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2025

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A Two-Dimensional Mechanically Interlocked Polymer Crosslinked by [c2]Daisy Chains

Khaleghi, N.; Mason, S. A.; Saeed, M. S.; Feng, Y.*

Sci. China Chem. 2025, 68, X–X.

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Near-Infrared Emission in Organic Cocrystals Based on Twisted-Component Pseudo-Encapsulation. 
for Two-Photon Excited Imaging

Li, T.#; Liu, B.-T.#; Liu, J.-C.; Sule, N. A.; Ou, J. T.; Huang, J. Y.; Ou, C.; Jia, J.-H.*; Feng, Y.*

ACS Mater. Lett. 2025, 7, 2246–2254.

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A Compact Catenane with Tunable Mechanical Chirality

Tang, C.; Zhang, R.*; Almunif, S.; Das, P. J.; Brown, P. J.; Young, R. M.; Wu, G.; Han, H.; Zhao, X.; David, A. H. G.; Wu, H.; Song, B.; Wu, Y.; Ye, Y.-M.; Feng, Y.; Chen, A. X.-Y.; Stern, C. L.; Li, Z.; Scott, E. A.; Wasielewski, M. R.; Stoddart, J. F.

Nat. Synth. 2025,

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Air-Stable Radical Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrogen-Bonded Organic Frameworks

Liu, B.-T.#; Li, T.#; Gong, S.-H.#; Liu, J.-C.; Ruan, Z.-Y.; Han, H.; Li, T. Y.-Z.; Feng, Y.; Wang, R.; Gong, L.; Xu, X.; Cao, R.*; Tong, M.-L.*; Stoddart, J. F.*; Liu, T.-F.*

Chem 2025, 11, 102445.

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Synergistic Cancer Photoimmunotherapy by Harnessing Near Infrared-Activated Nanoparticles Containing Charge Transfer Complexe

Synergistic Cancer Photoimmunotherapy by Harnessing Near Infrared-Activated Nanoparticles Containing Charge Transfer Complexes

Lim, A. J.; Littlefield, K. P.; Alkalani, Z.; Feng, Y.*

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2025, 64, e202423550

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Piling up Multidecker Pyrgos[n]cages as Antibacterial Materials.

Piling up Multidecker Pyrgos[n]cages as Antibacterial Materials

Liuzzi-Vaamonde, M. A.; Lancaster, J. B.; Mason, S. A.; Feng, Y.*

Sci. China Mater. 2025, 68, 314–316.

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Integrating Molecular Motions in Ternary Cocrystals for NIR-II Photothermal Conversion.

Integrating Molecular Motions in Ternary Cocrystals for NIR-II Photothermal Conversion

Liu, J.-C.#; Li, T.#; Yu, H.; Huang, J. Y.; Li, P.-X.; Ruan, Z.-Y.; Liao, P.-Y.; Ou, C.; Feng, Y.*; Tong, M.-L.*

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2025, 64, e202413805.

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Manipulating Symmetry-Breaking Charge Separation Employing Molecular Recognition.

Manipulating Symmetry-Breaking Charge Separation Employing Molecular Recognition

Zhao, X.; Young, R. M.*; Tang, C.; Wu, G.; Peinkofer, K. R.; Han, Y.; Yang, S.; Xing, Y.-K.; Han, H.; Wu, H.; Li, X.; Feng, Y.; Zhang, R.; Stern, C. L.; Wasielewski, M. R.*; Stoddart, J. F.*

Chem 2025, 11, 102248.

2024

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Chalcogenoviologen Enhanced Host–Guest Recognition

Feng, Y.#*; Zhao, X.#; Appleton, D. A.#; Han, H.; Young, R. M.; Liu, W.; Lee, C. K.; Li, W.; Liu, B.-T.; Wu, Y.; Tang, C.; Chen, A. X.-Y.; Stern, C. L.; Kim, D. J.; Wasielewski, M. R.; Qiu, Y.*; Stoddart, J. F.*

CCS Chem. 2024, 6, 2679–2691.

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A Light-Driven Chloride Anion Transporter.

A Light-Driven Chloride Anion Transporter

Ou, C.#; Lv, J.#; Lim, A. J.; Guo, Q.-H.*; Feng, Y.*

Chem 2024, 10, 2940–2942.

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Concise and Efficient Synthesis of Isomeric Hetero[3]rotaxanes.

