Xiao Cheng Zeng Explained

Xiao Cheng Zeng
Native Name:曾晓成
Native Name Lang:zh
Nationality:China
Fields:Physical chemistry
Nanomaterials
Workplaces:City University of Hong Kong
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Alma Mater:Peking University
Ohio State University
Known For:Computational chemistry
Awards:Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
Fellow of American Physical Society
Fellow of American Association for the Advancement of Science
Fellow of Royal Society of Chemistry
Fellow of Materials Research Society
Foreign Fellow of European Academy of Sciences

Xiao Cheng Zeng (Chinese: 曾晓成) is a Chinese scientist. He currently serves as the Head of Department of Materials Science & Engineering and a Chair Professor of Materials Chemistry and Chemical Engineering at City University of Hong Kong. He is also an Emeritus Chancellor's University Professor at University of Nebraska–Lincoln (USA). He is a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, a fellow of the American Physical Society, a fellow of US Materials Research Society, a fellow of Royal Society of Chemistry, and a foreign fellow of the European Academy of Sciences. He had also held a John Simon Guggenheim fellowship.

Education

He received his bachelor degree in Physics from Peking University in 1984 and his Ph.D. in Condensed Matter Physics from the Ohio State University in 1989. He pursued his postdoctoral research in Physical Chemistry at University of Chicago (1989–1992) and UCLA (1992–1993).

Career and Reaserch

As a computational physical chemist, Zeng has made original contributions to thermodynamics and phase transition of nanoconfined water/ice, and water/surface interaction and wetting; original contributions to gold-cluster science & nanocatalysis; atmospheric reactions; and computational design of low-dimensional materials.

Low-dimensional ice/ice hydrates: Zeng opened the field of low-dimensional ice/ice hydrates. In 1997, he predicted 2D bilayer hexagonal ice, nicknamed "the Nebraska ice".,[1] a phase of water ice that is two-dimensional.[2] And it was confirmed by two experiments: one by the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory in 2009[3] and another by the Peking University in 2020.[4] Thereafter, this 2D bilayer hexagonal ice is named 2D ice I. Moreover, his theoretical predictions of the 1D ices (1D ice-nanotubes I-III),[5] "DNA-ice",[6] ferroelectric ice-χ,[7] and 2D amorphous,[8] plastic, and superionic ices[9] enriched ice family.

Gold-cluster science & nanocatalysis: In 2006, he discovered the first all-metal cage molecules (Au16-18).[10] Later, he resolved size/structure/catalytic-activity relationship of 20+ gold clusters;[11] [12] he also developed a grand-unified model to decipher structures of 70+ ligand-covered gold clusters.

Atmospheric reactions: Since 2015, he has found several new chemical reactions on water/cloud droplets with implications to atmospheric new particle formation and haze chemistry.[13] [14] [15] [16]

Computational design of low-dimensional materials: In 2011, he predicted 20+ metallic boron monolayer structures and created systematic naming series for these monolayers, including α, β, χ, and δ series;[17] two in these series, χ3-borophene and β12-borophene were later confirmed by experiments.[18] [19]

Zeng's scientific accomplishments are documented in more than 700 journal publications with more than 57000 citations.

