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Nanoscopy and Nanospectroscopy (Routledge Taylor & Francis Group)

Andrey Krayev, Jeremy F. Schultz, Nan Jiang, Sreetosh Goswami, Agnès Tempez, Sharad Ambardar, Dmitri V. Voronine, Naresh Kumar, Kaiyuan Yao, Shuai Zhang, Emanuil Yanev, Kathleen McCreary, Hsun-Jen Chuang, Matthew R. Rosenberger, Thomas Darlington, Berend T. Jonker, James C. Hone, D. N. Basov, P. James Schuck, Avinash Patsha, “Chapter 6: Near-Field Nano-spectroscopy and Tip Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy (TERS)“. (2023)

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Recent developments in plasmon supported Raman spectroscopy (World Scientific)

N. Chiang, G. Goubert, E. A. Pozzi, M. O. McAnally, C. Chapman, N. Jiang, G. C. Schatz, and R. P. Van Duyne, Book Chapter, “Ultra-High Vacuum Tip-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy” pp. 231-253 (2018).

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† Equal Contribution

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Nanoscale Chemical Probing of Metal-Supported Ultrathin Ferrous Oxide via Tip-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy and Scanning Tunneling Microscopy

D. Liu, L. Li, and N. Jiang, Chemical & Biomedical Imaging, in press (2024).

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jpcc 2023

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Substrate Effects in the Self-Assembling of N,N-Diphenylquinodimethyl Thioamide on Transition Metals

K. Wang†, D. Liu†, M. K. Manna, G. Yang, L. Li, X. Zhang, A. J-l. Ayitou, and N. Jiang, The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 127, 16339-16345 (2023).

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ACIE 2023

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Atomic-Scale Insights into the Interlayer Characteristics and Oxygen Reactivity of Bilayer Borophene

L. Li, J. F. Schultz, S. Mahapatra, X. Liu, X. Zhang, M. Hersam, and N. Jiang, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 62, e2023065 (2023).

Materials Chemistry Frontiers,

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Advances in probing single biomolecules: from DNA bases to glycans

B. Hou, T. Zhang, H. Yang, X. Han, L. Liu, L. Li, X. Wu, N. Jiang, and Y. Wang, Interdisciplinary Materials, 2, 511-528 (2023).

cpr 2023

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Localized Surface Plasmon Controlled Chemistry at and beyond the Nanoscale

S. Mahapatra, D. Liu, C. Siribaddana, K. Wang, L. Li, and N. Jiang, Chemical Physics Reviews, 4, 021301 (1-16) (2023).

[Featured Article][Cover]

 

Materials Chemistry Frontiers,

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The selective blocking of potentially catalytically-active sites on surface-supported iron oxide catalysts

D. Liu, L. Li, B. S. A. Gedara, M. Trenary, and N. Jiang, Materials Chemistry Frontiers, 7, 476-482 (2023).

[Emerging Investigator Series]

LSA

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Precise Tracking of Tip-Induced Structural Variation at the Single-Chemical-Bond Limit

S. Mahapatra and N. Jiang, Light: Science & Applications, 12, 21 (2023).

Nano Letters Snee

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Parabolic Potential Surfaces Localize Charge Carriers in Non-blinking Long-lifetime “Giant” Colloidal Quantum Dots

M. Pálmai, J. Beckwith, N. Emerson, T. Zhao, E. Kim, S. Yin, P. Parajuli, K. Tomczak, K. Wang, B. Sapkota, M. Tien, N. Jiang, R. Klie, H. Yang, and P. Snee, Nano Letters, 22, 9470-9476 (2022).

Nanophotonics for Chemical Imaging and Spectroscopy

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Nanophotonics for Chemical Imaging and Spectroscopy

P. El-Khoury, N. Jiang, and Z. Schultz, The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 126, 17471-17473 (2022).

 

JVST A

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Characterizations of Two-Dimensional Materials with Cryogenic Ultrahigh Vacuum Near-Field Optical Microscopy in the Visible Range

J. F. Schultz and N. Jiang, JVST A: Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology, 40, 040801 (1-17) (2022).

[Featured Article]

 

 

 

JPCC 2022 Invited

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Chemical Characterization of a Three-Dimensional Double-Decker Molecule on Surface via Scanning Tunneling Microscopy Based Tip-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy

S. Mahapatra, J. F. Schultz, L. Li, X.  Zhang, and N. Jiang, The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 126, 8734-8741 (2022).

