Xiao Tong

Expertise | Research | Education | Appointments | Publications | Highlights | Awards

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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 (>190  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 (2025) Electrical Transport Interplay with Charge Density Waves, Magnetization, and Disorder Tuned by 2D van der Waals Interface Modification via Elemental Intercalation and Substitution in ZrTe3, 2H-TaS2, and Cr2Si2Te6 Crystals. Nanomaterials 15:737. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano15100737
• 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
• 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

Research Highlights

BNL press release

Discovering Flat Bands in Unexpected Places

Exposure to Air Transforms Gold Alloys Into Catalytic Nanostructures

Lithium-Ion Battery Research "Flowers"

Tuning Electrode Surfaces to Optimize Solar Fuel Production

Brookhaven Lab and Euclid Techlabs to Develop Coated Cathodes for Electron-Ion Collider

Stabilizing High-Efficiency Solar Cells

Artificial Moth Eyes Enhance the Performance of Silicon Solar Cells

Awards & Recognition

-Visiting Fellowship, National Research Council of Canada, Canada 2000

-ERATO research fellow of Japan Science & Technology Corporation, 2000

-Special Research Fellow of Basic Science Program, RIKEN, Japan, 1997

-JST Research fellow of Japan Science & Technology Corporation, 1996  

-JGC-S Scholarship,  1994