Concise and Efficient Synthesis of Isomeric Hetero[3]rotaxanes

Lee, C. K.; Feng, Y.; Tajiki, M.; Violi, J. P.; Donald, W. A.; Stoddart, J. F.*; Kim, D. J.*

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2024, 146, 27109–27116.

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Hydrogen-Bonded Fibers Assembled from Trigonal Prismatic Building Blocks.

Hydrogen-Bonded Fibers Assembled from Trigonal Prismatic Building Blocks

Mahapatra, S.#; Qian, D.#; Zhang, R.; Yang, S.; Li, P.; Feng, Y.; Zhang, L.; Wu, H.; Seale, J. S. W.; Das, P. J.; Jha, P. K.; Kohlstedt, K. L.; Olvera de la Cruz, M.*; Stoddart, J. F.*

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2024, 146, 21689–21699.

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The Effect of Host Size on Binding in Host-Guest Complexes of Cyclodextrins and Polyoxometalates.

The Effect of Host Size on Binding in Host-Guest Complexes of Cyclodextrins and Polyoxometalates

Su, P.*; Zhu, X.; Wilson, S. M.; Feng, Y.; Samayoa-Oviedo, H. Y.; Sonnendecker, C.; Smith, A. J.; Zimmermann, W.; Laskin, J.*

Chem. Sci. 2024, 15, 11825–11836.

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Increasing Polymer Scission Rate by Tying an Overhand Knot.

Increasing Polymer Scission Rate by Tying an Overhand Knot

Hu, Y.; Ou, J. T.; Huang, J. Y.; Feng, Y.* Sci. China Chem. 2024, 67, 3498–3499.

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From Mentee to Mentor: Advice for New Principal Investigators.

From Mentee to Mentor: Advice for New Principal Investigators

Feng, Y.*

Trend Chem. 2024, 6, 342–345.

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Metal-Assisted Carbohydrate Assembly.

Metal-Assisted Carbohydrate Assembly

Wu, Y.#; Tang, C.#; Lee, J. T.; Zhang, R.; Bhunia, S. Kundu, P.; Stern, C. L.; Chen, A. X.-Y.; Shen, D.; Yang, S.; Han, H.; Li, X.; Wu, H.; Feng, Y.; Armstrong, D. W.*; Stoddart, J. F.*

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2024, 146, 9801–9810.

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Analytical Noncovalent Electrochemistry for Battery Engineering.

Analytical Noncovalent Electrochemistry for Battery Engineering

Zhao, C.-X. Li, X.-Y.; Han, H.; Feng, Y.; Tang, C.; Li, X.; Zhang, L.; Stern, C. L.; Zhang, Q.*; Stoddart, J. F.*

Nat. Chem. Eng. 2024, 1, 251–260.

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NIR-II Photothermal Conversion and Imaging Based on a Cocrystal containing Twisted Components.

NIR-II Photothermal Conversion and Imaging Based on a Cocrystal containing Twisted Components

Li, T.; Liu, J.-C.; Liu, E.-P.; Liu, B.-T.; Wang, J.-Y.; Liao, P.-Y.; Jia, J.-H.; Feng, Y.*; Tong, M.-L.*

Chem. Sci. 2024, 15, 1692–1699.

2023

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Photosalience and Thermal Phase Transitions of Azobenzene- and Crown Ether-Based Complexes in Polymorphic Crystals.

Photosalience and Thermal Phase Transitions of Azobenzene- and Crown Ether-Based Complexes in Polymorphic Crystals

Wang, C.-H.; Lin, Y.-C.; Bhunia, S.; Feng, Y.; Kundu, P.; Stern, C. L.; Chen, P.-L.; Kuo, T.-S.; Stoddart, J. F.; Horie, M.*

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2023, 145, 21378–21386.

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Quantum Sensing of Electric Fields using Spin-Correlated Radical Ion Pairs.

Quantum Sensing of Electric Fields using Spin-Correlated Radical Ion Pairs

Xie, F.; Mao, H.; Lin, C.; Feng, Y.; Stoddart, J. F.; Young, R. M.*; Wasielewski, M. R.* 

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2023, 145, 14922–14931.

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Triplet−Triplet Annihilation Upconversion in a Porphyrinic Molecular Container.

Triplet−Triplet Annihilation Upconversion in a Porphyrinic Molecular Container

Chen, H.*; Roy, I.; Myong, M. S.; Seale, J. S. W.; Cai, K.; Jiao, Y.; Liu, W.; Song, B.; Zhang, L.; Zhao, X.; Feng, Y.; Liu, F.; Young, R. M.*; Wasielewski, M. R.*; Stoddart, J. F.*

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2023, 145, 10071–10080.

