EDUCATION

2007−2013 Tsinghua University, Ph.D in Physics

2003−2007 Tsinghua University, B.S. in Physics

POSITIONS

2021− Research Associate, School of Electronics, Peking University

2017−2021 Research Associate, Department of Electronics, School of Electronics Engineering and Computer Science, Peking University

2013−2017 Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Electronics, School of Electronics Engineering and Computer Science, Peking University

AWARDS

2016 Boya Postdoctoral Fellowship of Peking University

2007 Students graduated with honors

TEACHING

• 2007, “General Physics”, teaching assistant

RESEARCH INTERESTS

• Scanning probe microscopy (STM, AFM)

• Preparation and properties of thin films

• Single molecules on surfaces

GRANTS

• National Science Foundation of China (NSFC) for Young Scientists (No. 21403008), “Magnetic Exchange Force Microscopy Study on Spin States of Single­Molecule Magnets”, 2015. 01−2017. 12, CNY 250,000, PI.

PUBLICATIONS

1. Zhang, X.; Xue, N.; Li, C.; Li, N.; Wang, H.; Kocić, N.; Beniwal, S.; Palotás, K.; Li, R.; Xue, Q.; Maier, S.; Hou, S.­M.; Wang, Y.­F. Coordination­Controlled C–C Coupling Products via ortho­Site C­­H Activation. ACS Nano 2019, 13(2), 1385­1393.

2. Li, R.; Li, N.; Wang, H.; Weismann, A.; Zhang, Y.; Hou, S.­M.; Wu, K.; Wang, Y.­F. Tuning the spin­related transport properties of FePc on Au(111) through single­molecule chemistry. Chem. Comm. 2018, 54, 9135.

3. Zhang, X.; Gu, G.; Li, N.; Wang, H.; Tang, H.; Zhang, Y.; Hou, S.­M.; Wang, Y.­F. OneDimensional Molecular Chains Formed by Sierpiński Triangles on Au(111). RSC Adv. 2018, 8, 1852­1856.

4.Song, H.; Li, N.; Zhu, H.; Peng, Z.; Zhao, W.; Chen, H.; Chen, W.; Wang, Y.­F.; Wu, K. Dipole and Charge Effects of Chloroaluminum Phthalocyanine Revealed by Local Work Function Measurements at Sub­Molecular Level. Chin. Chem. Lett. 2018, 29, 429­432.

5. Zhang, X.; Li, N.; Gu, G.; Zhang, Y.; Hou, S.­M.; Wang, Y.­F. Construction of Sierpiński Triangles with the Coexistence of C60 or MnPc Molecules. Chem. Commun. 2017, 53, 11826­11829.

6. Zhang, X.; Li, N.(co­first author); Wang, H.; Yuan, C.; Gu, G.; Zhang, Y.; Nieckarz, D.; Szabelski, P.; Hou, S.­M.; Teo, B. K., Wang, Y.­F. Influence of Relativistic Effects on Assembled Structures of V­Shaped Bispyridine Molecules on M(111) Surfaces Where M = Cu, Ag, Au. ACS Nano 2017, 11, 8511­8518.

7. Li, C.; Zhang, X.; Li, N.(co­first author); Wang, Y.; Yang, J.; Gu, G.; Zhang, Y.; Hou, S.­M.; Peng, L.; Wu, K.; Nieckarz, D.; Szabelski, P.; Tang, H.; Wang, Y.­F. Construction of Sierpiński Triangles up to the Fifth Order. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2017, 139, 13749­13753. [This work was highlighted by “Chemistry World” and “Acta Physico­Chimica Sinica”.]

8. Zhang, X.; Li, N.; Zhang, Y.; Berndt, R.; Wang, Y.­F.. 13­Cis­Retinoic Acid on Coinage Metals: Hierarchical Self­Assembly and Spin Generation. Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2017, 19, 14919­ 14923.

9. Zhang, X.; Li, R.; Li, N.; Gu, G.; Zhang, Y.; Hou, S.­M.; Wang, Y.­F.. Sierpiński Triangles Formed by Molecules with Linear Backbones on Au(111) Chin. Chem. Lett. 2017,http:// dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cclet.2017.09.041.

10. Wang, Y.; Li, N.; Wang, Y.­F.. Single Carbon Dioxide Molecules on Surfaces Studied by LowTemperature Scanning Tunneling Microscopy. Res. Chem. Intermed. 2017, 43, 5229­5243.

11. Li, N.; Gu, G.; Zhang, X.; Song, D.; Zhang, Y.; Teo, B. K.; Peng, L.; Hou, S.­M.; Wang, Y.­F.. Packing Fractal Sierpiński Triangles into One­Dimensional Crystals via a Templating Method. Chem. Commun. 2017, 53, 3469­3472.

12. Li, C.; Li, N.; Liu, L.; Zhang, Y.; Yuan, C.; Peng, L.; Hou, S.­M.; Wang, Y.­F. Kinetically Controlled Hierarchical Self­Assemblies of All­Trans­Retinoic Acid on Au(111). Chem. Commun. 2017, 53, 2252­2255.

13. Song, H.; Fu, C.; Li, N.; Zhu, H.; Peng, Z.; Zhao, W.; Dai, J.; Xing, L.; Huang, Z.; Chen, W.; Wang, Y.­F.; Yang, J.; Wu, K. On the Shuttling Mechanism of a Chlorine Atom in a Chloroaluminum Phthalocyanine Based Molecular Switch. Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2017, 19, 22401­ 22405.

