Publications

  1. Marisol Trejo, Andrew Clifford, Ernesto Garcia Alfonso, Nadine Halberstadt, Lan Xue, and Wei Kong, J. Chem. Phys. 161, (2024) 054306. “Electron diffraction of foam-like clusters between xenon and helium in superfluid helium droplets.”
  2. Steven Tran, Kim C. Tran, Axel Saenz Rodriguez, and Wei Kong, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 26 (2024), 8631 – 8640. “Kinetic energy distributions of atomic ions from disintegration of argon containing nanoclusters in moderately intense nanosecond laser fields: Coulomb explosion or hydrodynamic expansion.”
  3. Yuzhong Yao, Jie Zhang, William W. Freund, Steven Tran, and Wei Kong, Chem. Phys. Lett. 813 (2023) 140312. "The scaling law of cluster sizes revisited: clusters formed via coexpansion of a molecular and a rare gas species.”
  4. Lei Lei, Jie Zhang, Marisol Trejo, Stephen D. Bradford, and Wei Kong, J. Chem. Phys. 156 (2022) 051101. "Resolving the interlayer distance of cationic pyrene clusters embedded in superfluid helium droplets using electron diffraction."
  5. Jie Zhang, and Wei Kong, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 24 (2022) 6349. PERSPECTIVE "Electron diffraction as a structure tool for charged and neutral nanoclusters formed in superfluid helium droplets."
  6. Jie Zhang Yunteng He, Lei Lei, Yuzhong Yao, Stephen Bradford, and Wei Kong, “Electron Diffraction of Molecules and Clusters in Superfluid Helium Droplets”, in “Molecules in Superfluid Helium Nanodroplets”, Pg 343 – 379, eBook ISBN 978-3-030-94896-2, Print ISBN 978-3-030-94895-5., Springer (2022).
  7. Yuzhong Yao, Jie Zhang, and Wei Kong, J. Chem. Phys. 157 (2022) 044307. "Effects of aromatic molecules inside argon clusters on the formation of multiply charged atomic ions in moderately intense nanosecond laser fields."
  8. Bradford, S. D., Trejo, M., Zhang, J., Kong, W. and Ge, Y., "Electron diffraction of dichlorobenzene nanocluaters in superfluid helium droplets." J. Chem. Phys. (In preparation, (2022).
  9. Jie Zhang, Marisol Trejo, Stephen D. Bradford, and Wei Kong, J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 12, 9644 (2021). “Electron diffraction of ionized argon nanoclusters embedded in superfluid helium droplets.”
  10. Yuzhong Yao, Jie Zhang, Rahul Pandey, Di Wu, Wei Kong, and Lan Xue, J. Chem. Phys. 155, 144301 (2021). “Intensity dependence of multiply charged atomic ions from argon clusters in moderate nanosecond laser fields.”
  11. Yuzhong Yao, William M. Freund, Jie Zhang, and Wei Kong, J. Chem. Phys. 155, 064202 (2021). “Volume averaging effect in nonlinear processes of focused laser fields.”
  12. Rahul Pandey, Steven Tran, Jie Zhang, Yuzhong Yao, and Wei Kong, J. Chem. Phys. 154, 134303 (2021). “Bimodal velocity and size distributions of pulsed superfluid helium droplet beams.”
  13. Jie Zhang, Stephen D. Bradford, Wei Kong, Chengzhu Zhang, and Lan Xue, J. Chem. Phys. 152, 224306 (2020). “Electron diffraction of CS2 nanoclusters embedded in superfluid helium droplets.”
  14. Yuzhong Yao, Jie Zhang, Rahul Pandey, and Wei Kong, J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 11, 9971 (2020). “Production of multiply charged argon ions in moderate nanosecond laser fields: an open question or a forgone conclusion?”
  15. Jie Zhang, Yuzhong Yao, and Wei Kong, J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 11, 1100 (2020). “Coulomb explosion in nanosecond laser fields.”