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Nature Communications 2022

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Chemically identifying single adatoms with single-bond sensitivity during oxidation reactions of borophene

L. Li, J. F. Schultz, S. Mahapatra, Z. Lu, X.  Zhang, and N. Jiang, Nature Communications, 13, 1796 (1-9) (2022).

2021 EST

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Chemically imaging nanostructures formed by the covalent assembly of molecular building blocks on a surface with ultrahigh vacuum tip-enhanced Raman spectroscopy

J. F. Schultz, L. Li,  S. Mahapatra, and N. Jiang, Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 34, 204008 (1-10) (2022).

[Emerging_Leaders 2021 Special Issue] 

2021 EST

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Controlling Localized Plasmons via an Atomistic Approach: Attainment of Site-Selective Activation inside a Single Molecule

S. Mahapatra, J. F. Schultz,  L. Li,  X. Zhang, and N. Jiang, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 144, 5, 2051-2055 (2022).

[Cover] 

[C&EN News Article]

science 2022

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Reconfigurable perovskite nickelate electronics for artificial intelligence

H.-T. Zhang, T. J. Park, A. N. M. N. Islam, D. S. J. Tran, S. Manna, Q. Wang, S. Mondal, H. Yu, S. Banik, S. Cheng, H. Zhou, S. Gamage, S. Mahapatra, Y. Zhu, Y. Abate, N. Jiang, S. K. R. S. Sankaranarayanan, A. Sengupta, C. Teuscher, and S. Ramanathan, Science, 375, 533-539 (2022).

2021 EST

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Noble Metal Substrate Identity Effects on the Self-Assembly, Dynamics, and Dehydrocyclization Reaction of Octaethylporphyrin Molecules

J. F. Schultz and N. Jiang, The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 125, 23680-23687 (2021).

2021 EST

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Radical-Driven Decomposition of Graphitic Carbon Nitride Nanosheets: Light Exposure Matters

M. Li, D. Liu,  X. Chen, Z. Yin, H. Shen, A. Aiello, K. McKenzie, N. Jiang, X. Li, M. Wagner, D. Durkin, H. Chen, D. Shuai, Environmental Science & Technology, 55, 12414–12423 (2021).

2021 JACS

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Angstrom-Scale Spectroscopic Visualization of Interfacial Interactions in an Organic/Borophene Vertical Heterostructure

L. Li, J. F. Schultz,  S. Mahapatra, X. Liu, C. Shaw, X. Zhang, M. Hersam, and N. Jiang, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 143, 15624–15634 (2021).

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2021 SCIENCE

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Proximity and single-molecule energetics

L. Li and N. Jiang, Science, 373, 392-393 (2021). (Reprint)

 

JRS

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On-Surface Synthesis and Molecular Engineering of Carbon-Based Nanoarchitectures

L. Li, S. Mahapatra, D. Liu, Z. Lu, and N. Jiang, ACS Nano, 15, 3578-3585 (2021).

JRS

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Methods to Fabricate and Recycle Plasmonic Probes for Ultrahigh Vacuum Scanning Tunneling Microscopy Based Tip-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy

S. Mahapatra, L. Li, J. F. Schultz, and N. Jiang, Journal of Raman Spectroscopy, 52,  573-580 (2021).

[Top Cited Article 2021-2022]

JCP 2020

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On-surface formation of metal-organic coordination networks with C···Ag···C and C=O···Ag interactions assisted by precursor self-assembly

J. F. Schultz, B. Yang, and N. Jiang, The Journal of Chemical Physics, 154, 044703 (1-20) (2021).

[Featured Article][2020 JCP Emerging Investigators Special Collection]

JPCM

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Optical scanning tunneling microscopy based chemical imaging and spectroscopy

J. F. Schultz, S. Li, S. Jiang, and N. Jiang, Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 32, 463001 (1-24) (2020).

