1. Chuancheng Jia, Agostino Migliore, Na Xin, Shaoyun Huang, Jinying Wang, Qi Yang, Shuopei Wang, Hongliang Chen, Duoming Wang, Boyong Feng, Zhirong Liu, Guangyu Zhang, Da-Hui Qu, He Tian, Mark A. Ratner, H. Q. Xu*, Abraham Nitzan* and Xuefeng Guo*, Covalently-bonded Single Molecule Junctions with Stable and Reversible Photoswitched Conductivity, Science 2016, 352, 1443.
2. Na Xin, Jianxin Guan, Chenguang Zhou, Xinjiani Chen, Chunhui Gu, Yu Li, Mark A. Ratner, Abraham Nitzan, J. Fraser Stoddart* and Xuefeng Guo*, Concepts in the Design and Engineering of Single-Molecule Electronic Devices, Nat. Rev. Phys. 2019, 1, 211.
3. Yu Li, Chen Yang and Xuefeng Guo*, Single-Molecule Electrical Detection: A Promising Route Toward the Fundamental Limits of Chemistry and Life Science, Acc. Chem. Res. 2020, 53, 159. (Cover of this issue)
4. Hongliang Chen, Weining Zhang, Mingliang Li, Gen He and Xuefeng Guo*, Interface Engineering in Organic Field-Effect Transistors: Principles, Applications, and Perspectives, Chem. Rev. 2020, 120，2879. (Cover of this issue)
5. Jianxin Guan, Chuancheng Jia, Yanwei Li, Zitong Liu, Jinying Wang, Zhongyue Yang, Chunhui Gu, Dingkai Su, K. N. Houk*, Deqing Zhang* and Xuefeng Guo*, Direct Single-Molecule Dynamic Detection of Chemical Reactions, Sci. Adv. 2018, 4, eaar2177.
6. Dong Xiang, Xiaolong Wang, Chuancheng Jia, Takhee Lee* and Xuefeng Guo*, Molecular-Scale Electronics: From Concept to Function, Chem. Rev. 2016, 116, 4318. (Cover of this issue)
7. Chuancheng Jia, Bangjun Ma, Na Xin and Xuefeng Guo*, Carbon Electrode-Molecule Junctions: A Reliable Platform for Molecular Electronics, Acc. Chem. Res. 2015, 48, 2565. (Cover of this issue)
8. Chuancheng Jia and Xuefeng Guo*, Molecule-Electrode Interfaces in Molecular Electronic Devices, Chem. Soc. Rev. 2013, 42. 5642. (Cover of this issue)
9. Alina Feldmen, Michael L. Steigerwald, Xuefeng Guo* and Colin Nuckolls*, Molecular Electronic Devices Based on Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube Electrodes, Acc. Chem. Res. 2008, 41, 1731.
10. Xuefeng Guo, Joshua P. Small, Jennifer E. Klare, Yiliang Wang, Iris Tam, Meninder S. Purewal, Byung Hee Hong, Robert Caldwell, Limin Huang, Stephen O’Brien, Jiaming Yan, Ronald Breslow, Shalom J. Wind, James Hone, Philip Kim* and Colin Nuckolls*, Covalently Bridging Gaps in Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes with Conducting Molecules, Science 2006, 311, 356.
1. Chuancheng Jia, Agostino Migliore, Na Xin, Shaoyun Huang, Jinying Wang, Qi Yang, Shuopei Wang, Hongliang Chen, Duoming Wang, Boyong Feng, Zhirong Liu, Guangyu Zhang, Da-Hui Qu, He Tian, Mark A. Ratner, H. Q. Xu*, Abraham Nitzan* and Xuefeng Guo*, “Covalently-bonded Single Molecule Junctions with Stable and Reversible Photoswitched Conductivity”, Science 2016, 352, 1443.
