Lixin Liu

Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy,
University of Cambridge,
27 Charles Babbage Road,
Cambridge, CB3 0FS

ll789@cam.ac.uk

Education:

• PhD in Materials Physics and Chemistry from Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China (2019-2024)
• B.S. in Materials Science and Technology from Northeastern University, China (2015-2019)

Honors & Awards:

• Outstanding PhD Graduates, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 2024.
• National Scholarship, Ministry of Education of P.R.China, 2023.
• Excellent Oral in “Chinese Chemical Society 6th Academic conference”, Lanzhou, China, 2023.
• InfoMat Annual Excellent Paper Award, Wiley, 2022.
• Outstanding Graduates, The Educational Department of Liaoning Province, 2019.

Publications:

• Liu, L.; Gong, P.; Liu, K.; Huang, B.; Zhang, Z.; Fu, Y.; Wu, Y.; Zhao, Y.; Wang, M.; Xu, Y.; Li, H.; Zhai, T., Van der Waals epitaxial growth of single-crystal molecular film, in revision.
• Liu, L.; Liu, K.; Zhai, T., Emerging Van der Waals Dielectrics of Inorganic Molecular Crystals for 2D Electronics, ACS Nano 2024, 18, 6733. (Cover)
• Liu, L.; Gong, P.; Liu, K.; Nie, A.; Liu, Z.; Yang, S.; Xu, Y.; Liu, T.; Zhao, Y.; Huang, L.; Li, H.; Zhai, T., Scalable Van Der Waals Encapsulation by Inorganic Molecular Crystals, Adv. Mater. 2022, 34, 2106041. (Cover)
• Liu, L.; Li, P.; Zhao, Y.; Song, H.; Liu, T.; Li, H.; Zhai, T., Zeolite-Like Molecules: Promising Dielectrics for Two-Dimensional Semiconductors, Sci. China-Mater. 2022, 66, 233.
• Liu, L.; Zhai, T., Wafer‐Scale Vertical Van der Waals Heterostructures, InfoMat 2020, 3, 3. (Cover)
• Zhang, J.; Liu, L.; Luo, X.; Lu, W.; Zhai, T., Thermally Robust Optical Properties of the Wafer-Scale α-Sb₂O₃ Films, Appl. Surf. Sci. 2023, 612, 155793.
• Liu, K.; Liu, L.; Zhai, T., Emerging two-dimensional inorganic molecular crystals: The concept and beyond, J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2022, 13, 2173.
• Liu, R.; Wang, F.; Liu, L.; He, X.; Chen, J.; Li, Y.; Zhai, T., Band Alignment Engineering in Two‐Dimensional Transition Metal Dichalcogenide‐Based Heterostructures for Photodetectors, Small Struct. 2020, 2, 2000136.
• Su, J.; Liu, G.; Liu, L.; Chen, J.; Hu, X.; Li, Y.; Li, H.; Zhai, T., Recent Advances in 2D Group Vb Transition Metal Chalcogenides, Small 2021, 17, 2005411.
• Yang, S.; Liu, K.; Xu, Y.; Liu, L.; Li, H.; Zhai, T., Gate Dielectrics Integration for 2D Electronics: Challenges, Advances, and Outlook, Adv. Mater. 2023, 35, 2207901.
• Xu, Y.; Liu, T.; Liu, K.; Zhao, Y.; Liu, L.; Li, P.; Nie, A.; Liu, L.; Yu, J.; Feng, X.; Zhuge, F.; Li, H.; Wang, X.; Zhai, T. Scalable Integration of Hybrid High-Κ Dielectric Materials on Two-Dimensional Semiconductors. Nat. Mater. 2023, 22, 1078.
• Liu, K.; Jin, B.; Han, W.; Chen, X.; Gong, P.; Huang, L.; Zhao, Y.; Li, L.; Yang, S.; Hu, X.; Duan, J.; Liu, L.; Wang, F.; Zhuge, F.; Zhai, T. A Wafer-Scale Van Der Waals Dielectric Made from an Inorganic Molecular Crystal Film. Nat. Electron. 2021, 4, 906.

Patents:

• Zhai, T.; Liu, L., A Mass Production Method of Wafer-Scale Two-Dimensional Single-Crystal Antimony Oxide Film. ZL202210735594.5, 16th June, 2023. (Chinese patent)