ZHONG, Qigang
Principal Investigator, Professor
Email: qgzhong@suda.edu.cn
Office: Room 3205, Building 909, Soochow University Dushu-Lake Campus
Tel: 86-512-65883983
Academic Experience:
2023.08-present Professor (PI), FUNSOM, Soochow University
2019.09-2023.08 Postdoc, Institute of Applied Physics, Justus Liebig University Giessen, Germany, supervisor: Prof. André Schirmeisen
2014.09-2019.06 Ph.D., FUNSOM, Soochow University, supervisor: Prof. Lifeng Chi
2010.09-2014.06 Bachelor, School of Physical Science and Technology, Soochow University
Research Interests:
On-Surface Chemical Reactions
Tip-Manipulated Single Molecule Synthesis
Chemical Bond Imaging Techniques
Hydrogen-Bond/Halogen-Bond Driven Self-Assembly
Research Experience and Accomplishments:
Our research focuses on advancing on-surface synthesis and the microscopic understanding of on-surface reactions. By using high-resolution scanning tunneling microscopy and non-contact atomic force microscopy as the main experimental tools, we aim at achieving atomically precise low-dimensional covalent nanostructures via selective intra- and inter-molecular reactions. Especially, our recent work on tip-manipulated molecule-by-molecule synthesis represents a significant breakthrough which has drawn broad attention. Prof. Zhong has authored 18 peer-reviewed papers, including 8 first-author papers published in top-tier journals, such as Nat. Chem.(1), Nat. Commun. (1), J. Am. Chem. Soc.(2), Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. (1), ACS Nano (1), CCS Chem. (1), and Surf. Sci. Rep. (1). He has won the ULVAC Prize at IVC-22 for Young Researcher at the 22nd International Vacuum Congress and the top five candidates for the Gerhard Ertl Young Investigator Award at DPG 2023. Prof. Zhong serves as the Early Career Advisory Board (ECAB) member for two international scientific journals, Surface Science and Vacuum.
Open positions:
The research group is always open to highly motivated undergraduates, graduates and postdocs, especially those with strong background in surface science and/or scanning probe microscopy. If you also like manipulating single molecules and atoms, come join us!
Selected Publications：
(# co-first author, *co-corresponding author)
Q. Zhong,* A. Ihle, S. Ahles, H. A. Wegner, A. Schirmeisen,* D. Ebeling,* Constructing covalent organic nanoarchitectures molecule by molecule via scanning probe manipulation. Nat. Chem., 13, 1133–1139 (2021).
Q. Zhong, D. Ebeling,* J. Tschakert, Y. Gao, D. Bao, S. Du,* C. Li, L. Chi,* A. Schirmeisen, Symmetry breakdown of 4,4''-diamino-p-terphenyl on a Cu(111) surface by lattice mismatch. Nat. Commun., 9, 3277 (2018).
Q. Zhong,# A. Mardyukov,# E. Solel,# D. Ebeling, A. Schirmeisen,* P. R. Schreiner,* On-surface synthesis and real-space visualization of aromatic P3N3. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., e202310121 (2023).
Q. Zhong,# K. Niu,# L. Chen,# H. Zhang,* D. Ebeling, J. Björk, K. Müllen, A. Schirmeisen,* L. Chi,* Substrate-modulated synthesis of metal–organic hybrids by tunable multiple aryl–metal bonds. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 144, 8214–8222 (2022). (Selected as front cover)
Q. Zhong,# Y. Hu,# K. Niu, H. Zhang, B. Yang, D. Ebeling, J. Tschakert, T. Cheng, A. Schirmeisen, A. Narita,* K. Müllen,* L. Chi,*Benzo-fused periacenes or double helicenes? Different cyclodehydrogenation pathways on surface and in solution. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 141, 7399–7406 (2019).
Q. Zhong,# V. Barát,# D. Csókás,# K. Niu, M. Górecki, A. Ghosh, J. Björk, D. Ebeling, L. Chi,* A. Schirmeisen,* M. C. Stuparu,* On-surface stereochemical characterization of a highly curved chiral nanographene by noncontact atomic force microscopy and scanning tunneling microscopy. CCS Chem., DOI: 10.31635/ccschem.023.202303065 (2023).
Q. Zhong, X. Li, H. Zhang, L. Chi,* Noncontact atomic force microscopy: Bond imaging and beyond. Surf. Sci. Rep., 75, 100509 (2020).
D. Ebeling,#,*Q. Zhong,# T. Schlöder, J. Tschakert, P. Henkel, S. Ahles, L. Chi, D. Mollenhauer, H. A. Wegner, A. Schirmeisen, Adsorption structure of mono- and diradicals on a Cu(111) surface: Chemoselective dehalogenation of 4-bromo-3''-iodo-p-terphenyl. ACS Nano, 13, 324–336 (2019).
J. Tschakert, Q. Zhong, D. Martin-Jimenez, J. Carracedo-Cosme, C. Romero-Muñiz, P. Henkel, T. Schlöder, S. Ahles, D. Mollenhauer, H. A. Wegner, P. Pou, R. Pérez, A. Schirmeisen, D. Ebeling,* Surface-controlled reversal of the selectivity of halogen bonds. Nat. Commun., 11, 5630 (2020).
D. Ebeling,*Q. Zhong, S. Ahles, L. Chi, H. A. Wegner, A. Schirmeisen, Chemical bond imaging using higher eigenmodes of tuning fork sensors in atomic force microscopy. Appl. Phys. Lett., 110, 183102 (2017).
Q. Li,# B. Yang,# J. Björk, Q. Zhong, H. Ju, J. Zhang, N. Cao, Z. Shi, H. Zhang, D. Ebeling, A. Schirmeisen, J. Zhu, L. Chi,* Hierarchical dehydrogenation reactions on a copper surface. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 140, 6076–6082 (2018).
J. Zhang, Q. Zhong, K. Niu, P. Ji, X. Li, Z. Hao, L. Song, L. Wang, Y. Han, B. Yang, K. Sun, Q. Li, H. Zhang, L. Chi,* Association and differences between on-surface chemistry and solution chemistry.Sci. Sin. Chim., 49, 410–440 (2019).
Edited by Juan Yang