Xingan Wang
xawang@hfnl.cn
Education
2004-2010 Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Experience
2021-Present Senior Researcher, Hefei National Laboratory
2014-Present Professor, University of Science and Technology of China
2013-2014 Associate Professor, University of Science and Technology of China; Postdoc, Radboud University Nijmegen
2010-2013 Postdoc, Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society
Overview of Academic Research
Prof. Xingan Wang’s research interest is the systematic experimental study on quantum-state-resolved molecular reaction dynamics, focusing on high-resolution molecular beam scattering experiments. His work aims to reveal the mechanisms of elementary chemical reactions and the dynamics of intermolecular interactions at the atomic and molecular scale with quantum state resolution.
His major achievements include:
* Developed state-of-the-art techniques in molecular scattering experiments. Taking the lead in measuring state-to-state differential cross sections with very high angular resolution using the near threshold ionization scheme together with the time sliced velocity map ion imaging technique.
*Systematically carried out experimental studies on state-to-state reaction dynamics in the gas phase from which the microscopic reaction mechanism can be derived. For instance, the forward scattering oscillations have been observed in H+HD chemical reaction.
*Breakthroughs have been made for a longstanding question: the geometric phase effect in a chemical reaction. Progress has been made in the study of the quantum interference of spin-orbit split partial waves in the F+HD reaction from which the influence of electron angular momentum was identified.
Research Directions/Fields:
State-to-state molecular scattering dynamics
Quantum-state-resolved molecule–surface scattering dynamics
Photodissociation and chemical reaction dynamics of ion–molecule systems
Major Honors and Awards
2019 Broida Prize of the 35th International Symposium on Free Radicals
2019 the Chinese Chemical Society Zhang Cunhao Young Scientist Award on Chemical Dynamics
Representative Publications
1.Li, S. et al. Observation of geometric phase effect through backward angular oscillations in the H+HD→H2+D reaction. Nature Communications 15, 1689 (2024).
2. Luan, Z. et al. Observation of Competitive Nonadiabatic Photodissociation Dynamics of H 2 S + Cations. J. Phys.Chem.Lett. 13, 8157 (2022).
3. Chen, W. et al. Quantum interference between spin-orbit split partial waves in the F+HD→HF+D reaction. Science 371, 936–940 (2021).
4. Yuan, D. et al. Observation of the geometric phase effect in the H+HD→H2+D reaction. Science 362, 1289–1293 (2018).
5. Yuan, D. et al. Direct observation of forward scattering oscillations in the H+HD→H2+D reaction. Nature Chemistry 10, 653–658 (2018).