2. Chuancheng Jia, Zhaoyang Lin, Yu Huang* and Xiangfeng Duan*, “Nanowire Electronics: From Nanoscale to Macroscale”, Chem. Rev. 2019, 119, 9074.
3. Chuancheng Jia, Iain Grace, Peiqi Wang, Abelkareem Almesha, Zhihong Huang, Yiliu Wang, Peng Chen, Laiyuan Wang, Jinyuan Zhou, Ziying Feng, Zipeng Zhao, Yu Huang, Colin J. Lambert* and Xiangfeng Duan*, “Redox Control of Charge Transport in Vertical Ferrocene Molecular Tunnel Junctions”, Chem 2020, 6, 1172.
4. Chuancheng Jia, Marjan Famili, Marco Carlotti, Yuan Liu, Peiqi Wang, Iain M. Grace, Ziying Feng, Yiliu Wang, Zipeng Zhao, Mengning Ding, Xiang Xu, Chen Wang, Sung−Joon Lee, Yu Huang, Ryan C. Chiechi, Colin J. Lambert* and Xiangfeng Duan*, “Quantum Interference Mediated Vertical Molecular Tunneling Transistors”, Sci. Adv. 2018, 4, eaat8237.
5. Jianxin Guan†, Chuancheng Jia†, Yanwei Li, Zitong Liu, Jinying Wang, Zhongyue Yang, Chunhui Gu, Dingkai Su, K. N. Houk*, Deqing Zhang* and Xuefeng Guo*, “Direct Single−Molecule Dynamic Detection of Chemical Reactions”, Sci. Adv. 2018, 4, eaar2177.
6. Chuancheng Jia, Wei Ma, Chunhui Gu, Hongliang Chen, Haomiao Yu, Xinxi Li, Fan Zhang, Lin Gu, Andong Xia, Xiaoyuan Hou, Sheng Meng* and Xuefeng Guo*, “High‒Efficiency Selective Electron Tunnelling in a Heterostructure Photovoltaic Diode”, Nano Lett. 2016, 16, 3600.
7. Chuancheng Jia, Xinxi Li, Na Xin, Yao Gong and Xuefeng Guo*, “Interface‒Engineered Plasmonics at Metal/Semiconductor Heterostructures for Photovoltaic Applications”, Adv. Energy Mater. 2016, 6, 1600431.
8. Chuancheng Jia, Bangjun Ma, Na Xin and Xuefeng Guo*, “Carbon Electrode-Molecule Junctions: A Reliable Platform for Molecular Electronics”, Acc. Chem. Res. 2015, 48, 2565. (Cover of this issue)
9. Chuancheng Jia and Xuefeng Guo*, “Molecule-Electrode Interfaces in Molecular Electronic Devices”, Chem. Soc. Rev. 2013, 42. 5642. (Cover of this issue)
10. Chuancheng Jia, Jinying Wang, Changjiang Yao, Yang Cao, Yuwu Zhong, Zhirong Liu, Zhongfan Liu* and Xuefeng Guo*, “Conductance Switching and Mechanisms in Single−Molecule Junctions”, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2013, 52, 8666.
Call for Global Top Talents
Center of Single-Molecule Sciences at Nankai University
Located in Tianjin, China, on the border of Bohai, centennial Nankai University, one of the most renowned and prominent universities in China, initiates the establishment of the Center of Single-Molecule Sciences in the College of Electronic Information and Optical Engineering. The goal of this center led by Professor Xuefeng Guo is to become one of the best international research centers of single-molecule science and technology, and a strategic town for talent education and cultivation.
The development of reliable approaches to integrate individual molecules into electrical nanocircuits, often termed “Single-Molecule Electronics”, is currently a research focus because it can not only overcome the increasing difficulties and fundamental limitations of miniaturizing current silicon-based electronic devices, but also enable us to probe and understand the intrinsic properties of materials at the atomic- and/or molecular-length scale. With the development of both experiments and theories, this topic has become a booming subfield of nanoscience and has begun to develop beyond the basic description of carrier transport and to expand in different research directions, reflecting the interdisciplinarity.