  16. Lei Lei, Yuzhong Yao, Jie Zhang, Dale Tronrud, Wei Kong, Chengzhu Zhang, Lan Xue, Léo Dontot, and Mathias Rapacioli, J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 11, 724 (2020).
  17. Maha Alghamdi, Jie Zhang, and Wei Kong, J. Chem. Phys. 151, 134307 (2019). “Doping with multiple cations and failure of charge transfer in large ionized helium droplets.”
  18. Maha Alghamdi, Jie Zhang, Stephen D. Bradford, Wei Kong, Chem. Phys. Lett. 735, 136752 (2019). “Suppression of multiphoton ionization of aniline in large superfluid helium droplets.”
  19. Maha Alghamdi, Jie Zhang, Andrew Oswalt, Joseph J. Porter, Ryan A. Mehl, and Wei Kong, J. Phys. Chem. A 121, 6671 (2017). “Doping of green fluorescent protein into superfluid helium droplets: size and velocity of doped droplets.” PMCID: PMC5713884, PubMed # 28825305, NIHMSID: 921270.
  20. Yunteng He, Jie Zhang, Lei Lei, and Wei Kong, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 56, 3541 (2017). “Self-assembly of iodine in superfluid helium droplets: halogen bonds and nanocrystals."
  21. Yunteng He, Jie Zhang, and Wei Kong, , J. Chem. Phys. 145, 034307 (2016). “Electron diffraction of CBr4 in superfluid helium droplets: a step towards single molecule diffraction.” PMCID: PMC4958107
  22. Jie Zhang, Yunteng He, and Wei Kong, J. Chem. Phys. 144, 221101 (2016, COVER ARTICLE) "Electron Diffraction of Ferrocene in Superfluid Helium Droplets."
  23. Yunteng He, Jie Zhang, William M. Freund, and Wei Kong, J. Chem. Phys. 144, 084302 (2016). “Electron impact ionization and multiphoton ionization of doped superfluid helium droplets: A comparison.” PMCID: PMC4769255.
  24. Jie Zhang, Lei Chen, William M. Freund, and Wei Kong, J. Chem. Phys. 143, 074201 (2015). “Effective doping of low energy ions into superfluid helium droplets.” PMCID: PMC4545055.
  25. Lei Chen, Jie Zhang, William M. Freund, and Wei Kong, J. Chem. Phys. 143, 044310 (2015). “Effect of kinetic energy on the doping efficiency of cesium cations into superfluid helium droplets.” PMCID: PMC4522010.
  26. Yunteng He, Jie Zhang, William M. Freund, and Wei Kong, Rev. Sci. Instrum. 86, 084102 (2015). “Facile time-of-flight methods for characterizing pulsed superfluid helium droplet beams.” PMCID: PMC4537483.
  27. Colin Harthcock, Jie Zhang, and Wei Kong, J. Phys. Chem. A 119, 11997 (2015). “Zero kinetic energy photoelectron spectroscopy of benzo[h]quinoline.”
  28. Jie Zhang, Yunteng He, William M. Freund, and Wei Kong, J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 5, 1801 (2014). “Electron diffraction of superfluid helium droplets.” NIHMSID #600071, Editor’s Choice, PMCID: PMC4048102.
  29. Colin Harthcock, Jie Zhang, and Wei Kong, J. Chem. Phys. 140, 244308 (2014). “Far-infrared vibrational spectroscopy of triphenylene.”
  30. Colin Harthcock, Jie Zhang, and Wei Kong, Chem. Phys. Lett. 556, 23 (2013). “Zero Kinetic Energy Photoelectron spectroscopy of jet cooled benzo[e]pyrene from resonantly enhanced multiphoton ionization.”
  31. Jie Zhang, Colin Harthcock, and Wei Kong, J. Phys. Chem. A 116, 1551 (2012). “Resonantly enhanced multiphoton ionization and zero kinetic energy photoelectron spectroscopy of Benzo[g,h,i]perylene.”
  32. Jie Zhang, Colin Harthcock, and Wei Kong, J. Phys. Chem. A 116, 7016 (2012). “Resonantly enhanced multiphoton ionization and zero kinetic energy photoelectron spectroscopy of chrysene.”
