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2024
  • 2024.6 : Congratulations!Our paper "Probing structural superlubricity of two-dimensional water transport with atomic resolution" was published on Science. see PKUPhy news.
  • 2024.5 : Congratulations!Our paper "Atomic-scale insights into the mystery of how ice surfaces melt" was published on Nature. The editorial department of Nature magazine also issued a research briefing titled "Atomic scale insights into the mystery of how ice surfaces melt" to provide a special report on the article.see PKUPhy news.
2023
  • 2023.12 : Congratulations!Our paper "Nanoscale one-dimensional close packing of interfacial alkali ions driven by water-mediated attraction" was published on Nature Nanotechnology. see PKUPhy news.
  • 2023.10 : Prof. Jiang was selected for The New Cornerstone Investigator Program ("新基石研究员项目"). Congratulations! PKUPhy news, PKU news, 2023New Cornerstone Investigator List.
  • 2023.06 : Congratulations!Jiani Hong finished her Ph.D thesis defences, see photo.
2022
  • 2022.10 : Jiani Hong won the National Scholarship. Congratulations to Jiani!
  • 2022.08 : Our paper "Coherence enhancement of solid-state qubits by local manipulation of the electron spin bath" was published on Nature physics.
  • 2022.07 : Congratulations!Our paper "Visualizing Eigen/Zundel cations and their interconversion in monolayer water on metal surfaces" was published on Science. see pku news, pku news (English), Zhishe News.
  • 2022.04 : Our paper "A qPlus-based scanning probe microscope compatible with optical measurements" was published on Review of Scientific Instruments.
  • 2022.03 : Jinbo Peng joined the Tsung-Dao Lee Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong University as a tenure-track Associate Professor. Congratulations to Jinbo! link.
2021
  • 2021.12 : Congratulations! Our new review article "Water-solid interfaces probed by high-resolution atomic force microscopy" was published on Surface Science Reports, pku news, pku news (English).
  • 2021.10 : Our group were invited to exhibit our core technology on " the 13th Five-Year Plan" scientific and technological innovation achievement exhibition! see photo.
  • 2021.09 : Bowei Cheng won the Tung OOCL Scholarship. Congratulations!
  • 2021.06 : Ye Tian, Qin Wang and Wentian Zheng finished their Ph.D thesis defences, see photo1, photo2, photo3
  • 2021.05 : Congratulations to Ke Bian! Our new review article "Scanning probe microscopy" was published by Nat Rev Methods Primers, PDF Download, Poster Download
  • 2021.05 :Our new work "Nanoscale electric-field imaging based on a quantum sensor and its charge-state control under ambient condition" was published by Nature Communications.
  • 2021.04 :Prof. Jiang has been selected for the 2021 edition of the Asian Scientist 100 list. Congratulations! link.
  • 2021.03 :Prof. Jiang won the Achievement in Asia Award (AAA),Robert T. Poe Prize ("亚洲成就奖") by the International Organization of Chinese Physicists and Astronomers. Congratulations! pku news, pku news(english edition), OCPA.
2020
  • 2020.10: Ye Tian won the May Fourth Scholarship. Congratulations!
  • 2020.10 : Our joint work with Xiamen University entitled "Surface Coordination Layer Passivates Oxidation of Copper" was published by Nature.
  • 2020.9 : Prof. Jiang received the "Zhongguancun Award to Outstanding Young Scientists"(“杰出青年中关村奖”) by Beijing government. link.
  • 2020.9 : Prof. Jiang gave a short speech at the opening ceremony of School of Physics, PKU. link.
  • 2020.9 : Our new center "Interdisciplinary Institute of Light-Elements Quantum Materials" (“轻元素量子材料交叉平台”) was funded by Beijing government and began construction. link.
  • 2020.8 : Our joint work with Xiamen University entitled "Surface Coordination Layer Passivates Oxidation of Copper" was accepted by Nature. Congratulations, Zhichang!
  • 2020.8 : Prof. Jiang won the "Nishina Asia Award" by Nishina Memorial Foundation. link
  • 2020.7 : Prof. Jiang gave a TED talk in Gezhi Lundao Forum (格致论道讲坛). link.
  • 2020.7 : Ke and Sifan have successfully defended their PhD theses, congratulations! see picture
  • 2020.5 : Prof. Jiang was awarded "Sir Martin Wood China Prize" by Oxford Instruments.
