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29. Location of Dopant Dictates Proton-Coupled Electron Transfer Mechanism in Vanadium-Substituted Polyoxotungstates.
Lu, Z.; Dagar, M.; McKone, J. R.; Matson, E. M.*
Chem. Sci. 2025, accepted.
28. Ultra-high Phosphorescence Efficiency in an All-metal Sandwich-type Metallogel.
Yu, R.-Y.;† Lu, Z.;† Yang, Y.-J.; Wang, Y.; Liu, X.-Y.; Wang, X.-Z.; Luo, D.; Ni, W.-X.; Li, M.; Xie, M.; Lu, W.; Li, D.*
Sci. China. Chem. 2025, DOI: 10.1007/s11426-024-2530-0. (link)
27. Implications of Charge and Heteroatom Dopants on the Thermodynamics and Kinetics of Redox Reactions in Keggin-Type Polyoxometalates.
Dagar, M.; De, A.; Lu, Z.; Matson, E. M.;* Thorarinsdottir, A.*
ACS Materials Au 2025, 5, 200–210. (link)
26. Vanadium Substitution Dictates H Atom Uptake at Lindqvist-Type Polyoxotungstates.
Shiels, D.; Lu, Z.; Pascual-Borràs, M.; Cajiao, N.; Marinho, T. V.; Brennessel, W. W.; Neidig, M. L.; Errington, R. J.;* Matson, E. M.*
Inorg. Chem. 2024, 63, 23304–23316. (link)
25. C–H Amination Chemistry Mediated by Trinuclear Cu(I) Sites Supported by a Ligand Scaffold Featuring an Arene Platform and Tetramethylguanidinyl Residues.
Sharma, M.; Fritz, R. M.; Bhatia, H.; Adebanjo, J. O.; Lu, Z.; Omary, M. A.; Cundari, T. R.;* Choudhury, A.; Stavropoulos, P.*
Dalton Trans. 2024, 53, 15946–15958. (link)
24. Transformation of Metal−Organic Framework from Kinetic to Thermodynamic Product for Controlled Delivery of Vitamin C.
Zhang, T.; Lu, W.; Cai, L.-L.; Chen, J.-Y.; Qiu, M.-L.; Chen, Z.-W.; Pan, H.; Liu, Z.-C.; Lu, Z.; Cai, H.*
Inorg. Chem. 2024, 63, 14345–14353 . (link)
23. Linkage-Mediated Electronic Structure Modulation in Multicomponent Covalent Organic Frameworks for Dramatically Promoted Photocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution.
Yan, Y.; Zhao, Y.; Chen, X.; Lu, Z.; Peng, Y.; Chen, Z.; Xu, Q.*
Chem. – Eur. J. 2024, 30, e202401122. (link)
22. A Broadened Class of Donor-Acceptor Stacked Macrometallacyclic Adducts of Different Coinage Metals.
Lu, Z.;* Luciani, L.; Li, S.; Nesterov, V. N.; Zuccaccia, C.; Macchioni, A.; Fripp, J. L.; Zhang, W.; Omary, M. A.;* Galassi, R.*
Chem. – Eur. J. 2024, 30, e202401576. (link)
21. Impact of Surface Ligand Identity and Density on the Thermodynamics of H-atom Uptake at Polyoxovanadate-alkoxide Surfaces.
Proe, K.; Towarnicky, A.; Fertig, A.; Lu, Z.; Mpourmpakis, G.;* Matson, E. M.*
Inorg. Chem. 2024, 63, 7206–7217. (link)
20. Selective Hydrogenation of Azobenzene to Hydrazobenzene via Proton-Coupled Electron Transfer from a Polyoxotungstate Cluster.
Lu, Z.; Cooney, S. E.; McKone, J. R.;* Matson, E. M.*
JACS Au 2024, 4, 1310–1314. (link)
19. 3D Printing Synthesis of Catalysts.
