Research Highlights

Research Highlights

[Nature Communications] Prof. Yunbao Jiang published a paper entitled "Heterochiral coupling to bilateral β-turn structured azapeptides bearing two remote chiral centers"

Title: Heterochiral coupling to bilateral β-turn structured azapeptides bearing two remote chiral centersAuthors: Xiaosheng Yan, Jinlian Cao, Huan Luo, Zhao Li, Zexing Cao, Yirong Mo & Yun-Bao Jiang*Abstract: Enantioselective synthesis governed by chiral catalysts has been extensively developed, but that without an...

[ACIE] Prof. Xiaoqing Huang published a paper entitled "Solvation Effect-Determined Mechanisms of Cation Exchange Reactions for Efficient Multicomponent Nanocatalysts"

Title: Solvation Effect-Determined Mechanisms of Cation Exchange Reactions for Efficient Multicomponent NanocatalystsAuthors: Shangheng Liu, Xiaocan Wang, Wei-Hsiang Huang, Qiugen Zhang, Jiajia Han, Yingtian Zhang, Chih-Wen Pao, Zhiwei Hu, Yong Xu, Xiaoqing Huang*Abstract: Cation exchange (CE) reaction is a classica...

[ACIE] Prof. Yang Yang published a paper entitled "Boron-Doped Single-Molecule van der Waals Diode"

Title: Boron-Doped Single-Molecule van der Waals DiodeAuthors: Yu-Ling Zou, Wenting Sun, Jiao Xun, Qing-Man Liang, Lichuan Chen, Tong-Ruo Diao, Jia Shi, De-Yin Wu, Chuandong Dou, Wenjing Hong, Zhong-Qun Tian, Yang Yang*Abstract: Single-molecule diode was the first proposed device in molecular electronics. Despite t...

[Science Advances] Prof. Xiaoqing Huang published a paper entitled "Atom-glue stabilized Pt-based intermetallic nanoparticles"

Title: Atom-glue stabilized Pt-based intermetallic nanoparticlesAuthors: Zhongliang Huang, Yingru Wang, Jing Xia, Shengnan Hu, Nanjun Chen, Tianyi Ding, Changhong Zhan, Chih-Wen Pao, Zhiwei Hu, Wei-Hsiang Huang, Tong Shi, Xiangmin Meng, Yong Xu*, Liang Cao*, Xiaoqing Huang*Abstract: Pt-based nanoparticles (NPs) have...

[Nature Communications] Prof. Longwu Ye published a paper entitled "Asymmetric Büchner reaction and arene cyclopropanation via copper-catalyzed controllable cyclization of diynes"

Title: Asymmetric Büchner reaction and arene cyclopropanation via copper-catalyzed controllable cyclization of diynesAuthors: Yan-Xin Zheng, Li-Gao Liu, Tian-Qi Hu, Xiao Li, Zhou Xu, Xin Hong*, Xin Lu, Bo Zhou & Long-Wu Ye*Abstract: The asymmetric Büchner reaction and related arene cyclopropanations represent one ty...

[JACS] Prof. Andrew C.-H. Sue published a paper entitled "Isoreticular Covalent Organic Pillars: Engineered Nanotubular Hosts for Tailored Molecular Recognition"

Title: Isoreticular Covalent Organic Pillars: Engineered Nanotubular Hosts for Tailored Molecular RecognitionAuthors: Shengnan Gao,† Yunlong Guo,† Jingfeng Xue, Xue Dong, Xiao-Yu Cao, and Andrew C.-H. Sue*Abstract: In the realm of nanoscale materials design, achieving precise control over the dimensions of nanotub...