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50. Zhang, Y.;+ Deng, Z.;+ Tian, W.-J.;+ Sun, H.-Q.; Sun, K.; Muñoz-Castro, A.;* Sun, Z.-M.;* Chen, T.-T.,* Single-Atom Control of Aromaticity and Excited-State Dynamics in Endohedral Zirconium–Antimony Zintl Clusters. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2026, n/a (n/a), e6088506. (+ indicates the co-first authorship, * indicates the co-corresponding authorship)

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49. Lu, C.; Jia, Q.; Wu, B.; Li, C.; Kwok, R. T. K.; Chen, T.-G.;* Sun, J.; Zhao, Z.; Chen, T.-T.;* Wang, Z.;* Lam, J. W. Y.;* Tang, B. Z.,* Engineering Synergistic Intra-/Intermolecular Conformational Locking via Side-Chain Branching: A β-Sheet-Inspired Strategy for Planar NIR-II Phototheranostic Aggregates. Adv. Sci. 2026, n/a (n/a), e76688. (* indicates the co-corresponding authorship)

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48. Liu, X.; Wang, K.; Huang, H.; Yu, M.; Li, C.; Jiang, C.; Gu, H.; Qi, J.; Shi, G.; Hu, L.; Chu, F.; Cheng, S.; Xie, K.; Li, X.; Chen, T.-T.; Wu, Y.; Song, Z.; Zhu, W.-H.; Zhang, W., Tailored Surface Microenvironment of Molecular Nanophotocatalysts for Boosting Photocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution. Adv. Mater. 2026, 38 (46), e73981.

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47. Liu, X.;+ Qu, H.;+ Li, C.;+ Liu, T.; Xiao, Z.; Feng, S.; Zhu, Q.; Lu, Y.-L.; Zhang, J.; Yu, Z.; Chen, T.-T.; Zhang, W.; Boott Charlotte, E.; Hua, J.; Tian, H.; Cooper Andrew, I., Conjugated Shape Persistent Heterocycle Macrocycles for Sacrificial Photocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution. CCS Chem. 2026, 0 (0), 1-12. (+ indicates the co-first authorship)

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46. Ouyang, J.; Lam, S. L.; Li, C.; Zhang, P.; Yang, L.; Yang, Z.; Chen, T.-T.; Xiao, X.; Quan, Y., Spatial Orientation-Dependent Double Hydrogen Bond/Photoredox Cooperative Catalysis in Metal–Organic Frameworks. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2026, 65 (32), e5181076.

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45. Luo, Z.;+ Li, C.;+ Yang, W.;+ Chang, Y.;+ Wu, K.-L.; Xia, L.; Gao, J.; Zhang, F.; Duan, Q.; Wang, S.; Xie, Z.; Wu, X.; Wang, G.-E.; Lin, W.;* Chen, T.-T.;* Zhou, M.; Zhu, Y.;* Xu, G.; Chen, X.,* Attenuating Imine Bond Polarization in Covalent Organic Frameworks Accelerates Charge and Proton Transport for High-Efficiency Photocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2026. (+indicates the co-first authorship, *indicates the co-corresponding authorship)
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44. Wen, H.;+ Meng, Z.;+ Chen, X.;+ Deng, Z.;+ Deng, Z.; Peng, J.; Wu, Q.; Alfani, G. A.; Cui, Z.; Qiu, Z.; Chen, T.-T.; Du, J.; Zhao, Z.; Alam, P.; Tang, B. Z., Octupolar AIEgens Photosensitizers With Enhanced Molar Absorptivity for Near-Infrared Phototheranostics. Aggregate 2026, 7 (5), e70327. (+indicates the co-first authorship)
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43. Zeng, S.; Xie, Y.; Huang, W.; Wei, C.; Deng, Y.; Zou, P.; Li, C.; Chen, T.-T.; Zhao, Z.; He, Z., Spiro-fluoreno-imidazole (SFI) Emitters Efficiently Harvesting Hot Excitons for Deep-Blue Organic Light-Emitting Diodes with CIEy Below 0.046. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2026, 65 (6), e24293.
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42. Lu, J.;+ Lin, C.;+ Li, C.;+ Shi, H.; Liu, N.; Xing, W.;* Wang, S.;* Zhang, G.; Chen, T.-T.;* Chen, X.,* Bipyridine-integrated bisoxazole-based donor-acceptor covalent organic framework for enhanced photocatalytic H2O2 synthesis. Chin. J. Catal. 2026, 81, 185-194. (+indicates the co-first authorship, *indicates the co-corresponding authorship)
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41. Qiu, S.; Chen, K.; Deng, Z.; Jin, X.; Li, Z.; Liu, G.; Zhang, L.; Jiang, W.; Chen, T.-T.; Liu, J.; Wang, Z., N-Doped Nonalternant Molecular Bowl/Saddle Hybrids. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2025, 64 (48), e202516881.
