Faculty
Tiangang Yang received his bachelor degree from the Physics department of Dalian University of Technology in 2009. He completed his Ph.D. work at Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Science. He did his postdoc in the Department of Physics and Astronomy, at University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) from 2016 to 2019. His research has been focusing on dynamical resonances in chemical reactions, quantum effect in low-temperature interstellar chemistry and cold ion-molecule reaction dynamics. He is a tenure-track assistant professor at the Department of Chemistry, Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech) since November 2019. Post-doctoral position is available in his group.
Selected Publications:
1. Xiao, Y.#; Peng, Y.#; Chen, L.#; Li, C.; Song, Z.; Wang, X.; Wang, T.; Xie, Y.; Zhao, B.*; Yang, T.*. Two-dimensional cooling without repump laser beams through ion motional heating. Commun. Phys. 2024, 7 (1), 423.
2. Xiao, Y.#; Wen, L.#; Li, Z.#; Han, J.; Wu, W.; Wang, T.; Xie, Y.*; Yang, T.*. Overtone Excitation of Nitrogen Molecules via Stimulated Raman Pumping. J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2024, 15 (46), 11510-11516.
3. Liu, Q.-H.; Zhang, H.; Wen, L.; Xie, Y.; Yang, T.*; Cheng, C.-F.*; Hu, S.-M.; Yang, X. Preparation of High Vibrational States in the Entire Molecular Beam. J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2024, 15 (39), 9926-9931.
4. Xie, Y.#; Han, J.#; Wen, L.#; Li, Z.; Xiao, Y.; Wang, T.; Yang, X.; Yang, T.* Enhanced Total Vibrational Excitation Yield in a Slow Narrow-Pulsed Hydrogen Molecular Beam. J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2023, 51, (14), 11603-11609.
5. Yang,T.#; Li, A.#; Chen, G.; Yao, Q.; Suits, A.; Guo, H.*; Hudson, E. R.*; Campbell, W.*, Isomer-specific kinetics of the C+ + H2O reaction at the temperature of interstellar clouds. Sci. Adv. 2021. 7, eabe4080.
6. Yang, T.*; Zhao, B.*; Chen, G. K.; Guo, H.; Campbell, W.; Hudson, E. R. Determining reaction pathways at low temperatures by isotopic substitution: the case of BeD+ + H2O. New J. Phys. 2021. 23, 115004.
7. Yang,T.; Yang, X.*. Quantum resonances near absolute zero. Science. 2020. 368, 582-583.
8. Yang,T.#; Huang, L.#; Xiao, C.#; Chen, J.; Wang, T.; Dai, D.; Lique, F.; Alexander, M. H. *; Sun, Z. *; Zhang, D. H.; Yang, X. *; Neumark, D. M*. Enhanced reactivity of fluorine with para-hydrogen in cold interstellar clouds by resonance-induced quantum tunnelling. Nat. Chem. 2019, 11, 744-749.
9. Yang, T.*; Li, A.*; Chen, G. K.; Xie, C.; Suits, A. G.; Campbell, W. C.; Guo, H.; Hudson, E. R. Optical Control of Reactions between Water and Laser-Cooled Be+ Ions. J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2018, 3555-3560.
10. Yang, T.#; Chen, J.#; Huang, L.; Wang, T.; Xiao, C.*; Sun, Z.*; Dai, D.; Yang, X.*; Zhang, D. H*. Extremely Short-Lived Reaction Resonances in Cl + HD (v = 1) → DCl + H Due to Chemical Bond Softening. Science. 2015, 347, 60-63.