News

SEPT 2024

• Linfei’s paper “Single-molecule spectroscopic probing of N-heterocyclic carbenes on a two-dimensional metal” was published by Chem. In this work, we use advanced nanospectroscopic methods to study the modification of a two-dimensional metal via N-heterocyclic carbenes (NHCs). We are able to generate sub-nanometer-resolved optical and electronic spectra to determine the chemical fingerprint, adsorption configuration, interfacial interaction, and local work function information of individual NHCs. You can read UIC Today news report of our work “Studying new 2D materials, one molecule at a time“. It is our first carbene study. More results will follow up.
• Nan visited University of Göttingen (Georg-August-Universität Göttingen) and Max-Planck-Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences in Göttingen, Germeny and delivered a seminar.
• Nan was invited to give a talk at International Conference on Internal Interfaces (ICII-2024) at Marburg, Germany.
• Jiang Group attended 2024 AVS Prairie Chapter Symposium at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Shilpa won the poster competition! Big Congratulations!

AUG 2024

• Sayantan’s paper “Charge Recognition in Ru(bpy)₃²⁺ on a Metal Surface via Ultrahigh Vacuum Tip-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy” was published by The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. This study shows the utilization of tip-enhanced Raman spectroscopy to directly identify the charged state of a single ruthenium-based dye molecule adsorbed on a metal surface. Congratulations to all the authors!
• Nan visited Max-Planck-Institute for Solid State Research in Stuttgart, Germany and presented our recent results.

JUL 2024

• Nan was invited to present a keynote talk at XXVIII International Conference on Raman Spectroscopy (ICORS) in Rome, Italy.
• Nan visited and gave a seminar at Institute of Physics, Zagreb in Croatia.

JUN 2024

• Kai’s paper “Borophene: Synthesis, Chemistry, and Electronic Properties” was published by ChemPlusChem. A special thank to Prof. Xiaolong Liu and his student James McKenzie from the University of Notre Dame. Congratulations to all!

MAY 2024

• Nan was invited to present at Brazilian Physical Society Autumn Meeting 2024.
• Nan visited and gave a seminar at the Department of Applied Physics, University of Campinas, in Brazil.
• Nan was invited to give a seminar at the Department of Physics, University of Nevada, Reno.
• Shilpa and Soumyajit Rajak have passed their preliminary exams. Congratulations!
• Kai defended his dissertation. Congratulations!

APR 2024

• Dairong’s paper “Nanoscale Chemical Probing of Metal-Supported Ultrathin Ferrous Oxide via Tip-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy and Scanning Tunneling Microscopy” was published by Chemical & Biomedical Imaging and was highlighted as an cover story. It’s our first TERS work on Oxides. Big congratulations!

MAR 2024

• Nan was invited to give a seminar at the Department of Chemistry, Emory University.
• Nan visited Leibniz-Institut fuer Analytische Wissenschaften – ISAS in Berlin and gave a seminar.
• Nan and Soumyajit presented our results at DPG (German Physical Association/Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaf) meeting in Berlin.
• Nan gave a seminar at TU Wien.
• Soumyajit visited TU Wien and worked in Prof. Ulrike Diebold Group.

FEB 2024

• Nan was invited to give a seminar at the Department of Chemistry, Brown University.
• Nan was invited to speak at Pittcon 2024 – Pittcon Conference + Expo.
• Nan visited Argonne National Lab and presented our recent results.

DEC 2023

• Sayantan was selected as a recipient of the UIC Graduate College’s annual Outstanding Thesis/Dissertation Award for his dissertation entitled “Probing Photophysical and Photochemical Processes via Nano-Confined Localized Surface Plasmons.” Congratulations, Sayantan!
• Dairong has been named as Paaren Fellowship to support his graduate research study in 2024.

NOV 2023

• Nan was named as American Vacuum Society Fellow this year.
• Nan organized and gave a talk at a special symposium “25 YEARS OF SINGLE-MOLECULE VIBRATIONAL SPECTROSCOPY AND MICROSCOPY” at the 69th AVS National Meeting.
• Dairong has been selected as a 2023 Finalist for Morton M. Traum Surface Science Student Award.
• Dairong was invited to present his 2023 American Vacuum Society Graduate Research Awardee talk at the 69th AVS National Meeting. Chamath, Shilpa, and Soumyajit presented their posters.
• Nan was invited to give a seminar at the Department of Chemistry, University of Houston.

