Advanced scientific instruments serve as tools for humanity to understand the world, with innovative technical methodologies at their core. In the development of nanotechnology, nanoscale characterization and measurement technologies—centered on electron microscopy, scanning probe microscopy (SPM), and super-resolution optical microscopy—have played a pivotal role. Currently, SPM, with scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) and atomic force microscopy (AFM) as its core, has become one of the central tools for probing the structure, properties, and functions of matter at the micro/nanoscale in basic scientific and technological research. Among these, AFM is the most widely used SPM technique. It acts as both the "eye" and "hand" at the micro/nanoscale, enabling integration with other characterization and measurement technologies, and offers broad prospects for development and application. Our laboratory is dedicated to the independent research, development, and application of advanced and functionalized atomic force microscopy (AFM) instrumentation and techniques.
We have long focused on the development of advanced scanning probe microscopy techniques and their fundamental applications in the fields of low-dimensional quantum materials and surface/interface physics, achieving multiple cutting-edge research outcomes. We have accumulated rich experience in the development and improvement of state-of-the-art instruments, as well as in the exploration of novel experimental methodologies. Currently, members of our team serve as council members of the Microscopy Instrument Branch and the Quantum Sensing and Precision Measurement Instrument Branch of the Chinese Society for Instrument and Control, and the Micro/Nano Technology Branch of the Chinese Ceramic Society. Additionally, a team member previously held a visiting professorship at Osaka University, Japan.
More than 120 papers have been published in internationally influential academic journals, including Science, Nature Communications, Phys. Rev. Lett., J. Am. Chem. Soc., Nano Letters, etc. Some research results have been reported by numerous renowned scientific media such as Science Magazine, Physical World, Science Daily, Nanotechweb, Nanotechnology Today, and Chemical & Engineering News. These achievements have also been featured in Nature’s annual image collection, listed among the top 10 domestic scientific news by Science and Technology Daily, and included in the "Top 10 Scientific Advances in China" by the Ministry of Science and Technology, garnering wide attention from the scientific community.
Awards include the Second Prize of the Beijing Municipal Science and Technology Award. Multiple patents related to scanning probe technology have been applied for, and one translated book, Amplitude Modulation Atomic Force Microscopy, has been published. Invitations to deliver keynote speeches have been received at important domestic and international academic conferences, such as the International Conference on Nanoscience and Technology, China International Conference on Nanoscience and Technology, and annual meetings of the Chinese Physical Society, Chinese Vacuum Society, and Chinese Chemical Society. Leveraging expertise in advanced atomic force probe instrumentation, the team has assisted multiple high-tech companies in addressing cutting-edge research and development needs.
Scientific research and teaching achievements:
2016 国家自然科学基金委员会优秀青年科学基金
2015 北京市科学技术二等奖
2014 中国百篇最具影响国际学术论文
2014 中国科色情网站
青年创新促进会会员及首届“学科交叉与创新奖”
2013 中国科学十大进展
2013 《Nature》年度图片
2013 中国科色情网站
“引进杰出技术人才”(技术百人计划)
2013 中国科色情网站
卢嘉锡青年人才奖
2007 中国科色情网站
优秀博士毕业生
2017 色情网站
“杰出学者”青年学者(A岗)
2023 色情网站
新冠疫情防控先进个人
2023 色情网站
先进工作者
2021 色情网站
本科“课程教学优秀奖”
2023 教育部一流课程(线上线下混合)负责人
2020 色情网站
优秀本科论文指导教师
2024 色情网站
吴玉章特聘教授
2024 色情网站
优秀班主任
Academic and social appointments:
2019 中国仪器仪表学会显微仪器分会理事
2018 中国硅酸盐学会微纳米分会理事
2019 中国仪器仪表学会量子传感与精密测量仪器分会理事
2017 大阪大学工色情网站
应用物理系客座教授
2021 仪器信息网专家委员会委员
2018 分析测试百科网特约专家讲师及学术顾问
2018 中国民主同盟第十二届中央委员会青年工作委员会委员
2023 中国民主同盟第十三届中央委员会青年工作委员会委员
2019 国际显微仪器论坛(中国工程院信息与电子工程学部)邀请报告人
2017 ChinaNANO2017 纳米表征与计量分会 共同分会主席
2020 IOP CPB 优秀审稿人
2020 受知名原子力显微镜公司(Asylum Research, Oxford Instruments,USA;Park Systems, Korea)等的分别邀请,在Nature杂志网站的Webcast栏目、AFM公司网站交流平台等在做《原子力探针显微术基础及其研究进展(1-3)》、《二维材料界面结构与性质的原子力探针显微学研究(1-3)》系列讲座,并在网络平台B站等进行了推送,受到了广泛好评
2023 NANOscientific Symposium China (Scanning Probe Microscopy, SPM) 第五届纳米科学论坛主席
Selected publications
1. L Lei, JQ Dai, HY Dong, YY Geng, FY Cao, Cong Wang, R Xu, F Pang, FS Li, ZH Cheng, et al., Electronic Janus lattice and kagome-like bands in coloring-triangular MoTe2 monolayers, Nature Communications 14, 6320 (2023)
2. SY Xing, LL Wu, ZL Wang, X Chen, HN Liu, S Han, LW Zhou, Q Zheng, L Huang, X Lin, SS Chen, LM Xie, XL Chen, HJ Gao, ZH Cheng, et. al., Interweaving Polar Charge Orders in a Layered Metallic Super-atomic Crystal, Physics Review X 12, 041034 (2022)
3. J. Zhang, P.C. Chen, B.K. Yuan, W. Ji, Z.H. Cheng, et al., Real-space identification of Intermolecular bonding with atomic force microscopy, Science, 2013, 342, 611-614.
4. Z.H. Cheng, J. Wyrick, M.M. Luo, D.Z. Sun, D.H. Kim, Y.M. Zhu, W.H. Lu, K. Kim, T.L. Einstein, L. Bartels. Adsorbates in a box: titration of substrate electronic states, Phys. Rev. Lett, 2010, 105, 066104-066104.
5. Z.H. Cheng, M.M. Luo, J. Wyrick, D.Z. Sun, D.H. Kim, Y.M. Zhu, W.H. Lu, K. Kim, T.L. Einstein, L. Bartels. Power of confinement: adsorbate dynamics on nanometer-scale exposed facets, Nano Lett., 2010, 10, 3700-3703.
6. Z.H. Cheng, E.S. Chu, D.Z. Sun, D.H. Kim, Y.M. Zhu, M.M. Luo, G. Pawin, K.L. Wong, K.-Y. Kwon, R. Carp. L. Bartels. Tunability in polyatomic molecule diffusion through tunneling versus pacing, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2010, 132, 13578-13581.