Group News

11/2021
Our recent advance in nano-UV-VIS is published in Nature Communication. Authors include Xuezhi Ma, Qiushi Liu, Ning Yu, Da Xu, Sanggon Kim, Zebin Liu, Kaili Jiang, Bryan M. Wong and Ruoxue. Congratulations! 
Read more from physics world and phys.org
05/2020
Dr. Xinghua Zheng and Dr. Qiushi Liu's work on the thermal conductivity in monolayer MoS2 is now published in ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. Congratulations! 
10/2019
Dr. Xuezhi Ma graduates and starts his new position in Texas A&M University. Best wishes for career ahead!
07/2019
Our NSOM-TERS paper has been published by Nature Photonics. Congratulations to all authors: Sanggon Kim, Ning Yu, Xuezhi Ma, Yangzhi Zhu, Qiushi Liu, and Dr. Ruoxue Yan!
Link to the paper:
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41566-019-0456-9
Reports on the work:
Phys.org, ScienceDaily, PhysicsWorld, and many more
04/2019
Our STM probe design has been accepted by Nanoscale. Congratulations to Qiushi!
01/2019
Our new type of remote-excitation Tip-enhanced Raman probe work is published on Nano Letters. Congratulations to Xuezhi!
07/2018
​Our near-field scanning photocurrent imaging project is now supported by NSF. 
04/2018
​Our near-field scanning photocurrent microscopy is working now! 15nm spatial resolution has been demonstrated (World record 28nm). We are working on pushing it to below 10nm. 
03/2018
​Xuezhi Ma and Qiushi Liu presented their works at MRS March conference. 
11/2017
​Xuezhi's capillary transfer paper is now listed as the top 5 downloaded (in past 30 days) in Nano Letters. Congratulations!
10/2017
​Qiushi's News and Views published on Nature Photonics. Nice work, Qiushi!
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10/2017
Xuezhi's paper on capillary transfer is accepted by Nano Letters. Congratulations, Xuezhi!
05/2017
​Dr. Liu received the NSF CAREER award.