KANG Hway Chuan

KANG Hway Chuan

Associate Professor, Director (University Scholars Programme)

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Research

Research Interests

Surface chemistry and physics and computational chemistry are my main interests. My specific foci include:

•  Silicon-germanium surfaces/interfaces
•  Electronic structure and reactivity of nanoclusters of pure and mixed transition metals
•  Sputtering dynamics

 

Research Highlight

My research focuses upon the use of simulations grounded in statistical and quantum mechanics to provide molecular scale “pictures” of physical and chemical processes in molecules, clusters, surfaces and bulk materials. We are interested in modelling the kinetics of catalytic reactions, the structure and properties of solid and cluster surfaces, reaction energetics, the interactions and reactions of molecules adsorbed on surfaces, and the energetics of defects on surfaces and in the bulk.

 

Teaching Contributions AY2022/2023

• CM2133 Foundations of Physical Chemistry

 

Representative Publications 

• Ng, R. Q. M.; Tok, E. S.; Kang, H. C. Disilane Chemisorption on SixGe1-x(100)-(2×1): Molecular Mechanisms and Implications for Film Growth Rates. J. Chem. Phys. 2009,131, 8.
• Ong, W.; Tok, E. S.; Johll, H.; Kang, H. C. Self-Assembly, Dynamics, and Structure of Si Magic Clusters. Phys. Rev. B. 2009, 79, 9.
• Johll, H.; Kang, H. C.; Tok, E. S. Density Functional Theory Study of Fe, Co, and Ni Adatoms and Dimers Adsorbed on Graphene. Phys. Rev. B. 2009, 79, 18.
• Ng, R. Q. M.; Tok, E. S.; Kang, H. C. Molecular Mechanisms for Disilane Chemisorption on Si(100)-(2×1). J. Chem. Phys. 2009, 130, 11.
• Li, Q.; Tok, E. S.; Kang, H. C. Energetics of Adsorbed Hydrogen and Surface Germanium on Stepped Si(x)Ge(1-x)(100)-(2 X 1) Surfaces. Phys. Rev. B. 2008, 77, 10.