Education
- PhD & MS (MEBCS): Singapore-MIT Alliance, NUS 2008 & 2004
- ME & BE (Chem.Eng.) Tsinghua University, China 2002 & 2000
Awards and Honours
- Highly Cited Researcher in Chemistry, 2019
- Highly Cited Researcher in Chemistry, 2018
- Fellow of Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC), 2019
- Faculty of Engineering Young Researcher Award, NUS (2016)
- Faculty of Engineering Teaching Honors List, NUS (2014/2015)
- Faculty of Engineering Teaching Commendation List, NUS (2012/2013)
Research Interests
- Noble metal nanoclusters
- Noble metal nanoparticles
- Nanomedicine
- Nanobiotechnology
- Energy and Environment
Selected Publications
Wu, Z.; Yao, Q.; Chai, O. J. H.; Ding, D.; Xu, W.;* Zang, S.; Xie, J.* “Unraveling the impact of gold(I)-thiolate motifs on the aggregation-induced emission of gold nanoclusters” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2020, 59, 9934.
Zheng, K.; Fung, V.; Yuan, X.;* Jiang, D.-e.; Xie, J.* “Real time monitoring of the dynamic intracluster diffusion of single gold atoms into silver nanoclusters” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2019, 141, 18977. (Cover Article)
Liu, H.; Hong, G.; Luo, Z.; Chen, J.; Chang, J.; Gong, M.; He, H.; Yang, J.; Yuan, X.; Li, L.; Mu, X.; Wang, J.; Mi, W.; Luo, J.; Xie, J.;* Zhang, X.* “Atomic precision gold clusters for NIR-II imaging” Adv. Mater. 2019, 31, 1901015.
Chen, T.; Fung, V.; Yao, Q.; Luo, Z.; Jiang, D.-e.; Xie, J.* “Synthesis of water-soluble [Au25(SR)18]– using a stoichiometric amount of NaBH4” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2018, 140, 11370.
Zhang, Y.; Song, P.; Chen, T.; Liu, X.; Chen, T.; Wu, Z.; Wang, Y.; Xie, J.;* Xu, W.* “Unique size-dependent nanocatalysis revealed at the single atomically precise gold cluster level” PNAS 2018, 115, 10588.
Yao, Q.; Fung, V.; Sun, C.; Huang, S.; Chen, T.; Jiang, D. –E.; Lee, J. Y.; Xie, J.* “Revealing isoelectronic size conversion dynamics of metal nanoclusters by a noncrystallization approach” Nat. Commun. 2018, 9, 1979.
Yao, Q.; Yuan, X.; Fung, V.; Yu, Y.; Leong, D. T.; Jiang, D.; and Xie, J.* “Understanding seed-mediated growth of gold nanoclusters at molecular level” Nat. Commun. 2017, 8, 927. (Highly Cited Paper)
Luo, Z.; Nachammai, V.; Zhang, B.; Yan, N.; Leong, D. T.; Jiang, D.* and Xie, J.* “Toward understanding the growth mechanism: Tracing all stable intermediate species from reduction of Au(I)-thiolate complexes to evolution of Au25 nanoclusters” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2014, 136, 10577-10580. (Highly Cited Paper)
Yu, Y.; Luo, Z.; Chevrier, D. M.; Leong, D. T.; Zhang, P.*, Jiang, D.* and Xie, J.* “Identification of a highly luminescent Au22(SG)18 nanocluster” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2014, 136, 1246-1249. (Highly Cited Paper)
Luo, Z.; Yuan, X.; Yu, Y.; Zhang, Q.; Leong, D.T., Lee, J.Y. and Xie, J.* “From Aggregation-Induced Emission of Au(I)-Thiolate Complexes to Ultra-Bright Au(0)@Au(I)-Thiolate Core-Shell Nanoclusters” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2012, 134, 16662-16670. (Highly Cited Paper)