Curriculum Vitae

 

Dr. Jaeil Bai

NE 68588-0304, USA

E-mail: jibai777@gmail.com

 

 

Academic Career:

2020 ~ , Research assistant professor, Department of Physics, University of Nebraska-Omaha (UNL)

2011-2019, Research assistant professor, Department of Chemistry,

Center for Materials & Nanoscience at University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL)

2013 Visiting Professor, Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

2009-2011, Research technologist

2004-2009, Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Chemistry, UNL

Education:

2004 Ph.D., Physics and Astronomy, UNL, USA

1992 M.S., Korea University, Seoul, Korea

1990 B.S., Korea University, Seoul, Korea

Honor and Award:

 

2004 University Outstanding Graduate Assistant Research Award

2004 College of Art & Science Outstanding Graduate Assistant Research Award

Areas of Specialization:

Materials science and physics of materials and nanostructures

 

Structural, electronic, magnetic and optical properties of multifunctional materials

 

Computer simulations of phase transitions of confined fluids

 

Gas hydrate formation confined to nanoscale pores for energy applications

 

Five Representative Publications:

● Jaeil Bai, J. S. Francisco, and X. C. Zeng, "Two-dimensional dry ices with rich polymorphic and polyamorphic phase behavior," Proceedings of the National Academy of Science of the USA [Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA (PNAS)]. PNAS published ahead of print September 24, 2018

https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1809198115

 

● Jaeil Bai, and X.C. Zeng "Polymorphism and polyamorphism in bilayer water confined to slit nanopore under high pressure," Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 109, 21240-21245 (2012). [Featured in Phys.org (12/12/12) , Lincoln Journal Star (12/13/12) , National Science Foundation, News From the Field, (12/12/12) , UNL Today, Dec. 17, 2012 .]

 

● Jaeil Bai, C.A. Angell, and X.C. Zeng "Guest-free monolayer clathrate and its coexistence with two-dimensional high density ice," Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 107, 5728-5722 (2010).

 

● Jaeil Bai, J. Wang, and X.C. Zeng "Multiwalled ice helixes and ice nanotubes,"

Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 103, 19664-19667 (2006). [Featured in Nature (May 31, 2007) , Nature Nanotechnology Jan. 5, 2007 , Earth & Sky Radio Show , Royal Society of Chemistry (England) , New Scientist Dec. 12, 2006 , The Science Coalition , Science Daily , Nanotechnology World , ZDNet , Materials gate, Nano Werk , Physorg , Newswise , Azo-nano and Sufficiently advanced ]

 

● Jaeil Bai, X.C. Zeng, H. Tanaka and J.Y. Zeng, "Metalic single-walled Si nanotube",

Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 101, 2664-2668 (2004). [Featured in Intute Spotlight , BETTERHUMANS , NewsWise , Magazine of American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Materialstoday, SMALL, and Advanced Materials & Processes (ASM Inter national), May 2004 ].

 

 

 

Journal Publication Lists

(Google Scholar citation # > 1250, ISI WEB citation # > 950)

 

1.      Jaeil Bai, J. S. Francisco, and X. C. Zeng, "Two-dimensional dry ices with rich polymorphic and polyamorphic phase behavior," Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 115, 10263-10268 (2018).

2.      W. Zhao, Jaeil Bai, J.S. Francisco, X.C. Zeng, Formation of CO2 Hydrates within Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes at Ambient Pressure: CO2 Capture and Selective Separation of a CO2/H2 Mixture in Water, J. of Phys. Chem. C 122 (14), 7951-7958.

3.      T. Kaneko, Jaeil Bai, T. Akimoto, J. S. Francisco, K. Yasuoka, and X. C. Zeng, "Phase behaviors of deeply supercooled bilayer water unseen in bulk water,"Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 115, 4839-4844 (2018).

