evolution of single bilayer Bi(111) film on 3D topological insulator Bi2SexTe3-x surfaces”, T. Lei, K. Jin, N. Zhang, J. Zhao, C. Liu, W. Li, J. Wang, R. Wu, H. Qian, Feng Liu and K. Ibrahim, J. Phys.: Condens. Matter. 28, 255501 (2016). Published, 05/10/2016.
  • “Thickness dependence of surface energy and contact angle of water droplets on ultrathin MoS2 films”, Y. Guo, Z. Wang, L. Zhang, Xiao. Shen and Feng Liu, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 18, 14449 (2016). Published, 04/29/2016.
  • “Structural, electronic, and magnetic properties of tris(8-hydroxyquinoline) iron(III) molecules and their magnetic coupling with ferromagnetic surface: first-principles study”, W Jiang, M Zhou, Z Liu, D Sun, Z V Vardeny and F Liu, J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 28, 176004 (2016). Published, 04/05/2016.
  • “Tunable Topological States in Electron-Doped HTT-Pt”, X. Zhang, Z. Wang, M. Zhao, Feng Liu, Phys. Rev. B, 93, 165401 (2016). Published, 04/01/2016.
  • “Interface Orbital Engineering of Large-gap Topological States: Decorating Gold on a Si(111) Surface, B. Huang, K. Jin, H. L. Zhuang, L. Zhang, and Feng Liu, Phys. Rev. B 93, 115117 (2016). Published, 03/09/2016.
  • “Engineering electronic structure of a 2D topological insulator Bi(111) bilayer on Sb nanofilms by quantum confinement effect", G. Bian, Z.F. Wang, X. Wang, C. Xu, S. Xu, T. Miller, M. Hasan, Feng Liu, T.-C. Chiang, ACS Nano, DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.6b00987. Published, 03/01/2016.
  • “Intrinsic Two-Dimensional Organic Topological Insulators in Metal-Dicyanoanthracene Lattices”, L. Z. Zhang, Z. F. Wang, B. Huang, B. Cui, Zhiming Wang, S. X. Du, H.-J. Gao, and Feng Liu, Nano Lett., DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.6b00110. Published, 02/11/2016.
  • "Formaiton of a quantum spin Hall state on a Ge(111) surface", P. Li, M. Zhou, L. Zhang, Y. Guo and Feng Liu, Nanotechnology, 27, 095703 (2016). Published, 01/29/2016.
  • “Strain engineering of graphene: a review”, C. Si, Z. Sun and Feng Liu, Nanoscale, 8, 3207 (2016). Published, 01/11/2016.
  • “Selectively doping Barlowite for quantum spin liquid: a first-principles study”, Z. Liu, X. Zou, J.-W. Mei, and Feng Liu, Phys. Rev. B 92, 220102(R) (2015). Published, 12/18/2015.
  • “Formation of Ideal Rashba States on Layered Semiconductor Surfaces Steered by Strain Engineering”, W. Ming, Z.F. Wang, M. Zhou, M. Yoon, and Feng Liu, Nano Lett., 16, 404 (2016). Published, 12/10/2015.
  • “Tailoring graphene-based electrodes from semiconducting to metallic to increase the energy density in supercapacitors”, J. Vatamanu, X. Ni, F. Liu and D. Bedrov, Nanotechnology 26, 464001 (2015). Published, 10/29/2015.
  • “Surface confined quantum well state in MoS2(0001) thin film”, J.-T. Sun, S. R. Song, S. Meng, S. X. Du, F. Liu and H. J. Gao, Appl. Phys. Lett. 107, 161602 (2015). Published, 10/22/2015.
  • “First-principles study of the organometallic S=1/2 kagome compound Cu(1,3-bdc)”, Z. Liu, J.-W. Mei, and Feng Liu, Phys. Rev. B 92, 165101 (2015). Published, 10/01/2015.
  • "Tunable Topological States in Electron-Doped HTT-Pt", X. Zhang, M. Zhang and Feng Liu, arXiv: 1509.06843. Published, 09/23/2015.
  • “Alloy Engineering of Defect Properties in Semiconductors: Suppression of Deep Levels in Transition-Metal Dichalcogenides”, B. Huang, M. Yoon, B. G. Sumpter, S.-H. Wei, and Feng Liu, Phys. Rev. Lett. 115, 126806 (2015). Published, 09/18/2015.
  • “First-principles study on surface stability of tantalum carbides”, W.-L. Yan, M. Sygnatowicz, G.-H. Lu, Feng Liu, D. K. Shetty, Surf. Sci. 644, 24 (2016). Published, 09/12/2015.
  • “Highly Anisotropic Dirac Fermions in Square Graphynes”, L. Z. Zhang, Z. F. Wang, Z. M. Wang, S. X. Du, H.-J. Gao, and Feng Liu, J. Phys. Chem. Lett., 6, 2959 (2015). Published, 07/14/2015.
  • “Self-Assembled Si(111) Surface States: 2D Dirac Material for THz Plasmonics”, Z. F. Wang and Feng Liu, Phys. Rev. Lett. 115, 026803 (2015). Published, 07/07/2015.
  • “Mechanical modeling of graphene using the three-layer-mesh bridging domain method”, A. Sadeghirad, N. Su, Feng Liu, Comput. Methods Appl. Mech. Engrg. 294 278–298, (2015). Published, 06/25/2015.
  • “Quantum Hooke’s Law to Classify Pulse Laser Induced Ultrafast Melting”, H. Hu, H. Ding and Feng Liu, Sci. Rep. 5, 8212 (2015). Published, 02/03/2015.
  • "sd2 Graphene: Kagome Band in Hexagonal lattice”, M. Zhou, Z. Liu, W. Ming, Z. Wang, and Feng Liu, Phys. Rev. Lett. 113, 236802 (2014). Published, 12/2014.
  • "Half metal in two-dimensional hexagonal organometallic framework”, H. Hu, Z. Wang and Feng Liu, Nanoscale Research Letters 9, 690 (2014). Published, 12/2014.
  • "Quantum size effect on dielectric function of ultrathin metal film: a first-principles study of Al(1 1 1)”, W. Ming, S. Blair and Feng Liu, J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 26, 505302 (2014). Published, 11/2014.
  • “Epitaxial growth of large-gap quantum spin Hall insulator on semiconductor surface”, M. Zhou, W. Ming, Z. Liu, Z. Wang, P. Li, Feng Liu, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci., 111, 14378 (2014). Published, 11/2014.
  • "Prediction of a Dirac state in monolayer TiB2”, L. Z. Zhang, Z. F. Wang, S. X. Du, H.-J. Gao, and Feng Liu, Phys. Rev. B 90, 161402(R) (2014). Published, 10/2014.
  • “Formation of quantum spin Hall state on Si surface and energy gap scaling with strength of spin orbit coupling”, M. Zhou, W. Ming, Z. Liu, Z. Wang, Y. Yao, and Feng Liu, Sci. Rep. 4, 7102 (2014). Published, 10/2014.
  • "A Study of Gadolinia-Doped Ceria Electrolyte by Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy”, L. Zhang, Feng Liu, K. Brinkman, K. L. Reifsnider, A. V. Virkar, J. Power Sources, 247, 947 (2014). Published, 09/2014.
  • “Redox Control and High Conductivity of Nickel Bis(dithiolene) Complex π-Nanosheet: A Potential Organic Two-Dimensional Topological Insulator”, T. Kambe, R. Sakamoto, T. Kusamoto, T. Pal, N. Fukui, K. Hoshiko, T. Shimojima, Z. Wang, T. Hirahara, K. Ishizaka, S. Hasegawa, Feng Liu, and H. Nishihara, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 136, 14357 (2014). Published, 09/2014.
