Kai Liu
liuk@tsinghua.edu.cn
Chinese, English
Beijing
Tsinghua University
Materials Science and Engineering
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
Interface properties of one-dimensional and two-dimensional van der Waals materials
Smart devices
High-temperature electronic devices
  • 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
Van Der Waals Materials Interface Properties One-Dimensional Two-Dimensional Smart Devices High-Temperature Electronic Devices Materials Science Nanotechnology Semiconductors

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