刘新根，博士，2020年于上海大学获得理学博士学位。主要研究方向是基于密度泛函理论研究低维铁电、铁磁和多铁材料。

已发表论文：

1. X. Liu, A.P. Pyatakov, W. Ren, Magnetoelectric coupling in multiferroic bilayer VS₂. Physical Review Letters, 125, 247601 (2020).

2. X. Liu, Y. Yang, T. Hu, G. Zhao, C. Chen, and W. Ren, Vertical ferroelectric switching by in-plane sliding of two-dimensional bilayer WTe₂. Nanoscale, 11, 18575-18581 (2019).

3. X. Liu, Z. Li, Electric Field and Strain Effect on Graphene-MoS₂ Hybrid Structure: Ab Initio Calculations. Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 6, 3269-3275 (2015).

4. G. Zhao, X. Liu, W. Ren, X. Zhu, S. Yu, Symmetry of ferroelectric switching and domain walls in hafnium dioxide. Physical Review B, 106, 064104 (2022).

5. G. Zhao, X. Liu, T. Hu, F. Jia, Y. Cui, W. Wu, M.H. Whangbo, W. Ren, Difference in magnetic anisotropy of the ferromagnetic monolayer VI₃ and CrI₃. Physical Review B, 103, 014438 (2021).