  33. Jie Zhang, Colin Harthcock, Fangyuan Han, and Wei Kong, J. Chem. Phys. 135, 244306 (2011). “Zero Kinetic Energy Photoelectron spectroscopy of jet cooled benzo[a]pyrene from resonantly enhanced multiphoton ionization.”
  34. Jie Zhang, Fangyuan Han, and Wei Kong, J. Phys. Chem. A 114, 11117 (2010). "Zero Kinetic Energy Photoelectron Spectroscopy of Pyrene."
  35. Jie Zhang, Fangyuan Han, Wei Kong, and Aigen Li, Astrophys. J. 715, 485 (2010)."Zero kinetic energy photoelectron spectroscopy in the far-infrared of pentacene cation vaporized from laser desorption."
  36. Wei Kong, Linsen Pei, and Jie Zhang, Int. Rev. Phys. Chem. 28, 33 (2009). "Linear dichroism spectroscopy of gas phase biological molecules embedded in superfluid helium droplets."
  37. Wei Kong, Yonggang He, and Chengyin Wu, "Decay pathways of pyrimidine bases: from gas phase to solution", in "Radiation Induced Molecular Phenomena in Nucleic Acids", M. Schukla and J. Leszcaynski, eds., Springer (2008).
  38. Jie Zhang, Linsen Pei, Wei Kong, Dingguo Xu, and Hua Guo, J. Chem. Phys. 128, 104301 (2008). "Zero kinetic energy photoelectron spectroscopy of tetracene using laser desorption for vaporization."
  39. Linsen Pei, Jie Zhang, and Wei Kong, Chem. Phys. Lett. 462, 173 (2008)."Polarization spectroscopy of aluminum phthalocyanine hydroxide embedded in superfluid helium droplets."
  40. Linsen Pei, Jie Zhang, and Wei Kong, J. Chem. Phys. 127, 174308 (2007)."Electronic polarization spectroscopy of metal phthalocyanine chloride compounds in superfluid helium droplets."
  41. Linsen Pei, Jie Zhang, Chengyin Wu, and Wei Kong, J. Chem. Phys. 125, 024305 (2006). “Conformational identification of tryptamine embedded in superfluid helium droplets using electronic polarization spectroscopy.”
  42. Yonggang He and Wei Kong, J. Chem. Phys. 124, 204306 (2006)."Resonantly enhanced multiphoton ionization and zero kinetic energy photoelectron spectroscopy of 2-indanol conformers."
  43. Yonggang He and Wei Kong, J. Chem. Phys. 122, 244302 (2005)."Two-color resonantly enhanced multiphoton ionization and zero-kinetic-energy photoelectron spectroscopy of jet-cooled indan."
  44. Yonggang He, Chengyin Wu, and Wei Kong, Chem. Phys. Lett. 402, 212 (2005)."Cation vibrational energy levels of 1,3-benzodioxole obtained via zero kinetic energy photoelectron spectroscopy."
  45. Yonggang He, Chengyin Wu, Wei Kong, K. P. Schultz, and S. F. Nelsen, J. Phys. Chem. A 109, 959 (2005)."Structure of gas phase radical cation of 1,3,6,8-tetraazatricyclo[4.4.1.13,8] dodecane determined from zero kinetic energy photoelectron spectroscopy."
  46. Yonggang He, Chengyin Wu, and Wei Kong, J. Phys. Chem. A 109, 748 (2005)."A theoretical and experimental study of water complexes of m-aminobenzoic acid MABA·(H2O)n (n = 1 and 2)."
  47. Yonggang He, Chengyin Wu, and Wei Kong, J. Phys. Chem. A 109, 2809 (2005)."Theoretical and experimental studies of water complexes of p- and o-aminobenzoic acid."
  48. N. Ye, J. L. Stone-Sundberg, M. A. Hruschka, G. Aka, W. Kong, and D. A. Keszler, Chem. Mater. 17, 2687 (2005)."Nonlinear optical crystal YxLayScz(BO3)4 (x + y + z = 4)."