4.      K. Nomura, T. Kaneko, Jaeil Bai, J. S. Francisco, K. Yasuoka, and X. C. Zeng, "Evidence of Low-Density and High-Density Liquid Phases and Isochore End Point for Water Confined to Carbon Nanotube," Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 114, 4066-4071 (2017). Nebraska Today, April 3, 2017 , Phys. Org., April 4, 2017. Latest Technology, April 5, 2017

5.      Y. B. Zhu, F. C. Wang, Jaeil Bai, X. C. Zeng, and H. A. Wu, "Compression Limit of Two-Dimensional Water Constrained in Graphene Nanocapillaries," ACS Nano 9, 12197-12204 (2015).

6.      W. H. Zhao, Jaeil Bai, L. Wang, L. F. Yuan, J. L. Yang, J. S. Francisco, and X. C. Zeng, "Formation of bilayer clathrate hydrates," J. Mater. Chem. A 3, 5547-5555 (2015).

7.      Wenhui Zhao, Lu Wang, Jaeil Bai, Lan-Feng Yuan, Jinlong Yang and Xiao Cheng Zeng, "Highly Confined Water: Two-Dimensional Ice, Amorphous Ice, and Clathrate Hydrates," Acc. Chem. Res., 47, 2505 (2014). *Wenhui Zhao, Lu Wang, and Jaeil Bai contributed equally to the article.

8.      Wenhui Zhao, Lu Wang, Jaeil Bai, Joseph S. Francisco, and Xiao Cheng Zeng, "Spontaneous formation of one-dimensional hydrogen gas hydrate in carbon nanotubes, " J. Am. Chem. Soc. 136, 10611 (2014). *Wenhui Zhao, Lu Wang, and Jaeil Bai contributed equally to the article. It featured on the JACS cover (Jul/30/2014) and on the recent JACS Publication Spotlights (Jul/30/2014).

9.      Toshihiro Kaneko, Jaeil Bai, Kenji Yasuoka, Ayori Mitsutake, and Xiaocheng Zeng, "Liquid-solid and solid-solid phase transition of monolayer water: High-density rhombic," J. Chem. Phys. 140, 184507 (2014).

10.  Zhi Qiang Xie, Jaeil Bai, Yun Shen Zhou, Yi Gao, Jongbok Park, Thomas Guillemet, Lan Jiang, Xiao Cheng Zeng and Yong Feng Lu, Control of crystallographic orientation in diamond synthesis through laser resonant vibrational excitation of precursor molecules, Scientific Reports 4, 4571 (2014). *Zhi Qiang Xie, Jaeil Bai, Yun Shen Zhou and Yi Gao equally contributed to the article.

11.  Wenhui Zhao, Jaeil Bai, Lan-Feng Yuan, Jinlong Yang, Xiao Cheng Zeng, Ferroelectric hexagonal and rhombic monolayer ices, Chem. Sci.,5, 1757-1764 (2014).

12.  Toshihiro Kaneko, Jaeil Bai, Kenji Yasuoka, Ayori Mitsutake, and Xiaocheng Zeng, "A New Computational Approach to Determine Liquid-Solid Phase Equilibria of Water Confined to Slit Nanopores," J. Chem. Theory Comput. 9, 3299-3310 (2013).

13.  Jaeil Bai, and X.C. Zeng "Polymorphism and polyamorphism in bilayer water confined to slit nanopore under high pressure," Proceedings of the National Academy of Science of the USA [Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA (PNAS)] 21240-21245 (2012).

14.  Jaeil Bai, Hideki Tanaka, Xiao Zeng, Graphene-like bilayer hexagonal silicon polymorph, Nano Research 3 , 694-700 (2010).

15.  Zhi Qiang Xie, Xiang Nan He, Wei Hu, Thomas Guillemet, Jong Bok Park, Yun Shen, Zhou, Jaeil Bai, Yi Gao, Xiao Cheng Zeng, Lan Jiang, and Yong Feng Lu, "Excitations of Precursor Molecules by Different Laser Powers in Laser-Assisted Growth of Diamond Films," Crystal Growth Design, 10, 4928-4933 (2010).