OCT 2023

• Nan was invited to speak at the conference of 40 Years of Surface Science and Nanotechnology at Ascona, Switzerland.
• Nan visited ETH Zürich and presented our recent results.
• Nan visited Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology (EPMA) and presented our recent results.

SEPT 2023

• Nan was invited to give a seminar at Department of Physics, University of Notre Dame and presented our recent results.
• Nan was invited to speak at 20th International Microscopy Congress (IMC), Busan, Korea.
• Nan visited University of Chinese Academy of Sciences in Beijing China and presented our recent results.

AUG 2023

• Nan was invited to deliver a keynote talk at 83th Physical Electronics Conference (PEC), La Crosse, WI.
• Sayantan won the prestigious Nottingham Prize. Now he joined Jearmy to list his name among the best graduate students in the field of surface science (link)！Big big congratulations! ⇒
• Dairong received 2023 American Vacuum Society Graduate Research Award! He was invited to present his award talk at AVS 69 showcase. Well done, Dairong!

JUL 2023

• Nan was invited as a visiting professor at the Chimie Department at Université Paris Cité.
• Nan was invited to speak at Dynamics at Surfaces – Gordon Research Conferences at Newport.
• Our work “Substrate Effects in the Self-Assembling of N,N-Diphenylquinodimethyl Thioamide on Transition Metals” is featured on The Journal of Physical Chemistry C‘s cover. Congratulations, Kai and Dairong!

JUN 2023

• Nan was invited to attend Canadian Chemistry Conference and Exhibition (CSC 2023) at Vancouver, Canada and presented our recent results.
• Nan delivered the Goldsmiths’ Seminar in Materials Science in the Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy of the University of Cambridge, UK.
• Nan visited Department of Chemistry at the University of Oxford, UK and presented our recent results.
• Our paper entitled “Atomic-Scale Insights into the Interlayer Characteristics and Oxygen Reactivity of Bilayer Borophene” has been published by Angewandte Chemie International Edition. Congratulations, Linfei

MAY 2023

• Nan visited University of Washington and gave a seminar in the Department of Chemistry.
• A new review paper “Advances in probing single biomolecules: from DNA bases to glycans“. Thank Linfei and other co-authors!

MAR 2023

• Sayantan’s paper “Localized Surface Plasmon Controlled Chemistry at and beyond the Nanoscale” was accepted by Chemical Physics Reviews. Well Done, Sayantan!
• Materials Chemistry Frontiers introduced Nan as an Emerging Investigator and Dairong’s new paper.

FEB 2023

• Nan attended 2023 Chemical Reactions at Surfaces Gordon Research Conference in Italy.
• Nan visited Northern Illinois University and gave a seminar in the Department of Chemistry.
• Nan visited University of Kansas and gave a seminar in the Department of Chemistry.

JAN 2023

• Nan visited University of California San Diego and gave a seminar in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry.
• Check our new paper “Precise Tracking of Tip-Induced Structural Variation at the Single-Chemical-Bond Limit” on Light: Science & Applications.
• Nan attended the 48th Conference on the Physics and Chemistry of Surfaces and Interfaces (PCSI-48).
• Check our new book chapter: Nanoscopy and Nanospectroscopy – 1st Edition –  (routledge.com)

DEC 2022

• Dairong’s paper “The selective blocking of potentially catalytically-active sites on surface-supported iron oxide catalysts” was accepted by Materials Chemistry Frontiers. Congratulations, Dairong!
• Nan attended PacSurf 2022 in Hawaii.

NOV 2022

• Nan attended TERS-8 conference and presented a keynote talks in Paris, France.
• Nan visited Sorbonne Université and gave a seminar in the Department of Chemistry and Department of Physics.
• Sayantan and Dairong attended AVS-68 in Pittsburg, PA. Sayantan presented two talks. Dairong presented his poster.
• Kai’s co-authored paper “Parabolic Potential Surfaces Localize Charge Carriers in Non-blinking Long-lifetime “Giant” Colloidal Quantum Dots” was accepted by Nano Letters.

