Professor

2004.09 – 2009.07, PhD, Electronic Engineering, University of Cambridge

2001.09 – 2004.07, MSc, Condensed Matter Physics, Peking University

1997.09 – 2001.07, BSc, Physics, Peking University

2024.12 – Present, Tenured Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Tsinghua University

2016.08 – 2024.11, Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Tsinghua University

2013.12 – 2016.07, Associate Researcher, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Tsinghua University

2009.12 – 2013.11, Assistant Researcher, Department of Precision Instruments and Mechanical Engineering/Department of Mechanical Engineering, Tsinghua University

Undergraduate Courses: Microcomputer Control of Mechanical Systems (taught in English); Mechatronic Control Systems Practice

Keywords: Energy Dissipation, Ultrafast Optics, Defect Detection, Coating & Equipment, Electric Drive Systems.

Pioneered microstructure-based electron-phonon energy dissipation modulation technology and ultrafast spectroscopic characterization methods. Developed series of high-power-density drive systems, transmission components, and high-resolution quality inspection equipment deployed in aviation, transportation, and nuclear power sectors. Published 100+ papers in Advanced Materials, Nature Communications, Nano Letters, etc. Granted 33 invention patents; Commercialized 2 technologies. Delivered 15 keynote/invited talks at international conferences including World Tribology Congress. Expert Committee Member, "Engineering Science and Interdisciplinary Integration" Key Special Project, National Key R&D Program of China (14th Five-Year Plan). Editorial Board Member, Materials.

· Ultrafast electron energy dissipation at 2D material interfaces.

· Defect detection technology based on electron dissipation lifetime.

· Energy dissipation in tribological interfaces of special electric drive transmission systems.

Selected Peer-reviewed Articles (+ equal contribution, *correspondence)

1. Chong Wang, Rui Han, Yutang Wang, Shihong Chen, Haowen Xu, Shuchun Huang, Zejun Sun, Huixian Liu, Jianbin Luo*, Dameng Liu*, Huan Liu*. Friction-induced ultrafast charge transfer in van der Waals heterostructures, Nano Research, 2025, 18, 94907247.

2. Chong Wang, Rui Han, Yutang Wang, Shihong Chen, Haowen Xu, Shuchun Huang, Zejun Sun, Zhihong Li, Jianbin Luo*, Dameng Liu*, Huan Liu*. Controlling friction energy dissipation by ultrafast interlayer electron-phonon coupling in WS₂/graphene heterostructures, Nano Energy, 2024, 132, 110371.

3. Huan Liu, Jiangcai Wang, Shihong Chen, Zejun Sun, Haowen Xu, Yishu Han, Chong Wang, Huixian Liu, Li Huang, Jianbin Luo*, Dameng Liu*. Direct Visualization of Dark Interlayer Exciton Transport in Moire Superlattices, Nano Letters, 2024, 24(1): 339-346.

4. Haowen Xu, Jiangcai Wang, Huan Liu*, Shihong Chen, Zejun Sun, Chong Wang, Rui Han, Yong Wang, Yutang Wang, Zihao Wang, Shuchun Huang, Lingwei Ma*, Dameng Liu*. Control of Hybrid Exciton Lifetime in MoSe₂/WS₂ Moiré Heterostructures, Advanced Science, 2024, 2403127.

5. Xuan Yin, Haosheng Pan, Huan Liu, Jun Zhao* Bing Zhang, Dameng Liu*, Yijun Shi. Achieving ultralow friction under high pressure through operando formation of Pbs QDs/graphene heterojunction with OD/1D nanostructure, Carbon, 2024, 218, 118748.

6. Yishu Han, Dameng Liu*. In situ probing of electron transfer at the dynamic MoS2/graphene-water interface for modulating boundary slip, Nano Research, 2024, 17(8): 7513-7521.

7. Huan Liu, Boming Yang, Chong Wang, Yishu Han, Dameng Liu*. The Mechanisms and Applications of Friction Energy Dissipation. Friction, 2023, 11, 839.

8. Huan Liu, Jiangcai Wang, Yuanshuang Liu, Yong Wang, Lujie Xu, Li Huang, Dameng Liu*, Jianbin Luo*. Visualizing ultrafast defect-controlled interlayer electron-phonon coupling in van der Waals heterostructures, Advanced Material, 2022, 34(33): 2106955.

9. Huan Liu, Chong Wang, Zhengguang Zuo, Dameng Liu*, Jianbin Luo*. Direct Visualization of Exciton Transport in Defective Few-Layer WS₂ by Ultrafast Microscopy, Advanced Materials, 2020, 32(2): 1906540.

10. Yuanshuang Liu, Xiangmin Hu, Ting Wang, Dameng Liu*. Reduced Binding Energy and Layer-Dependent Exciton Dynamics in Monolayer and Multilayer WS₂, ACS Nano, 2019, 13(12): 14416-14425.

[1] D. Liu, Y. Guo, L. Lin, and J. Robertson，“Sulfur vacancies in monolayer MoS2 and its electrical contacts”, Applied Physics Letters, 103, 2183113, 2013;

[2] D. Liu, Y. Guo, L. Lin, and J. Robertson，“First-principles calculations of the electronic structure and defects of Al2O3”, Journal of Applied Physics, 114(8), 083704, 2013;

[3] N.Mao, Y.Chen, D.Liu , J.Zhang, and L.Xie, “Solvatochromic Effect on the Photoluminescence of MoS2 Monolayers”, Small, 9(8), 1312-1315, 2013;

[4] D.Liu, H.Wang, K.Su, Q.Tan, B.Bai, and T.Shao, “Laser Induced Twin-Groove Surface Texturing, Based on Optical Fiber Modulation”，Laser Physics, 23(5), 056005, 2013;

[5] D.Liu, J.Liu, H.Wang, K.Su and T.Shao, Science China-Technological Sciences, 56(12), 3012, 2013;

[6] D.Liu, J.Liu, H.Wang, and T.Shao , “Laser Etching of Groove Structures with Micro-Optical Fiber Enhanced Irradiation”,Nanoscale Research Letters, 7, 318, 2012;

[7] D.Liu, S.J.Clark, J.Robertson, “Oxygen vacancy levels and electron transport in Al2O3”,Applied Physics Letters，96,( 032905) 2010.

[8] D.Liu, J.Robertson, “Oxygen vacancy levels and interfaces of Al2O3” Microelectronic Engineering,86(1668) 2009 .

1. National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars, 2024.

2. First Prize of Tianjin Municipal Science and Technology Invention Award (1st/12), 2024.

3. Silver Award of 25th China Patent Award (1st/4), 2024.

4. Beijing Science and Technology Award (1st/9), 2023.

5. National High-Level Talents Program (Young Scholar), 2019.