Publications

PUBLICATIONS (* corresponding author)

  1. R. Xu, I. Crassee, H. A. Bechtel, Y. Zhou, A. Bercher, L. Korosec, C. W. Rischau, J. Teyssier, K. J. Crust, Y. Lee, S. N. Gilbert Corder, J. Li, J. A. Dionne, H. Y. Hwang, A. B. Kuzmenko, Y. Liu*, “Highly confined epsilon-near-zero and surface-phonon polaritons in SrTiO3 membranes”, Nature Communications, 15,4743 (2024).
  2. D. Angell, S. Li, H. Utzat, M.L. S. Thurston, Y. Liu, J. Dahl, R. Carlson, Z. Shen, R. Sinclair, N. Melosh and J.A. Dionne, Unraveling sources of emission heterogeneity in Silicon Vacancy color centers with cryo-cathodoluminescence microscopy, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 121, e2308247121(2024).

  3. P. Moradifar, Y. Liu, J. Shi, M. L. S. Thurston, H. Utzat, T.B. van Driel, A. M. Lindenberg, and J. A. Dionne, Accelerating quantum materials development with advances in transmission electron microscopy,  Chemical Reviews, 123, 12757 (2023).

  4. Y. Liu, S.C. Lau, W. H.Cheng, A. Johnson, Q. Li, E. Simmerman, O. Karni, J.Hu, Y. Liu, F. Liu, M. Brongersma and J. A. Dionne, Controlling Valley-Specific Light Emission from Monolayer MoS2 with Achiral Dielectric Metasurfaces, Nano Letters, 23, 6124 (2023).

  5. R. Xu, K. J. Crust, V. Harbola, R. Arras, K. Y. Patel, S. Prosandeev, H. Cao, Y.Shao, P. Behera, L.Caretta, W. Kim, A. Khandelwal, M. Acharya, M. M. Wang, Y. Liu, E. S. Barnard, A. Raja, L. W. Martin, W. Gu, H. Zhou, R. Ramesh, D. A Muller, L. Bellaiche, and H.Y. Hwang, Size-induced ferroelectricity in antiferroelectric oxide membranes, Advanced Materials, 35, 2210562 (2023).

    Before joining NC State University

  6. Q. Wu, Z. Fang, Y. Zhu, H.Song, Y. Liu, X. Su, D. Pan, Y. Gao, P. Wang, S.Yan, Z. Fei, J. Yao, and Y. Shi, Controllable Edge Epitaxy of Helical GeSe/GeS Heterostructures, Nano Letters, 22, 5086 (2022).

  7. F. Zhou, Y. Li, X. Liao, S. Lin, H. Song, Y. Liu, F. Yang, S. Yan, Z. Lai, Y. Liu, C. Xu, Y. Huang, L.Zhen, J. Zhu, J. Yao, Topotactic growth of free-standing two-dimensional perovskite niobates with low symmetry phase, Nano Letters,21 (11), 4700(2021).

  8. R. Chen, F. Luo, Y. Song, Y. Dong, S. Wu, S. Lou, Y. Liu, F.Yang, J. Huang, Z. Fang, R. Cheng, H. Yuan, R. J. Birgeneau and J. Yao, Room-temperature ferromagnetism in Co-doped two-dimensional van der Waals ZnO crystals, Nature Communications, 12, 1(2021).

  9. F. Zhou, S. Yao, F. Yang, X. Liao, S.Lin, M. Liao. S. Lou, Y. Liu, Z. Gong, K.Tom, Y Deng, X. Wang Y. Huang, J Zhu and J Yao, ACS Nano 14, 15544 (2020). 

  10. R. Chen, J. Cao, S Gee, Y. Liu* and J.Yao, Growth and Properties of Dislocated Two-dimensional Layered Materials (invited review article), MRS advances, 5, 3437 (2020).

  11. S. Lin, Z. Fang, T. Hou, T. Hsu, C. So, C.Yeoh, R. Li, Y. Liu, E. M. Chan, Y. Chueh, B. Tang, K. Persson, and J. Yao, Tunable valleytronics with symmetry-retaining high polarization degree in SnSxSe1-x model system, Applied Physics Letters, 116, 061105(2020).

  12. Z. Fang, Y. Liu, S. Gee, S. Lin, S. Koyama, C. Chi, F. Luo, R. Chen, B. Tang, and J. Yao, Chemically modulating the twist rate of helical van der Waals crystals, Chemistry of Materials, 32, 299-307 (2020).

