Surface and Interface Science Laboratory
News
- New Science Advances Publication
Our paper titled
Atomistic mechanisms of water vapor–induced surface passivation has been published in Science Advances.
The work was featured in the Tribology & Lubrication Technology Magazine, published by the Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers and in Corrosion Protection -- November 2023
- New PNAS publication
Our paper titled
Tuning the surface reactivity of oxides by peroxide species has been published in PNAS.
The work was highlighted by Binghamton University and Brookhaven National Laboratory -- April 2023
- New Nature Publication
Our paper titled
Dislocation-induced stop-and-go kinetics of interfacial transformations has been published in Nature.
The work was highlighted by Binghamton University, and Brookhaven National Laboratory -- August 2022
- Our work was highlighted as a spotlight story by Brookhaven National Laboratory Observing Oxidation at the Atomic Level with Guangwen Zhou -- October 2021
- Congratulations to Hanlei Zhang in successfully defending his Ph.D thesis, well done! Hanlei has started his postdoctoral research at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory -- March 2019
- Research highlight - our study on the Cu2O reduction process has been highlighted by DOE Office of Science See What Lies Beneath -- December 2017
- New Nature Materials publication
Our paper titled
Dislocation nucleation facilitated by atomic segregation has been published in Nature Materials -- November 2017
- Research highlight - our study on surface segregation induced dislocation nucleation has been highlighted by Binghamton University, Brookhaven National Laboratory on BNL homepage , Department of Energy, Office of Science , SUNY Research Foundation , and Phys.org -- November 2017
- Research highlight - our in-situ TEM work on the Cu2O/Cu interfacial transformation has been highlighted by the Office of Science, Department of Energy and Binghamton University -- September 2017
- New Nature Communication publication
Our paper titled In situ atomic-scale imaging of the metal/oxide interfacial transformation has been published in Nature Communications -- June 2017
- New Journal of Physical Chemistry Letter publication
Our paper titled Atomically Visualizing Elemental Segregation Induced Surface Alloying and Restructuring has been published in Journal of Physical Chemistry Letter -- December 2017
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Our research on Cu oxidation/corrosion was featured in Watson Research Magazine -- May 2017
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Qiyue Yin has successfully defended her Ph.D thesis, congratulations! -- April 2017
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Lianfeng Zou has successfully defended his Ph.D thesis, well done! Lianfeng will start his postdoctoral research at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory -- February 2017
- Congratulations to Wenhui Zhu in successfully defending her PhD thesis! Wenhui will start her career with Ford Motor Co. -- November 2016
- Congratulations to Qianqian Liu on a successful defense of her PhD thesis! -- November 2016
- Wenhui Zhu has won a best poster award at Microscopy and Microanalysis 2016, well done! -- July 2016
- Congratulations to Dongxiaong Wu on successfully defending his thesis for the degree of M.S. in Materials Science and Engineering. Dongxiang will stay in our group for PhD study -- May 2016
- Congratulations to Weitao Shao on successfully defending his thesis for the degree of M.S. in Materials Science and Engineering. Weitao will join Prof. Wissam Saidi’ group at the University of Pittsburgh as a PhD student and continue his DFT modeling work -- May 2016
- Our research on the oxidation/corrosion of copper received media coverage from several venues including
Fox 40 and Phys.org — May, 2015
- Congratulations Wenhui Zhu, who was awarded a scholarship to attend the 2016 Winter School on High Resolution Electron Microscopy at Arizona State University January 4-8 -- Nov 2015
- Congratulations Qianqian Liu on being awarded "the Best Talk Award" at the 2015 Fall Meeting of Hudson Mohawk AVS Chapter for her scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) work, well done! -- Oct 2015
- Congratulations to Qiyue Yin for receiving a Presidential Scholar Award from the Microscopy Society of America, well done! -- April 2015
- Wenhui Zhu has been awarded a Microscopy & Microanalysis 2015 Presidential Scholar Award, congratulations! -- March 2015
- Liang Li has successfully defended his Ph.D thesis, well done! Liang has accepted a postdoctoral research position at Argonne National Laboratory -- March 2015
- A feature article on our NiAl oxidation study was published in TechBeat - a regular column that highlights new technologies and innovations in the lubricant industry for the magazine Tribology & Lubrication Technology (TLT) that is published by the Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers -- March 2015
