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Xiao Tong

Staff Scientist, Interface Sciences/Catalysis, Center for Functional Nanomaterials

Brookhaven National Laboratory

Center for Functional Nanomaterials
Bldg. 735
P.O. Box 5000
Upton, NY 11973-5000

(631) 344-8236
xtong@bnl.gov

Expertise

- UHV-Scanning tunneling microscopy

- UHV- Photoemission spectroscopy (ARPES/XPS)

- Ambient scanning probe microscopy

- Raman spectroscopy and microscopy

- UHV system instrumentations

Research Activities

Google Scholar (>176 peer-reviewed publications)

- Surface physics and Surface chemistry

- Epitaxial growth, self-assembly, and atom manipulation of nanostructures

- Characterization of atomic arrangement structures and electronic structures of nanomaterials

- Catalytic activities by supported size/mass/composition- selected nanoclusters

- 2D electronic transport through surface-states and 2D structures

Education

Ph.D. in Surface Physics, Department of Physics, University of Tokyo, Japan

Dissertation Title: Atomic / Electronic Structures and Surface-State Electrical Conduction of Si(111)-√21x√21-Ag, Au, Cu Surfaces

M.S. in Condensed Matter Physics, Department of Physics, Jilin University, China

Dissertation Title: Structure and Electronic Properties of CdS Nanocrystals Tuned by High Static Pressure

Professional Appointments

Staff Scientist, Center for Functional Nanomaterials, Brookhaven National Laboratory
Associate Specialist, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Santa Barbara.
Visiting Research Fellow, Scanning Tunneling Microscopy Group, Steacie Institute for Molecular Sciences, National Research Council of Canada.
Special Research Fellow of Basic Science Program, Semiconductors Laboratory, The Institute of Physical and Chemical Research (RIKEN), Japan

Selected Publications

Tong X , et al (2022) VO Cluster-Stabilized H2O Adsorption on a TiO2 (110) Surface at Room Temperature, J. Phys Chem C 126(42):17975-17982. DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.2c06202
Lee D, Wang et al (2021) The impact of surface composition on the interfacial energetics and photoelectrochemical properties of BiVO4. Nature Energy 6:287–294. doi: 10.1038/s41560-021-00777-x
Lin R, et al (2019) Anomalous metal segregation in lithium-rich material provides design rules for stable cathode in lithium-ion battery. Nature Communications. doi: 10.1038/s41467-019-09248-0
Zhang W, et al (2018) Ultrathin Lutetium Oxide Film as an Epitaxial Hole-Blocking Layer for Crystalline Bismuth Vanadate Water Splitting Photoanodes. Advanced Functional Materials 28:1705512. doi: 10.1002/adfm.201705512
Rhodes D, et al (2017) Engineering the Structural and Electronic Phases of MoTe2 through W Substitution. Nano Letters 17:1616–1622. doi: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.6b04814
Goh T, et al (2016) Quaternary Organic Solar Cells Enhanced by Cocrystalline Squaraines with Power Conversion Efficiencies >10%. Advanced Energy Materials 6:1600660. doi: 10.1002/aenm.201600660
Doubek G, et al (2015) Guided Evolution of Bulk Metallic Glass Nanostructures: A Platform for Designing 3D Electrocatalytic Surfaces. Advanced Materials 28:1940–1949. doi: 10.1002/adma.201504504
Sutter EA, et al (2013) Oxidation of nanoscale Au-In alloy particles as a possible route toward stable Au-based catalysts. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 110:10519–10524. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1305388110
Tong X, et al (2005) Intact Size-Selected Aun Clusters on a TiO2(110)-(1 × 1) Surface at Room Temperature. Journal of the American Chemical Society 127:13516–13518. doi: 10.1021/ja052778w
Tong X, et al (2004) A Self-Directed Growth Process for Creating Covalently Bonded Molecular Assemblies on the H−Si(100)-3×1 Surface. Nano Letters 4:979–983. doi: 10.1021/nl049796g
Tong X, et al (2003) Ring-Opening Radical Clock Reactions for Hybrid Organic−Silicon Surface Nanostructures: A New Self-Directed Growth Mechanism and Kinetic Insights. Nano Letters 4:357–360. doi: 10.1021/nl035021g