Photochemistry of small molecules in gas phase by using VUV FEL laser，focus on H2O, CO2, H2, H2S ,CO photochemistry

Ultrafast two-dimensional infrared spectroscopy to study ultrafast dynamics in the condensed phases, like hydrogen-bonding dynamics, isomerization, energy transfer, and photon-to-heat transfer

UV/vis transient spectroscopy at extremely high pressure (1000-100000 atm), focus on nano-materials, energy related materials, and 2D materials

09/2003-01/2009, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, PhD, supervisor: Xueming Yang

09/1999-07/2003, University of Science and Technology of China (USTC), Bachelor

Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, CAS 

07/2017-Now,    Professor in State Key Laboratory of Molecular Reaction Dynamics

09/2011-06/2017, Associate Professor in State Key Laboratory of Molecular Reaction Dynamics

1.       Zhou, J. M.; Zhao, Y. R.; Hansen, C. S.; Yang, J. Y.; Chang, Y.; Yu, Y.; Cheng, G. K.; Chen, Z. C.; He, Z. G.; Yu, S. R.; Ding, H. B.; Zhang, W. Q.; Wu, G. R.; Dai, D. X.; Western, C. M.; Ashfold, M. N. R.; Yuan, K. J.; Yang, X. M. Ultraviolet photolysis of H2S and its implications for SH radical production in the interstellar medium. Nat Commun 2020, 11，1547.

2.    Zhou, J. M.; Luo, Z. J.; Yang, J. Y.; Chang, Y.; Zhang, Z. G.; Yu, Y.; Li, Q. M.; Cheng, G. K.; Chen, Z. C.; He, Z. G.; Che, L.; Yu, S. R.; Wu, G. R.; Yuan, K. J.; Yang, X. M. State-to-state photodissociation dynamics of CO2 around 108 nm: the O(S-1) atom channel. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2020, 22, 6260-6265.

3.   Zhan, Q.; Yan, L.; Yang, M. S.; Wu, G. R.; Hu, M. J.; Li, J. B.; Yuan, K. J.; Yan, X. M. Ultrafast Transient Spectra and Dynamics of MXene (Ti3C2Tx) in Response to Light Excitations of Various Wavelengths. J Phys Chem C 2020, 124, 6441-6447.

4.   Chang, Y.; Zhou, J. M.; Luo, Z. J.; Chen, Z. C.; He, Z. G.; Yu, S. R.; Che, L.; Wu, G. R.; Wang, X. G.; Yuan, K. J.; Yang, X. M. Photodissociation dynamics of H2O and D2O via the (D)over-tilde((1)A(1)) electronic state. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2020, 22, 4379-4386.

5.   Liu, K. K.; Song, S. Y.; Sui, L. Z.; Wu, S. X.; Jing, P. T.; Wang, R. Q.; Li, Q. Y.; Wu, G. R.; Zhang, Z. Z.; Yuan, K. J.; Shan, C. X. Efficient Red/Near-Infrared-Emissive Carbon Nanodots with Multiphoton Excited Upconversion Fluorescence. Adv Sci 2019, 6.

6.   Li, J. B.; Zhang, Q.; Yan, L.; Wu, G. R.; Hu, M. J.; Lin, X. B.; Yuan, K. J.; Yang, X. M. Ultrafast Flash Energy Conductance at MXene-Surfactant Interface and Its Molecular Origins. Adv Mater Interfaces 2019, 6.

7.   Jiang, H. T.; Zhang, Q.; Zhang, Y. T.; Sui, L. Z.; Wu, G. R.; Yuan, K. J.; Yang, X. M. Li-Ion solvation in propylene carbonate electrolytes determined by molecular rotational measurements. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2019, 21, 10417-10422.

8.   Deng, G. H.; Shen, Y. N.; Chen, H. L.; Chen, Y. J.; Jiang, B.; Wu, G. R.; Yang, X. M.; Yuan, K. J.; Zheng, J. R. Ordered-to-Disordered Transformation of Enhanced Water Structure on Hydrophobic Surfaces in Concentrated Alcohol-Water Solutions. J Phys Chem Lett 2019, 10, 7922-7928.

9.   Chen, W. T.; Zhang, L.; Yuan, D. F.; Chang, Y.; Yu, S. R.; Wang, S. W.; Wang, T.; Jiang, B.; Yuan, K. J.; Yang, X. M.; Wang, X. A. Observation of the Carbon Elimination Channel in Vacuum Ultraviolet Photodissociation of OCS. J Phys Chem Lett 2019, 10, 4783-4787.