OCT 2022

• The Special Issue “Nanophotonics for Chemical Imaging and Spectroscopy” is now out in the latest issue of the Journal of Physical Chemistry C.  Many thanks to all the authors and the other two editors Dr. Patrick El-Khoury and Prof. Zachary Schultz for making this happen. Check out: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.jpcc.2c06603.
• Welcome Soumyajit Rajak who is joining our group!
• Sayantan successfully defended his PhD dissertation. Big congratulations, Dr. Mahapatra!

SPET 2022

• Nan and Sayantan attended FACSS-SciX 2022 Conference, Covington, KY. Nan gave two invited talks. Sayantan gave one oral and one poster presentations. Sayantan received the plaques of his 2022 Coblentz Society Student Award and FACSS Hirschfeld Scholar Award in the conference.
• Nan visited Illinois Institute of Technology and gave a seminar in the Department of Chemistry.

AUG 2022

• Nan received the very first Richard P. Van Duyne Early Career Award in Experimental Physical Chemistry and presented his award talk at 2022 ACS Fall Metting.
• Dairong and Sayantan presented at 2022 ACS Fall Meeting.

JUL 2022

• The Jiang lab’s new NSF SSMC TMRP project started. We are grateful for NSF Division of Materials Research (DMR)’s support!
• Sayantan was selected for 2022 FACSS Hirschfeld Scholar Award.  This is the second major awards Sayantan received this year. Congratulations, Sayantan!

JUN 2022

• Welcome new group member, Shilpa!
• Nan co-organized the 82nd Physical Electronics Conference with Prof. Dan Killelea at Loyola University Chicago on June 7-9, 2022.
• Linfei, Sayantan, Dairong, and Nan presented at the 82nd Physical Electronics Conference.
• Dairong was awarded the first-place Student Poster award at the 82nd Physical Electronics Conference.
• Sayantan was selected as a recipient of a Coblentz Society Student Award for 2022. শাবাশ, Sayantan!

MAY 2022

• Our work “Chemical Characterization of a Three-Dimensional Double-Decker Molecule on a Surface via Scanning-Tunneling-Microscopy-Based Tip-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy” is featured on The Journal of Physical Chemistry C‘s cover. Congratulations, Sayantan!
• Our paper entitled “Characterizations of Two-Dimensional Materials with Cryogenic Ultrahigh Vacuum Near-Field Optical Microscopy in the Visible Range” has been published by the Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology A as a Featured Article. Congratulations, Jeremy!

APR 2022

• Our paper entitled “Chemically identifying single adatoms with single-bond sensitivity during oxidation reactions of borophene” has been published by the Nature Commuinications. Congratulations, Linfei!
• Nan visited University of Texas at Austin and gave a seminar in the Department of Chemistry.
• Nan visited University of Michigan and gave a seminar in the Department of Chemistry.

MAR 2022

• Our paper entitled “Chemically imaging nanostructures formed by the covalent assembly of molecular building blocks on a surface with ultrahigh vacuum tip-enhanced Raman spectroscopy” has been accepted by the Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter. This was nominated by the journal’s Editorial Board for a special issue bringing together the best early-career researchers from all areas of condensed matter physics. Congratulations, Jeremy!
• Nan organized a symposium “Optical Spectroscopy of Nanoscale Surfaces, Interfaces and Structures”, and presented a talk at ACS national meeting 2022 Spring.

FEB 2022

• Science published our collaborative work “Reconfigurable perovskite nickelate electronics for artificial intelligence” with Prof. Shriram Ramanathan group (Purdue University). Congratulations, Sayantan!
• Nan visited Lehigh University and gave a seminar in the Department of Chemistry.

JAN 2022

• C&EN News reported our recent work in their recent issue. Check it: “Surface plasmons drive single-bond chemistry – Method can be used to pinpoint reactions to a designated region within a single molecule“.  Thank you, C&EN News!

DEC 2021

• Our paper entitled “Controlling Localized Plasmons via an Atomistic Approach: Attainment of Site-Selective Activation inside a Single Molecule” has been accepted by the Journal of the American Chemical Society. Congratulations, Sayantan!
• Nan visited the University of Nebraska – Lincoln and gave a seminar in the Department of Chemistry.
• Nan gave two invited talks at Pacifichem2021.

NOV 2021

• Welcome Chamath Siribaddana who is joining our group!
• Nan was invited to give a seminar at Mississippi State University.
• Nan, Jeremy, and Sayantan presented at AVS 67th National Meeting.
• 2021 Russell and Sigurd Varian Award (American Vacuum Society) was awarded to Sayantan. Incredible achievement, Sayantan!