Zhao, X.;* Karakaya, C.;* Qian, M.; Zou, R.; Zhang, W.; Lu, Z.; Maiti, D.; Samanta, A.; Wan, W.; Liu, X.; Tiplea, A.; Li, Y.; Cui, S.; Wang, C.; Lei, H.; Bankston, S.; Yilmaz, S.; Chen, J. G.; Ozcan, S.
Mater. Today Sustain. 2024, 26, 100746. (link)
18. Nitrene-Transfer Chemistry to C–H and C=C Bonds Mediated by Triangular Coinage Metal Platforms Supported by Triply Bridging Pnictogen Elements Sb(III) and Bi(III).
Sharma, M.; Fritz, R. M.; Adebanjo, J. O.; Lu, Z.; Cundari, T. R.; Omary, M. A.; Choudhury, A.; Stavropoulos, P.*
Organometallics 2024, 43, 634–652. (link)
17. Selective Co(II) Adsorption Using Hollow ZIF-8 Nanostructures with Embedded Fe3O4 Nanoparticles.
Zha X.;† Lu, Z.;† Liu, J.; Lu, S.;* Wang, Y.*
ACS Appl. Nano Mater. 2023, 6, 23630–23638. (link)
16. Recognition, Detection and Host-Guest Chemistry of Hydrogen Peroxide in a Fluorescent Biological Metal-Organic Framework with Chiral Helical Channels.
Cai, H.;* Wu, J.-W.; Cai, X.-J.; Lu, Z.; Lai, Y.-L.; Sun, J.-X.; Yuan, Z.-L.; Huang, Y.-Y.; Cai, J.-W.; Lu, W.; Lu, Y.-H.; Zhang, H.-Y.; Li, D.*
Inorg. Chem. Front. 2023, 10, 5144–5151. (link)
15. Kinetic Control via Binding Sites within the Confined Space of Metal Metalloporphyrin-Frameworks for Enhanced Shape-Selectivity Catalysis.
Zhang, W.;† Lu, Z.;† Wojtas, L.; Chen, Y.-S.; Baker, A. A.; Liu, Y.-S.; Al-Enizi, A. M.; Nafady, A.; Ma, S.*
Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2023, 62, e202304303. (link)
14. Relativistic Modulation of Supramolecular Halogen/Copper Interactions and Phosphorescence in Cu(I) Pyrazolate Cyclotrimers.
Lu, Z.; Vanga, M.; Li, S.; Adebanjo, J.; Patterson, M. R.; Dias, H. V. R.;* Omary, M. A.*
Dalton Trans. 2023, 52, 3964–3970. (link)
13. Modulating the Extent of Anisotropic Cuprophilicity via High Pressure with Piezochromic Luminescence Sensitization.
Lu, Z.;† Archambault, C.;† Li, S.; Syed, U.; Wang, S.; Kumar, A.; Shen, G.; Liu, Z.; Omary, M. A.;* Yan, H.*
J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2023, 14, 508–515. (link)
12. Luminescence Screening of Copper and Gold Mixed Ligand Complexes with S-/P-Donor Atoms: An Advanced Multi-Week Research Discovery Experiment for the Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory.
Bodenstedt, K.; Fripp, J. L.; Li, S.; Lu, Z.; Omary, M. A.;* Atkinson, M. B.*
J. Chem. Edu. 2023, 100, 289–297. (link)
11. Mimicking DNA Periodic Docking Grooves for Adaptive Identification of L-/D-Tryptophan in a Biological Metal-Organic Framework.
Cai. H.;* Wu, Y.-X.; Lu, Z.; Luo, D.; Sun, J.-X.; Wu, G.-W.; Li, M.; Wei, Y.-B.; Zhong, L.-M.; Li, D.*
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2022, 144, 9559–9563. (link)
10. Kinetic Separation of C2H6/C2H4 in A Cage-Interconnected Metal-Organic Framework: An Interaction-Screening Mechanism.