  • 2020.5 : Our paper entitled "Probing Nonequilibrium Dynamics of Photoexcited Polarons on a Metal-Oxide Surface with Atomic Precision" was published by Physical Review Letters and selected as Editors' Suggestion. Congratulations, Chaoyu, Xiangzhi and Qin! Physical Review Letterspku news, PKU news (English version), Zhi She, Chinese Science Bulletin
  • 2020.3 : Prof. Jiang was invited to give a talk in American Physics Society March Meeting, Denver, Colorado.
  • 2020.3 : Prof. Jiang was selected as a 2020 Young Global Leader of the World Economic Forum. link.
  • 2020.1 : Our paper entitled "Atomic imaging of the edge structure and growth of a two-dimensional hexagonal ice" was published by Nature. Congratulations, Runze and Ye! Nature, pku news, Physics World, Nature Reviews Chemistry, PKU news, PKU news (English version), Science and Technology Daily, Zhi She, Kou Xiang, Chinese Science Bulletin, National Natural Science Fundation of China.
2019
  • 2019.11 : Prof. Jiang was invited to World Laureates Association Forum and gave a talk to 65 World Laureates (including 44 Nobel Prize Laureates). Prof. Jiang is one of the selected 10 speakers out of 100 worldwide young scientists. link1,link2,link3,see photo,see video
  • 2019.10 : Our paper was published in Science Bulletin, and was selected as the cover. Congratulations, Zhichang!
  • 2019.10 : Runze Ma got an offer from Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, US as a postdoctoral research associate.
  • 2019.09 : Prof. Jiang was elected as a Fellow of the American Physical Society. pku news, pku news(english edition)
  • 2019.08 : A documentary by CCTV9. link.
  • 2019.06 : A character interview by Science and Technology Daily(科技日报). link.
  • 2019.06 : Prof. Jiang was invited to give a keynote lecture in Future Youth Forum(未来青年论坛)link
  • 2019.06 : Runze Ma have successfully defended his PhD dissertation, congratulations! see picture
  • 2019.06 : Zhong Wang got his bachelor’s degree and will start his PhD research at Max Planck Graduate Center for Quantum Materials(MPGC-QM), Germany.congratulations! see picture
  • 2019.06 : Prof. Jiang recieved "China-Youth Science and Technology Award"(中国青年科技奖) by China Association of Science and Technology(中国科协). link.
  • 2019.03 : Group members attended the APS and DPG Meeting. (image)
  • 2019.03 : Prof. Jiang gave a "Yuelu Lecture" in Hunan University. hnu news
  • 2019.03 : Our joint work was published in Nature Communications. Congratulations, Zhichang!
  • 2019.02 : Prof. Jiang was awarded "The leading innovative talent in the science and technology(“万人计划”科技创新领军人才)" by Central Chinese Government. see attached file.
  • 2019.02 : Our work on ion hydrate was selected as "2018 Top-ten Science Advances of China"(中国科学十大进展). pku news
  • 2019.01 : Two review articles (in Chinese) on interfacial water by SPM were published. see attached file 1. file2.
  • 2019.01 : Prof. Martin Wenderoth from University of Göttingen visited our lab.
2018
  • 2018.12 : Our review work "Recent Advances In Ultrafast Time-Resolved Scanning Tunneling Microscopy" was published in Surface Review and Letters.
  • 2018.10 : Prof. Ulrike Diebold, from TU Wien, Vienna, Austria, has visited our lab. see pictures
  • 2018.09 : Prof. Jiang received "Award for Excellent Teaching" by Peking University. see attached file.
  • 2018.09 : Jing Guo was awarded the Springer Thesis prize for her outstanding Ph.D. thesis "High Resolution Imaging, Spectroscopy and Nuclear Quantum Effects of Interfacial Water". link, pku news
  • 2018.07 : Professor Jiang was invited to a mini-workshop ("Properties of Water at Molecular Scale") co-organized by Andre Geim and Vladimir Falko in National Graphene Institute of Manchester. see photos
  • 2018.06 : Zhichang Wang finished his Ph.D thesis defense and will join Diebold group as a Postdoctoral researcher. see picture
  • 2018.06 : Jing Guo joined the College of Chemistry in Beijing Normal University as a full Professor.
