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STM images of gate-tunable molecular densities on a moire patterned graphene
STM images of molecules electromigrating under current
Franklin Liou (fliou@berkeley.edu)
Ph.D. Physics, UC Berkeley (2022)
B.S. Physics, Stanford University (2015)
Hi there! I’m an experimental condensed matter physicist with a knack for uncovering simple
patterns in
complex data, working in
Mike Crommie’s group at UC Berkeley. I
have a passion for analyzing data, building
machine learning models, integrating software and hardware with microcontrollers and circuits, and
automating experiments. One of my main projects uses machine learning to discover the subtle dance of
molecules on graphene. I also specialize in 2D material characterization at low-temperatures and
semiconductor fabrication techniques including photolithography, e-beam lithography, AFM, SEM, FIB, STM,
XAS, vacuum technology and cryogenics.
A WS2 device fabricated using EBID
lithography
About Me
Franklin's CV
Franklin's Ph.D. Thesis
Google
Scholar page
Selected Research
"Imaging gate-induced molecular
melting
on a graphene field-effect transistor." (2022, in preparation)
"Imaging
Reconfigurable Molecular Concentration on a Graphene Field-Effect Transistor." Nano
Letters 21, 8770-8776
(2021).
“A molecular
shift
register made using tunable charge
patterns in one-dimensional molecular arrays on graphene.” Nature Electronics 3, 598-603
(2020)
“Length-Dependent Evolution of
Type II Heterojunctions in Bottom Up-Synthesized Graphene Nanoribbons.” Nano Letters 19
3221 (2019)
“Persistent
Charge-Density-Wave Order in Single-Layer TaSe2.” Nano Letters, 18 (2018)
“Atomically
precise graphene nanoribbon heterojunctions from a single molecular precursor.” Nature
Nanotechnology 12, 1077–1082 (2017)
“Order, disorder and
mixing:
The atomic structure of amorphous
mixtures of titania and tantala.” J. Non-crystalline Solids 438, 59 (2016)
"Order within disorder:
the
atomic structure of
ion-beam sputtered amorphous tantala
(a-Ta2O5)." APL Materials 3, 036103 (2015)
"Probing the Atomic Structure
of Amorphous Tantala with EXAFS." LIGO-Virgo Collaboration
Conference Poster (2014)
"Fractional
Charge and Solitons in Polyacetylene-like Quantum Corrals." Stanford Summer Research Conference
Poster (2013)
"Fractional
Charge in Kekule Distorted Graphene." Stanford Summer Research Conference Poster
(2012)
Data Science Projects
Decentralmate: a web
application for estimating virtual real estate prices in Decentraland (github repo)
Tracking molecular
diffusion
modes on graphene
Tracking Rising
Artists'
trajectories from TikTok to Spotify
(github
repo)
Fun Mechatronics Projects
Pyrover: A wifi-controlled home
rover
Astronomy Projects
Characterization of the Stanford
Student Observatory Telescope and Imaging of the Crab Nebula and Whirlpool Galaxy
Triangulating the Distance to
the Dwarf Planet Makemake
Spectrum of the Cat's Eye
Nebula
A gravitational many body simulation with
animation
Numerical Simulations
Numerical Simulation of Traffic Congestion in
1-D
Condensed Matter Experiments
Measuring Andreev Reflection in
Nb/Cu and Nb/Ni Quantum Point Contacts
Optics Experiments
Lab 1
Lab 2
Lab 3
Lab 4
Franklin's Music
Grumpy Cat Plays Piano
Volunteering
I founded a trash cleanup club:
DeTrash @ Berkeley!
