Publications

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27. Coaxially Conductive Organic Wires Through Self-Assembly.

Louie, S.; Zhong, Y.; Bao, S. T.; Schaack, C.; Montoya, A.; Jin, Z.; Orchanian, N. M.; Liu, Y.; Lei, W.; Harrison, K.; Hone, J.; Angerhofer, A.; Evans, A. M.; Nuckolls, C. P.

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2023, 145, 4940-4945.

26. Giant Gateable Osmotic Power Generation from a Goldilocks Two-Dimensional Polymer.

Cheng, B.; Zhong, Y.; Qiu, Y.; Vaikuntanathan, S.; Park, J.

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2023, 145, 5261-5269.

25. Resist-free lithography for monolayer transition metal dichalcogenides.

Poddar, P. K.†; Zhong, Y.†; Mannix, A.; Mujid, F.; Yu, J.; Liang, C.; Kang, J.; Lee, M; Xie, S.; Park, J.

Nano Letters, 2022, 22, 726-732.

24. Extremely anisotropic van der Waals thermal conductors.

Kim, S. E.; Mujid, F.; Rai, A.; Eriksson, F.; Suh, J.; Poddar, P.; Ray, A.; Park, C.; Fransson, E.; Zhong, Y.; Muller, D. A.; Erhart, P.; Cahill, D. G.; Park, J.

Nature, 2021, 597, 660-665. (Also Read: UChicago News)

23. Synthesis, modular composition, and electrochemical properties of lamellar iron sulfides.

Horwitz, N. E.; Shevchenko, E. V.; Park, J.; Lee, E.; Xie, J. Z.; Chen, B. R.; Zhong, Y.; Filatov, A. S.; Anderson, J. S.

J Mater. Chem. A 2020, 8, 15834-15844.

22. Wafer-Scale Synthesis of Monolayer Two-Dimensional Porphyrin Polymers for Hybrid Superlattices.

Zhong, Y.†; Cheng, B.†; Park, C.; Ray, A.; Brown, S.; Mujid, F.; Lee, J.; Zhou, H.; Suh, J.; Lee, K.; Mannix, A.; Kang, K.; Sibener, S.;  Muller, D.; Park, J.

Science 2019, 366, 1379-1384. (Also Read: UChicago News)

21. Two-Dimensional Material Tunnel Barrier for Josephson Junctions and Superconducting Qubits.

Lee, K.; Chakram, S.; Kim, S.; Mujid, F.; Ray, A.; Gao, H.; Park, C.; Zhong, Y.; Muller, D.; Schuster, D.; Park, J.

Nano Lett. 2019, 19, 8287-8293

20. Conjugated Macrocycles in Organic Electronics.

Ball, M.; Zhang, B.; Zhong, Y.; Fowler, B.; Xiao, S.; Ng, F.; Steigerwald, M.; Nuckolls, C.

Acc. Chem. Res. 201952, 1068.

19. Anisotropic Singlet Fission in Single Crystalline Hexacene.

Sun, D.; Deng, G.-H.; Xu, B.; Xu, E.; Li, X.; Wu, Y.; Qian, Y.; Zhong, Y.; Nuckolls, C.; Harutyunyan, A. R.; Dai, H.-L.; Chen, G.; Chen, H.; Rao, Y.

iScience 2019, 19, 1079-1089.

18. Hollow Organic Capsules Assemble into Cellular Semiconductors.

Zhang, B.†; Hernández-Sánchez, R.†; Zhong, Y.; Ball, M.; Terban, M. W.; Paley, D.; Billinge, S. J. L.; Ng, F.; Steigerwald, M. L.; Nuckolls, C.

Nat. Commun. 2018, 9, 1957.

17. Helical Nanoribbons for Ultra-Narrowband Photodetectors.

Zhong, Y.†; Sisto, T. J.†; Zhang, B.; Miyata, K.; Steigerwald, M. L.; Zhu, X.-Y.; Ng, F.; Nuckolls, C.

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2017, 139, 5644.

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

Sisto, T. J.†; Zhong, Y.†; Zhang, B.; Trinh, M. T.; Miyata, K.; Zhong, X.; Zhu, X.; Steigerwald, M. L.; Ng, F.; Nuckolls, C.

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2017, 139, 5648.

15. Dynamics of the Triplet Pair State Reveals the Likely Co-Existence of Coherent and Incoherent Singlet Fission in Crystalline Hexacene.

Monahan, N. R.; Sun, D.; Tamura, H.; Williams, K. W.; Xu, B.; Zhong, Y.; Kumar, B.; Nuckolls, C.; Harutyunyan, A. R.; Chen, G.; Dai, H.- L.; Rao, Y.; Zhu, X.-Y.

Nat. Chem. 2017, 9, 341.

14. Rigid, Conjugated Macrocycles for High Performance Organic Photodetectors.

Zhang, B.; Trinh, M. T.; Fowler, B.; Ball, M.; Xu, Q.; Ng, F.; Steigerwald, M. L.; Zhu, X. Y.; Nuckolls, C.; Zhong, Y.