  • "Giant room-temperature spin caloritronics in spin-semiconducting graphene nanoribbons”, X. Chen, Y. Liu, B. L. Gu, W. Duan and Feng Liu, Phys. Rev. B 90, 121403(R) (2014). Published, 09/2014.
  • "Tuning nucleation density of metal island with charge doping of graphene substrate”, W. Ming and Feng Liu, Appl. Phys. Lett., 105, 071609 (2014). Published, 08/2014.
  • "Understanding graphene production by ionic surfactant exfoliation: A molecular dynamics simulation study”, P. Yang and Feng Liu, J. Appl. Phys. 116, 014304 (2014). Published, 07/2014.
  • “Curved carbon nanotubes: From unique geometries to novel properties and peculiar applications”, L. Liu, Feng Liu, and J. Zhao, Nano Res. 7, 626 (2014). Published, 06/2014.
  • “Density-functional-theory formulation of classical and quantum Hooke’s law”, H. Hu and Feng Liu, Sci China Tech Sci, 57, 692 (2014):. Published, 05/2014.
  • “Quantum Manifestation of Elastic Constants in Nanostructures”, M. Liu and Feng Liu, Nanotechnology 25, 135706 (2014). Published, 04/2014.
  • "Orbit- and Atom-Resolved Spin Textures of Intrinsic, Extrinsic and Hybridized Dirac Cone States”, L. Miao, Z.F. Wang, C.L. Gao, C. Liu, Feng Liu, D. Qiang, J.F. Jia, Phys. Rev. B 89, 155116 (2014). Published, 04/2014.
  • "Tuning Topological Edge States of Bi(111) Bilayer Film by Edge Adsorption”, Z. F. Wang, Li Chen, and Feng Liu, Nano Lett., 14, 2879 (2014). Published, 04/2014.
  • "A large-area 15 nm graphene nanoribbon array patterned by a focused ion beam”, Y. Zhang, C. Hui, R. Sun, K. Li, K. He, X. Ma and Feng Liu, Nanotechnology 25, 135301 (2014). Published, 02/2014.
  • "Strain tuning of native defect populations: the case of Cu2ZnSn(S,Se)4”, J. Zhu, Feng Liu and M. Scarpulla, APL Materials. 2, 012110 (2014). Published, 01/2014.
  • “A three-layer-mesh bridging domain for coupled atomistic–continuum simulations at finite temperature: Formulation and testing”, A. Sadeghirad, F. Liu, Comput. Methods Appl. Mech. Engrg. 268, 299 (2014). Published, 01/2014.
  • “Effects of Li doping on H-diffusion in MgH2: A first-principles study”, W. Ming, Z. Z. Fang and Feng Liu, J. Appl. Phys. 114, 243502 (2013). Published, 12/23/2013.
  • “Strain-Engineered Surface Transport in Si(001): Complete Isolation of the Surface State via Tensile Strain”, M. Zhou, Z. Liu, Z. Wang, Z. Bai, Y. Feng, M. G. Lagally, and Feng Liu, Phys. Rev. Lett. 111, 246801 (2013). Published, 12/09/2013.
  • “Predicting organic topological materials”, Feng Liu and J. Wu, Natl Sci Rev (2013); doi: 10.1093/nsr/nwt011 (Research Highlights). Published, 12/06/2013.
  • “First-Principles Calculations on the Effect of Doping and Biaxial Tensile Strain on Electron-Phonon Coupling in Graphene”, C. Si, W. Duan, Z. Liu, and Feng Liu, Phys. Rev. Lett. 111, 196802 (2013). Published, 11/06/2013.
  • “Predicting organic topological materials”, Feng Liu and J. Wu, Natl Sci Rev (2013). Published, 11/2013.
  • “Electronic transmission in graphene suppressed by interlayer interference”, D. Valencia, J.-Q. Lu, J. Wu, F. Liu, F. Zhai and Y.-J. Jiang, AIP Advances 3, 102125 (2013). Published, 10/22/2013.
  • “Spatially separated spin carriers in spin-semiconducting graphene nanoribbons”, Z. F. Wang, S. Jin and Feng Liu, Phys. Rev. Lett. 111, 096803 (2013). Published, 08/29/2013.
  • “Tunable photoresponse of epitaxial graphene on SiC”, R. Sun, Y. Zhang, K. Li, C. Hui, K. He, X. Ma, and Feng Liu, Appl. Phys. Lett., 103, 013106 (2013). Published, 07/01/2013.
  • “Robustness of two-dimensional topological insulator states in bilayer bismuth against strain and electrical field”, L. Chen, Z. F. Wang, and Feng Liu, Phys. Rev. B 87, 235420 (2013). Published, 06/18/2013.
  • “Effect of surfactant Sb on In incorporation and thin film morphology of InGaN layers grown by organometallic vapor phase epitaxy”, J. L. Merrell, Feng Liu, and G. B. Stringfellow, J. Crys. Growth, 375, 90 (2013). Published, 06/2013.
  • “Prediction of a Two-Dimensional Organic Topological Insulator”, Z. F. Wang, Ninghai Su, and Feng Liu, Nano Letters, 13, 2842 (2013). Published, 05/16/2013.
  • “Quantum anomalous hall effect in 2D organic topological insulator”, Z. F. Wang, Z. Liu and Feng Liu, Phys. Rev. Lett. 110, 196801 (2013). Published, 05/13/2013.
  • “Quasiparticle Dynamics in Reshaped Helical Dirac Cone of Topological Insulators”, L. Miao, Z. F. Wang, W. Ming, M. Yao, M. Wang, F. Yang, F. Zhu, A. V. Fedorov, Z. Sun, C. L. Gao, C. Liu, Q. Xue, Feng Liu, D. Qian, J. Jia, PNAS 110, 2758 (2013). Published, 03/2013.
  • “Flat Chern band in a two-dimensional organometallic framework”, Z. Liu, Z. F. Wang, J.-W. Mei, Y. Wu and Feng Liu, Phys. Rev. Lett. 110, 106804 (2013). Published, 03/2013.
  • “Growth Instability of Strained Film: An Elastic Green’s Function Force Monopole Approach”, H. Hu and Feng Liu, Proceeding of IUTAM Symposium Surface Effects in the Mechanics of Nanomaterials and Heterostructures, IUTAM Bookseries, Volume 31, 59-70 (2013). Published, 01/2013.
  • “Organic topological insulators in organometallic lattices”, Z. F. Wang, Zheng Liu and Feng Liu, Nature Commun. 4, 1471 (2013). Published, 01/2013.
  • “Creation of Helical Dirac Fermions by Interfacing Two Gapped Systems of Ordinary Fermions”, Z.F. Wang, M.-Y. Yao, W. Ming, L. Miao, F. Zhu, C. Liu, C. L. Gao. D. Qian, J.F. Jia, and Feng Liu, Nature Commun., 4, 1384 (2013). Published, 01/2013.
  • “Electronic strengthening of graphene by charge doping”, C. Si, W. Duan, Z. Liu, and Feng Liu, Phys. Rev. Lett. 109, 226802 (2012). Published, 10/2012.
  • "Quantum Electronic Stress: Density-Functional-Theory Formulation and Physical Manifestation”, Phys. Rev. Lett. 109, 055501 (2012). Published, 09/2012.
  • “Strain-less directed self-assembly of Si nanocrystals on patterned SiO2 substrate”, J. Appl. Phys., 112, 054311 (2012). Published, 08/2012.
  • Quantitative Model of Heterogeneous Nucleation and Growth of SiGe Quantum Dot Molecules”, Phys. Rev. Lett. 109, 106103 (2012). Published, 08/2012.
  • “Interplay between quantum size effect and strain effect on growth of nanoscale metal thin films”, Phys. Rev. B 86, 125427 (2012). Published, 07/2012.
