Ling Jiang
ljiang@dicp.ac.cn
Education
2003-2007 Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry, Kobe University, Japan
2000-2003 Master's Degree in Physical Chemistry, Nankai University
1996-2000 Bachelor's Degree in Chemical Education, Xinyang Normal University
Experience
2022-Present Senior Researcher, Hefei National Laboratory
2011-Present Professor, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
2009-2011 Humboldt Fellow, Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society, Germany
2007-2009 Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) Fellow, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Japan
Overview of Academic Research
Prof. Ling Jiang’s research interest is the systematic study on the development of infrared spectroscopy of neutral clusters and aerosol mass spectrometry based on a vacuum ultraviolet free electron laser (VUV-FEL), infrared photodissociation spectroscopy of ionic clusters based on an infrared free electron laser (IR-FEL), and photoelectron spectroscopy based on table-top laser, and their applications to the studies on the formation mechanism of atmospheric aerosols and the structure-reactivity relationship of clusters.
His major achievements include:
* Development of infrared spectroscopy:
Developed a method of infrared spectroscopy of neutral clusters based on a vacuum ultraviolet free electron laser (VUV-FEL-based IR), which allows direct detection of confinement-free neutral complexes, near-threshold ionization with high sensitivity and size-selectivity, and measurement of well-resolved vibrational spectra of size-selected neutral clusters.
* Observation of three-dimensional structure in smaller water droplet:
Successfully measured infrared spectra of size-selected neutral water clusters using the VUV-FEL-based IR scheme. The striking spectral change in the OH stretch region could be attributed to the appearance of 3D hydrogen-bonding networks in pentamers at finite temperature, suggesting that water clusters exhibit a noncyclic 3D structure beginning with pentamers, not hexamers, as previously thought.
Research Directions/Fields:
Development of laser spectroscopy of clusters
Elucidation of structure of clusters and mechanism of aerosol nucleation processes
Characterization of structure-reactivity relationship of clusters
Major Honors and Awards
2022 Young Scientist Award of Zhang Cunhao Chemical Dynamics of Chinese Chemical Society
2021 Distinguished Young Scholars of National Natural Science Foundation of China
2013 Talent program of Chinese Academy of Sciences
2005 Award of Marubun Research Promotion Fundation, Japan
2005 Japanese Government Scholarship from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT), Japan
Representative Publications
1.Jiang, L. et al. Observation of the smallest three-dimensional neutral boron cluster, Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 64, e202419089 (2025).
2.Jiang, L. et al. Effects of NOx and NH3 on the secondary organic aerosol formation from α-pinene photooxidation. Atmos. Environ. 337, 120778 (2024).
3.Jiang, L. et al. Observation of confinement-free neutral group three transition metal carbonyls Sc(CO)7 and TM(CO)8 (TM = Y, La). Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 62, e202305490 (2023).
4.Jiang, L. et al. Infrared spectroscopic study of hydrogen bonding topologies in the smallest ice cube. Nat. Commun. 11, 5449 (2020).
5.Jiang, L. et al. Infrared spectroscopy of neutral water clusters at finite temperature: Evidence for a noncyclic pentamer. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 117, 15423-15428 (2020).