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Welcome to the Liu Group! We create, manipulate, visualize, and understand novel quantum states of matter. Experimentally, we implement scanning tunneling microscopy, scanned Josephson tunneling microscopy, and single atom\/molecule manipulation at cryogenic temperatures. Read more about our research<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Research Highlights<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Visualizing Vortex Doublet in the Spin-Triplet Superconductor UTe2<\/mark><\/strong>
N. Sharma, et al. ACS Nano<\/em> 19, 31539-31550 (2025)<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Atomic Scale Josephson Frustration and Condensate-resolved Imaging in FeSe<\/mark><\/strong>
N. Sharma, et al. Nature Materials 24, 1709\u20131715 (2025)<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Retrieving Material Properties from STM Error Signals<\/mark><\/strong>
N. Sharma, et al. Nano Letters<\/em> 25<\/strong>, 3309\u20133315 (2025)<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Molecular Quantum Simulators<\/mark><\/strong>
N. Sharma, et al. Nano Letters<\/em> 24<\/strong>, 6658-6664 (2024)<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Cooper pair density wave state in UTe2<\/mark><\/strong>
Q. Gu, et al. Nature<\/em> 618<\/strong>, 921-927 (2023)<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Realization of bilayer borophene<\/mark><\/strong>
X. Liu, et al<\/em>. Nature Materials 21<\/strong>, 35-<\/em><\/a>40<\/a><\/em> (2022)<\/em><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Discovery of a Cooper pair density wave state in NbSe2
<\/mark><\/strong>X. Liu, et al. Science<\/em> 372<\/strong>, 1447-1452 (2021)<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Visualization of electronic fluid flow
<\/mark><\/strong>X. Liu, et al<\/em>. Nature Materials 20<\/strong>, 1480\u20131484 (2021)<\/em><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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