Awards
Sarah and Adolph Roseman Achievement Award (2001)
APS Student Travel Program (1999)
Outstanding Graduate Student (1996)
Hunkai Scholarship (1994)
Outstanding Young League Member (1993)
Technical Skills
· Photoelectron Spectroscopy
· Mass Spectrometry: Time of Flight, Wien
velocity filter, Magnetic Sector
· High vacuum and ultra high vacuum techniques
· Electronics:digital circuits and analog
circuits
· Ion Sources: supersonic beam, laser
evaporation sources
· Lasers: Nd:YAG lasers, Excimer lasers, Argon
ion lasers, Dye lasers
· AutoCAD 3D designing, SIMION electrical
field simulation, Labview, GPIB programming
· Computer: Assemble language, C++,
Fortran, Java, Visual Basic, HTML, Web based database programming
· Simple mechanic machining
Teaching
Teaching Assistant (1998-2000), Chemistry, Johns Hopkins University
Professional Affiliations
American Chemical Society
American Physical Society
Research
Publications
26.
An Infrared
Spectroscopy Study of the
Phase Transition in Solid Ammonia
Weijun Zheng, and Ralf I. Kaiser
Chem. Phys. Lett.
440, 229 (2007).
pdf-file
25.
Mechanistical
Studies
on the Formation of Isotopomers of Hydrogen Peroxide (HOOH),
Hydrotrioxy
(HOOO), and Dihydrogentrioxide (HOOOH) in Electron-Irradiated H2O-18/O2
Ice Mixtures
Weijun Zheng, David Jewitt,
and Ralf I. Kaiser
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys.
9, 2556 (2007).
pdf-file
24.
Electron
Irradiation of Crystalline and Amorphous D2O Ice
Weijun Zheng, David Jewitt, and Ralf
I. Kaiser
Chem. Phys. Lett.
435, 289 (2007).
pdf-file
23.
Laboratory
Investigations on the Infrared Absorptions of Germanium-bearing
Molecules—Directing the Identification of Organo-Germanium Molecules in
the Atmospheres of Jupiter and Saturn
William Carrier, Yoshihiro
Osamura,
Weijun Zheng, and
Ralf I. Kaiser
Astrophysical Journal
654, 687 (2007).
pdf-file
22.
Infrared
spectroscopic identification of digermene, Ge2H4 (X1Ag), and of
the digermenyl radical, Ge2H3(X2A”), together with their
deuterated counterparts in low temperature germane matrices
William Carrier,
Weijun Zheng, Yoshihiro
Osamura, and Ralf I. Kaiser
Chem. Phys. 330,
275 (2006).
pdf-file
21.
Mnn-
Clusters: Size-Induced Transition to Half-Metallicity
Julius Jellinek, Paulo H. Acioli,
Juan Garcia-Rodeja
Weijun Zheng, Owen C.
Thomas, and
K. H. Bowen, Jr.
Phys. Rev. B 74,
153401 (2006).
pdf-file
20.
Temperature
Dependence of the Formation of Hydrogen, Oxygen, and Hydrogen Peroxide
in Electron Irradiated Crystalline Water Ice
Weijun Zheng, David Jewitt, and Ralf
I. Kaiser
Astrophysical Journal
648, 753 (2006).
pdf-file
19.
Infrared
spectroscopic characterization of digermyl (Ge2H5) and D5-digermyl
(Ge2D5) radicals in low temperature germane matrices
William Carrier,
Weijun Zheng, Yoshihiro
Osamura, and Ralf I. Kaiser
Chem. Phys. 325,
499 (2006).
pdf-file
18.
The ionic
KAl13 molecule: A stepping stone to cluster-assembled materials
W.-J. Zheng, O. C. Thomas, T. P.
Lippa, S.-J. Xu, and K. H. Bowen, Jr.
J. Chem. Phys.
124, 144304 (2006).
pdf-file
17.
Formation of
Hydrogen, Oxygen, and Hydrogen Peroxide in Electron Irradiation
Crystalline Water Ice
Weijun Zheng, David Jewitt, and Ralf
I. Kaiser
Astrophysical Journal
639, 534 (2006).
pdf-file
16.
Electronic
Structure Differences in ZrO2 vs. HfO2
Weijun Zheng, Kit H. Bowen, Jr.
Jun Li, Iwona Dąbkowska,and
Maciej Gutowski
J. Phys. Chem. A
109, 11521 (2005).
pdf-file
15.
On the Interaction of Electrons with Betaine
Zwitterions
Weijun Zheng, Shoujun
Xu,
Dunja
Radisic, Sarah Stokes, Xiang Li, and Kit H. Bowen, Jr.
J. Chem. Phys.
122, 101103
(2005).
pdf-file
14.
The
stabilization of arginine's zwitterion by dipole-binding of an excess
electron
Shoujun Xu,
Weijun Zheng,
Dunja Radisic, and Kit H. Bowen, Jr.
J. Chem. Phys.
122, 091103 (2005).
pdf-file
13.
Photoelectron Spectroscopy of Chromium-doped Silicon
Cluster Anions
Weijun Zheng, J. Michael
Nilles, Dunja Radisic, and Kit H. Bowen, Jr.
J. Chem. Phys.
122, 071101 (2005).
pdf-file
12.
Photoelectron Spectroscopy of Nickel-Benzene Cluster
Anions
Weijun Zheng, John M.
