Heng-Yong Nie

@uwo.ca

Surface Science Western & Department of Physics and Astronomy / Science
The University of Western Ontario



                 

https://researchid.co/hengyongnie

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Surface Science, Analytical Chemistry, Time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometry

1903

Scholar Citations

24

Scholar h-index

50

Scholar i10-index

RECENT SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS

  • Defining the nature of adventitious carbon and improving its merit as a charge correction reference for XPS
    LH Grey, HY Nie, MC Biesinger
    Applied Surface Science 653, 159319 2024

  • Self‐Powered Smart Vibration Absorber for In Situ Sensing and Energy Harvesting
    J Xu, Z Wang, HY Nie, Y Wei, Y Liu
    Advanced Intelligent Systems, 2300792 2024

  • Self-Assembled Monolayers of a Fluorinated Phosphonic Acid as a Protective Coating on Aluminum
    Z Duan, Z Xie, Y Hu, J Xu, J Ren, Y Liu, HY Nie
    Molecules 29 (3), 706 2024

  • Effect of passivation and surface treatment of a laser powder bed fusion biomedical titanium alloy on corrosion resistance and protein adsorption
    S Nikpour, JD Henderson, S Matin, HY Nie, J Hedberg, V Dehnavi, ...
    Electrochimica Acta 475, 143650 2024

  • Multimode coaxial extrusion of segmented core-shell structures for soft metamechanics and biomimetic applications
    J Xu, Y Cao, Z Wang, HY Nie, X Wang, Y Liu
    Smart Materials and Structures 33 (1), 015003 2023

  • Manipulating Li2S2/Li2S mixed discharge products of all-solid-state lithium sulfur batteries for improved cycle life
    JT Kim, A Rao, HY Nie, Y Hu, W Li, F Zhao, S Deng, X Hao, J Fu, J Luo, ...
    Nature Communications 14 (1), 6404 2023

  • Binding between L-Cysteine and Gold Nanoparticles/Clusters
    SM Kalantarian, N Hajighasemi, HY Nie, YS Hedberg
    244th ECS Meeting (October 8-12, 2023) 2023

  • Molecular-Level Characterization of Oxygen Local Environments in a Pristine and Post-Synthetically Modified Metal–Organic Framework via 17O Nuclear Magnetic
    V Martins, BEG Lucier, K Chen, I Hung, Z Gan, C Gervais, C Bonhomme, ...
    Chemistry of Materials 35 (9), 3555-3569 2023

  • Polymer Surface Modification: Relevance to Adhesion, Vol. 2, pp. 377–392 Ed. KL Mittal Taylor & Francis 2000
    HY NIE, MJ WALZAK, NS MCINTYRE
    Polymer Surface Modification: Relevance to Adhesion, Volume 2 2, 377 2023

  • Atomic force microscopy study of UV/ozone treated polypropylene films
    HY Nie, MJ Walzak, NS McIntyre
    Polymer Surface Modification: Relevance to Adhesion, Volume 2, 377-392 2023

  • Polyacrylic acid ultra‐thin films: Influence of cross‐linking structure via hyperthermal hydrogen‐induced cross‐linking
    M Liang, Y Zhu, R Xu, J Wang, J Cui, D Yang, HY Nie, WM Lau
    Journal of Applied Polymer Science 139 (46), e53144 2022

  • AFM/XPS Analysis of the Growth and Architecture of Oriented Molecular Monolayer by Spin Cast Process and Its Cross-Linking Induced by Hyperthermal Hydrogen
    J Liu, R Xu, Y Zhu, DQ Yang, HY Nie, WM Lau
    Applied Sciences 12 (12), 6233 2022

  • Time-of-Flight Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry Analyses of Self-Assembled Monolayers of Octadecyltrimethoxysilane on SiO2 Substrate
    HY Nie, HR Jahangiri-Famenini
    Applied Sciences 12 (10), 4932 2022

  • Natural Stones with a Self-Cleaning Surface via Self-Assembled Monolayers
    Z Duan, Z Xie, B Zhou, X Yang, HY Nie, Y Hu
    Applied Sciences 12 (9), 4771 2022

  • Laser direct activation of polyimide for selective electroless plating of flexible conductive patterns
    J Ren, D Li, Y Zhang, W Yang, H Nie, Y Liu
    ACS Applied Electronic Materials 4 (5), 2191-2202 2022

  • Location of cobalt impurities in the surface oxide of stainless steel 316L and metal release in synthetic biological fluids
    X Wang, J Hedberg, HY Nie, MC Biesinger, I Odnevall, YS Hedberg
    Materials & Design 215, 110524 2022

  • Highly stretchable graphene/polydimethylsiloxane composite lattices with tailored structure for strain-tolerant EMI shielding performance
    Z Wang, W Yang, R Liu, X Zhang, H Nie, Y Liu
    Composites Science and Technology 206, 108652 2021

  • Detection of gold cysteine thiolate complexes on gold nanoparticles with time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometry
    HY Nie, E Romanovskaia, V Romanovski, J Hedberg, YS Hedberg
    Biointerphases 16 (2) 2021

  • Design and fabrication of flexible capacitive sensor with cellular structured dielectric layer via 3D printing
    W Yang, Y Liu, W Xu, HY Nie
    IEEE Sensors Journal 21 (9), 10473-10482 2021

