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Overview

Nian Lin is affiliated with the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology in China. Their research spans multiple fields including Materials Science, Physics and Astronomy, and Engineering. They have contributed notably to subfields such as Materials Chemistry, Atomic and Molecular Physics and Optics, Biomedical Engineering, Inorganic Chemistry, and Condensed Matter Physics.

Their work covers a variety of specific topics, including:

  • Surface Chemistry and Catalysis
  • Graphene research and applications
  • Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications
  • Quantum and electron transport phenomena
  • 2D Materials and Applications
  • Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism
  • Topological Materials and Phenomena

Nian Lin has published multiple papers, including the following recent works:

  • Low-defect-density WS2 by hydroxide vapor phase deposition, 2022, Nature Communications
  • Giant nonlinear Hall effect in twisted bilayer WSe2, 2022, National Science Review
  • Highly Degenerate Ground States in a Frustrated Antiferromagnetic Kagome Lattice in a Two-Dimensional Metal-Organic Framework, 2021, The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters
  • Design and Synthesis of a Single-Layer Ferromagnetic Metal-Organic Framework with Topological Nontrivial Gaps, 2020, The Journal of Physical Chemistry C
  • Collective Spin Manipulation in Antiferroelastic Spin-Crossover Metallo-Supramolecular Chains, 2020, ACS Nano

The venues most frequently publishing Nian Lin's work include:

  • ACS Nano
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters
  • Communications Chemistry
  • ChemPlusChem

The scientist often collaborates with a group of coauthors, with repeated partnerships observed with the following researchers:

  • En Li
  • Li Huang
  • Muqing Hua
  • Jing Liu
  • Chengkun Lyu

Best Publications

  • Steering molecular organization and host-guest interactions using two-dimensional nanoporous coordination systems.

    Sebastian Stepanow;Magalí Lingenfelder;Alexandre Dmitriev;Hannes Spillmann

  • Self-assembly of metal-organic coordination structures on surfaces

    Lei Dong;Zi’Ang Gao;Nian Lin

  • Modular assembly of two-dimensional metal-organic coordination networks at a metal surface.

    Alexandre Dmitriev;Hannes Spillmann;Nian Lin;Johannes V. Barth

  • Charge-transfer-induced structural rearrangements at both sides of organic/metal interfaces

    Tzu-Chun Tseng;Christian Urban;Yang Wang;Roberto Otero;Roberto Otero

  • Supramolecular control of the magnetic anisotropy in two-dimensional high-spin Fe arrays at a metal interface

    Pietro Gambardella;Pietro Gambardella;Pietro Gambardella;Sebastian Stepanow;Sebastian Stepanow;Alexandre Dmitriev;Alexandre Dmitriev;Jan Honolka

  • Single-molecule resolution of an organometallic intermediate in a surface-supported Ullmann coupling reaction.

    Weihua Wang;Xingqiang Shi;Shiyong Wang;Michel A. Van Hove

  • Surface-Activated Coupling Reactions Confined on a Surface

    Lei Dong;Pei Nian Liu;Nian Lin

  • Supramolecular Assemblies of Trimesic Acid on a Cu(100) Surface

    A. Dmitriev;N. Lin;J. Weckesser;J. V. Barth

  • Real‐Time Single‐Molecule Imaging of the Formation and Dynamics of Coordination Compounds

    Nian Lin;Alexandre Dmitriev;Jens Weckesser;Johannes V. Barth

  • Surface-Assisted Assembly of 2D Metal–Organic Networks That Exhibit Unusual Threefold Coordination Symmetry†

    Sebastian Stepanow;Nian Lin;Dietmar Payer;Uta Schlickum

  • Hierarchical assembly of two-dimensional homochiral nanocavity arrays.

    Hannes Spillmann;Alexandre Dmitriev;Nian Lin;Paolo Messina

  • Coordination and metalation bifunctionality of Cu with 5,10,15,20-tetra(4-pyridyl)porphyrin: toward a mixed-valence two-dimensional coordination network.

    Li Y;Xiao J;Shubina Te;Chen M

  • 2D Supramolecular Assemblies of Benzene-1,3,5-triyl-tribenzoic Acid: Temperature-Induced Phase Transformations and Hierarchical Organization with Macrocyclic Molecules

    Mario Ruben;Dietmar Payer;Aitor Landa;Alessio Comisso

  • Towards Surface‐Supported Supramolecular Architectures: Tailored Coordination Assembly of 1,4‐Benzenedicarboxylate and Fe on Cu(100)

    Magalí A. Lingenfelder;Hannes Spillmann;Alexandre Dmitriev;Sebastian Stepanow

  • Self-recognition and self-selection in multicomponent supramolecular coordination networks on surfaces

    Alexander Langner;Steven L. Tait;Nian Lin;Chandrasekar Rajadurai

  • Porphyrin-based two-dimensional coordination Kagome lattice self-assembled on a Au(111) surface.

    Ziliang Shi;Nian Lin

  • Surface-confined supramolecular coordination chemistry.

    Nian Lin;Sebastian Stepanow;Mario Ruben;Johannes V. Barth;Johannes V. Barth

  • Supramolecular architectures and nanostructures at metal surfaces

    J.V. Barth;J. Weckesser;N. Lin;A. Dmitriev

  • Metal−Organic Coordination Interactions in Fe−Terephthalic Acid Networks on Cu(100)

    Steven L Tait;Yeliang Wang;Giovanni Costantini;Nian Lin

  • Quasicrystallinity expressed in two-dimensional coordination networks

    José I. Urgel;David Écija;Guoqing Lyu;Ran Zhang

  • Direct observation of chiral metal-organic complexes assembled on a Cu(100) surface

    Paolo Messina;Alexandre Dmitriev;Nian Lin;Hannes Spillmann

  • Deprotonation-Driven Phase Transformations in Terephthalic Acid Self-Assembly on Cu(100)

    S. Stepanow;T. Strunskus;M. Lingenfelder;A. Dmitriev

Frequent Co-Authors

Klaus Kern
Klaus Kern Max Planck Society
Johannes V. Barth
Johannes V. Barth Technical University of Munich
Weihua Wang
Weihua Wang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Mario Ruben
Mario Ruben Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Hu Xu
Hu Xu Southern University of Science and Technology
Christian Minot
Christian Minot Sorbonne University
Ben Zhong Tang
Ben Zhong Tang Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen
Shihe Yang
Shihe Yang Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Yuning Hong
Yuning Hong La Trobe University
Rui-Qin Zhang
Rui-Qin Zhang City University of Hong Kong

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