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Coherent Vibronic Wavepackets Show Structure-Directed Charge Flow in Host–Guest Donor–Acceptor Complexes.

Coherent Vibronic Wavepackets Show Structure-Directed Charge Flow in Host–Guest Donor–Acceptor Complexes

Kim, T.#; Feng, Y.#; O'Connor, J. P.; Stoddart, J. F.*; Young, R. M.*; Wasielewski, M. R.*

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2023, 145, 8389–8400.

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An Electric Molecular Motor.

An Electric Molecular Motor

Zhang, L.*; Qiu, Y.; Liu, W.-G.; Chen, H.; Shen, D.; Song, B.; Cai, K.; Wu, H.; Jiao, Y.; Feng, Y.; Seale, J. S. W; Pezzato, C.; Jia, T.; Tan, Y.; Chen, X.-Y.; Guo, Q.-H.; Stern, C. L.; Philp, D.; Astumian, R. D.*; Goddard III, W. A.*; Stoddart, J. F.*

Nature 2023, 613, 280–286.

2022

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Mechanical Bond-Assisted Full-Spectrum Investigation of Radical Interactions.

Mechanical Bond-Assisted Full-Spectrum Investigation of Radical Interactions

Jiao, Y.; Mao, H.; Qiu, Y.; Wu, G.; Chen, H.; Zhang, L.; Han, H.; Li, X.; Zhao, X.; Tang, C.; Chen, X.-Y.; Feng, Y.; Stern, C. L.; Wasielewski, M. R.; Stoddart, J. F.*

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2022, 144, 23168–23178.

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Polyrotaxanes and the Pump Paradigm.

Polyrotaxanes and the Pump Paradigm

Seale, J. S. W.; Feng, Y.; Feng, L.*; Astumian, R. D.*; Stoddart, J. F.* 

Chem. Soc. Rev. 2022, 51, 8450–8475.

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Automating Glycan Assembly in Solution.

Automating Glycan Assembly in Solution

Wu, Y.; Qiu, Y.; Feng, Y.; Stoddart, J. F.*

ACS Cent. Sci. 2022, 8, 1369–1372.

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Alkoxy-Substituted Quadrupolar Fluorescent Dyes.

Alkoxy-Substituted Quadrupolar Fluorescent Dyes

Feng, Y.; Das, P. J.; Young, R. M.; Brown, P. J.; Hornick, J. E.; Weber, J. A.; Seale, J. S. W.; Stern, C. L.; Wasielewski, M. R.; Stoddart, J. F.*

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2022, 144, 16841–16854.

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Syntheses of Three-Dimensional Catenanes under Kinetic Control.

Syntheses of Three-Dimensional Catenanes under Kinetic Control

Wu, Y.; Guo, Q.-H.*; Qiu, Y.; Weber, J. A.; Young, R. M.; Bancroft, L.; Jiao, Y.; Chen, H.; Song, B.; Liu, W.; Feng, Y.; Zhao, X.; Li, X.; Zhang, L.; Chen, X.-Y.; Li, H.; Wasielewski, M. R.; Stoddart, J. F.* 

Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U. S. A. 2022, 119, e2118573119. 

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Electron-Catalysed Molecular Recognition.

Electron-Catalysed Molecular Recognition

Jiao, Y.#; Qiu, Y.#; Zhang, L.; Liu, W.-G.; Mao, H.; Chen, H.; Feng, Y.; Cai, K.; Shen, D.; Song, B.; Chen, X.-Y.; Li, X.; Zhao, X.; Young, R. M.; Stern, C. L.; Wasielewski, M. R.; Astumian, R. D.; Goddard III, W. A.*; Stoddart, J. F.* 

Nature 2022, 603, 265–270.

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Fluorescence Quenching by Redox Molecular Pumping.

Fluorescence Quenching by Redox Molecular Pumping. 

Li, X.#; David, A. H. G.#; Zhang, L.; Song, B.; Jiao, Y.; Sluysmans, D.; Qiu, Y.; Wu, Y.; Zhao, X.; Feng, Y.; Mosca, L.; Stoddart, J. F.* 

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2022, 144, 3572–3579.

2021

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Active Mechanisorption Driven by Pumping Cassettes.

