Kaihui Liu's group has been long engaged in studying growth mechanism and developing advanced spectroscopy characterization techniques for low-dimensional materials. We independently designed the meter-scale single-crystal manufacturing equipment, built the single nano-object level in-situ optical characterization system and developed two-dimensional material composite fibers for all-fiber integration devices. We have made several important progresses, including (1) realizing surficial and interfacial engineering of the growth of 2D materials; (2) developing global methods of synthesizing meter-sized single-crystal films; (3) fabricating structure-dependent devices. Professor Liu has published more than 100 scientific journals, including correspondence-authored Nature (2), Nature Nanotechnology (2), Nature Photonics (2), Nature Chemistry, Nature Communications (4), Advanced Materials (10), JACS (2), Nano Letters (6), PNAS and Science Bulletin.
(1) Surficial and interfacial engineering of the growth mechanism of 2D materials
(2) Global technology of synthesizing meter-sized single-crystal films
(3) Advanced nano-spectroscopy characterization techniques
(4) Development of high-performance photoelectric detection and acoustic equipment
1-2 graduate students each year; 1-2 postdoc;
independent research project for undergraduates.