1.???Fused Azulenyl Squaraine Derivatives Improve Phototheranostics in the Second Near-Infrared Window by Concentrating Excited State Energy on Non-Radiative Decay Pathways
Heqi Gao, # Yiming Yao, # Cong Li, Jingtian Zhang, Haoyun Yu, Xiaodi Yang, Jing Shen, Qian Liu, Ruitong Xu, Xike Gao,* Dan Ding* (#These authors contributed equally to this work)
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2024, 63, e202400372
https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202400372

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2.???Design, synthesis and charge transport properties of conjugated copolymers based on 2,6-azulene and bi-thieno[3,4-c]pyrrole-4,6-dione
Yang Wang, Junjun Xiang, Xike Gao*
Chin. Sci. Bull, 2024, 69, 45–57.
https://doi.org/10.1360/TB-2023-0749
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3.???Azulene-Containing Bis(squaraine) Dyes: Design, Synthesis and Aggregation Behaviors
Yiming Yao, # Xuan Sun, # Zuyuan Zhang, Haoyun Yu, Xiaodi Yang, Dan Ding,* Xike Gao* (#These authors contributed equally to this work)
Chem. Eur. J. 2024, e202400474
https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.202400474

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4.???NIR-II Excitable Semiconducting Polymers with AIECharacteristics for Fluorescence-Photoacoustic Imaging-Guided Synergistic Phototherapy
Jiangao Li, Zhijun Zhang,* Shanshan Jiang, Miaomiao Kang, Deliang Wang, Xue Li,Peng Huang, Xike Gao,* Dong Wang,* Ben Zhong Tang*
Adv. Funct. Mater. 2024, 240162.
https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202401627

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5.?Poly(vinyl azulene)s: An Emerging Class of Poly(vinyl arene)s
???Junjun Xiang, Zhiwei Yang, Junrui Zhao, Chao Duan, Jingtao Wang,* and Xike Gao*
???Macromolecules 2024, 57, 7516?7523.
???https://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/acs.macromol.4c00676
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6.??Single-bond-linked and vinylene-bridged azulenyl?bis(squaraine) dyes: design, synthesis and?molecular self-????assembly behaviors
???Yiming Yao,?Hong Lin,?Shali Cai,?Xiaodi Yang,* and Xike Gao*
???Org. Chem. Front.?2024,?11, 7059–7068.

?????Zhang, Rui?, He, Mengmeng?, Xiang, Junjun, Cai, Shali,?Ge, Congwu*, Gao, Xike*?(?These authors contributed ???????equally to this work)
????Chin. J. Org. Chem. 2024, 44, 2810–2819.
https://doi.org/10.6023/cjoc202404033???????????????

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8.??Design, Synthesis and Property Study of a π-Expanded Naphthalene?Diimide-Vinylogous Tetrathiafulvalene ??????
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???He, Mengmeng?, Zhang, Rui?,?Xie, Yulong, Ge, Congwu*, Gao, Xike*?(?These authors contributed equally to this ??????work)
???Acta Chim. Sinica 2024, 82, 954–961.?
https://doi.org/10.6023/A24060204??????????????????????????????

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9.??Switchable modes of azulene-based single molecule–electrode coupling controlled by interfacial charge distribution
????Chengyang Zhang#, Yaqi Kong#, Junjun Xiang#, Sikang Chen, Alexei. A. Kornyshev, Jens Ulstrup,?Xike Gao*, ????????Guangping Zhang*, Yueqi Li*, Jinghong Li*?(#These authors contributed equally to this work)
????Chem. Sci. 2025,?DOI:?10.1039/D4SC06614F
????https://doi.org/10.1039/D4SC06614F
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