14. Gu, G.­C.; Li, N.(co­first author); Liu, L.­W.; Zhang, X.; Wu, Q.­M.; Nieckarz, D.; Szabelski, P.; Peng, L.­M.; Teo, B. K.; Hou, S.­M.; Wang, Y.­F. Growth of Covalently Bonded Sierpiński Triangles up to the Second Generation. RSC Adv. 2016, 6, 66548­66552.

15. Li, N.; Wang, H.; Song, D.; Li, C.; Li, R.; Hou, S.­M.; Wang, Y.­F.; Berndt, R. Charging Single Co Atoms on Ultrathin NaCl Films. Dalton Trans. 2016, 45, 16566­16569.

16. Zhang, X.; Li, N.(co­first author); Liu, L.; Gu, G.; Li, C.; Tang, H.; Peng, L.; Hou, S.­M.; Wang, Y.­F. Robust Sierpiński Triangle Fractals on Symmetry­Mismatched Ag(100). Chem. Commun. 2016, 52, 10578­10581.

17. Hong, I.­P.; Li, N.(co­first author); Zhang, Y.; Wang, H.; Song, H.­J.; Bai, M.­L.; Zhou, X.; Li, J.­L.; Gu, G.; Zhang, X.; Chen, M.; Michael Gottfried, J.; Wang, D.; Lü, J.­T.; Peng, L.; Hou, S.­ M.; Berndt, R.; Wu, K.; Wang, Y.­F. Vacuum Synthesis of Magnetic Aluminum Phthalocyanine on Au(111). Chem. Commun. 2016, 52, 10338­10341. [This work was selected as the cover of the issue.]

18. Xie, C.; Wu, Q.; Li, R.; Gu, G.; Zhang, X.; Li, N.; Berndt, R.; Kröger, J.; Shen, Z.; Hou, S.­M.; Wang, Y.­F. Isolated Supramolecules on Surfaces Studied with Scanning Tunneling Microscopy. Chin. Chem. Lett. 2016, 27, 807­812. [This work was selected as the cover of the issue, .]

19. Gu, G.; Li, N.; Zhang, X.; Hou, S.­M.; Wang, Y.­F.; Wu, K. Sierpiński Triangle Fractal Structures Investigated by STM. Acta Phys. ­Chim. Sin. 2016, 32, 195­200.

20. Karan, S.; Li, N.; Zhang, Y.; He, Y.; Hong, I.­P.; Song, H.; Lü, J.­T.; Wang, Y.­F.; Peng, L.; Wu, K.; Michelitsch, G. S.; Maurer, R. J.; Diller, K.; Reuter, K.; Weismann, A.; Berndt, R. Spin Manipulation by Creation of Single­Molecule Radical Cations. Phys. Rev. Lett. 2016, 116, 027201.

21. Zhang, X.; Li, N.(co­first author); Gu, G.; Wang, H.; Nieckarz, D.; Szabelski, P.; He, Y.; Wang, Y.; Xie, C.; Shen, Z.; Lü, J.­T.; Tang, H.; Peng, L.; Hou, S.­M., Wu, K.; Wang, Y.­F. Controlling Molecular Growth between Fractals and Crystals on Surfaces. ACS Nano 2015, 9, 11909­11915.

22. Zhang, Y.; Liao, P.; Kan, J.; Yin, C.; Li, N.; Liu, J.; Chen, Q.; Wang, Y.­F.; Chen, W.; Xu, G. Q.; Jiang, J.; Berndt, R.; Wu, K. Low­Temperature Scanning Tunneling Microscopy Study on the Electronic Properties of a Double­Decker DyPc2 Molecule at the Surface. Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys 2015, 17, 27019­27026.

23. Li, N.; Zhang, X.; Gu, G.; Wang, H.; Nieckarz, D.; Szabelski, P.; He, Y.; Wang, Y.; Lü, J.­T.; Tang, H.; Peng, L.; Hou, S.­M., Wu, K.; Wang, Y.­F. Sierpiński­Triangle Fractal Crystals with the C3v Point Group. Chin. Chem. Lett. 2015, 26, 1198­1202.

24. Li, N., Chen, X., Xue, Q. K. Contribution of Chemical Bonding to the Force in Atomic Force Microscopy. Acta Phys. ­Chim. Sin. 2014, 30, 205. [This work was selected as the cover of the issue, .]

25. Li, N.; Li, Z.; Ding, H.; Ji, S. H.; Chen, X.; Xue, Q. K. An Atomic Force Microscopy Study of Single­Layer FeSe Superconductor. Appl. Phys. Express 2013, 6, 113101.

26. Mao, H. Q.; Li, N.; Chen, X.; Xue, Q. K. Mechanical Properties of H2Pc Self­Assembled Monolayers at the Single Molecule Level by Noncontact Atomic Force Microscopy. J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 2012, 24, 084004.

27. Mao, H. Q.; Li, N.; Chen, X.; Xue, Q. K. Modulation of Step Heights of Thin Pb Films by the Quantum Size Effect Observed by Non­Contact Atomic Force Microscopy. Chin. Phys. Lett. 2012, 29, 066802.