  • 2018.05 : Professor Jiang wins the 2018 Tan Kah Kee Young Scientist Award(陈嘉庚青年科学奖). link, pku news, pku news(english edition)
  • 2018.05 : Our review work "Research advances in investigating nuclear quantum effects of water" was published in Chinese Science Bulletin.
  • 2018.05 : Our paper "The effect of hydration number on the interfacial transport of sodium ions" was published by Nature. pku news, pku news(english edition), Nature Review Chemisty, Chinese Science Bulletin
  • 2018.03 : Professor Jiang was invited to 255th ACS National Meeting, New Orleans, LA.
  • 2018.03 : Jinbo was awarded Humboldt Research Fellowship for Postdoctoral Researchers. link
  • 2018.03 : Our joint work was published in Nano Letters. Congratulations, Runze!
  • 2018.02 : Our joint work was published in Advanced Materials. Congratulations, Zhichang!
  • 2018.01 : Our paper "Weakly perturbative imaging of interfacial water with submolecular resolution by atomic force microscopy" was published by Nature Communication. pku news, pku news(english edition), Chinese Science Bulletin
2017
  • 2017.12 : Chaoyu Guo finished the Phd thesis defense and will continue his research as a postdoctor. see pictures
  • 2017.12 : Our review article "Atomic-scale investigation of nuclear quantum effects of surface water: Experiments and theory" was published by Progress in Surface Science. pku news
  • 2017.11 : Prof. Jiang was invited to join the Editorial Advisory Board of Advanced Quantum Technologies, the newest member of the Advanced journal family published by Wiley.
  • 2017.11 : Ke Bian went to Jörg Wrachtrup group as a visiting student for further research in NV-based SPM.
  • 2017.10 : Prof. Yang Shao-Horn, from MIT, has visited our lab.
  • 2017.09 : Runze Ma has won the Poster Award in the 20th international conference on Non-Contact Atomic Force Microscopy. see pictures
  • 2017.09 : Dr. Leo Gross, from the IBM Research - Zurich Laboratory, has visited our lab. see pictures
  • 2017.09 : Our review article "Recent advances in inelastic electron tunneling spectroscopy" was published by Advances in Physics: X.
  • 2017.08 : Prof. Jiang was granted the "National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars"(“国家杰出青年科学基金”). link, pku news
  • 2017.07 : Prof. Jiang was invited as the Keynote speaker in OCPA-9 (The 9th Joint Meeting of Chinese Physicists Worldwide). link
  • 2017.07 : Our article "Argon Plasma Induced Phase Transition in Monolayer MoS2" was published by J. Am. Chem. Soc..
  • 2017.06 : Prof. Jiang was awarded the Physics Colloquium Speaker of The Chinese University of Hong Kong. see pictures
  • 2017.06 : Prof. Jiang was invited as the Keynote speaker in ICAVS-9 (The 9th International Conference on Advanced Vibrational Spectroscopy). link
  • 2017.06 : Jinbo Peng finished the Phd thesis defense, congratulations! see pictures
  • 2017.04 : Prof. Jiang was selected in "Cheung Kong Young Scholar Program". pku news
  • 2017.01 : Our paper "Atomic-scale imaging of the dissolution of NaCl islands by water at low temperature" was published by Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter. see JPhys+
  • 2017.01 : A nice story: The Dancing of the Water——A Record of the Series of "Nuclear Quantum Effects of the Water". pku news
2016
  • 2016.11 : There is an interview of our lab by Physics World (the member magazine of the Institute of Physics), which was founded by the current editor-in-chief of Nature (Philip Campbell). link of the interview
  • 2016.10 : Our paper "Perspective: Structure and dynamics of water at surfaces probed by scanning tunneling microscopy and spectroscopy" was published by Journal of Chemical Physics. pkunews
  • 2016.10 : Jinbo and Prof. Jiang attended the 15th International Workshop on Dynamics, Interactions and Electronic Transitions at Surfaces (DIET-15) where Prof. Jiang gave an invitation report.
  • 2016.10 : Jinbo Peng won the National Scholarship and Chaoyu Guo, Zhichang Wang the Special Scholarship. Congratulations!
  • 2016.09 : Prof. Harald Fuchs, from University of Münster, Germany, has visited our lab. see pictures
  • 2016.09 : Jinbo, Chaoyu, Zhichang, and Prof. Jiang attended the CPS Fall Meeting 2016. Prof. Jiang served as the caller of the “Surface and Low-dimensional Physics” division.
