Xiaolong Liu

Applied Physics

Faculty Mentor: Mark Hersam

Research

Xiaolong Liu received a B.S. in physics from the University of Science and Technology of China. His current research is focused on probing the electronic and structural properties of novel, two-dimensional (2D) materials and heterostructures at the atomic length scale. This research involves ultra-high vacuum scanning, tunneling microscopy/spectroscopy, as well as other advanced scanning probe techniques, and is important as fundamental guidelines for the design and creation of nanoelectronic devices with ultimate dimensions.

Awards & Fellowships

• Honorable Mention, Science in Society Image Contest (2015)
• 2^nd Prize, National Competition of Physics Experiment for College Students (2012)
• 2^nd Prize, Challenge Cup National Science and Technology Innovation Contest (2012)
• China Construction Bank Elite Scholarship (2012)
• University-Level Excellence, Research Project for Undergraduates, USTC (2012)
• Honorable Mention, International Mathematical Contest in Modeling, COMAP (2012)
• Grand Prize, 7th Competition of Physical Research Experiments, USTC (2009)
• Outstanding Student Scholarship, USTC (2010, 2011)
• Grand Prize, Science and Technology Innovation Contest, USTC (2009)                                           
• Outstanding Freshman Scholarship, USTC (2009)                                                                               

Publications

1. Liu, X.;Chen, K.-S.; Wells, S. A.; Balla, I.; Zhu, J.; Wood, J. D.; Hersam, M. C., Adv. Mater., 2016, DOI: 10.1002/adma.201604121.
2. Li, L.; Secor, E. B.; Chen, K.-S.; Zhu, J.;Liu, X.; Gao, T. Z.; Seo, J.-W. T.; Zhao, Y.; Hersam, M. C., Adv. Energy Mater., 2016.
3. Kang, J.; Sangwan, V.; Wood, J. D.; Liu, X.; Balla, I.; Lam, D.; Hersam, M. C., Nano Lett., 2016, 16, 7216.
4. Chen, P.-C.;Liu, X.; Hedrick, J. L.; Xie, Z.; Wang, S.; Lin, Q.-Y.; Hersam, M. C.; Dravid, V. P.; Mirkin, C. A., Science, 2016, 352, 1565.
5. Kang, J.; Wells, S. A.; Wood, J. D.; Lee, J.-H.;Liu, X.; Ryder, C. R.; Zhu, J.; Guest, J. R.; Husko, C. A.; Hersam, M. C., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A., 2016, 113, 11688.
6. Liu, X.; Balla, I.; Bergeron, H.; Hersam, M. C., J. Phys. Chem. C., 2016, 120,20798.
7. Zhu, J.;Liu, X.; Geier, M. L.; McMorrow, J. J.; Jariwala, D.; Beck, M. E.; Huang, W.; Marks, T. J.; Hersam, M. C., Adv. Mater., 2015, 28, 63.
8. Mannix, A. J.; Zhou, X.-F.; Kiraly, B.; Wood,  J. D.; Alducin, D.; Myers, B. D.; Liu, X.; Fisher, B. L.; Santiago, U.; Guest, J. R.; Yacaman, M. J.; Ponce, A.; Oganov, A. R.; Hersam, M. C.; Guisinger, N. P., Science, 2015, 350, 1513.
9. Kang, J.; Wood, J. D.; Wells, S. A.; Lee, J.-H.;Liu, X.; Chen, K.-S.; Hersam, M. C., ACS Nano, 2015, 9, 3596.
10. Liu, X.; Wood, J. D.; Chen, K.-S.; Cho, E.; Hersam, M. C., J. Phys. Chem. Lett., 2015, 6, 773.
11. Wood, J. D.; Wells, S. A.; Jariwala, D.; Chen, K.-S.; Cho, E.; Sangwan, V. K.; Liu, X.; Lauhon, L. J.; Marks, T. J.; Hersam, M. C., Nano Lett., 2014, 14, 6964.
12. Liu, X.; Lu, Q., Rev. Sci. Instrum., 2012, 83, 115111.
13. Liu, X.; Wei, Z.; Feng, C.; Duan, Y.; Wang, Z.; Zhang, Z., Phys. Exp., 2012, 32, 8.

Invention Disclosures

1. Lu, Q.; Liu, X., "Double-End Clamping Piezoelectric Motor Utilizing Opposite-direction Rubs to Reduce Friction Force and Control Method," CH Patent CN103684037 A.
2. Wang, Z.; Du, J.;Liu, X.; Wei, Z.; Rong, X., "Dual-Mode Polarization Cavity with Adjustable Coupling Hole," CH Patent CN103326098 A.