Year 2018

245. C. Liu, M. E. Sandoval-Salinas, Y. Hong, T. Y. Gopalakrishna, H. Phan, N. Aratani, T. S. Herng, J. Ding, H. Yamada, D. Kim,* D. Casanova*, J. Wu*, “Macrocyclic Polyradicaloids with Unusual Super-ring Structure and Global Aromaticity”, Chem 2018, 4, 1586-1595 (selected as Cover).

244. Y. Gu, X. Wu, T. Y. Gopalakrishna, H. Phan, J. Wu*, “Graphene-like Molecules with Four Zigzag Edges”, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2018, 57, 6541-6545.

243. G. Li, T. Y. Gopalakrishna, H. Phan, T. S. Herng, J. Ding, J. Wu*, “From Open-shell Singlet Diradicaloid to Closed-shell Global Anti-aromatic Macrocycles”, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2018, 57, 7166-7170.

242. S. Wu, M. Li, H. Phan, D. Wang, T. S. Herng, J. Ding, Z. Lu, J. Wu*, “Toward π-Conjugated 2D Covalent Organic Radical Frameworks”, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2018, 57, 8007-8011.

241. Y. Ni, T. Y. Gopalakrishna, H. Phan, T. S. Herng, S. Wu, Y. Han, J. Ding, J. Wu*, “A Peri-tetracene Diradicaloid: Synthesis and Properties”, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2018, 57, 9697-9701 (highlighted in Synfacts, 2018, 14, 0922).

240.  X. Lu, T. Y. Gopalakrishna, H. Phan, T. S. Herng, Q. Jiang, C. Liu, G. Li, J. Ding, J. Wu*, “Global Aromaticity in Macrocyclic Cyclopenta-Fused Tetraphenanthrenylene Tetraradicaloid and Its Charged Species”, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2018, 57, 13052-13056.

239. A. Rana, Y. Hong, T. Y. Gopalakrishna, H. Phan, T. S. Herng, P. Yadav, J. Ding, D. Kim,* J. Wu*, “Stable Expanded Porphycene-Based Diradicaloid and Tetraradicaloid”, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2018, 57, 12534-12537.

238. W. Zeng, T. Y. Gopalakrishna, H. Phan, T. Tanaka, T. S. Herng, J. Ding, A. Osuka, J. Wu*, “Super-octazethrene: An Open-shell Graphene-Like Molecule Possessing Large Diradical Character but Still with Reasonable Stability”, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2018, 140, 14054-14058 (selected as Cover and highlighted as JACS Spotlight).

237. J. Wang, G. Kim, M. E. Sandoval-Salinas, H. Phan, T. Y. Gopalakrishna, X. F. Lu, D. Casanova*, D. Kim*, J. Wu*, “Stable 2D anti-​ferromagnetically coupled fluorenyl radical dendrons”, Chem. Sci. 2018, 9, 3395-3400.

236. Q. Wang, P. Hu, T. Tanaka, T. Y. Gopalakrishna, T. S. Herng, H. Phan, W. Zeng, J. Ding, A. Osuka, C. Chi,* J. Siegel,* J. Wu*, “Curved π-Conjugated Corannulene Dimer Diradicaloids”, Chem. Sci. 2018, 9, 5100-5105 (Highlighted in Synfacts, 2018, 14, 0805).

235. T. Y. Gopalakrishna, W. Zeng, X. F. Lu, J. Wu*, “From open-​shell singlet diradicaloids to polyradicaloids”, Chem. Commun. 2018, 54, 2389-2392 (invited Feature Article).

234. M. Chua, T. Kim, Z. L. Lim, T. Y. Gopalakrishna, Y. Ni, J. W. Xu,* D. Kim* and J. Wu*, “BODIPY-based Antiaromatic Macrocycles: Facile Synthesis by Knoevenagel Condensation and Unusual Aggregation-Enhanced Two-Photon Absorption Properties”, Chem. Eur. J. 2017, 24, 2232-2241.