- Research highlight - our NiAl oxidation study has been highlighted by the Office of Science, Department of Energy, Brookhaven National Laboratory, and Binghamton University -- Jan 2015
- Graduate Student Excellence Award - Liang Li received the Graduate Student Excellence Award in Research, well done! -- Dec. 2014
- New PNAS publication
Our paper titled "Oxidation-driven surface dynamics on NiAl(100)" has been published by Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences -- Dec 2014
- New PRL Publication
Our paper titled "Surface step induced oscillatory oxide growth" has been accepted for publication in Physical Revew Letters - August 2014
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Congratulations to Lu Yuan for her successful Ph.D defense, well done! We wish her all the best with her industrial career -- March 2014
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We welcome our Visiting Professor Canying Cai from Xiantan Univeristy in China. Prof. Cai is an expert on electron crystallography and will participate in the quantitative analysis of interfacial phenomena using in-situ TEM techniques -- Jan 2014
- New PRL Publication
A paper titled: "Step edge induced oxide growth during the oxidation of Cu surfaces" has been published in Physical Review Letters 109, 235502 (2012) (This paper was reported as news in Science/Technology Concentrates, Chemical & Engineering News, 12/17/2012)
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Congratulations to Daizhao Li on successfully defending her thesis for the degree of M.S. in Materials Engineering -- Aug 2013
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Congratulations to Min-Young Jang on the occasion of his MSc thesis defense and we all wish him luck with his new position at Samsung -- Aug 2013
- New NSF grant
Dr. Zhou received a new three-year grant from the National Science Foundation on in-situ study of methanol oxidation catalyzed by copper-based materials -- July 2013
- Poster Award - Congratulations to Lu Yuan, who won a Poster Award at the CASE "Science-to-Technology Day 2013" for her work "Spontaneous Oxide Nanowire Formation During the Thermal Oxidation of Metals" -- March 2013
- New SUNY Research Collaboration grant
In collaboration with Dr.Salvatore Salamone at SUNY Buffalo, we received a two-year grant from the SUNY Research Foundation Collaboration Fund on the study of the mechanism of corrosion in civil infrastructures -- Dec 2012
- New PRL Publication
A paper titled: " Step edge induced oxide growth during the oxidation of Cu surfaces" has been published in Physical Review Letters 109, 235502 (2012) (This paper was reported as news in Science/Technology Concentrates, Chemical & Engineering News, 12/17/2012)
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Congratulations to Langli Luo for successfully defending his Ph.D thesis, well done! Langli has received a postdoctoral researcher position at Northwestern University -- Nov 2012
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Welecome new postdoc Hailang Qin. The group continues to grow as it welcomes Dr. Hailang Qin who joins us after completing his PhD at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore -- Sept 2012
- New NSF grant
Dr. Zhou received a new three-year grant from the National Science Foundation on in-situ TEM study of nanosolders in collaboration with Drs. Zhiyong Gu (PI) and Sammy Shina at the University of Massachusetts Lowell -- August 2012
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Welcome new PhD students Liangeng Zou, Wenhui Zhu, and Qiyue Yin join our lab -- August 2012
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Congratulations to Yanchang Li on the occasion of his MSc thesis defense and we all whish him luck with his new position -- July 2012
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Congratulations to Na Cai for her successful Ph.D defense, well done! We wish her luck and success with her industrial career -- July 2012
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Congratulations to Dapeng Wang on his successful Ph.D defense, well done! We wish him luck and success with his new job -- May 2012
- New PRL Publication
A paper titled: "Precursor to the bulk oxide formation during the oxidation of Cu(100)" has been published in Physical Review Letters 108, 176102 (2012).
This work is done in collaboration with Yunfeng Shi's group at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute -- May 2012
- New DOE Grant
Our Department of Energy (DOE) project "In-situ visualization and theoretical modeling of the early-stage oxidation of metals and alloys" has been renewed for 05/2012-05/2015 -- May 2012
- Our work is highlighted in the cover of UNY-Research Foundation webpage -- May 2012
- New PRL Publication
A paper titled: "Tuning the Limiting Thickness of a Thin Oxide Layer on Al(111) with Oxygen Gas Pressure" has been published in Physical Review Letters 107, 035502 (2011) -- July 2011
- NSF CAREER AWARD
Dr. Guangwen Zhou received a CAREER award from the National Science Foundation. This project is to elucidate the atomistic mechanism of the reduction of metal oxides -- MAY 2011