  • Anisotropic Strain Enhanced Hydrogen Solubility in bcc Metals: The Independence on the Sign of Strain", Phys. Rev. Lett. 109, 135502 (2012). Published, 06/2012.
  • “Spin-enhanced organic bulk heterojunction photovoltaic solar cells”, Natature Commu. 3, 1043 (2012). Published, 05/2012.
  • "Defect configuration and phase stability of cubic versus tetragonal yttria-stabilized zirconia”, H. Ding, A. V. Virkar, Feng Liu, Solid State Ionics 215, 16 (2012). Published, 05/2012.
  • “Fractal Landau-Level Spectra in Twisted Bilayer Graphene”, Nano Lett., 12, 3833 (2012). Published, 04/2012.
  • “Mechanical properties of graphene oxides”, L. Liu, J. Zhang, J. Zhao and Feng Liu, Nanoscale 4, 5910 (2012). Published, 03/2012.
  • “Simulation of self-assembled compositional core-shell structures in InxGa1−xN nanowires”, X. B. Niu, G. B. Stringfellow, Young-Ju Lee and Feng Liu, Phys. Rev. B 85, 165316 (2012). Published, 03/2012.
  • "Spatial and Energy Distribution of Topological Edge States in Single Bi(111) Bilayer”, F. Yang, L. Miao, Z. F. Wang, M.-Y. Yao, F. Zhu, Y. R. Song, M.-X. Wang, J.-P. Xu, A. V. Fedorov, Z. Sun, G. B. Zhang, C. Liu, Feng Liu, D. Qian, C. L. Gao, and J.-F. Jia, Phys. Rev. Lett. 109, 016801 (2012). Published, 03/2012.
  • “Topological and electronic transitions in a Sb(111) nanofilm: The interplay between quantum confinement and surface effect”, P. Zhang, Z. Liu, W. Duan, Feng Liu, and J. Wu, Phys. Rev. B 85, 201410 (R) (2012). Published, 02/2012.
  • “Edge Stability of BN sheets and Its Application for Designing Hybrid BNC Structures”, B. Huang, H. Lee, B.-L. Gu, Feng Liu, and W. Duan, Nano Res. 5, 62 (2012). Published, 01/2012.
  • “Maximum asymmetry in strain induced mechanical instability of graphene: Compression versus tension”, Y. Zhang and Feng Liu, Appl. Phys. Lett. 99, 241908 (2011). Published, 12/2011.
  • “Chemical versus Thermal Folding of Graphene Edges”, N. Su, M. Liu and Feng Liu, Nano Res. 4, 1242 (2011). Published, 12/2011.
  • “Nonequilibrium Composition Profiles of Alloy Quantum Dots and their Correlation with the Growth Mode”, X. B. Niu, G. B. Stringfellow, and Feng Liu, Phys. Rev. Lett. 107, 076101 (2011). Published, 10/2011.
  • “Stabilizing Graphitic Thin Films of Wurtzite Materials by Epitaxial Strain”, D. Wu, M. G. Lagally, and Feng Liu, Phys. Rev. Lett. 107, 236101 (2011). Published, 09/2011.
  • “Stable Nontrivial Z2 Topology in Ultrathin Bi (111) Films: A First-Principles Study”, Z. Liu, C.-X. Liu, Y.-S. Wu, W.-H. Duan, Feng Liu, and J. Wu, Phys. Rev. Lett. 107, 136805 (2011). Published, 08/2011.
  • “Stress tensor: A quantitative indicator of effective volume and stability of helium in Metals”, H.-B. Zhou, S. Jin, X.-L. Shu, Y. Zhang, G.-H. Lu and Feng Liu, Euro. Phys. Lett., 96 66001 (2011). Published, 06/2011.
  • “Phase separation in strained epitaxial InGaN islands”, X. B. Niu, G. B. Stringfellow, and Feng Liu, Appl. Phys. Lett. 99, 213102 (2011). Published, 05/2011.
  • “Conduction band structure and electron mobility in uniaxially strained Si via externally applied strain in Nanomembranes”, F. Chen, C. Euaruksakul, Z. Liu, F. J. Himpsel, Feng Liu, M. G. Lagally, J. Phy. D: Appl. Phy. 44, 325107 (2011). Published, 04/2011.
  • “Giant Magnetoresistance in Zigzag Graphene Nanoribbon”, Z. F. Wang and Feng Liu, Appl. Phys. Lett. 99, 042110 (2011). Published, 04/2011.
  • “Atomic chemisorption on graphene with Stone–Thrower–Wales defects”, L. Chen, H. Hu, Yu. Ouyang, H.Z. Pan, Y.Y. Sun, Feng Liu, Carbon, 49, 3356 (2011). Published, 03/2011.
  • “Surface reconstruction transition of metals induced by molecular adsorption”, J. T. Sun, L. Gao, X. B. He, Z. H. Cheng, Z. T. Deng, X. Lin, H. Hu, S. X. Du, Feng Liu, and H.-J. Gao, Phys. Rev. B 83, 115419 (2011). Published, 02/2011.
  • “Formation of hydrogenated graphene nanoripples by strain engineering and directed surface self-assembly”, Z. F. Wang, Y. Zhang, and Feng Liu, Phys. Rev. B 83, 041403(R) (2011). Published, 01/2011.
  • “Nanomechanical Architecture of Semiconductor Nanomembranes”, M. Huang, F. Cavallo, Feng Liu and M. G. Lagally, Nanoscale, 3, 96 (2011) (Invited review). Published, 01/2011.
  • “Manipulation of Electron Beam Propagation by Hetero-Dimensional Graphene Junctions”, Z. F. Wang and Feng Liu, ACS Nano, 4, 2459 (2010). Published, 10/2010.
  • “Uniaxial Strain in Molecular Nanowires: A Case Study of β-phase Polyfluorenes”, E. M. Lupton, L. Chen and Feng Liu, J. Phys. Chem. Lett., 1, 1326 (2010). Published, 08/2010.
  • “Nanomechanical Architecture of Semiconductor Nanomembranes”, M. Huang, F. Cavallo, Feng Liu and M. G. Lagally, Nanoscale, 3, 96 (2011) (Invited review). Published, 07/2010.
  • “Strain-Enhanced Doping in Semiconductors: Effects of Dopant Size and Charge State”, J. Zhu, Feng Liu, G. B. Stringfellow, and S.-H. Wei, Phys. Rev. Lett. 105, 195503 (2010). Published, 05/2010.
  • “Controlled surface functionalization via self-selective metal adsorption and pattern transformation on the vicinal Si(111) surface”, A. L. Chin, F. K. Men and Feng Liu, Phys. Rev. B 82, 201406(R) (2010). Published, 05/2010.
  • “Electron Phase Diagram of Single-Element Silicon “Strain” Superlattice”, Z. Liu, J. Wu, W. Duan, M.G. Lagally and Feng Liu, Phys. Rev. Lett. 105, 016802 (2010). Published, 04/2010.
  • Enhanced cation-substituted p-type doping in GaP from dual surfactant effects,J. Zhu, Feng Liu, and G. B. Stringfellow, J. Crys. Growth 312, 174 (2010). Published, 03/2010.
  • “Effect of Surface Bonding on Semiconductor Nanoribbon Wiggling Structure”, Y. Zhang, M. Yu, D. E. Savage, Max G. Lagally, R. H. Blick, and Feng Liu , Appl. Phys. Lett. 96, 111904 (2010). Published, 02/2010.
  • “Atomic Layers of Hybridized Boron Nitride and Graphene Domains”, L. Ci, L. Song, C. Jin, D. Jariwala, D. Wu, Y. Li, A. Srivastava, Z.F. Wang, K. Storr, L. Balicas, Feng Liu, P. M. Ajayan, Nature Mat. 9, 430 (2010). Published, 02/2010.
