Lai-Sheng Wang

Present Position
Professor of Physics, Adjunct Professor of Chemistry,
and Affiliate Chief Scientist at PNNL.

Education
Ph.D. at University of California, Berkeley

Recent Publications
"Observation of All-Metal Aromatic Molecules" (X. Li, A. E. Kuznetsov, H. F. Zhang, A. I. Boldyrev, and L. S. Wang), Science 291, 859-861 (2001).

"Bulk-Like Features in the Photoemission Spectra of Hydrated Doubly-Charged Anion Clusters" (X. B. Wang, X. Yang, J. B. Nicholas, and L. S. Wang), Science 294, 1322-1325 (2001).

"Electronic and Structural Evolution of Con Clusters (n = 1-108) by Photoelectron Spectroscopy" (S. R. Liu, H. J. Zhai, and L. S. Wang), Phys. Rev. B. 64, 153402 (2001).

"Beyond Classical Stoichiometry: Experiment and Theory" (A. I. Boldyrev and L. S. Wang), J. Phys. Chem. A 105, 10759-10775 (2001). (Invited Feature Article)

"Lithium-Assisted Self-Assembly of Aluminum Carbide Nanowires and Nanoribbons" (H. F. Zhang, A. C. Dohnalkova, C. M. Wang, J. S. Young, E. C. Buck, and L. S. Wang), Nano Lett. 2, 105-108 (2002).

"Experimental Search and Characterization of Icosahedral Clusters: X@Al12 (X = C, Ge, Sn, Pb)" (X. Li and L. S. Wang), Phys. Rev. B 65, 153404-1-4 (2002).

"Helical Crystalline SiC/SiO2 Core-Shell Nanowires" (H. F. Zhang, C. M. Wang, and L. S. Wang), Nano Lett. 2, 941-944 (2002). (Featured on Cover)

"Al62- - Fusion of Two Aromatic Al3- Units. A Combined Photoelectron Spectroscopy and Ab Initio Study of M+[Al62-] (M = Li, Na, K, Cu, and Au)" (A. E. Kuznetsov, A. I. Boldyrev, H. J. Zhai, X. Li, and L. S. Wang), J. Am. Chem. Soc. 124, 11791-11801 (2002).

"Coulomb- and Antiferromagnetic-Induced Symmetric Fission in Doubly Charged Cubelike Fe-S Clusters" (X. Yang, X. B. Wang, S. Q. Niu, C. J. Pickett, T. Ichiye, and L. S. Wang), Phys. Rev. Lett. 89, 163401-1-4 (2002).