Year 2024

7.  Li, H.; Vargo, E.; Xie, Z.; Ma, L.; Pieters, P. F.; Shelton, S. W.; Alivisatos, A. P.; Xu, T.;* Liu, Y.* “Multilaminate Electrostatic Energy Storage Films from Entropy-Driven Self-Assembled Supramolecular Nanocomposites”, Adv. Mater. in press. DOI: doi.org/10.1002/adma.202401954

6.   Liu, C.; Liang, H.; Xie, R.; Zhou, Q.; Qi, M.; Yang, C.; Gu, X.; Wang, Y.; Zhang, G.; Li, J.; Gong, X.; Chen, J.; Zhang, L.; Zhang, Z.; Ge, X.; Wang, Y.; Yang, C.; Liu, Y.*; Liu, X.* “A Three-in-One Hybrid Strategy for High Mobility Semiconducting Polymers Processed from Food Additive”, Adv. Sci. in press. DOI: doi.org/10.1002/advs.202401345

5.  Yang, X.; Gupta, S.; Chen, Y.; Sari, D.; Hau, H-M.; Cai, Z.; Dun, C.; Qi, M.; Liu, Y.; Urban, J. J.; Ceder G.* “Fast Room-temperature Mg-ion Conduction in Clay-like Halide Solid Electrolytes”, Adv. Energy Mater. in press. DOI: doi.org/10.1002/aenm.202400163

4.  Zhang, K.; Tang, X.; Wu, J.; Yang, X.; Guo, B.; Xie, Y.; Zheng, S.; Jiang, H.; Fna, J.; Zhang, W.;* Liu, Y.;* Cai, S.*, “Raising the Asymmetric Catalytic Efficiency of Chiral Covalent Organic Frameworks by Tuning the Pore Environment”, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2024, 16,10661–10670. DOI: doi.org/10.1021/acsami.3c17048

3. Xie, Z.; Le, K.; Li, H.; Pang, X.; Xu, T.; Altoe, V.; Klivansky, L. M.; Wang, Y.; Huang, Z.; Shelton, S. W.; Gu, X.; Liu, P.; Peng, Z.; Liu, Y.* “Interfacial Engineering Using Covalent Organic Frameworks in Polymer Composites for High-Temperature Electrostatic Energy Storage”, Adv. Funct. Mater. 2024, 34, 2314910. DOI: 10.1002/adfm.202314910 

2. Zhou, Q.; Li, J.; Liu, C.; Xie, R.; Zhang, Z.; Zhang, G.; Gong, X.; Ge, X.; Chen, J.; Zhang, L.; Wang, Y.;* Liu, Y.;* Liu, X.* “A Skeletal Randomization Strategy to Simultaneously Improve Solubility and Crystallinity in Quinoidal-Aromatic Polymers for High-Performance Transistors”, Mater. Horiz. 2024, 11, 283-296. DOI: 10.1039/D3MH01143G

1. Xiong, W.; Ouyang, W.; Li, M.; Song, H.; Zhao, C.; Hu, M.; Bai, J.; Liu, Y.; Zhang, Y.; Liu, Y.; Pan, A.* “Highly Stable Lead-Free Perovskite Cs2AgBiBr6@UiO-66 Z-Scheme Heterostructures with Enhanced Photocatalytic Activity for CO2 Photoreduction”, Appli. Surf. Sci. 2024, 644, 158807. DOI: doi.org/10.1016/j.apsusc.2023.158807

Year 2023

13. Khoo, R. S. H.; Fiankor, C.; Yang, S.; Hu, W.; Yang, C.; Lu, J.; Morton, M. D.; Zhang, X.; Liu, Y.; Huang, J.; Zhang, J.* “Postsynthetic Modification of Nonanuclear Nodes in Zirconium Metal-Organic Framework for Photocatalytic Oxidation of Hydrocarbons”, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2023, 145, 24052–24060. DOI: doi.org/10.1021/jacs.3c07237

12. Senarathna, M.; Li, H.; Perera, S. D.; Torres-Correas, J.; Diwakara, S. D.; Boardman, S. R.; Liu, Y.*; Smaldone, R. A.* “Highly Flexible Dielectric Films from Solution Processable Hydrazone-linked Covalent Organic Frameworks”, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2023, e202312617. DOI: doi.org/10.1002/anie.202312617

11. Vargo, E.; Ma, L.; Li, H.; Zhang, Q.; Kwon, J.; Tang, X.; Tovmasyan, V. L.; Destaillats, H.; Chen, W.; Heller, W.; Ritchie, R. O.; Liu, Y.; Xu, T.* “Functional Composites by Programming Entropy-driven Nanosheet Growth”, Nature 2023, 623, 724-731. DOI: 10.1038/s41586-023-06660-x.

10. Ren, G.; Lin, W.; Wu, Y.; Xiao, L.*; Yang, C.; Qi, M.; Luo, Z.; Zhang, W.; Liu, Y.; Min, Y.* “The Synergistic Effect of Additives for Formamidinium-Based Inverted Dion-Jacobson 2D Perovskite Solar Cells with Enhanced Photovoltaic Performance”, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2023, 15, 58286–58295. DOI: 10.1021/acsami.3c11114

9.  Xie, Z.; Li, H.; Liu, Y.* “High temperature energy storage polymer dielectrics for capacitors”, book chapter in “High Temperature Polymer Dielectrics: Fundamentals and Applications in Power Equipment”, (Ed. by Cha, J.) Publisher: Wiley Inc. DOI: 10.1002/9783527841059.ch3.

8.   Peng, S.; Luo, J.; Li, P.; Xiao, L.*; Yang, C.; Jin, Y.; Lin, R.; Huo, Y.; Liu, Y.; Min, Y.* “Adding the Third Component with Similar Building Blocks to Regulate the Miscibility of Active Layer Enables High Efficient Ternary Solar Cells”, Chem. Eng. J. 2023, 474, 145501. DOI: doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2023.145501

7. Hu, J.;* Huang, Z.; Liu, Y.* “Beyond solvothermal: alternative synthetic methods for covalent organic frameworks”, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2023, 62, e202306999. DOI: 10.1002/anie.202306999

6. Liu, X.; Anderson, C. L.; Liu, Y.* “para-Azaquinodimethane: A Versatile Quinoidal Moiety for Functional Materials Discovery”, Acc. Chem. Res. 2023, 56, 1669–1682. DOI: doi.org/10.1021/acs.accounts.3c00214

5. Li, H.; Xie, Z.: Yang, C.; Kwon, J.; Laine, A.; Dun, C.; Galoustian, A. V.; Li, X.; Liu, P.; Urban, J. J.; Peng, Z.; Salmeron, M.; Ritchi, R. O.; Xu, T.; Liu, Y.* “Flexible All-Organic Nanocomposite Films Interlayered with In Situ Synthesized Covalent Organic Frameworks for Electrostatic Energy Storage”, Nano Energy 2023, 113, 108544. DOI: doi.org/10.1016/j.nanoen.2023.108544

4. Wu, X.; Wu, Y.; Peng, S.; Xiao, L.;* Xiao, Z.; Zhang, W.;* Ren, G.; Min, Y.;* Liu, Y. * “Layer-by-Layer Processed Organic Solar Cells with 18.02% Efficiency Enabled by Regulating the Aggregation of Bottom Polymers”, Solar RRL 2023，7，2300136. DOI: doi.org/10.1002/solr.202300136

3. Anderson, C. L.; Zhang, T.; Qi, M.; Chen, Z.; Yang, C.; Teat, S. J.; Settinari, N. S.; Dailing, E.; Garzon-Ruiz, A.; Navarro, A.; Lv, Y.;* Liu, Y.* “An Exceptional Electron Donating Motif for NIR-I and NIR-II Absorbing Conjugated Polymers and Photothermal Therapy”, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2023, 145, 5474–5485. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c00036 

2.  Li, H.; Chang, B. S.; Kim, H.; Xie, Z.; Laine, A.; Ma, L.; Xu, T.; Yang, C.; Kwon, J.; Shelton, S. W.; Klivansky, L. M.; Altoe, V.; Gao, B.; Schwartzberg, A. M.; Peng, Z.; Ritchie, R. O.; Xu, T.; Salmeron, M.; Ruiz, R.; Sharpless, K. B.*; Wu, P.;* Liu, Y.* “High Performing Polysulfate Dielectrics for Electrostatic Energy Storage Under Harsh Conditions”， Joule 2023, 7, 95-111. DOI: 10.1016/j.joule.2022.12.010

1.  Tang, X.; Liao, X.; Cai, X.; Wu, J.; Zhang, Q.; Yan, Y.; Zheng, S.; Jiang, H.; Fan, J.; Cai, S.*; Zhang, W.*; Liu, Y.* “Self-Assembly of Helical Nanofibrous Chiral Covalent Organic Frameworks”, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2023, 62, e202216310. DOI: 10.1002/anie.202216310

Year 2022

15.  Zhao, C.; Che, X.; Chen, Y.; Xiong W.; He, L.; Liu, Y.; Pan, A.* “Stable and Recyclable Photocatalysts of CsPbBr3@MSNs Nanocomposites for PET-RAFT Polymerization”, ACS Energy Lett. 2022, 7, 4389-4397. DOI: 10.1021/acsenergylett.2c02293

14.   Song, W.; Zhang, L.;* Pan, F.; Liu, X.; Fu, L.; Geng, H.;* Jiang, H.; Yuan, D.; Liu, Y.; Chen, J.*, “The effect of extended alkyl length on molecular orientation of nonfullerene acceptor: A case study in as-cast polymer solar cells”, Mater. Lett. 2022, 326, 132946. DOI：10.1016/j.matlet.2022.132946

13.     Zheng, Q.; Li, X.; Zhang, Q.; Lee, D.; Bustillo, K. C.; Liu, Y.; Jiang, J.; Zheng, H.* “A Covalent Organic Framework Onion Structure”, Mater. Today 2022, 60, 98-105. DOI: 10.1016/j.mattod.2022.09.002

12.  Yu, S-B.; Li, F.; Tian, J.; Liu, Y.;* Zhang, D.; Li, Z.* “Two-Dimensional Covalent and Supramolecular Polymers: from Monolayer to Bilayer and the Thicker”, Chem. Eur. J. 2022, e202200914. DOI: 10.1002/chem.202200914