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40. Huang, Y.-S.;+ Deng, Z.;+ Tian, W.-J.; Sun, H.-Q.; Muñoz-Castro, A.; Chen, T.-T.;* Sun, Z.-M.,* σ-Aromatic Ge–Sn Bridges in a Triply-Bonded Bare Cluster Dimer with a Long-Lived Triplet State. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2025, 147 (49), 45723-45730.(+indicates the co-first authorship, *indicates the co-corresponding authorship)
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39. Sun, J.; Deng, Z.; Qiu, S.; Chen, T.-T.; Phillips, D. L.; Liu, J., Synthesis of Azuleno[1,2,3-cd]phenalene and Its π-Extended Buckybowl Derivative. Org. Lett. 2025, 27 (31), 8718-8723.
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38. Ma, C. C. H.; Liu, Q.; Sui, Y.; Du, W.; Lam, K. W. K.; Lam, J. W. Y.; Li, C.; Chen, T.-T.; Sun, J.; Li, N.; Kwok, R. T. K.; Chen, J.; Sun, F.; Tang, B. Z., Strategic Design of Aptamer-Guided Aggregation-Induced Emission Nanoparticles for Targeted Photodynamic Therapy in Breast Cancer. Adv. Sci. 2025, 12 (43), e03358.
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37. Zhang, S.; Ma, F.; Jiang, J.; Wu, B.; Gong, J.; Xu, G.; Li, C.; Chen, T.-T.; Kwok, R. T. K.; Lam, J. W. Y.; Zhao, Z.; Tang, B. Z., Isotope Engineering of Tetraphenylethylene: Aggregate-Dependent Enhancement of Luminescence Efficiency. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2025, 64 (36), e202511678.
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36. Yang, Z.; Li, C.; Zhang, P.; Lin, J.; Tang, J.; Su, C.-Y.;* Chen, T.-T.;* Quan, Y.,* Twist-Promoted Photoredox Catalysis in Metal-Organic Frame-work for Defluorination. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2025, 64 (32), e202511396. (*indicates the co-corresponding authorship)
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35. Ma, Y.-N.; Li, W.-L.; Chen, T.-T.; Chen, X.; Li, J.; Wang, L.-S., Recent progress on the investigations of boron clusters and boron-based materials (II): The analogy between boron and carbon chemistry. Sci. Sin. Chim. 2024, 54 (12), 2438-2451.
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34. Ma, J.; Chen, T.-T.;* Li, H.; Bumüller, D.; Weigend, F.; Jian, T.; Kappes, M. M.; Schooss, D.;* Li, W.-L.;* Xing, X.-P.;* Wang, L.-S.,* On the Remarkable Resistance to Oxidation by the Bi18− Cluster. Sci. Adv. 2024, 10 (44), eads4724.(*indicates the co-corresponding authorship)
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33. Burkhardt, J.; Chen, T.-T.;* Chen, W.-J.; Yuan, D.-F.; Li, W.-L.;* Wang, L.-S.,* Probing the Structures and Lanthanum–Lanthanum Bonding in La2Bn– (n = 4 – 6) Clusters. Inorg. Chem. 2024, 63 (37), 17215-17224. (*indicates the co-corresponding authorship)
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32. Dong, X.-R.; Zhang, J.-X.; Chen, T.-T.;* Xu, C.-Q.;* Li, J.,* Metal-Centered Boron-Wheel Cluster of Y©B112– with Rare D11h Symmetry. Inorg. Chem. 2024, 63 (14), 6276-6284. (* indicates the co-corresponding authorship)
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31. Chen, Q.; Chen, W.-J.; Wu, X.-Y.; Chen, T.-T.; Yuan, R.-N.; Lu, H.-G.; Yuan, D.-F.; Li, S.-D.; Wang, L.-S., Investigation of Pb–B Bonding in PbB2(BO)n− (n = 0–2): Transformation from Aromatic PbB2− to Pb[B2(BO)2]−/0 Complexes with B≡B Triple Bonds. Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2024, 26 (6), 5356-5367.
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30. Chen, T.-T.; Du, M.; Yang, Z.; Yuen-Zhou, J.; Xiong, W., Cavity-enabled enhancement of ultrafast intramolecular vibrational redistribution over pseudorotation. Science 2022, 378 (6621), 790-794.
