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Polarity Emergence via Skeletal Topology Rearrangements in Non-benzenoid Molecular Carbons

Jie Su*#, Yuanyuan He*, Chang Wang*, Xinnan Peng, Tianhao Yang, Xiaoyu Sheng, Junzhi Liu#, Jiong Lu#
  • ACS Nano (2026)
  • DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.6c04774

Rationally designed polyradical nanographenes with strong spin entanglement and perturbation resilience via Clar’s goblet extension

E. Li, M. Kumar, X. Peng, T. Shen, D. Soler-Polo, Y. Wang, Y. Teng, H. Zhang, J. Su, S. Song, J. Wu, P. Jelínek, J. Lu
  • Nat. Synth. (2026)
  • DOI: 10.1038/s44160-026-01052-1

Atomic-scale engineering and strain modulation of quantum defects in hexagonal boron nitride

T. Yang, P. Huang, Z. Qiu, Y. Han, D. Guan, P. Lyu, J. Su, K. S. Novoselov, H. Fang, J. Lu
  • ACS Nano, 20, 10594–10604 (2026)
  • DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.5c22322

1D flat bands in phosphorene nanoribbons with pentagonal nature

S. Sun*, J.-Y. You*, Z. Cai*, J. Su*, T. Yang, X. Peng, Y. Wang, D. Geng, J. Gou, Y. Huang, S. Duan, L. Chen, K. Wu, A. T. S. Wee, Y. P. Feng, J. L. Zhang, J. Lu, B. Feng, W. Chen
  • Adv. Mater., 37 (2025)
  • DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.5c22322

Air-stable wafer-scale ferromagnetic metallo-carbon Nitride Monolayer

P. Lyu*, Z. Wang*, N. Guo* J. Su*, J. Li, D. Qi, S. Xi, H. Lin, Q. Zhang, S. J. Pennycook, J. Chen, X. Zhao, C. Zhang, K. P. Loh, J. Lu
  • J. Am. Chem. Soc., 146, 20604–20614 (2024)
  • DOI: 10.1021/jacs.4c02160

Intelligent synthesis of magnetic nanographenes via chemist-intuited atomic robotic probe

J. Su, J. Li, N. Guo, X. Peng, J. Yin, J. Wang, P. Lyu, Z. Luo, K. Mouthaan, J. Wu, C. Zhang, X. Wang, J. Lu
  • Nat. Synth., 3, 466–476 (2024)
  • DOI: 10.1038/s44160-024-00488-7

Highly selective on-surface ring-opening of aromatic azulene moiety

L. Wang*, X. Peng*, J. Su*, J. Wang, A. Gallardo, H. Yang, Q. Chen, P. Lyu, P. Jelínek, J. Liu, M. W. Wong, J. Lu
  • J. Am. Chem. Soc., 146, 1563–1571 (2024)
  • DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c11652

Atomically precise imprinting π-magnetism in nanographenes via probe chemistry

J. Su, P. Lyu, J. Lu
  • Precis. Chem., 1, 565–575 (2023)
  • DOI: 10.1021/prechem.3c00072

Topological design and synthesis of high-spin aza-triangulenes without Jahn-Teller distortions

J. Lawrence, Y. He, H. Wei, J. Su, S. Song, A. Wania Rodrigues, D. Miravet, P. Hawrylak, J. Zhao, J. Wu, J. Lu
  • ACS Nano, 17, 20237–20245 (2023)
  • DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.3c05974

Aromatic ring fusion to benzoporphyrin via π-ortho cyclodehydrogenation on a Ag(111) surface

X.-Q. Yang, J.-J. Duan, J. Su, X. Peng, Z.-Y. Yi, R.-N. Li, J. Lu, S.-F. Wang, T. Chen, D. Wang
  • ACS Nano, 16, 13092–13100 (2022)
  • DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.2c05819

Electronic self-passivation of single vacancy in black phosphorus via ionization

H. Fang, A. Gallardo, Di. Dulal, Z. Qiu, J. Su, M. Telychko, H. Mahalingam, P. Lyu, Y. Han, Y. Zheng, Y. Cai, A. Rodin, P. Jelínek, J. Lu
  • Phys. Rev. Lett. 128, 176801 (2022)
  • DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.128.176801

Manifold dynamic non-covalent interactions for steering molecular assembly and cyclization

S. Song*, L. Wang*, J. Su*, Z. Xu, C.-H. Hsu, C. Hua, P. Lyu, J. Li, X. Peng, T. Kojima, S. Nobusue, M. Telychko, Y. Zheng, F.-C. Chuang, H. Sakaguchi, M. W. Wong, J. Lu
  • Chem. Sci., 12, 11659–11667 (2021)
  • DOI: 10.1039/D1SC03733A