11.   Yang, S.; Yang, C.; Dun, C.; Mao, H.; Khoo, R.; Klivansky, L. M.; Reimer, J. A.; Urban, J. J.; Zhang, J.;* Liu, Y.* “Covalent Organic Frameworks with Irreversible Linkages via Reductive Cyclization of Imines”, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2022, 144, 9827–9835. DOI: doi.org/10.1021/jacs.2c02405  

10. Bergman, H. M.; Beattie, D. D.; Handford, R. C.; Suslick, B. A.; Cundari, T. R.;* Liu, Y.;* Tilley, T. D.* “Copper(III) Metallacyclopentadienes via Zirconocene-Transfer and Reductive Elimination to an Isolable Phenanthrocyclobutadiene”, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2022, 144, 9853–9858. DOI: doi.org/10.1021/jacs.2c02581

9.  Chen, Z.; Khoo, R.; Garzon-Ruiz, A.; Yang, C.; Anderson, C. L.; Navarro, A.; Zhang, X.; Zhang, J.; Lv, Y.;* Liu, Y.* “Quinoid-Viologen Conjugates: Redox Properties and Host-Guest Complex with Cucurbiturils”, Mater. Today Chem. 2022, 24, 100933. DOI: 10.1016/j.mtchem.2022.100933

8.   Liang, H.; Liu, C.; Zhang, Z.; Liu, X.;*, Zhou, Q.; Zheng, G.; Gong, X.; Xie, L.; Zhang, L.; He, B.; Chen, J.;* Liu, Y.* “Orders-of-magnitude enhancement of charge transport by manipulating electron acceptors in quinoid-donor-acceptor polymers for high-performance transistors”, Adv. Funct. Mater. 2022, 2201903. DOI: 10.1002/adfm.202201903

7.  Pieters, P. F.; Laine, A.; Li, H.; Lu, Y-H.; Singh, Y.; Wang, L-W.; Liu, Y.; Xu, T.; Alivisatos, A. P.; Salmeron, M. B.* “Multiscale Characterization of the Influence of the Organic-Inorganic Interface on the Dielectric Breakdown of Nanocomposites”, ACS Nano 2022, 16, 6744-6754. DOI: doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.2c01558

6.   Lin, F.; Yu, S.*; Liu, Y.; Liu, C.; Lu, S.; Cao, J.; Qi, Q, Zhou, W.*; Li, X.; Liu, Y.; Tian, J.; Li, Z.* “Porous Polymers as Universal Reversal Agents for Heparin Anticoagulants through an Inclusion-Sequestration Mechanism”, Adv. Mater. 2022, 34, 2200549. DOI: 10.1002/adma.202200549

5.  Zhao, C.; He, Z.; Wangyang, P.; Tan, J.; Shi, C.; Pan, A.*; He, L.; Liu, Y.* “Bidentate Ligand-Induced Oriented Transformation of CsPbBr3 Perovskite Nanocrystals into Nanowires for X-ray Photodetectors”, ACS Appl. Nano Mater. 2022, 5, 13737–13744. DOI: doi/full/10.1021/acsanm.2c00642

4.  Feng, T.; Streater, D.; Sun, B.;* Duisenova, K.; Wang, D.; Liu, Y.; Huang. J.;* Zhang, J.* “Tuning Photoexcited Charge Transfer in Imine-Linked Two-dimensional Covalent Organic Frameworks”, J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2022, 13, 1398–1405. DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.1c04163

3.  Bergman, H. M.; Beattie, D. D.; Kiel, G. R.; Handford, R. C.; Liu, Y.;* Tilley, T. D.* “A sequential cyclization/π-extension strategy for modular construction of nanographenes enabled by stannole cycloadditions”, Chem. Sci. 2022, 13, 5568-5573. DOI: doi.org/10.1039/D2SC00397J

2.  Li, J.; Chen, Y.; Zhang, B.; Li, J.; Uddin, Z.; Jiang, X.; Wang, X.; Hong, J.; Yuan, Y.; Stathatos, E.; Xiao, H.; Liu, Y.; Yang, B.* “Non-traditional Positively-Biased Narrow-band Perovskite Single-Crystal Photodetectors Enabled by Interfacial Engineering”, Adv. Opt. Mater. 2022, 10, 2102225. DOI: doi.org/10.1002/adom.202102225

1.  Pan, A.*; Zhou, Y.; Zhao, C.; Shi, C.; Wu, Y.; Zhang Y.; Liu, Y.; He, L. “Luminescent and ultrastable perovskite-acrylate based elastomers with excellent stretchability and self-healing capability for flexible backlight display”, Chem. Eng. J. 2022, 433, 133590. DOI: doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2021.133590

Year 2021

15. Anderson, C. L.; Li, H.; Jones, C. G.; Teat, S. J.; Settineri, N. S.; Dailing, E. A.; Liang, J.; Mao, H.; Klivansky, L. M.; Li, X.; Reimer, J. A.; Nelson, H. M.;* Liu, Y.* “Solution-Processable and Functionalizable Ultra-high Molecular Weight Polymers via Topochemical Synthesis”, Nat. Commun. 2021, 12, 6818. DOI: doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-27090-1

14. Kim, H.; Zhao, J.; Bae, J.; Klivansky, L. M.; Dailing, E.; Liu, Y.; Capiello, J. R.; Wu, P.; Sharpless, K. B.* “Chain-Growth SuFEx Polycondensation: Molecular Weight Control and Synthesis of Degradable Polysulfates”, ACS Cent. Sci. 2021, 7, 1919–1928. DOI: /doi.org/10.1021/acscentsci.1c01015

13. Yang, C.; Jiang, K.; Zheng, Q.; Li, X.; Mao, H.; Zhong, W.; Chen, C.; Sun, B.; Zheng, H.; Zhuang, X.; Reimer, J.; Liu, Y.; Zhang, J.* “Chemically Stable Polyarylether-Based Metallophthalocyanine Frameworks with High Carrier Mobilities for Capacitive Energy Storage”, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2021, 143, 17701–17707. DOI: //doi.org/10.1021/jacs.1c08265

12. Yang, B.; Yu, S.; Zhang, P.; Wang, Z.; Qi, Q.; Wang, X.; Xu, X.; Yang, H.; Wu, Z.; Liu, Y.;* Ma, D.;* Li, Z.* “Self-Assembly of a Bilayer 2D Supramolecular Organic Framework in Water”, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2021, 60, 26268-26275. DOI: doi.org/10.1002/anie.202112514

11. Liu, C.; Liu, X.;* Zheng, G.; Gong, X.; Yang, X.; Liu, H.; Zhang, L.; Anderson, C. L.; He, B.; Xie, L.; Zheng, R.; Liang, H.; Zhou, Q.; Zhang, Z.; Chen, J.;* Liu, Y.* “An unprecedented quinoid–donor–acceptor strategy to boost Carrier Mobilities in Quinoidal-Donor-Acceptor Conjugated Polymers”, J. Mater. Chem. A  2021, 9, 23497-23505. DOI: doi.org/10.1039/D1TA06383A

10.  Yin, Y.; Zhan, L..; Liu, M.; Guo, F.; Liu, Y.;* Gao, S.; Zhao, L.; Chen, H.;* Zhang, Y.* “Boosting Photovoltaic Performance of Ternary Organic Solar Cell by Integrating a Multi-Functional Guest Acceptor”, Nano Energy 2021, 90, 106538. DOI: doi.org/10.1016/j.nanoen.2021.106538

9. Ma, L.; Huang, H.; Huang, J.; Evans, K.; Anderson, C. L.; Bai, P.; Ercius, P.; Liu, Y.; Wang, C.; Alexander-Katz, A.; Xu, T.* “Diversifying Composition Leads to Design Flexibility and Structural Fidelity in Blends”, ACS Nano 2021, 15, 14095–14104. DOI: doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.1c04606 

8. Xiao, L.; Wu, X.; Ren, G.; Kolaczkowsi, M. A.; Huang, G.; Tan, W.; Ma, L.; Liu, Y.; Peng, X.; Min, Y.;* Liu, Y.* “Highly efficient ternary solar cells with efficient Förster resonance energy transfer for simultaneously enhanced photovoltaic parameters”, Adv. Funct. Mater. 2021, 31, 2105304. DOI:10.1002/adfm.202105304

7. Chen, Z.; Li, X.; Yang, C.; Cheng, K.; Tan, T.; Lv, Y.;* Liu, Y.* “Hybrid Porous Crystalline Materials from Metal Organic Frameworks and Covalent Organic Frameworks”, Adv. Sci. 2021, 8, 2101883. DOI:10.1002/advs.202101883 

6.  Li, S.; Li, G.; Gao, B.; Pujari, S. P.; Chen, X.; Kim, H.; Zhou, F.; Klivansky, L. M.; Liu, Y.; Driss, H.; Impey, R. E.; da Costa, T. P. S.; Wu, P.; Lu, J.; Zuihof, H.;* Moses, J. E.;* Sharpless, K. B.* “Functional SuFExable Polymers with Helical Structures Derived from Thionyl Tetrafluoride (SOF4)”. Nat. Chem. 2021, 13, 858–867. DOI: doi.org/10.1038/s41557-021-00726-x 

5.  Bergman, H. M.; Kiel, G. R.; Handford, R. C.; Liu, Y.; Tilley, T. D.* “Scalable, Divergent Synthesis of a High Aspect Ratio Carbon Nanobelt”, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2021, 143, 8619-8624. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.1c04037

4.  Qian, Y.; Silva, A.; Yu, E.; Anderson, C.; Liu, Y.; Theis, W.; Ercius, P.; Xu, T.* “Crystallize Nanoparticles by Precipitation of Trace Polymeric Additives”, Nat. Commun. 2021, 12, 2767. DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-22950-2.

