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2019

Defying strain in the synthesis of an electroactive bilayer helicene

Margarita Milton, Nathaniel J. Schuster,* Daniel W. Paley, Raúl Hernández Sánchez, Fay Ng, Michael L. Steigerwald,* and  Colin Nuckolls*

Chem. Sci., 2019, 10, 1029

The importance of intramolecular conductivity in three dimensional molecular solids

Melissa L. Ball, Boyuan Zhang, Tianren Fu, Ayden M. Schattman, Daniel W. Paley, Fay Ng, Latha Venkataraman,* Colin Nuckolls,* and Michael L. Steigerwald*

Chem. Sci., 2019, 10, 9339

Enhanced coupling through π-stacking in imidazole-based molecular junctions

Tianren Fu, Shanelle Smith, Maria Camarasa-Gomez, Xiaofang Yu, Jiayi Xue, Colin Nuckolls,* Ferdinand Evers,* Latha Venkataraman,* and Sujun Wei*

Chem. Sci., 2019, 10, 9998

Synthesis, Regioselective Bromination, and Functionalization of Coronene Tetracarboxydiimide

Taifeng Liu, Yongchao Ge, Baolai Sun, Brandon Fowler, Hexing Li, Colin Nuckolls, and Shengxiong Xiao*

J. Org. Chem. 2019, 84, 5, 2713–2720

Conjugated macrocycles in organic electronics

Melissa Ball*, Boyuan Zhang, Yu Zhong, Brandon Fowler, Shengxiong Xiao*, Fay Ng*, Michael Steigerwald*, and Colin Nuckolls*

Acc. Chem. Res. 2019, 52, 4, 1068–1078

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Dimensional Control in Contorted Aromatic Materials

Samuel R. Peurifoy, Thomas J. Sisto, Fay Ng, Michael L. Steigerwald, Rongsheng Chen,* Colin Nuckolls*

Chem. Rec., 2019,  19 , 1050 —1061

Solution-Processable Superatomic Thin-Films

Jingjing Yang,* Boyuan Zhang, Alexander D. Christodoulides, Qizhi Xu, Amirali Zangiabadi, Samuel R. Peurifoy, Christine K. McGinn, Lingyun Dai, Elena Meirzadeh, Xavier Roy, Michael L. Steigerwald, Ioannis Kymissis, Jonathan A. Malen, and Colin Nuckolls*

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2019, 141, 28, 10967–10971

Controlling Singlet Fission by Molecular Contortion

Felisa S. Conrad-Burton, Taifeng Liu,* Florian Geyer, Roberto Costantini, Andrew P. Schlaus, Michael S. Spencer, Jue Wang, Raul Hernández Sánchez, Boyuan Zhang, Qizhi Xu, Michael L. Steigerwald, Shengxiong Xiao, Hexing Li, Colin P. Nuckolls,* and Xiaoyang Zhu*

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2019, 141, 33, 13143–13147

Mo6S3Br6: An Anisotropic 2D Superatomic Semiconductor

Xinjue Zhong, Kihong Lee, Daniele Meggiolaro, Avalon H. Dismukes, Bonnie Choi, Feifan Wang, Colin Nuckolls, Daniel W. Paley, Patrick Batail, Filippo De Angelis, Xavier Roy,* Xiaoyang-Y. Zhu*

Adv. Funct Mater. 2019, 29 (33), 1902951.

Non-fullerene Acceptors for Harvesting Excitons from Semiconducting Carbon Nanotubes

Jialiang Wang, Samuel R. Peurifoy, Michael T. Bender, Fay Ng, Kyoung-Shin Choi, Colin Nuckolls, and Michael S. Arnold*

J. Phys. Chem. C 2019, 123, 35, 21395–21402

Permethylation Introduces Destructive Quantum Interference in Saturated Silanes

Marc H. Garner, Haixing Li, Madhav Neupane, Qi Zou, Taifeng Liu, Timothy A. Su, Zhichun Shangguan, Daniel W. Paley, Fay Ng, Shengxiong Xiao, Colin Nuckolls,* Latha Venkataraman,* and Gemma C. Solomon*

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2019, 141, 39, 15471–15476

Electrophotocatalysis with a Trisaminocyclopropenium Radical Dication

He Huang, Zack M. Strater, Michael Rauch, James Shee, Thomas J. Sisto, Colin Nuckolls, Tristan H. Lambert*