  • “Tunable interfacial properties of epitaxial graphene on metal substrates”, M. Gao, Y. Pan, C. Zhang, H. Hu, R. Yang, H. Lu, J. Cai, S. Du, Feng Liu, and H.-J. Gao, Appl. Phys. Lett. 96, 053109 (2010). Published, 01/2010.
  • “Nanopumping molecules via a carbon nanotube”, M. Chen, J. Zang, D. Xiao, C. Zhang and Feng Liu, Nano Res. 2, 938 (2009). Published, 2009.
  • "Band Gap Scaling of Graphene Nanohole Superlattices”, W. Liu, Z. F. Wang, Q. W. Shi, J. Yang, and Feng Liu, Phys. Rev. B 80, 233405 (2009). Published, 2009.
  • “Highly Ordered, Millimeter-Scale, Continuous, Single-Crystalline Graphene Monolayer Formed on Ru (0001)”, Y. Pan, H. Zhang, D. Shi, J. Sun, S. Du, Feng Liu, H.-J. Gao, Adv. Mat. 21, 2777 (2009). Published, 2009.
  • “Mechanical Wave Propagation in Carbon Nanotubes Driven by an Oscillating Tip Actuator”, M. Chen, J. Zang, D. Xiao and Feng Liu, J. Appl. Phys. 105, 026102 (2009). Published, 2009.
  • "Strain – band structure relationships in Si(001) and Si(110) nanomembranes”, C. Euaruksakul, F. Chen, B. Tanto, C. S. Ritz, D. M. Paskiewicz, F. J. Himpsel, D. E. Savage, Zheng Liu, Yugui Yao, Feng Liu, and M. G. Lagally, Phys. Rev. B 80, 115323 (2009). Published, 2009.
  • "“Directed self-assembly of monodispersed platinum nanoclusters on graphene Moiré template”, Y. Pan, M. Gao, L. Huang, Feng Liu, and H.-J. Gao, Appl. Phys. Lett. 95, 093106 (2009). Published, 2009.
  • “Bistability of Nanoscale Ag Islands on Si(111)-(4x1)-In Surface Induced by Anisotropic Stress”, Y. Li, M. Liu, D. Ma, D. Yu, X. Chen, X. Ma, Q. Xue, K. Xu, J. Jia, and Feng Liu, Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 076102 (2009). Published, 2009.
  • "Effects of Ge Adsorption on Dewetting and Thermal Agglomeration of Thin Silicon-on-Insulator”, P.P. Zhang, B. Yang, P. Rugheimer, M. Roberts, D.E. Savage, F. Liu, and M. G. Lagally, J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 42, 175309 (2009). Published, 2009.
  • “Nanomechanical Architecture --- A Mechanics-Driven Nanofabrication Approach”, Feng Liu, M. G. Lagally and J. Zang, MRS Bulletin 34, 190 (2009). Published, 2009.
  • “Quantum Manifestations of Graphene Edge Stress and Edge Instability: A First-Principles Study”, B. Huang, M. Liu, N. Su, J. Wu, W. Duan, B. Gu and Feng Liu, Phys. Rev. Lett. 102, 166404 (2009). Published, 2009.
  • “Vacancy trapping mechanism for hydrogen bubble formation in metal”, Y.-L. Liu, Y. Zhang, H.-B. Zhou, G.-H. Lu, Feng Liu, and G. -N. Luo, Phys. Rev. B 79, 172103 (2009). Published, 2009.
  • “Mechano-electronic Superlattices in Silicon Nanomembranes”, M. Huang, C. S. Ritz, B. Novakovic, D. Yu, Y. Zhang, F. Flack, D. E. Savage1, P. G. Evans1, I. Knezevic, Feng Liu, and M. G. Lagally, ACS Nano, 3, 721 (2009). Published, 2009.
  • “Theory of Directed Nucleation of Strained Islands on Patterned Substrates” H. Hu, H.J. Gao and Feng Liu, Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 216102 (2008). Published, 12/2008.
  • “Dual-surfactant effect on enhancing p-type doping in III-V semiconductor thin films” Junyi Zhu, Feng Liu, G.B. Stringfellow, Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 196103 (2008). Published, 2008.
  • “First-principles study of electronic properties of biaxially strained silicon: Effects on charge carrier mobility”, D. Yu and Feng Liu, Phys. Rev. B 78, 245204 (2008). Published, 2008.
  • “Mechanical Wave Propagation in Carbon Nanotubes Driven by an Oscillating Tip Actuator”, M. Chen, J. Zang, D. Xiao and Feng Liu, J. Appl. Phys. 105, 026102 (2009). Published, 2008.
  • "Kinetics of Mesa Overlayer Growth: Climbing of adatoms onto the mesa top”, Y. Han, Feng Liu, S.-C. Li, J.-F. Jia, Q.-K. Xue, and B.-J. Lee, Appl. Phys. Lett. 92, 021909 (2008). Published, 2008.
  • “Coulomb sink effect on coarsening of metal nanostructures on surfaces”, Y. Han and Feng Liu, Front. Phys. China, 3, 41 (2008). (Invited review). Published, 2008.
  • “Quantum modulation of island nucleation on top of a metal nanomesa”, Y. Han, M. Hupalo, M. C. Tringides, and Feng Liu, Surf. Sci. 602, 62 (2008). Published, 2008.
  • “Modified Timoshenko formula for bending of ultrathin strained bi-layer films”, Ji Zang and Feng Liu, Appl. Phys. Lett. 92, 021905 (2008). Published, 2008.
  • "Flat-surface, step-edge, facet-facet, and facet-step diffusion barriers in growth of a Pb mesa”, Y. Han, G.-H. Lu, B.-J. Lee and Feng Liu, Surf. Sci. 602, 2284 (2008). Published, 2008.
  • “Collective Magnetic Behavior of Graphene Nanohole Superlattices”, D. Yu, E. M. Lupton, M. Liu, W. Liu and Feng Liu, Nano Res. 1, 56 (2008). Published, 2008.
  • “Suppression of spin-polarization in graphene nanoribbon by edge defect and impurity”, Bing Huang, Feng Liu, Jian Wu, Bing-Lin Gu, and Wenhui Duan, Phys. Rev. B 77, 153411 (2008). Published, 2008.
  • "The role of vacancy on trapping interstitial O in heavily As-doped Si”, G.H. Lu, Q. Wang and Feng Liu, Appl. Phys. Lett. 92, 211906 (2008). Published, 2008.
  • “Highly Ordered, Millimeter-Scale, Continuous, Single-Crystalline Graphene Monolayer Formed on Ru (0001)”, Y. Pan, H. Zhang, D. Shi, J. Sun, S. Du, Feng Liu, H.-J. Gao, Adv. Mat. 20, 1 (2008). Published, 2008.
  • “Magnetism in Nanopatterned Graphite Film”, L. Chen, D. Yu, Feng Liu, Appl. Phys. Lett. 93, 223106 (2008). Published, 2008.
  • “Enhanced growth instability of a strained film on a wavy substrate”, Hangyao Wang, Yu Zhang, and Feng Liu, J. Appl. Phys. 104, 054301 (2008). Published, 2008.
  • “Unified Design Rule for Nanomagnetism in Graphene”, D. Yu, E. M. Lupton, H.J. Gao, C. Zhang and Feng Liu, Nano Res. 1, 497 (2008). Published, 2008.
  • “Mechanical Wave Propagation in Carbon Nanotubes Driven by an Oscillating Tip Actuator”, M. Chen, J. Zang, D. Xiao and Feng Liu, J. Appl. Phys. 105, 026102 (2009). Published, 2008.