3.  Li, H. Zhou, Y.; Liu, Y.; Li, L.; Liu, Y.;* Wang, Q.* “Dielectric Polymers for High-Temperature Capacitive Energy Storage”, Chem. Soc. Rev. 2021, 50, 6369-6400 (inside cover art). DOI: 10.1039/d0cs00765j

2. Yan, C.; Weinberg, D.; Jasrasaria, D.; Kolaczkowski, M. A.; Liu, Z.; Philbin, J. P.; Balan, A.; Liu, Y.; Schwartzberg, A. M.; Rabani, E.; Alivisatos, A. P.* “Uncovering the Role of Hole Traps in Promoting Hole Transfer from Multi-Excitonic Quantum Dots to Molecular Acceptors”, ACS Nano 2021, 15, 2281-2291. DOI: doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.0c08158.

1. Fang, C.; Lau, J.; Kohmein, P.; Dailing, E.; Liu, Y.;* Liu, G.* “Large molecule decomposition products of electrolytes and additives revealed by on-electrode chromatography and MALDI”, Joule 2021, 5, 415-428. DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.3631497.

Year 2020

21. Wang, L.;* Liu, X.; Shi, X.; Liu, Y.;* Wu, Y.; Yao, J.; Fu, H.* “Singlet Fission in a para-Azaquinodimethane-Based Quinoidal Conjugated Polymer”, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2020, 142, 17892–17896. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.0c06604.

20. Sun, B.;* Li, X.; Feng, T.; Cai, S.; Chen, T.; Zhu, C.; Zhang, J.; Wang, D.;*, Liu, Y.* “Resistive Switching Memory Performance of Two-Dimensional Polyimide Covalent Organic Framework Films”, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2020, 12, 51837–51845. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsami.0c15789

19. Kolaczkowski, M. A.; Garzon-Ruiz, A.; Patel, A.; Zhao, Z.; Guo, Y.; Navarro, A.;* Liu, Y.* “Design and Synthesis of Annulated Benzothiadiazoles via Dithiolate Formation for Ambipolar Organic Semiconductors”, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2020, 12, 53328–53341. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsami.0c16056

18. Bergman, H. M.; Kiel, G. R.; Witzke, R. J.; Nenon, D. P.; Schwartzberg, A. M.; Liu, Y.; Tilley, T. D.* “Shape-Selective Synthesis of Pentacene Macrocycles and the Effect of Geometry on Singlet Fission”, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2020, 142, 19850–19855. DOI: doi.org/10.1021/jacs.0c09941

17. Li, X.; Cai, S.; Sun, B.; Yang, C.; Zhang, J.; Liu, Y.* “Chemically Robust Covalent Organic Frameworks: Progress and Perspective”, Matter 2020, 3, 1507-1540. DOI: doi.org/10.1016/j.matt.2020.09.007

16. Fu, W.; Alam, T. M.; Li, J.; Bustamante, J.; Lien, T.; Adams, R. W.; Teat, S. J.; Stokes, B. J.; Yang, W.; Liu, Y.; Lu, J.* “Arene Substitution Design for Controlled Conformational Changes of Dibenzocycloocta-1,5-dienes”, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2020, 142, 16651–16660. DOI: doi.org/10.1021/jacs.0c06579 

15. Xiao, L.; Kolaczkowski, M. A.; Min, Y.; Liu, Y.* “Substitution Effect on Thiobarbituric Acid End Groups for High VOC Non-Fullerene Organic Solar Cell”, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2020, 12, 41852–41860. DOI: doi.org/10.1021/acsami.0c11828 

14. Lorenzon, M.; Jurow, M.; Hong, M.; Lu, Y.-H.; Barnard, E. S.; Salmeron, M.; Liu, Y.; Penzo, E.;* Schwartzberg, A. M.;* Weber-Bargioni, A.* “Improved Stability and Exciton Diffusion of self-assembled 2D lattices of Inorganic Perovskite Nanocrystals by Atomic Layer Deposition”, Adv. Opt. Mater. 2020, 8, 2000900. DOI: doi.org/10.1002/adom.202000900 

13. Yin, Y.; Zhang, W.; Zheng, Z.; Ge, Z.;* Liu, Y.;* Guo F.; Gao, S.; Zhao, L.; Zhang, Y.* “Integrated Linker-Regulation and Ring-Fusion Engineering towards High Efficiency Additive-Free Non-Fullerene Organic Solar cells”, J. Mater. Chem. C 2020, 8, 12516-12526. DOI: doi.org/10.1039/D0TC02499F 

12. Zhang, Y.; Xu, Z.; Wang, Z.; Wang, H.; Zhang, D.; Liu, Y.;* Li, Z-T.* “A Woven Supramolecular Metal Organic Framework That Remarkably Amplifies the Catalysis of Ruthenium Bis(terpyridine) Complex for Alcohol Oxidation”, ChemPlusChem 2020，85，1498-1503. DOI: doi.org/10.1002/cplu.202000391 

11. Li, X.; Yang, C.; Sun, B.; Cai, S.; Chen, Z.; Lv, Y.; Zhang, J.; Liu, Y.* “Expeditious Synthesis of Covalent Organic Frameworks: A Review” J. Mater. Chem. A 2020, 8, 16045-16060. DOI: doi.org/10.1039/D0TA05894G 

10. Penzo, E.; Barnard, E.; Borys, N.; Loiudice, A.; Jurow, M.; Rajzb aum, I.; Wong, E.; Liu, Y.; Schwartzberg, A.; Cabrini, S.; Whitelam, S.; Buonsanti, R.; Weber-Bargioni, A.* “Long-Range Exciton Diffusion in Two-Dimensional Assemblies of Cesium Lead Bromide Perovskite Nanocrystals”, ACS Nano 2020, 14, 6999–7007. DOI: doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.0c01536 

9. Cai, S.; Sun, B.; Li, X.; Yan, Y.; Navarro, A.; Garzon-Ruiz, A. Mao, H.; Reimer, J. A.; Zheng, S.; Fan, J.; Zhang, W.;* Liu, Y.* “Reversible Interlayer Sliding and Conductivity Changes in Adaptive Tetrathiafulvalene-Based Covalent Organic Frameworks”, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces. 2020, 12, 19054-19061. . DOI: 10.1021/acsami.0c03280  

8. Liu, Y.;* Toma, F. M.* “Qubits from the bottom up”, Chem (catalysis article) 2020, 6, 795-798. DOI: doi.org/10.1016/j.chempr.2020.03.010 

7. Anderson, C. L.; Teat, S. J.; Liang, J.; Ruiz, A.; Nenon, D. P.; Rascon, A. N.; Liu, Y.* “A Highly Substituted Pyrazinophane Generated from a Quinoidal System via a Cascade Reaction”, Chem. Commun. 2020, 56, 4472-4475. DOI: doi.org/10.1039/D0CC00916D

6. Xiao, L.; Mao, H.; Li, Z.; Yan, C.; Liu, J.; Liu, Y.; Reimer, J. A.; Min, Y.;* Liu, Y.* “Employing a narrow-bandgap mediator in ternary solar cells for enhanced photovoltaic performance”, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2020, 12, 16387-16393. DOI: doi.org/10.1021/acsami.9b23516 

5. Ma, C.; Li, X.; Zhang, J.;* Liu, Y.;* Urban, J. J.* “Pyrazine-fused Porous Graphitic Frameworks-based mixed matrix membranes for enhanced gas separations”, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2020, 12, 16922-16929. DOI: doi.org/10.1021/acsami.0c01378  

4. Lin, J.; Wang, Z.; Zhang, Y.; Wang, H.; Zhang, D.; Zhou, W.; Liu, Y.;* Li, Z-T.* “Water-Soluble Flexible Organic Frameworks that Include and Deliver Proteins”, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2020, 142, 3577-3582. DOI: doi.org/10.1021/jacs.9b13263 

3. Li, X.; Wang, H.; Chen, H.; Zheng, Q.; Zhang, Q.; Mao, H.; Liu, Y.; Cai, S.; Sun, B.; Zheng, H.; Reimer, J. A.; Urban, J. J.; Ciston, J.; Tan, T.; Chan, E. M.; Zhang, J.;* Liu, Y.* “Dynamic Covalent Synthesis of Crystalline Porous Graphitic Frameworks”, Chem 2020, 6, 933-944. DOI: 10.1016/j.chempr.2020.01.011 

2. Gao, Z.; Wang, Z.; Wei, L.; Yin, G.; Tian, J.; Liu, C-Z.; Wang, H.; Zhang, D.; Zhang, Y.; Li X.; Liu, Y.;* Li, Z-T.* “A water-soluble 3D covalent organic framework that displays enhanced enrichment effect of photosensitizers and catalysts for the reduction of protons to H2”, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2020, 12, 1404-1411. DOI: 10.1021/acsami.9b19870

1. Morgenstern, T.; Lampe, C.; Naujoks, T.; Jurow, M.; Liu, Y.; Urban, A.; Brutting, W.*, “Elucidating the performance limits of perovskite nanocrystal light emitting diodes”, J. Lumin. 2020, 116, 116939. DOI: 10.1016/j.jlumin.2019.116939 

Year 2019

19. Roders, M.; Kolaczkowski, M.; Seban, R.; Liu, Y.; Ayzner, A. L.* “Charge-Transport Networks via Small-Molecule Self-Assembly in Conjugated Polymer Bulk Heterojunctions”, J. Phys. Chem. 2019, 123, 27305-27316. DOI: doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.9b06177

18. Li, X.; Liu, X.; Rahman, F. Liu, C.; Wang, H.; Zhang, D.; Liu, Y.;* Li, Z-T.*, “A periodic metallo-supramolecular polymer from a flexible building block: self-assembly and photocatalysis for organic dye degradation", Sci. China Chem. 2019, 62, 1634–1638. DOI: 10.1007/s11426-019-9600-2 

17. Pan, A.;* Ma, X.; Huang, S.; Wu, Y.; Jia, M.; Wangyang, P.; Liu. Y.; Shi, Y.; He, L.;* Liu, Y.*, “CsPbBr3 Perovskite Nanocrystal Grown on MXene Nanosheets for Enhanced Photoelectric Detection and Photocatalytic CO2 Reduction” J. Phy. Chem. Lett. 2019, 10, 6590-6597. DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.9b02605 

16. Cai, S.;* He, Z.; Li, X.; Zhang, K.; Zheng, R.; Lan, H.; Chen, G.; Fan, J.; Liu, Y.;* Zhang, W.* “An Unprecedented 2D Covalent Organic Framework with an htb Net Topology”, Chem. Commun. 2019, 55, 13454-13457. DOI: 10.1039/C9CC06780A 

15. Anderson, C. L.; Dai, N.; Teat, S.; He, B.; Wang, S.; Liu, Y.* “Electronic Tuning of Mixed Quinoidal-Aromatic Conjugated Polyelectrolytes via Direct Ionic Substitution”, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2019, 58, 17978-17985. DOI: 10.1002/anie.201908609 

14. Xiao, L.; Li, Z.; Hu, Q.; Liu, Y.; Zhong, W.; Mei, X.; Russell, T. P.; Liu, Y.;* Min, Y.; Peng, X.;* Cao, Y. “Improving the efficiencies of small molecule solar cells by solvent vapor annealing to enhance J-aggregation”, J. Mater. Chem. C. 2019, 7, 9618-9624. 