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AP 2020

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The Expanding Frontiers of Tip-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy

J. F. Schultz, S. Mahapatra, L. Li, and N. Jiang, Applied Spectroscopy, 74(11), 1313-1340 (2020).

[Highlighted in Cover in Memory of Prof. Richard Van Duyne]

JCP

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Tip-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy: Chemical Analysis with Nanoscale to Angstrom Scale Resolution

S. Mahapatra, L. Li, J. F. Schultz, and N. Jiang, The Journal of Chemical Physics, 153, 010902 (1-10) (2020).

[2020 JCP Editors’ Choice Award]

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Nanoscale 2019 3

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Direct Observation of the Geometric Isomer Selectivity of a Reaction Controlled via Adsorbed Bromine

J. F. Schultz, B. Yang, and N. Jiang, Nanoscale, 12, 2726-2731 (2020).

JPCC 2019

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Defining Multiple Configurations of Rubrene on a Ag(100) Surface with 5 Angstrom Spatial Resolution via Ultrahigh Vacuum Tip-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy

J. F. Schultz, L. Li, S. Mahapatra, C. Shaw, X. Zhang, and N. Jiang, The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 124, 2420-2426 (2020).

[Cover]

Nanoscale 2019 2

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Probing Surface Mediated Configurations of Nonplanar Regioisomeric Adsorbates using Ultrahigh Vacuum Tip-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy

S. Mahapatra, J. F. Schultz, Y. Ning, J. -L. Zhang, and N. Jiang, Nanoscale, 11, 19877-19883 (2019).

Nanoscale 2019

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Plasmon-induced Hot Electron Transfer in Au–ZnO Heterogeneous Nanorods for Enhanced SERS

J. Zhou, J. Zhang, H. Yang, Z. Wang, J. Shi, W. Zhou, N. Jiang, G. Xian, Q. Qi, Y. Weng, C. Shen, Z. Cheng, and S. He, Nanoscale, 11, 11782-11788 (2019).

Nano Letters 2019

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Angstrom Scale Chemical Analysis of Metal Supported Trans- and Cis-Regioisomers by Ultrahigh Vacuum Tip-Enhanced Raman Mapping

S. Mahapatra, Y. Ning, J. F. Schultz, L. Li, J. -L. Zhang, and N. Jiang, Nano Letters19, 3267-3272 (2019).

Adv. Func. Mater. 2019

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Tuning Thermal Transport through Atomically Thin Ti3C2Tz MXene by Current-Annealing in Vacuum

Z. Hemmat, P. Yasaei, J. Schultz, L. Hong, L. Majidi, A. Behranginia, L. Verger, N. Jiang, M. W. Barsoum, R. F. Klie, and A. Salehi-Khojin, Advanced Functional Materials, 1805693, 1-8 (2019).

JPCC 2018

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Dual Binding Configurations of Subphthalocyanine on Ag(100) Substrate Characterized by Scanning Tunneling Microscopy, Tip-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy and Density Functional Theory

P. J. Whiteman, J. F. Schultz, Z. D. Porach, H. Chen, and N. Jiang, The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 122, 5489-5495 (2018).

JACS 2017

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Probing Intermolecular Vibrational Symmetry Breaking in Self-Assembled Monolayers with Ultrahigh Vacuum Tip-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy

N. Chiang†, N. Jiang†, L. R. Madison†, E. A. Pozzi, M. R. Wasielewski, M. A. Ratner, M. C. Hersam, T. Seideman, G. C. Schatz, and R. P. Van Duyne, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 139, 18664-18669 (2017).

Chemical Review

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Ultrahigh Vacuum Tip-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy

E. A. Pozzi, G. Goubert, N. Chiang, N. Jiang, C. T. Chapman, M. McAnally, A. Henry, T. Seieman, G. C. Schatz, M. C. Hersam, and R. P. Van Duyne, Chemical Reviews, 117, 4961-4982 (2017).

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NANO LETT 2016 NC

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Conformational Contrast of Surface-Mediated Molecular Switches Yields Angstrom-Scale Spatial Resolution in Ultrahigh Vacuum Tip-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy

N. Chiang, X. Chen, G. Goubert, D. V. Chulhai, X. Chen, E. A. Pozzi, N. Jiang, M. C. Hersam, T. Seieman, L. Jensen, and R. P. Van Duyne, Nano Letters16, 7774-7778 (2016).

[C&EN News Article]

CPL 2016

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Tip-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy: From Concepts to Practical Applications

N. Jiang, D. Kurouski, E. A. Pozzi, N. Chiang,  M. C. Hersam, and R. P. Van Duyne, Chemical Physics Letters, 659, 16-24 (2016).