Research Statement

Multi-scale computational materials research from first-principles electronic and atomic calculation to mesoscopic simulation and continuum modeling. Focus on surfaces, interfaces, thin films, nanostructured materials and devices, and energy materials and applications.

Presentations

  • 2023 APS March Meeting, March 5-10, Las Vegas, NV, Award Presentation for Davisson-Germer Prize in Atomic or Surface Physics, Title: “Strain-Induced Nanoscale Self-Assembly and Epitaxy-Promoted Topological State on Surface”. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 03/07/2023.
  • Penn State University, Department of Physics, “Yin-Yang Flat Bands: Construction and Excitonic States”, Feng Liu, November 14, 2022. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 11/14/2022.
  • University of Utah, Department of Physics and Astronomy, “Topological Insulators: Past, Present, and Future”, Feng Liu, November 11, 2022. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 11/11/2022.
  • Tokyo University of Science, Tokyo, Japan, “Organic Frameworks of Topological Dirac and Flat-Band Materials”, Feng Liu, September 22, 2022. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 09/22/2022.
  • The 92nd International Union for Vacuum Science, Technique and Applications (IUVSTA) workshop and the 4th Asia-Pacific Symposium on Solid Surfaces (APSSS-4), September 18-21, Okinawa, Japan, Title: “Surface-Based 2D Topological Materials”. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 09/20/2022.
  • National Institute for Materials Science, Tsukuba, Japan, “Yin-Yang Flat Bands: Construction and Excitonic Quantum States”, Feng Liu, September 16, 2022. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 09/16/2022.
  • Topology, Geometry and Physics, A Symposium Celebrating Prof. Yong-Shi Wu’s 80th Birthday, August 4-5, Zoom, Title: “Yin-Yang Flat Bands: construction and exotic excitonic states”. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 08/05/2022.
  • Topology, Geometry and Physics, A Symposium Celebrating Prof. Yong-Shi Wu’s 80th Birthday, August 4-5, Zoom, Title: “Yin-Yang Flat Bands: construction and exotic excitonic states”. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 08/2022.
  • International Conference of Multiscale Modeling and Simulation of Materials (ICM-2022), July 5-8, Hybrid (Attended Virtual, In-person meeting in Chengdu, China), Title: “Negative Force Constant Manifested by Topological Phonons”. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 07/05/2022.
  • International Conference of Multiscale Modeling and Simulation of Materials (ICM-2022), July 5-8, Hybrid (Attended Virtual, In-person meeting in Chengdu, China), Title: “Negative Force Constant Manifested by Topological Phonons”. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 07/2022.
  • International Conference on Frontier Materials, May 27-31, Zhuhai, China (Attended Virtual), Title: “Design of Yin-Yang Flat Bands: a New Horizon of Excitonic Quantum States”. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 05/2022.
  • International Conference on Emerging Topics in Computational Materials Science (ETCMS), December 21-23, Hybrid (In-person meeting in Beijing, China), Title: “Construction and Many-body Quantum States of Single and Yin-Yang Flat Bands”. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 12/21/2021.
  • The 10th Vacuum and Surface Sciences Conference of Asia and Australia (VASSCAA-10), October 11-14, Shanghai, China (Attended Virtual), Title: “Atomistic Mechanism Underlying the Si(111)−(7×7) Surface Reconstruction Revealed by Artificial Neural-Network Potential”. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 10/2021.
  • Quantum Information Sciences Symposium (Virtual), September 21-23, Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies, Sadia National Lab, Title: “Theory of magnetic and topological order in covalent-organic frameworks”. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 09/21/2020.
  • Ruwei Shi Lecture Series in Physics: “Frontiers in Theory and Simulations of Two-dimensional Materials”, University of Science and Technology of China, Zoom, Title: “A Unified View of Topological Phase Transition in Band Theory”. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 06/30/2020.
  • International Workshop on “New Horizons in Analogue Gravity” (Zoom), June 17-18, Rutgers Universiyt, US; Stockholm University, Sweden; Aalto University, Finland, Title: “Fermionic Analogue of High Temperature Hawking Radiation in Black Phosphorus”. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 06/17/2020.
  • International Symposium on Clusters and Nanomaterials: Energy and Medicine, “Universal Linear Scaling of Topological Phase Transition in Band Theory”, Richmond, VA, November 3-7, 2019. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 11/05/2019.
  • The 8th International Workshop on Quantum Energy, October 21-23, Xiamen, China, Title: “Excited quantum Hall effect: enantiomorphic flat bands in a Yin-Yang Kagome lattice”. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 10/21/2019.
  • The 2nd workshop on Dynamics of Excited State, October 18-20, Songshan Lake, Shenzhen, China, Title: “Excited quantum Hall effect: enantiomorphic flat bands in a Yin-Yang Kagome lattice”. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 10/18/2019.
  • The ICQD Colloquium, USTC, Hefei, China, Oct. 16, Title: “Excited quantum Hall effect: enantiomorphic flat bands in a Yin-Yang Kagome lattice”. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 10/16/2019.
  • Institute of Solid State Physics, Chinese Academy of Science, Hefei, China, Oct. 15, Title: “Universal Linear Scaling of Topological Phase Transition in Band Theory”. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 10/15/2019.
  • Department of Physics, Renming University, Beijing, August 15, Title: “Flat-Band Materials”. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 08/15/2019.
  • Institute of Spintronis, Shangdong Normal University, Jinan, China, August 9, Title: “Universal Linear Scaling of Topological Phase Transition in Band Theory”. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 08/09/2019.
  • College of Physics, Shangdong University, Jinan, Shan Dong, China, August 8, Title: “Universal Linear Scaling of Topological Phase Transition in Band Theory”. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 08/08/2019.
  • College of Condensed Matter Physics, Linyi University, Linyi, Shan Dong, China, August 6, Title: "Universal Linear Scaling of Topological Phase Transition in Band Theory”. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 08/06/2019.
  • XXXI IUPAP Conference on Computational Physics, 28 July - 1 August, Hong Kong, China, Title: “Universal Linear Scaling of Topological Phase Transition in Band Theory”. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 07/29/2019.
  • Institute of Semiconductor, Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing, January 21, Kun Huang Semiconductor Science & Technology Forum, Title: “Flat-Band Materials”. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 07/21/2019.
  • China Nano Conference, August 17-20, Beijing, China, Title: “Universal Linear Scaling of Topological Phase Transition in Band Theory”. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 07/18/2019.
  • Telluride Workshop: “Frontiers in Theory and Simulations of Two-dimensional Materials”, Telluride, CO, June 16-20, Title: “Universality of Topological Phase Transition in Band Theory and Robustness of Topological Order against Bulk Defects in 2D Lattices”. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 06/18/2019.
  • College of Physics and Information Science, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, June 6, Quantum Forum (144), Title: “Flat-Band Materials”. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 06/06/2019.
  • Soochow Institute for Energy and Materials Innovations, Soochow University, Suzhou, May 27, Dong-Wu New Energy Forum (15), Title: “A Professor’s Simple Life in Search of New Materials”. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 05/27/2019.
  • Colloquium of Scholl of Physics and Technology, Wuhan University, Wuhan, April 19, Title: “A Professor’s Simple Life in Search of New Materials”. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 04/19/2019.
  • Colloquium of Scholl of Physics and Technology, Wuhan University, Wuhan, April 19, Title: “A Professor’s Simple Life in Search of New Materials”. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 04/19/2019.
  • Schol of Physics and Technology, Wuhan University, Wuhan, April 18, Title: “Flat-Band Materials”. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 04/18/2019.
  • The ICQD Colloquium, USTC, Hefei, China, Oct. 23, Title: “Flat-Band Materials”. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 10/23/2018.
