Year 2019

268. C. Liu, Y. Ni, X. Lu, G. Li, and J. Wu*, “Global Aromaticity in Macrocyclic Polyradicaloids: Hückel’s Rule or Baird’s Rule?”. Acc. Chem. Res. 2019, 52, 2309-2321.

267. Y. Ni, M. E. Sandoval-Salinas, T. Tanaka, H. Phan, T. S. Herng, T. Y. Gopalakrishna, J. Ding, A. Osuka, D. Casanova*, J. Wu*, “[n]Cyclo-para-biphenylmethine Polyradicaloids: [n]Annulene Analogs and Unusual Valence Tautomerization”, Chem 2019, 5, 108-121 (also see preview by H. L. Anderson et al in Chem 2019, 5, 108-111).

266. H. Phan,* T. S. Herng, D. Wang, X. Li, W. Zeng, J. Ding, K. P. Loh, A. T. S. Wee, J. Wu*, “Room-temperature Magnets Based on 1,3,5-Triazine Linked Porous Organic Radical Frameworks”, Chem 2019, 5, 1223-1234 (also see preview by J.-B. Baek et al in Chem 2019, 5, 1012–1030).

265. X. F. Lu, T. Y. Gopalakrishna, Y. Han, Y. Ni, Y. Zou, J. Wu*, “Bowl-shaped Carbon Nanobelts Showing Size-dependent Properties and Selective Encapsulation of C70”, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2019, 141, 5934–5941.

264. J. Su, M. Telychko, P. Hu, G. Macam, P. Mutombo, H. Zhang, Y. Bao, F. Cheng, Z. Q. Huang, Z. Qiu, S. J. R. Tan, H. Lin, P. Jelínek*, F. C. Chuang*, J. Wu*, J. Lu*, “Atomically precise bottom-up synthesis of π-extended [5]triangulene”, Sci. Adv. 2019, 5: eaav7717.

263. Y. Zou, W. Zeng, T. Y. Gopalakrishna, Y. Han, Q. Jiang, J. Wu*, “Dicyclopenta[4,3,2,1-ghi:4',3',2',1'-pqr]perylene: A Bowl-shaped Fragment of Fullerene C70 with Global Anti-aromaticity”, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2019, 141, 7266-7270 (Highlighted by C&EN, 2019, 4 May, Volume 97, issue 18).

262. P. M. Burrezo, W. Zeng, M. Moos, M. Holzapfel, S. Canola, F. Negri,* C. Rovira, J. Veciana, H. Phan, J. Wu*, C. Lambert, J. Casado*, “Perylene π-Bridges that Equally Delocalize Anions and Cations: Quinoidal and Aromatic Contents in the Right Proportion”, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2019, 58, 14467-14471 (Very Important Paper).

261. G. Li, Y. Han, Y. Zou, J. J. C. Lee, Y. Ni, J. Wu*, “De-aromatization Approach Toward Superbenzoquinone Based Diradicaloid, Tetraradicaloid, and Hexaradicaloid”, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2019, 58, 14319-14326 (Highlighted by Synfacts 2019, 15, 1128).

260. V. Bonala, R. Muñoz-Mármola, F. Gordillo Gámezb, M. Morales-Vidala, J. M. Villalvillaa, P. G. Bojc, J. A. Quintanac, Y. Gu, J. Wu*, J. Casado*, M. A. Díaz-García*, “Solution-processed Nanographene Distributed Feedback Lasers”. Nat. Commun. 2019, 10: 3327.

259. Z. Li, T. Y. Gopalakrishna, Y. Han, Y. Gu, L. Yuan, W. Zeng, D. Casanova*, J. Wu*, “[6]Cyclo-para-phenylmethine: An Analog of Benzene Showing Global Aromaticity and Open-shell Diradical Character”, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2019, 141, 16266-16270.