[Frontiers Article]

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JPCL 2016

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Operational Regimes in Picosecond and Femtosecond Pulse-Excited Ultrahigh Vacuum SERS

E. A. Pozzi, N. L. Gruenke, N. Chiang, D. Zhdanov, N. Jiang, T. Seideman, G. C. Schatz, M. C. Hersam, and R. P. Van Duyne, The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 7, 2971-2976 (2016).

NANO LETT 2016

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Nanoscale Chemical Imaging of a Dynamic Molecular Phase Boundary with Ultrahigh Vacuum Tip-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy

N. Jiang, N. Chiang, L. R. Madison, E. A. Pozzi, M. R. Wasielewski, T. Seideman, M. A. Ratner, M. C. Hersam, G. C. Schatz, and R. P. Van Duyne, Nano Letters16, 3898-3904 (2016).

JPCL 2015

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Plasmon Mediated Electron Transport in Tip-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopic Junctions

P. P. Pal, N. Jiang, M. D. Sonntag, N. Chiang, E. T. Foley, M. C. Hersam, R. P. Van Duyne, and T. Seideman, The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 6, 4210-4218 (2015).

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Molecular-Resolution Interrogation of Porphyrin Monolayer by Ultrahigh Vacuum Tip-Enhanced Raman and Fluorescence Spectroscopy

N. Chiang, N. Jiang, D. Chulhai, E. Pozzi, M. Hersam, L. Jensen, T. Seideman, and R. P. Van Duyne, Nano Letters, 15, 4114-4120 (2015).

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Recent Advances in Tip-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy

M. D. Sonntag, E. A. Pozzi, N. Jiang, M. C. Hersam, and R. P. Van Duyne*, The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 5, 3125-3130 (2014).

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Ultrahigh Vacuum Tip-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy with Picosecond Excitation

E. A. Pozzi, M. D. Sonntag, N. Jiang, N. Chiang, T. Seideman, M. C. Hersam, and R. P. Van Duyne, The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 5, 2657-2661 (2014).

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Intramolecular Insight into Adsorbate-Substrate Interactions via Low Temperature, Ultrahigh Vacuum Tip-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy

J. M. Klingsporn†, N. Jiang†, E. A. Pozzi, M. D. Sonntag, D. Chulhai, T. Seideman, L. Jensen, M. C. Hersam, and R. P. Van Duyne, Journal of the American Chemical Society,136, 3881-3887 (2014).

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Tip-Enhanced Raman Imaging: An Emergent Tool for Probing Biology at the Nanoscale

E. Pozzi, M. Sonntag, N. Jiang, J. Klingsporn, M. Hersam, and R. P. Van Duyne, ACS Nano, 7, 885-888 (2013).

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Bonding and Charge-Transfer in Metal-Organic Coordination Networks on Au(111) with Strong Acceptor Molecules

M. N. Faraggi†, N. Jiang†, N. Gonzalez-Lakunza, A. Langner, S. Stepanow, K. Kern, and A. Arnau, The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 116, 24558-24565 (2012).

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Observation of Multiple Vibrational Modes in Ultrahigh Vacuum Tip-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy Combined with Molecular-Resolution Scanning Tunneling Microscopy

N. Jiang, E. T. Foley, J. M. Klingsporn, M. D. Sonntag, N. A. Valley, J. A. Dieringer, T. Seideman, G. C. Schatz, M. C. Hersam, and R. P. Van Duyne, Nano Letters, 12, 5061-5067 (2012).

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Identifying Multiple Configurations and Controlling Diffusivity of Complex Molecules on Metal Surfaces

Q. Liu, S. X. Du, Y. Y. Zhang, N. Jiang, D. X. Shi, and H. -J. Gao, Small, 8, 796-806 (2012).

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Site- and Configuration-Selective Anchoring of Iron-Phthalocyanine on the Step Edges of Au(111) Surface

L. Z. Zhang, Z. H. Cheng, Q. Huan, X. B. He, X. Lin, L. Gao, Z. T. Deng, N. Jiang, Q. Liu, S. X. Du, H. M. Guo, and H. -J. Gao, The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 115, 10791-10796 (2011).