Prizes and Honours

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: 'Nebraska Ice' leads to 3 more discoveries Announce University of Nebraska-Lincoln . 2024-10-23 . newsroom.unl.edu.
  2. Koga . Kenichiro . Zeng . X. C. . Tanaka . Hideki . 1997-12-29 . Freezing of Confined Water: A Bilayer Ice Phase in Hydrophobic Nanopores . Physical Review Letters . en . 79 . 26 . 5262–5265 . 10.1103/PhysRevLett.79.5262 . 1997PhRvL..79.5262K . 0031-9007.
  3. Kimmel . Greg A. . Matthiesen . Jesper . Baer . Marcel . Mundy . Christopher J. . Petrik . Nikolay G. . Smith . R. Scott . Dohnálek . Zdenek . Kay . Bruce D. . 2009-09-09 . No Confinement Needed: Observation of a Metastable Hydrophobic Wetting Two-Layer Ice on Graphene . Journal of the American Chemical Society . en . 131 . 35 . 12838–12844 . 10.1021/ja904708f . 19670866 . 0002-7863.
  4. Ma . Runze . Cao . Duanyun . Zhu . Chongqin . Tian . Ye . Peng . Jinbo . Guo . Jing . Chen . Ji . Li . Xin-Zheng . Francisco . Joseph S. . Zeng . Xiao Cheng . Xu . Li-Mei . Wang . En-Ge . Jiang . Ying . January 2020 . Atomic imaging of the edge structure and growth of a two-dimensional hexagonal ice . Nature . en . 577 . 7788 . 60–63 . 2020Natur.577...60M . 10.1038/s41586-019-1853-4 . 1476-4687 . 31894149.
  5. Koga . Kenichiro . Gao . G. T. . Tanaka . Hideki . Zeng . X. C. . August 2001 . Formation of ordered ice nanotubes inside carbon nanotubes . Nature . en . 412 . 6849 . 802–805 . 10.1038/35090532 . 11518961 . 2001Natur.412..802K . 1476-4687.
  6. Bai . Jaeil . Wang . Jun . Zeng . X. C. . 2006-12-26 . Multiwalled ice helixes and ice nanotubes . Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences . en . 103 . 52 . 19664–19667 . 10.1073/pnas.0608401104 . free . 0027-8424 . 1750917 . 17170136. 2006PNAS..10319664B .
  7. Zhu . Weiduo . Huang . Yingying . Zhu . Chongqin . Wu . Hong-Hui . Wang . Lu . Bai . Jaeil . Yang . Jinlong . Francisco . Joseph S. . Zhao . Jijun . Yuan . Lan-Feng . Zeng . Xiao Cheng . 2019-04-26 . Room temperature electrofreezing of water yields a missing dense ice phase in the phase diagram . Nature Communications . en . 10 . 1 . 1925 . 10.1038/s41467-019-09950-z . 31028288 . 6486617 . 2019NatCo..10.1925Z . 2041-1723.
  8. Bai . Jaeil . Zeng . Xiao Cheng . 2012-12-26 . Polymorphism and polyamorphism in bilayer water confined to slit nanopore under high pressure . Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences . en . 109 . 52 . 21240–21245 . 10.1073/pnas.1213342110 . free . 0027-8424 . 3535661 . 23236178. 2012PNAS..10921240B .
  9. Jiang . Jian . Gao . Yurui . Li . Lei . Liu . Yuan . Zhu . Weiduo . Zhu . Chongqin . Francisco . Joseph S. . Zeng . Xiao Cheng . March 2024 . Rich proton dynamics and phase behaviours of nanoconfined ices . Nature Physics . en . 20 . 3 . 456–464 . 10.1038/s41567-023-02341-8 . 2024NatPh..20..456J . 1745-2481.
  10. Bulusu . Satya . Li . Xi . Wang . Lai-Sheng . Zeng . Xiao Cheng . 2006-05-30 . Evidence of hollow golden cages . Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences . en . 103 . 22 . 8326–8330 . 10.1073/pnas.0600637103 . free . 0027-8424 . 1482493 . 16714382.
  11. Li . Lei . Zeng . Xiao Cheng . 2014-11-12 . Direct Simulation Evidence of Generation of Oxygen Vacancies at the Golden Cage Au 16 and TiO 2 (110) Interface for CO Oxidation . Journal of the American Chemical Society . en . 136 . 45 . 15857–15860 . 10.1021/ja508666a . 25338299 . 0002-7863.