On-surface synthesis of graphene nanostructures with π-magnetism

S. Song, J. Su, M. Telychko, J. Li, G. Li, Y. Li, C. Su, J. Wu, J. Lu
  • Chem. Soc. Rev., 50, 3238–3262 (2021)
  • DOI: 10.1039/D0CS01060J

Recent Advances in bond-resolved scanning tunneling microscopy

S. Song, J. Su, X. Peng, X. Wu, M. Telychko
  • Surf. Rev. Lett., 28, 2140007 (2021)
  • DOI: 10.1142/S0218625X21400072

Tailoring long-range superlattice chirality in molecular self-assemblies via weak fluorine-mediated interactions

M. Telychko, L. Wang, C.-H. Hsu, G. Li, X. Peng, S. Song, J. Su, F.-C. Chuang, J. Wu, M. W. Wong, J. Lu
  • Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 23, 21489–21495 (2021)
  • DOI: 10.1039/D1CP02996G

Ultrahigh-yield on-surface synthesis and assembly of circumcoronene into a chiral electronic Kagome-honeycomb lattice

M. Telychko, G. Li, P. Mutombo, D. Soler-Polo, X. Peng, J. Su, S. Song, M. J. Koh, M. Edmonds, P.l Jelínek, J. Wu, J. Lu
  • Sci. Adv., 7, eabf0269 (2021)
  • DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abf0269

Visualizing designer quantum states in stable macrocycle quantum corrals

X. Peng, H. Mahalingam, S. Dong, P. Mutombo, J. Su, M. Telychko, S., P. Lyu, P. W. Ng, J. Wu, P. Jelínek, C. Chi, A. Rodin, J. Lu
  • Nat. Commun. 12, 5895 (2021)
  • DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-26198-8

Atomically-precise dopant-controlled single cluster catalysis for electrochemical nitrogen reduction

C. Yao, N. Guo, S. Xi, C.-Q. Xu, W. Liu, X. Zhao, J. Li, H. Fang, J. Su, Z. Chen, H. Yan, Z. Qiu, P. Lyu, C. Chen, H. Xu, X. Peng, X. Li, B. Liu, C. Su, S. J. Pennycook, C.-J. Sun, J. Li, C. Zhang, Y. Du, J. Lu
  • Nat. Commun. 11, 4389 (2020)
  • DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-18080-w

On-surface synthesis and characterization of [7]triangulene quantum ring

J. Su, W. Fan, P. Mutombo, X. Peng, S. Song, M. Ondráček, P. Golub, J. Brabec, L. Veis, M. Telychko, P. Jelínek, J. Wu, Jiong Lu
  • Nano Lett. 2021, 1, 861–867 (2021)
  • DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.0c04627

Real-space imaging of a single-molecule monoradical reaction

S. Song, N. Guo, X. Li, G. Li, Y. Haketa, M. Telychko, J. Su, P. Lyu, Z. Qiu, H. Fang, X. Peng, J. Li, X. Wu, Y. Li, C. Su, M. J. Koh, J. Wu, H. Maeda, C. Zhang, J. Lu
  • J. Am. Chem. Soc.142, 13550–13557 (2020)
  • DOI: 10.1021/jacs.0c05337

Substrate induced strain for on-surface transformation and synthesis

J. Su, X. Wu, S. Song, M. Telychko, J. Lu
  • Nanoscale, 12, 7500–7508 (2020)
  • DOI: 10.1039/D0NR01270J

Synthesis of Monolayer Blue Phosphorus Enabled by Silicon Intercalation

J. L. Zhang, S. Zhao, S. Sun, H. Ding, J. Hu, Y. Li, Q. Xu, X. Yu, M. Telychko, J. Su, C. Gu, Y. Zheng, X. Lian, Z. Ma, R. Guo, J. Lu, Z. Sun, J. Zhu, Z. Li, W. Chen
  • ACS Nano, 14, 3687–3695 (2020)
  • DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.0c00822

Triangulenes: from precursor design to on-surface synthesis and characterization

J. Su, M. Telychko, S. Song, J. Lu
  • Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 59, 7658–7668 (2020)
  • DOI: 10.1002/anie.201913783

Strain-induced isomerization in one-dimensional metal–organic chains

M. Telychko*, J. Su*, A. Gallardo*, Y. Gu, J. I. Mendieta-Moreno, D. Qi, A. Tadich, S. Song, P. Lyu, Z. Qiu, H. Fang, M. J. Koh, J. Wu, P. Jelínek, J. Lu
  • Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 58, 18591–18597 (2019)
  • DOI: 10.1002/anie.201909074

Giant gate-tunable bandgap renormalization and excitonic effects in a 2D semiconductor