  • The ICQD Quantum Information Lecture Series, USTC, Hefei, China, Oct. 23, Title: “Fermionic Analog of Black Hole Radiation with a Super High Hawking Temperature”. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 10/23/2018.
  • The 8th International Workshop on Quantum Energy, October 17-19, Kunmin, China, Title: “Quantum spin Hall effect and spin Bott index in a quasicrystal lattice”. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 10/17/2018.
  • Department of Physics, Idaho State University, Pocatello, ID, October 1, Title: “Fermionic analogue of black hole radiation with a high Hawking temperature”. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 10/01/2018.
  • Department of Physics and Astrophysics, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, September 11, Title: “Formation of Dirac and Topological States on Semiconductor Surface and Strain Engineering”. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 09/11/2018.
  • Department of Physics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, August 28, Title: “Flat-Band Materials”. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 08/28/2018.
  • 2018 International Workshop on Nanomaterials and Nanodevices, July 5, Lanzhou, China, Title: “Ubiquitous Ideal Rashba-Dresselhaus Spin-Orbit Coupling Effect in Screw Dislocation of Semiconductors”. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 07/05/2018.
  • School of Physical Science and Technology, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China, July 4, Title: “From Type III Dirac Fermion to Black Hole Hawking Radiation”. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 07/04/2018.
  • School of Physical Science and Technology, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China, July 4, Title: “Defect and Surface Calculation”. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 07/04/2018.
  • School of Physical Science and Technology, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China, July 3, Title: “Epitaxial Growth of Dirac and Topological Overlayer on Semiconductor Surface and Strain Engineering”. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 07/03/2018.
  • 8th International Workshop on Emerging Electronic Materials $ Devices, Qinuangdao, China, June 25-30, Title: “Ubiquitous Ideal Rashba-Dresselhaus Spin-Orbit Coupling Effect in Screw Dislocation of Semiconductors”. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 06/25/2018.
  • The 11th International Conference on Computational Nanoscience and New Energy Materials, Xinxiang, China, June 19-23, Title: “From Type III Dirac Fermion to Black Hole Hawking Radiation”. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 06/19/2018.
  • Master Lecture Series, School of Physical Science & Nuclear Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing, China, June 10, Title: “A Professor’s Simple Life in Search of New Materials”. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 06/10/2018.
  • School of Physics, Taiyuan University of Technology, Taiyuan, China, May 29, Title: “Theoretical Design of Topological Materials”. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 05/29/2018.
  • Division of Physical Science and Engineering, King Abdullah University of Science & Technology, Thuwal, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, February 15, Title: “Formation of Dirac and Topological States on Semiconductor Surface and Strain Engineering”. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 02/15/2018.
  • Department of Physics and Astronomy, UCLA, Los Angles, January 30, Title: “Computational Design of Topological Materials”. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 01/30/2018.
  • Department of Materials Science & Engineering, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, January 19, Title: “Computational Design of Topological Materials”. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 01/19/2018.
  • Workshop on Fundamental and Frontier Sciences, December 15-17, 2015, Chengdu, China, Title “Surface-based 2D Dirac and Topological Materials”. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 12/15/2015.
  • National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China, December 11, Title: “2D Dirac and Topological Materials”. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 12/11/2015.
  • Department of Physics Colloquium, University of Texas, Arlington, TX, November 18, Title: “Prediction of 2D Topological Materials”. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 11/18/2015.
  • Department of Material Science and Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, November 11, Title: “Prediction of 2D Topological Materials”. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 11/11/2015.
  • The 5th International Workshop on Quantum Energy, October 13 - 16, Hangzhou, China, Title: “Electrophobic Interaction Induced Impurity Clustering in Metals”. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 10/14/2015.
  • Department of Physics, South University of Science and Technology of China, Shenzhen, China, October 12, Title: “Prediction of 2D Topological Materials”. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 10/12/2015.
  • College of Physics and Technology, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, China, October 12, Title: “Prediction of 2D Topological Materials”. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 10/12/2015.
  • International Conference on Nucleation and Growth Mechanisms (ICNGM 2015), December 10-12, 2015, Hefei, China, Title “Stain Induced Self-assembled Nucleation and Growth of Nanoislands”. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 10/10/2015.
  • Workshop on Frontiers of Condensed Matter Physics and Interdisciplinary Sciences, October 7-9, Beijing, China, Title: “Development of a novel Nanocomposite Coating”. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 10/07/2015.
  • The 5th Joint ICQ Annual Workshop, August 13 - 15, Hefei, China, Title: “Formation of Dirac and Topological States on Conventional Semiconductor Surfaces”. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 08/15/2015.
  • International Symposium on Multiscale Modeling & Simulation of Materials, July 5-9, Beijing, China, Title: “Computational Design of Dirac and Topological States on Conventional Semiconductor Surfaces”. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 07/06/2015.
  • Institute of Solid State Physics, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan, June 29, Title: “Growth of 2D Dirac and Topological Materials on Semiconductor Substrates”. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 06/29/2015.
  • Department of Chemistry (Zasshikai Seminar), University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan, June 29, Title: “Organic Topological Insulators in Organometallic Lattices”. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 06/29/2015.
  • School of Opto-Electronic Engineering, Chongqing University, Chongqing, Sichuan, China, June 23, Title: “Computation Design and Search of New Materials”. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 06/23/2015.
  • Lecture for Molecular Science Forum, Center for Molecular Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Chemical Society, Beijing, China, May 19, Title: “Organic Topological Insulators in Organometallic Lattices”. Invited Talk/Keynote, Other, 05/19/2015.
  • Institute of Condensed Matter Physics, Linyi University, Linyi, Shan Dong, China, May 18, Title: “Design of Artificial 2D Material on Semiconductor Substrates”. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 05/18/2015.
  • School of Materials Science and Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, February 23, Title: “Prediction of 2D Topological Materials”. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 02/23/2015.
  • USTC Special International workshop on “New Frontiers of Superconductivity”, Hefei, China, October 13, Title: “Effect of Doing and Strain on Electron-Phonon Coupling in Graphene”. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 10/2014.
  • 73rd IUVSTA Workshop on “Nanostructures on 2D solids”, Eisenerz, Austria, Sept 22-26, Title: “Organic Topological Insulators in Organometallic Lattices”. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 09/2014.
  • NCSU Mini-symposium on "Controling Spins, Charges, and Photons in Novel Materials", Raleigh, North Carolina, Sept. 11, Title: “Organic Topological Insulators in Organometallic Lattices”. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 09/2014.
  • 2014 International Workshop on Nanomaterials & Nanodevices, Wuhan, China, July 3-4, Title: “Formation of Large-gap Quantum Spin Hall State on a Semiconductor Surface: The Substrate Orbital Filtering Effect”. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 07/2014.
  • International Symposium on Multi-scale Modeling and Simulation of Materials, Hefei, China, July 6-10, Title: “Organic Topological Insulators in Organometallic Lattices”. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 07/2014.
  • 7th International Conference on Computational Nanoscience and New Energy Materials, Nanjing, China, June 19-23, Title: “Organic Topological Insulators in Organometallic Lattices”. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 06/2014.
  • The OCPA8 International Conference on Physics Education and Frontier Physics, Singapore, June 23-27, Title: “Organic Topological Insulators in Organometallic Lattices”. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 06/2014.
  • 3rd International Conference on Physics at Surface and Interfaces, Feb. 24 - 28, Puri, India, Title: “on "Strain Induced Self-Assembly of Surface Based Nanostructures”. (Accepted then Canceled). Invited Talk/Keynote, Other, 02/2014.
  • 87. Workshop on Frontiers in Electronics, Dec. 17-20, San Juan, Puerto Rico, Title: “Organic Topological Insulators in Organometallic Lattices”. Invited Talk/Keynote, Other, 12/17/2013.
