dr. Q. Lin (Ivana)

Publishing name: Qianqi Lin 林倩琦

Known as name: Ivana

Position: Tenure Track Assistant Professor of Hybrid Materials for Opto-Electronics, Department of Molecules & Materials, MESA+ Institute for BRAINS & Molecules Center, University of Twente, the Netherlands.

Research Interest

Electrochemistry, NanoPhotonics, Plasmonics, Raman Spectroscopy, Light-matter Interactions, Charge Transports, Opto-Electronics, Neuromorphic Computing.

Biography

Dr Ivana Qianqi Lin (MChem in Chemistry and PhD in Electrochemistry at Oxford, UK; PD in Nanophotonics at Cambridge, UK) joined the University of Twente in August 2022 as a Tenure Track Assistant Professor, aiming to develop molecular opto-electronics for nanoreactor and neuromorphic computing. Her research focuses on in-situ Raman and dark-field spectroscopy to study interfacial processes.

Ivana pioneered the in-situ/operando spectro-electrochemistry to detect the redox transition of as few as eight molecules (NatCatal 2021), observe the single molecule-metal bond formation (SciAdv 2022), identify the radical intermediate during doping of organic semiconductors (ACSNano 2022), and fabricate the world’s smallest plasmonic pixels down to 10 nm (SciAdv 2019). Her expertise in fundamental electrochemistry is widely acknowledged (JPCC 2015, cited 150 times, written in the textbook: Nanobiosensors for Point-of-Care Medical Diagnostics; PCCP 2013, written in textbooks: Organic Electrochemistry, Nanoscale Electrochemistry, Pulse Voltammetry in Physical Electrochemistry and Electroanalysis). She is leading the field as reflected by her sole-authored review paper (CurrOpinElectrochem 2023, invitation-only journal), and invited talks (IUPAC|CHAINS 2023, and MRS Spring 2023).

She also developed the automated spectral analysis for Agilent Technologies and World Health Organization (Vaccine 2023), earned the Top Downloaded Article Award from Wiley, and appointed as Community Board Member for RSC Materials Horizons and Academic Editor for The Innovation Materials.

Engineering & Materials Science

# Catalysis
# Electrons
# Molecules
# Oxidation-Reduction
# Plasmonics
# Spectroelectrochemistry

Chemistry

# Catechol
# Ferrocene

Faculty of Science and Technology (TNW), Hybrid Materials for Opto-Electronics (HMOE)

Five Representative Publications

1. Lin, Q.; Hu, S.; Földes, T.; Huang, J.; Wright, D.; Griffiths, J.; Elliott, E.; de Nijs, B.; Rosta, E.; Baumberg, J. J. Optical suppression of energy barriers in single molecule-metal binding. Science Advances (2022) 8, eabp9285. DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abp9285

2. Lin, Q. A primer to in-situ opto- and spectro-electrochemistry. Current Opinion in Electrochemistry (2023) 37, 101201. DOI: 10.1016/j.coelec.2022.101201

3. Wright, D.^#; Lin, Q.^#(Co-first-author); Berta, D.; Földes, T.; Wagner, A.; Griffiths, J.; Readman, C.; Rosta, E.; Reisner, E.; Baumberg, J. J. Mechanistic study of an immobilized molecular electrocatalyst by in-situ gap plasmon assisted spectro-electrochemistry. Nature Catalysis (2021) 4, 157. DOI: 10.1038/s41929-020-00566-x

4. Peng, J.^#; Lin, Q.^#(Co-first-author); Földes, T.; Jeong, H.-H.; Xiong, Y.; Pitsalidis, C.; Malliaras, G. G.; Rosta, E.; Baumberg, J. J. In-situ spectro-electrochemistry of conductive polymers using plasmonics to reveal doping mechanisms. ACS Nano (2022) 16, 21120. DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.2c09081

5. Lin, Q.; Li, Q.; Batchelor-McAuley, C.; Compton, R. G. Two-electron, two-proton oxidation of catechol: kinetics and apparent catalysis. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C (2015) 119, 1489. DOI: 10.1021/jp511414b

All Publications

26. Bharucha T.; GANGADHARAN B.; Clarke R.; GOMEZ FERNANDEZ L.; Yohan Arman B.; Walsby-Tickle J.; Deats M.; Mosca S.; Lin Q.; Stokes R.; Dunachie S.; Merchant H.; Dubot-Peres A.; Caillet C.; McCullagh J.; Matousek P.; Zitzmann N.; Newton P. Repurposing rapid diagnostic tests to detect falsified vaccines in supply chains Vaccine (2024) online. DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2024.01.019

