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Publications (selected)

1.Yan, J. Z.; Teo, B. K.; Zheng, N. F.*, Surface Chemistry of Atomically Precise Coinage–Metal Nanoclusters: From Structural Control to Surface Reactivity and Catalysis. Acc. Chem. Res. 2018, 51(12), 3084–3093.

2. Yan, J. Z.; Malola, S.; Hu, C. Y.; Peng, J.; Dittrich, B.; Teo, B. K.; Häkkinen, H.*; Zheng, L. S.; Zheng, N. F.* Co-crystallization of atomically precise metal nanoparticles driven by magic atomic and electronic shells. Nat. Commun. 2018, 9 (1), 3357.

3. Yan, J. Z.; Su, H. F.; Yang, H. Y.; Hu, C. Y.; Malola, S.; Lin, S. C.; Teo, B. K.*; Häkkinen, H.; Zheng, N. F.* Asymmetric Synthesis of Chiral Bimetallic [Ag28Cu12(SR)24]4- Nanoclusters via Ion Pairing[J]. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2016, 138(39): 12751-12754.

4. Yan, J. Z.; Su, H. F.; Yang, H. Y.; Malola, S.; Lin, S. C.*; Häkkinen, H.; Zheng, N. F.* Total Structure and Electronic Structure Analysis of Doped Thiolated Silver [MAg24(SR)18]2- (M = Pd, Pt) Clusters[J]. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2015, 137(37): 11880-11883.

5. Yan, J. Z.; Zhang, J.; Chen, X. M.; Malola, S.; Zhou, B.; Selenius, E.; Zhang, X. M.; Yuan, P.; Deng, G. C.; Liu, K. L.; Su, H. F.; Teo, B. K.; Häkkinen, H.*; Zheng, L. S.; Zheng, N. F*. Thiol-Stabilized Atomically Precise, Superatomic Silver Nanoparticles for Catalyzing Cycloisomerization of Alkynyl Amines[J]. Natl. Sci. Rev., 2018, 5(1): 694-702.

6. Yang, H. Y.; Yan, J. Z. (co-author); Wang, Y.; Su, H. F.; Gell, L.; Zhao, X. J.; Xu, C. F.; Teo, B. K.*; Häkkinen, H.*; Zheng, N. F.* Embryonic Growth of Face-Center-Cubic Silver Nanoclusters Shaped in Nearly Perfect Half-Cubes and Cubes[J]. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2017, 139(1): 31-34.

7. Yang, H. Y.; Yan, J. Z. (co-author); Wang, Y.; Deng, G. C.; Su, H. F.; Zhao, X. J.; Xu, C. F.; Teo, B. K.*; Zheng, N. F.* From Racemic Metal Nanoparticles to Optically Pure Enantiomers in One Pot[J]. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2017, 139(45): 16113-16116.

8. Huang, L.; Yan, J. Z. (co-author); Ren, L. T.; Teo, B. K.*; Zheng, N. F.* Peculiar holes on checkerboard facets of a trigonal prismatic Au9Ag36(SPhCl2)27(PPh3)6 cluster caused by steric hindrance and magic electron count[J]. Dalton Trans., 2017, 46(6): 1757-1760.

9. Yang, H. Y.; Wang, Y.; Yan, J. Z.; Chen, X.; Zhang, X.; Häkkinen, H.; Zheng, N. F.* Structural Evolution of Atomically Precise Thiolated Bimetallic [Au12+nCu32(SR)30+n]4- (n = 0, 2, 4, 6) Nanoclusters[J]. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2014, 136(20): 7197-7200.

10.  Deng, G. D.; Malola, S.; Yan, J. Z.; Han, Y. Z.; Yuan, P.; Zhao, C. W.; Yuan, X. T.; Lin, S. C.; Tang, Z. C.; Teo, B. K.*; Hakkinen, H.; Zheng, N. F.* From Symmetry Breaking to Unraveling the Origin of the Chirality of Ligated Au13Cu2 Nanoclusters[J]. Angew. Chem., Int. Ed., 2018, 57(13): 3421-3425.