  • 2016.09 : Prof. Jiang was granted the Key Project (重点项目,310万) of National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC). link
  • 2016.08.19 : Jing Guo was elected for the first "Postdoctoral Innovative Personnel Support Program" (首届“博士后创新人才支持计划”). link
  • 2016.06.03 : Jing Guo and Xiangzhi Meng finished the Phd thesis defense, congratulations!
  • 2016.06.02 : Zeren Lin and Mingcheng Liang finished the undergraudate thesis defense, congratulations!
  • 2016.06:Jing Guo won the grand prize, Jinbo Peng and Chao Yu won the third prize in the twelfth Graduate Academic Forum of "Zhong Shengbiao education fund" (第十一届“钟盛标教育基金”研究生学术论坛).
  • 2016.03 : Our paper"Nuclear quantum effects of hydrogen bonds probed by tip-enhanced inelastic electron tunneling" was accepted by Science. Congratulations! pkunews
  • 2016.03 : Jinbo Peng obtained addmission to attend 66th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting. pkunews
  • 2016.03 : Prof. Jiang and Jinbo Peng attended APS march meeting. Prof Jiang gave an invited talk on Session P31: Water at Interfaces: From Spectroscopy Techniques to Computer Simulations.
2015
  • 2015.11 : Prof. Hiroshi Okuyama, from Kyoto University, Japan, visited our lab.
  • 2015.11 : Prof. An-Ping Li, from Oak Rdige National Laboratory, USA, visited our lab.
  • 2015.9 : Jinbo peng and Chaoyu Guo attended CPS in Jilin University.
  • 2015.9 : Jing Guo won the first prize of poster competetion at 18th international conference on nc-AFM .
  • 2015.6 : Jing Guo attended the 65th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting.
  • 2015.7:Our new LT-STM/AFM system has finished installation and passed acceptance.
  • 2015.6:Nikki Fowler of The University of Liverpool visited our group for two weeks.
  • 2015.5:Our group member Xiangzhi Meng won the first prize and Jing Guo,Jinbo Peng and Chaoyu Guo won the third prize in the eleventh Graduate Academic Forum of "Zhong Shengbiao education fund" (第十一届“钟盛标教育基金”研究生学术论坛).
  • 2015.4:Jing Guo passed through interview of 65th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting.
  • 2015.4:A research feature of our recent Nature Physics paper was just published in Phys.org.
  • 2015.3:Our image of "Visualizing an ice nanocluster" was posted in the 2015 APS March meeting image gallery.
  • 2015.2:Our paper“Direct visualization of concerted proton tunnelling in a water nanocluster” was report by Nature Physics and PKU.
  • 2015.2: Our paper“Direct visualization of concerted proton tunnelling in a water nanocluster” was published in Nature Physics. Congratulations!
2014
  • 14.10: Prof. Ying Jiang was invited to join the editorial board of Chemical Physics. Congratulations!
  • 2014.9: Our group member Jing Guo got the first prize in the communication conference of PH.D students from the Collaborative Innovation Center of Quantumn Materials (量子物质科学协同创新中心).
  • 2014.8: Prof. Chih-Kang Shih,from the University of Texas at Austin, USA, visited our lab.
  • 2014.8: Prof.Jiang and Jing Guo give a talk in the Chinese Chemistry Society of 2014. Meanwhile, Xiangzhi Meng's and Jinbo Peng's posters were awarded with the "Best Poster".
  • 2014.6: As a representive of the teachers, Prof. Jiang gave a speech at the commencement.
  • 2014.6:Dr. Andreas Heinrich from IBM visited our lab.
  • 2014.6:Our paper “An unconventional bilayer ice structure on a NaCl(001) film” is reported by AsianScientist with a title “How Ice Forms On Salt”.
  • 2014.6:Jiming Sheng, Ke Bian and Runze Ma finished their undergraduate theses in our group. Congratulations!
  • 2014.6:Our paper “An unconventional bilayer ice structure on a NaCl(001) film” published in Nature Communications is reported by Peking University.
  • 2014.5:Our new paper “An unconventional bilayer ice structure on a NaCl(001) film” is published in Nature Communications. Congratulations!
  • 2014.5:Our group member Jing Guo won the first prize and Xiangzhi Meng won the third prize in the tenth Graduate Academic Forum of "Zhong Shengbiao education fund" (第十届“钟盛标教育基金”研究生学术论坛). Congratulations!
