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. Visualizing the structural evolution of individual active sites in MoS2 during electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution reaction. T. X. Huang, X. Cong, S. S. Wu, J. B. Wu, Y. F. Bao, M. F. Cao, L. Wu, M. L. Lin, X. Wang*, P. H. Tan*, B. Ren*, Nature Catal., 2024, 7, 646–654.

2. Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy: Current Understanding, Challenges, and Opportunities. H. Ma, S. Q. Pan, W. L. Wang, X. Yue, X. H. Xi, S. Yan, D. Y. Wu, X. Wang*, G. K. Liu*, B. Ren*, ACS Nano, 2024, 18,14000–14019

3. Noise learning of instruments for high-contrast, high-resolution and fast hyperspectral microscopy and nanoscopy. H. He, M. F. Cao, Y. Gao, P. Zheng, S. Yan, J. H. Zhong*, L.Wang*, D. Y. Jin, B. Ren*, Nature Commun., 2024, 15, 754.

4. Rapidly Determining the 3D Structure of Proteins by Surface-enhanced Raman Spectroscopy. H. Ma, S. Yan, X. Y. Lu, Y. F. Bao, J. Liu, L. X. Liao, D. Kun, M. F. Cao, X. J. Zhao, H. Yan, H. L. Wang, X. H. Peng, N. Y. Chen, H. S. Feng, L. L. Zhu, G. B. Yao, C. H. Fan, D. Y. Wu, B. J. Wang, X. Wang*, B. Ren*, Sci. Adv., 2023, 9, eadh8362.

5. Electrochemical surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy. C. L. Brosseau*, A. Colina*, J. V. Perales-Rondon, A. J. Wilson*, P. B. Joshi, B. Ren*, X. Wang*, Nat. Rev. Methods Primers, 2023, 3, 79.

6. Correlation coefficient-directed label-free characterization of native proteins by surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy. P. S. Wang, H. Ma*, S. Yan, X. Y. Lu, H. Tang, X. H. Xi, X. H. Peng, Y. J. Huang, Y. F. Bao, M. F. Cao, H. M. Wang, J. L. Huang, G. K. Liu, X. Wang*, B. Ren*, Chem. Sci., 2022, 13, 13829-13835.

7. Accelerated interfacial proton transfer for promoting the electrocatalytic activity. K. C. Deng, Z. X. Lu, J. J. Sun, J. Y. Ye, F. Dong, H. S. Su, K. Yang, M. Sartin, S. Yan, J. Cheng, Z. Y. Zhou, B. Ren*. Chem. Sci., 2022, 13, 10884-10890.

8. Real-time imaging of surface chemical reactions by electrochemical photothermal reflectance microscopy. C. Zong, C. Zhang, P. Lin, J. Z. Yin, Y. R. Bai, H. N. Lin, B. Ren*, J. X. Cheng*, Chem. Sci., 2021, 12, 1930-1936.

9. Metallic Plasmonic Array Structures: Principles, Fabrications, Properties, and Applications. K. Yang, X. Yao, B. W. Liu*, B. Ren*, Adv. Mater., 2021, 33, 2007988.

10. 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.

11. 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.

12. 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.

13. 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.

14. 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.

15. 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.

16. 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.

17. 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.

18. 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.

19. 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.

20. 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.