Xiao Cheng Zeng

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Xiao Cheng Zeng
曾晓成
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NationalityChina
Alma mater Peking University
Ohio State University
Known for Computational chemistry
AwardsFellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
Fellow of American Physical Society
Fellow of American Association for the Advancement of Science
Fellow of Royal Society of Chemistry
Fellow of Materials Research Society
Foreign Fellow of European Academy of Sciences
Scientific career
Fields Physical chemistry; Nanomaterials
Institutions City University of Hong Kong
University of Nebraska–Lincoln

Xiao Cheng Zeng is a scientist in the fields of physical chemistry and materials science. He is the Head of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering and a Chair Professor of Materials Chemistry and Chemical Engineering at City University of Hong Kong. He also holds the title of Emeritus Chancellor's University Professor at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln in the United States.

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Zeng is a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the American Physical Society, the Materials Research Society, and the Royal Society of Chemistry. He is also a foreign fellow of the European Academy of Sciences and has previously been awarded a John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship.

Education

Zeng received his bachelor's degree in physics from Peking University in 1984. He subsequently pursued postgraduate study in the United States through the CUSPEA programme, created by Nobel laureate in physics Tsung-Dao Lee, and obtained his Ph.D. in condensed matter physics from Ohio State University in 1989. He then conducted postdoctoral research in physical chemistry at the University of Chicago (1989–1992) and the University of California, Los Angeles (1992–1993).

Career and research

Zeng's research focuses on computational physical chemistry, with contributions in the areas of thermodynamics and phase transitions of nanoconfined water and ice, water–surface interactions and wetting, gold-cluster science and nanocatalysis, atmospheric reactions, and the computational design of low-dimensional materials.

Low-dimensional ice and ice hydrates

In 1997, Zeng predicted a two-dimensional bilayer hexagonal ice structure, later nicknamed the "Nebraska ice," a novel phase of water ice. [1] [2] The prediction was confirmed experimentally by the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory in 2009 [3] and Peking University in 2020. [4] This phase is now referred to as two-dimensional ice I. Zeng also proposed theoretical models for one-dimensional ice nanotubes (I–III), [5] "DNA-ice," [6] ferroelectric ice-χ, [7] and two-dimensional amorphous, [8] plastic, and superionic ice phases, [9] thereby expanding the known family of ice structures.

Gold-cluster science and nanocatalysis

In 2006, Zeng and his collaborators reported the discovery of the first all-metal cage molecules (Au16-18). [10] He subsequently investigated the size, structure, and catalytic activity relationships of more than 20 gold clusters [11] [12] and developed a unified model to explain the structures of over 70 ligand-protected gold clusters. [13]

Atmospheric reactions

Since 2015, Zeng has identified several new chemical reactions occurring on water and cloud droplets, with implications for atmospheric new-particle formation and haze chemistry. [14] [15] [16] [17]

Computational design of low-dimensional materials

In 2011, Zeng predicted more than 20 metallic boron monolayer structures and introduced a systematic naming scheme for these monolayers, including the α, β, χ, and δ series. [18] Two of these, χ3-borophene and β12-borophene, were later confirmed experimentally. [19] [20]

Publications and citations

Zeng has authored more than 700 journal articles, which have received over 59,000 citations according to Google Scholar (h-index 122) and over 50,000 citations according to Web of Science (h-index 109). His publications include seven articles in Nature and Science, 23 in their affiliated journals, 26 in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), 73 in the Journal of the American Chemical Society (JACS), 30 in Angewandte Chemie and Advanced Materials, nine in Physical Review Letters and Physical Review X, and four in Joule and Chem.