233. W. Zeng, Y. Hong, S. Medina Rivero, J. Kim, J. L. Zafra, H. Phan, T. Y. Gopalakrishna, T. S. Herng, J. Ding, J. Casado,* D. Kim,* J. Wu*, “Stable Nitrogen-centered Bis(imino)rylene Diradicaloids”, Chem. Eur. J. 2018, 24, 4944-4951.

232. J. Feng, T. Y. Gopalakrishna, H. Phan, J. Wu*, “Hexakis(3,6-di-tert-butyl-4-oxo-2,5-cyclohexadien-1-ylidene)cyclohexane: Closed-shell [6]Radialene or Open-shell Hexa-radicaloid?”, Chem. Eur. J. 2018, 24, 9499-9503.

231. H. Kalita, T. Y. Gopalakrishna, J. Wu*, “Stable meso-​Fluorenyl Smaragdyrin Monoradical“, Org. Lett. 2018, 20, 445-448.

230. T. L. D. Tam,* C. K. Ng, X. Lu,  Z. L. Lim, J. Wu*, “Anion–π Interactions of Highly π-Acidic Dipyridinium-Naphthalene Diimide Salts”, Chem. Commun. 2018, 54, 7374-7377.

229. W. Zeng, Q. Qi, J. Wu*, “Toward Long Rylene Ribbons and Quinoidal Rylene Diradicaloids”, Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2018, 7-17 (invited Micro-review, selected as Cover).

228. Y. Tanaka, S. L. Lim, W. P. Goh, C. Jiang, S. Y. Tee, T. Ye, X. Q. Li, K. H. Nguyen, C. J. J. Lee, N. Ding, Z. Liu, J. Wu*, J. Zhang*, M.-Y. Han, “Fabrication of Mesoporous Titania Nanoparticles with Controlled Porosity and Connectivity for Studying the Photovoltaic Properties in Perovskite Solar Cells”, ChemNanoMat 2018, 4, 394-400.

227. M. H. Chua, H. Zhou, T.T. Lin, J. Wu*, J. W. Xu*, “Triphenylethylene- and Tetraphenylethylene-​Functionalized 1,​3-​Bis(pyrrol-​2-​yl)​squaraine Dyes: Synthesis, Aggregation-​Caused Quenching to Aggregation-​Induced Emission, and Thiol Detection”, ACS Omega 2018, 3, 16424-16435.

226. Arramel; P. Hu; A. Xie, S. Hou, X. Yin, C. S. Tang, N. Hoa, M. D. Birowosuto, H. Wang, C. Dang, A. Rusydi, A. Wee*, J. Wu*, “Surface molecular doping of all-​inorganic perovskite using zethrenes molecules”, Nano Res. 2018, 12, 77-84.

225. F. Cheng, X.-J. Wu, Z. X. Hu, X. F. Lu, Z. J. Ding, Y. Shao, H. Xu, W. Ji, J. Wu, K. P. Loh*, “Two-​dimensional tessellation by molecular tiles constructed from halogen-​halogen and halogen-​metal networks”, Nat. Commun. 2018, 9, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-07323-6.

224. X. Li, Q. Gao, J. F. Wang, Y. F. Chen, Z.-H. Chen, H. S. Xu, W. Tang, Wei; K. Leng, G.-H. Ning, J. Wu, Q. H. Xu, S. Y. Quek, Y. Lu, K. P. Loh*, “Tuneable near white-​emissive two-​dimensional covalent organic frameworks”, Nat. Commun. 2018, 9, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-04769-6.

223. C. Jiang, Y. Bang, X. Wang, X. F. Lu, Z. L. Lim, H. Wei, S. El-Hankari, J. Wu, Z. Zeng*, “Tetrabenzo-​Chichibabin's hydrocarbons: substituent effects and unusual thermochromic and thermomagnetic behaviours”, Chem. Commun. 2018, 54, 2389-2392.

222. Z. H. Lin*, X. Guo, L. Zhou, C. Zhang, J. Chang*, J. Wu, J. Zhang, “Solution-​processed high performance organic thin film transistors enabled by roll-​to-​roll slot die coating technique“, Org. Electron. 2018, 54, 80-88.