13. Do, M.; Kim, I.; Kolaczkowski, M. A.; Kang, J.; Kamat, G.; Yuan, Z.; Barchi, N. S.; Wang, L.-M.; Liu, Y.;* Jurow, M. J.;* Sutter-Fella, C.*, “Low-Dimensional Perovskite Nanoplatelet Synthesis Using In Situ Photophysical Monitoring to Establish Controlled Growth”, Nanoscale 2019, 11, 17262-17269 (Supplementary Back Cover). DOI: 10.1039/C9NR04010B 

12. Yang, B.; Zhang, X.D.; Li, J.; Tian, J.; Wu, Y.P.; Yu, F.X.; Wang, R.; Wang, H.; Zhang, D.W., Liu, Y.*, Zhou, L.*; Li, Z.-T.* “In situ Loading and Delivery of Short Single- and Double-Stranded DNA by Supramolecular Organic Frameworks” CCS Chem. 2019, 1, 156–165.

11. Zhong, W.; Hu, Q.; Jiang, Y.; Li, Y.; Chen, T. L.; Ying, L.; Liu, F.; Wang, C.; Liu, Y.; Huang, F.; Cao, Y.; Russell, T. P.* “In Situ Structure Characterization in Slot-Die-Printed All-Polymer Solar Cells with Efficiency Over 9%” Solar RRL 2019, 3, 1900032. DOI: 10.1002/solr.201900032.

10. Zhang, H.; Zhang, Z.; Ma, C.; Liu, Y.; Xie, H.; Luo, S.; Yuan, Y.; Gao, Y.; Zhang, Y.; Ming, W.; Liu, Y.; Pan, A.; Yang, B.* “Tailoring Composition and Size of All-Inorganic Perovskite Nanocrystals by Reaction Temperature for Filter-Free Photodetectors”, J. Mater. Chem. C 2019, 7, 5488-5496. DOI: 10.1039/c9tc00761j.

9. Yan, M.; Liu, X.; Gao, Z.; Wu, Y.; Hou, J.; Wang, H.; Zhang, D-W.; Liu, Y.; Li, Z-T. “A pore-expanded supramolecular organic framework and its enrichment of photosensitizers and catalysts for visible-induced hydrogen production”, Org. Chem. Front. 2019, 6, 1698-1704. DOI: 10.1039/C9QO00382G

8. London, A. E.; Chen, H.; Sabuj, M. A.; Zhang, B. A.; Liu, Y.; Gu, X.; Wong, B.; Rai, N.; Bowman, M. K.; Azoulay, J. D.* “A High-Spin Ground State Donor-Acceptor Conjugated Polymer”, Science Advances 2019, 5, eaav2336. DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aav2336

7.      Zhang, S.; Ocheje, M. U.; Huang, L.; Galuska, L.; Cao, Z.; Luo, S.; Ehlenberg, D.; Goodman, R.; Zhou, D.; Liu, Y.; Chiu, Y-C.; Azoulay, J. D.; Rondeau-Gagné*, S.; Gu, X.* “Critical Role of Electron-Donating Thiophene Group on the Thermomechanical Property of Donor-Acceptor Semiconducting Polymers”, Adv. Electro. Mater. 2019, 5, 1800899. DOI: 10.1002/aelm.201800899 

6.       Jurow, M.;* Morgenstern, T.; Eisler, C.; Kang, J.; Penzo, E.; Do, M.; Engelmayer, M.; Osowiecki, W.; Bekenstein, Y.; Tassone, C.; Wang, L.-W.; Alivisatos, A. P.; Brutting, W.;* Liu, Y.* “Manipulating the Transition Dipole Moment of CsPbBr3 Perovskite Nanocrystals for Superior Optical Properties”, Nano Lett. 2019, 19, 2489–2496. DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.9b00122 

5.      Chen, G.; Lan, H.; Cai, S-L.; Sun, B.; Li, X.; He, Z-H.; Zheng, S-R.; Fan, J.; Liu, Y.*; Zhang, W-G.* “Stable hydrazone-linked covalent organic frameworks containing O,N,O'-chelating sites for Fe(III) detection in water”, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2019, 11, 12830–12837.

4.        Kolaczkowski, M.; Liu, Y.* “Bay-Annulated Indigo (BAI)-Based Functional Organic Semiconductors” Chem. Record 2019, 19, 1062-1077. DOI: 10.1002/tcr.201800159

3.     Pan, A.; Li, Y.; Wu, Y.; Yan, K.; Jurow, M; Liu, Y.*; He, L.* “Stable Luminous Nanocomposite of CsPbX3 Perovskite Nanocrystal Anchored on Silica for Multicolor Anti-counterfeit Ink and White-LED”, Mater. Chem. Front. 2019, 3, 414-419. DOI: 10.1039/C8QM00591E

2.      Pan, A.; Wu, Y.; Yan, K.; Yu, Y.; Jurow, M.; Ren, B.-Y.; Zhang, C.; Ding, S.; He, L.;* Liu, Y.* “Stable Luminous Nanocomposites of Confined Mn2+ Doped Lead Halide Perovskite Nanocrystals in Mesoporous Silica Nanospheres as Orange Fluorophores”, Inorg. Chem. 2019, 58,  3950–3958. DOI: 0.1021/acs.inorgchem.9b00010 

1.      Pan, A.; Jurow, M.; Wu, Y.; Jia, M.; Zheng, F.; Zhang, Y.; He, L.*; Liu, Y.* “Highly Stable Luminous “Snakes” from CsPbX3 Perovskite Nanocrystals Anchored on Amine-Coated Silica Nanowires”, ACS Appl. Nano Mater. 2019, 2, 258-266. DOI: 10.1021/acsanm.8b01889 (Supplementary Cover Art). 

Year 2018

1. Zhao, Y.;* Chen, T. L.; Xiao, L.; Kolaczkowski, M. A.; Zhang, L.; Klivansky, L. M.; Altoe, V.; Tian, B.; Guo, J.; Peng, X.; Tian, Y.;* Liu, Y.* “Facile Integration of Low-Cost Black Phosphorus in Solution-Processed Organic Solar Cells with Improved Fill Factor and Device Efficiency”, Nano Energy 2018, 53, 345-353. DOI: 10.1016/j.nanoen.2018.08.063 

2. Xu, B.; Ahmed, M.; Slaughter, D.; Ogletree, D. F.; Closser, K. D.; Prendergast, D.; Naulleau, P.; Olynick, D.; Ashby, P.; Liu, Y.; Hinsberg, W. D.; Wallraff, G.; Kostko, O. “Fundamental understanding of chemical processes in extreme ultraviolet resist materials”, J. Chem. Phys. 2018, 149, 154305. 

3. Xiao, L.; He, B.; Hu, Q.; Maserati, L.; Zhao, Y.; Yang, B.; Kolaczkowski, M. A.; Anderson, C. A.; Borys, N.; Klivansky, L. M.; Chen, T. L.; Schwartzberg, A. M.; Russell, T. P.; Cao, Y.; Peng, X.*; Liu, Y.* “Multiple Roles of a Non-Fullerene Small Molecule as a Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer Donor, Electron Acceptor and Crystallization Modulator for High Efficiency Ternary Organic Photovoltaics”, Joule 2018, 2, 2154-2166.  

4. Xiao, L.; Lai, T.; Liu, X.; Liu, F.; Russell, T. P.; Liu, Y.*; Huang, F.*; Peng, X.*; Cao Y. “A Low-Bandgap Dimeric Porphyrin Molecule for 10% Efficiency Solar Cells with Small Photon Energy Loss”, J. Mater. Chem. A 2018, 6, 18469-18478. 

5. Yu, S.; Qi, Q.; Yang, B.; Wang, H.; Zhang, D.-W.; Liu, Y.*; Li, Z-T.* “Enhancing Hydrogen Generation through Nanoconfinement of Sensitizers and Catalysts in a Homogeneous Supramolecular Organic Framework”, Small  2018, 14, 1801037.

6. Liu, X.; He, B.; Ruiz, A. G.; Rascon, A. N.; Chen, T. L.; Kolaczkowski, M. A.; Feng, S.; Zhang, L.; Anderson, C. A.; Chen, J.*; Liu, Y.* “Unraveling the Main Chain and Side Chain Effects on Thin Film Morphology and Charge Transport in Quinoidal Conjugated Polymers”, Adv. Funct. Mater. 2018, 28, 1801874. 

7. Li, X.; Zhang, C.; Cai, S.; Lei, X.; Hong, F.; Urban, J. J.; Ciston, J.; Chan, E. M.; Liu, Y.* “Facile Transformation of Imine Covalent Organic Frameworks into Crystalline Porous Aromatic Frameworks”, Nat. Commun. 2018, 9, 2998.

8. He, B.; Yang, B.; Kolaczkowski, M. A.; Anderson, C. A.; Klivansky, L. M.; Chen, T. L.; Brady, M. A.; Liu, Y.* “Molecular Engineering for Large Open Circuit Voltage and Low Energy Loss in around 10% Non-Fullerene Organic Photovoltaics”, ACS Energy Lett. 2018, 3, 1028-1035. 

