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10/27/2023: Dr. Cunming Liu published a paper in The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters with Prof. Jier Huang's group at Boston College as the leading corresponding author, entitled "Electronic Tuning of Photoexcited Dynamics in Heteroleptic Cu(I) Complex Photosensitizers." 

08/07-08/11/2023: Dr. Cunming Liu was attending the 72nd Denver X-ray Conference at The Westin Chicago Lombard, Lombard, Illinois, USA for exploring new X-ray techniques and users and chatting with experts and old friends working in academia and industry.   

07/16/2023: Dr. Cunming Liu coauthored a paper in ChemSusChem with Dr. Dooshaye Moonshiram's group at Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Madrid in Spain, entitled "Mapping the Ultrafast Mechanistic Pathways of Co Photocatalysts in Pure Water through Time‐resolved X‐ray Spectroscopy "  

06/13/2023: Dr. Cunming Liu published a paper in Applied Physics Letters as the leading corresponding author, entitled "Regulation of O-H and O-O Stimulated Raman Scattering Peaks in H2O-H2O2 Solution by Excess Electrons."

06/07/2023: Dr. Cunming Liu coauthored a paper in Precision Chemistry with Dr. Yugang Sun's group at Temple University, entitled "Enabling Reaction Selectivity of Platinum Catalysts by Photoinduced Electronic Effects." 

05/15/2023: Dr. Cunming Liu was granted the "Impact Argonne Award" for his excellent performance of leading the rebuilding of time-resolved X-ray program at Argonne APS 25-ID-E.  

05/04/2023: Dr. Cunming Liu as an invited speaker presented "Advancing Time-Resolved X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy Towards APS-U" during APS/CNM 2023 User Meeting.

04/15-25/2023: Dr. Cunming Liu visited the Germany DESY/Petra III and European XFEL for exploring collaborations and performing experiments.

12/01/2022:  Dr. Cunming Liu coauthored a paper in Journal of American Chemical Society with Dr. Dugan Hayes' group at University of Rhode Island, entitled "Photochemical and Photophysical Dynamics of the Aqueous Ferrate(VI) Ion". Paper link: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/jacs.2c08048   

09/26/2022: Dr. Cunming Liu published a paper in Analytical Chemistry as the leading corresponding author, entitled "Trace Analysis of Gases and Liquids with Spontaneous Raman Scattering Based on the Integrating Sphere Principle ". Paper link: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acs.analchem.2c03701 

09/19/2022: Dr. Cunming Liu started a new position as an Assistant Physicist at APS 25-ID-E, TRR Group of X-ray Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory, who is in charge of the ultrafast laser pumped-X-ray probe characterization techniques beamline. 

03/08/2022: Dr. Cunming Liu published a paper in the Journal of American Chemical Society as a first author (equally). The paper is about visualizing light-induced microstrain and phase transition in lead-free perovskites using time-resolved X-ray diffraction. Paper link: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/jacs.1c11747 

09/06/2021: Dr. Cunming Liu published a paper in Nature Photonics as a coauthor by collaborating with Dr. Wanyi Nie's group at Los Alamos National Laboratory. The paper is about bright and stable light-emitting diodes made with perovskite nanocrystals stabilized in metal–organic frameworks. Paper link: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41566-021-00857-0. Highlight link: https://www.anl.gov/argonne-scientific-publications/pub/170892 

02/06/2021: Dr. Cunming Liu published a paper in Optical Letter as a corresponding author, entitled "Estimating the effective pressure from nanosecond laser-induced breakdown in water". Paper link: https://opg.optica.org/ol/abstract.cfm?uri=ol-46-6-1273 

09/13/2020: Dr. Cunming Liu moved to Thermo Fisher Scientific as a Research Scientist leading the X-ray instrumentation research and development at its Madison site. 

07/13/2020: Dr. Cunming Liu published a paper in The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters as a first and leading corresponding author. The paper is about direct spectroscopic observation of the hole polaron in lead halide perovskites. Paper link: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acs.jpclett.0c01708. Highlight Link: https://www.aps.anl.gov/APS-Science-Highlight/2021-06-28/ultrafast-x-rays-track-charge-flows-in-a-promising-photovoltaic 

03/02/2020:  Dr. Cunming Liu coauthored a paper in Chemistry–A European Journal with Dr. Dooshaye Moonshiram's group at Instituto de Ciencia Materiales, Madrid, Spain , entitled "Spectroscopic Characterization of a Bio-Inspired Ni-Based Proton Reduction Catalyst Bearing a Pentadentate N2S3 Ligand with Improved Photocatalytic Activity". Paper link: https://chemistry-europe.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/chem.201904934 

10/08/2019: Dr. Cunming Liu was selected to be one of ANL 2019 Outstanding Postdoctoral Performance Award Recipients. Report link: https://www.aps.anl.gov/APS-News/2019-10-08/two-from-xsd-are-2019-postdoctoral-performance-award-recipients/2019-10-08/two  

07/30/2019: Dr. Cunming Liu published a paper in the Journal of American Chemical Society as a first author, which is on asynchronous photoexcited electronic and structural relaxation in lead-free perovskites. Paper link: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/jacs.9b04557 

05/08/2019:  Dr. Cunming Liu coauthored a paper in Nature with Dr. Chunsheng Wang's group at University of Maryland, entitled "Aqueous Li-ion battery enabled by halogen conversion–intercalation chemistry in graphite". Paper link: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-019-1175-6 

10/04/2018:  Dr. Cunming Liu coauthored a paper in Journal of American Chemical Society with Dr. Jier Huang's group at Marquette University, entitled "2D Covalent Organic Frameworks as Intrinsic Photocatalysts for Visible Light-Driven CO2 Reduction". Paper link: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/jacs.8b09705 

09/04/2018:  Dr. Cunming Liu coauthored a paper in Journal of American Chemical Society with Dr. Jier Huang's group at Marquette University, entitled "Direct Observation of Node-to-Node Communication in Zeolitic Imidazolate Frameworks". Paper link: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/jacs.8b06727 

12/06/2017: Dr. Cunming Liu published a paper in the Journal of American Chemical Society as a first author, entitled "Probing the impact of solvation on photoexcited spin crossover complexes with high-precision x-ray transient absorption spectroscopy". Paper link: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/jacs.7b09297