Z. Qiu, M. Trushin, H. Fang, I. Verzhbitskiy, S. Gao, E. Laksono, M. Yang, P. Lyu, J. Li, J. Su, M. Telychko, K. Watanabe, T. Taniguchi, J. Wu, A. H. Castro Neto, L. Yang, G. Eda, S. Adam, J. Lu
  • Sci. Adv., 5, eaaw2347 (2019)
  • DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aaw2347

Atomically precise bottom-up synthesis of π-extended [5]triangulene

J. Su, M. Telychko, P. Hu, G. Macam, P. Mutombo, H. Zhang, Y. Bao, F.Cheng, Z.-Q. Huang, Z. Qiu, S. J. R. Tan, H. Lin, P. Jelínek, F.-C. Chuang, J. Wu, J. Lu
  • Sci. Adv., 5, eaav7717 (2019)
  • DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aav7717

Gate-tunable in-plane ferroelectricity in few-layer SnS

Y. Bao, P. Song, Y. Liu, Z. Chen, M. Zhu, I. Abdelwahab, J. Su, W. Fu, X. Chi, W. Yu, W. Liu, X. Zhao, Q.-H. Xu, M. Yang, K. P. Loh
  • Nano Lett., 19, 5109–5117 (2019)
  • DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.9b01419

Interface engineering of Au(111) for the growth of 1T′-MoSe2

F. Cheng, Z. Hu, H. Xu, Y. Shao, J. Su, Z. Chen, W. Ji, K. P. Loh
  • ACS Nano, 13, 2, 2316–2323 (2019)
  • 10.1021/acsnano.8b09054

Reversible oxidation of blue phosphorus monolayer on Au(111)

J. L. Zhang, S. Zhao, M. Telychko, S. Sun, X. Lian, J. Su, A. Tadich, D. Qi, J. Zhuang, Y. Zheng, Z. Ma, C. Gu, Z. Hu, Y. Du, J. Lu, Z. Li, W. Chen
  • Nano Lett., 19, 5340–5346 (2019)
  • DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.9b01796

Epitaxial growth of single-layer niobium selenides with controlled stoichiometric phases

F. Cheng, Z. Ding, H. Xu, S. J. R. Tan, I. Abdelwahab, J. Su, P. Zhou, J. Martin, K. P. Loh
  • Adv. Mater. Interfaces, 5, 1800429 (2018)
  • DOI: 10.1002/admi.201800429

Amino group enhanced phenazine derivatives as electrode materials for lithium storage

B. Tian, Z. Ding, G.-H. Ning, W. Tang, C. Peng, B. L., J. Su, C. Su, K. P. Loh
  • Chem. Commun., 53, 2914–2917 (2017)
  • DOI: 10.1039/C6CC09084B

In situ observation and electrochemical study of encapsulated sulfur nanoparticles by MoS2 flakes

W. Tang, Z. Chen, B.g Tian, H.-W. Lee, X. Zhao, X. Fan, Y. Fan, K. Leng, C. Peng, M.-H. Kim, M. Li, M. Lin, J. Su, J. Chen, H. Y. Jeong, X. Yin, Q. Zhang, W. Zhou, K. P. Loh, G. W. Zheng
  • J. Am. Chem. Soc., 139, 10133–10141 (2017)
  • DOI: 10.1021/jacs.7b05371

Resolving the spatial structures of bound hole states in black phosphorus

Z. Qiu, H. Fang, A. Carvalho, A. S. Rodin, Y. Liu, S. J. R. Tan, M. Telychko, P. Lv, J. Su, Y. Wang, A. H. Castro Neto, J. Lu
  • Nano Lett., 17, 6935–6940 (2017)
  • DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.7b03356

Reversible multi-electron redox chemistry of π-conjugated N-containing heteroaromatic molecule-based organic cathodes

C. Peng*, G.-H. Ning*, J. Su*, G. Zhong, W. Tang, B. Tian, C. Su, D. Yu, L. Zu, J. Yang, M.-F. Ng, Y.-S. Hu, Y. Yang, M. Armand, K. P. Loh
  • Nat. Energy 2, 17074 (2017)
  • DOI: 10.1038/nenergy.2017.74

Visible-light photocatalysis of aerobic oxidation reactions using carbazolic conjugated microporous polymers

C. Su, R. Tandiana, B. Tian, A. Sengupta, W. Tang, J. Su, K. P. Loh
  • ACS Catal., 6, 3594–3599 (2016)
  • DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.6b00443

Ultrahigh capacity due to multi-electron conversion reaction in reduced graphene oxide-wrapped MoO2 porous nanobelts

W. Tang, C. Peng, C. T.i Nai, J. Su, Y. Liu, M. V. V. Reddy, M. Lin, K. P. Loh
  • Small, 11, 2446–2453 (2015)
  • DOI: 10.1002/smll.201403018