9. Pan, A.; Wang, J.; Jurow, M.; Jia, M.; Liu, Y.; Wu, Y.; Zhang, Y.; He, L.;* Liu, Y.* "A General Strategy for the Preparation of Stable Luminous Nanocomposite Inks Using Chemically Addressable CsPbX3 Perovskite Nanocrystals“, Chem. Mater. 2018, 30, 2771-2780. DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.8b00587

10. Tian, B.; Tian, B.; Smith, B.; Scott, M. C.; Lei, Q.; Hua, R.; Tian, Y.*; Liu, Y. * “Facile bottom-up synthesis of oxygenated black phosphorus nanosheets as a metal-free photocatalyst for hydrogen evolution”, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 2018, 115, 4345-4350. 

11. Yang, B.; Kolaczkowski, M.; Brady, M. A.; Keum, J. K.; Browning, J. F.; Chen, T. L.; Liu, Y.* “Enhancing the Efficiency of Organic Photovoltaics by a Photoactive Molecular Mediator”, Solar RRL 2018, 2, 1770149 (back cover). 

12. Li, X-F.; Yu, S-B.; Yang, B.; Tian, J.; Wang, H.; Zhang, D-W.; Liu, Y.;* Li, Z-T.* “A stable metal-covalent-supramolecular organic framework hybrid: enrichment of catalysts for visible light-induced hydrogen production”, Sci. China Chem. 2018, 61, 830-835.

13. Zhu, C.; Ji, X.; You, D.; Chen, T. L.; Mu, A.; Barker, K.; Klivansky, L. M.; Liu, Y.; Fang, L.* “Extraordinary Redox Activities in Ladder-Type Conjugated Molecules Enabled by B ← N Coordination-Promoted Delocalization and Hyperconjugation”, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2018, 140, 18173–18182. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.8b11337

Year 2017

1. Wu, Y.-P.; Tian, J.; Yang, B.; Yu, S.; Zhang, D.-W.; Liu, Y.;* Li, Z.-T.* “Postmodification of a supramolecular organic framework: visible-light-induced recyclable heterogeneous photocatalysis for the reduction of azides to amines”, Chem. Commun. 2017, 53, 13367-13370.

2. Liu, Y. “Supramolecular Basketry”, Nat. Chem. (News and views) 2017, 9, 1037-1038. 

3. Liu, Y.*; Leung, K. C.-F.* “Dynamic Covalent Chemistry for Synthetic Molecular Machines” in “Dynamic Covalent Chemistry—Principles, Reactions, and Applications”, 2017, 287-321. Eds: W. Zhang, Y. Jin. Published by Wiley Inc. 

4. Pan, A.; Jurow, M.; Qiu, F.; Liu, Y.; Yang, J.; Urban, J. J.; He, L.;* Liu, Y.* “Templated Self-Assembly of One-Dimensional CsPbX3 Perovskite Nanocrystal Superlattices”, Nanoscale 2017, 9, 17688-17693. DOI: 10.1039/C7NR06579E

5. Pan, A.; Jurow, M.; Qiu, F.; Yang, J.; Ren, B.; Urban, J. J.; He, L.;* Liu, Y.* “Nanorod Suprastructures from a Ternary Graphene Oxide-Polymer-CsPbX3 Perovskite Nanocrystal Composite that Display High Environmental Stability”, Nano Lett. 2017, 17, 6759-6765. DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.7b02959

6. Zhang, H.; Wang, Z.; Zhang, L.;* Zhong, A.; Liu, X.; Pan, F.; Cai, W.;* Inganas, O.; Liu, Y.; Chen, J.;* Cao, Y. “A highly crystalline wide band-gap conjugated polymer towards high-performance as-cast non-fullerene polymer solar cells”, ACS Appl. Mater. Interface 2017, 9, 36061–36069. DOI: 10.1021/acsami.7b10059

7. Liu, X.; He, B.; Anderson, C.; Kang, J.; Chen, T.; Chen, J.; Feng, S.; Zhang, L.; Kolaczkowski, M.; Teat, S.; Brady, M.; Zhu, C.; Wang, L.; Chen, J.;* Liu, Y.* “para-Azaquinodimethane: a Compact Quinodimethane Variant as an Ambient Stable Building Block for High Performance Low Band Gap Polymers”, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2017, 139, 8355-8363. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.7b04031

8. Zhang, Y.; Hanifi, D. A.; Fernández-Liencres, M. P.; Klivansky, L. M.; Ma, B.; Navarro, A.;* Liu, Y.* “Understanding Electron Transport in Disk-Shaped Triphenylene-Tris(naphthaleneimidazole)s through Structural Modification and Theoretical Investigation”, ACS. Appl. Mater. Interface 2017, 9, 20010–20019. DOI: 10.1021/acsami.7b03795

9. Cao, P.; Bai, P.; Omrani, A. A.; Xiao, Y.; Meaker, K. L.; Tsai, H.-Z.; Yan, A.; Jung, H.-S.; Khajeh, R.; Rodgers, G. F.; Kim, Y.; Aikawa, A. S.; Kolaczkowski, M. A.; Liu, Y.; Zettl, A.; Xu, K.;* Crommie, M. F.;* Xu, T.* “Preventing Thin Film Dewetting via Graphene Capping”, Adv. Mater. 2017, 29, 1701536. DOI: 10.1002/adma.201701536

10. Jurow, M. J.; Lampe, T.; Penzo, E.; Kang, J.; Koc, M.; Zechel, T.; Nett, Z.; Brady, M.; Wang, L.-W.; Alivisatos, A. P.; Cabrini, S.; Brutting, W.;* Liu, Y.* “Tunable Anisotropic Photon Emission from Self-Organized CsPbBr3 Perovskite Nanocrystals”, Nano Lett. 2017, 17, 4534–4540.

11. Tian, J.; Wang, H.; Zhang, D.; Liu, Y.;* Li, Z.-T*. “Supramolecular Organic frameworks (SOFs): homogeneous regular 2D and 3D pores in water” National Sci. Rev. 2017, 4, 426-436. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/nsr/nwx030

12. Gao, B.; Zhang, L.; Zheng, Q.; Zhou, F.; Klivansky, L.; Lu, J.; Liu, Y.; Dong, J.; Wu, P.;* Sharpless, K. B.* “Bifluoride-Catalyzed Sulfur(VI) Fluoride Exchange Reaction for the Synthesis of Polysulfates and Polysulfonates”, Nat. Chem. 2017, 9, 1083-1088.

13. Wang, H.; Zhou, F.; Ren, G.; Klivansky, L. M.; Liu, Y.; Wu, B.; Xu, Q.; Lu, J.; Sharpless, K. B.;* Wu, P.* “SuFEx-Based Polysulfonate Formation from Ethylenesulfonyl Fluoride-Amine Adducts”, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2017, 56, 11203-11208 (Cover Art).

14. Hu, Q.; Zhao, L.; Wu, J.; Gao, K.; Luo, D.; Jiang, Y.; Zhang, Z.; Zhu, C.; Schaible, E.; Hexemer, A.; Wang, C.; Zhang, W.; Liu, Y.; Liu, F.; Russell, T.; Graetzel, M.; Gong, Q.; Zhu, R.* “In-Situ Dynamic Observations of Perovskite Crystallization and Microstructure Evolution Intermediated from [PbI6]4- Cage Nanoparticles”, Nat. Commun. 2017, 8, 15688.

15. Sun, B.; Zhu, C.; Liu, Y.; Wang, C.; Wan, L.-J.; Wang, D.* “Oriented covalent organic framework film on graphene for robust ambipolar vertical organic field-effect transistor”, Chem. Mater. 2017, 29, 4367-4374. DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.7b00800

16.  Wang, H.; He, B.; Liu, F.; Stevens, C.; Bradley, M. A.; Cai, S.; Wang, C.; Russell, T. P.; Tan, T.; Liu, Y.* “Orientation Transitions during the Growth of Imine Covalent Organic Framework Thin Films”, J. Mater. Chem. C 2017, 5, 5090-5095 DOI: 10.1039/C7TC01324H

17. Ren, B-Y.; Guo, R.; Zhong, D.; Ou, C.; Xiong, G.; Zhao, X.; Sun, Y.; Jurow, M.; Kang, J.; Zhao, Y.; Li, S.; You, L.; Wang, L.-W.; Liu, Y.* “A Robust Yellow-Emitting Homoleptic Iridium(III) Complex Constructed from Multifunctional Spiro Ligand for Highly Efficient Phosphorescent Organic Light Emitting Diodes”, Inorg. Chem. 2017, 56, 8397-8407.

18. Tian, J.; Yao, C.; Yang, W.-L.; Zhang, L.; Zhang, D.-W.; Wang, H.; Zhang, F.;* Liu, Y.;* Li, Z.-T.* “In situ-prepared homogeneous supramolecular organic framework drug delivery systems (sof-DDSs): Overcoming cancer multidrug resistance and controlled release”, Chin. Chem. Lett. 2017, 28, 798-806. DOI: 10.1016/j.cclet.2017.01.010.

19. Yao, C.; Tian, J.; Wang, H.; Zhang, D.-W.; Liu, Y.;* Zhang, F.;* Li, Z.-T.* “Loading-free supramolecular organic framework drug delivery systems (sof-DDSs) for doxorubicin: normal plasm and multidrug resistant cancer cell-adaptive delivery and release”, Chin. Chem. Lett. 2017, 28, 893-899. DOI:10.1016/j.cclet.2017.01.005.

Year 2016

1. Kolaczkowski, M.; He, B.; Liu, Y.* “Stepwise Bay Annulation of Indigo for the Synthesis of Desymmetrized Electron Acceptors and Donor-Acceptor Constructs”, Org. Lett. 2016, 18, 5524-5527. DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.6b02504

2. Cai, S.-­L.; Tan, J.-B.; Zhang, K.; Wang, S.; Zheng, S.-R.; Fan, J.; Yu, Y.; Zhang, W.-G.;* Liu, Y.* “A Rationally Designed 2D Covalent Organic Framework with a Brick-Wall Topology”, ACS Macro Lett. 2016, 5, 1348-1352. DOI: 10.1021/acsmacrolett.6b00805

3. Pan, A.; He, B.; Fan, X.; Liu, Z.; Urban, J. J.; Alivisatos, A. P.; He, L.;* Liu, Y.* Insight into the Ligand-Mediated Synthesis of Colloidal CsPbBr3 Perovskite Nanocrystals: The Role of Organic Acid, Base, and Cesium Precursors.” ACS Nano 2016, 10, 7943-7954. DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.6b03863

4. Ren, B.; Zhong, D.; Zhao, X.; Ou, C.; Zhang, Q.; Sun, Y.; Liu, Y.;* Zhang, Z.; Zhao, Y.; Huang, W.* “Quinolyl functionalized spiro[fluorene-9,9′-xanthene] host materials with bipolar characteristics for green and red phosphorescent organic light-emitting diodes”, Org. Electron. 2016, 36, 140-147. 

