Jin Lab

Jin Lab

Independent publications

Advancing Room-Temperature Spin Qubits with Naphthalene Diimide-Based Chiral Covalent Organic Frameworks

Chang Tang, Zhecheng Sun, Huijie Wei, Lei Sun*, Zexin Jin*

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2026, 148, 10684–10691.


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Precise Synthesis of Donor–Acceptor [17]Helicenes Exhibiting Circularly Polarized Emission

Jieyu Li, Zekang Ma, Ruonan Yu, Xiaohe Miao, Chang Tang, Qiancheng Sun, Zexin Jin*

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2026,e25399.

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Dibenzo[a,o]picene: A Semiconducting Nonplanar Heptacene Isomer

Yi Wang, Yong-Shi Chen, Zekang Ma, Huijie Wei, Ze-Fan Yao, Jian Pei, Zexin Jin*

Org. Lett. 2026, 28, 977–981.

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Supramolecular Assembly of Fused Macrocycle-Cage Molecules for Fast Lithium-Ion Transport

Yuzhe Wang, Kaiyang Wang, Qing Ai, Stephen D Funni, Ashutosh Garudapalli, Qiyi Fang, Suin Choi, Gangbin Yan, Shayan Louie, Chong Liu, Jun Lou, Judy J Cha, Jingjie Yeo, Zexin Jin* and Yu Zhong*

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2024, 146, 25433–25438.

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Near-Infrared, Organic Chiroptic Switch with High Dissymmetry Factors

Si Tong Bao, Shayan Louie, Haoyu Jiang, Qifeng Jiang, Shantao Sun, Michael L Steigerwald, Colin Nuckolls* and Zexin Jin*

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2024, 146, 51–56.

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Prior publications

Fusing perylene diimide with helicenes

Si Tong Bao, Haoyu Jiang, Zexin Jin* and Colin Nuckolls*

Chirality, 2023, 35, 656–672.

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Remote Control of Dynamic Twistacene Chirality

Si Tong Bao, Haoyu Jiang, Cedric Schaack, Shayan Louie, Michael L Steigerwald, Colin Nuckolls* and Zexin Jin*

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2022, 144, 18772–18777.


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Iterative Synthesis of Contorted Macromolecular Ladders for Fast-Charging and Long-Life Lithium Batteries

Zexin Jin†*, Qian Cheng†, Si Tong Bao, Ruiwen Zhang, Austin M Evans, Fay Ng, Yunyao Xu, Michael L Steigerwald, Ann E McDermott, Yuan Yang* and Colin Nuckolls*

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2022, 144, 13973–13980.

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π-Conjugated Redox-active Two-dimensional Polymers as Organic Cathode Materials

Zexin Jin†*, Qian Cheng†, Austin M Evans, Jesse Gray, Ruiwen Zhang, Si Tong Bao, Fengkai Wei, Latha Venkataraman, Yuan Yang* and Colin Nuckolls*

Chem. Sci. 2022, 13, 3533-3538.

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Pseudo-atomic Orbital Behavior in Graphene Nanoribbons with Four-Membered Rings

Peter H Jacobse†*, Zexin Jin†, Jingwei Jiang, Samuel Peurifoy, Ziqin Yue, Ziyi Wang, Daniel J Rizzo, Steven G Louie*, Colin Nuckolls* and Michael F Crommie*

Sci. Adv. 2021, 7, eabl5892.

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Dinaphthobenzo[1,2:4,5]dicyclobutadiene: Antiaromatic and Orthogonally Tunable Electronics and Packing

Zexin Jin, Ze‐Fan Yao, Kayla P Barker, Jian Pei* and Yan Xia*

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2019, 58, 2034-2039.

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Iterative Synthesis of Edge-Bent [3]Naphthylene

Zexin Jin, Yew Chin Teo, Simon J Teat and Yan Xia*

Synlett, 2018, 29, 2547-2551.

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Regioselective Synthesis of [3]Naphthylenes and Tuning of Their Antiaromaticity

Zexin Jin, Yew Chin Teo, Simon J Teat and Yan Xia*

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2017, 139, 15933-15939.

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Streamlined Synthesis of Polycyclic Conjugated Hydrocarbons Containing Cyclobutadienoids via C–H Activated Annulation and Aromatization

Zexin Jin†, Yew Chin Teo†, Nicolo G Zulaybar, Matthew D Smith and Yan Xia*

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2017, 139, 1806-1809.

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Tuning the Reactivity of Cyclopropenes from Living ROMP to Single Addition and AROMP via Simple Substituents

Jessica K Su, Zexin Jin, Rui Zhang, Gang Lu, Peng Liu and Yan Xia*

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2019, 58, 17771-17776.

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Synthesis of Cyclobutadienoid-Fused Phenazines with Strongly Modulated Degrees of Antiaromaticity

Yew Chin Teo, Zexin Jin and Yan Xia*

Org. Lett. 2018, 20, 3300-3304.

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Efficient Synthesis of Rigid Ladder Polymers via Palladium Catalyzed Annulation

Sheng Liu, Zexin Jin, Yew Chin Teo and Yan Xia*

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2014, 136, 17434–17437.

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* corresponding author