Active Mechanisorption Driven by Pumping Cassettes

Feng, L.#; Qiu, Y.#; Guo, Q.-H.; Chen, Z.; Seale, J. S. W.; He, K.; Wu, H.; Feng, Y.; Farha, O. K.; Astumian, R. D.; Stoddart, J. F.* 

Science 2021, 374, 1215–1221.

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A Molecular Replication Process Drives Supramolecular Polymerization.

A Molecular Replication Process Drives Supramolecular Polymerization

Feng, Y.; Philp, D.* 

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2021, 143, 17029–17039.

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PCage: Fluorescent Molecular Temples for Binding Sugars in Water.

PCage: Fluorescent Molecular Temples for Binding Sugars in Water

Liu, W.; Tan, Y.*; Song, B.; Guo, Q.-H.; Zhang, L.; Qiu, Y.; Feng, Y.; Chen, X.-Y.; Stoddart, J. F.* 

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2021, 143, 15688–15700.

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Radically Enhanced Dual Recognition.

Radically Enhanced Dual Recognition

Chen, X.-Y.; Mao, H.; Feng, Y.; Cai, K.; Shen, D.; Wu, H.; Zhang, L.; Zhao, X.; Chen, H.; Song, B.; Jiao, Y.; Wu, Y.; Stern, C. L.; Wasielewski, M. R.; Stoddart, J. F.* 

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2021, 60, 25454–25462.

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A Donor–Acceptor [2]Catenane for Visible Light Photocatalysis.

The Rise and Promise of Molecular Nanotopology

Guo, Q.-H.#*; Jiao, Y.#; Feng, Y.#; Stoddart, J. F.* 

CCS Chem. 2021, 3, 1542–1572.

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The Rise and Promise of Molecular Nanotopology.

A Donor–Acceptor [2]Catenane for Visible Light Photocatalysis

Jiao, Y.#; Đorđević, L.#; Mao, H.; Young, R. M.; Jaynes, T.; Chen, H.; Qiu, Y.; Cai, K.; Zhang, L.; Chen, X.-Y.; Feng, Y.; Wasielewski, M. R.; Stupp, S. I.*; Stoddart, J. F.* 

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2021, 143, 8000–8010.

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Molecular Pumps and Motors.

Molecular Pumps and Motors

Feng, Y.; Ovalle, M.; Seale, J. S. W.; Lee, C. K.; Kim, D. J. Astumian, R. D.*; Stoddart, J. F.* 

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2021, 143, 5569–5591.

2020

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Molecular Pumps and Motors.

Suit[3]ane

Chen, X.-Y.; Shen, D.; Cai, K.; Jiao, Y.; Wu, H.; Song, B.; Zhang, L.; Tan, Y.; Wang, Y.; Feng, Y.; Stern, C. L.; Stoddart, J. F.* 

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2020, 142, 20152–20160.

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Pumps through the Ages.

Pumps through the Ages

Qiu, Y.; Feng, Y.; Guo, Q.-H.; Astumian, R. D.*; Stoddart, J. F.* 

Chem 2020, 6, 1952–1977.

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Artificial Molecular Pump Operating in Response to Electricity and Light.

Artificial Molecular Pump Operating in Response to Electricity and Light

Guo, Q.-H.#; Qiu, Y.#; Kuang, X.; Liang, J.; Feng, Y.; Zhang, L.; Jiao, Y.; Shen, D.; Astumian, R. D.*; Stoddart, J. F.* 

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2020, 142, 14443–14449.

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A Precise Polyrotaxane Synthesizer.

A Precise Polyrotaxane Synthesizer

Qiu, Y.; Song, B.; Pezzato, C.; Shen, D.; Liu, W.; Zhang, L.; Feng, Y.; Guo, Q.-H.; Cai, K.; Li, W.; Chen, H.; Nguyen, M. T.; Shi, Y.; Cheng, C.; Astumian, R. D.*; Li, X.*; Stoddart, J. F.* 

Science 2020, 368, 1247–1253.

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Stitching up the Belt[n]arenes.

Stitching up the Belt[n]arenes

Qiu, Y.; Chen, H.; Feng, Y.; Schott, M. E.; Stoddart, J. F.* 

Chem 2020, 6, 826–829.

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Highly Stable Organic Bisradicals Protected by Mechanical Bonds.