  13. Y. Liu, J. Wang, S. Kim, H. Sun, F. Yang, Z. Fang , N. Tamura, R. Zhang1, X.Song, J. Wen, Bo Z. Xu, M. Wang, S. Lin, Q.Yu, K. B. Tom,Y. Deng, J.Turner, E. Chan, D. Jin, R. O. Ritchie, A. M. Minor, D.C. Chrzan, M. C. Scott, and J.Yao, Helical van der Waals crystals with discretized Eshelby twist, Nature,570,358-362 (2019).

  14. K. B Tom, S. Lin, L. F Wan, J.Wang, N. Ahlm, A. T N’Diaye, K. Bustillo, J. Huang, Y. Liu, S. Lou, R. Chen, S. Yan, H. Wu, D. Jin, H.Yuan, D. Prendergast, J. Yao, Solution-Based, Template-Assisted Realization of Large-Scale Graphitic ZnO, ACS nano 12, 7554-7561 (2018)

  15. S. Lou, Y. Liu, F. Yang, S. Lin, R. Zhang, Y. Deng, M. Wang, K. B Tom, F. Zhou, H. Ding, K. C Bustillo, X.Wang, S. Yan, M. Scott, A. Minor, J. Yao, Three-dimensional Architecture Enabled by Strained Two-dimensional Material Heterojunction, Nano letters,18,1819-1825 (2018)

  16. B. Zhu, B. Qian, Y. Liu, C. Xu, C. Liu, Q. Chen, J. Zhou, X. Liu, and J.Qiu, A volumetric full-color display realized by frequency upconversion of a transparent composite incorporating dispersed nonlinear optical crystals, NPG Asia Materials, 9, e394 (2017)

  17. Y. Liu, K. Tom, X. Zhang, S. Lou, Y. Liu, J. Yao, Alloying effect on bright–dark exciton states in ternary monolayer Mo x W1–x Se2, New Journal of Physics,19, 073018(2017)

  18. Y. Liu, Three-dimensional visualization of carbon networks in nanocomposites, Nanotechnology, 26, 442501 (2015). (Invited Perspective)

  19. Kaiping Tai, Y. Liu, and S. J. Dillon, In Situ Cryogenic Transmission Electron Microscopy for Characterizing the Evolution of Solidifying Water Ice in Colloidal Systems, Microscopy, and Microanalysis, 20,330-337 (2014).

  20. Y. Liu, and S. J. Dillon, In situ observation of electrolytic H2 evolution adjacent to gold cathodes, Chemical Communications, 50, 1761-1763 (2014).

  21. Y.Liu and S. J. Dillon, Environmental Electron Microscopy: Electron Beam Effects in Electrochemistry, Microscopy and Microanalysis, 20(S4), 1616-1617 (2014)

  22. Y. Liu, X. Chen, K. W. Noh, and S. J. Dillon, Growth kinetics and morphological evolution of ZnO precipitated from solution, Chemistry of Materials, 25, 2927-2933 (2013).

  23. Y. Liu, X. Chen, K. W. Noh, and S. J. Dillon, Electron beam induced deposition of silicon nanostructures from a liquid phase precursor, Nanotechnology, 23, 385302 (2012).

  24. K. W. Noh, Y. Liu, L. Sun, and S. J. Dillon, Challenges associated with in-situ TEM in environmental systems: The case of silver in aqueous solutions, Ultramicroscopy, 116, 34 (2012). (Listed in the list of most cited Ultramicroscopy articles)

  25. S.J. Dillon and Y. Liu, In-Situ TEM in Complex Environments: Photocatalysis, Microscopy and Microanalysis, 18(S2), 1072-1073 (2012)

  26. Y. Liu, M. Shimizu, B. Zhu, Y. Dai, B. Qian, J. Qiu, Y. Shimotsuma, K. Miura, and K. Hirao, Micromodification of element distribution in glass using femtosecond laser irradiation, Optics Letters, 34, 136 (2009). (Also selected for the February 2009 issue of the Virtual Journal of Ultrafast Science)

  27. Liu, M. Shimizu, X. Wang, B. Zhu, M.Sakakura, Y. Shimotsuma, J. Qiu, K. Miura, and K. Hirao, Confocal Raman imaging of femtosecond laser induced microstructures in germanate glasses, Chemical Physics Letters, 477,122 (2009).
  28. Y. Liu, B. Zhu, Y. Dai, X. Qiao, and J. Qiu, Femtosecond laser writing of Er3+ doped CaF2 crystalline patterns in glass, Optics Letters, 34, 3433 (2009). (Also selected for the December issue of the Virtual Journal of Ultrafast Science)

  29. Y. Liu, B. Zhu, L. Wang, Y. Dai, H. Ma, and J. Qiu, Femtosecond laser-induced coordination transformation and migration of ions in sodium borate glasses, Applied Physics Letters, 92, 121113 (2008). 