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29. Wang, Z.-L.;+ Chen, T.-T.;+ Chen, W.-J.; Li, W.-L.; Zhao, J.; Jiang, X.-L.; Li, J.; Wang, L.-S.; Hu, H.-S., The smallest 4f-metalla-aromatic molecule of cyclo-PrB2− with Pr–B multiple bonds. Chem. Sci. 2022, 13 (34), 10082-10094. (+ indicates the co-first authorship)
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28. Chen, W.-J.;+ Chen, T.-T.;+ Chen, Q.;+ Lu, H.-G.; Zhao, X.-Y.; Ma, Y.-Y.; Yan, Q.-Q.; Yuan, R.-N.; Li, S.-D.; Wang, L.-S., Boron-lead multiple bonds in the PbB2O– and PbB3O2– clusters. Commun. Chem. 2022, 5 (1), 25. (+ indicates the co-first authorship)
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27. Chen, T.-T.; Cheung, L. F.; Wang, L.-S., Probing the Nature of the Transition-Metal-Boron Bonds and Novel Aromaticity in Small Metal-Doped Boron Clusters Using Photoelectron Spectroscopy. Annu. Rev. Phys. Chem. 2022, 73 (1), 233-253.
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26. Li, W.-L.;+ Chen, T.-T.;+ Chen, W.-J.; Li, J.; Wang, L.-S., Monovalent lanthanide(I) in borozene complexes. Nat. Commun. 2021, 12 (1), 6467. (+ indicates the co-first authorship)
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25. Tian, W.-J.; Chen, W.-J.; Yan, M.; Li, R.; Wei, Z.-H.; Chen, T.-T.; Chen, Q.; Zhai, H.-J.; Li, S.-D.; Wang, L.-S., Transition-metal-like bonding behaviors of a boron atom in a boron-cluster boronyl complex [(η7-B7)-B-BO]−. Chem. Sci. 2021, 12 (23), 8157-8164.
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24. Jiang, Z.-Y.;+ Chen, T.-T.;+ Chen, W.-J.; Li, W.-L.; Li, J.; Wang, L.-S., Expanded Inverse-Sandwich Complexes of Lanthanum Borides: La2B10– and La2B11–. J. Phys. Chem. A 2021, 125 (12), 2622-2630. (+ indicates the co-first authorship)
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23. Chen, W.-J.; Ma, Y.-Y.; Chen, T.-T.; Ao, M.-Z.; Yuan, D.-F.; Chen, Q.; Tian, X.-X.; Mu, Y. W.; Li, S.-D.; Wang, L.-S., B48−: a bilayer boron cluster. Nanoscale 2021, 13 (6), 3868-3876.

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22. Li, W.-L.; Chen, T.-T.; Jiang, Z.-Y.; Wang, L.-S.; Li, J., Recent Progresses in the Investigation of Rare-earth Boron Inverse Sandwich Clusters. Chin. J. Struct. Chem. 2020, 39 (6), 1009-1018.
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21. Chen, T.-T.; Cheung, L. F.; Chen, W.-J.; Cavanagh, J.; Wang, L.-S., Observation of Transition-Metal Boron Triple Bonds in IrB2O− and ReB2O−. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2020, 59 (35), 15260-15265.
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20. Chen, T.-T.; Li, W.-L.; Chen, W.-J.; Yu, X.-H.; Dong, X.-R.; Li, J.; Wang, L.-S., Spherical Trihedral Metallo-Borospherenes. Nat. Commun. 2020, 11 (1), 2766.
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19. Cheung, L. F.;+ Chen, T.-T.;+ Kocheril, G. S.; Chen, W.-J.; Czekner, J.; Wang, L.-S., Observation of Fourfold Boron-Metal Bonds in RhB(BO−) and RhB. J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2020, 11 (3), 659-663. (+ indicates the co-first authorship)
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18. Bai, H.;+ Chen, T.-T.;+ Chen, Q.;+ Zhao, X.-Y.; Zhang, Y.-Y.; Chen, W.-J.; Li, W.-L.; Cheung, L. F.; Bai, B.; Cavanagh, J.; Huang, W.; Li, S.-D.; Li, J.; Wang, L.-S., Planar B41− and B42− Clusters with Double-Hexagonal Vacancies. Nanoscale 2019, 11 (48), 23286-23295. (+ indicates the co-first authorship)
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17. Chen, T.-T.; Li, W.-L.; Chen, W.-J.; Li, J.; Wang, L.-S., La3B14−: An Inverse Triple-Decker Lanthanide Boron Cluster. Chem. Commun. 2019, 55 (54), 7864-7867.
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16. Chen, T.-T.; Li, W.-L.; Bai, H.; Chen, W.-J.; Dong, X.-R.; Li, J.; Wang, L.-S., Re©B8−and Re©B9−: New Members of the Transition-Metal-Centered Borometallic Molecular Wheel Family. J. Phys. Chem. A 2019, 123 (25), 5317-5324.