OCT 2021

• Our paper entitled “Noble Metal Substrate Identity Effects on the Self-Assembly, Dynamics, and Dehydrocyclization Reaction of Octaethylporphyrin Molecules” has been published by The Journal of Physical Chemistry C as part of the “125 Years of The Journal of Physical Chemistry” virtual special issue. Congratulations, Jeremy! ⇒
• Dr. Jeremy F. Schultz left Jiang group and will start his new position as a NRC postdoctoral fellow at National Institute of Standards and Technology. Wish Jeremy all the best in his future career and life!

SEPT 2021

• Nan and Jeremy attended the first in-person conference (FACSS-SciX 2021 Conference, Providence, RI, September 26th – October 1st 2021) after the pandemic started. Nan gave two invited talks. Jeremy received his 2021 Society for Applied Spectroscopy (SAS) Barbara Stull Graduate Student Award.
• The front cover art for our new UHV-TERS work (10.1021/jacs.1c04380) is now published in Journal of the American Chemical Society! Check here: https://pubs.acs.org/toc/jacsat/143/38

AUG 2021

• Our paper entitled “Angstrom-scale spectroscopic visualization of interfacial interactions in an organic/borophene vertical heterostructure” has been accepted by Journal of the American Chemical Society. Congratulations, Linfei! ⇒
• Dairong presented our latest result at ACS national meeting 2021 Fall (Virtual).
• Jeremy has been chosen as 2021 Society for Applied Spectroscopy (SAS) Barbara Stull Graduate Student Award winner. This award recognizes his outstanding research efforts around chemically imaging single molecules using tip-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (TERS) (link). Good things come in pairs, double congratulations, Jeremy! ⇒
• Jeremy won the prestigious Nottingham Prize at the 81st Physical Electronics Conference (PEC) 2021. Now his name is listed among the best graduate students in the field of surface science (link)！Congratulations, Jeremy! ⇒
• Jeremy has been chosen as one of four finalists for the Graduate Award in Experimental Physical Chemistry sponsored by the ACS Experimental Physical Chemistry subdivision and The Journal of Physical Chemistry.
• Sayantan has been selected to receive the 2021 Russell and Sigurd Varian Award. He will receive this award during the AVS 67^th International Symposium and Exhibition in Charlotte, North Carolina, October 24-29, 2021. Congratulations, Sayantan!

JUL 2021

• Jeremy Schultz successfully defended his PhD dissertation. Congratulation, Dr. Schultz!
• Nan and Jeremy presented our recent results in ICN+T conference 2021 (Virtual).
• Our paper entitled “Proximity and single-molecule energetics” is published by Science. ⇒ 

APR 2021

• Sayantan received UIC Graduate College Dean’s Scholar Fellowship Award which is presented by the Dean of the Graduate College in recognition of a student’s scholarly achievement. This award is intended to provide the most distinguished, advanced-level graduate students with a period of time dedicated solely to the completion of their programs. Big congratulations to Sayantan! ⇒

MAR 2021

• Editor-in-Chief and the Editorial Board at the Journal of Chemical Physics have selected the 5 most outstanding papers published in the Journal over the past year. Our paper “Tip-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy: Chemical Analysis with Nanoscale to Angstrom Scale Resolution” was selected for the 2020 JCP Editor’s Choice Award. This award has been bestowed at a special symposium arranged by The American Physical Society in March 2021. ⇒

FEB 2021

• Our paper entitled “On-Surface Synthesis and Molecular Engineering of Carbon-Based Nanoarchitectures” has been accepted by ACS Nano. Congratulations, Linfei!

• Journal of Raman Spectroscopy published “Special Issue Dedicated to Professor Richard P. Van Duyne (1945‐2019)”. The 32 invited articles in this issue are from Richard’s former students, collaborators, and friends. These research results paint an exciting picture of modern SERS as a fast-developing methodology in both fundamental and applied scientific research, which includes one paper (“Methods to Fabricate and Recycle Plasmonic Probes for Ultrahigh Vacuum Scanning Tunneling Microscopy Based Tip-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy”) from our group. You can check this issue at the following link: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/10974555/2021/52/2 ⇒

JAN 2021

• Our paper entitled “On-surface formation of metal-organic coordination networks with C···Ag···C and C=O···Ag interactions assisted by precursor self-assembly” has been published by The Journal of Chemical Physics. It has been alos chosen to promote it as a Featured Article. Congratulations, Jeremy! Check it at DOI: 10.1063/5.0038559.

