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Jing Kong

Jing Kong

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Materials Science
USA
2026

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150
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Materials Science in United States Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Best Female Scientists Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Materials Science in United States Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Materials Science in United States Leader Award

Overview

Jing Kong is affiliated with MIT in the United States and is active in the fields of Materials Science and Engineering. Their research output focuses predominantly on materials chemistry and electrical and electronic engineering, with substantial contributions to biomedical engineering, atomic and molecular physics, and molecular biology.

Their main areas of study cover multiple advanced topics including:

  • 2D Materials and Applications
  • Graphene research and applications
  • Perovskite Materials and Applications
  • MXene and MAX Phase Materials
  • Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials
  • Advanced Memory and Neural Computing
  • Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques

Jing Kong has published extensively, with a notable presence in key scientific journals and preprint archives. The most frequent venues for their work include:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Nano Letters
  • ACS Nano
  • Nature Communications
  • Advanced Materials

Their recent publications include the following papers:

  • "Ultralow contact resistance between semimetal and monolayer semiconductors," 2021, Nature
  • "Two-dimensional halide perovskite lateral epitaxial heterostructures," 2020, Nature
  • "Atomically precise single-crystal structures of electrically conducting 2D metal-organic frameworks," 2020, Nature Materials
  • "Unconventional ferroelectricity in moiré heterostructures," 2020, Nature
  • "Low-thermal-budget synthesis of monolayer molybdenum disulfide for silicon back-end-of-line integration on a 200 mm platform," 2023, Nature Nanotechnology

Collaborative research is a significant feature of Jing Kong's work, with frequent coauthors including:

  • Ji Hoon Park
  • Ang-Yu Lu
  • Nannan Mao
  • Tomás Palacios
  • Haozhe Wang

Best Publications

  • Nanotube molecular wires as chemical sensors

    Jing Kong;Nathan R. Franklin;Chongwu Zhou;Michael G. Chapline

  • Large Area, Few-Layer Graphene Films on Arbitrary Substrates by Chemical Vapor Deposition

    Alfonso Reina;Xiaoting Jia;John Ho;Daniel Nezich

  • Antibacterial Activity of Graphite, Graphite Oxide, Graphene Oxide, and Reduced Graphene Oxide: Membrane and Oxidative Stress

    Shaobin Liu;Tingying Helen Zeng;Mario Hofmann;Ehdi Burcombe

  • Intrinsic Structural Defects in Monolayer Molybdenum Disulfide

    Wu Zhou;Xiaolong Zou;Sina Najmaei;Zheng Liu

  • Synthesis of individual single-walled carbon nanotubes on patterned silicon wafers

    Jing Kong;Hyongsok T. Soh;Alan M. Cassell;Calvin F. Quate

  • Integrated Circuits Based on Bilayer MoS2 Transistors

    Han Wang;Lili Yu;Yi-Hsien Lee;Yi-Hsien Lee;Yumeng Shi

  • Graphene as a subnanometre trans-electrode membrane

    S. Garaj;W. Hubbard;A. Reina;J. Kong

  • Chemical vapor deposition of methane for single-walled carbon nanotubes

    Jing Kong;Alan M. Cassell;Alan M. Cassell;Hongjie Dai

  • Reversible electromechanical characteristics of carbon nanotubes under local-probe manipulation

    Thomas W. Tombler;Chongwu Zhou;Leo Alexseyev;Jing Kong

  • Large Scale CVD Synthesis of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes

    Alan M. Cassell;Jeffrey A. Raymakers;Jing Kong;Hongjie Dai

  • Can graphene be used as a substrate for Raman enhancement

    Xi Ling;Liming Xie;Yuan Fang;Hua Xu

  • Synthesis of monolayer hexagonal boron nitride on Cu foil using chemical vapor deposition.

    Ki Kang Kim;Allen Hsu;Xiaoting Jia;Soo Min Kim

  • Functionalized Carbon Nanotubes for Molecular Hydrogen Sensors

    J. Kong;M. G. Chapline;H. Dai

  • Synthesis of Few-Layer Hexagonal Boron Nitride Thin Film by Chemical Vapor Deposition

    Yumeng Shi;Christoph Hamsen;Christoph Hamsen;Xiaoting Jia;Ki Kang Kim

  • Observation of Van Hove singularities in twisted graphene layers

    Guohong Li;A. Luican;J. M. B. Lopes dos Santos;A. H. Castro Neto

  • Ultralow contact resistance between semimetal and monolayer semiconductors.

    Pin-Chun Shen;Cong Su;Yuxuan Lin;Yuxuan Lin;Ang-Sheng Chou;Ang-Sheng Chou

  • Superwetting nanowire membranes for selective absorption

    Jikang Yuan;Xiaogang Liu;Xiaogang Liu;Ozge Akbulut;Junqing Hu

  • van der Waals Epitaxy of MoS2 Layers Using Graphene As Growth Templates

    Yumeng Shi;Wu Zhou;Wu Zhou;Ang-Yu Lu;Wenjing Fang

  • Role of Kinetic Factors in Chemical Vapor Deposition Synthesis of Uniform Large Area Graphene Using Copper Catalyst

    Sreekar Bhaviripudi;Xiaoting Jia;Mildred S. Dresselhaus;Jing Kong

  • Carbon-Nanotube-Embedded Hydrogel Sheets for Engineering Cardiac Constructs and Bioactuators

    Su Ryon Shin;Sung Mi Jung;Momen Zalabany;Keekyoung Kim

  • Modulated Chemical Doping of Individual Carbon Nanotubes

    Chongwu Zhou;Jing Kong;Erhan Yenilmez;Hongjie Dai

  • Observ ation of Van Hove singularities in twisted graphene layers

    Guohong Li;A. Luican;J. M. B. Lopes dos Santos;A. H. Castro Neto

Frequent Co-Authors

Xi Ling
Xi Ling Boston University
Yi-Hsien Lee
Yi-Hsien Lee National Tsing Hua University
Ki Kang Kim
Ki Kang Kim Sungkyunkwan University
Hongjie Dai
Hongjie Dai University of Hong Kong
Han Wang
Han Wang University of Southern California
Shengxi Huang
Shengxi Huang Rice University
Riichiro Saito
Riichiro Saito Tohoku University

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