学习及工作经历

2023.07-至今，新葡的京集团3512vip官网，特聘研究员，博士生导师

2020.09—2023.06 瑞士苏黎世联邦理工学院，博士后，合作导师：Prof. Renato Zenobi（詹诺瑞）

2018.08—2020.08比利时荷语鲁汶大学，博士后，合作导师：Prof. Steven De Feyter

2013.09—2018.06中国科学院化学研究所，物理化学专业，博士，导师：万立骏院士，王栋研究员

2009.09—2013.06 华南农业大学，材料化学专业，学士

学术兼职

Carbon Neutralization青年编委

中国化学会-表面物理化学专业委员会委员

主要研究方向

1. 表面纳米结构表征与调控

2. 表面反应过程的纳米尺度研究

3. 气液界面反应过程的谱学分析

4. 能源器件表界面的化学成像与精准测量

主要工作业绩

表界面是许多物理化学过程发生的主要场所，对相关材料与器件的性能有着重要的影响。从分子层次深入研究功能分子在表界面的作用与反应过程，揭示表面动态化学转变的微观机制与规律，对高性能分子纳米结构与器件的理性设计与构建，以及新型功能材料与器件的创制都具有重要意义。

针对表界面动态化学转变过程的微观机制与规律这一基本科学问题，我们结合原位实时的高空间分辨扫描隧道显微技术（STM），高化学分辨的针尖增强拉曼光谱技术（TERS）与质谱技术（MS），围绕功能分子表面聚合与催化反应的动态化学转变过程展开研究，并取得了一系列创新性成果，以第一或通讯作者（含共同）发表论文二十余篇，包括Nature，Nat. Commun.，J. Am. Chem. Soc. （5篇），Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.，CCS Chem. 等。研究工作获得Nature，Chemistry World，Phys.org 等科研与新闻媒体的专题报道。

主要奖励和荣誉

2025年，新葡的京集团3512vip官网“优秀本科毕业论文”指导老师

2023年，入选四川省“天府峨眉计划”青年科技人才

2023年，新葡的京集团3512vip官网优秀科研人才奖

2022年，入选国家级青年人才计划

主要代表性论文

加入新葡的京集团3512vip官网之后：

1. Zhen-Feng Cai*, Meghna A. Manae, Zi-Xi Tang, Anastasiia Moskalenko, Yao Zhang, Jeremy O. Richardson, Naresh Kumar*, Mechanistic Insights into Nitroarene Hydrogenation Dynamics on Pt(111) via in situ Tip-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2025, doi: 10.1021/jacs.5c14338.

   

2. Ming-Yang Jia^†, Yue-Wen Zhou^†, Jun-Lei Yang, Qinlei Liu*, Zhen-Feng Cai*, Catalyst-Free Ullmann Coupling in Aqueous Microdroplets, Nat. Commun. 2025, 16, 7453.

   

3. Zhen-Feng Cai*, Zi-Xi Tang, Yao Zhang, Naresh Kumar*, Mechanistic Understanding of Oxygen Activation on Bulk Au(111) Surface Using TipEnhanced Raman Spectroscopy, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2024, 63, e202318682.

   

4. Yue-Wen Zhou^†, Ming-Yang Jia^†, Jun-Lei Yang, Qinlei Liu*, Zhen-Feng Cai*, Electric-Field-Induced Covalent Condensation of Boronic Acids in Water Microdroplets, Chem. Sci., 2025, 16, 8470-8477.

5. Juan Tan^†, Li-Hai Wei^†, Qinlei Liu, Zhen-Feng Cai*, Chengbin Zheng*, Facile Preparation of a SERS Substrate for Monitoring Photocatalytic Coupling Reactions. J. Raman Spectrosc. 2025, doi: 10.1002/jrs.70068.

6. Qinlei Liu, Alina Begley, Daniel F. Abbott, Jun-Lei Yang, Victor Mougel, Renato Zenobi*, Zhen-Feng Cai*, Radical-Induced Selective C-C Bond Activation at the Air-Solid Interface, Small, 2025, 21, 2500706.

7. Jun-Lei Yang, Yue-Wen Zhou, Ming-Yang Jia, Qinlei Liu*, Zhen-Feng Cai*, Insights into Heterogeneous Catalysis by Tip-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy, ChemCatChem, 2024, 16, e202400370.

   加入新葡的京集团3512vip官网之前：

8. Zhen-Feng Cai, Naresh Kumar, Renato Zenobi*, Probing On-Surface Chemistry at the Nanoscale Using Tip-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy. CCS Chem., 2023, 5, 55-71.

   

9. Gaolei Zhan^†, Zhen-Feng Cai^†*, Karol Strutyński, Lihua Yu, Niklas Herrmann, Marta Martínez-Abadía, Manuel Melle-Franco, Aurelio Mateo-Alonso and Steven De Feyter*, Observing Polymerization in Two-Dimensional Dynamic Covalent Polymers. Nature. 2022, 603, 835.

