Carré

dr. Q. Lin (Ivana)

Assistant Professor
TNW-MM-HMOE
Carré C4219
q.lin@utwente.nl
+31534892549
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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, NanoReactors, Opto-Electronics, Edge AI Devices.

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 optics for molecular sensing towards applications in chips and reactors. Her research focuses on in-situ Raman and dark-field spectroscopy to study interfacial processes.

Dr Lin speciliases in in-situ/operando electrochemical Raman spectroscopy, enabling the detection of redox transitions of as few as eight molecules (NatCatal 2021), observation of single molecule-metal bond dynamics (SciAdv 2022), detection of radical cations during doping of organic semiconductors (ACSNano 2022), and fabrication of the world’s smallest plasmonic pixels down to 10 nm (SciAdv 2019). Her expertise in fundamental electrochemistry is widely recognised (JPCC 2015, cited 185 times, featured in textbook: Nanobiosensors for Point-of-Care Medical Diagnostics; PCCP 2013, featured in textbooks: Organic Electrochemistry, Nanoscale Electrochemistry, Pulse Voltammetry in Physical Electrochemistry and Electroanalysis). She has been invited to publish a sole-authored review (CurrOpinElectrochem 2023). She developed the automated spectral analysis for Agilent Technologies and World Health Organization (Vaccine 2023).

Dr Lin is the Chair for the Gordon Research Conference in Plasmonically Powered Processes 2027, and President of NWO NextGenChem@NL 2025. She serves as a Board Member for UTwente BRAINS Centre, Community Board Member for Materials Horizons, an Academic Editor for The Innovation Materials. She is also the CTO for Brainonix BV, and consultant for LipoCoat BV.

Dr Lin established the course NanoPlasmonics in MSc Applied Physics in 2023, which she currently lectures and supervises. She also tutors the course M1 Conceptual Modelling in BSc Chemical Science & Engineering. She has supported high-school research at Christelijk Lyceum Apeldoorn by designing budget-friendly projects. As an Outreach Scientist for the Oxford Chili Conference, she taught high-school students to use electrochemical capsaicin sensors. Furthermore, she served as an Academic Representative for UK Department for Environment Food & Rural Affairs, leading public dialogues on nanotechnology.

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                       

Expertise

  • Chemistry

    • Molecule
    • Surface
    • Electrochemistry
    • Spectroelectrochemistry

  • Material Science

    • Metal
    • Catalysis
    • Color
    • Devices

Organisations

Publications

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2025

Identifying falsified COVID-19 vaccines by analysing vaccine vial label and excipient profiles using MALDI-ToF mass spectrometry (2025)npj Vaccines, 10(1). Article 19. Arman, B. Y., Clarke, R., Bharucha, T., Gomez Fernandez, L., Walsby-Tickle, J., Deats, M., Mosca, S., Lin, Q., Banerjee, S., Chunekar, S. R., Patil, K. D., Gairola, S., Dunachie, S., Merchant, H. A., Stokes, R., Kuwana, R., Maes, A., Charrier, J. P., Probert, F., … Gangadharan, B.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41541-024-01051-3Low-Cost 3D Printing of Recycled Liquid Metals for Sustainable Electronics (2025)[Working paper › Preprint]. Ho, S. L., van der Velde, N., Nijhuis, C. A. & Lin, Q.https://doi.org/10.26434/chemrxiv-2025-4cql2Self-Oscillatory Light Emission in Plasmonic Molecular Tunnel Junctions (2025)[Working paper › Preprint]. ArXiv.org. Zinelli, R., Wu, Z., Nijhuis, C. A. & Lin, Q.https://doi.org/10.48550/ARXIV.2510.27616Alchemically-glazed plasmonic nanocavities using atomic layer metals: controllably synergizing catalysis and plasmonics (2025)Nature communications, 16. Article 3370. Hu, S., Goerlitzer, E. S. A., Lin, Q., de Nijs, B., Silkin, V. M. & Baumberg, J. J.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-58578-9Extreme Optical Chirality from Plasmonic Nanocrystals on a Mirror (2025)Nano letters, 25(3), 1158-1164. Hou, Y., Yang, X., Hu, S., Lin, Q., Zhou, J., Peng, J., Guo, C., Huang, S., Ren, L., Sánchez-Iglesias, A., Chikkaraddy, R. & Baumberg, J. J.https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.4c05668

