FACULTY

Associate Professor

Office: Nan Yong Building

Email：biao.jin@nju.edu.cn

Education

2014-2019 Ph.D., Zhejiang University

2010-2014 Bsc, Hainan University

Professional Appointment

2024-Present Associate Professor & Ph.D. Supervisor, School of Sustainable Energy and Resources, Nanjing University

2023-2024 Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Washington

2019-2023 Postdoctoral Researcher, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, USA

Research Areas

In situ liquid-phase transmission electron microscopy (LP-TEM)，Nucleation and growth mechanism of metals and minerals as well as their controllable synthesis, CO2 conversion and fixation

Professional Services

Review editor for academic journals including：ACS Nano, Chemical of Materials, Acta Biomaterialia, Materials Design, The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, Crystal Growth Design

Awards and Honors

2019 Outstanding graduate of Zhejiang University

2014 Outstanding graduate of Hainan University

Selected publications

1. Fatima A. Davila†; Biao Jin†*; Harley Pyles†; Shuai Zhang; Zheming Wang; Timothy F. Huddy; Asim K. Bera; Alex Kang; Chun-Long Chen; James J. De Yoreo*; David Baker*; Directing Polymorph Specific Calcium Carbonate Formation with De Novo Protein Templates. Nature Communications 2023, 14, 8191. （†Co-first author，*Corresponding author）

2. Biao Jin†; Ying Chen†; Jinhui Tao; Kacper J. Lachowski; Mark E. Bowden; Zhihao Zhang; Lilo D. Pozzo; Nancy M. Washton; Karl T. Mueller; James J. De Yoreo*; Multi‐Step Nucleation of a Crystalline Silicate Framework via a Structurally Precise Prenucleation Cluster. Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2023 135(28), e202303770.

3. Biao Jin†; Feng Yan†; Xin Qi; Bin Cai; Jinhui Tao; Xiaofeng Fu; Susheng Tan; Peijun Zhang; Jim Pfaendtner; Nada Y. Naser; François Baneyx; Xin Zhang; James J. DeYoreo*; Chun‐Long Chen*; Peptoid-Directed Formation of Five-Fold Twinned Au Nanostars through Particle Attachment and Facet Stabilization. Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2022, 134(14), e202201980.

4. Biao Jin; Yanming Wang; Zhaoming Liu; Arthur France‐Lanord; Jeffrey C. Grossman; Chuanhong Jin*; Ruikang Tang*; Revealing the Cluster‐Cloud and Its Role in Nanocrystallization. Advanced Materials 2019, 31 (16), 1808225.

5. Biao Jin; Maria L. Sushko; Zhaoming Liu; Chuanhong Jin*; Ruikang Tang*; In Situ Liquid Cell TEM Reveals Bridge-Induced Contact and Fusion of Au Nanocrystals in Aqueous Solution. Nano Letters 2018, 18 (10), 6551-6556.

6. Jinrong Ma†; Biao Jin†; Kathryn N. Guye; Md. Emtias Chowdhury; Nada Y. Naser; Chun‐Long Chen; James J. De Yoreo; François Baneyx*; Controlling Mineralization with Protein‐Functionalized Peptoid Nanotubes. Advanced Materials 2022, 2207543.

7. Biao Jin*; Yanming Wang; Chuanhong Jin; James J. De Yoreo; Ruikang Tang*; Revealing Au₁₃ as Elementary Clusters During the Early Formation of Au Nanocrystals. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters 2021, 12 (25), 5938-5943.

8. Biao Jin; Zhaoming Liu; Changyu Shao; Jiajun Chen; Lili Liu; Ruikang Tang*; James J. De Yoreo*; Phase Transformation Mechanism of Amorphous Calcium Phosphate to Hydroxyapatite Investigated by Liquid-Cell Transmission Electron Microscopy. Crystal Growth & Design 2021, 21 (9), 5126-5134.

9. Biao Jin†; Haifeng Wang†; Maria L. Sushko; Chuanhong Jin*; Ruikang Tang*; The Formation and Shape Transformation Mechanism of a Triangular Au Nanoplate Revealed by Liquid-Cell TEM. Nanoscale 2020, 12 (38), 19592-19596.

10. Biao Jin; Zhaoming Liu; Ruikang Tang*; Chuanhong Jin*; Quantitative Investigation of the Formation and growth of Palladium Fractal Nanocrystals by Liquid-Cell Transmission Electron Microscopy. Chemical Communications 2019, 55 (56), 8186-8189.

11. Biao Jin; Changyu Shao; Yanming Wang; Zhao Mu; Zhaoming Liu*; Ruikang Tang*; Anisotropic Epitaxial Behavior in the Amorphous Phase-Mediated Hydroxyapatite Crystallization Process: A New Understanding of Orientation Control. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters 2019, 10 (24), 7611-7616.

12. Biao Jin; Maria L. Sushko; Zhaoming Liu; Xiaoxiao Cao; Chuanhong Jin*; Ruikang Tang*; Understanding Anisotropic Growth of Au Penta-Twinned Nanorods by Liquid Cell Transmission Electron Microscopy. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters 2019, 10 (7), 1443-1449.

13. Biao Jin; Suyun Wang; Daria Boglaienko; Zihao Zhang; Qian Zhao; Xiaoming Ma; Xin Zhang; James J. De Yoreo*; The Role of Amorphous ZIF in ZIF-8 Crystallization Kinetics and Morphology. Journal of Crystal Growth 2023, 603, 126989.