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CV
 

  • BS (1991), Tongji University, Shanghai, China
  • PhD (1997), The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
  • Postdoctoral researcher (1997-1999), Linkoping University, Sweden
  • Research group leader (1999-2007), molecular nanostructures group, Nanoscale Science Department, Max-Planck-Institute for Solid State Research, Stuttgart, Germany
  • Associate Professor (2007-2014), Physics Department of HKUST
  • Professor (2014-), Physics Department of HKUST

Research Interests
 

  1. Design and synthesis of single-layer 2D reticular quantum matters
  2. Characterization of correlated charge and spin states in metal-organic systems
  3. Fabrication of 2D MOF and van der Waals heterostructures

Representative publications: (Google Scholar)

  1. Kondo resonance of a carbon-centered radical in a single-molecule junction, J. Am. Chem. Soc.  147, 39, 35464 (2025)
  2. Lattice reconstruction induced multiple ultra-flat bands in twisted bilayer WSe2, Nature Communications, 12, 5601 (2021)
  3. On-surface Synthesis of a Semiconducting 2D Metal-Organic Framework Cu3(C6O6) Exhibiting Dispersive Electronic Bands,  Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 59, 2669 (2020).
  4. Negative differential conductance in polyporphyrin oligomers with non-linear backbones, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 140, 570, (2018).
  5. Quasicrystallinity expressed in two-dimensional coordination networks, Nature Chemistry. 8, 657 (2016).
  6. Manipulation and characterization of aperiodical graphene structures created in a two-dimensional electron gas, Phys. Rev. Lett. 113, 196803 (2014).
  7. Single-molecule resolution of an organometallic intermediate in a surface-supported Ullmann coupling reaction,  J. Am. Chem. Soc. 133, 13264 (2011)
  8. Manipulating Localized Molecular Orbitals by Single-Atom Contacts, Phys. Rev. Lett. 105, 126801 (2010)
  9. Charge Transfer-induced Structural Rearrangements at Both Sides of Organic/Metal Interfaces, Nature Chemistry, 2, 374, (2010).
  10. Porphyrin-Based Two-dimensional Coordination Kagome Lattice Self-assembled on a Au(111) Surface, J. Am. Chem. Soc. ,131, 5376 (2009).
  11. Supramolecular control of the magnetic anisotropy in two-dimensional high-spin Fe arrays at a metal interface, Nature Materials, 8, 189 (2009).
  12. Self-recognition and self-selection in multicomponent molecular assemblies on surfaces, Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. USA, 104， 17927, (2007).
  13. Steering molecular organization and host-guest interactions using two-dimensional nanoporous coordination systems, Nature Materials 3, 229 (2004).
  14. Modular assembly of two-dimensional metal-organic coordination networks at a metal surface, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 42, 2670 (2003).
  15. Real-time single-molecule imaging of the formation and dynamics of coordination compounds, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 41 (24): 4779 (2002).
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LIN, Nian

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The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

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