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15. Chen, Q.;+ Chen, T.-T.;+ Li, H.-R.; Zhao, X.-Y.; Chen, W.-J.; Zhai, H.-J.; Li, S.-D.; Wang, L.-S., B31− and B32− : Chiral Quasi-Planar Boron Clusters. Nanoscale 2019, 11, 9698-9704.(+ indicates the co-first authorship)
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14. Li, W.-L.;+ Chen, T.-T.;+ Jiang, Z.-Y.; Chen, W.-J.; Hu, H.-S.; Wang, L.-S.; Li, J., Probing the Electronic Structure of the CoB16− Drum Complex: Unusual Oxidation State of Co(-I). Chin. J. Chem. Phys. 2019, 31 (2), 241-247. (+ indicates the co-first authorship)
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13. Chen, T.-T.; Li, W.-L.; Li, J.; Wang, L.-S., [La(ηx -Bx)La] − (x = 7-9): A New Class of Inverse Sandwich Complexes. Chem. Sci. 2019, 10, 2534-2542.
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12. Chen, X.;+ Chen, T.-T.;+ Li, W.-L.; Lu, J.-B.; Zhao, L.-J.; Jian, T.; Hu, H.-S.; Wang, L.-S.; Li, J., Lanthanides with Unusually Low Oxidation States in the PrB3− and PrB4− Boride Clusters. Inorg. Chem. 2019, 58 (1), 411-418. (+ indicates the co-first authorship)
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11. Jian, T.; Cheung, L. F.; Chen, T.-T.; Lopez, G. V.; Li, W.-L.; Wang, L.-S., Di-Niobium Gold Clusters: Multiply-Bonded Nb2Dimer Coordinated Equatorially by Au Atoms, Int. J.  Mass Spectrom. 2018, 434, 7-16.
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10. Li, W.-L.;+ Chen, T.-T.;+ Xing, D.-H.; Chen,X.; Li, J.; Wang, L.-S., Observation of Highly Stable and Symmetric Lanthanide Octa-Boron Inverse Sandwich Complexes. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 2018, 115 (30), E6972-E6977. (+ indicates the co-first authorship)
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9. Li, W.-L.; Hu, H.-S.; Zhao, Y.-F.; Chen, X.; Chen, T.-T.; Jian, T.; Wang, L.-S.; Li, J., Recent Progress on the Investigations of Boron Clusters and Boron-Based Materials (I): Borophene. SCI. SINICA Chimica 2018, 48 (2), 98-107.
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8. Li, W.-L.; Chen, X.; Jian, T.; Chen, T.-T.; Li, J.; Wang, L.-S., From Planar Boron Clusters to Borophenes and Metalloborophenes. Nat. Rev. Chem. 2017, 1 (10), 0071.
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7. Chen, T.-T.; Li, W.-L.; Jian, T.; Chen, X.; Li, J.; Wang, L.-S., PrB7−: A Praseodymium-Doped Boron Cluster with a PrII Center Coordinated by a Doubly Aromatic Planar η7-B73− Ligand. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2017, 56 (24), 6916-6920.
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6. Jian, T.; Cheung, L. F.; Czekner, J.; Chen, T.-T.; Lopez, G. V.; Li, W.-L.; Wang, L.-S., Nb2©Au6: A Molecular Wheel with a Short Nb≡Nb Triple Bond Coordinated by an Au6Ring and Reinforced by σ Aromaticity. Chem. Sci. 2017, 8 (11), 7528-753
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5. Jian, T.; Cheung, L. F.; Chen, T.-T.; Wang, L.-S., Bismuth–Boron Multiple Bonding in BiB2O− and Bi2B−. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2017, 56 (32), 9551-9555.
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4. Li, W.-L.; Jian, T.; Chen, X.; Li, H.-R.; Chen, T.-T.; Luo, X.-M.; Li, S.-D.; Li, J.; Wang, L.-S., Observation of a Metal-Centered B2-Ta@B18− Tubular Molecular Rotor and a Perfect Ta@B20− Boron Drum with the Record Coordination Number of Twenty. Chem. Commun. 2017, 53 (10), 1587-1590.
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3. Jian, T.; Li, W.-L.; Chen, X.; Chen, T.-T.; Lopez, G. V.; Li, J.; Wang, L.-S., Competition between Drum and Quasi-Planar Structures in RhB18−: Motifs for Metallo-Boronanotubes and Metallo-Borophenes. Chem. Sci. 2016, 7 (12), 7020-7027.
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2. Li, W.-L.; Jian, T.; Chen, X.; Chen, T.-T.; Lopez, G. V.; Li, J.; Wang, L.-S., The Planar CoB18− Cluster as a Motif for Metallo-Borophenes. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2016, 26 (55), 7358-7363.
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1. Li, W.-L.; Liu, H.-T.; Jian, T.; Lopez, G. V.; Piazza, Z. A.; Huang, D.-L.; Chen, T.-T.; Su, J.; Yang, P.; Chen, X.; Wang, L.-S.; Li, J., Bond-Bending Isomerism of Au2I3−: Competition between Covalent Bonding and Aurophilicity. Chem. Sci. 2016, 7 (1), 475-481.​
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