I am a professor at Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics in China. I study the dynamics in semiconductors and ionic liquids using ultrafast spectroscopy and simulation methods.
Personal page: www.boningchemphys.com
Education
2012.9 - 2017.12, Ph. D. in Chemistry
Department of Chemistry, Rutgers University (Supervisor: Professor Edward W. Castner, Jr.)
2008.9 - 2012.7, Bachelor of Science
Department of Chemical Physics, University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) (Supervisor: Professor Xiaodong Ye)
Experience
Work Experience
2020.11 - 2022.1, Assistant Professor
Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, China
2018.1 - 2020.9, Postdoc Scholar
Department of Chemistry, Stanford University (Supervisor: Professor Michael D. Fayer)
Publications
Papers
[15] Alice R Walker, Boning Wu, Jan Meisner, Michael D Fayer, Todd J Martínez, "Proton Transfer from a Photoacid to a Water Wire: First Principles Simulations and Fast Fluorescence Spectroscopy", J. Phys. Chem. B., 2021, 125, 12539-12551, doi: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.1c07254
[14] Man Zhao, Boning Wu, Edward W Castner Jr., "Mixtures of octanol and an ionic liquid: Structure and transport", The Journal of Chemical Physics, J. Chem. Phys., 2020, 153, 214501, doi: 10.1063/5.0031989
[13] Boning Wu, John P. Breen, Xiangyu Xing, and Michael D. Fayer, "Controlling the Dynamics of Ionic Liquid Thin Films via Multilayer Surface Functionalization.", J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2020, 142, 9482–9492, doi: 10.1021/jacs.0c03044 .
[12] Boning Wu, John P. Breen, and Michael D. Fayer, "Structural Dynamics in Ionic Liquid Thin Films: The Effect of Cation Chain Length.", J. Phys. Chem. C., 2020, 124, 4179-4189, doi: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.9b11871.
[11] Man Zhao, Boning Wu, Sharon I. Lall-Ramnarine, Jasodra D. Ramdihal,Kristina A. Papacostas, Eddie D. Fernandez, Rawlric A. Sumner, Claudio J. Margulis, James F. Wishart, and Edward W. Castner Jr., "Structural analysis of ionic liquids with symmetric and asymmetric fluorinated anions.", J. Chem. Phys. 2019, 151, 074504, doi: 10.1063/1.5111643.
[10] Jun Nishida, John P. Breen, Boning Wu, and Michael D. Fayer, "Extraordinary Slowing of Structural Dynamics in Thin Films of a Room Temperature Ionic Liquid.", ACS Cent Sci, 2018, 4, 1065 - 1073, doi: 10.1021/acscentsci.8b00353.
[9] Marco Campetella, Alessandro Mariani, Claudia Sadun, Boning Wu, Edward W. Castner, Jr. and Lorenzo Gontrani, "Structure and dynamics of propylammonium nitrate-acetonitrile mixtures: an intricate multi-scale system probed with experimental and theoretical techniques.", J. Chem. Phys., 2018, 148, 134507, doi: 10.1063/1.5021868.
[8] Boning Wu, Min Liang, Nicole Zmich, Jasmine Hatcher, Sharon I. Lall-Ramnarine, James F. Wishart, Mark Maroncelli and Edward W. Castner, Jr., "Photo-Induced Bimolecular Electron Transfer in Ionic Liquids: Cationic Electron Donors", J. Phys. Chem. B, 2018, 122, 2379 – 2388, doi: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.7b12542.
[7] Boning Wu, Kosuke Kuroda, Kenji Takahashi, and Edward W. Castner, Jr., “Structural Analysis of Zwitterionic Liquids vs. Homologous Ionic Liquids.”, J. Chem. Phys., 2018, 148, 193807, doi: 10.1063/1.5010983.
[6] Boning Wu, Mark Maroncelli and Edward W. Castner, Jr., “Photoinduced Bimolecular Electron Transfer in Ionic Liquids.”, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2017, 139, 14568–14585, doi: 10.1021/jacs.7b07611.
[5] Alessandro Mariani, Matteo Bonomo, Boning Wu, Barbara Centrella, Danilo Dini, Edward W. Castner, Jr. and Lorenzo Gontrani, “Intriguing transport dynamics of ethylammonium nitrate–acetonitrile binary mixtures arising from nano-inhomogeneity”, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2017, 19, 27212–27220, doi:10.1039/C7CP04592A.
[4] Boning Wu, Yuki Yamashita, Takatsugu Endo, Kenji Takahashi and Edward W. Castner, Jr., “Structure and Dynamics of Ionic Liquids: Trimethylsilylpropyl-Substituted Cations and Bis(sulfonyl)amide Anions.”, J. Chem. Phys., 2016, 145, 244506, doi: 10.1063/1.4972410.
[3] Boning Wu, Hideaki Shirota, Sharon Lall-Ramnarine and Edward W. Castner, Jr., “Structure of ionic liquids with cationic silicon-substitutions.”, J. Chem. Phys., 2016, 145, 114501, doi: 10.1063/1.4962257.
[2] Kamal B. Dhungana, Luiz F. O. Faria, Boning Wu, Min Liang, Mauro C. C. Ribeiro, Claudio J. Margulis, Edward W. Castner, Jr., “Structure of cyano-anion ionic liquids: X-ray scattering and simulations.”, J. Chem. Phys., 2016, 145, 024503, doi: 10.1063/1.4955186.
[1] Boning Wu, Min Liang, Mark Maroncelli and Edward W. Castner, Jr., “Photo-Induced Bimolecular Electron Transfer from Cyano-Anions in Ionic Liquids.”, J. Phys. Chem. B, 2015, 119, 14790–14799, doi: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.5b09216.