Areas of Focus
- Interface properties of one-dimensional and two-dimensional van der Waals materials
- Smart devices
- High-temperature electronic devices
Work Experience
- 2015.5-present - Tsinghua University, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Associate Professor
- 2011.2-2015.5 - Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Materials Sciences Division, Postdoctoral Researcher
- 2008.7-2011.2 - Tsinghua University, Department of Chemistry, Postdoctoral Researcher
Academic Background & Achievements
- 2003-2008 PhD: Department of Physics, Tsinghua University
- 1999-2003 Bachelor: Department of Applied Physics, Xi'an Jiaotong University
- Published over 130 papers in journals like Science and Nature Electronics
- Holds more than 50 patents
Publications
- Programmable graded doping for reconfigurable molybdenum ditelluride devices, Liu, Kai*, 2023
- Water nanolayer facilitated solitary-wave-like blisters in MoS2 thin films, Liu, Kai*, 2023
- All‐transfer Electrode Interface Engineering Towards Harsh‐Environment‐Resistant MoS2 Field‐Effect Transistors, Liu, Kai*, 2023
- Liquid Precursor-Guided Phase Engineering of Single-Crystal VO2 Beams, Liu, Kai*, 2023
- Determining the interlayer shearing in twisted bilayer MoS2 by nanoindentation, Liu, Kai*, 2022
- Ultrafast self-heating synthesis of robust heterogeneous nanocarbides for high current density hydrogen evolution reaction, Liu, Kai*, 2022
- Continuous epitaxy of single-crystal graphite films by isothermal carbon diffusion through nickel, Liu, Kai*, 2022
- Wafer-scale freestanding vanadium dioxide film, Liu, Kai*, 2021
- Grain-Boundary Engineering of Monolayer MoS2 for Energy-Efficient Lateral Synaptic Devices, Liu, Kai*, 2021
- Monolayer MoS2 Synaptic Transistors for High-Temperature Neuromorphic Applications, Liu, Kai*, 2021
Awards
- 2021 IUMRS Young Scientist Award for Frontiers of Materials
- 2020 First Prize, Chinese Materials Research Society Science and Technology Award
- 2019 ICMAT Rising Star Speaker Award (First Prize)
- 2015 National Young Talent Plan
- 2010 National Top 100 Excellent PhD Thesis
- 2008 Outstanding PhD Graduate, Tsinghua University
- 2008 Tsinghua University 'Aerospace Haiying Cup' Academic Newcomer