Xie, M.; Lu, Z.; Lu, W.; Li, D.*
Inorg. Chem. Front. 2022, 9, 2697–2705. (link)
9. Soft Metal Cations Trigger Sandwich-Cluster Luminescence of A New Au(I)-Vinylimidazolate Cyclic Trinuclear Complex.
Lu, Z.; Burini, A.; McDougald Jr., R. N.; Ricci, S.; Luciani, L.; Nesterov, V. N.; Rawashdeh, A.-M. M.;* Omary, M. A.;* Galassi, R.*
Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. 2022, e202101056. (link)
8. Strong π-Stacking Causes Unusually Large Anisotropic Thermal Expansion and Thermochromism.
Dharmarwardana, M.; Otten, B. M.; Ghimire, M. M.; Arimilli, B. S.; Williams, C. M.; Boateng, S.; Lu, Z.; McCandless, G. T.; Gassensmith, J. J.;* Omary, M. A.*
Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U. S. A. 2021, 118, e2106572118. (link)
7. Metallocorrole-Based Porous Organic Polymers as a Heterogeneous Catalytic Nanoplatform for Efficient Carbon Dioxide Conversion.
Zhao, Y.; Peng, Y.; Shan, C.; Lu, Z.; Wojtas, L.; Zhang, Z.; Zhang, B.;* Feng, Y.; Ma, S.*
Nano Res. 2022, 15, 1145–1152. (link)
6. Pressure-Induced Phosphorescence Enhancement and Piezochromism of a Carbazole-based Cyclic Trinuclear Cu(I) Complex.
Xie, M.; Chen, X.-R.; Wu, K.; Lu, Z.; Wang, K.; Li, N.; Wei, R.-J.; Zhan, S.-Z.; Ning, G.-H.;* Zou, B.;* Li, D.*
Chem. Sci. 2021, 12, 4435–4431. (link)
5. Aggregation-Induced Phosphorescence Sensitization in Two Heptanuclear and Decanuclear Gold–Silver Sandwich Clusters.
Lu, Z.;† Yang, Y.-J.;† Ni, W.-X.; Li, M.; Zhao, Y.; Huang, Y.-L.; Luo, D.; Wang, X.; Omary, M. A.;* Li, D.* (¶: co-first author)
Chem. Sci. 2021, 12, 702–708. (link)
Correction: Aggregation-Induced Phosphorescence Sensitization in Two Heptanuclear and Decanuclear Gold–Silver Sandwich Clusters. Chem. Sci. 2021, 12, 812–812. (link)
4. Au3-to-Ag3 Coordinate-Covalent Bonding and Other Supramolecular Interactions with Covalent Bonding Strength.
Lu, Z.;† Chilukuri, B.;† Yang, C.;†* Rawashdeh, A. M.; Arvapally, R. K. K.; Tekarli, S.; Wang, X.; Cardenas, C. T.; Cundari, T. R.;* Omary, M. A.*
Chem. Sci. 2020, 11, 11179–11188. (link)
3. Coinage-Metal-Based Cyclic Trinuclear Complexes with Metal–Metal Interactions: Theories to Experiments and Structures to Functions.
Zheng, J.; Lu, Z.; Wu, K.; Ning, G.-H.;* Li, D.*
Chem. Rev. 2020, 120, 9675–9742. (link)
2. Unexpected Structural Transformation into Noria-Like Ag13 Metal Clusters and a Copper-Doping Induced Boost in Photoluminescence.
Peng, S.-K.;† Lu, Z.;† Xie, M.; Huang, Y.-L.; Luo, D.; Wang, J.-N.; Zhu, X.-W.; Li, X.; Zhou, X.-P.;* Li, D.*
Chem. Commun. 2020, 56, 4789–4792. (link)
1. Revealing High-Lying Intersystem Crossing in Brightly Luminescent Cyclic Trinuclear Cu I/Ag I Complexes.
Xing, L.-R.;† Lu, Z.;† Li, M.; Zheng, J.; Li, D.*
J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2020, 11, 2067–2073. (link)
