Ling Zhou
Co-Advised by Prof. Robert J. Madix and Prof. Cynthia M. Friend
Doctor and Research Associator
School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Harvard University
Mallinckrodt B22
12 Oxford St.
Cambridge, MA 02138
email: lingzhou AT deas.harvard.edu
Tel: 001-617-495-3331
Fax: 001-617-496-8410
I graduated in 1995 from Hubei University of Technology, with a bachelor degree in chemical engineering, and earned my master degree in organic chemical engineering at the University of Petroleum (Beijing) in 2001 in China. Afterwards, I went to the Institute of Physical Chemistry and Electrochemistry, University of Hannover, Germany and completed my Ph.D. education in Prof. R. Imbihl’s group in 2005 with a doctor degree in natural science. In the end of 2003, I was staying in Prof. G. Comelli’s group at the National Laboratory TASC-INFM, Italy as a visiting scientist for three months, and received the training in scanning tunneling microscope (STM). From November 2005, I work with Prof. R. J. Madix and Prof. C. M. Friend as a postdoctoral fellow at the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University in USA.
Research Interest
Heterogeneous Catalysis: including catalysts synthesis, characterization in structural and electronic properties, and evaluation of catalytic performance; catalytic reaction kinetics, dynamics studies
Surface Science: the topics concerning surface physical chemistry, surface analytic techniques, and surface reactions
Materials Science: synthesis, characterization and applications of new materials
Research skills
Ultra High Vacuum (UHV) system and related techniques: AES (Auger Electron Spectroscopy), LEED (Low Energy Electron Diffraction), QMS (Quadrupole Mass Spectrometry), PEEM (Photoemission Electron Microscope), SPEM (Scanning Photoelectron Microscope), STM (Scanning Tunneling Microscope), XPS (X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy), Ellipsometry
Micro-Reactor System and related techniques: Fixed Bed Reactor, Fluid Bed Reactor, GC-MS (Gas Chromatography – Mass Spectrometry)
Research work experience with the facilities at Synchrotron Light Laboratories: high-pressure XPS facility at BESSY (Berlin), ESCA Microscopy and Nanospectroscopy facilities at ELETTRA (Trieste)
Other techniques: XRD (X-ray Diffractometer), IR (Infrared Spectrograph), SEM (Scanning Electron Microscope), TG (Thermogravimetry), BET surface area measurement
Publications
1. Ling Zhou, Weiwei Gao, Andreas Klust, and Robert J. Madix, "Stabilization of Surface Reaction Intermediates by Added Metal Atoms on Metal Surfaces of Low Free Energy", submitted to Physical Review Letters.
2. L. Zhou and R. J. Madix, "Oxidation of styrene and phenylacetaldehyde on Ag(111): Spectroscopic evidence for transformation of surface oxametallacycle", submitted to Journal of the American Chemistry Society.
3. W. Gao, L. Zhou, D. S. Pinnaduwage and C. M. Friend, "Interaction of Chlorine with Au-O Complexes on Au(111)", Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 111 (2007) 9005.
4. D. S. Pinnaduwage, L. Zhou, W. Gao, and C. M. Friend, "Chlorine promotion of styrene epoxidation on Au(111)", Journal of the American Chemistry Society 129 (2007) 1872.
5. S. Günther, L. Zhou, M. Hävecker, A. Knop-Gericke, E. Kleimenov, R. Schlögl, R. Imbihl, “Adsorbate coverages and surface reactivity in methanol oxidation over Cu(110): An in situ photoelectron spectroscopy study”, Journal of Chemical Physics 125 (2006) 114709.
6. S. Günther, L. Zhou, R. Imbihl, M. Hävecker, A. Knop-Gericke, E. Kleimenov, and R. Schlögl, In situ X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy of the methanol oxidation over Cu(110), BESSY Annual Report 2004 (2005) 299.
7. Friedrich Esch, Stefano Fabris, Ling Zhou, Tiziano Montini, Cristina Africh, Paolo Fornasiero, Giovanni Comelli, Mauro Graziani, Renzo Rosei, “Electron localization determines defect formation on ceria substrates”, Science 309 (2005) 752.
8. F. Girgsdies, T. Ressler, U. Wild, T. Wübben, T. J. Balk, G. Dehm, L. Zhou, S. Günther, E. Arzt, R. Imbihl, R. Schlögl, “Strained thin copper films as model catalysts in the material gap”, Catalysis Letters 102 (2005) 91.
9. Ling Zhou, Sebastian Günther, Dariusz Moszynski, Ronald Imbihl, “Reactivity of oxidized copper surfaces in methanol oxidation”, Journal of Catalysis 235 (2005) 359.
10. Ling Zhou, Sebastian Günther, Ronald Imbihl, “Low pressure methanol oxidation over a Cu(110) surface under stationary conditions: (II). Adsorbates coverage and reactivity”, Journal of Catalysis 232 (2005) 295.
11. Ling Zhou, Sebastian Günther, Ronald Imbihl, “Low pressure methanol oxidation over a Cu(110) surface under stationary conditions: (I). Reaction kinetic”, Journal of Catalysis 230 (2005) 166.
12. Shikong Shen, Jiping Zhou, Fengsheng Zhang, Ling Zhou, Ranjia Li, “Effect of Ce-Fe oxides additives on performance of VPO catalyst for n-butane oxidation to maleic anhydride in the absence of gas-phase oxygen”, Catalysis Today 74 (2002) 37.
13. Ling Zhou, Ranjia Li, Jianfeng Li, Shikong Shen, “VPO catalyst doped with Ce-Zr composite oxide for n-butane selective oxidation to maleic anhydride”, Chinese Journal of Catalysis 23(1) (2002) 72.
14. Ling Zhou, Jianfeng Li, Ranjia Li, Shikong Shen, “Application of Supercritical Fluid Desiccation to preparation of VPO catalysts for n-butane selective oxidation to maleic anhydride”, Chinese Journal of Catalysis 22(5) (2001) 427.
Book Contribution
The scientific and industrial principles of green petrochemical technology, Enze Min, Chengyue Li, et al. Peking: China Petrochemical Press, 2002. (Shikong Shen, Ling Zhou, Ranjia Li, Chapter 5 “Selective Oxidation of Hydrocarbons Using Lattice Oxygen of Catalyst as Oxidant”, p188-249)