Highly Stable Organic Bisradicals Protected by Mechanical Bonds

Cai, K.; Mao, H.; Liu, W.-G.; Qiu, Y.; Shi, Y.; Zhang, L.; Shen, D.; Chen, H.; Jiao, Y.; Wu, H.; Liu, Z.; Feng, Y.; Stern, C. L.; Wasielewski, M. R.; Goddard III, W. A.; Stoddart, J. F.* 

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2020, 142, 7190–7197.

9

TetrazineBox: A Structurally Transformative Toolbox.

TetrazineBox: A Structurally Transformative Toolbox

Guo, Q.-H.; Zhou, J.; Mao, H.; Qiu, Y.; Nguyen, M. T.; Feng, Y.; Liang, J.; Shen, D.; Li, P.; Liu, Z.; Wasielewski, M. R.; Stoddart, J. F.* 

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2020, 142, 5419–5428.

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Non-Equilibrium Kinetics and Trajectory Thermodynamics of Synthetic Molecular Pumps.

Non-Equilibrium Kinetics and Trajectory Thermodynamics of Synthetic Molecular Pumps

Astumian, R. D.*; Pezzato, C.; Feng, Y.; Qiu, Y.; McGonigal, P. R.; Cheng, C.; Stoddart, J. F. 

Mater. Chem. Front. 2020, 4, 1304–1314.

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Giant Conductance Enhancement of Intramolecular Circuits through Interchannel Gating.

Giant Conductance Enhancement of Intramolecular Circuits through Interchannel Gating

Chen, H.#; Zheng, H.#; Hu, C.#; Cai, K.; Jiao, Y.; Zhang, L.; Jiang, F.; Roy, I.; Qiu, Y.; Shen, D.; Feng, Y.; Alsubaie, F. M.; Guo, H.*; Hong, W.*; Stoddart, J. F.* 

Matter 2020, 2, 378–389.

2019

6

A Molecular Dual Pump.

A Molecular Dual Pump

Qiu, Y.; Zhang, L.; Pezzato, C.; Feng, Y.; Li, W.; Nguyen, M. T.; Cheng, C.; Shen, D.; Guo, Q.-H.; Shi, Y.; Cai, K.; Alsubaie, F. M.; Astumian, R. D.; Stoddart, J. F.* 

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2019, 141, 17472–17476.

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Stabilizing the Naphthalenediimide Radical within a Tetracationic Cyclophane.

Stabilizing the Naphthalenediimide Radical within a Tetracationic Cyclophane

Jiao, T.; Cai, K.; Nelson, J. N.; Jiao, Y.; Qiu, Y.; Wu, G.; Zhou, J.; Cheng, C.; Shen, D.; Feng, Y.; Liu, Z.; Wasielewski, M. R.*; Stoddart, J. F.*; Li, H.* 

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2019, 141, 16915–16922.

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Artificial Allomelanin Nanoparticles.

Artificial Allomelanin Nanoparticles

Zhou, X.#; McCallum, N. C.#; Hu, Z.; Cao, W.; Gnanasekaran, K.; Feng, Y.; Stoddart, J. F.; Wang, Z.*; Gianneschi, N. C.* 

ACS Nano 2019, 13, 10980–10990.

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Guest Recognition Enhanced by Lateral Interactions.

Guest Recognition Enhanced by Lateral Interactions

Jiao, T.; Cai, K.; Liu, Z.; Wu, G.; Shen, L.; Cheng, C.; Feng, Y.; Stern, C. L.; Stoddart, J. F.*; Li, H.* 

Chem. Sci. 2019, 10, 5114–5123.

2018

2

Molecular Russian Dolls.

Molecular Russian Dolls

Cai, K.; Lipke, M. C.; Liu, Z.; Nelson, J.; Cheng, T.; Shi, Y.; Cheng, C.; Shen, D.; Han, J.-M.; Vemuri, S.; Feng, Y.; Stern, C. L.; Goddard, W. A., III; Wasielewski, M. R.; Stoddart, J. F.* 

Nat. Commun. 2018, 9, 5275.

2017

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Host-Guest Interaction between Corona[n]arene and Bisquaternary Ammonium Derivatives for Fabricating Supra-Amphiphile.

Host-Guest Interaction between Corona[n]arene and Bisquaternary Ammonium Derivatives for Fabricating Supra-Amphiphile

Zeng, L.; Guo, Q.-H.; Feng, Y.; Xu, J.-F.; Wei, Y.; Li Z.; Wang, M.-X.; Zhang, X.* 

Langmuir 2017, 33, 5829–5834.

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