Publications

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  1. Hartnett, P. E.; Margulies, E. A.; Mauck, C. M.; Miller, S. A.; Wu, Y.; Wu, Y.-L.; Marks. T. J.; Wasielewski, M. R. “Effects of Crystal Morphology on Singlet Exciton Fission in Diketopyrrolopyrrole Thin Films” J. Phys. Chem. B. 2016, 120, 1357–1366. (DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.5b10565)

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  1. Huang, G.-J.; Harris, M. A.; Krzyaniak, M. D.; Margulies, E. A.; Dyar, S. M.; Lindquist, R. J.; Wu, Y.; Roznyatovskiy, V. V.; Wu, Y.-L.; Young, R. M.; Wasielewski, M. R. “Photoinduced Charge and Energy Transfer within meta- and para-Linked Chlorophyll a-Perylene-3,4:9,10-bis(dicarboximide) Donor–Acceptor Dyads” J. Phys. Chem. B. 2016, 120, 756–765. (DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.5b10806)

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  1. Margulies, E. A.; Wu, Y. L.; Gawel, P.; Miller, S. A.; Shoer, L. E.; Schaller, R. D.; Diederich, F.; Wasielewski, M. R. “Sub-Picosecond Singlet Exciton Fission in Cyano-Substituted Diaryltetracenes” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2015, 54, 8679–8683. (DOI: 10.1002/anie.201501355)

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  1. Wu, Y.; Shi, R.; Wu, Y.-L.; Holcroft, J. M.; Liu, Z.; Frasconi, M.; Wasielewski, E. R.; Li, H.; Stoddart, J. F.  “Complexation of Polyoxometalates with Cyclodextrins” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2015, 137, 4111–4118. (DOI: 10.1021/ja511713c)

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  1. Gawel, P.; Wu, Y.-L.; Finke, A. D.; Trapp, N.; Zalibera, M.; Boudon, C.; Gisselbrecht, J.-P.; Schweizer, W. B.; Gescheidt, G.; Diederich, F. “Push–Pull Buta-1,2,3-trienes: Exceptionally Low Rotational Barriers of Cumulenic C=C Bonds and Their Proacetylenic Reactivity”  Chem. Eur. J. 2015, 21, 6215–6225.  (DOI: 10.1002/chem.201406583)

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  1. Wu, Y.-L.; Brown K. E.; Gardner, D. M.; Dyar, S. M.; Wasielewski, M. R.  “Photoinduced Hole Injection into a Self-assembled π-Extended G-quadruplex”  J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2015, 137, 3981–3990.  (DOI: 10.1021/jacs.5b00977)
    * Highlighted in JACS Spotlights.  J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2015, 137, 3995.  (DOI: 10.1021/jacs.5b02864)

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  1. Lefler, K. M.; Kim, C. H.; Wu, Y.-L.; Wasielewski, M. R.  “Self-assembly of supramolecular light-harvesting arrays from symmetric perylene-3,4-dicarboximide trefoils” J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2014, 5, 1608–1615.  (DOI: 10.1021/jz500626g)

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  1. Wu, Y.-L.; Brown K. E.; Wasielewski, M. R.  “Extending photoinduced charge separation lifetimes by using supramolecular design: Guanine-perylenediimide G-quadruplex”  J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2013, 135, 13322–13325.  (DOI: 10.1021/ja407648d)
    * Highlighted in JACS Spotlights.  J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2013, 135, 13611.  (DOI: 10.1021/ja4093727)

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  1. Wu, Y.-L.; Stuparu, M. C.; Boudon, C.; Gisselbrecht, J.-P.; Schweizer, W. B.; Baldridge, K.; Siegel, J. S.; Diederich, F.  “Structural, Optical, and Electrochemical Properties of Three-Dimensional Push–Pull Corannulenic Chormophores”  J. Org. Chem. 2012, 77, 11014–11026.  (DOI: 10.1021/jo302217n)

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  1. Wu, Y.-L.; Ferroni, F.; Pieraccini, S.; Schweizer, W. B.; Frank, B. B.; Spada G. P.; Diederich F.  “Axially Chiral, 2,2-Bridged 1,1-Binaphthylated 1,2-Di(phenylethynyl)ethenes as Potent Cholesteric Liquid-crystal Inducers”  Org. Biomol. Chem. 2012, 10, 8016–8026.  (DOI: 10.1039/C2OB25983D)

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  1. Wu, Y.-L.; Tancini, F.; Schweizer, W. B.; Paunescu, D.; Boudon, C.; Gisselbrecht, J.-P.; Jarowski, P. D.; Dalcanale, E.; Diederich, F.  “Proacetylenic Reactivity of a Push–Pull Buta-1,2,3-triene: New Chromophores and Supramolecular Systems”  Chem. Asian J. 2012, 7, 1185–1190.  (DOI: 10.1002/asia.201100997)