  • Department of Materials Science & Engineering, Beijing University, Beijing, September 27, Title: “Organic Topological Materials in Organometallic Lattices”. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 09/27/2013.
  • Institute of Condensed Matter Physics, Linyi University, Linyi, Shan Dong, China. September 25, Title: “Quantum Hooke’s Law: DFT formulation and physical manifestation”. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 09/25/2013.
  • The IUMRS International Conference on Advanced materials, Sept. 22-28, Qingdao, Shandong, China, Title: “Computational Design of Organic Topological Materials”. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 09/23/2013.
  • Department of Materials Science & Engineering, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, September 11, Title: “Organic Topological Insulators in Organometallic Lattices”. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 09/11/2013.
  • School of Physics and Engineering, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China. August 6, Title: “Organic Topological Insulators in Organometallic Lattices”. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 08/06/2013.
  • International Center of Quantum Materials, University of Science & Technology of China, Hefei, China. August 2, Title: “Organic Topological Insulators in Organometallic Lattices”. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 08/02/2013.
  • Department of Physics, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, China. July 9, Title: “Organic Topological Insulators in Organometallic Lattices”. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 07/09/2013.
  • 2013 International Workshop on Nanomaterials and Nanodevices, July 5-7, Beijing-Guiling, Title: “Organic Topological Insulators in Organometallic Lattices”. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 07/07/2013.
  • 7th International Conference on Materials for Advanced Technology, June 30–July 5; Singapore, Title: “Strain Engineering and Nanomechanical Architecture for Self-assembly of Nanostructures”. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 07/03/2013.
  • School of Microelectronics and Solid-State Electronics, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China, May 24, Title: “Organic Topological Insulators in Organometallic Lattices”. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 05/24/2013.
  • Department of Physics, Idaho State University, Pocatello, ID, April 29, Title: “Organic Topological Insulators in Organometallic Lattices”. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 04/29/2013.
  • 5th Jekyll Island Conference on Clusters & Nanostructures, April 22-25, 2013, Jekyll Island, Ga. Title: “The Effect of Charging and Doping on Nanostructures: it all started with Puru”. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 04/22/2013.
  • Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY. April 15, Title: “Organic Topological Insulators in Organometallic Lattices”. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 04/15/2013.
  • Department of Physics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, Jan. 28, Title: “Topoelectronic Phases in Thin Films and Organometallic Frameworks”. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 01/28/2013.
  • 2nd International Conference on Nanotek and Expo, December 3-5, Philadelphia, Title: “Photo response of multi-layer graphene sheet and nanoribbons”. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 12/2012.
  • The ICQ joint workshop “The World of Hall Physics”, June 21-22, Beijing, China. Title: “Hofstadter’s Fractal Energy Spectrum in Twisted Bilayer Graphene”. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 06/2011.
  • Institute of Optoelectronics, Chengdu Information Technology University, Chengdu, Chian, June 13, Title: “From Research of Computational Nanoscience to Development of Biomedical Devices”. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 06/2011.
  • The 2010 Workshop on Frontiers of Theoretical and Computational Physics and Chemistry (WFTCPC10), December 18 - 21, Xiamen, China. Title: “Graphene Band Gap Engineering and Nanographite Solar Cell”. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 12/2010.
  • CSCAMM workshop on “Non-equilibrium Interface and Surface Dynamics: Theory, Experiment and Simulation from Atomistic to Continuum Scales”, October 25-28, College Park, MD, title: “Controlled composition profile of semiconductor alloy quantum dots and nanowires by selecting the growth mode”. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 10/2010.
  • THE 14TH INTERNATIONAL SUMMER SCHOOL ON CRYSTAL GROWTH, August 1-7, Dalian, China, Title: “Nucleation Theory of Strained Islands on Flat and Patterned Surfaces”. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 08/2010.
  • International workshop on “Nanomaterials for Energy”, June 7-14, 2008, Beijing-Xiamen, China, Title 1: “Graphene Band Gap Engineering and Nanographite Solar Cell” and Title 2: “Nanopatterned Graphene: A New Paradigm for Nanoelectronics, Spintronics, and Optoelectronics”. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 07/2010.
  • Society for Industrial and applied Mathematics (SIAM) Conference on Mathematical Aspects of Materials Science (MS10), May 23-26, Philadelphia, PA. Title: “Nucleation, Growth, and Self-assembly of Strained Islands on Patterned Surfaces”. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 05/2010.
  • 4th Jekyll Island Conference on Clusters & Nanostructures, February 15-20, 2010, Jekyll Island, Ga. Title: “Nanopatterned Graphene: A New Paradigm for Nanoelectronics, Spintronics, and Optoelectronics”. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 02/2010.
  • Army-DARPA Workshop on Graphene Electronics, August 12-13, 2009, Adelphi, MD. Title: “Nanopatterned Graphene: A New Paradigm for Nanoelectronics and Spintronics”. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 08/2009.
  • The 17th American Conference on Crystal Growth and Epitaxy, August 9-14, 2009, Lake Geneva, Wisconsin. Title: “Strain Induced Growth Instability and Island Nucleation on Patterned Substrate”. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 08/2009.
  • International Symposium on Multiscale Modeling and Simulation of Materials, July 5-7, 2009, Beijing, China, Title: “Quantum Manifestations of Graphene Edge Stress and Edge Instability”. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 07/2009.
  • The 2nd Annual Workshop of the International Center for Quantum Design of Functional Materials (ICQD, July 13-14, Hefei, China, Title: “Nanopatterned Graphene: A New Paradigm for Nanoelectronics and Spintronics”. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 07/2009.
  • International Workshop on Nanomaterials and Nanodevices, July 1-3, 2009, Beijing Session. Title: “From Computational Nanotube Research to Biomedical Device Development”. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 07/2009.
  • 2009 China Summer School on Functional Materials and Quantum Design, July 16-31, 2009, USTC, Hefei, China, Title: “Materials Modeling and Simulation: from atomic to mesoscopic scale”. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 07/2009.
  • German Physical Society Spring Meeting, March 22-27, 2009, Dresden, Germany, Title: “Strain Induced Growth Instability and Island Nucleation on Patterned Substrate”. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 03/2009.
  • APS March meeting, March 16-20, 2009, Pittsburg, PA. Title: “New Routes Toward Nanotube Synthesis: Computation and Experiment”. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 03/2009.
  • International Symposium on Multiscale Modeling and Simulation of Materials, July 5-7, 2009, Beijing, China, Title: “Quantum Manifestations of Graphene Edge Stress and Edge Instability”. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 2009.
  • University of Wollongong, Seminar of Engineering Physics, Wollongong, Australia, October 12, Title: “Nanopatterned Graphene: A new paradigm for nanoelectronics and spintronics”. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 2009.
  • DOE Synthesis and Processing Sciences Contractors Meeting, October 25-28, Warrenton, VA, Title: “Strain Superlattice: A Combination of Strain Induced Self-Assembly and Strain Engineered Band Structure”. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 2009.
  • 2009 China Summer School on Functional Materials and Quantum Design, July 16-31, 2009, USTC, Hefei, China, Title: “Materials Modeling and Simulation: from atomic to mesoscopic scale”. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 2009.
  • German Physical Society Spring Meeting, March 22-27, 2009, Dresden, Germany, Title: “Strain Induced Growth Instability and Island Nucleation on Patterned Substrate”. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 2009.
  • APS March meeting, March 16-20, 2009, Pittsburg, PA. Title: “New Routes Toward Nanotube Synthesis: Computation and Experiment”. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 2009.