25. Yang, Y.; Chikkaraddy, R.; Lin, Q.; Clarke, D. D. A.; Wigger, D.; Baumberg, J. J.; Hess, O. Electrochemically Switchable Multimode Strong Coupling in Plasmonic Nanocavities. Nano Letters (2024) 24, 1, 238. DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.3c03814

24. Xiong, Y.; Chikkaraddy, R.; Readman, C.; Hu, S.; Xiong, K.; Peng, J.; Lin, Q.; Baumberg. J. J. Metal to insulator transition for conducting polymers in plasmonic nanogaps. Light: Science & Applications (2024) 13, 3. DOI: 10.1038/s41377-023-01344-7

23. Mosca, S.; Lin, Q.; Stokes, R.; Bharucha, T.; Gangadharan, B.; Clarke, R.; Fernandez, L. G.; Deats, M.; Walsby-Tickle, J.; Arman, B. Y.; Chunekar, S. R.; Patil, K. D.; Gairola, S.; van Assche, K.; Dunachie, S.; Merchant, H. A.; Kuwana, R.; Maes, A.; McCullagh, J.; Caillet, C.; Zitzmann, N.; Newton, P. N.; Matousek, P. Innovative method for rapid detection of falsified COVID-19 vaccines through unopened vials using handheld Spatially Offset Raman Spectroscopy (SORS). Vaccine (2023) 41, 6960. DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2023.10.012

22. Yang, X.; Liu, Y.; Lin, Q.; Chikkaraddy, R.; Chen, F.; Huang, S.; Xian, S.; Hou, Y.; Du, J.; Xia, L.; Du, C. Stepwise colloidal lithography towards scalable and various planar chiral metamaterials. Rare Metals (2024) 43, 723. DOI: 10.1007/s12598-023-02420-y

21. Lin, Q. A primer to in-situ opto- and spectro-electrochemistry. Current Opinion in Electrochemistry (2023) 37, 101201. DOI: 10.1016/j.coelec.2022.101201

20. Chen, W.-H.; Wang, W.; Lin, Q.; Grys, D.-B.; Niihori, M.; Huang, J.; Hu, S.; de Nijs, B.; Scherman, O. A.; Baumberg, J. J. Plasmonic Sensing Assay for Long-term Monitoring (PSALM) of neurotransmitters in urine. ACS Nanoscience Au (2023) 3, 2, 161. DOI: 10.1021/acsnanoscienceau.2c00048

19. Peng, J.^#; Lin, Q.^#(Co-first-author); Földes, T.; Jeong, H.-H.; Xiong, Y.; Pitsalidis, C.; Malliaras, G. G.; Rosta, E.; Baumberg, J. J. In-situ spectro-electrochemistry of conductive polymers using plasmonics to reveal doping mechanisms. ACS Nano (2022) 16, 21120. DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.2c09081

18. Lin, Q.; Hu, S.; Földes, T.; Huang, J.; Wright, D.; Griffiths, J.; Elliott, E.; de Nijs, B.; Rosta, E.; Baumberg, J. J. Optical suppression of energy barriers in single molecule-metal binding. Science Advances (2022) 8, eabp9285. DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abp9285

17. Wright, D.; Sangtarash, S.; Mueller, N.S.; Lin, Q.; Sadeghi, H.; Baumberg, J. J. Vibrational Stark effects: ionic influence on local fields. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters (2022) 13, 22. DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.2c01048

16. Harlaftis, F.; Kos, D.; Lin, Q.* (Co-corresponding-author); Lim, K. T. P.; Dumesnil, C.; Baumberg, J. J.* Trapping plasmonic nanoparticles with MHz electric fields. Applied Physics Letter (2022) 120, 203303. DOI: 10.1063/5.0091763

15. Huang, J.; Grys, D.-B.; Griffiths, J.; de Nijs, B.; Kamp, M.; Lin, Q.; Baumberg, J. J. Tracking interfacial single-molecule pH and binding dynamics via vibrational spectroscopy. Science Advances (2021) 7: eabg1790. DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abg1790

14. Chikkaraddy, R.; Turek, V. A.; Lin, Q.; Griffiths, J.; de Nijs, B.; Keyser, U. F.; Baumberg, J. J. Dynamics of deterministically positioned single-bond surface-enhanced Raman scattering from DNA origami assembled in plasmonic nanogaps. Journal of Raman Spectroscopy (2021) 52, 348. DOI: 10.1002/jrs.5997

13. Peng, J.; Jeong, H.-H.; Smith, M.; Chikkaraddy, R.; Lin, Q.; Liang, H.-L.; De Volder, M. F. L.; Vignolini, S.; Kar-Narayan, S.; Baumberg, J. J. Fully-printed flexible plasmonic metafilms with directional color dynamics. Advanced Science (2021) 8, 2002419. DOI: 10.1002/advs.202002419

