Yin Liu
Bio
Dr. Yin Liu joined our department as an assistant professor in July 2022. He joins us from Stanford University, where his research is focused on the science and technology of nanomaterials. His lab will develop advanced growth, characterization, and device fabrication methods for low-dimensional (1D and 2D) materials.
Dr. Liu is particularly interested in using TEM imaging and spectroscopy in combination with optical spectroscopy to interrogate the nanoscale optoelectronic and quantum-optical properties of nanomaterials. His study will provide key knowledge enabling the development of advanced devices, including quantum optical circuits, highly efficient solar cells, neuromorphic computing, and novel valleytronic and spintronic devices.
Education
Ph.D. Materials Science and Engineering University of California Berkeley 2019
M.S. Materials Science and Engineering Zhejiang University, China 2010
B.S. Materials Science and Engineering Zhejiang University, China 2007
Publications
- Deterministic Fabricationof Large-Area, High-CrystallinityOxide Moire Superlattices , ACS Nano (2026)
- Heteroepitaxial Control of Thickness, Strain, and Domain Architecture in Few-Layer Ferroelectric Tin Monochalcogenides , ACS Nano (2026)
- Anomalous thermal transport in Eshelby twisted van der Waals nanowires , Nature Materials (2025)
- Low‐Loss Far‐Infrared Surface Phonon Polaritons in Suspended SrTiO 3 Nanomembranes , Advanced Functional Materials (2025)
- Room-temperature multiferroicity in sliding van der Waals semiconductors with sub-0.3 V switching , Nature Communications (2025)
- Author Correction: Highly confined epsilon-near-zero and surface phonon polaritons in SrTiO3 membranes , Nature Communications (2024)
- Highly confined epsilon-near-zero and surface phonon polaritons in SrTiO3 membranes , Nature Communications (2024)
- Unraveling sources of emission heterogeneity in Silicon Vacancy color centers with cryo-cathodoluminescence microscopy , Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (2024)
- Accelerating Quantum Materials Development with Advances in Transmission Electron Microscopy , Chemical Reviews (2023)
- Controlling Valley-Specific Light Emission from Monolayer MoS2 with Achiral Dielectric Metasurfaces , Nano Letters (2023)
Honors and Awards
- Materials Research Society Graduate Student Awards