Angew. Chem., Int. Ed., 2019,  58 , 13318 —13322

Anisotropic Singlet Fission in Single Crystalline Hexacene

Dezheng Sun, Gang-Hua Deng, Bolei Xu, Enshi Xu, Xia Li, Yajing Wu, Yuqin Qian, Yu Zhong, Colin Nuckolls, Avetik R. Harutyunyan, Hai-Lung Dai , Gugang Chen,* Hanning Chen,* Yi Rao*

iScience,  Volume 19,  2019,  Pages 1079-1089

Directing isomerization reactions of cumulenes with electric fields

Yaping Zang, Qi Zou,* Tianren Fu, Fay Ng, Brandon Fowler, Jingjing Yang, Hexing Li, Michael L. Steigerwald,* Colin Nuckolls,* and Latha Venkataraman*

Nat Commun 10, 4482 (2019)

In Situ Coupling of Single Molecules Driven by Gold‐Catalyzed Electrooxidation

Yaping Zang, Ilana Stone, Michael S. Inkpen, Fay Ng, Tristan H. Lambert, Prof. Colin Nuckolls, Dr. Michael L. Steigerwald, Xavier Roy,* Latha Venkataraman*

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 58 (45) (2019), pp. 16008-16012

2018

Superatomic Two-Dimensional Semiconductor

Xinjue Zhong, Kihong Lee, Bonnie Choi, Daniele Meggiolaro, Fang Liu, Colin Nuckolls, Abhay Pasupathy, Filippo De Angelis,* Patrick Batail,* Xavier Roy,* and Xiaoyang Zhu*

Nano Lett. 2018, 18, 2, 1483–1488

Functionalized Helical Building Blocks for Nanoelectronics

Khrystofor Khokhlov, Nathaniel J. Schuster, Fay Ng*, and Colin Nuckolls*

Org. Lett. 2018, 20, 7, 1991–1994

Long-Lived Charge Separation at Heterojunctions between Semiconducting Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes and Perylene Diimide Electron Acceptors

Hyun Suk Kang, Thomas J. Sisto, Samuel Peurifoy, Dylan H. Arias, Boyuan Zhang, Colin Nuckolls, and Jeffrey L. Blackburn*

J. Phys. Chem. C 2018, 122, 25, 14150–14161

A Helicene Nanoribbon with Greatly Amplified Chirality

Nathaniel J. Schuster, Raúl Hernández Sánchez, Daria Bukharina, Nicholas A. Kotov, Nina Berova, Fay Ng,* Michael L. Steigerwald,* and Colin Nuckolls*

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2018, 140, 20, 6235–6239

Hollow organic capsules assemble into cellular semiconductors

Boyuan Zhang, Raúl Hernández Sánchez, Yu Zhong, Melissa Ball, Maxwell W. Terban, Daniel Paley, Simon J. L. Billinge, Fay Ng,* Michael L. Steigerwald, and Colin Nuckolls*

Nat Commun 9, 1957 (2018). 

Three-Dimensional Graphene Nanostructures

Samuel R. Peurifoy, Edison Castro, Fang Liu, X.-Y. Zhu, Fay Ng, Steffen Jockusch, Michael L. Steigerwald,* Luis Echegoyen,* Colin Nuckolls, * and Thomas J. Sisto*

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2018, 140, 30, 9341–9345

Comprehensive suppression of single-molecule conductance using destructive σ-interference

Marc H. Garner, Haixing Li, Yan Chen, Timothy A. Su, Zhichun Shangguan, Daniel W. Paley, Taifeng Liu, Fay Ng, Hexing Li, Shengxiong Xiao,* Colin Nuckolls,* Latha Venkataraman,* and Gemma C. Solomon*

Nature 558, 415–419 (2018).

Superatom Fusion and the Nature of Quantum Confinement

Anouck M. Champsaur, Taylor J. Hochuli, Daniel W. Paley, Colin Nuckolls,* and Michael L. Steigerwald*

Nano Lett. 2018, 18, 7, 4564–4569

Influence of Molecular Conformation on Electron Transport in Giant, Conjugated Macrocycles

Melissa L. Ball, Boyuan Zhang, Qizhi Xu, Daniel W. Paley, Virginia Cary Ritter, Fay Ng,* Michael L. Steigerwald,* and Colin Nuckolls*

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2018, 140, 32, 10135–10139

Designing Three-Dimensional Architectures for High-Performance Electron Accepting Pseudocapacitors

Samuel R. Peurifoy, Jake C. Russell, Thomas J. Sisto, Yuan Yang,* Xavier Roy,* and Colin Nuckolls*

