Dr. Penglai Wang

Publications

Wang, P.-L.; Borsley, S.; Power, M.; Cavasso, A.; Giuseppone, N.; Leigh, D. A. Transducing chemical energy through catalysis by an artificial molecular motor. Nature, 2025, 637, 594.

Wang, P.-L.; Olivieri, E.; Borsley, S.; Leigh, D. A. Catalysis-driven coaxial contra-rotation of a dual molecular motor. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2025, 147, 10690.

Wang, P.-L.^†; Chen P.^†; Yang, R.; Tetlow, D. J.; Zhang, Z.-H.; Han, J.; Feilden, S. D. P.; Howlader, P.; Zhang, L.; Leigh, D. A. Crown ether–peptide rotaxane. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2025, 64, e202513115. (†contributed equally)

Zhang, Z.-C.^†; Wang, P.-L.^†; Sun Y.-F.; Yang, T.; Ding, S.-Y.; Wang, W. Rational synthesis of functionalized covalent organic frameworks via four-component reaction. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2024, 146, 4822. (†contributed equally)

Wang, P.-L.; Ding, S.-Y.; Zhang, Z.-C.; Wang, Z.-P.; Wang, W. Constructing robust covalent organic frameworks via multicomponent reactions. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2019, 141, 18004. 

Liu, X. H.; Wang, P.-L.; Ding, S.-Y.; Wang, W. Functionalization of covalent organic frameworks via multicomponent reactions. Sci. China Chem. 2024, 67, 3906.

Lian Q.; Wang P.-L.; Wang G.; Zhang X.; Huang Y.; Li D.; Mi G.; Shi R.; Amini A.; Zhang L.; Cheng C. Doping free and amorphous NiOx film via UV irradiation for efficient inverted perovskite solar cells. Adv. Sci. 2022, 9, 2201543.

Liu, J.; Yang, T.; Wang, Z. P.; Wang, P.-L.; Feng, J.; Ding, S. Y.; Wang, W. Pyrimidazole-based covalent organic frameworks: integrating functionality and ultrastability via isocyanide chemistry. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2020, 142, 20956.

Ding, S.-Y.; Wang, P.-L.; Yin, G.-L.; Zhang, X.-Q.; Lu, G.-X. Energy transfer in covalent organic frameworks for visible-light-induced hydrogen evolution. Int. J. Hydrogen Energy, 2019, 44, 11872.