  • 2014.4:Prof. Jiang won the best oral presentation award in the 9th “Ge Zhi” Young Scholars' Forum (第九届“格致”青年学者论坛).Congnratulations!
  • 2014.4:Prof. Dr. Karina Morgenstern and Prof.Dr. Mischa Bonn visited our lab.
  • 2014.4:Prof. Jiang was invited to give a plenary talk “Visualization of the proton tunneling in cyclic ice nanoclusters” in the International Conference on Water Sciences, Beijing, April 14-17, 2014.
  • 2014.1: Our paper "Real-space imaging of interfacial water with submolecular resolution" published in Nature Materials was reported by CCTV and The People's Daily.
  • 2014.1: Our paper "Real-space imaging of interfacial water with submolecular resolution" was published online in Nature Materials.
  • 2014.1: Prof. Andrew Hodgson from University of Liverpool was taking a visit to our Lab and ICQM.
2013
  • 2013.11: Our paper "Real-space imaging of interfacial water with submolecular resolution" was accepted for publication in Nature Materials.
  • 2013.11: Prof. Richard E Palmer,from the University of Birmingham, UK, visited our lab.
  • 2013.10: Prof. James G. Anderson, from Harvard University,visited our lab.
  • 2013.9: Prof.Jiang was invited to give a talk for the 1st National Symposium on Surface Physical Chemistry. Huangshan, China, 2013.10.
  • 2013.9: Our group member Jing Guo got the Best Poster Award in the Fall Meeting of Chinese Physical Society, 2013. Congratulations!
  • 2013.9: Prof.Jiang was invited to give a talk for the Chinese Physical Society Fall Meeting. Xiamen, China, 2013.9.
  • 2013.9: Prof. Hidemi Shigekawa from University of Tsukuba (Japan) and Dr. Sebastian Loth from University of Hamburg(Germany) visited our lab.
  • 2013.9: Zhichang Wang joined our group as a Ph.D student.Welcome!
  • 2013.7: Our home-made LT-STM has been built up and is taken a test.(Link
  • 2013.9: Prof.Jiang was invited to give a talk for the meeting——Forum of Frontiers of Science & Technology: Basic Research of Water Science. Beijing, China, 2013.6.
  • 2013.5:The Party committee secretary of Peking University, Shanlu Zhu(朱善璐), visited our lab.
  • 2013.3:The associate Minister of Education of China, Zhanyu Du(杜占元), visited our lab.
2012
  • 2012.11: Our recent work published in Nature chemistry was highlighted in the front page of CAS website. (Link1,Link2)
  • 2012.11: Our new paper titled “Electronically Nonalloyed State of a Statistical Single Atomic Layer Semiconductor Alloy”was published in Nano Lett. (Link)
  • 2012.10: Our new system (Createc LT-STM/AFM) was installed and tested.
  • 2012.10: Our new paper titled "Submolecular control, spectroscopy, and imaging of bond-selective chemistry in single molecules” was published in Nature Chemistry. (Link)
  • 2012.9:Jiming Sheng joined our group as an undergraduate researcher.
  • 2012.9:Jinbo Peng joined our group as a PH.D student.
  • 2012.8:Prof.Jiang was selected as the Excellent Young Talent for the national "Ten Thousand Talents Plan“(国家”万人计划“青年拔尖人才).
  • 2012.5:Jinbo Peng finished his undergraduation thesis in PKU.
  • 2012.4:The portable ultra-high-vacuum system was set up.
2011
  • 2011.12:Our new system (Createc LT-STM/AFM) will be delivered by summer of 2012.
  • 2011.8:Our Science paper was highlighted in Nature Nanotechnology and Science. (link1) (link2)
  • 2011.8:Our Science paper was reported in News on Web of Peking University. (link)
  • 2011.7:Our new paper titled "Real-space imaging of Kondo screening in a two-dimensional O2 lattice" was published in Science (2011).
  • 2011.5:Our new paper titled "Spatial imaging of individual vibronic states in the interior of single molecules" was published in J. Chem. Phys.(2011) .
  • 2011.4:Our new paper titled "Symmetry-dependent screening of surface plasmons in ultrathin supported films: The case of Al/Si(111)" was published in Phys. Rev. B (2011).
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