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2018, 140, 35, 10960–10964

Large Variations in the Single-Molecule Conductance of Cyclic and Bicyclic Silanes

Haixing Li, Marc H. Garner, Zhichun Shangguan, Yan Chen, Qianwen Zheng, Timothy A. Su, Madhav Neupane, Taifeng Liu, Michael L. Steigerwald, Fay Ng, Colin Nuckolls, Shengxiong Xiao,* Gemma C. Solomon,* and Latha Venkataraman*

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2018, 140, 44, 15080–15088

2017

Helical Nanoribbons for Ultra-Narrowband Photodetectors

Yu Zhong, Thomas J. Sisto, Boyuan Zhang, Kiyoshi Miyata, X.-Y. Zhu,* Michael L. Steigerwald,* Fay Ng,* and Colin Nuckolls*

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2017, 139, 16, 5644–5647

Long, Atomically Precise Donor–Acceptor Cove-Edge Nanoribbons as Electron Acceptors

Thomas J. Sisto, Yu Zhong, Boyuan Zhang, M. Tuan Trinh, Kiyoshi Miyata, Xinjue Zhong, X.-Y. Zhu, Michael L. Steigerwald,* Fay Ng,* and Colin Nuckolls*

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2017, 139, 16, 5648–5651

Single Electron Transistor with Single Aromatic Ring Molecule Covalently Connected to Graphene Nanogaps

Qizhi Xu, Giovanni Scuri, Carly Mathewson, Philip Kim,* Colin Nuckolls,* and Delphine Bouilly*

Nano Lett. 2017, 17, 9, 5335–5341

Weaving Nanoscale Cloth through Electrostatic Templating

Anouck M. Champsaur, Cécile Mézière, Magali Allain, Daniel W. Paley, Michael L. Steigerwald,* Colin Nuckolls,* and Patrick Batail*

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2017, 139, 34, 11718–11721

Two-Dimensional Nanosheets from Redox-Active Superatoms

Anouck M. Champsaur, Jaeeun Yu, Xavier Roy, Daniel W. Paley,* Michael L. Steigerwald,* Colin Nuckolls,* and Christopher M. Bejger*

ACS Cent. Sci. 2017, 3, 9, 1050–1055

Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes: Mimics of Biological Ion Channels

Hasti Amiri, Kenneth L. Shepard,* Colin Nuckolls,* and Raúl Hernández Sánchez*

Nano Lett. 2017, 17, 2, 1204–1211

Silane and Germane Molecular Electronics

Timothy A. Su, Haixing Li, Rebekka S. Klausen, Nathaniel T. Kim, Madhav Neupane, James L. Leighton,* Michael L. Steigerwald,* Latha Venkataraman,* and Colin Nuckolls*

Acc. Chem. Res. 2017, 50, 4, 1088–1095

Silver Makes Better Electrical Contacts to Thiol‐Terminated Silanes than Gold

Haixing Li, Timothy A. Su, María Camarasa-Gómez, Dr. Daniel Hernangómez-Pérez, Simon E. Henn, Dr. Vladislav Pokorný, Caravaggio D. Caniglia, Michael S. Inkpen, Richard Korytár, Michael L. Steigerwald,* Colin Nuckolls,* Ferdinand Evers,* Latha Venkataraman*

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2017,  56,  14145– 14148

2016

Patterning Superatom Dopants on Transition Metal Dichalcogenides

Delphine Bouilly, Jason Hon, Nathan S. Daly, Scott Trocchia, Sefi Vernick, Jaeeun Yu, Steven Warren, Ying Wu, Ruben L. Gonzalez, Jr.,* Kenneth L. Shepard,* and Colin Nuckolls*

Nano Lett. 2016, 16, 7, 4679–4685

Single-Molecule Reaction Chemistry in Patterned Nanowells

Delphine Bouilly, Jason Hon, Nathan S. Daly, Scott Trocchia, Sefi Vernick, Jaeeun Yu, Steven Warren, Ying Wu, Ruben L. Gonzalez, Jr.,* Kenneth L. Shepard,* and Colin Nuckolls*

Nano Lett. 2016, 16, 7, 4679–4685

Tuning Conductance in π–σ–π Single-Molecule Wires

Timothy A. Su, Haixing Li, Rebekka S. Klausen, Jonathan R. Widawsky, Arunabh Batra, Michael L. Steigerwald,* Latha Venkataraman,* and Colin Nuckolls*