  49. Chengyin Wu, Yonggang He, and Wei Kong, Chem. Phys. Lett. 398, 351 (2004). "Two-color two-photon REMPI and ZEKE spectroscopy of supersonically cooled o-amino benzoic acid."
  50. Yonggang He, Chengyin Wu, and Wei Kong, J. Chem. Phys. 121, 8321 (2004)."Observation of rotamers of m-aminobenzoic acid (MABA): ZEKE and hole-burning REMPI spectroscopy."
  51. Chengyin Wu, Yonggang He, and Wei Kong, J. Chem. Phys. 121, 4577 (2004). "Polarization spectroscopy of gaseous tropolone in a strong electric field."
  52. Yonggang He, Chengyin Wu, and Wei Kong, J. Chem. Phys. 121, 3533 (2004)."Zero kinetic energy photoelectron spectroscopy (ZEKE) of p-amino benzoic acid (PABA)."
  53. Yonggang He, Chengyin Wu, and Wei Kong, Chem. Phys. Lett. 391, 38 (2004)."Two-color two-photon REMPI and ZEKE photoelectron spectroscopy of jet-cooled 2-chloropyrimidine."
  54. Yonggang He, Chengyin Wu, and Wei Kong, J. Chem. Phys. 120, 7497 (2004)."Resonantly enhanced two photon ionization and ZEKE spectroscopy of jet-cooled 4-aminopyridine."
  55. Yonggang He, Chengyin Wu, and Wei Kong, J. Phys. Chem. A 108, 943 (2004)."Photophysics of methyl-substituted uracils and thymines and their water complexes in the gas phase."
  56. Yonggang He, Chengyin Wu, and Wei Kong, J. Phys. Chem. A 107, 5145 (2003)."Decay pathways of thymine and methyl substituted uracil and thymine in the gas phase."
  57. James E. Abbott, Xianzhao Peng, and Wei Kong, J. Chem. Phys. 117, 8670 (2002)."Symmetry properties of electronically excited states of nitroaromatic compounds."
  58. Xianzhao Peng and Wei Kong, J. Chem. Phys. 117, 9306 (2002)."ZEKE and MATI spectroscopy of Na·(NH3)n (n = 1, 2, and 4) complexes."
  59. Wei Kong, Int. J. Mod. Phys. B 15, 3417 (2001)."Studies of electronic properties of medium and large molecules oriented in a strong uniform electric field."
  60. W. Kong and J. Bulthuis, J. Phys. Chem. A 104, 1055 (2000)."Orientation of asymmetric top molecules using a uniform electric field: calculations of species with no symmetry axis."
  61. K. J. Castle, J. Abbott, X. Peng, and W. Kong, Chem. Phys. Lett. 318, 565 (2000)."Photodissociation of t-butyl nitrite between 250 and 220 nm: internal energy distributions of NO."
  62. K. J. Castle and W. Kong, J. Chem. Phys. 112, 10156 (2000)."Directions of transition dipoles of t-butyl nitrite from orientation using a uniform electric field."
  63. K. J. Castle, J. E. Abbott, X. Peng, and W. Kong, J. Chem. Phys. 113, 1415 (2000)."Direction of the transition dipole moment of nitrobenzene determined from oriented molecules in a uniform electric field."
  64. X. Peng, J. E. Abbott, and W. Kong, J. Chem. Phys. 113, 3020 (2000)."Associative formation of Rydberg state clusters from collisions between a Rydberg state species and a ground state neutral atom."
  65. K. J. Castle, J. E. Abbott, X. Peng, and W. Kong, J. Phys. Chem. 104, 10419 (2000)."Photodissociation of o-nitrotoluene between 220 and 250 nm in a uniform electric field."
  66. K. J. Franks, H. Li, and W. Kong, J. Chem. Phys. 110, 11779 (1999)."Orientation of pyrimidine in the gas phase using a strong electric field: spectroscopy and relaxation dynamics."