11. Teo, B. K.*; Yang, H. Y.; Yan, J. Z.; Zheng, N. F.* Supercubes, Supersquares, and Superrods of Face-Centered Cubes (FCC): Atomic and Electronic Requirements of [Mm(SR)l(PR′3)8]q Nanoclusters (M = Coinage Metals) and Their Implications with Respect to Nucleation and Growth of FCC Metals[J]. Inor. Chem., 2017, 56(19): 11470-11479.

12. Yang, H. Y.; Wang, Y.; Chen, X.; Zhao, X. J.; Gu, L.; Huang, H. Q.; Yan, J. Z.; Xu, C. F.; Li, G.; Wu, J. C.; Edwards, A. J.*; Dittrich, B.; Tang, Z. C.; Wang, D. D.; Lehtovaara, L.; Häkkinen, H.*; Zheng, N. F.* Plasmonic twinned silver nanoparticles with molecular precision[J]. Nat. Commun., 2016, 7: 12809.

13. Yang, H. Y.; Wang, Y.; Edwards, A. J.; Yan, J. Z.; Zheng, N. F.* High-yield synthesis and crystal structure of a green Au30 cluster co-capped by thiolate and sulfide[J]. Chem. Commun., 2014, 50(92): 14325-14327.

14. Zhao, C. W.; Han, Y. Z.; Dai, S. Q.; Chen, X. M.; Yan, J. Z.; Zhang, W. J.; Su, H. F.; Lin, S. C.; Tang, Z. C.; Teo, B. K.; Zheng, N. F.* Microporous Cyclic Titanium-Oxo Clusters with Labile Surface Ligands[J]. Angew. Chem., Int. Ed., 2017, 56(51): 16252-16256.

15. Cao, J.; Jing, X. J.; Yan, J. Z.; Hu, C. Y.; Chen, R. H.; Yin, J.; Li, J.*; Zheng, N. F.* Identifying the Molecular Structures of Intermediates for Optimizing the Fabrication of High-Quality Perovskite Films[J]. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2016, 138(31): 9919-9926.

16. Zhou, B.; Li, L.; Zhu, X. Q.; Yan, J. Z.; Guo, Y. L.; Ye, L. W.* Yttrium-Catalyzed Intramolecular Hydroalkoxylation/Claisen Rearrangement Sequence: Efficient Synthesis of Medium-Sized Lactams[J]. Angew. Chem., Int. Ed., 2017, 56(14): 4015-4019.

17. Shen, W. B.; Xiao, X. Y.; Sun, Q.; Zhou, B.; Zhu, X. Q.; Yan, J. Z.; Lu, X*.; Ye, L. W.* Highly Site Selective Formal [5+2] and [4+2] Annulations of Isoxazoles with Heterosubstituted Alkynes by Platinum Catalysis: Rapid Access to Functionalized 1,3-Oxazepines and 2,5-Dihydropyridines[J]. Angew. Chem., Int. Ed., 2017, 129(2): 620-624.

18. Shen, W. B.; Sun, Q.; Li, L.; Liu, X.; Zhou, B.; Yan, J. Z.; Lu, X.*; Ye, L. W.* Divergent synthesis of N-heterocycles via controllable cyclization of azido-diynes catalyzed by copper and gold[J]. Nat. Commun., 2017, 8(1): 1748.

19. Yuan, P.; Chen, R. H.; Zhang, X. M.; Chen, F. J.; Yan, J. Z.; Sun, C. F.; Ou, D. H.; Peng, J.; Lin, S. C.; Tang, Z. C.; Teo, B. K.; Zheng, L. S.; Zheng, N. F.*, Ether-Soluble Cu53 Nanoclusters as an Effective Precursor of High-Quality CuI Films for Optoelectronic Applications[J]. Angew. Chem., Int. Ed., 2019, 58(3), 835-839.