Fanmiao Kong

I work on both theoretical calculation and experimental characterization of molecular graphenoids materials.

My theoretical calculation employs tight binding and DFT approach. I study graphene nanoribbons, porphyrin structures, and some other nanographene molecules. I mainly investigate their electronic structure and topological phase. I also do calculation to help explain the experimental results, for instance the vibrations properties and optical properties.

In terms of experiment, I built a probe station which is able to conduct room temperature electrical measurement under very high bias voltage. I use this probe station to measure the conductance of magnetic molecule crystals. I also partly participate in the cryogenic temperature single molecule transport measurement. As another part of my project, I will use EPR to characterize molecular materials that exhibit interesting properties.