10.   Chang, Y.; Chen, Z. C.; Zhou, J. M.; Luo, Z. J.; He, Z. G.; Wu, G. R.; Ashfold, M. N. R.; Yuan, K. J.; Yang, X. M. Striking Isotopologue-Dependent Photodissociation Dynamics of Water Molecules: The Signature of an Accidental Resonance. J Phys Chem Lett 2019, 10, 4209-4214.

11.   Y. Chang#, Y. Yu#, H. L. Wang#, X. Hu*, Q. M. Li, J. Y. Yang, S. Su, Z. G. He, Z. C. Chen, L. Che, X. A. Wang, W. Q. Zhang, G. R. Wu, D. Q. Xie, M. N. R. Ashfold, K. J. Yuan*, X. M. Yang*, Hydroxyl super rotors from vacuum ultraviolet photodissociation of water. Nat. Comm. 2019, 10, 1250.

12.   B. Jiang#, V. Ponnuchamy#*, Y. N. Shen#, X. M. Yang, K. J. Yuan*, V. Vetere, S. Mossa, I. Skarmoutsos*, Y. F. Zhang, J. R. Zheng*, The Anion Effect on Li⁺ Ion Coordination Structure in Ethylene Carbonate Solutions. J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2016, 7, 3554-3559.

13.   S. R. Yu, S. Su, K. J. Yuan*, D. X. Dai, X. M. Yang*, Observation of Extremely High Vibrational Excitation in O₂ from Inelastic Scattering of Rydberg H Atom with O₂. J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2012, 3, 2420-2424.

14.   K. J. Yuan, Y. Cheng, L. Cheng, Q. Guo, D. X. Dai, X. Y. Wang, X. M. Yang*, R. N. Dixon*, Nonadiabatic dissociation dynamics in H₂O: Competition between rotationally and nonrotationally mediated pathways. P. Natl. Acad. Sci .U.S.A. 2008, 105, 19148-19153.

15.  K. J. Yuan, Y. Cheng, X. H. Liu, S. Harich, X. M. Yang*, D. H. Zhang*, Experimental and quantum dynamical study on an asymmetric insertion reaction: State-to-state dynamics of O(¹D)+HD(¹Σ_g⁺), v'=0, j'=0)-> OH(²П, v'', N'')+D(²S). Phys. Rev. Lett. 2006, 96, 103202.

16.   H. L. Wang#, Y. Yu#, Y. Chang, S. Su, S. R. Yu, Q. M. Li, K. Tao, H. L. Ding, J. Y. Yang, G. L. Wang, L. Che*, Z. G. He, Z. C. Chen, X. A. Wang*, W. Q. Zhang, D. X. Dai, G. R. Wu, K. J. Yuan*, X. M. Yang*, Photodissociation dynamics of H₂O at 111.5 nm by a vacuum ultraviolet free electron laser. J. Chem. Phys. 2018, 148, 124301. (Editor’s Pick).

17.   S. R. Yu, K. J. Yuan*, H. Song, X. Xu, D. X. Dai, D. H. Zhang, X. M. Yang*, State-to-state differential cross-sections for the reactive scattering of H*(n) with o-D₂. Chem. Sci. 2012, 3, 2839-2842 .

18.   K. J. Yuan, R. N. Dixon, X. M. Yang*, Photochemistry of the Water Molecule: Adiabatic versus Nonadiabatic Dynamics. Acc. Chem. Res. 2011, 44, 369-378. (cover paper)

19.   Y. A. Cheng, K. J. Yuan*, L. N. Cheng, Q. Guo, D. X. Dai, X. M. Yang*, Photodissociation dynamics of H₂O: Effect of unstable resonances on the B¹A₁ electronic state. J. Chem. Phys. 2011, 134, 064301. (Editor’s Choice).

      20.   Y. W. Zhang, K. J. Yuan*, S. R. Yu, X. M. Yang*, Highly Rotationally Excited CH₃ from Methane Photodissociation          through  Conical Intersection Pathway. J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2010, 1, 475-479.

2013 Lu Jiaxi Young Scientist Award of Chinese Academy of Sciences

2010 Outstanding Thesis Awards of Chinese Academy of Sciences

2009 Zhuli Yuehua (朱李月华) Award for Chinese Excellent Graduate Student