DEC 2020

• The Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter has chosen our paper as the cover of Volume 32, Number 46, 2020.  ⇒

NOV 2020

• Applied Spectroscopy published a special issue in remember of Prof. Richard P. Van Duyne (1945-2019). Prof. Amanda J. Haes and Nan were the guest editors for this special issue to honor Prof. Van Duyne’s life and work.  This issue also includes Jeremy’s article “The Expanding Frontiers of Tip-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy” as a Focal Point review.  You can check it at the following link: https://journals.sagepub.com/toc/aspc/74/11.  ⇒
• Sayantan won 2020 Morton M. Traum Surface Science Student Award! It’s the first time for UIC. Congratulations, Sayantan!!  ⇒

• The Jiang Lab’s new website is now live for the world to see. [https://jiang.lab.uic.edu]

OCT 2020

• Jeremy received 2020 American Vacuum Society Graduate Research Award! He was invited to present his award talk at AVS 67 showcase. He has also been selected as Nottingham Prize Finalist. Congratulations!

SEPT 2020

• Nan, Linfei and Sayantan presented our recent results in 2020 AVS Prairie Chapter Symposium (Virtual).
• The Journal of Chemical Physics has chosen our paper as a 2020 Editors’ Choice article.

AUG 2020

• Nan gave two invited talks at ACS national meeting 2020 Fall (Virtual).

JUL 2020

• Our paper entitled “Optical scanning tunneling microscopy based chemical imaging and spectroscopy”, was accepted by Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter. Check it at DOI: 10.1088/1361-648X/aba8c7
• Our paper entitled “Methods to Fabricate and Recycle Plasmonic Probes for Ultrahigh Vacuum Scanning Tunneling Microscopy Based Tip-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy”, was accepted by Journal of Raman Spectroscopy. Check it at DOI: 10.1002/jrs.5951
• The journal of Chemical Physics has chosen our paper as the featured article and the cover of Volume 153, Issue 1, 07 July 2020.

JUN 2020

• Jeremy has been selected as a 2020 Finalist for American Vacuum Society Student Awards. He will receive one of the named National Student Awards this fall. Congratulations on this very well deserved national honor, Jeremy!
• Our paper entitled “Tip-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy: Chemical Analysis with Nanoscale to Angstrom Scale Resolution” was accepted by The Journal of Chemical Physics. Check it at DOI: 10.1063/5.0009766

MAY 2020

• Jeremy’s paper entitled “The Expanding Frontiers of Tip-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy” was accepted by Applied Spectroscopy. Check it here: DOI: 10.1177/0003702820932229

APR 2020

• Nan received 2020 American Vacuum Society Prairie Chapter Early Career Research Award.
• Nan was invited to give a seminar at University of Chicago  (Virtual).

MAR 2020

• Nan, Jeremy and Sayantan presented at PITTCON Conference & Expo 2020.

FEB 2020

• Nan was invited to give a seminar at University of Iowa.
• Nan was invited to give a seminar at University of Connecticut.
• Jeremy’s cover article is online at J Phys. Chem. C.

JAN 2020

• Nan was invited to give a seminar at National Institute of Standards and Technology.
• Our first surface reaction paper “Direct Observation of the Geometric Isomer Selectivity of a Reaction Controlled via Adsorbed Bromine”, first authored by Jeremy, is published by Nanoscale. Check it out DOI: 10.1039/C9NR09857G.

DEC 2019

• The Jiang lab has been recommended for a National Science Foundation CAREER award. Very grateful for the support from NSF!
• Nan was invited to present our recent results at WE-Heraeus-Seminar “Operando surface science – Atomistic insights into electrified solid/liquid interfaces” at Bad Honnef, Germany.
• Nan visited Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research, and gave a seminar in Stuttgart, Germany.
• Jeremy received the Paaren Fellowship to support his graduate research starting from Jan 2020. Congratulations, Jeremy!

