Education and Research Experience: 

BS (2007), Xiamen University

PhD (2013), Xiamen University

Research assistant (2014-2016), PCOSS, Xiamen University

Postdoc. (2016-2020), Xiamen University

Associate Professor(2020-), Xiamen University

Principal Research Interests:
Tip-enhanced Raman spectroscopy, Surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy, Nano-optics, Nanospectroelectrochemistry, Nanoscale in-situ characterization

Selected Recent Publications:

1. Teng-Xiang Huang, Xin Cong, Si-Si Wu, Jiang-Bin Wu, Yi-Fan Bao, Mao-Feng Cao, Liwen Wu, Miao-Ling Lin, Xiang Wang^*, Ping-Heng Tan^*, Bin Ren^*, Visualizing the structural evolution of individual active sites in MoS2 during electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution reaction. Nat. Catal., 2024, 7, 646-654.

2. Yi-Fan Bao, Meng-Yuan Zhu, Xiao-Jiao Zhao, Hong-Xuan Chen, Xiang Wang^*, Bin Ren^*, Nanoscale chemical characterization of materials and interfaces by tip-enhanced Raman spectroscopy. Chem. Soc. Rev., 2024, 53, 10044-10079.

3. Ultralow-Frequency Tip-Enhanced Raman Scattering Discovers Nanoscale Radial Breathing Mode on Strained 2D Semiconductors.Mao-Feng Cao, Xiao-Hui Peng, Xiao-Jiao Zhao, Yi-Fan Bao, Yuan-Hui Xiao, Si-Si Wu, Jun Wang, Yao Lu, Miao Wang, Xiang Wang^*, Kai-Qiang Lin^*, Bin Ren^*, Adv. Mater., 2024, 36, 2405433.

4. Meng-Yuan Zhu, Yi-Fan Bao, Hao-Fei Geng, Xiao-Jiao Zhao, Mao-Feng Cao, Hong-Xuan Chen, Jia-Yi Wang, Wei Zhang, Xiang Wang^*, Bin Ren^*, Micro Reference Electrode with an Ultrathin Ionic Path. Anal. Chem., 2024, 96, 16109–16114

5. Hao Ma, Sen Yan, Xin-yu Lu, Yi-Fan Bao, Jia Liu, Lang-Xing Liao, Dai Kun,Mao-Feng Cao, Xiao-Jiao Zhao, Hao Yan, Hai-Long Wang, Xiao-Hui Peng,Ning-Yu Chen, Hui-Shu Feng, Li-Lin Zhu, Guang-Bao Yao, Chun-Hai Fan, De-Yin Wu, Bin-Ju Wang, Xiang Wang^*, Bin Ren^*, Rapidly Determining the 3D Structure of Proteins by Surface-enhanced Raman Spectroscopy. Sci. Adv., 2023, 9, eadh8362.

6. Christa L. Brosseau^*, Alvaro Colina^*, Juan V. Perales-Rondon, Andrew J. Wilson^*, Padmanabh B.Joshi, Bin Ren^*, Xiang Wang^*, Electrochemical surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy. Nat. Rev. Method. Prim., 2023, 3, 79.

7. Si-Si Wu, Teng-Xiang Huang, Xiaolan Xu, Yi-Fan Bao, Xin-Di Pei, Xu Yao, Mao-Feng Cao, Kai-Qiang Lin, Xiang Wang^*, Dongdong Wang^*, Bin Ren^*, Quantitatively Deciphering Electronic Properties of Defects at Atomically Thin Transition-Metal Dichalcogenides. ACS Nano, 2022. 16(3), 4786-4794.

8. Sheng-Chao Huang, Xiang Wang^*, Qing-Qing Zhao, Jin-Feng Zhu, Cha-Wei Li, Yu-Han He, Shu Hu, Matthew M. Sartin, Sen Yan, Bin Ren^*, Probing nanoscale spatial distribution of plasmonically excited hot carriers. Nat. Commun., 2020, 11, 4211.

9. Xiang Wang, Sheng-Chao Huang, Shu Hu, Sen Yan and Bin Ren^*, Fundamental understanding and applications of plasmon-enhanced Raman spectroscopy. Nat. Rev. Phys., 2020, 2(2), 253-271.

10. Teng-Xiang Huang, Xin Cong, Si-Si Wu, Kai-Qiang Lin, Xu Yao, Yu-Han He, Jiang-Bin Wu, Yi-Fan Bao, Sheng-Chao Huang, Xiang Wang^*, Ping-Heng Tan^*, Bin Ren^*, Probing the edge-related properties of atomically thin MoS2 at nanoscale. Nat. Commun., 2019, 10, 5544.