5. Li, Y.; Cooper, J. K.; Liu, W.; Fella, C. S.; Amani, M.; Javey, A.; Ager, J. W.; Liu, Y.; Toma, F. M.;* Sharp, D.* “Defective TiO2 with high photoconductive gain for efficient and stable planar heterojunction perovskite solar cells”, Nat. Commun. 2016, 7, 12446. 

6. Wang, W-K.; Xu, Z-Y.; Zhang, Y-C.; Wang, H.*; Zhang, D-W.; Liu, Y.*; Li, Z-T* “A Tristable [2]Rotaxane That Is Doubly Gated by Foldamer and Azobenzene Kinetic Barriers”, Chem. Commun. 2016, 52, 7490-7493.

7. Yu, S-B.; Lv, H.; Tian, J.; Wang, H.; Zhang, D.-W.; Liu, Y.*; Li, Z-T.* “Polycationic covalent organic framework: a robust adsorbent for anionic dye pollutants”, Poly. Chem. 2016, 7, 3392-3397.

8. Zhu, C.; Guo, Z.; Mu, A. U.; Liu, Y.; Wheeler, S. E.; Fang, L.* “Low Bandgap Coplanar Conjugated Molecules Featuring Dynamic Intramolecular Lewis Acid-Base Coordination”, J. Org. Chem. 2016, 81, 4347-4352.

9. Tian, J.; Xu, Z.; Xie, S.; Zhang, D.; Wang, H.*; Xu, D.; Ren, Y.; Wang, H.; Liu, Y.*; Li, Z-T.* "Supramolecular Metal-Organic Frameworks That Display High Homogeneous and Heterogeneous Photocatalytic Activity for H2 Production", Nat. Commun. 2016, 7, 11580.

10. Tian, J.; Chen, L.; Zhang, D.-W.; Liu, Y.*; Li, Z-T.* “Supramolecular organic frameworks: engineering periodicity in water through host-guest chemistry” (Feature Article), Chem. Commun. 2016, 52, 6351-6362. (Front cover)

11. He, B.; Zherebetskyy, D.; Wang, H.; Kolaczkowski, M. A.; Klivansky, L. M.; Tan, T.; Wang, L.; Liu, Y.* “Rational Tuning of the High Energy Visible Light Absorption for Panchromatic Small Molecules by a Two-Dimensional Conjugation Approach”, Chem. Sci. 2016, 7, 3857-3861.

12. He, B.; Neo, W. T.; Chen, T. L.; Klivansky, L.; Wang, H.; Tan T.; Teat, S. J.; Xu, J.;* Liu, Y.* “Low Bandgap Conjugated Polymers Based on a Novel Bay-Annulated Indigo (BAI) Acceptor as Highly Stable Electrochromic Materials”, ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng.  2016, 4, 2797-2805. 

13. Lee, K.; Bai, P.; Rancatore, B.; He, B.; Liu, Y.; Xu, T.* "Improve Hierarchical Ordering in Supramolecules via Symmetrically End-functionalized Organic Semiconductor", Macromolecules 2016, 49, 2639–2645.

14. Zhang, L.; Jia, Y.; Wang, H.; Zhang, D.*; Zhang, Q.*; Liu, Y.*; Li, Z-T.* “pH-Responsive Single-Layer Honeycomb Supramolecular Organic Frameworks that Exhibit Antimicrobial Activity”, Poly. Chem. 2016, 7, 1861-1865.

15. Zhou, S.; Xu, H.; Yuan, Q.;* Shen, H.; Zhu, X.; Liu, Y.*; Gan, W.* “N-doped ordered mesoporous carbon originated from a green biological dye for electrochemical sensing and high pressure CO2 storage”, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces. 2016, 8, 918-926.

Year 2015

1. Ye, X.; Zhu, C.; Ercius, P.; Raja, S.; He, B.; Jones, M.; Hauwiller, M.; Liu, Y.; Xu, T.; Alivisatos, P.* “Structural diversity in binary superlattices self-assembled from polymer-grafted nanocrystals”, Nat. Commun. 2015, 6, 10052.

2. André, A.; Zherebetskyy, D.; Hanifi, D.; He, B.; Samadi Khoshkhoo, M.; Jankowski, M.; Chasse, T.; Wang, L-W.; Schreiber, F.; Salleo, A.; Liu, Y.; Scheele, M.* “Towards Conductive Mesocrystalline Assemblies: PbS Nanocrystals Cross-Linked with Tetrathiafulvalene Dicarboxylate” Chem. Mater. 2015, 27, 8105-8115.

3. Cai, S.-L.; Zhang, W.-G.; Zuckermann, R.; Li, Z.-T.; Zhao, X.; Liu, Y.* “The Organic Flatland—Recent Advances in Synthetic 2D Organic Layers”, Adv. Mater. 2015, 27, 5762-5770.

4. He, B.; Dai, J.; Zherebetskyy, D.; Chen, T. L.; Zhang, B. A.; Teat, S. J.; Zhang, Q.; Wang, L.-W.; Liu, Y.* “A Divergent Route to Core- and Peripherally Functionalized Diazacoronenes that Act As Colorimetric and Fluorescence Proton Sensors”, Chem. Sci. 2015, 6, 3180-3186.

5. He, B.; Zhang, B. A.; Liu, F.; Navarro, A.; Fernández-Liencres, M. P.; Lu, R.; Lo, K.; Russell, T.; Liu, Y.* “Electronic and Morphological Studies of Conjugated Polymers Incorporating a Disk-Shaped Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Unit”, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces. 2015, 7, 20034-20045.

6. Li, J.; Miao, J.; Long, G.; Zhang, J.; Li, Y.; Ganguly, R.; Zhao, Y.; Liu, Y.; Liu, B.; Zhang, Q.* “N-heteroheptacenequinone and N-heterononacenequinone: synthesis, physical properties, crystal structures and photoelectrochemical behaviors”, J. Mater. Chem. C 2015, 3, 9877-9884. 

7. Wu, X.; Lee, H.; Bilsel, O.; Zhang, Y.; Li, Z.; Chen, T. L.; Liu, Y.; Duan, C.; Shen, J.; Moldpunjabi, A.; Hang, G. “Tailoring Dye-sensitized Upconversion Nanoparticles Excitation Bands towards Excitation Wavelength Selective Imaging”, Nanoscale 2015, 7, 18424-18428.

8. Xu, B.; Mao, Z.; Ji, X.; Yao, M.; Chen, M.; Zhang, X.; Hang, B.; Liu, Y.; Tang, W.; Tang, Q.; Xia, Y. “Mir-98 and its Host Gene Huwe1 Target Caspase-3 in Silica Nanoparticles-Treated Male Germ Cells”, Sci. Rep. 2015, 5, 12938.

9. Chen, W.; Zhang, J.; Long, G.; Liu, Y.; Zhang, Q. “From Non-Detectable to Decent: Replacement of Oxygen with Sulfur in Naphthalene Diimide Boosts Electron Transport in Organic Thin-Film Transistors (OTFT)”, J. Mater. Chem. C, 2015, 3, 8219-8224.

10. Zhou, T.-Y.; Qi, Q.-Y.; Zhao, Q.-L.; Fu, J.; Liu, Y.; Ma, Z.; Zhao, X. “Highly thermally stable hydrogels derived from monolayered two-dimensional supramolecular polymers”, Poly. Chem. 2015, 6, 3018-3023.

11. Gu, P.-Y.; Ma, Y.; He, J.-H.; Long, G.; Wang, C.; Chen, Q.; Liu, Y.; Xu, Q.-F.; Lu, J.-M.; Zhang, Q. “The substituent group effect on the morphology and memory performance of phenazine derivatives”, J. Mater. Chem. C. 2015, 3, 3167-3172.

12. Li, Y.; Cooper, J. K.; Buonsanti, R.; Giannini, C.; Liu, Y.; Toma, F.;* Sharp, I. D.* “Fabrication of Planar Heterojunction Perovskite Solar Cells by Controlled Low-Pressure Vapor Annealing”, J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2015, 6, 493-499.

Year 2014

1. Tian, J.; Zhou, T.-Y.; Zhang, S.-C.; Aloni, S.; Altoe, V.; Xie, S.; Wang, H.; Zhang, D.-W.;* Zhao, X.; Liu, Y.;* Li, Z.-T.* “Three-Dimensional Periodic Supramolecular Organic Framework Ion Sponge in Water and Microcrystals”, Nat. Commun. 2014, 5, 5574.

2. He, B.; Pun, A. B.; Zherebetskyy, D.; Liu, Y.; Liu, F.; Klivansky, L.; McGough, A.; Zhang, B. A.; Lo, K.; Russell, T.; Wang, L.-W.; Liu, Y.* “New Form of an Old Natural Dye: Bay-Annulated Indigo (BAI) as an Excellent Electron Accepting Unit for High Performance Organic Semiconductors” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2014, 136, 15093-15101. 

3. Zhang, Y.; Hanifi, D.; Lim, E.; Chourou, S.; Alvarez, S.; Pun, A.; Hexemer, A.; Ma, B.; Liu, Y.* “Enhancing the Performance of Solution-Processed n-Type Organic Field-Effect Transistors by Blending with Molecular ‘Aligner’”, Adv. Mater. 2014, 26, 1223-1228.

4. Cai, S.-L.; Zhang, Y.-B.; Pun, A. B.; He, B.; Yang, J.; Toma, F. M.; Sharp, I. D.; Yaghi, O. M.; Fan, J.; Zheng, S.-R.; Zhang, W.-G.; Liu, Y.* “Tunable Electrical Conductivity in Oriented Thin Films of Tetrathiafulvalene-Based Covalent Organic Framework”, Chem. Sci. 2014, 5, 4693-4700.

