1. Fused Azulenyl Squaraine Derivatives Improve Phototheranostics in the Second Near-Infrared Window by Concentrating Excited State Energy on Non-Radiative Decay Pathways
Heqi Gao, # Yiming Yao, # Cong Li, Jingtian Zhang, Haoyun Yu, Xiaodi Yang, Jing Shen, Qian Liu, Ruitong Xu, Xike Gao,* Dan Ding* (#These authors contributed equally to this work)
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2024, 63, e202400372
https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202400372
2. Design, synthesis and charge transport properties of conjugated copolymers based on 2,6-azulene and bi-thieno[3,4-c]pyrrole-4,6-dione
Yang Wang, Junjun Xiang, Xike Gao*
Chin. Sci. Bull, 2024, 69, 45–57.
https://doi.org/10.1360/TB-2023-0749
3. Azulene-Containing Bis(squaraine) Dyes: Design, Synthesis and Aggregation Behaviors
Yiming Yao, # Xuan Sun, # Zuyuan Zhang, Haoyun Yu, Xiaodi Yang, Dan Ding,* Xike Gao* (#These authors contributed equally to this work)
Chem. Eur. J. 2024, e202400474
https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.202400474
4. NIR-II Excitable Semiconducting Polymers with AIECharacteristics for Fluorescence-Photoacoustic Imaging-Guided Synergistic Phototherapy
Jiangao Li, Zhijun Zhang,* Shanshan Jiang, Miaomiao Kang, Deliang Wang, Xue Li,Peng Huang, Xike Gao,* Dong Wang,* Ben Zhong Tang*
Adv. Funct. Mater. 2024, 240162.
https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202401627
5. Poly(vinyl azulene)s: An Emerging Class of Poly(vinyl arene)s
Junjun Xiang, Zhiwei Yang, Junrui Zhao, Chao Duan, Jingtao Wang,* and Xike Gao*
Macromolecules 2024, 57, 7516−7523.
https://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/acs.macromol.4c00676
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6. Single-bond-linked and vinylene-bridged azulenyl bis(squaraine) dyes: design, synthesis and molecular self- assembly behaviors
Yiming Yao, Hong Lin, Shali Cai, Xiaodi Yang,* and Xike Gao*
Org. Chem. Front. 2024, 11, 7059–7068.
Zhang, Rui†, He, Mengmeng†, Xiang, Junjun, Cai, Shali, Ge, Congwu*, Gao, Xike* (†These authors contributed equally to this work)
Chin. J. Org. Chem. 2024, 44, 2810–2819.
https://doi.org/10.6023/cjoc202404033
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8. Design, Synthesis and Property Study of a π-Expanded Naphthalene Diimide-Vinylogous Tetrathiafulvalene
Derivative
He, Mengmeng†, Zhang, Rui†, Xie, Yulong, Ge, Congwu*, Gao, Xike* (†These authors contributed equally to this work)
Acta Chim. Sinica 2024, 82, 954–961.
https://doi.org/10.6023/A24060204
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9. Design, Synthesis, and Properties of 1,3-di-tert-butyl Azulene Derivatives
Xie Yulong, Xiang Junjun, Song Xianjiang*, Zhang Hanyue*, Gao Xike*
Chin. J. Org. Chem. 2024, 44,
http://doi: 10.6023/cjoc202407022.
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10. Switchable modes of azulene-based single molecule–electrode coupling controlled by interfacial charge distribution
Chengyang Zhang#, Yaqi Kong#, Junjun Xiang#, Sikang Chen, Alexei. A. Kornyshev, Jens Ulstrup, Xike Gao*, Guangping Zhang*, Yueqi Li*, Jinghong Li* (#These authors contributed equally to this work)
Chem. Sci. 2025, DOI: 10.1039/D4SC06614F
https://doi.org/10.1039/D4SC06614F