NOV 2019

• Our new TERS paper “Defining Multiple Configurations of Rubrene on a Ag(100) Surface with 5 Angstrom Spatial Resolution via Ultrahigh Vacuum Tip-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy” is accepted by J. Phys. Chem. C. Check it at DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.9b09162.
• Welcome graduate student Zhongyi Lu to the group. Zhongyi also received “Wonhwa Cho Fellowship” from UIC Chemistry Department.

OCT 2019

• Jeremy won 2019 AVS Nanometer-Scale Science and Technology Division Award. Congratulations, Jeremy!
• Nan, Jeremy, and Sayantan presented at AVS 66th National Meeting.
• Nan gave an invited seminar at University of Wyoming.
• Nan was invited to give a talk at SCIX 2019 Rising Stars in Plasmonics session.

SEPT 2019

• Our new TERS paper “Probing Surface Mediated Configurations of Nonplanar Regioisomeric Adsorbates using Ultrahigh Vacuum Tip-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy” is accepted by Nanoscale. Check it at DOI: 10.1039/C9NR06830A .
• Jeremy and Sayantan presented our new TERS results in AVS Prairie Chapter Symposium 2019.

AUG 2019

• Nan gave a keynote talk at ChinaNANO 2019.
• Nan gave an invited talk at ACS national meeting 2019 (Fall). Jeremy also presented his new results at ACS meeting.

JUL 2019

• Nan gave an invited seminar at the Center for Nanoscale Materials, Argonne National Laboratory.
• Sayantan presented his new TERS work at the 21st International Vacuum Conference in Sweden.

JUN 2019

• Nan gave an invited talk at the 4th International Conference on Enhanced Spectroscopies at London, Canada.
• Welcome high school students Aliza Panjwani and Akshay Undevia to the group.

MAY 2019

• Our new collaboration paper “Plasmon-induced hot electron transfer in Au–ZnO heterogeneous nanorods for enhanced SERS ” is accepted by Nanoscale. Check it at DOI: 10.1039/C9NR02969A.

APR 2019

• Sayantan Mahapatra’s paper “Angstrom Scale Chemical Analysis of Metal Supported Trans– and Cis-Regioisomers by Ultrahigh Vacuum Tip-Enhanced Raman Mapping ” is accepted by Nano Letters. Check it at DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.9b00826.
• Sayantan received the Bodmer Travel Award, and will present his work at the 21st IVC Conference in Sweden. Congratulations again, Sayantan!
• Nan gave a seminar at the Department of Physics, UIC.

MAR 2019

• Jeremy Schultz’s collaboration paper (with Prof. Salehi-Khojin group) is accepted by Adv. Func. Mater..  Check it at DOI: 10.1002/adfm.201805693.

FEB 2019

• Nan gave a seminar at the Department of Physics and Astronomy of California State University, Northridge.
• Jeremy traveled to Elizabeth Ide Elementary School to perform a series of science demonstrations for second graders.

JAN 2019

• Nan gave a seminar at the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry of Loyola University Chicago.

NOV 2018

• Nan gave a seminar at the School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering of Lanzhou University.

OCT 2018

• Welcome graduate students Kai Wang and Dairong Liu to the group.
• Nan gave an invited talk at SciX 2018: The Great Scientific Exchange.
• Jeremy gave an oral talk at AVS 65th National Meeting.
• Sayantan presented his new TERS work at the University of Illinois at Chicago Graduate Student Research Symposium.

SEPT 2018

• Nan gave two talks at the Center for Quantum Nanoscience, Ewha Womans University and The University of Hong Kong.
• Jeremy won AVS Dorothy M. and Earl S. Hoffman Travel Grant.
• Jeremy’s work, “In a Small Window”, was been selected as this year’s 3rd Place winner in the “Image of Research” at UIC. Congratulations again, Jeremy!
• Our high school student Aliza presented our new TERS results in AVS Prairie Chapter Symposium 2018.
• Want to know how to make your grad school choice? Below is an article about a few chemistry grad students describe the academic, personal, and aspirational factors that drove their decisions. Check it at DOI: 10.1021/cen-09636-cover3

AUG 2018

• Nan was invited to give a talk at SPIE Optics + Photonics 2018.
• Nan gave an invited talk and Jeremy presented a poster on The International Conference on Raman Spectroscopy (ICORS) 2018 in Jeju, Korea.
• Jeremy got The Best Poster Award on ICORS 2018! Many congratulations, Jeremy!