  30. Y. Liu, B. Zhu, L. Wang, Y. Dai, H. Ma, and J. Qiu, Femtosecond laser direct writing of crystalline TiO2 patterns in glass, Applied Physics. B: Lasers and Optics, 93, 613 (2008).

  31. B. Zhu, Y. Liu, S. Ye, B. Qian, G. Ling, J. Qiu, Y. Dai, and H. Ma, Greatly enhanced effect of silver on femtosecond laser-induced precipitation of nonlinear optical crystals in glasses, Optics Letters, 34, 136 (2009).

  32. H. Yang, Y. Liu, S. Ye, and J. Qiu, Purple-to-yellow tunable luminescence of Ce3+ doped yttrium silicon oxide nitride phosphors, Chemical Physics Letters, 485, 91-94 (2010).

  33. X.  Wang, M Sakakura, Y. Liu, J Qiu, Y Shimostuma, K Miura, and K Hirao,Modification of long range order in germanate glass by ultrafast laser, Chemical Physics Letters, 511,266-269 (2011).

  34. D. Tan, G Lin, Y. Liu, Y Teng, Y Zhuang, B Zhu, Q Zhao and J Qiu Synthesis of nanocrystalline cubic zirconia using femtosecond laser ablation, Journal of Nanoparticle Research 13,1183-1190(2011)

  35. S.Ye, B. Zhu, Y. Liu, Y. Teng, G. Lin, G. Lakshminarayana, X. Fan and J. Qiu, Conversion of near-ultraviolet radiation into visible and infrared emissions through energy transfer in Yb2O3 doped SrO-TiO2-SiO2 glasses, Journal of Applied Physics, 105, 063508 (2009).

  36. D. Tan, Y Teng, Y. Liu, Y Zhuang, and J Qiu Preparation of Zirconia Nanoparticles by Pulsed Laser Ablation in Liquid, Chemistry Letters,38,1102-1103 (2009)

  37. Yu Teng, B Qian, N Jiang, Y. Liu, F Luo, S Ye, J Zhou, B Zhu, H Zeng, J Qiu, Light and heat driven precipitation of copper nanoparticles inside Cu2+-doped borate glasses, Chemical Physics Letters, 477,122 (2010).

  38. G. Lakeshiminarayana, H Yang, S. Ye, Y. Liu and J Qiu, Co-operative downconversion luminescence in Tm3+/Yb3+:SiO2-Al2O3-LiF-GdF3 glasses, Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics,41,175111 (2008)

  39. G. Lakshminarayana, H. Yang., S. Ye., Y Liu., J Qiu . Cooperative downconversion luminescence in Pr3+/ Yb 3+:SiO 2-Al 2O3 -BaF2-GdF3 glasses Journal of Materials Research, 23 , 3090-3095

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

 

Y. Liu, J.Wang ,S.Kim, H.Sun, F. Yang , Z. Fang , N.Tamura, R. Zhang, X. Song ,J. Wen ,Q.Yu ,M. Wang, E. Chan, D. Jin, R. Ritchie, A. Minor, D.Chrzan, M. Scott and J. Yao, “Helical van der Waals crystals with discretized twist”, oral presentation, 2019 MRS Fall meeting, Boston.

S.C. Lau, Y. Liu, W.H. Cheng, J. Amalya, Q. Li, E. Simmerman, O. Karni, J. Hu, Y. Liu, F. Liu, M. Brongersma, J.A. Dionne, T.F.Heinz. “Intensity, wavelength and polarization control of valley excitonic emissions in monolayer MoS2 by dielectric metasurfaces”, APS March Meeting 2023.

J. A. Dionne, F. Pan, Y. Liu, S. C. Lau, F. Liu, M. Brongersma, T. Heinz “Controlling Valley-Selective Absorption and Emission from Monolayer Materials with High-Q Metasurfaces”, 2023 MRS Fall Meeting, Boston, MA.

Y. Liu, and S. J. Dillon “In situ TEM investigation of ZnO precipitation from solution ” Presentation given in Hard Material Seminar, Jan. 2013, Urbana, Illinois.

Y. Liu, and J Qiu. “Modification of glasses using a high repetition rate femtosecond laser ” Presentation given at US-China Winter School on New Functionalities in Glass -an International Symposium on Functional Glasses, Jan. 2010, Hangzhou, China.