15th International Symposium on Atomic Level Characterizations for New Materials and Devices. 松江time！

Have you ever taken a conference train? I just did it and loved it!!

It was a fantastic visit at Unisoku Co. Ltd. in Hirakata, Japan. Look forward to seeing more optical SPM systems to be delivered around the world. 株式会社ユニソク / UNISOKU Co., Ltd.

Congratulations to Dr. Dairong Liu!!!🥳🚀🥂 Dairong, Nan Jiang team is very proud of you! Wish all the best in your bright future. Chemistry at UIC

It’s my honor to be selected as the Closs seminar speaker at U Chicago. The visit is fantastic. It was very nice to meet many graduate students and postdocs. What a fun day🎤UChicago Chemistry

Goodbye Ventura for an unforgettable Gordon Research Conference of Surface Reactions on Surfaces! I look forward to seeing everyone again in the next one in Italy.

2025 PittCon. Having a joyful moment!

Our work “Optical Spectroscopic Probing and Atomic Visualization of the Motion of N-Heterocyclic Carbenes on Ag(111)” was published by ACS Nano. Here, we combined tip-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (TERS) and scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) to study the mobility of NHC.ACS Nano

Looking forward to seeing colleagues and friends at the 71st Annual AVS Symposium in Charlotte, North Carolina this September. Submit your abstracts by April 1, 2025 at: avs71.avs.org #AVS71 #AVS AVS

Waiting for 5 years? Let’s gather together at the Pacifichem 2025 at Symposium: Emerging Frontiers in surface spectroscopy and microscopy in Hawaii this December. Submit your abstracts by April 2, 2025 at: pacifichem.org/scientific-pro… Pacifichem

With Emmanuel Maisonhaute, Professor Sorbonne Université (France), we are looking for a PHD candidate to do tip-enhacned Raman spectroscopy under electrochemical and vacuum condition with both Paris and Chicago experience. If you are interested in this, please contact us:

My student Shilpa Choyal has been honored with the 2025 Chicago Consular Corps (CCC) Professional Development Award at UIC. Congratulations Shilpa Choyal 👏🏼

I sincerely thank Prof. Donna Chen for inviting me to visit Columbia, SC. It was truly unforgettable experience at the University of South Carolina.USC Chemistry & Biochemistry

Check out new ACS Nano cover story!My group used scanning tunneling microscopy and tip-enhanced Raman spectroscopy to understand the mobility of NHC carbene, which is key to the formation of high quality SAM on surfaces. Chemistry at UIC ACS Publications #MyACSCover

Check our new work entitled “Probing diffusivity and configurational flexibility of a tetrabenzoporphyrin on metal surfaces by tip-enhanced Raman spectroscopy” in Optics Communications. sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Honored to give a seminar and join a vibrant science exchange as a visitor at National Taiwan University. Very grateful for warm welcome, inspiring discussions. Will stay one more month in this extremely warm environment. Many thanks to my host Prof. Chun-hsien Chen! NTU Taiwan

Attending STM’25 at Ewha University in Seoul, Korea. It’s nice to meet STM experts from Asia, Europe, and America. #stm25

Was invited to speak at the 23rd Workshop on First-Principles Computational Materials Physics at National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung. What a beautiful view, just before typhoon Danas!

Wrapped up an incredible 36-day Taiwan visit as a visiting professor. I was blessed to give talks at National Taiwan University, Academia Sinica, & 6 other wonderful institutions. Sharing night market food with friends and rich cultural experiences made the journey truly special!

Check our work, "Chemical and Structural Insights into Nonequilibrium Polyrotaxanes Formed by Molecular Pumps", which was just published by Nano Letters. pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.10… It’s our tribute to Sir Fraser Stoddart.