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  1. Tancini, F.; Wu, Y.-L.; Schweizer, W. B.; Gisselbrecht, J.-P.; Boudon, C.; Jarowski, P. D.; Beels, M. T.; Biaggio, I.; Diederich, F.  “1,1-Dicyano-4-[4-(diethylamino)phenyl]buta-1,3-dienes: Structure–Property Relationships”  Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2012, 2756–2765.  (DOI: 10.1002/ejoc.201200111)

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  1. Breiten, B.; Wu, Y.-L.; Jarowski, P. D.; Gisselbrecht, J.-P.; Boudon, C.; Griesser, M.; Onitsh, C.; Gescheidt, G.; Schweizer, W. B.; Langer, N.; Lennartz, C; Diederich F.  “Donor-substituted Octacyano[4]dendralenes: a New Class of Cyano-rich Nonplanar Organic Acceptors”  Chem. Sci. 2011, 2, 88–93. (DOI: 10.1039/C0SC00387E)

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  1. Wu, Y.-L.; Bureš, F.; Jarowski, P. D.; Schweizer, W. B.; Gisselbrecht, J.-P.; Boudon, C.; Diederich F.  “Proaromaticity: Organic Charge-transfer Chromophores with Small HOMO–LUMO Gaps”  Chem. Eur. J. 2010, 16, 9592–9605.  (DOI: 10.1002/chem.201001051)
    * Highlighted in Synfacts 2010, 11, 1242.  (DOI: 10.1055/s-0030-1258729)

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  1. Šišak, D.; McCusker, L. B.; Buckl, A.; Wuitschik, G.; Wu, Y.-L.; Schweizer, W. B.; Dunitz, J. D.  “The Search for Tricyanomethane (Cyanoform)”  Chem. Eur. J. 2010, 16, 7224–7230.  (DOI: 10.1002/chem.201000559)
    * Referenced in Wikipedia: Cyanoform

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  1. Wu, Y.-L.; Jarowski, P. D.; Schweizer, W. B.; Diederich F.  “Mechanistic Investigation of the Dipolar [2+2] Cycloaddition-cycloreversion Reaction Between 4-(N,N-Dimethylamino)phenylacetylene and Arylated 1,1-Dicyanovinyl Derivatives to Form Intramolecular Charge-transfer Chromophores”  Chem. Eur. J. 2010, 16, 202–211.  (DOI: 10.1002/chem.200902645)

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  1. Lin, H.-C.; Hsu, J.-H.; Lee, C.-K.; Tai, O. Y.-H.; Wang, C.-H.; Chou, C.-M.; Chen, K.-Y.; Wu, Y.-L.; Luh, T.-Y.  “Observing Second-order Nonlinear Optical Properties by Symmetry Breaking in Centrosymmetric Furan-containing Oligoaryl Cyclophandienes”  Chem. Eur. J. 2009, 15, 13201–13209.  (DOI: 10.1002/chem.200902115)

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  1. Chou, C.-M.; Biju, A. T.; Wang, H.-W.; Wu, Y.-L.; Zhang, G.-F.; Chen, C.-H.; Yang, K.-W.; Lim, T.-S.; Lee, S.-L.; Huang, M.-J.; Chen, C.-h.; Tsai, P.-Y.; Lin, K.-C.; Huang, S.-L.; Luh, T.-Y.  “Polymeric Ladderphanes”  J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2009, 131, 12579–12585.  (DOI: 10.1021/ja9035362)

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  1. Jarowski, P. D.; Wu, Y.-L.; Boudon, C.; Gisselbrecht, J.-P.; Gross, M.; Schweizer, W. B.; Diederich F.  “New Donor–Acceptor Chromophores by Formal [2+2] Cycloaddition of Donor-substituted Alkynes to Dicyanovinyl Derivatives”  Org. Biomol. Chem. 2009, 7, 1312–1322.  (DOI: 10.1039/b821230a)

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  1. Jarowski, P. D.; Wu, Y.-L.; Schweizer, W. B.; Diederich F.  “1,2,3-Triazoles as Conjugative π-Linkers in Push–Pull Chromophores: Importance of Substituent Positioning on Intramolecular Charge-transfer”  Org. Lett. 2008, 10, 3347–3350.  (DOI: 10.1021/ol801253z)

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  1. Lin, C.-L.; Wu, Y.-L.; Chen, C.-L.; Chou, C.-M.; Luh, T.-Y.  “Sequential Electrochemical Oxidation of Alternating Benzene-furan Oligomers”  J. Org. Chem. 2007, 72, 8531–853.  (DOI: 10.1021/jo070999+)

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