12. Wright, D.^#; Lin, Q.^#(Co-first-author); Berta, D.; Földes, T.; Wagner, A.; Griffiths, J.; Readman, C.; Rosta, E.; Reisner, E.; Baumberg, J. J. Mechanistic study of an immobilized molecular electrocatalyst by in-situ gap plasmon assisted spectro-electrochemistry. Nature Catalysis (2021) 4, 157. DOI: 10.1038/s41929-020-00566-x

11. Ojambati, O. S.; Deacon, W. M.; Chikkaraddy, R.; Readman, C.; Lin, Q.; Koczor-Benda, Z.; Rosta, E.; Scherman, O. A.; Baumberg, J. J. Breaking the selection rules of spin-forbidden transitions in plasmonic nanocavities. ACS Photonics (2020) 7, 2337. DOI: 10.1021/acsphotonics.0c00732

10. Peng, J.; Jeong, H.-H.; Lin, Q.; Cormier, S.; Liang, H.-L.; De Volder, M. F. L.; Vignolini, S.; Baumberg, J. J. Scalable electrochromic nanopixels using plasmonics. Science Advances (2019) 5, eaaw2205. DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aaw2205

9. Lin, Q.; Compton, R. G. Impacts reveal and quantify monolayer adsorption on single alumina particles. Russian Journal of Electrochemistry (2017) 53, 994. DOI: 10.1134/s1023193517090087

8. Lin, Q.; Lin, C.; Wu, H.; Batchelor-McAuley, C.; Compton, R. G. Catalytic single particle nano-impacts: theory and experiment. poly(vinylferrocene) modified graphene nanoplatelet mediated L-cysteine oxidation. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C (2016) 120, 20216. DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.6b07357

7. Wu, H.; Lin, Q.; Batchelor-McAuley, C.; Compton, R. G. Nanoimpacts reveal the electron-transfer kinetics of the ferrocene/ferrocenium couple immobilised on graphene nanoplatelets. ChemElectroChem (2016) 3, 1478. DOI: 10.1002/celc.201600296

6. Wu, H.; Lin, Q.; Batchelor-McAuley, C.; Gonçalves, L. M.; Lima, C. F. R. A. C.; Compton, R. G. Stochastic detection and characterisation of individual ferrocene derivative tagged graphene nanoplatelets. Analyst (2016) 141, 2696. DOI: 10.1039/c5an02550h

5. Poon, J.^#; Lin, Q.^#(Co-first-author); Batchelor-McAuley, C.; Salter, C.; Johnston, C.; Compton, R. G. Altered electrochemistry at graphene- or alumina-modified electrodes: catalysis vs electrocatalysis in multistep electrode processes. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C (2015) 119, 13777. DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.5b04335

4. Lin, Q.; Compton, R. G. Quantifying adsorption on single alumina particles via impact voltammetry and current transient analysis. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C (2015) 119, 23463. DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.5b06419

3. Lin, Q.; Li, Q.; Batchelor-McAuley, C.; Compton, R. G. Two-electron, two-proton oxidation of catechol: kinetics and apparent catalysis. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C (2015) 119, 1489. DOI: 10.1021/jp511414b

2. Lin, Q.; Li, Q.; Batchelor-McAuley, C.; Compton, R. G. Methyl viologen mediated oxygen reduction in ethanol solvent: the electrocatalytic reactivity of the radical cation. Journal of Electrochemical Science and Technology (2013) 4, 71. DOI: 10.5229/JECST.2013.4.2.71

1. Lin, Q.; Li, Q.; Batchelor-McAuley, C.; Compton, R. G. Use of 'split waves' for the measurement of electrocatalytic kinetics: methyl viologen mediated oxygen reduction on a boron-doped diamond electrode. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics (2013) 15, 7760. DOI: 10.1039/C3CP50873K

2. Lin, Q.; Hu, S.; Földes, T.; Huang, J.; Wright, D.; Griffiths, J.; de Nijs, B.; Rosta, E.; Baumberg, J. J., Optical suppression of energy barriers in single molecule-metal binding, 2021 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe and European Quantum Electronics Conference, OSA Technical Digest (Optica Publishing Group, 2021), eg_5_3.

1. Publications cited in textbooks: Nanoscale Electrochemistry (Elsevier 2021) p217, Organic Electrochemistry (CRC Press 2016) p280, and Pulse Voltammetry in Physical Electrochemistry and Electroanalysis (Springer 2016) p191.