258. M. Telychko, J. Su, A. Gallardo, Y. W. Gu, J. Mendieta-Moreno, D. Qi, A. Tadich, S. Song, P. Lyu, Z. Qiu, H. Fang, M. J. Koh, J. Wu*, P. Jelinek*, J. Lu*, “Strain-induced isomerization in one-dimensional metal-organic chains”, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2019, 58, 18591-18597.

257. Y. W. Gu, T. Y. Gopalakrishna, J. Feng, H. Phan, W. D. Zeng, J. Wu*, “Peri-acenoacenes”, Chem. Commun. 2019, 55, 5567-5570.

256. C. H. E. Chow, Y. Han, H. Phan, and J. Wu*, “Nitrogen-Doped Heptazethrene and Octazethrene Diradicaloids”. Chem. Commun. 2019, 55, 9100-9103.

255. R. Qin*, D. Guo, M. Li, G. W. Li, Z. Bo*, J. Wu*, “Perylene monoimide dimers enhance ternary organic solar cells efficiency by induced D-​A crystallinity”, ACS Applied Energy Mater. 2019, 2, 305-311.

254. S. Medina Riveroa, S. Canolab, W. Zeng, F. J. Ramíreza, J. L. Zafraa, J. Wu*, F. Negri*, J. Casado*, “Long Rylene Nanoribbons Express Polyacetylene-like Signatures on Their Edges”, PhysChemPhysChem 2019, 21, 7281-7287.

253. F. Miao, H. Phan, J. Wu*, “A BODIPY-Bridged Bisphenoxyl Diradicaloid: Solvent-Dependent Diradical Character and Physical Properties”, Molecules 2019, 24, 1446.

252. W. Zeng, J. Wu*, “Push-pull type quinoidal perylene showing solvent polarity dependent diradical character and negative solvatochromism”. Mater. Chem. Front. 2019, 3, 2668-2672.

251. J. Zeng, Z. Chen, X. Zhao, W. Yu, S. Wu, J. Lu, K. P. Loh, J. Wu*, “From All-Triazine C3N3 Framework to Nitrogen-Doped Carbon Nanotubes: Efficient and Durable Trifunctional Electrocatalysts”, ACS Appl. Nano Mater. 2019, 2, 7969-7977.

250. Z. Qiu, M. Trushin, H. Fang, I. Verzhbitskiy, S. Gao, E. Laksono, M. Yang, P. Lyu, J. Li, J. Su, M. Telychko, K. Watanabe, T. Taniguchi, J. Wu, A. H. Castro Neto, L. Yang, G. Eda, S. Adam, J. Lu*, “Giant gate-tunable bandgap renormalization and excitonic effects in a 2D semiconductor”, Sci. Adv. 2019, 5:eaaw2347.

249. C. Schnedermann, A. M. Alvertis, T. Wende, S. Lukman, J. Feng, F. A. Schröder, D. H. P. Turban, J. Wu, N. D. M. Hine, N. C. Greenham, A. W. Chin, A. Rao, P. Kukura, A. J Musser*, “A molecular movie of ultrafast singlet fission”, Nat. Commun. 2019, 10: 4207. 

248. Y. P. Wang, S. H. Qiu, S. Xie, L. Zhou, Y. H. Hong, J. J. Chang, J. Wu, Z. B. Zeng*, “Synthesis and Characterization of Oxygen-​Embedded Quinoidal Pentacene and Nonacene”, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2019, 141, 2169-2176.

247. A. M. Alvertis, S. Lukman, T. J. H. Hele, E. G. Fuemmeler, J. Feng, J. Wu, N. C. Greenham, A. W. Chin, A. J. Musser*, “Switching between Coherent and Incoherent Singlet Fission via Solvent-Induced Symmetry Breaking”, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2019, 141, 17558-17570.

246. Z. Hu, Z. Lin, J. Su, J. Zhang, Y. Hao, J. Chang*, J. Wu, “Controllable self-assembly of PTCDI-C8 for high mobility low-dimensional organic field-effect transistors”, ACS Appl. Electron. Mater. 2019, 1, 2030-2036.