JUL 2018

• Welcome undergraduate student Brian Spencer from Kennedy King College to the group.

JUN 2018

• The Jiang lab has been funded by National Science Foundation!
• The Jiang lab has been awarded an American Chemical Society Petroleum Research Fund!

MAY 2018

• Welcome Dr. Linfei Li to the group!
• EunByoel Kim received “The Leonard Kotin Award for Physical Chemistry”. Congratulations, EunByoel!

APR 2018

• Jeremy received the Bodmer Travel Award, and will present his work at the 26th International Conference on Raman spectroscopy in Korea.

FEB 2018

• Philip Whiteman’s first paper is accepted by J. Phys. Chem. C! Check it at DOI:10.1021/acs.jpcc.7b12068.

JAN 2018

• Nan was invited to give a seminar at the Department of Physics, the University of Utah.

DEC 2017

• Our new article “Probing Intermolecular Vibrational Symmetry Breaking in Self-Assembled Monolayers with Ultrahigh Vacuum Tip-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy” was accepted by J. Am. Chem. Soc.. Check it at DOI: 10.1021/jacs.7b10645.
• Zack graduated with a Master degree in Chemistry. Congratulations, Zack!

NOV 2017

• Nan was invited to visit Surface and Interface Science Laboratory @ RIKEN, Japan.

OCT 2017

• Welcome graduate student Sayantan Mahapatra to the group.
• Philip and Jeremy presented at the University of Illinois at Chicago Graduate Student Research Symposium. Jeremy won the first place for the poster competition. Congratulations, Jeremy!

SEPT 2017

• We received the CURA (Chancellor’s Undergraduate Research Award) to support Erin Ehlers to work as a undergraduate researcher from fall 2017 to spring 2018.
• Philip presented our new TERS results in AVS Prairie Chapter Symposium 2017.

JUN 2017

• Welcome high school students Aliza Panjwani and Allison Korkmaz to the group.
• Philip  was invited to present at science club at the Goodman Community Center in Madison, Wisconsin.

MAY 2017

• We received the LASURI (The College of Liberal Arts Undergraduate Research Initiative) award to support EunByoel Kim to work as a undergraduate researcher from fall 2017 to spring 2018.

APR 2017

• Philip received the Bodmer Travel Award for his coming summer research travel to Europe.
• Our new review article “Ultrahigh Vacuum Tip-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy” was published as the cover of the “Vibrational Nanoscopy ” special issue at Chemical Reviews. Check it at DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.6b00343.

MAR 2017

• Philip presented our new TERS results in Pittcon 2017.

FEB 2017

• C&EN News highlighted our angstrom-scale tip-enhanced Raman spectroscopy work at their article:  “Scanning probes investigate nanoscale phenomena Innovative analytical techniques push the limits in studies of catalysis, electrochemistry, and molecular imaging”

JAN 2017

• Welcome undergraduate student Erin Ehlers to the group.

DEC 2016

• We reported angstrom-scale tip-enhanced Raman spectroscopy in Nano Letters. Check it at DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.6b03958.

OCT 2016

• Welcome graduate student Jeremy Schultz to the group.

SEPT  2016

• Atomic resolution image has been achieved!

Si(111)-7X7 surface  (5 nm x 5 nm)

AUG 2016

• Ultrahigh Vacuum Scanning Probe Microscopy has been installed in our lab.

JUN 2016

• Our new frontiers article “Tip-enhanced Raman spectroscopy: From concepts to practical applications” is accepted by Chemical Physics Letters. Check it at DOI: 10.1016/j.cplett.2016.06.035.
• Welcome high school student Rohin Bhasin to the group.

MAY 2016

• Our new paper “Nanoscale Chemical Imaging of a Dynamic Molecular Phase Boundary with Ultrahigh Vacuum Tip-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy” was accepted by Nano Letters. The first tip-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (TERS) experiment on a dynamic molecular phase boundary is reported. Check it at DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.6b01405.
• We hosted Agilent Technologies “Standard High & Ultra High Vacuum Seminar” at UIC.

JAN 2016

• Congratulations to Zack on receiving the Chemistry TA award!

NOV 2015

• Welcome graduate students Philip Whiteman and Zachary Porach to the group. Let’s build up the lab together!

AUG 2015

• The Jiang Research Lab starts here!