  • Location of cobalt impurities in stainless steel 316L and changes in composition and thickness of the surface oxide in relation to metal release in synthetic biological fluids
    X Wang, J Hedberg, HY Nie, MC Biesinger, I Odnevall Wallinder, ...
     2021

MOST CITED SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS

  • Atomic force microscopy study of polypropylene surfaces treated by UV and ozone exposure: modification of morphology and adhesion force
    HY Nie, MJ Walzak, B Berno, NS McIntyre
    Applied Surface Science 144, 627-632 1999
    Citations: 146

  • Delivering octadecylphosphonic acid self-assembled monolayers on a Si wafer and other oxide surfaces
    HY Nie, MJ Walzak, NS McIntyre
    The Journal of Physical Chemistry B 110 (42), 21101-21108 2006
    Citations: 99

  • Investigations of formation of molecular sieve SAPO-34
    L Zhang, J Bates, D Chen, HY Nie, Y Huang
    The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 115 (45), 22309-22319 2011
    Citations: 89

  • Microstructure study of acrylic polymer-silica nanocomposite surface by scanning force microscopy
    M Motomatsu, T Takahashi, HY Nie, W Mizutani, H Tokumoto
    Polymer 38 (1), 177-182 1997
    Citations: 87

  • Draw-ratio-dependent morphology of biaxially oriented polypropylene films as determined by atomic force microscopy
    HY Nie, MJ Walzak, NS McIntyre
    Polymer 41 (6), 2213-2218 2000
    Citations: 77

  • Local modification of elastic properties of polystyrene–polyethyleneoxide blend surfaces
    HY Nie, M Motomatsu, W Mizutani, H Tokumoto
    Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology B: Microelectronics and Nanometer 1995
    Citations: 69

  • Bilayer and odd-numbered multilayers of octadecylphosphonic acid formed on a Si substrate studied by atomic force microscopy
    HY Nie, MJ Walzak, NS McIntyre
    Langmuir 18 (7), 2955-2958 2002
    Citations: 67

  • Identification of Nonequivalent Framework Oxygen Species in Metal–Organic Frameworks by 17O Solid-State NMR
    P He, J Xu, VV Terskikh, A Sutrisno, HY Nie, Y Huang
    The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 117 (33), 16953-16960 2013
    Citations: 64

  • Local elasticity measurement on polymers using atomic force microscopy
    HY Nie, M Motomatsu, W Mizutani, H Tokumoto
    Thin Solid Films 273 (1-2), 143-148 1996
    Citations: 62

  • Pd-on-GaAs Schottky contact: its barrier height and response to hydrogen
    HYNHY Nie, YNY Nannichi
    Japanese journal of applied physics 30 (5R), 906 1991
    Citations: 62

  • An extremely rapid dip-coating method for self-assembly of octadecylphosphonic acid and its thermal stability on an aluminum film
    DH Chen, HKY Wu, S Naderi-Gohar, YL Wu, YN Huang, HY Nie
    Journal of Materials Chemsitry C 2, 9941-9948 2014
    Citations: 55

  • Revealing different bonding modes of self-assembled octadecylphosphonic acid monolayers on oxides by time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometry: Silicon vs aluminum
    HY Nie
    Analytical chemistry 82 (8), 3371-3376 2010
    Citations: 49

  • Highly stretchable graphene/polydimethylsiloxane composite lattices with tailored structure for strain-tolerant EMI shielding performance
    Z Wang, W Yang, R Liu, X Zhang, H Nie, Y Liu
    Composites Science and Technology 206, 108652 2021
    Citations: 47

  • Scaffold composed of porous vancomycin-loaded poly(lactide-co-glycolide) microspheres: A controlled-release drug delivery system with shape-memory effect
    L Du, S Yang, W Li, H Li, S Feng, R Zeng, B Yu, L Xiao, HY Nie, M Tu
    Materials Science and Engineering: C 78, 1172-1178 2017
    Citations: 47

  • A simple and effective method of evaluating atomic force microscopy tip performance
    HY Nie, NS McIntyre
    Langmuir 17 (2), 432-436 2001
    Citations: 29

  • Atomic force microscopy study of biaxially oriented polypropylene films
    HY Nie, MJ Walzak, NS McIntyre
    Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance 13, 451-460 2004
    Citations: 28

  • Use of biaxially oriented polypropylene film for evaluating and cleaning contaminated atomic force microscopy probe tips: An application to blind tip reconstruction
    HY Nie, MJ Walzak, NS McIntyre
    Review of scientific instruments 73 (11), 3831-3836 2002
    Citations: 28

  • Microscopic stripe formation and adhesion force increase introduced by local shear-stress deformation of polypropylene film
    HY Nie, MJ Walzak, B Berno, NS McIntyre
    Langmuir 15 (19), 6484-6489 1999
    Citations: 28

  • Local properties of phase-separated polymer surfaces by force microscopy
    M Motomatsu, HY Nie, W Mizutani, H Tokumoto
    Japanese journal of applied physics 33 (part 1), 3775-3778 1994
    Citations: 28

  • Design and fabrication of flexible capacitive sensor with cellular structured dielectric layer via 3D printing
    W Yang, Y Liu, W Xu, HY Nie
    IEEE Sensors Journal 21 (9), 10473-10482 2021
    Citations: 27