  12. Gao . Yi . Shao . Nan . Pei . Yong . Chen . Zhongfang . Zeng . Xiao Cheng . 2011-10-25 . Catalytic Activities of Subnanometer Gold Clusters (Au 16 –Au 18, Au 20, and Au 27 –Au 35) for CO Oxidation . ACS Nano . en . 5 . 10 . 7818–7829 . 10.1021/nn201817b . 21888432 . 1936-0851.
  13. Li . Hao . Zhong . Jie . Vehkamäki . Hanna . Kurtén . Theo . Wang . Weigang . Ge . Maofa . Zhang . Shaowen . Li . Zesheng . Zhang . Xiuhui . Francisco . Joseph S. . Zeng . Xiao Cheng . 2018-09-05 . Self-Catalytic Reaction of SO 3 and NH 3 To Produce Sulfamic Acid and Its Implication to Atmospheric Particle Formation . Journal of the American Chemical Society . en . 140 . 35 . 11020–11028 . 10.1021/jacs.8b04928 . 30088767 . 0002-7863.
  14. Li . Lei . Kumar . Manoj . Zhu . Chongqin . Zhong . Jie . Francisco . Joseph S. . Zeng . Xiao Cheng . 2016-02-17 . Near-Barrierless Ammonium Bisulfate Formation via a Loop-Structure Promoted Proton-Transfer Mechanism on the Surface of Water . Journal of the American Chemical Society . en . 138 . 6 . 1816–1819 . 10.1021/jacs.5b13048 . 26811124 . 0002-7863.
  15. Li . Lei . Duan . Zhiyao . Li . Hui . Zhu . Chongqin . Henkelman . Graeme . Francisco . Joseph S. . Zeng . Xiao Cheng . 2018-07-10 . Formation of HONO from the NH 3 -promoted hydrolysis of NO 2 dimers in the atmosphere . Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences . en . 115 . 28 . 7236–7241 . 10.1073/pnas.1807719115 . free . 0027-8424 . 6048549 . 29941594.
  16. Zhong . Jie . Zhao . Yu . Li . Lei . Li . Hui . Francisco . Joseph S. . Zeng . Xiao Cheng . 2015-09-23 . Interaction of the NH 2 Radical with the Surface of a Water Droplet . Journal of the American Chemical Society . en . 137 . 37 . 12070–12078 . 10.1021/jacs.5b07354 . 26325351 . 0002-7863.
  17. Wu . Xiaojun . Dai . Jun . Zhao . Yu . Zhuo . Zhiwen . Yang . Jinlong . Zeng . Xiao Cheng . 2012-08-28 . Two-Dimensional Boron Monolayer Sheets . ACS Nano . en . 6 . 8 . 7443–7453 . 10.1021/nn302696v . 22816319 . 1936-0851.
  18. Feng . Baojie . Zhang . Jin . Zhong . Qing . Li . Wenbin . Li . Shuai . Li . Hui . Cheng . Peng . Meng . Sheng . Chen . Lan . Wu . Kehui . June 2016 . Experimental realization of two-dimensional boron sheets . Nature Chemistry . en . 8 . 6 . 563–568 . 10.1038/nchem.2491 . 27219700 . 1512.05029 . 2016NatCh...8..563F . 1755-4349.
  19. Mannix . Andrew J. . Zhou . Xiang-Feng . Kiraly . Brian . Wood . Joshua D. . Alducin . Diego . Myers . Benjamin D. . Liu . Xiaolong . Fisher . Brandon L. . Santiago . Ulises . Guest . Jeffrey R. . Yacaman . Miguel Jose . Ponce . Arturo . Oganov . Artem R. . Hersam . Mark C. . Guisinger . Nathan P. . 2015-12-18 . Synthesis of borophenes: Anisotropic, two-dimensional boron polymorphs . Science . en . 350 . 6267 . 1513–1516 . 10.1126/science.aad1080 . 0036-8075 . 4922135 . 26680195. 2015Sci...350.1513M .
  20. Web site: Xiao Cheng Zeng – John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation... . 2024-10-20 . en-US.
  21. Web site: APS Honors and Aword Winners .
  22. Web site: Xiao Zeng ORCA . 2024-10-21 . mediahub.unl.edu . en.
  23. Web site: St. Louis Section–American Chemical Society » Midwest Award . 2024-10-21 . en-US.
  24. Web site: Postdoc Awards Graduate Studies Nebraska . 2024-10-21 . graduate.unl.edu.
  25. Web site: Surfaces and Interfaces Award . 2024-10-21 . Royal Society of Chemistry . en-GB.
  26. Web site: 2019 . 2024-10-21 . www.mrs.org . en.
  27. Web site: Highly Cited Researchers . 2024-10-21 . Clarivate . 11 July 2024 . en.
  28. Web site: 2022-04-13 . Members - European Academy of Sciences . 2024-10-20 . en-US.

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