2024

Using matrix assisted laser desorption ionisation mass spectrometry combined with machine learning for vaccine authenticity screening (2024)npj Vaccines, 9(1). Article 155. Clarke, R., Bharucha, T., Arman, B. Y., Gangadharan, B., Gomez Fernandez, L., Mosca, S., Lin, Q., Van Assche, K., Stokes, R., Dunachie, S., Deats, M., Merchant, H. A., Caillet, C., Walsby-Tickle, J., Probert, F., Matousek, P., Newton, P. N., Zitzmann, N. & McCullagh, J. S. O.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41541-024-00946-5Tuning Overbias Plasmon Energy and Intensity in Molecular Plasmonic Tunneling Junctions by Atomic Polarizability (2024)Journal of the American Chemical Society, 146(31), 21642-21650. Du, W., Chen, X., Wang, T., Lin, Q. & Nijhuis, C. A.https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.4c05544Repurposing rapid diagnostic tests to detect falsified vaccines in supply chains (2024)Vaccine, 42(7), 1506-1511. Bharucha, T., Gangadharan, B., Clarke, R., Gomez Fernandez, L., Arman, B. Y., Walsby-Tickle, J., Deats, M., Mosca, S., Lin, Q., Stokes, R., Dunachie, S., Merchant, H. A., Dubot-Pérès, A., Caillet, C., McCullagh, J., Matousek, P., Zitzmann, N. & Newton, P. N.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2024.01.019Stepwise colloidal lithography toward scalable and various planar chiral metamaterials (2024)Rare Metals, 43, 723-735. Yang, X., Liu, Y., Chen, F.-L., Lin, Q., Chikkaraddy, R., Huang, S.-S., Xian, S.-L., hou, Y.-D., Du, J.-L., Xia, L.-P. & Du, C.-L.https://doi.org/10.1007/s12598-023-02420-yElectrochemically Switchable Multimode Strong Coupling in Plasmonic Nanocavities (2024)Nano letters, 24(1), 238-244. Yang, Y., Chikkaraddy, R., Lin, Q., Clarke, D. D. A., Wigger, D., Baumberg, J. J. & Hess, O.https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.3c03814Metal to insulator transition for conducting polymers in plasmonic nanogaps (2024)Light: Science and Applications, 13. Article 3. Xiong, Y., Chikkaraddy, R., Readman, C., Hu, S., Xiong, K., Peng, J., Lin, Q. & Baumberg, J. J.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41377-023-01344-7

2023

Innovative method for rapid detection of falsified COVID-19 vaccines through unopened vials using handheld Spatially Offset Raman Spectroscopy (SORS) (2023)Vaccine, 41(47), 6960-6968. 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., … Matousek, P.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2023.10.012A primer to in-situ opto- and spectro-electrochemistry (2023)Current Opinion in Electrochemistry, 37. Article 101201. Lin, Q.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.coelec.2022.101201Plasmonic Sensing Assay for Long-Term Monitoring (PSALM) of Neurotransmitters in Urine (2023)ACS Nanoscience Au, 3(2), 161–171. 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.https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnanoscienceau.2c00048

2022

In-Situ Spectro-Electrochemistry of Conductive Polymers Using Plasmonics to Reveal Doping Mechanisms (2022)ACS nano. Peng, J., Lin, Q., Földes, T., Jeong, H.-H., Xiong, Y., Pitsalidis, C., Malliaras, G. G., Rosta, E. & Baumberg, J. J.https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.2c09081Optical suppression of energy barriers in single molecule-metal binding (2022)Science advances, 8(25). Article eabp9285. Lin, Q., Hu, S., Földes, T., Huang, J., Wright, D., Griffiths, J., Elliott, E., Nijs, B. d., Rosta, E. & Baumberg, J. J.https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abp9285Vibrational Stark Effects: Ionic Influence on Local Fields (2022)The journal of physical chemistry letters, 13(22), 4905-4911. Wright, D., Sangtarash, S., Mueller, N. S., Lin, Q., Sadeghi, H. & Baumberg, J. J.https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpclett.2c01048Trapping plasmonic nanoparticles with MHz electric fields (2022)Applied physics letters, 120(20). Article 203303. Harlaftis, F., Kos, D., Lin, Q., Lim, K. T. P., Dumesnil, C. & Baumberg, J. J.https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0091763Probing nanoscale polymer redox using plasmonics (2022)[Contribution to conference › Paper] 12th International Conference on Metamaterials, Photonic Crystals and Plasmonics, META 2022. Xiong, Y., Lin, Q., Xiong, K. & Baumberg, J. J.