  67. H. Li, K. J. Franks, and W. Kong, Chem. Phys. Lett. 300, 247 (1999)."Photodissociation of ICN in a brute force field: detection of the I* (2P1/2) product."
  68. K. J. Franks, H. Li, S. Kuy, and W. Kong, Chem. Phys. Lett. 302, 151 (1999)."Photodissociation of ICN at 266 nm and BrCN at 230 using brute force orientation."
  69. K. J. Franks, H. Li, and W. Kong, J. Chem. Phys. 111, 1884 (1999)."Evidence of a perpendicular component in the photodissociation of BrCN at 213 nm."
  70. L. M. Dobeck, H. M. Lambart, W. Kong, P. Pisano, and P. L. Houston, J. Phys. Chem. 103, 10312 (1999)."H2 production in the 440-nm photodissociation of glyoxal."
  71. H. Li and W. Kong, J. Chem. Phys. 109, 4782 (1998)."Degenerate four wave mixing in pyridazine from a slit nozzle."
  72. K. J. Franks, H. Li, R. J. Hanson, and W. Kong, J. Phys. Chem. 102, 7881 (1998).'Selective excitation of ICN achieved via brute force orientation."
  73. H. Li, K. J. Franks, R. J. Hanson, and W. Kong, J. Phys. Chem. 102, 8084 (1998)."Brute force orientation and alignment of pyridazine probed by resonantly enhanced multiphoton ionization."
  74. H. Li and W. Kong, J. Chem. Phys. 107, 3774 (1997)."Polarization and probe delay effect on degenerate four wave mixing."
  75. H. Li, P. Dupre, and W. Kong, Chem. Phys. Lett. 273, 272 (1997)."Degenerate four wave mixing and laser induced fluorescence of pyrazine and pyridazine."
  76. C. V. V. Prasad, D. Lacombe, K. Walker, W. Kong, P. Bernath, and J. W. Hepburn, Mol. Phys. 91, 1059 (1997)."Fourier transform emission spectroscopy of the second negative (A 2Πu ← X 2Πg) system of the O2+ Ion."
  77. W. Kong and J. W. Hepburn, Int. J. Ion Mass Spec. 159, 27 (1996)."Pulsed field ionization threshold photoelectron spectroscopy of O2+ (a 4Πu) using coherent extreme ultraviolet radiation."
  78. W. Kong and J. W. Hepburn, J. Phys. Chem. 99, 1637 (1995)."Threshold photoelectron spectroscopy of CO+ (A 2Πj) ← CO (X 1Σ+)."
  79. W. Kong, D. Rodgers, and J. W. Hepburn, Chem. Phys. Lett. 221, 301 (1994)."Pulsed field ionization threshold photoelectron spectroscopy of the fluorescing N2O+ (Α 2Σ+) state."
  80. W. Kong and J. W. Hepburn, Can. J. Phys. 72, 1284 (1994)."Rotationally resolved threshold photoelectron spectroscopy of O2 using coherent XUV: formation of vibrationally excited ions in the Franck-Condon gap."
  81. W. Kong, D. Rodgers, and J. W. Hepburn, J. Chem. Phys. 99, 8571 (1993)."Pulsed field ionization threshold photoelectron spectroscopy with coherent vacuum ultraviolet: NO+ (a 3Σ+ v= 0-2) ← NO (X 2Π1/2)."
  82. W. Kong, D. Rodgers, J. W. Hepburn, K. Wang, and V. McKoy, J. Chem. Phys. 99, 3159 (1993)."Pulsed field ionization threshold photoelectron spectroscopy with coherent XUV radiation: a comparison of CO and N2."
  83. W. Kong, D. Rodgers, and J. W. Hepburn, Chem. Phys. Lett. 203, 497 (1993)."Formation of highly vibrationally excited states of O2+ by threshold pulsed field ionization using coherent XUV."
  84. W. Kong, Z. X. Zhang and D. Q. Hu, Journal of Mass Spectrometry Society 9, 54 (1988)."Mass spectrum data processing for atom-probe FIM."