Institute of High Performance Computing

• Directors
• Computing Science (CS)
• Electronics & Photonics (EP)
• Engineering Mechanics (EM)
• Fluid Dynamics (FD)
• Material Science & Engineering (MSE)
• IHPC Independent Investigatorship (I³)

IHPC Independent Investigatorship (I³)

Dr. William YIM Wai-Leung

• Title: Scientist and IHPC Independent Investigator
• Tel: 64191247
• Email: yimwl@ihpc.a-star.edu.sg
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  Website: http://sites.google.com/site/yimsresearch/

Research Interests:

• Quantum many body effects;
• Nonadiabatic effects;
• Surface sciences;
• Complex chemical reactions;
• Method developments in computational materials science;
• Programming in Fortran 77/90 and C;
• Scientific programming using Numerical Recipes.

Qualifications:

• B.Sc. (1st class honors), Chemistry (major) and Physics (minor), The Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1997
• M.Phil., Chemistry, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1999
• Ph.D., Chemistry, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2002
• Research Associate, Department of Chemistry, Surface Science Center, University of Pittsburgh, Nov 2002 – Oct 2004
• Postdoctoral Fellow, Institute for Pure and Applied Chemistry, Theoretical Chemistry, University of Oldenburg, Jan 2005 – May 2008

Published Journals/ Articles:

