The highlights and news of various Lian Li research group projects are presented in the following:

• H-terminated Zigzag Graphene Nanoribbons.
• Tuning a Topological Insulator By Strain.
• Electrical Detection of Spin-Momentum Locking.
• Spatial Fluctuations in Barrier Height at the Graphene-Silicon Carbide Schottky Contact.
• Charging Bi(2)Se(3) Dirac States.
• Novel Bi(2)Se(3) Spiral Growth Mechanism.
• Epitaxial Graphene on SiC(0001).
• GaN Epitaxy.
• Mn-Doped GaN.
• Cubic and Hexagonal GaN.