   

10. Zhen-Feng Cai, Juan Pedro Merino, Wei Fang, Naresh Kumar*, Jeremy O. Richardson, Steven De Feyter and Renato Zenobi*, Molecular-level Insights on Reactive Arrangement in On-surface Photocatalytic Coupling Reactions using Tip-enhanced Raman Spectroscopy. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2022, 144, 538.

    

11. Zhen-Feng Cai^†, Li-Qing Zheng^†, Yao Zhang and Renato Zenobi*, Molecular-Scale Chemical Imaging of the Orientation of an On-Surface Coordination Complex by Tip-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2021, 143, 12380.

    

12. Gaolei Zhan^†, Zhen-Feng Cai^†*, Marta Martínez-Abadia, Aurelio Mateo-Alonso, and Steven De Feyter*, Real-Time Molecular-Scale Imaging of Dynamic Network Switching between Covalent Organic Frameworks. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2020, 142, 5964.

    

13. Zhen-Feng Cai^†, Gaolei Zhan^†*, Lakshya Daukiya, Samuel Eyley, Wim Thielemans, Kay Severin and Steven De Feyter*, Electric-Field-Mediated Reversible Transformation between Supramolecular Networks and Covalent Organic Frameworks. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2019, 141, 11404. (Highlighted in Nature)

    

14. Zhen-Feng Cai, Ting Chen*, Dong Wang*, Insights into the Polymerization Reactions on Solid Surfaces Provided by Scanning Tunneling Microscopy, J. Phys. Chem. L, 2023, 14, 2463-2472.

15. Zhen-Feng Cai, Timon Käser, Naresh Kumar and Renato Zenobi*, Visualizing On-Surface Decomposition Chemistry at the Nanoscale Using Tip-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy. J. Phys. Chem. L, 2022, 13, 4864.

16. Zhen-Feng Cai, Hui-Juan Yan, Dong Wang*, Li-Jun Wan*, Potential and concentration-dependent self-assembly structure at solid/liquid interface, Nanoscale, 2018, 10, 3438-3443.

17. Zhen-Feng Cai, Wei-Long Dong, Ting Chen, Hui-Juan Yan, Dong Wang*, Wei Xu*, Li-Jun Wan*, Directed assembly of fullerene on modified Au(111) electrodes, Chem. Commun., 2018, 54, 8052-8055.

18. Zhen-Feng Cai, Ting Chen, Jing-Ying Gu, Dong Wang*, Li-Jun Wan*, Ionic-interactions-induced assembly of bimolecular "chessboard" structure, Chem. Commun., 2017, 53, 9129-9132.

19. Zhen-Feng Cai, Dong Wang*, Li-Jun Wan*, Electric-field-controlled interfacial assembly structures investigated by scanning tunneling microscopy, SCIENTIA SINICA Chimica, 2017, 45, 517-523.

20. Jing-Ying Gu^†, Zhen-Feng Cai^†, Dong Wang*, Li-Jun Wan*, Single-Molecule Imaging of Iron-Phthalocyanine-Catalyzed Oxygen Reduction Reaction by in Situ Scanning Tunneling Microscopy, ACS Nano, 2016, 10, 8746-8750.

21. Zhen-Feng Cai, Xiang Wang, Dong Wang*, Li-Jun Wan*, Cobalt-Porphyrin-Catalyzed Oxygen Reduction Reaction: A Scanning Tunneling Microscopy Study, Chemelectrochem, 2016, 3, 2048-2051.

22. Zhen-Feng Cai, Jie-Yu Yue, Jing Li, Dong Wang*, Wei Xu*, Li-Jun Wan*, Self-assembly of a sulfur-bridged annulene: Substrate effect and donor-acceptor complex, J. Electroanal. Chem., 2016, 781, 20-23.

23. Zhen-Feng Cai, Bing Sun, Wen-Jie Jiang, Ting Chen, Dong Wang*, Li-Jun Wan*, STM Investigation of Oxygen Reduction Reaction on Solid Interface in Fuel Cell., J. Electrochem., 2016, 22, 561-569.

学术报告与交流

1. 第六届全国表面物理化学青年论坛，邀请报告，广东-深圳，2023年7月；

2. 表界面化学与器件前沿研讨会，邀请报告，西藏-林芝，2023年8月；

3. Photonics and Electromagnetics Research Symposium (PIERS), Invited speaker，四川-成都，2024年4月；

4. 15^th International Conference on Atomically Controlled Surfaces, Interfaces and Nanostructures (ACSIN-15), Invited speaker，江苏-苏州，2024年5月；

5. 中国化学会第34届学术年会，邀请报告（第45分会），广东-广州，2024年6月；

6. 微纳技术与催化国际创新论坛，邀请报告，安徽-芜湖，2024年8月；

7. 纳米材料与器件创新发展大会，邀请报告，浙江-温州，2024年9月；

8. 第三届催化与表界面化学青年学者学术研讨会，墙报，湖北-武汉，2024年10月；

9. 9^th International Conference on Tip-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy (TERS9), Invited speaker，Belo Horizonte-Brazil，2024年11月；

10. 中国化学会第一届全国表界面科学会议，邀请报告，四川-成都，2025年5月；

11. 第七届拉曼光谱网络会议（iCRS2025），邀请报告，线上会议，2025年9月；