Journals

1. Z. F. Liu*, W. L. Yim, J. S. Tse and J. Hafner. “Ab Initio Molecular Dynamics Study on Ag_n (n=4,5,6).” Eur. Phys. J. D. 10: 105-114, 2000. DOI: 10.1007/s100530050530
2. Wai-Leung Yim and Zhi-Feng Liu*. “Application of Ab Initio Molecular Dynamics for A Priori Elucidation of the Mechanism in Unimolecular Decomposition: The Case of 5-Nitro-2,4-dihydro-3H-1,2,4-triazol-3-one (NTO).” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 123: 2243-2250, 2001. DOI: 10.1021/ja0019023
3. Wai-Leung Yim, X. G. Gong and Zhi-Feng Liu*. “Chemisorption of NO₂ on Carbon Nanotubes.” J. Phys. Chem. B 107: 9363-9369, 2003. DOI: 10.1021/jp027647l
4. Siu-Pang Chan, Wai-Leung Yim, X. G. Gong and Zhi-Feng Liu*. “Carbon Nanotube Bundles Under High Pressure: Transformation to Low-symmetry Structures.” Phys. Rev. B 68: 075404, 2003 (see also Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science & Technology 8(8): 2003). DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.68.075404
5. Wai-Leung Yim, Oleg Byl, John T. Yates, Jr. and J. Karl Johnson*. “Vibrational Behavior of Adsorbed CO₂ on Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes.” J. Chem. Phys. 120: 5377-5386, 2004 (see also Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science & Technology 9(11): 2004). DOI: 10.1063/1.1648017
6. Wai-Leung Yim and Zhi-Feng Liu*. “A Reexamination of the Chemisorption and Desorption of Ozone on the Exterior of a (5,5) Single-walled Carbon Nanotube.” Chem. Phys. Lett. 398: 297-303, 2004. DOI: 10.1016/j.cplett.2004.09.082
7. Wai-Leung Yim, Oleg Byl, John T. Yates, Jr. and J. Karl Johnson*. “Dimensional Effects on the LO-TO Splitting of CF₄: First-Principles and Infrared Absorption Studies .” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 127: 3198-3206, 2005. DOI: 10.1021/ja043540v
8. Oleg Byl, Jinchen Liu, Yang Wang, Wai-Leung Yim, J. Karl Johnson, John T. Yates, Jr.* “Unusual Hydrogen Bonding in Water-filled Carbon Nanotubes.” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 128: 12090-12097, 2006. DOI: 10.1021/ja057856u
9. Wai-Leung Yim, Tobias Nowitzki, Mandus Necke, Hanno Schnars, Patricia Nickut, Juergen Biener, Monika M. Biener, Volkmar Zielasek*, Katharina Al-Shamery, Thorsten Kluener, and Marcus Baeumer*, “Universal Phenomena of CO Adsorption on Gold Surfaces with Low-coordinated Sites.” J. Phys. Chem. C 111: 445-451, 2007. DOI: 10.1021/jp0665729
10. Daniela Fenske, Wai-Leung Yim, Stefanie Neuendorf, Dirk Hoogestraat, Denis Greshnykh, Holger Borchert, Thorsten Kluener, Katharina Al-Shamery*. “Pitfalls in Interpreting Temperature Programmed Desorption Spectra of Alloys: the CoPt/CO puzzle.” ChemPhysChem 8: 654-656, 2007. DOI: 10.1002/cphc.200700004
11. Wai-Leung Yim* and Thorsten Kluener*. “Atoms-In-Molecules Analysis For Planewave DFT Calculations – A Numerical Approach on a Successively Interpolated Charge Density Grid.” J. Comput. Chem. 29: 1306-1315, 2008. DOI: 10.1002/jcc.20889
12. Wai-Leung Yim and Thorsten Kluener*. “Promoting O₂ Activation on Noble Metal Surfaces.” J. Catal. 254: 349-354, 2008. DOI: 10.1016/j.jcat.2008.01.018
13. Wai-Leung Yim and Thorsten Kluener*. “Role of Electrostatic Interactions on Engineering Reaction Barriers: The Case of CO Dissociation on Supported Cobalt Particles.” J. Chem. Theory Comput. 4: 1709-1717, 2008. DOI: 10.1021/ct800243y
14. Hao-yang Wang, Wai-Leung Yim, Thorsten Kluener and Juergen O. Metzger*. “ESI-MS Studies and Calculations on Alkali Metal Adduct Ions of Ruthenium Olefin Metathesis Catalysts and Their Catalytic Activity in Metathesis Reactions.” Chem. Eur. J. 15: 10948-10959, 2009. DOI: 10.1002/chem.200900565
15. Wai-Leung Yim and J. Karl Johnson*. “Ozone Oxidation of Single Walled Carbon Nanotubes from Density Functional Theory.” J. Phys. Chem. C 113: 17636-17642, 2009. DOI: 10.1021/jp908089c
16. Bai-Hai Li, Wai-Leung Yim, Qiu-Ju Zhang and Liang Chen*. “A Comparative Study of Hydrogen Spillover on Pd and Pt Decorated MoO₃(010) Surfaces from First Principles.” J. Phys. Chem. C 114: 3052-3058, 2010. DOI: 10.1021/jp9098396
17. Wai-Leung Yim* and Thorsten Kluener. “Understanding of Adsorption and Catalytic Properties of Bimetallic Pt-Co Alloy Surfaces From First Principles – Insights From Disordered Alloy Surfaces.” J. Phys. Chem. C 114: 7141-7152, 2010. DOI: 10.1021/jp101602b
18. Wai-Leung Yim, John S. Tse* and Toshiaki Iitaka. “Pressure-Induced Intermolecular Interactions in Crystalline Silane-Hydrogen.” Phys. Rev. Lett. 105: 215501, 2010. DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.105.215501
19. Wai-Leung Yim* and Thorsten Kluener. “Lattice Stability of Si[100] Wires From First Principles.” J. Phys. Chem. C 115: 3286-3290, 2011. DOI: 10.1021/jp110500d
20. Yi Zhao, Wai-Leung Yim, Chong Kiat Tan and Ying-Yeung Yeung*. "An Unexpected Oxidation of Unactivated Methylene C-H Using DIB/TBHP Protocol." Org. Lett. 13: 4308-4311, 2011. DOI: 10.1021/ol2016466
21. Wai-Leung Yim* and Thorsten Kluener. "Electronic and Lattice Instability and its Relaxation Mechanism in Pt-Co Interfaces." Phys. Rev. B 85: 035435, 2012. DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.85.035435
22. Hao-Yang Wang, Wai-Leung Yim, Yin-Long Guo and Jürgen O. Metzger*. “ESI-MS Studies and Calculations on 2nd Generation Grubbs and of Hoveyda-Grubbs Ruthenium Olefin Metathesis Catalysts.” Organometallics (Accepted for publication).