Prizes and Honours

References

  1. ↑ "'Nebraska Ice' leads to 3 more discoveries | Announce | University of Nebraska–Lincoln". newsroom.unl.edu. Retrieved 2024-10-23.
  2. ↑ Koga, Kenichiro; Zeng, X. C.; Tanaka, Hideki (1997-12-29). "Freezing of Confined Water: A Bilayer Ice Phase in Hydrophobic Nanopores" . Physical Review Letters. 79 (26): 5262–5265. Bibcode:1997PhRvL..79.5262K. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.79.5262. ISSN   0031-9007.
  3. ↑ Kimmel, Greg A.; Matthiesen, Jesper; Baer, Marcel; Mundy, Christopher J.; Petrik, Nikolay G.; Smith, R. Scott; Dohnálek, Zdenek; Kay, Bruce D. (2009-09-09). "No Confinement Needed: Observation of a Metastable Hydrophobic Wetting Two-Layer Ice on Graphene" . Journal of the American Chemical Society. 131 (35): 12838–12844. Bibcode:2009JAChS.13112838K. doi:10.1021/ja904708f. ISSN   0002-7863. PMID   19670866.
  4. ↑ Ma, Runze; Cao, Duanyun; Zhu, Chongqin; Tian, Ye; Peng, Jinbo; Guo, Jing; Chen, Ji; Li, Xin-Zheng; Francisco, Joseph S.; Zeng, Xiao Cheng; Xu, Li-Mei; Wang, En-Ge; Jiang, Ying (January 2020). "Atomic imaging of the edge structure and growth of a two-dimensional hexagonal ice" . Nature. 577 (7788): 60–63. Bibcode:2020Natur.577...60M. doi:10.1038/s41586-019-1853-4. ISSN   1476-4687. PMID   31894149.
  5. ↑ Koga, Kenichiro; Gao, G. T.; Tanaka, Hideki; Zeng, X. C. (August 2001). "Formation of ordered ice nanotubes inside carbon nanotubes" . Nature. 412 (6849): 802–805. Bibcode:2001Natur.412..802K. doi:10.1038/35090532. ISSN   1476-4687. PMID   11518961.
  6. ↑ Bai, Jaeil; Wang, Jun; Zeng, X. C. (2006-12-26). "Multiwalled ice helixes and ice nanotubes". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 103 (52): 19664–19667. Bibcode:2006PNAS..10319664B. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0608401104 . ISSN   0027-8424. PMC   1750917 . PMID   17170136.
  7. ↑ Zhu, Weiduo; Huang, Yingying; Zhu, Chongqin; Wu, Hong-Hui; Wang, Lu; Bai, Jaeil; Yang, Jinlong; Francisco, Joseph S.; Zhao, Jijun; Yuan, Lan-Feng; Zeng, Xiao Cheng (2019-04-26). "Room temperature electrofreezing of water yields a missing dense ice phase in the phase diagram". Nature Communications. 10 (1): 1925. Bibcode:2019NatCo..10.1925Z. doi:10.1038/s41467-019-09950-z. ISSN   2041-1723. PMC   6486617 . PMID   31028288.
  8. ↑ Bai, Jaeil; Zeng, Xiao Cheng (2012-12-26). "Polymorphism and polyamorphism in bilayer water confined to slit nanopore under high pressure". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 109 (52): 21240–21245. Bibcode:2012PNAS..10921240B. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1213342110 . ISSN   0027-8424. PMC   3535661 . PMID   23236178.
  9. ↑ Jiang, Jian; Gao, Yurui; Li, Lei; Liu, Yuan; Zhu, Weiduo; Zhu, Chongqin; Francisco, Joseph S.; Zeng, Xiao Cheng (March 2024). "Rich proton dynamics and phase behaviours of nanoconfined ices" . Nature Physics. 20 (3): 456–464. Bibcode:2024NatPh..20..456J. doi:10.1038/s41567-023-02341-8. ISSN   1745-2481.
  10. ↑ Bulusu, Satya; Li, Xi; Wang, Lai-Sheng; Zeng, Xiao Cheng (2006-05-30). "Evidence of hollow golden cages". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 103 (22): 8326–8330. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0600637103 . ISSN   0027-8424. PMC   1482493 . PMID   16714382.
  11. ↑ Li, Lei; Zeng, Xiao Cheng (2014-11-12). "Direct Simulation Evidence of Generation of Oxygen Vacancies at the Golden Cage Au 16 and TiO 2 (110) Interface for CO Oxidation" . Journal of the American Chemical Society. 136 (45): 15857–15860. Bibcode:2014JAChS.13615857L. doi:10.1021/ja508666a. ISSN   0002-7863. PMID   25338299.
  12. ↑ Gao, Yi; Shao, Nan; Pei, Yong; Chen, Zhongfang; Zeng, Xiao Cheng (2011-10-25). "Catalytic Activities of Subnanometer Gold Clusters (Au 16 –Au 18 , Au 20 , and Au 27 –Au 35 ) for CO Oxidation" . ACS Nano. 5 (10): 7818–7829. doi:10.1021/nn201817b. ISSN   1936-0851. PMID   21888432.