5. He, B.; Pun, A. B.; Klivansky, L. M.; McGough, A.; Ye, Y.; Zhu, J.; Guo, J.; Teat, S. J.; Liu, Y.* “Thiophene Fused Azacoronenes: Regioselective Synthesis, Self Organization, Charge Transport, and Its Incorporation in Conjugated Polymers”, Chem. Mater. 2014, 26, 3920-3927.

6. Zhang, L.; Zhou, T.-Y.; Tian, J.; Wang, H.; Zhang, D.-W.; Zhao, X.; Liu, Y.;* Li, Z-T.* “Two-dimensional single-layer supramolecular organic framework that is driven by viologen radical cation dimerization and further promoted by cucurbit[8]uril”, Poly. Chem. 2014, 5, 4715-4721.

7. Foster, M.; Zhang, B.; Murgagh, D.; Liu, Y.; Sfeir, M.; Wong, B. W.; Azoulay, J. D.* “Solution-Processable Donor–Acceptor Polymers with Modular Electronic Properties and Very Narrow Bandgaps”, Macro. Rapid. Commun. 2014, 35, 1516-1521.

8. Pun, A. B.; Gagnon, K. J.; Klivansky, L. M.; Teat, S. J.; Li, Z-T.;* Liu, Y.* “Solvent-Driven Selective π-Cation Templating in Dynamic Assembly of Interlocked Molecules”, Org. Chem. Front. 2014, 1, 167-175. 

9. Wang, W-K.; Chen, Y-Y.; Wang, H.; Zhang, D-W.; Liu, Y.;* Li, Z-T.* “Tetrathiafulvalene-Based Macrocycles Formed by Radical Cation Dimerization: The Role of Intramolecular Hydrogen Bonding and Solvent”, Chem. Asian J. 2014, 9, 1039-1044.

10. Scheele, M.; Hanifi, D.; Zherebetskyy, D.; Chourou, S. T.; Axnanda, S.; Rancatore, B. J.; Thorkelsson, K.; Xu, T.; Liu, Z.; Wang, L.-W.; Liu, Y.; Alivisatos, A. P.* “PbS Nanoparticles Capped with Tetrathiafulvalenetetracarboxylate-Utilizing Energy Level Alignment for Efficient Carrier Transport”, ACS Nano 2014, 8, 2532-2540. 

11. Tian, J.; Zhang, K-D.; Ding, Y.-D.; Wang, H.; Zhang, D.*; Hou, J-L.; Liu, Y.*; Li, Z-T.* “Self-Assembly of Three-Dimensional Supramolecular Polymers through Cooperative Tetrathiafulvalene Radical Cation Dimerization", Chem. Eur. J. 2014, 20, 575-584.

12. Zhou, C.; Tian, J.; Wang, J.; Zhang, D.; Zhao, X.*; Liu, Y.*; Li, Z-T.* “A Three-dimensional Cross-linking Supramolecular Polymer Stabilized by the Cooperative Dimerization of Viologen Radical Cation”, Poly. Chem. 2014, 5, 341-345.

2007—2013

1. Zhang, K. D.; Tian, J.; Hanifi, D.; Zhang, Y.; Sun, A. C.-H.; Zhou, T.; Zhang, L.; Zhao, X.*; Liu, Y.*; Li, Z-T.* “Towards a Single-Layer Two-Dimensional Honeycomb-Shaped Supramolecular Organic Framework in Water”, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2013, 135, 17913-17918 (COVER ART).

2. Geyer, F. L.; Pun, A.; Hanifi, D.; Bunz, U. H. F.; Liu, Y.* “Growth of Rylene Diimide Crystalline Layers on Aminoalkyltriethoxysilane-Monolayers for Organic Field Effect Transistor Applications”, J. Mater. Chem. C.  2013, 1, 6661-6666.

3. Scheele, M.; Engel, J. H.; Ferry, V. E.; Hanifi, D.; Liu, Y.; Alivisatos, A. P.* “Nonmonotonic Size Dependence in the Hole Mobility of Methoxide Stabilized PbSe Quantum Dot Solids”, ACS Nano 2013, 7, 6774-6781.

4. Lee, J. R. I.; Han, T. Y.-J.; Willey, T. M.; Nielsen, M. H.; Klivansky, L. M.; Liu, Y.; Chung, S.; Terminello, L. J.; Buuren, T. van; De Yoreo, J. J. “Cooperative Reorganization of Mineral and Template during Directed Nucleation of Calcium Carbonate”, J. Phys. Chem. C. 2013, 117, 11076-11085.

5. Liu, Y.*; Li, Z.-T.* “A Dynamic Route to Structure and Function–Recent Advances in Imine-Based Organic Nanostructured Materials”, Aust. J. Chem. 2013, 66, 9-22.

6. Pun, A.; Hanifi, D.; Kiel, G.; O’Brien, E.; Liu, Y.* “Facile Route to an All-Organic, Triply Threaded, Interlocked Structure by Templated Dynamic Clipping”, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2012, 124, 13296-13299.

7. Hanifi, D.; Pun, A.; Liu, Y.* “Synthesis and Properties of Bisphosphole-Bridged Ladder Oligophenylenes”, Chem. Asian. J. 2012, 7, 2615-2620.

8. Klivansky, L. M.; Hanifi, D.; Koshkakaryan, G.; Holycross, D. R.; Gorski, E. K.; Wu, Q.; Chai, M.; Liu, Y.* “A complementary disk-shaped p-electron donor-acceptor pair with high binding affinity”, Chem. Sci. 2012, 3, 2009-2014.

9. You, L.; Chen, S.; Zhao, X.; Liu, Y.; Lan, W.; Zhang, Y.; Lu, H.; Cao, C.; Li, Z.-T.* “C-H•••O Hydrogen Bonding Induced Triazole Foldamers: Efficient Halogen Bonding Receptors for Organohalogens”, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2012, 51, 1657-1661.

10. Zhang, K.-D.; Zhao, X.;* Wang, G.-T.; Liu, Y.;* Zhang, Y.; Lu, H.-J.;* Jiang, X.-K.; Li, Z.-T.* “Foldamers in Pseudo[2]rotaxanes and [2]Rotaxanes: Tuning the Switching Kinetics and Metastability”, Tetrahedron 2012, 68, 4517-4527.

11. Zhang, Y.; Hanifi, D.; Alvarez, S.; Antonio, F.; Pun, A.; Klivansky, L. M.; Hexemer, A.; Ma, B.; Liu, Y.* “Charge Transport Anisotropy in n-Type Disk-Shaped Triphenylene-Tris(aroyleneimidazole)s”, Org. Lett. 2011, 13, 6528-6531.

12. Song, Y.; Klivansky, L. M.; Liu, Y.; Chen, S.-W.* “Enhanced Stability of Janus Nanoparticles by Covalent Cross-Linking of Surface Ligands”, Langmuir, 2011, 27, 14581–14588.

13. Zhang, K.-D.; Zhao, X.;* Wang, G.-T.; Liu, Y.;* Zhang, Y.; Lu, H.-J.;* Jiang, X.-K.; Li, Z.-T.* “Foldamer-Tuned Switching Kinetics and Metastability of [2]Rotaxanes”, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2011, 50, 9866-9870.

14. Wang W; Hong, S; Tran, A; Jiang, H.; Triano, R.; Liu, Y.; Chen, X.; Wu, P.* “Sulfated Ligands for the Copper(I)-catalyzed Azide-Alkyne Cycloaddition”, Chem. Asian. J. 2011, 6, 2796-2802.

15. Chen, T. L.; Zhang, Y.; Smith, P.; Tamayo, A.; Liu, Y.; Ma, B.* “Diketopyrrolopyrrole-Containing Oligothiophene-Fullerene Triads and Their Use in Organic Solar Cells”, ACS. Appl. Mat. Int. 2011, 3, 2275-2280.

16. Besanceney, C.; Jiang, H.; Zheng, T.; Feng, L.; Soriano del Amo, D.; Wang, W.; Klivansky, L. M.; Marlow, F. L.*; Liu, Y.;* Wu, P.* “Raising the Efficacy of Bioorthogonal Click Reactions for Bioconjugation: A Comparative Study”, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2011, 50, 8051-8056.

17. Zheng, T.; Jiang, H.; Gros, M.; Liu, Y.; Peng, W.* “Tracking N-acetyllactosamine on Cell Surface Glycans in vivo”, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2011, 50, 4113-4118.

18. Hanifi, D.; Cao, D.; Klivansky, L. M.; Liu, Y.* “Novel n-Type Tris(aroyleneimidazole) and Its Analogs: Synthesis, Physical Properties and Self-Assembly”, Chem. Commun. 2011, 47, 3454-3456 (Top ten most accessed articles in February).

19. Koshkakaryan, G.; Jiang, P.; Cao, D.; Klivansky, L. M.; Altoe, V.; Zhang, Y.; Ma, B.; Salmeron, M.; Aloni, S.; Liu, Y.* “Multi-Layered Nanofibers from Stacks of Single-Molecular Thick Hexakis(alkoxyl)triphenylenes”, Chem. Commun. 2010, 46, 8579-8581 (Editor’s choice as “Hot Paper”).

20. Amo, D. S.; Wang, W.; Jiang, H.; Besanceney,C.; Amos, Y.; Levy, M.; Liu, Y.; Marlow, F. L.; Wu, P.* “Dynamic in vivo Imaging Using Biocompatible Copper(I) Catalysts”, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2010, 132, 16893-16899 (Highlighted by C&EN news “Imaging Molecules on Living Cells”).

21. Koshkakaryan, G.; Cao, D.; Klivansky, L. M.; Teat, S. J.; Tran, J. L.; Liu, Y.* “Dual Selectivity Expressed in [2+2+1] Dynamic Clipping of Unsymmetrical [2]Catenanes”, Org. Lett.  2010, 12, 1528-1531.

22. Cao, D.; Amelia, M.; Klivansky, L. M.; Koshkakaryan, G.; Khan, S. I.; Semeraro, M.; Silvi, S.; Venturi, M.; Credi, A.;* Liu, Y.* “Probing Donor-Acceptor Interactions and Co-Conformational Changes in Redox Active Desymmetrized [2]Catenanes”, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2010, 132, 1110-1122. 

