Dr. Nongjian Tao

Associate Professor

Teaching (Spring, 1999):

• Physics without Calculus, PHY2053;
• Classical Mechanics, PHY 4222.

Research Area:

• Quantum transport in nanostructures;
• Phase transitions in organic molecules;
• Electron transfer properties of redox proteins;
• Biosensors;
• STM and AFM.

Positions:

• A postdoctoral position in one of the above directions above is available. Email me if you are interested.
• Several graduate and undergraduate research assistant positions are available.

Research Group:

• Postdocs: Dr. Salah Boussaad, Dr. Chunzeng Li, Dr. Janette De Giz.
• Students: Scott Bunch, John D'Agnese, Mark Adam, Chen Shu, Hong Sha, Rafael Arechabalea, Albert Bogozi.

Recent Publications:

• C. Z. Li, H. Sha and N. J Tao, “Adsorbate effect on conductance quantization of metallic nanowires”, Phys. Rev. B., 58, 6775-6778(1998).
• 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) .
• C.Z. Li and N.J. Tao, "Quantum Transport in Metallic Nanowires Fabricated by Electrochemical Deposition/Dissolution", 72, 894(1998).
• 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).
• W. Schmickler and N.J. Tao, "Measuring the inverted region of an electron transfer reaction with an STM", Electrochimica Acta, 42, 2809(1997).
• 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).
• 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).
• N.J. Tao "Probing the Redox Density of States of Individual Molecules with Scanning Tunneling Microscopy", Phys. Rev. Lett., 76, 4066(1996)
• 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).
• 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).