Indeed, over the past two decades, single-molecule systems have matured into a platform capable of discovering fundamental physical phenomena of materials at the molecular or atomic level, such as quantum interference, Coulomb blockade and Kondo effect. Devices with various remarkable functionalities—for example, single-molecule switches, molecular thermoelectric devices, molecular diodes, molecular spintronic devices and sensors with single-molecule sensitivity—have been realized within molecular junctions. Moreover, in combination with other disciplines, this system opens a mainstream approach, which reaches the ultimate limit of analytical chemistry (single-molecule detection), thus offering endless opportunities for scientists to elucidate the fundamental mechanisms underlying chemical reactions and biological processes.
As the world’s first research center named for its strength in the field of single-molecule sciences, its research is not limited to single molecules, but also focuses on exploring the properties of molecular collections and their underlying mechanisms, opening a new chapter of interdisciplinary researches to solve the key issues in physical, chemical and life sciences. Considering the nature of this interdisciplinary field, the center encourages truly strong collaboration among material scientists, physicists, chemists, biologists and engineers, which will advance this powerful field and foster its rapid development towards practical applications. We trust that single-molecule electronics has a bright future for integrating the organic molecular world with hard electronics.
The center is recruiting talents from around the world.
Full-Time Positions 1. Nankai Chair Professor Qualifications:
Oversea applications should be under age 55 and work as a professor or equivalent position in global leading universities or research institutes with the recognition of international peers in their research fields.
2. Nankai Outstanding Professor Qualifications:
Oversea applications should be under age 50 and in the position equivalent to associate professor or above in global leading universities or research institutes with the recognition of international peers in their research fields.
3. Nankai Talent Professor Qualifications:
Oversea applications should be under age 50 and in the position equivalent to associate professor or above in global leading universities or research institutes.
4. Full Professor Qualifications:
Applications are supposed to be under age 40 in natural sciences. They should be academic leaders with peer recognition in related disciplines and meet the qualifications of full professorship in Nankai University.
5. Associate Professor Qualifications:
Applications are supposed to be young academic teachers with great academic potential, under age 35, and meet the qualifications of associate professorship in Nankai University.
6. Lecturer (Assistant Professor) Qualifications:
Applications are supposed to be doctoral graduates or post-doctors of global leading universities or research institutes, with excellent academic performance and great potential for further development.
7. Post-doctor Qualifications:
Applications are supposed to be under age 35 with a PhD degree acquired from renowned universities or research institutes, with excellent academic performance and great potential for further development.
8. Hundred Young Academic Leaders of Nankai University Qualifications:
Without limitation of research fields, applications are supposed to be under age 40 in natural sciences and engineering, have made symbolic achievements with high-level academic ability over the peers, and have great innovative ability and potential to become discipline leaders.
9. Engineers and technicians Qualifications:
Having enough skills in managing and operating the equipments, including SEM, EBL, RIE, etc.
II. The Talent Zone
Based on interdisciplinary research bases, the Talent Zone is given more autonomy, flexibility and policy support on team building, staff employment and use of funds. With the autonomy proved by the university, the Talent Zone can formulate their job setting, employment mode (3+3 tenure track), remuneration packages, promotion, assessment methods and use of funds, which could be beneficial to establish innovative talent team and build a pleasant working and living environment for the talents.
The university will provide competitive salary and start-up package. For details, please visit: http://rsc.nankai.edu.cn/
Contact Information Contact persons: Prof. Xuefeng Guo: guoxf@nankai.edu.cn; Prof. Dong Xiang: xiangdongde@nankai.edu.cn; Prof. Chuancheng Jia: jiacc@nankai.edu.cn
Address:
College of Electronic Information and Optical Engineering, Nankai University, No. 38 Tongyan Road, Haihe Education Park, Jinnan Distict, Tianjin, P.R. China 300350