16.  Jaeil Bai, C.A. Angell, and X.C. Zeng "Guest-free monolayer clathrate and its coexistence with two-dimensional high density ice," Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 107, 5718-5722 (2010).

17.  L.M. Wang, Jaeil Bai, A. Lechtken, W. Huang, D. Schooss, M.M. Kappes, X.C. Zeng, and L.S. Wang, "Magnetic Doping of the Golden Cage Cluster: M@Au16- (M =Fe, Co, Ni)," Phys. Rev. B 79, 033413/1-4 (2009).

18.  Fereydoon Namavar, Gonghua Wang, Chin Li Cheung, Renat F Sabirianov, Xiao Cheng Zeng, WaiNing Mei, Jaeil Bai, Joseph R Brewer, Hani Haider and Kevin L Garvin, "Thermal stability of nanostructurally stabilized zirconium oxide ", Nanotechnology 18, 415702 (2007).

19.  Jaeil Bai, Xiao Cheng Zeng, "Silicon-Based Half-Metal: Metal-Encapsulated Silicon Nanotube", Nano 2, 109-114 (2007).

20.  Jinlan Wang, Jaeil Bai, Julius Jellinek，Xiao Cheng Zeng , "Gold coated transition metal anion [Mn13@Au20] with ultrahigh magnetic moment, " J. Am. Chem. Soc. (Communications) 129, 4110 (2007).

21.  Jaeil Bai, J. Wang, and X.C. Zeng "Multiwalled ice helixes and ice nanotubes," Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 103, 19664-19667 (2006).

22.  Jaeil Bai, L.-F. Cui, J.L. Wang, S. Yoo, X. Li, J. Jellinek, C. Koehler, Th. Frauenheim, L.-S. Wang, and X.C. Zeng, "Structural Evolution of Anionic Silicon Clusters SiN (20 < N < 45)," J. Phys. Chem. A 110, 908-912 (2006).

23.  J. Wang, S. Yoo, Jaeil Bai, J.R. Morris, and X.C. Zeng, " Melting Temperature of Ice Ih calculated from coexisting solid-liquid phases, " J. Chem. Phys. 123, 036101 (2005).

24.  Jaeil Bai, X.C. Zeng, H. Tanaka and J.Y. Zeng," Metalic single-walled Si nanotube", Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 101, 2664-2668 (2004).

25.  S. Yoo, X.C. Zeng, X. Zhu, and Jaeil. Bai, "Possible lowest-energy geometry of silicon cluster Si21 and Si25," J. Am. Chem. Soc. (Communications) 125, 13318(2003).

26.  Jaeil Bai, X.C. Zeng, K. Koga, and H. Tanaka, " Formation of quasi-two dimensional bilayer ice in hydrophobic slit: A possible candidate for ice XIII?" Molecular Simulation 29, 619 (2003).

27.  Jaeil Bai, C.-R. Su, R.D. Parra, X.C. Zeng, H. Tanaka, K. Koga, and J.-M. Li, "Ab initio studies of quasi-one-dimensional pentagon and hexagon ice nanotubes " J. Chem. Phys. (Communications) 118 , 3913 (2003).

28.  Jaeil Bai, S. Ducharme, A. Leonov, A., L. Liu, J. Takacs , "A New Organic Photorefractive Material Composed of a Charge-Transporting Dendrimer and Stilbene Chromophore", Proc. SPIE Int. Soc. Opt. Eng. 22, 3799, (1999).

29.  Jaeil Bai, S. Ducharme, A. Goonesekera, A. Leonov, A., L. Liu, J. Takacs,"The Synthesis and Characterization of Dendrimers for Potential Photorefractive S. Applications" Polym. Prep., 991, (1998).