Nilles, Owen C. Thomas, and Kit H. Bowen, Jr
J. Chem. Phys.
122, 044306 (2005).
pdf-file
11.
Photoelectron Spectroscopy of Titanium-Benzene Cluster
Anions
Weijun Zheng, John M.
Nilles, Owen C. Thomas, and Kit H. Bowen, Jr
Chem. Phys. Lett.
401, 266 (2005).
pdf-file
10.
Magnetic Isomers and Isomags in Mn5O and Mn6O
Clusters
N. O. Jones, S. N. Khanna, T. Baruah, M.
R. Pederson
W.-J. Zheng, J. M. Nilles, and
K. H. Bowen
Phys. Rev. B 70,
134422 (2004).
pdf-file
9.
Spectroscopic signature of magnetic bistability in
Mn2O- anions and its implications for piezomagnetism at the nanoscale
S. N. Khanna and P. Jena,
W.-J. Zheng,
J. M. Nilles, and K. H. Bowen
Phys. Rev. B
69,144418 (2004).
pdf-file
8.
Boron cluster anions containing multiple B12
icosahedra
S.-J. Xu a, J.M. Nilles, D. Radisic,
W.-J. Zheng, S. Stokes, K.H. Bowen,
R.C. Becker, I. Boustani
Chem. Phys. Lett.
379, 282 (2003).
pdf-file
7.
Onset of Metallic Behavior in Magnesium Clusters
Owen C. Thomas,
Weijun Zheng, Shoujun
Xu,
and Kit H. Bowen, Jr.
Phys. Rev. Lett. 89, 213403
(2002).
pdf-file
6.
Cobalt-benzene cluster anions: Mass spectrometry and
negative
ion photoelectron spectroscopy
M. Gerhards, O. C. Thomas, J. M. Nilles,
W.-J.
Zheng, and K. H. Bowen, Jr.
J. Chem. Phys. 116, 10247
(2002).
pdf-file
5.
In search of theoretically predicted magic
clusters:
Lithium-doped aluminum cluster anions
O. C. Thomas,
W.-J. Zheng, T. P. Lippa,
S.-X. Xu, S.A. Lyapustina, and K. H. Bowen, Jr.
J. Chem. Phys. 114, 9895
(2001).
pdf-file
4.
Magic numbers in copper-doped aluminum cluster
anions
Owen C. Thomas,
Weijun Zheng, and Kit
H. Bowen, Jr.
J. Chem. Phys. 114, 5514 (2001).
pdf-file
3.
Formation of lead/sulfur binary cluster ions by
laser
ablation
Jian-bo Liu, Chun-ying Han,
Wei-jun Zheng,
Zhen Gao, Qi-he Zhu
Int. J. Mass. Spectrom. 189,
147 (1999).
pdf-file
2.
Formation, reaction and photodissociation of lead/sulfur
clusters
Jian-bo Liu, Chun-ying Han,
Wei-jun Zheng,
Zhen Gao, Fan-ao Kong
ACTA PHYS-CHIM SIN, 15, (1):
22-27, (1999).
pdf-file
1.
Laser Double Ablation Cluster Reactor
Peng Liu,
Weijun
Zheng, Zhen Gao, Qihe Zhu
Chinese J. Chem. Phys. 11 (4),
303 (1998).
pdf-file
Conferences
Attended and Posters
2007 Workshop on Titan – Observations, Experiments,
Computations, and Modeling, February 5-7, 2007, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA.
2005 PACIFICHEM 2005, SYMPOSIA: (47) Astrochemistry - From
Laboratory Studies to Astronomical Observations,
December
15-20, 2005. Honolulu, Hawaii, USA. Poster: Water ice irradiated with
electrons
2005 NAI 2005 Biennial Meeting of the NASA Astrobiology
Institute,
April 10-14,
2005, Boulder, Colorado, USA. Poster: Irradiation effects on
Amorphous and Crystalline Water Ices
2003 International Symposium on Clusters And
Nano-Assemblies: Physical and Biological Systems,
November
10-13, 2003, Richmond, Virginia, USA. Poster: Photoelectron
Spectroscopy and Mass Spectrometry of Transition Metal-Benzene Cluster
Anions
2003 Gordon Research Conference on Electronic Spectroscopy
& Dynamics,
July 6-11,
2003, Lewiston, Maine, USA. Poster: Photoelectron Spectroscopy of Metal
Cluster Anions
2002 American Chemical Society 224th National Meeting and
Exposition,
August
18-22, 2002, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
2001 Gordon Research Conference on Photoions,
Photoionization and Photodetachment,
July 8-13,
2001, Williamstown, Massachusetts, USA. Poster: Magic numbers in
copper-doped aluminum cluster anions
2000 Ohio State University International Symposium on
Molecular Spectroscopy,
June
12-16, 2000, Columbus, Ohio, USA.
1999 Gordon Research Conference on Photoions,
Photoionization and Photodetachment,
July
18-23, 1999, Plymouth, New Hampshire, USA. Poster: Photoelectron
Spectroscopy of Cluster Anions.
1999 Centennial Celebration of the American Physical
Society,
March
22-26, 1999, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
1998 7th Annual Workshop of the Consortium for
Nanostructured Materials,
October 29-31,
1998, Richmond, Virginia, USA.