23. Klivansky, L. M.; Koshkakaryan, G.; Cao, D.; Liu, Y.* “Linear π-Acceptor Templated Dynamic Clipping to Macrobicycles and [2]Rotaxanes”, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2009, 48, 4185-4189.

24. Koshkakaryan, G.; Klivansky, L. M.; Cao, D.; Snauko, M.; Teat, S. J.; Struppe, J. O.; Liu, Y.* “Alternative Donor-Acceptor Stacks from Crown Ethers and Naphthalene Diimide Derivatives: Rapid, Selective Formation from Solution and Solid State Grinding”, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2009, 131, 2078-2079.

25. Juluri, B. K.;  Kumar, A. S.; Liu, Y.; Ye, T.; Yang, Y-W.; Flood, A. H.; Stoddart, J. F.; Weiss, P. S.; Huang, T. J., “A Nanomechanical Actuator Driven Electrochemically by Artificial Molecular Muscles”, ACS Nano 2009, 3,291-300.

26. Koshkakaryan, G.; Parimal, K.; He, J.; Zhang, X.; Abliz, Z.; Flood, A. H.; Liu, Y.* “π-Stacking Enhanced Dynamic Self-Assembly of Donor-Acceptor Metallo-[2]Catenanes from Diimide Derivatives and Crown Ethers”, Chem. Eur. J. 2008, 14, 10211-10218.

27. Liu, Y.;* Bruneau, A.; He, J.; Abliz, Z., “Palldaium(II) Directed Self Assembly of Dynamic Donor-Acceptor [2]Catenanes”, Org. Lett. 2008, 10, 765-768.

28. Liu, Y.;* Zhang, X.; Klivansky, L. M.; Koshkakaryan, G., “Enhancing the Reactivity of 1,2,3-Triazoles in ‘Click’ Macrocycles by Face-to-Face Dibenzylammonium Ion Binding”, Chem. Commun. 2007, 45, 4773-4775.

29. Liu, Y.;* Klivansky, L. M.; Khan, S. I.; Zhang, X., “Templated Synthesis of Desymmetrized [2]Catenanes with Excellent Translational Selectivity”, Org. Lett. 2007, 9, 2577-2580.

30. Liu, Y.* “Self-Assembled Ring-in-Ring Complexes from Metal-Ligand Coordination Macrocycles and b-Cyclodextrin”, Tetrahedron Lett. 2007, 48, 3871-3874.

31. Nygaad, S.; Liu, Y.; Stein, P.; Flood, A. H.; Jeppesen, J. O., “Using Molecular Force to Overcome Steric Barriers in a Spring-Like Molecular Ouroborous”, Adv. Funct. Mater. 2007, 17, 751-762.

1999-2006

1. Liu, Y.; Diaz, D. D.; Sharpless, K. B.; Fokin, V. V.; Finn, M. G., “Metal-Adhesive Polymers from Cu(I)-Catalyzed Azide-Alkyne Cycloaddition”, J. Poly. Sci. A. 2007, 45, 5182-5189.

2. Nguyen, T. D.; Liu, Y.; Saha, S.; Leung, K.-F.; Stoddart, J. F.; Zink, J. I., “Design and Optimization of Molecular Nanovalves Based on Redox-Switchable Bistable Rotaxanes”, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2007, 129, 626-634.

3. Nguyen, T. D.; Leung, K.-F.; Liong, M.; Liu, Y.; Stoddart, J. F.; Zink, J. I., “Versatile Supramolecular Nanovalves Reconfigured for Light Activation”, Adv. Funct. Mater. 2007, 17, 2101-2110. 

4. Liu, Y.; Flood, A. H.; Stoddart, J. F. Chapter “Nano Meccano” in the Book “Nano Redox Sites”, Editor: Hiro, Springer, 2006, 193-214.

5. Ferrer, B.; Rogez, G.; Credi, A.; Ballardini, R.; Gandolfi, M. T.; Balzani, V.; Liu, Y.; Tseng, H.-R.; Stoddart, J. F., “Photoinduced Electron Flow in a Self-Assembling Supramolecular Extension Cable”, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 2006, 103, 18411-18416.

6. Huang, T. J.; Flood, A. H.; Brough, B.; Liu Y.; Bonvallet, P. A.; Kang, S.; Chu, C.-W.; Guo, T.-F.; Lu, W.; Yang, Y.; Stoddart, J. F.; Ho, C.-M., “Understanding and Harnessing Biomimetic Molecular Machines for NEMS Actuation Materials”, IEEE Trans. Auto.  Sci. Eng. 2006, 3, 254-259.

7. Liu, Y.; Bonvallet, P. A.; Vignon, S. C.; Khan, S. I.: Stoddart, J. F., “Donor-Accetpro Pretzelanes and a Cyclic Bis[2]catenane Homologue”, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2005, 44, 3050-3055.

8. Liu, Y.; Flood, A. H.; Bonvallet, P. A.; Vignon, S. A.; Tseng, H.-R.; Huang, T. J.; Brough, B.; Ho, Chih-Ming; Baller, M.; Magonov, S.; Stoddart, J. F., “Linear Artificial Molecular Muscles”, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2005, 127, 9745-9759.

9. Liu, Y.; Vignon, S. C.; Zhang, X.; Houk, K. N.; Stoddart, J. F., “Diastereoisomerism in a Chiral Pretzelane”, Chem. Commun. 2005, 3927-3929.

10. Liu, Y.; Flood, A. H.; Mosckowitz, R. M.; Stoddart, J. F., “Versatile Self-Complexing Donor-Acceptor Macrocycles”, Chem. Eur. J. 2005, 11, 369-385.

11. Tyguen, T.; Tseng, H.-R.; Celestre, P.; Flood, A. H.; Liu, Y.; Zink, J. I.; Stoddart, J. F., “A Reusable Molecular Nanovalve”, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 2005, 102, 10029-10034.

12. Arico, F.; Cantrill, S.; Flood, A. H.; Leung, C.-F.; Liu, Y.; Stoddart, J. F., “Template-Directed Synthesis of Interlocked Molecules”, Top. Curr. Res. 2005, 249, 203-259.

13. Liu, Y.; Vignon, S. A.; Zhang, X.; Bonvallet, P. A.; Khan,, S. I.; Houk, K. N.; Stoddart, J. F., “Dynamic Chirality in Donor-Acceptor Pretzelanes”, J. Org. Chem. 2005, 70, 9334-9344.

14. Liu, Y.; Saha, S.; Vignon, S. A.; Flood, A. H.; Stoddart, J. F., “Template-Directed Syntheses of Configurable and Reconfigurable Molecular Switches”, Synthesis, 2005, 3437-3445.

15. Liu, Y.; Flood, A. H.; Stoddart, J. F., “Thermally and Electrically Controllable Molecular Switches”, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2004, 126, 9150-9151.

16. Huang, T. J.; Brough, B.; Ho, Chih-Ming; Liu, Y.; Flood, A. H.; Bonvallet, P. A.; vignon, S. A.; Tseng, H.-R.; Stoddart, J. F.; Baller, M.; Magonov, S., “A Nanomechanical Device Based on Linear Molecular Motors”, Appl. Phys. Lett. 2004, 85, 5391-5393. (COVER ART)

17. Flood, A. H.; Liu, Y.; Stoddart, J. F., “From Cyclophanes to Molecular Machines” as a book chapter in the book “Modern Cyclophane Chemsitry”, Eds: Gleiter, R; Hopf, H.; Wiley-VCH: Weinheim, 2004, 485-518.

18. Chichak, K.; Liu, Y.; Star, A.; Stoddart, J. F., “Establishing the Supramolecular Chemistry of Carbon Nanotubes”, Polymer Preprints 2003, 44, 472-473.

19. Star, A.; Liu, Y.; Grant, K.; Ridvan, L.; Stoddart, J. F.; Steuerman, D. W.; Diehl, M. R.; Boukai, A.; Heath, J. M, “Noncovalent Side-Wall Functionalization of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes”, Macromolecules 2003, 36, 553-560. (COVER ART)

20. Wang, Q.; Yang, H.; Liu, Y.; Ding, Z.; Tao, F., “A Facile Route to Poly[1-(2,4,6-trichlorophenyl)-1H-1,2,4-triazol-5-yl]alkane Derivatives”, J. Chem. Soc., Perkin Trans. I. 2002, 7, 991-995.

21. Liu, X.; Liu, Y.; Wang, Q., “Synthesis of 1,2,4-Triazolo[3,2-d][1,5]benzoxazepine Compounds”, Chem. J. Chinese U. 2000, 21, 1052-1055.

22. Liu, X.; Liu, Y.; Wang. Q., “The Crystal Structure of 9-Chloro-4,5-dihydro-2-ethyl-1-(2,4,6-trichlorophenyl)-1H-1,2,4-triazolo[3,2-d][1,5]benzoxazepinium Hexachloroantimonate”, J. Heterocycl. Chem. 2000, 37, 287-290.

23. Liu, X.; Liu, Y.; Wang, Q., “An Efficient Approach to the [1,2,4]-Triazolo[3,2-d][1,5]benzoxazepine Skeleton – A Novel Tricyclic Ring System”, Synth. Commun. 2000, 30, 110-130.

24. Liu, X.; Wang, Q.; Liu, Y.; Ding, Z.; Tao, F., “An Expedient Synthesis of Novel [1,2,4]-Triazolo[3,2-d][1,5]benzothiazepine Derivatives”, Synthesis 2000, 3, 435-441.

25. Liu, Y.; Liu, X.; Wang, Q., “Synthesis of 1,3,5-Trisubstituted-1H-1,2,4-triazoles from Pinakolone”, Chin. J. Appl. Chem. 1999, 16, 73-75.

26. Liu, X.; Zhou, J.; Liu, Y.; Wang Q., “Structure of 5-Ethyl-2-phenyl-1-(2,4.6-trichlorophenyl)-3-trifluromethyl-1H-1,2,4-triazolium Hexachloroantimonate”, Acta Cryst. 1999, C5.