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High resolution scanning-tunneling-microscopy imaging of individual molecular orbitals by eliminating the effect of surface charge

Z. H. Cheng, S. X. Du, N. Jiang, Y. Y. Zhang, W. Guo, W. A. Hofer, and H. -J. Gao, Surface Science, 605, 415-418 (2011).

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Direct Imaging of Molecular Orbitals of Metal Phthalocyanines on Metal Surfaces with an O2-Functionalized Tip of a Scanning Tunneling Microscope

Z. H. Cheng, S. X. Du, W. Guo, L. Gao, Z. T. Deng, N. Jiang, H. M. Guo, H. Tang, and H. -J. Gao, Nano Research, 4, 523-530 (2011).

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Identifying Multiple Configurations of Complex Molecules in Dynamical Processes: Time Resolved Tunneling Spectroscopy and Density Functional Theory Calculation

Q. Liu, Y. Y. Zhang, N. Jiang, H. G. Zhang, L. Gao, S. X. Du, and H. -J. Gao, Physical Review Letters, 104, 166101 (2010).

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Diffusivity Control in Molecule-on-Metal Systems Using Electric Fields

N. Jiang, Y. Y. Zhang, Q. Liu, Z. H. Cheng, Z. T. Deng, S. X. Du, H. -J. Gao, M. J. Beck, and S. T. Pantelides, Nano Letters, 10, 1184-1188 (2010).

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Polymorphism and chiral expression in two-dimensional subphthalocyanine crystals on Au(111)

N. Jiang, Y. L. Wang, Q. Liu, Y. Y. Zhang, Z. T. Deng, K. -H. Ernst, and H. -J. Gao, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 12, 1318-1322 (2010).

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Manipulation and control of a single molecular rotor on Au (111) surface

H. G. Zhang, J. H. Mao, Q. Liu, N. Jiang, H. T. Zhou, H. M. Guo, D. X. Shi, and H. -J. Gao, Chinese Physics B, 19, 018105 (2010).

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Constructing an Array of Anchored Single -Molecule Rotors on Gold Surfaces L. Gao, Q. Liu, Y. Y. Zhang, N. Jiang, H. G. Zhang, Z. H. Cheng, W. F. Qu, S. X. Du, Y. Q. Liu, W. A. Hofer, and H. -J. Gao, Physical Review Letters, 101, 197209 (2008).

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Site-Specific Kondo Effect at Ambient Temperatures in Iron-Based Molecules

L. Gao, W. Ji, Y. B. Hu, Z. H. Cheng, Z. T. Deng, Q. Liu, N. Jiang, X. Lin, W. Guo, S. X. Du, W. A. Hofer, X. C. Xie, and H. -J. Gao, Physical Review Letters, 99, 106402 (2007).

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Adsorption Behavior of Iron Phthalocyanine on Au(111) Surface at Submonolayer Coverage

Z. H. Cheng, L. Gao, Z. T. Deng, N. Jiang, Q. Liu, D. X. Shi, S. X. Du, H. M. Guo, and H. -J. Gao, The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 111, 9240-9244 (2007).

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Epitaxial Growth of Iron Phthalocyanine at the Initial Stage on Au(111) Surface

Z. H. Cheng, L. Gao, Z. T. Deng, Q. Liu, N. Jiang, X. Lin, X. B. He, S. X. Du, and H. -J. Gao, The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 111, 2656-2660 (2007).

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IMPROVEMENT OF COERCIVITY IN COBALT-DOPED ANATASE TiO2 NANOPARTICLES HYDROTHERMALLY PREPARED

M. Z. Wu, Y. Xiong, N. Jiang, H. P. Qi, and Q. W. Chen, International Journal of Modern Physics B, 19, 2550-2555 (2005).

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The enhanced coercivity for the magnetite/silica nanocomposite at room temperature

M. Z. Wu, Y. Xiong, Z. M. Peng, N. Jiang, H. P. Qi and Q. W. Chen, Materials Research Bulletin, 39, 1875-1880 (2004).

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Hydrothermal Synthesis and Characterization of Bi2Fe4O9 Nanoparticles

Y. Xiong, M. Z. Wu, Z. M. Peng, N. Jiang, and Q. W. Chen, Chemistry Letters, 33, 502-503 (2004).

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Hydrothermal preparation of alpha-MnSe and MnSe2 nanorods

M. Z. Wu, Y. Xiong, N. Jiang, M. Ning, and Q. W. Chen, Journal of Crystal Growth, 262, 567-571 (2004).