Dr. Nongjian Tao
Associate Professor
Department of Physics,
Florida International University, Miami,
FL 33199
Phone: (305)348-3954, Fax: (305)348-3054. Email: taon@fiu.edu
Teaching (Spring, 1999):
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Physics without Calculus, PHY2053;
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Classical Mechanics, PHY 4222.
Office hours: 10:45 AM-12:10
PM (TTH).
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Quantum transport in nanostructures;
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Phase transitions in organic molecules;
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Electron transfer properties of redox proteins;
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Biosensors;
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STM and AFM.
Positions:
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A postdoctoral position in one of
the above directions above is available. Email me if you are interested.
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Several graduate and undergraduate
research assistant positions are available.
Research Group:
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Postdocs: Dr. Salah Boussaad, Dr. Chunzeng Li, Dr. Janette De Giz.
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Students: Scott Bunch, John D'Agnese, Mark Adam, Chen Shu, Hong
Sha, Rafael Arechabalea, Albert Bogozi.
Recent Publications:
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C. Z. Li, H. Sha and N. J Tao, “Adsorbate effect on conductance quantization
of metallic nanowires”, Phys. Rev. B., 58, 6775-6778(1998).
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S. Boussaad, L. Dziri, R. Arechabalea, N.J. Tao and R. M. Leblanc. "Electron
Transfer Properties of Cytochrome c Langmuir-Blodgett films and Interactions
of Cytochrome c with Lipids." Langmuir, 14, 6215-6219(1998) .
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C.Z. Li and N.J. Tao, "Quantum Transport in Metallic Nanowires Fabricated
by Electrochemical Deposition/Dissolution", 72, 894(1998).
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S. Boussaad, N. J. Tao and R. Arechabaleta, "Structural and Electron Transfer
Properties of Cytochrome c Adsorbed on Graphite Electrode Studied by in-situ
STM and Tapping Mode AFM", Chem. Phys. Lett., 280, 397(1997).
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W. Schmickler and N.J. Tao, "Measuring the inverted region of an electron
transfer reaction with an STM", Electrochimica Acta, 42, 2809(1997).
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F. Cunha, Q. Jin, N. J. Tao and C. Z. Li, "Structural phase transition
in self-assembled 1,10' phenanthroline monolayer on Au(111), Surf. Sci.,
389, 19-28(1997).
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L. Shao, N. J. Tao and R. M. Leblanc, "Probing the Microelastic Properties
of Nanobiological Particles with Tapping Mode Atomic Force Microscopy",
Chem. Phys. Lett., 273, 37(1997).
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N.J. Tao "Probing the Redox Density of States of Individual Molecules with
Scanning Tunneling Microscopy", Phys. Rev. Lett., 76, 4066(1996)
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X. W. Wang, N.J. Tao and F. Cunha, "The role of tip induced force in the
STM of guanine on graphite", J. Chem. Phys., 105, 3747(1996).
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F. Cunha, N. J. Tao, X. W. Wang, Q. Jin, B. Duong and J. D'Agnese, "Potential
Induced Phase Transitions in 2,2'-Bipyridine and 4,4'-Bipyridine Monolayers
on Au(111) Studied by in situ STM and AFM", Langmuir, 12, 6410(1996).
taon@fiu.edu