1993-1997, Peking University, Bachelor
1997-2000, Peking University, Master
2000-2003, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Master
2003-2007, Stanford University, Ph.D.
2007-2008, Stanford University, Postdoctoral Associate
2008-2009, University of California Berkeley, Visiting Scholar
2009-2015, Rice University, Assistant Professor, PI
2015-now, Peking University, Professor, PI
We are developing innovative techniques and methods to seek the molecular-level understanding of the common basic principles underneath many seemingly unrelated macroscopic phenomena ranging from heat dissipations in CPU, cell signaling, biomolecular denaturation and recognitions, batteries, heterogeneous catalysts, nanophotonics, and chemical dynamics of energetic materials. At the atomic level, all these sophisticated observations are dictated by the atomic coordinates and their time evolutions and energy fluctuations associated with the change of the coordinates. At the molecular level, the atomic properties are reflected by the three-dimensional molecular conformations and their fluctuations and the fluctuation induced molecular vibrations, rotations, and translations. Fundamental knowledge about these molecular details will be indispensable for the current nanotechnology to advance into a next level: angstromtechnology.
Selected Publications
- Guan, J.X., Prlj, A., Wei, R., Peng, J., Lin, K.H., Liu, J.T., Han, H., Yu, Z.H., Corminboeuf, C., Zhao D., and Zheng, J.R. (2020) Direct observation of aggregation-induced emission mechanism, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 132, 15013-15019.
- Lei, Y.X., Dai, W.B., Guan, J.X., Guo, S., Ren, F., Zhou, Y.D., Shi, J.B., Tong, B., Cai, Z.X., Zheng, J.R., Dong, Y.P. (2020) Wild-Range Color-Tunable Organic Phosphorescence Materials for Printable and Writable Security Inks, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202003585.
- Cao, J., Shen, X.Y., Yu, Z.H., and Zheng, J.R. (2020) Engineering the crystalline silicon surface by femtosecond laser processing in liquid: hierarchical micro/nanostructure and amorphization, Mater. Chem. Phys., 248, 122909.
- Liu, J.T., Ye, W.J., Wang, S.J., Zheng, J.R., Tang, W.P., Li, X.X. (2020) Synthesis of Lactams via Ir-Catalyzed C−H Amidation Involving Ir- Nitrene Intermediates, J. Org. Chem., 85, 4430-4440.
- Deng, G.H., Shen, Y.N., Chen, H.L., Chen, Y.J., Jiang, B., Wu, G.R., Yang, X.M., Yuan, K.J., and Zheng, J.R. (2019) Ordered to Disordered Transformation of Enhanced Water Structure on Hydrophobic Surfaces in Concentrated Alcohol-Water Solutions, J. Phys. Chem. Lett., 10, 7922-7928.
- Wang Lulu†, Huang Kuo-Wei, Chen Jitao*, Zheng Junrong*; Ultralong cycle stability of aqueous zinc-ion batteries with zinc vanadium oxide cathodes; Science Advances; 2019, 5: 4279
- Xu Linghong†, Li Guibin, Guan Jianxin, Wang Lulu, Chen Jitao*, Zheng Junrong*; Garnet-doped composite polymer electrolyte with high ionic conductivity for dendrite-free lithium batteries; Journal of Energy Storage; 2019, 24: 100767.
- Li Jiebo†, Zhang Yufan, Zheng Junrong*; Intermolecular energy flows between surface molecules on metal nanoparticles; Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics; 2019, 21: 4240-4245.
- Deng Liang†, Zhang Juntian, Chen Jitao, Yu Zhihao, Zheng Junrong*; Non-sedated functional imaging based on deep synchronization of PROPELLER MRI and NIRS; Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine; 2019, 175: 1-7
- Zhang, Y.F.; Chen, X.; Zheng, B.; Guo, X.M.; Pan, Y.P.; Chen, H. L.; Li, H.F.; Min, S.X.;Guan, C.; Huang, K.W.; Zheng, J. R. (2018) Structural Analysis of Transient Reaction Intermediate in Formic Acid Dehydrogenation Catalysis Using Two-Dimensional IR Spectroscopy. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U. S. A. 115, 12395–12400.
- X Wen, H Chen, T Wu, Z Yu, Q Yang, J Deng, etc. & J Zheng. Ultrafast probes of electron-hole transitions between two atomic layers. Nat. Commun., 9(2018): 1859.
- H Chen, X Chen, J Deng, & J Zheng. Isotropic ordering of ions in ionic liquids on the sub-nanometer scale, Chem. Sci., 9(2018): 1464
- X Cao, L Wang, J Chen, & J Zheng. A low-cost Mg2+/Na+ hybrid aqueous battery. J. Mater. Chem. A., 6(2018): 15762
- G Li, X Chen, L Miao, J Chen, & J Zheng. A hybridized solid-gel nonflammable Li-Battery. J. Power Sources. 394 (2018): 26
- X Cao, L Wang, J Chen, & J Zheng. Low-Cost Aqueous Magnesium-Ion Battery Capacitor with Commercial Mn3O4 and Activated Carbon. ChemElectroChem. 5(2018): 1
- Q Zhang, H Chen, T Wu, T Jin, Z Pan, J Zheng, Y Gao, W Zhuang, The opposite effects of sodium and potassium cations on water dynamics. Chem. Sci., 8(2017): 1429
- C Guan, D Zhang, Y Pan, M Iguchi, etc. & J Zheng. Y Himeda, H Kawanami, K Huang. Dehydrogenation of Formic Acid Catalyzed by a Ruthenium Complex with an N,N'-Diimine Ligand. Inorg. Chem., 56.1 (2017): 438
- H Chen, H Bian, J Zheng, Determining 3D Molecular Conformations with Ultrafast Multiple-Dimensional Vibrational Spectroscopy. Acta Phys.-Chim. Sin. 33.1 (2017): 40
- D Zhou, Q Wei, H Bian, J Zheng, Direct Vibrational Energy Transfer in Monomeric Water Probed with Ultrafast Two Dimensional Infrared Spectroscopy, Chin. J. Chem. Phys., 30(2017): 619
- H Chen, X Wen, J Zhang, T Wu, Y Gong, X Zhang, J Yuan, C Yi, J Lou, etc. & J Zheng. Ultrafast formation of interlayer hot excitons in atomically thin MoS2/WS2 heterostructures. Nat. Commun., 7(2016): 12512
- J Li, K Yuan, H Chen, A Miranda, Y Shen, etc. & J Zheng. Nonresonant Vibrational Energy Transfer on Metal Nanoparticle/Liquid Interface. J. Phys. Chem. C., 120.44(2016): 25173
- B Jiang, V Ponnuchamy, Y Shen, X Yang, K Yuan, V Vetere, S Mossa, I Skarmoutsos, Y Zhang, & J Zheng. The Anion Effect on Li+ Ion Coordination Structure in Ethylene Carbonate Solutions. J. Phys. Chem. Lett., 7.18(2016): 3554
- Y Shen, G Deng, C Ge, Y Tian, G Wu, X Yang, J Zheng, K Yuan, Solvation structure around the Li+ ion in succinonitrile-lithium salt plastic crystalline electrolytes. Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 18.22(2016): 14867
- Y Shen, B Jiang, C Ge, G Deng, H Chen, X Yang, K Yuan, J Zheng, Intermolecular Vibrational Energy Transfers in Melts and Solutions. Chin. J. Chem. Phys., 29.4(2016): 407
