Education:

BS (1992),  Xiamen University

PhD (1998),   Xiamen University

Principal Research Interests:
Development and Application of spectroscopy, nanophotonic, and electrochemistry techniques for surface science and energy and lift science related systems

Selected Recent Publications:

1. Observing atomic layer electrodeposition on single nanocrystals surface by dark field spectroscopy. S. Hu, J. Yi, Y. J. Zhang, K. Q. Lin, B. J. Liu, L. Chen, C. Zhan, Z. C. Lei, J. J. Sun, C. Zong, J. F. Li, B. Ren*, Nature Commun., 2020, 11, 2518.

2. Buoyant particulate strategy for few-to-single particle-based plasmonic enhanced nanosensors. D. Zhang, L. Peng, X. Shang, W. Zheng, H. You, T. Xu, B. Ma, B. Ren*, J. Fang*, Nature Commun., 2020, 11, 2603.

3. Fundamental understanding and applications of plasmon-enhanced Raman spectroscopy. X. Wang, S. C. Huang, S. Hu, S. Yan, Bin Ren*, Nature Rev. Phys., 2020, 2, 253.

4. Probing the local generation and diffusion of active oxygen species on a Pd/Au bimetallic surface by tip-enhanced Raman spectroscopy. H. S. Su, H. S. Feng, Q. Q. Zhao, X. G. Zhang, J. J. Sun, Y. H. He, S. C. Huang, T. X. Huang, J. H. Zhong*, D. Y. Wu, B. Ren*, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2020, 142, 1341.

5. Probing the edge-related properties of atomically thin MoS₂ at nanoscale. T. X. Huang, X. Cong, S. S. Wu, K. Q. Lin, X. Yao, Y. H. He, J. B. Wu, Y. F. Bao, S. C. Huang, X. Wang*, P. H. Tan*, B. Ren*, Nature Commun., 2019, 10, 5544.

6. Disentangling charge carrier from photothermal effects in plasmonic metal nanostructures. C. Zhan, B. W. Liu, Y. F. Huang, S. Hu, B. Ren*, M. Moskovits*, Z. Q. Tian*, Nature Commun., 2019, 10, 2671.

7. Speeding up the line-Scan Raman imaging of living cells by deep convolutional neural network. H. He, M. Xu, C. Zong, P. Zheng, L. Luo, L. Wang*, B Ren, Anal. Chem., 2019, 91, 7070.

8. Quantifying surface temperature of thermoplasmonic nanostructures. S. Hu, B. J. Liu, J. M. Feng, C. Zong, K. Q. Lin, X. Wang, D. Y. Wu, B. Ren*, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2018, 140, 13680.

9. Surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy for bioanalysis: reliability and challenges. C. Zong, M. X. Xu, L.J. Xu, T. Wei, X. Ma, X.S. Zheng, R. Hu, B. Ren*, Chem. Rev., 2018, 118, 4946.

10.  A plasmonic sensor array with ultrahigh figures of merit and resonance linewidths down to 3 nm. B. W. Liu, S. Chen, J. C. Zhang, X. Yao, J. H. Zhong, H. X. Lin, T. X. Huang, Z. L. Yang, J. F. Zhu, S. Liu, C. Lienau, L. Wang,* B. Ren*, Adv. Mater., 2018, 30, 1706031.

11. Plasmonic photoluminescence for recovering native chemical information from surface-enhanced Raman scattering, K. Q. Lin, Jun Yi, J. H. Zhong, S. Hu, B. J. Liu, J. Y.  Liu, C. Zong, Z. C. Lei, X. Wang*, J. Aizpurua, R. Esteban*, B. Ren*, Nature Commun., 2017, 8, 14891.

12. Probing the electronic and catalytic properties of a bimetallic surface with 3 nm resolution, J. H. Zhong, X. Jin, L. Meng, X. Wang, H. S. Su, Z. L. Yang, C. T. Willams, B. Ren*, Nature Nanotechnol., 2017, 12, 132.

13. Tip-enhanced Raman spectroscopy for surfaces and interfaces. X. Wang, S. C. Huang, T. X. Huang, H. S. Su, J. H. Zhong, Z. C. Zeng, C. Zong, M. H. Li, B. Ren, Chem. Soc. Rev., 2017, 46, 4020.

14. Electrochemical tip-enhanced Raman spectroscopy. Z. C. Zeng, S. C. Huang, D. Y. Wu, L. Y. Meng, M. H. Li, T. X. Huang, J. H. Zhong, X. Wang, Z. L. Yang, B. Ren*, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2015, 137, 11928.

15. Transient electrochemical surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (TEC-SERS): a millisecond time-resolved study of an electrochemical redox process. C. Zong, C. J. Chen, M. Zhang, D. Y. Wu, B. Ren*, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2015, 137, 11768.

16. Reliable quantitative SERS analysis facilitated by core-shell nanoparticles with embedded internal standards. W. Shen, X. Lin, C. Jiang, C. Li, H. Lin, J. Huang, S. Wang, G. Liu, X. Yan, Q. Zhong, B. Ren*, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2015, 54, 7308.

17. Label-free surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy detection of DNA with single-base sensitivity. L. Xu, Z. Lei, J. Li, C. Zong, C. Yang, B. Ren*, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2015, 137, 5149.

18. Quantitative correlation between defect density and heterogeneous electron transfer rate of single layer graphene. J. H. Zhong, J. Zhang, X. Jin, J. Y. Liu, Q. Y. Li, M. H. Li, W. W. Cai, D. Y. Wu, D. P. Zhan*, B. Ren*, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2014, 136,16609.

19. Activation of oxygen on gold and silver nanoparticles assisted by surface plasmon resonances, Y. F. Huang, M. Zhang, L. B. Zhao, J. M. Feng, D. Y. Wu*, B. Ren*, Z. Q. Tian, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2014, 53, 2353.

20. Probing the location of hot spots by surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy: toward uniform substrates. X. Wang, M. Li, L. Meng, K. Lin, J. Feng, T. Huang, Z. L. Yang,* B. Ren*, ACS Nano, 2014, 8, 528.