Conferences

1. Dailian Institute of Chemical Physics, June 2001, “Ab Initio Molecular Dynamics Study for Reaction Mechanism Elucidations”. (Invited talk)
2. Annual AIChE Meeting, Nov 2003, “Vibrational Behavior of Adsorbed CO₂ on Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes”. (Talk)
3. AVS Annal Meeting, Nov 2003, “Vibrational Behavior of Adsorbed CO₂ on Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes”. (Talk)
4. Central ACS Meeting 2003, “Dimensional Effects on the LO-TO Splitting of CF₄ in Condensed Phase”. (Poster)
5. Hanse Wissenschaftskolleg, Feb 2006, “CO Chemisorption on Pt-Co Alloy Surface: Composition and Ordering Effects of Pt-Co From First-Principles”. (Poster)
6. Symposium on Theoretical Chemistry, Sep 2006, “Tuning Adsorption and Catalytic Properties of Pt-Co Alloy Surfaces From First Principles”. (Poster)
7. IBM Research Laboratory in Beijing, July 2007, “Studying Chemical and Physical Properties on Surfaces by Ab Initio Methods”. (Tallk)
8. Institute of High Performance Computing in Singapore, Oct 2008, “Illustration of Chemical Bonding and its Guidance to Rational Materials Design”. (Talk)
9. School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Mar 2009, “Illustration of Chemical Bonding and its Guidance to Rational Materials Design”. (Talk)
10. ICMAT 2009 Meeting, “Lattice Dynamics of Co/Pt(111) Interfaces From First Principles”. (Poster)
11. Institute of High Performance Computing in Singapore, Sept 2009, “Hydrogen Storage by Single-walled Boron Nitride Nanotubes: An Ab Initio Thermodynamical Study”. (Talk)
12. ICESS11 Meeting, Nara, Japan, Oct 2009, “Lattice Dynamics of Co/Pt(111) Interfaces From First Principles”. (Poster)
13. High Performance Computing Center Stuttgart, Oct 2009, “H₂ Carrying Capacity by Considering Charging and Discharging Processes – Case Studies on Small Carbon- and Boron Nitride Nanotubes”. (Poster)
14. Institute of High Performance Computing in Singapore, Feb 2011, "Vibrational Spectroscopies in Materials Sciences". (Talk)
15. ECOSS meeting, Wroclaw, Poland, Aug 2011, "Anomaly of adsorbate dynamics at Ag(110) surfaces". (Talk)
16. Department of Chemistry, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Sep 2011, "Characterizations of Materials from First Principles". (Invited talk)
17. Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, National University of Singapore, Nov 2011, "Unravelling Molecular Interaction Mechanisms: Bonding and Spectroscopic Features". (Invited talk)
18. Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nov 2011, "Unravelling Molecular Interaction Mechanisms: Bonding and Spectroscopic Features". (Invited talk)
19. Department of Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Nov 2011, "Unravelling Molecular Interaction Mechanisms: Bonding and Spectroscopic Features". (Invited talk)

Other(s)

• Yale Club of Hong Kong Scholarship (1994)
• Joyce Ma Foundation Scholarships (1994-1996)
• Cheung Kon Fong Academic Achievement Award (1995)
• Cheung Kon Fong Academic Achievement Awards (1996)
• Cheung Kon Fong Academic Achievement Awards (1997)
• Hong Kong Tsung Tsin Association Academic Awards (1997)
• Dean’s List (Merit) (1997)
• Dr. Ch’ien Mu Postgraduate Scholarships (1998)
• Hanse Wissenschaftskolleg Fellowship (Jan 2005 – Oct 2005)
• Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship (Nov 2005 – Oct 2007)
• IHPC Independent Investigatorship (I³) (Jan 2011 – )