LU Jiong

Associate Professor, Assistant Head (International Relations and Infrastructure), Dean's Chair Professor (2023-2026)

Postdoctoral fellow, National University of Singapore and University of California at Berkeley, 2011-2014; Ph.D., National University of Singapore, 2011; B.Sc., Fudan University, 2007.

Contact Information:

Office: MD1-14-03F

Tel: (65)-6516-2683

Fax: (65)-6779-1691

Email: chmluj@nus.edu.sg

Research

ORCID: 0000-0002-3690-8235

ResearcherID: D-8218-2014

Recognition and Achievements

Faculty Young Scientist Award, NUS, 2021
JACS Emerging Investigators 2021
JMCA Emerging Investigators 2019
Wang Gungwu Medal and Prize, NUS, 2012
Best Graduate Researcher in Chemistry, NUS, 2011

Research Interests

Atomic-scale material design, synthesis and characterization
Single-atom catalysis and printable materials
On-surface synthesis and characterization of organic and inorganic quantum materials
Atomic-scale quantum nanoscience

Research Highlight

Our group conducts interdisciplinary research on the atomic-scale material design, characterization and applications. In particular, we aim to solve the bottleneck issues in large-scale synthesis of pioneering class of atomically economic single-atom catalysts for fine-chemical synthesis industry (Nat. Nanotech, 2021), as well as scalable fabrication of high-quality two-dimensional (2D) inks for printable electronics industry (Nat. Mater., 2021). We are also interested in exploring atomic-scale chemical and physical phenomena for design and manufacturing of advanced nanomaterials for solid-state devices and catalysis.

Teaching Contributions AY2022/2023

CM4251 Characterization Techniques in Materials Chemistry

Representative Publications

Hai, X.; Lu, J. et al. Scalable two-step annealing method for preparing ultra-high-density single-atom catalyst libraries. Nat. Nanotechnol. 2022, 17, 174-181.
Li, J.; Song, P.; Novoselov, K. S.; Lu, J. et al. Printable two-dimensional superconducting monolayers. Nat. Mater. 2021, 20, 181–187.
Qiu, Z.; Holwill, M.; Olsen, T.; Kashchenko, M.; Novoselov, K. S.; Lu, J. et al. Visualizing atomic structure and magnetism of 2D magnetic insulators via tunneling through graphene. Nat. Commun. 2021, 12, 1-7.
Peng, X. N.; Lu, J. et al. Visualizing Designer Quantum States in Stable Macrocycle Quantum Corrals. Nat. Commun. 2021, 12, 1-9.
Telychko, M.; Lu, J. et al. Ultra-high Yield On-surface Synthesis and Assembly of Circumcoronene into Chiral Electronic Kagome-honeycomb Lattice. Sci. Adv. 2021, 7, eabf0269.
Yao, C.; Lu, J. et al. Atomically-Precise Dopant-Controlled Single Cluster Catalysis for Electrochemical Nitrogen Reduction. Nat. Commun. 2020, 11, 4389.
Su, J.; Lu, J. et al. Atomically precise bottom-up synthesis of π-extended [5]triangulene. Sci. Adv. 2019, 5, eaav7717.
Qiu, Z.; Trushin, M.; Lu, J. et al. Giant gate-tunable bandgap renormalization and excitonic effects in a 2D semiconductor. Sci. Adv. 2019, 5, 2347.
Lu, J.; Loh, K. P. et al. Tailoring sample-wide pseudo-magnetic fields on a graphene–black phosphorus heterostructure. Nat. Nanotechnol. 2018, 13, 828–834.
Yan, H.; Lu, J. et al. Atomic engineering of high-density isolated Co atoms on graphene with proximal-atom controlled reaction selectivity. Nat. Commun. 2018, 9, 3197.