Credentials
Education
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B.S. University of Science and Technology of China 1991
- Ph.D. Physics, University of Maryland at College Park 1998
- Postdoc, Ames Laboratory (1998-2002)
Professional Appointments
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Assistant Scientist (2002-2005) Associate Scientist and Scientist II (2005 to present)
Ames National Laboratory, Iowa State University
Research
Publications
Molecular simulation using transfer-learned potentials for the disordered nanoscale structure of nitrogen-doped nanoporous carbons
Carbon,
2025
Formation and coarsening of epitaxially-supported metal nanoclusters
Surface Science,
2025
Achieving Product Control in Furfural Hydrogenation Using Intermetallic Catalysts
ACS Catalysis,
2024
Thermal Shape Stability of fcc Metal Nanocrystals Synthesized with Faceted Nonequilibrium Shapes
The Journal of Physical Chemistry C,
2024
Enhanced Activity from Coordinatively Unsaturated and Dynamic Zeolite-Bound Organoscandium Species
ACS Catalysis,
2024
Nucleation-mediated reshaping of facetted metallic nanocrystals: Breakdown of the classical free energy picture
The Journal of Chemical Physics,
2023
Efficient transfer hydrodehalogenation of halophenols catalyzed by Pd supported on ceria
Applied Catalysis A: General,
2023
Generic two-phase coexistence in a type-2 Schloegl model for autocatalysis on a square lattice: Analysis via heterogeneous master equations
Physical Review E,
2023
1H chemical shift anisotropy: a high sensitivity solid-state NMR dynamics probe for surface studies?
Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics,
2023
Fluorine spillover for ceria- vs silica-supported palladium nanoparticles: A MD study using machine learning potentials
The Journal of Chemical Physics,
2023
Reaction processes at step edges on S-decorated Cu(111) and Ag(111) surfaces: MD analysis utilizing machine learning derived potential
The Jouranl of Chemical Physics,
2022
Sulfur-enhanced dynamics of coinage metal(111) surfaces: Step edges versus terraces as locations for metal-sulfur complex formation
Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology A,
2022
Spatial arrangement of dynamic surface species from solid-state NMR and machine learning-accelerated MD simulations
Chemical Communications,
2022
Azo(xy) vs Aniline Selectivity in Catalytic Nitroarene Reduction by Intermetallics: Experiments and Simulations
The Journal of Physical Chemistry C,
2021
Phase transitions in Schloegl’s second model for autocatalysis on a Bethe lattice
Physical Review E,
2021
Enhanced Nanostructure Dynamics on Au(111) with Adsorbed Sulfur due to Au
ChemPhysChem,
2021
Observing the three-dimensional dynamics of supported metal complexes
Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers,
2021
Enhanced nanostructure dynamics on Au(111) with adsorbed S due to Au-S complex formation
ChemPhysChem,
2020
Structure of chalcogen overlayers on Au(111): density functional theory and lattice-gas modeling
J. Chem. Phys.,
2020
Extended families of critical and stationary droplets for nonequilibrium phase tranistions in spatially discrete bistable system
Phys. Rev. E,
2020
Mild and Selective Hydrogenation of Nitrate to Ammonia in the Absence of Noble Metals
https://doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.9b05338,
2020
Identification of an AgS2 Complex on Ag(110)
Scientific Report,
2019
Sulfur adsorption on coinage metal(100) surfaces: propensity for metal–sulfur complex formation relative to (111) surfaces
Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics,
2019
Characteristics of sulfur atoms adsorbed on Ag(100), Ag(110), and Ag(111) as probed with scanning tunneling microscopy: experiment and theory
Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics,
2019
Coinage Metal–Sulfur Complexes: Stability on Metal(111) Surfaces and in the Gas Phase
J. Phys. Chem. C,
2019
Reshaping, Intermixing, and Coarsening for Metallic Nanocrystals: Nonequilibrium Statistical Mechanical and Coarse-Grained Modeling
Chem. Rev.,
2019
Modeling of Diffusivity for 2D Vacancy Nanopits and Comparison with 2D Adatom Nanoislands on Metal(100) Surfaces Including Analysis for Ag(100)
J. Phys. Chem. C,
2018
Discontinuous Phase Transitions in Nonlocal Schloegl Models for Autocatalysis: Loss and Reemergence of a Nonequilibrium Gibbs Phase Rule
Phys. Rev. Lett.,
2018