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2016, 138,16426.

13. Macrocyclization in the Design of Organic n-Type Electronic Materials.

Ball, M.†; Zhong, Y.†; Fowler, B.; Zhang, B.; Li, P.; Etkin, G.; Paley, D. W.; Decatur, J.; Dalsania, A. K.; Li, H.; Xiao, S.; Ng, F.; Steigerwald, M. L.; Nuckolls, C.

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2016, 138, 12861.

12. Polarized Absorption in Crystalline Pentacene: Theory vs Experiment.

Hestand, N. J.; Yamagata, H.; Xu, B.; Sun, D.; Zhong, Y.; Harutyunyan, A. R.; Chen, G.; Dai, H.- L.; Rao, Y.; Spano, F. C.

J. Phys. Chem. C 2015, 119, 22137.

11. Molecular Helices as Electron Acceptors in High-Performance Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cells.

Zhong, Y.; Trinh, M. T.; Chen, R.; Purdum, P. E.; Khlyabich, P. P.; Sezen, M.; Oh, S.; Zhu, H.; Fowler, B.; Zhang, B.; Wang, W.; Nam, C.-Y.; Sfeir, M. Y.; Black, C.; Steigerwald, M. L.; Loo, Y.-L.; Ng, F.; Zhu, X. Y.; Nuckolls, C.

Nat. Commun. 2015, 6, 8242. (Also Read: BNL newsroom)

10. Chiral Conjugated Corrals.

Ball, M.; Fowler, B.; Li, P.; Joyce, L. A.; Li, F.; Liu, T.; Paley, D.; Zhong, Y.; Li, H.; Xiao, S.; Ng, F.; Steigerwald, M. L.; Nuckolls, C.

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2015, 137, 9982.

9. Excitons in Ultrathin Organic-Inorganic Perovskite Crystals.

Yaffe, O.; Chernikov, A.; Norman, Z. M.; Zhong, Y.; Velauthapillai, A.; van der Zande, A.; Owen, J. S.; Heinz, T. F.

Phys. Rev. B 2015, 92, 045414.

8. Contorted Polycyclic Aromatics.

Ball, M.; Zhong, Y.; Wu, Y.; Schenck, C.; Ng, F.; Steigerwald, M.; Xiao, S.; Nuckolls, C.

Acc. Chem. Res. 2015, 48, 267.

7. Intra- to Intermolecular Singlet Fission.

Trinh, M. T.; Zhong, Y.; Chen, Q.; Schiros, T.; Jockusch, S.; Sfeir, M. Y.; Steigerwald, M.; Nuckolls, C.; Zhu, X. Y.

J. Phys. Chem. C 2015, 119, 1312.

6. Efficient Organic Solar Cells with Helical Perylene Diimide Electron Acceptors.

Zhong, Y.; Trinh, M. T.; Chen, R.; Wang, W.; Khlyabich, P. P.; Kumar, B.; Xu, Q.; Nam, C.-Y.; Sfeir, M. Y.; Black, C.; Steigerwald, M. L.; Loo, Y.-L.; Xiao, S.; Ng, F.; Zhu, X. Y.; Nuckolls, C.

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2014, 136, 15215.

5. Spectroscopic Study of Anisotropic Excitons in Single Crystal Hexacene.

Chernikov, A.; Yaffe, O.; Kumar, B.; Zhong, Y.; Nuckolls, C.; Heinz, T. F.

J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2014, 5, 3632.

4. Multiphonon Relaxation Slows Singlet Fission in Crystalline Hexacene.

Busby, E.; Berkelbach, T. C.; Kumar, B.; Chernikov, A.; Zhong, Y.; Hlaing, H.; Zhu, X. Y.; Heinz, T. F.; Hybertsen, M. S.; Sfeir, M. Y.; Reichman, D. R.; Nuckolls, C.; Yaffe, O.

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2014, 136, 10654.

3. Helical Ribbons for Molecular Electronics.

Zhong, Y.; Kumar, B.; Oh, S.; Trinh, M. T.; Wu, Y.; Elbert, K.; Li, P.; Zhu, X.; Xiao, S.; Ng, F.; Steigerwald, M. L.; Nuckolls, C.

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2014, 136, 8122.

2. Controlled Doping in Thin-Film Transistors of Large Contorted Aromatic Compounds.

Xiao, S.; Kang, S. J.; Zhong, Y.; Zhang, S.; Scott, A. M.; Moscatelli, A.; Turro, N. J.; Steigerwald, M. L.; Li, H.; Nuckolls, C.

Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2013, 52, 4558.

1. 6,12-Diarylindeno[1,2-b]fluorenes: Syntheses, Photophysics, and Ambipolar OFETs.

Chase, D. T.; Fix, A. G.; Kang, S. J.; Rose, B. D.; Weber, C. D.; Zhong, Y.; Zakharov, L. N.; Lonergan, M. C.; Nuckolls, C.; Haley, M. M.

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2012, 134, 10349.

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