  13. ↑ Xu, Wen Wu; Zhu, Beien; Zeng, Xiao Cheng; Gao, Yi (2016-12-02). "A grand unified model for liganded gold clusters". Nature Communications. 7 (1): 13574. doi:10.1038/ncomms13574. ISSN   2041-1723. PMC   5146290 .
  14. ↑ Li, Hao; Zhong, Jie; Vehkamäki, Hanna; Kurtén, Theo; Wang, Weigang; Ge, Maofa; Zhang, Shaowen; Li, Zesheng; Zhang, Xiuhui; Francisco, Joseph S.; Zeng, Xiao Cheng (2018-09-05). "Self-Catalytic Reaction of SO 3 and NH 3 To Produce Sulfamic Acid and Its Implication to Atmospheric Particle Formation" . Journal of the American Chemical Society. 140 (35): 11020–11028. Bibcode:2018JAChS.14011020L. doi:10.1021/jacs.8b04928. ISSN   0002-7863. PMID   30088767.
  15. ↑ Li, Lei; Kumar, Manoj; Zhu, Chongqin; Zhong, Jie; Francisco, Joseph S.; Zeng, Xiao Cheng (2016-02-17). "Near-Barrierless Ammonium Bisulfate Formation via a Loop-Structure Promoted Proton-Transfer Mechanism on the Surface of Water" . Journal of the American Chemical Society. 138 (6): 1816–1819. Bibcode:2016JAChS.138.1816L. doi:10.1021/jacs.5b13048. ISSN   0002-7863. PMID   26811124.
  16. ↑ Li, Lei; Duan, Zhiyao; Li, Hui; Zhu, Chongqin; Henkelman, Graeme; Francisco, Joseph S.; Zeng, Xiao Cheng (2018-07-10). "Formation of HONO from the NH 3 -promoted hydrolysis of NO 2 dimers in the atmosphere". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 115 (28): 7236–7241. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1807719115 . ISSN   0027-8424. PMC   6048549 . PMID   29941594.
  17. ↑ Zhong, Jie; Zhao, Yu; Li, Lei; Li, Hui; Francisco, Joseph S.; Zeng, Xiao Cheng (2015-09-23). "Interaction of the NH 2 Radical with the Surface of a Water Droplet" . Journal of the American Chemical Society. 137 (37): 12070–12078. Bibcode:2015JAChS.13712070Z. doi:10.1021/jacs.5b07354. ISSN   0002-7863. PMID   26325351.
  18. ↑ Wu, Xiaojun; Dai, Jun; Zhao, Yu; Zhuo, Zhiwen; Yang, Jinlong; Zeng, Xiao Cheng (2012-08-28). "Two-Dimensional Boron Monolayer Sheets" . ACS Nano. 6 (8): 7443–7453. doi:10.1021/nn302696v. ISSN   1936-0851. PMID   22816319.
  19. ↑ Feng, Baojie; Zhang, Jin; Zhong, Qing; Li, Wenbin; Li, Shuai; Li, Hui; Cheng, Peng; Meng, Sheng; Chen, Lan; Wu, Kehui (June 2016). "Experimental realization of two-dimensional boron sheets". Nature Chemistry. 8 (6): 563–568. arXiv: 1512.05029 . Bibcode:2016NatCh...8..563F. doi:10.1038/nchem.2491. ISSN   1755-4349. PMID   27219700.
  20. ↑ Mannix, Andrew J.; Zhou, Xiang-Feng; Kiraly, Brian; Wood, Joshua D.; Alducin, Diego; Myers, Benjamin D.; Liu, Xiaolong; Fisher, Brandon L.; Santiago, Ulises; Guest, Jeffrey R.; Yacaman, Miguel Jose; Ponce, Arturo; Oganov, Artem R.; Hersam, Mark C.; Guisinger, Nathan P. (2015-12-18). "Synthesis of borophenes: Anisotropic, two-dimensional boron polymorphs". Science. 350 (6267): 1513–1516. Bibcode:2015Sci...350.1513M. doi:10.1126/science.aad1080. ISSN   0036-8075. PMC   4922135 . PMID   26680195.
  21. ↑ "Xiao Cheng Zeng – John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation..." Retrieved 2024-10-20.
  22. ↑ "APS Honors and Aword Winners".
  23. ↑ "Xiao Zeng ORCA". mediahub.unl.edu. Retrieved 2024-10-21.
  24. ↑ "St. Louis Section–American Chemical Society » Midwest Award" . Retrieved 2024-10-21.
  25. ↑ "Postdoc Awards | Graduate Studies | Nebraska". graduate.unl.edu. Retrieved 2024-10-21.
  26. ↑ "Surfaces and Interfaces Award". Royal Society of Chemistry. Retrieved 2024-10-21.
  27. ↑ "2019". www.mrs.org. Retrieved 2024-10-21.
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  29. ↑ "Members - European Academy of Sciences". 2022-04-13. Retrieved 2024-10-20.
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