  • DOE Computational Materials Science Network (CMSN) annual workshop on “PREDICTIVE MODELING OF THE GROWTH AND PROPERTIES OF ENERGYRELEVANT THIN FILM AND NANOSTRUCTURES”, Oct. 31-Nov. 1, Denver, CO, Title: “Nanopatterned Graphene: A New Paradigm for Nanoelectronics and Optoelectronics”. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 2009.
  • University of Duisburg-Essen, Physics Colloquim, Duisburg, Germany, June 10, Title: “Strain Engineering and Nanomechanical Architecture for Self-assembly of Nanostructures”. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 2009.
  • Army-DARPA Workshop on Graphene Electronics, August 12-13, 2009, Adelphi, MD. Title: “Nanopatterned Graphene: A New Paradigm for Nanoelectronics and Spintronics”. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 2009.
  • The 17th American Conference on Crystal Growth and Epitaxy, August 9-14, 2009, Lake Geneva, Wisconsin. Title: “Strain Induced Growth Instability and Island Nucleation on Patterned Substrate”. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 2009.
  • International Workshop on Nanomaterials and Nanodevices, July 1-3, 2009, Beijing Session. Title: “From Computational Nanotube Research to Biomedical Device Development”. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 2009.
  • Monash University, Seminar of Materials Science & Engineering, Melbourne, Australia, October 15, Title: “Nanopatterned Graphene: A new paradigm for nanoelectronics and spintronics”. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 2009.
  • The 2nd Annual Workshop of the International Center for Quantum Design of Functional Materials (ICQD, July 13-14, Hefei, China, Title: “Nanopatterned Graphene: A New Paradigm for Nanoelectronics and Spintronics”. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 2009.
  • Institute of Condensed Matter Physics, Linyi University, Linyi, Shan Dong, China. August 8, Title: “Organic Topological Insulators in Organometallic Lattices”. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 08/2008.
  • International workshop on “Carbon-based Nanostructures”, June 9-16, 2008, Beijing-Changchun, China, Title 1: “Collective magnetic behavior of graphene nanohole superlattice” and Title 2:“From Nanomechanical Science to Nanofabrication Technology: a new route towards nanotube synthesis”. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 2008.
  • The 3rd Sino-US Nanomeeting, June 17-18, 2008, Beijing, China, Title: “Strain Engineering for Self-assembly of Nanoarchitectures and Tuning of SiGe Band Structures”. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 2008.
  • The 2nd International Workshop on Multiscale Simulation, July 7-8, 2008, Shanghai, China, Title: “Multiscale Studies of the Formation and Stability of Surface-based Nanostructures”. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 2008.
  • DOE Computational Materials Science Network (CMSN) annual workshop on “PREDICTIVE MODELING OF THE GROWTH AND PROPERTIES OF ENERGYRELEVANT THIN FILM AND NANOSTRUCTURES”, Oct. 31-Nov. 1, Gatlinburg, TN, Title: “Predictive Design of Nanomagnetism in Graphene”. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 2008.
  • RPI constellation seminar, Troy, NY, May 29, Title: “Computational Design of Carbon Nanotube Electromechanical Devices”. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 2008.
  • Engineering Physics Seminar, University of Wollonong, Australia, August 7, Title: “A Unified Design Rule for Nanomagnetism in Graphene”. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 2008.
  • Department of Physics Seminar, Beihang University, Beijing, China, August 18, Title: “Nanomechanical Architecture of Strained Bi-layer Films”. Invited Talk/Keynote, Other, 2008.
  • Department of Physics Colloquium, University of Utah, November 20, Title: “Magnetism in Graphene-based Nanostructures”. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 2008.
  • Australia Institute of Physics Annual Meeting on Condensed Matter and Materials Physics, January 29-31, Wagga Wagga, Australia. Title: “Electronic Structure and magnetism of Graphene-based Nanostructures”. Invited Talk/Keynote, Other, 2008.

Research Groups

  • Xiaoyuan Ni, Graduate Student. 08/15/2015 - present.
  • Kyung Hwan Jin, Postdoc. 08/01/2015 - present.
  • Bing Huang, Postdoc. 08/01/2015 - present.
  • Lizhi Zhang, Postdoc. 08/01/2015 - present.
  • Ninghai Su, Postdoc. 05/01/2015 - present.
  • Bin Cui, Visiting Faculty. 03/01/2015 - present.
  • Andrew Merrell, Graduate Student. 01/01/2015 - present.
  • Ping Li, Visiting Faculty. 01/01/2015 - 05/31/2015.
  • Yanghua Guo, Visiting Faculty. 01/01/2015 - 07/31/2015.
  • Zhengfei Wang, Postdoc. 01/01/2015 - 07/31/2015.
  • Wenmei Ming, Graduate Student. 01/01/2015 - 07/31/2015.
  • Wenli Yan, Visiting Student. 01/01/2015 - 09/30/2015.
  • Chao Hui, Postdoc. 01/01/2015 - present.
  • Jason Merrell, Graduate Student. 01/01/2015 - present.
  • Wei Jiang, Graduate Student. 01/01/2015 - present.
  • Wei Jiang, Graduate Student. 08/2013 - present.
  • min chen, Visiting Faculty. 09/2011 - 12/31/2011.
  • Miao Zhou, Postdoc. 08/2011 - present.
  • Andrew Merrel, Graduate Student. 08/2011 - present.
  • Li Chen, Visiting Faculty. 03/2011 - 10/2011.
  • Zheng Liu, Postdoc. 02/2011 - present.
  • peng yang, Graduate Student. 01/01/2011 - present.
  • Jason Merrell, Graduate Student. MSE. 08/01/2010 - 12/31/2010. Awards/Scholarships/Stipends: Stipends.
  • Lei Zhang, Graduate Student. MSE. 08/01/2010 - 12/31/2010. Awards/Scholarships/Stipends: Stipends.
  • Wenmei Ming, Graduate Student. MSE. 08/01/2010 - 12/31/2010. Awards/Scholarships/Stipends: Stipends.
  • Chao Hui, Postdoc. MSE. 08/01/2010 - 12/31/2010. Awards/Scholarships/Stipends: Stipends.
  • Ye Zhang, Postdoc. MSE. 05/01/2010 - 12/31/2010. Awards/Scholarships/Stipends: Stipends.
  • Hao Hu, Postdoc. MSE. 03/12/2010 - 12/31/2010. Awards/Scholarships/Stipends: Stipends.
  • Dangxin Wu, Postdoc. MSE. 01/01/2010 - 12/31/2010. Awards/Scholarships/Stipends: Stipends.
  • Yu Zhang, Graduate Student. MSE. 01/01/2010 - 12/31/2010. Awards/Scholarships/Stipends: Stipends.
  • Rujie Sun, Graduate Student. MSE. 01/01/2010 - 12/31/2010. Awards/Scholarships/Stipends: Stipends.
  • Ninghai Su, Graduate Student. MSE. 01/01/2010 - 12/31/2010. Awards/Scholarships/Stipends: Stipends.
  • Steve Huang, Graduate Student. MSE. 01/01/2010 - 12/31/2010.
  • Zhengfei Wang, Postdoc. MSE. 01/01/2010 - 08/31/2010. Awards/Scholarships/Stipends: Stipends.
  • Xiaobin Niu, Postdoc. MSE. 01/01/2010 - 12/31/2010. Awards/Scholarships/Stipends: Stipends.
  • Miao Liu, Graduate Student. MSE. 01/01/2010 - 12/31/2010. Awards/Scholarships/Stipends: Stipends.
  • Hepend Ding, Graduate Student. MSE. 01/01/2010 - 12/31/2010. Awards/Scholarships/Stipends: Stipends.

Languages

  • Chinese, fluent.
    Research collaboration with several Chinese high-education institutions.

Geographical Regions of Interest

  • China
    recruiting Chinese students from two Chinese high schools.