2015

Representative Work: 2 heptagons in 1 nanographene, we can finally see how more heptagons shape the structure of nanographene.

• 49. Synthesis, Molecular Packing and Thin Film Transistors of Dibenzo[a,m]rubicenes
      Gu, X.; Xu, X.; Li, H.; Liu, Z.; Miao, Q.*
      Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2015, 137, 16203–16208
      • Highlighted by Synfacts, 2016, 12, 258

• 48. Solution-Processed Ambipolar Organic Thin Film Transistors by Blending p- and n-Type Semiconductors: Solid Solution versus Microphase Separation
      Xu, X.; Xiao, T.; Gu, X.; Yang, X.; Kershaw, S. V.; Zhao, N.; Xu, J.; Miao, Q.*
      ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2015, 7, 28019–28026
      • An invited paper for the Forum of Advances towards Electronic Applications in Organic Materials

• 47. Heptagons in Aromatics: From Monocyclic to Polycyclic
      Miao, Q.*
      The Chemical Record, 2015, 15, 1156–1159
      • An invited commentary for the Nozoe Autograph Books special issue.

• 46. A Luminescent Nitrogen-Containing Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Synthesized by Photocyclodehydrogenation with Unprecedented Regioselectivity
      Gu, Y.; Wang, H.; Roose, J.; He, Z.; Zhou, Y.; Yan, Y.; Cai, Y.; Shi, H.; Zhang, Y.; Sung, H. H. Y.; Lam, J. W. Y.; Miao, Q.; Zhao, Y.; Wong, K. S.; Williams, I. D.; Tang, B. Z.*
      Chemistry – A European Journal, 2015, 21, 17973–17980
      (Collaboration with Prof. Ben Zhong Tang’s Group)
• 45. Direct Patterning of Self-Assembled Monolayers by Stamp Printing Method and Applications in High Performance Organic Field-Effect Transistors and Complementary Inverters
      Zhang, Z. C.; Ren, X. C.; Peng, B. Y.; Wang, Z. R.; Wang, X. Y.; Pei, K.; Shan, B.; Miao, Q.; Chan, P. K. L.*
      Adv. Funct. Mater, 2015, 25, 6112–6121.
      (Collaboration with Prof. Paddy K.L. Chan’s Group)
• 44. o-Carborane Functionalized Pentacenes: Synthesis, Molecular Packing and Ambipolar Organic Thin-Film Transistors
      Guo, J.; Liu, D.; Zhang, J.; Zhang, J.; Miao, Q.*; Xie, Z.*
      Chemical Communication, 2015, 51, 12004–12007
      (Collaboration with Prof. Zuowei Xie’s Group)

• 43. Monolayer Field Effect Transistors of Non-Planar Organic Semiconductors with Brickwork Arrangement
      Shan, L.; Liu, D.; Li, H.; Xu, X.; Shan, B.; Xu. J. Miao, Q.*
      Advanced Materials, 2015, 27, 3418–3423

• 42. Aggregation-Induced Emission and Aggregation-Promoted Photochromism of Bis(diphenylmethylene)dihydroacenes
      He, Z.; Shan, L.; Mei, J.; Wang, H.; Lam, J.; Sung, H. H.-Y.; Williams, I.; Gu, X.; Miao, Q.*; Tang, B. Z.*
      Chemical Science, 2015, 6, 3538–3543
      (Collaboration with Prof. Ben Zhong Tang’s Group)

• 41. Aromatic Saddles Containing Two Heptagons
      Cheung, K. Y.; Xu, X.; Miao, Q.*
      Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2015, 137, 3910–3914

• 40. Molecular Packing and N-Channel Thin Film Transistors of Chlorinated Cyclobuta[1,2-b:3,4-b’]diquinoxalines
      Yang, S.; Liu, D.; Xu, X.; Miao, Q.*
      Chemical Communication, 2015, 51, 4275–4278