Curriculum vita

Name Dr. Zhicong Zeng

Telephone 574-6077756

Email zzeng3@nd.edu / zczeng@xmu.edu.cn

Language English, Chinese (Native)

Address 140 McCourtney Hall, Notre Dame, IN 46556

Professional Overview

  • To be an excellent engineer & do some challenging scientific research
  • Knowledge and understanding of various modern instrumentations

Summary of Skills


  • Tip-enhanced Raman Spectroscopy
  • Raman Spectroscopy
  • STM/AFM/SFM
  • Labview Programming
  • Circuit design, Optical system building
  • Instrument Development

Experiences

08. 2015 – Postdoctoral Research,

University of Notre Dame, IN, USA

Topics: Photothermal Microscopy of Coupled Nanostructures and the Impact of Nanoscale Heating in Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy

  • Home build high sensitivity Photothermal setup
  • Home build Low noise, Fast, large area Photodiode Amplifier Circuit
  • Home build Low noise STM preamplifier circuit
  • Lock-in detection, Pump-Probe Technique, heat simulation by COMSOL


09. 2008 – 12. 2014 Graduate Research,

University of Xiamen, FuJian, China

Topics: Electrochemical Tip-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy (EC-TERS)

  • Home build two set EC-TERS setup
  • Zemax optical simulation, Solidworks 3D simulation
  • Spectroelectrochemical cell design

University Educations

09. 2008 – 12. 2014

Ph. D, Chemistry department,

Xiamen University, Xiamen, P. R. China

09. 2004 – 06. 2008

B. Sc., Chemistry department,

Xiamen University, Xiamen, P. R. China

Peer-reviewed Journal Publications

Year 2018


Year 2017

1. Kim, Ju-Young; Zeng, Zhi-cong; Xiao, Lifu; Schultz, Zachary*. Elucidating Protein- Ligand Recognition with Combined Surface Plasmon Resonance and Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy. Anal. Chem., 2017, just accept. DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.7b04246

2. Zhi-Cong Zeng, Hao Wang, Paul Johns, Gregory V. Hartland, Zachary D. Schultz*. Photothermal Microscopy of Coupled Nanostructures and the Impact of Nanoscale Heating in Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy. J. Phys. Chem. C, 2017, 121, 11623.


Year 2016

1. Mohua Li, Ruiqi Lv, Shengchao Huang, Yinzhen Dai, Zhicong Zeng, Lei Wang*, Bin Ren*. Electrochemical fabrication of silver tips for tip-enhanced Raman spectroscopy assisted by a machine vision system. J. Raman Spectrosc. 2016, 47, 808-812.

2. Zhi-Cong Zeng, Shu Hu, Sheng-Chao Huang, Yue-Jiao Zhang, Wei-Xing Zhao, Jian-Feng Li, Chao-Yang Jiang*, Bin Ren*. Novel Electrochemical Raman Spectroscopy Enabled by Water Immersion Objective. Anal. Chem., 2016, 88, 9381–9385

3. Shuai Tang, Yu Gu, Jun Yi, Zhicong Zeng, Song-Yuan Ding, Jia-Wei Yan, De-Yin Wu, Bin Ren, Zhong-Qun Tian* and Bing-Wei Mao*. An Electrochemical Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopic Study On Nanorod-Structured Lithium Prepared By Electrodeposition. J. Raman Spectrosc. 2016, 47, 1017-1023.


Year 2015

1. Zhi-Cong Zeng, Sheng-Chao Huang, De-Yin Wu, Ling-Yan Meng, Mao-Hua Li, Teng-Xiang Huang, Jin-Hui Zhong, Xiang Wang, Zhi-Lin Yang, and Bin Ren*. Electrochemical Tip-enhanced Raman Spectroscopy. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2015, 137, 11928-11931.

2. Li-Kun Yang, Teng-xiang Huang, Zhi-Cong Zeng, Mao-Hua Li, Xiang Wang, Fang-Zu Yang, Bin Ren. Rational fabrication of a gold-coated AFM TERS tip by pulsed electrodeposition. Nanoscale, 2015, 7, 18225-18231.

3. Teng-Xiang Huang, Sheng-Chao Huang, Mao-Hua Li, Zhi-Cong Zeng, Xiang Wang*, Bin Ren*. Tip-enhanced Raman spectroscopy: tip-related issues. ‎Anal. Bioanal. Chem., 2015, 407, 8177-8195.


Before Year 2013

1. Hai-Li Qin, Dong Wang, Zeng-Li Huang, Dong-Min Wu, Zhi-Cong Zeng, Bin Ren, Ke Xu, and Jian Jin*. Thickness-Controlled Synthesis of Ultrathin Au Sheets and Surface Plasmonic Property. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2013, 135, 12544-12547.

2. Jin-Hui Zhong, Jun-Yang Liu, Qiong-Yu Li, Mian-Gang Li, Zhi-Cong Zeng, Shu Hu, De-Yin Wu, Wei-Wei Cai, Bin Ren*. Interfacial capacitance of graphene: Correlated differential capacitance and in situ electrochemical Raman spectroscopy study. Electrochim. Acta 2013, 110, 754-761.

3. Zheng Liu, Xiang Wang, Ke Dai, Shan Jin, Zhi-Cong Zeng, Mu-De Zhuang, Zhi-Lin Yang, De-Yin Wu, Bin Ren* and Zhong-Qun Tian. Tip-enhanced Raman spectroscopy for investigating adsorbed nonresonant molecules on single-crystal surfaces: tip regeneration, probe molecule, and enhancement effect. J. Raman Spectrosc. 2009, 40, 1400-1406.