2021

Optical Suppression of Energy Barriers in Single Molecule-Metal Binding (2021)In European Quantum Electronics Conference, EQEC 2021 (Optics InfoBase Conference Papers). The Optical Society. Lin, Q., Hu, S., Földes, T., Huang, J., Wright, D., Griffiths, J., de Nijs, B., Rosta, E. & Baumberg, J. J.https://doi.org/10.1109/CLEO/Europe-EQEC52157.2021.9542204Tracking interfacial single-molecule pH and binding dynamics via vibrational spectroscopy (2021)Science advances, 7(23). Huang, J., Grys, D.-B., Griffiths, J., Nijs, B. d., Kamp, M., Lin, Q. & Baumberg, J. J.https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abg1790

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Courses academic year 2025/2026

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Courses academic year 2024/2025

Ivana Qianqi Lin, Group Leader for Team Lin

q.lin@utwente.nl

 

Riccardo Zinelli, PhD Candidate

Opto-Electrical Studies of Molecular Junctions

r.zinelli@utwente.nl


Sy Loc Ho, Master Researcher, formerly Bachelor Researcher

In-situ Spectro-Electrochemistry for Neuromorphic (Opto)Electronics

hosyloc@student.utwente.nl


Myla Matylda Neugebauer, Master Researcher, formerly Bachelor Researcher 

In-situ Opto-Electronics for Neuromorphic Computing

m.m.neugebauer@student.utwente.nl


Georgios Vallas, Master Researcher

Chiral/Polarized Opto-Electronics

g.vallas@student.utwente.nl


Alumni

2024

Gyurin Kim, Visiting PhD. Now final year at Gwangju Institute of Science & Technology (GIST).

Density functional theory (DFT) calculations for polymers

Marit Heezen, Bachelor Researcher. Now MSc student at University of Twente.

Heat-Free precision soldering

2023

Wendy Zijia Wu, Research Assistant. Now PhD at University of Cambridge.

Electrochemistry of liquid metals

Hengrui Zhang, Master Researcher.

Redox-active cargo-protein in junctions for electronics

Sy Loc Ho, Bachelor Researcher. Now stays as Master researcher.

3D printing of molecular electronics

Kyriakos Onoufriou, Bachelor Student.

Printable liquid metal and polymer composites

6 Nov 2024: 1st-Year BSc Defense for Conceptual Modelling

Congratulations to Ntando in winning the top student of the year for defense!

Esther Blok, Iris ter Laak, Jane Adema, Rowin Kroese, Ntando Ntenza.

Eduard van Sligtenhorst, Pedro Henrique Vivanco Garcia, Jelle Reinink, Rowan Vrielink, Hannes Hendrik Kruse.

18 Oct 2024: Visiting PhD Gyurin Kim

Gyurin visited Ivana from Prof. Hyeon-Ho Jeong's group at Gwangju Institute of Science & Technology (GIST), Korea.

17 Oct 2024: MolMat Department Photo

9-11 Oct 2024: VU-UT "Molecules for Society" Hackathon

Ivana organised the 3-day Hackathon with VU-UT core team, and pitched for her consortium "HARVEST".

7 Oct 2024: BRAINS Day

HMOE Group was at BRAINS Day with interesting presentations from inside and outside the UT. 

2-3 Oct 2024: MESA+ and UNAM Nanotechnology Workshop

Ivana with MESA+ hosted researchers from UNAM and sister institutes to establish collaborations.

25 Sep 2024: Poster Prize @ MüSIM

Riccardo won the Poster Prize at the 3rd Münster Symposium on Intelligent Matter.

29 Aug 2024: Brainoix @ Enschede Slush'D

HMOE Group was at Enschede Slush'D to celebrate establishment of Brainoix, spin-off invested by Out The Back Ventures.

5 Jul 2024: BSc Project Defense

Congratulations to Marit in awarding 9 for BSc research project!

21&28 Jun 2024: VU-UT "Molecules for Society" Matchmaking

Ivana organised two matchmakings with VU-UT core team at Enschede and Amsterdam.

28 Jun 2024: JACS Cover

Paper of Chris and Ivana is published on JACS, with Cover designed by Niels:

"Tuning Overbias Plasmon Energy and Intensity in Molecular Plasmonic Tunneling Junctions by Atomic Polarizability" J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2024, 146, 31, 21642–21650. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.4c05544

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