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2026

Reduction Inverts the Thermodynamics of the Stone–Wales Rearrangement

Daniel Čavlović, Jacklin H. Smith, Scott R. Docherty, Shayan Louie, Xavier Roy, Michael L. Steigerwald*, and Colin Nuckolls*

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2026, 148, 29, 30710-30716

Hydration-Mediated Ion Selectivity in Twisted Graphene Nanoribbon Transistors

Shayan Louie, Palak Jariwala, Michael L. Steigerwald, Colin Nuckolls*, and Qifeng Jiang* 

Cell Press Blue 2026

Oxygen-Doped Nanographene as High-Performance Anode Material in Lithium-Ion Batteries

Juan Lión-Villar, Kyunam Lee, Wenrui Lei, Jesús M. Fernández-García, Colin Nuckolls*, and Nazario Martin* 

Chem. Eur. J. 2026, e71369

Amplified Chiroptic Response in a Multi-Helical Penta-Perylene Structure

Stephan K. Pedersen, Michael L. Steigerwald, Colin Nuckolls*, and Michael Pittelkow* 

Chem. Sci. 2026, 17, 29, 14352-14358

Cruciform-Hinged Conjugated Polymers Unlock the Conductivity-Hydrophilicity-Insolubility Triad for High-Performance Aqueous Sodium-Ion Batteries

Jiang Zhang, Qifeng Jiang, Qian Cheng, Ruoxi Wang, Richen Jia, Changyi Liu, Yuanyuan Xiong, Weina Han, Zexin Jin, Colin Nuckolls*, and Lan Jiang*​​

Chem. 2026, 12, 5, 102835

Strong Coupling in Orthogonal Nanographenes

Luke T. Lackovic, Yann Lie, Shayan Louie, Palak Jariwala, Jacklin H. Smith, Michael Pittelkow, Michael L. Steigerwald, Xavier Roy, Colin Nuckolls*, Daniel Čavlović*, and Scott R. Docherty*​​

Chem. Eur. J. 2026, 32, 25, e71017

Ion-Conductive Wires Form High-Performance All-Solid-State Polymer Electrolytes

Shantao Han, Asya Svirinovsky Arbeli, Kelsey Harrison, Nicholas M. Orchanian, Wenrui Lei, Shayan Louie, Qifeng Jiang, Zubin Kumar, Neil D. Dolinski, Laura J. Kaufman, Lauren E. Marbella, and Colin Nuckolls*​

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2026, 148, 9, 9413-9420

Twisted Graphene Nanoribbons for Breakthroughs in Energy Storage, Bioelectronics and Chiroptics

Qifeng Jiang, Shayan Louie, Si Tong Bao, Fay Ng, Michael L. Steigerwald, and Colin Nuckolls*

Acc. Chem. Res. 2026, 59, 3, 437-450

2025

Chirality Unbound in Graphene Nanoribbons

Si Tong Bao, Yongseok Hong, Haoyu Jiang, Luke T. Lackovic, Shayan Louie, Ding Xu, Fay Ng, Nicholas Olsen, Xiaoyang Zhu, Michael L. Steigerwald, Milan Delor*, Colin Nuckolls*, and Qifeng Jiang*

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2025, e202508426.

Spin Filtering with Surface-Active Helicene- and Twistacene-Based Perylene Diimides

Haoyu Jiang, Daniel Cavlovic, Qifeng Jiang, Fay Ng, Si Tong Bao, Evan J Telford, Michael L Steigerwald*, Xavier Roy*, Colin Nuckolls*, and Jeffrey M McNeill*

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2025, 147, 15, 12982–12988

Contorted acene ribbons for stable and ultrasensitive neural probes

Shayan Louie, Qifeng Jiang, Duncan J Wisniewski, Si Tong Bao, Honghu Zhang, Kaushik Chivukula, Qiyi Fang, Ashutosh Garudapalli, Scott R. Docherty, Fay Ng, Michael Steigerwald, Yu Zhong, Dion Khodagholy*, and Colin Nuckolls*

Sci. Adv. 2025, 11, 14, eadu2356

The “sweet spot” in length for contorted conjugated ladders in ultrafast-charging Li and Mg batteries

Wenrui Lei, Kelsey Harrison, Si Tong Bao, Kyunam Lee, Michael L. Steigerwald, Qian Cheng*, Nicholas M. Orchanian*, Colin Nuckolls*, and Qifeng Jiang*

Chem. Sci. 2025, 16, 37, 17298-17303

Molten Metal Synthesis of Nanographenes

Jacklin H. Smith, Daniel Čavlović, Luke T. Lackovic, Miguel Medina Lopez, Elena Meirzadeh, Michael L. Steigerwald*, Xavier Roy*, Colin P. Nuckolls*, and Scott R. Docherty*

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2025, 147, 1, 111–117

Cannabis Access by Retailer Type in New York Available to Purchase

Timothy D Becker, Mark Olfson, Peter J Menzi, Frances R Levin, Deborah S Hasin, Colin Nuckolls*, and Ryan S Sultan*

Pediatrics 2025, 155, 3, e2024068669

Reversible excited state electron transfer in an acceptor–acceptor hetero dyad

Jesper Dahl Jensen, Shayan Louie, Yanmei He, Junsheng Chen, Colin Nuckolls*, and Bo W Laursen*

Chem. Sci. 2025, 16, 21, 9525–9534

Helical Ladder Oligomers Exhibit Amplified Circularly Polarized Emission

Christoffer Bræstrup, Xiao Xiao, Francisco García‐González, Theis Brock‐Nannestad, Daniel Aranda, Si Tong Bao, Daniel Cavlovic, Haoyu Jiang, Fay Ng, Colin Nuckolls*, Fabrizio Santoro*, and Michael Pittelkow*

Adv. Opt. Mater. 2025, 13, 12, 2403061

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