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2016, 138, 24, 7791–7795

Building Diatomic and Triatomic Superatom Molecules

Anouck M. Champsaur, Alexandra Velian, Daniel W. Paley, Bonnie Choi, Xavier Roy,* Michael L. Steigerwald,* and Colin Nuckolls*

Nano Lett. 2016, 16, 8, 5273–5277

Macrocyclization in the Design of Organic n-Type Electronic Materials

Melissa Ball, Yu Zhong, Brandon Fowler, Boyuan Zhang, Panpan Li, Grisha Etkin†, Daniel W. Paley, John Decatur, Ankur K. Dalsania, Hexing Li, Shengxiong Xiao,* Fay Ng,* Michael L. Steigerwald,* and Colin Nuckolls*

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2016, 138, 39, 12861–12867

Electron Delocalization in Perylene Diimide Helicenes

Nathaniel J. Schuster, Daniel W. Paley, Steffen Jockusch, Fay Ng, Michael L. Steigerwald,* Colin Nuckolls*

Angew. Chem., Int. Ed., 2016,  55 , 13519 —13523

Rigid, Conjugated Macrocycles for High Performance Organic Photodetectors

Boyuan Zhang, M. Tuan Trinh, Brandon Fowler, Melissa Ball, Qizhi Xu, Fay Ng, Michael L. Steigerwald, X.-Y. Zhu,* Colin Nuckolls,* and Yu Zhong*

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2016, 138, 50, 16426–16431

Chemical principles of single-molecule electronics

Timothy A. Su, Madhav Neupane, Michael L. Steigerwald,* Latha Venkataraman,* and Colin Nuckolls*

Nat Rev Mater 1, 16002 (2016)

2015

Intra- to Inter-Molecular Singlet Fission

M. Tuan Trinh, Yu Zhong, Qishui Chen, Theanne Schiros, Steffen Jockusch†, Matthew Y. Sfeir, Michael Steigerwald, Colin Nuckolls,* and Xiaoyang Zhu*

J. Phys. Chem. C 2015, 119, 3, 1312–1319

Electric Field Breakdown in Single Molecule Junctions

Haixing Li, Timothy A. Su, Vivian Zhang, Michael L. Steigerwald,* Colin Nuckolls,* and Latha Venkataraman*

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2015, 137, 15, 5028–5033

Flicker Noise as a Probe of Electronic Interaction at Metal–Single Molecule Interfaces

Olgun Adak, Ethan Rosenthal, Jeffery Meisner, Erick F. Andrade, Abhay N. Pasupathy, Colin Nuckolls, Mark S. Hybertsen,* and Latha Venkataraman*

Nano Lett. 2015, 15, 6, 4143–4149

Chiral Conjugated Corrals

Melissa Ball, Brandon Fowler, Panpan Li, Leo A. Joyce, Fang Li, Taifeng Liu, Daniel Paley†, Yu Zhong, Hexing Li,* Shengxiong Xiao,* Fay Ng,* Michael L. Steigerwald*, and Colin Nuckolls*

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2015, 137, 31, 9982–9987

Stereoelectronic Switching in Single Molecule Junctions

Timothy A. Su, Haixing Li, Michael L. Steigerwald,* Latha Venkataraman,* and Colin Nuckolls*

Nature Chem 7, 215–220 (2015)

Single Molecule Conductance in Atomically Precise Germanium Wires

Timothy A. Su, Haixing Li, Vivian Zhang, Madhav Neupane, Arunabh Batra, Rebekka S. Klausen†, Bharat Kumar, Michael L. Steigerwald,* Latha Venkataraman,* and Colin Nuckolls*

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2015, 137, 38, 12400–12405

Strain-Induced Stereoselective Formation of Blue-Emitting Cyclostilbenes

Qishui Chen, M. Tuan Trinh, Daniel W. Paley, Molleigh B. Preefer, Haiming Zhu, Brandon S. Fowler, X.-Y. Zhu,* Michael L. Steigerwald,* and Colin Nuckolls*

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2015, 137, 38, 12282–12288

Molecular helices as electron acceptors in high-performance bulk heterojunction solar cells

Yu Zhong, M. Tuan Trinh, Rongsheng Chen, Geoffrey E. Purdum, Petr P. Khlyabich, Melda Sezen, Seokjoon Oh, Haiming Zhu, Brandon Fowler, Boyuan Zhang, Wei Wang, Chang-Yong Nam, Matthew Y. Sfeir, Charles T. Black, Michael L. Steigerwald, Yueh-Lin Loo, Fay Ng,* X.-Y. Zhu,* and Colin Nuckolls*

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