Our latest paper is out in JACS. This is our first foray into nonequilibrium systems chemistry, where we show that carbodiimides are useful chemical fuels for dissipative covalent assembly.
Category: Publications
New paper in J. Am. Chem. Soc.
Our latest paper is out in JACS. This work focuses on combining the folding of o-phenylenes with the assembly of macrocycles through dynamic covalent chemistry.
New paper in Org. Biomol. Chem.
Our latest paper is out in Org. Biomol. Chem.! This work focuses on how solvent affects the folding of o-phenylenes.
J. Chem. Educ. article featured on cover
Our recent J. Chem. Educ. article is featured on the cover of the June 2016 issue.
New paper in Angew. Chem.
Fengfeng’s work on using imine formation to assemble stacked structures has been published in Angew. Chem.! The culmination of a lot of work.
New paper in Acc. Chem. Res.
Scott’s published a review on the folding of ortho-phenylenes (focused mostly on our own work).
New paper in J. Phys. Chem. B
Our latest paper is out in J. Phys. Chem. B! This work, a collaboration with the Kumar group (Kent State, Physics), describes new sanidic liquid crystal phases for a series of dibenzonaphthacenes we prepared.
New paper in J. Chem. Educ.
Our latest paper is out in J. Chem. Educ.! A collaboration with the Bretz group, it describes a sophomore organic lab activity that uses cholesteric liquid crystals to macroscopically distinguish enantiomers. It’s a lot of fun and doesn’t need any specialized equipment.
Publication in Chem. Commun. on o-phenylene planarization
A new paper has appeared in Chem. Commun. on the suppression of rearrangements in polyphenylene planarization through the use of substrates with polycyclic aromatic subunits. This work is the culmination of a lot of effort from postdoc Jian He, grad student Sanyo Mathew, and former REU students Zach Kinney (now a grad student in the group), Rachel Warrell, and James Molina.