Publications

  1. Lixue Yang, Yiyao Zhang, Wenting Cai, Junlong Tan, Heather Hansen, Hongzhi Wang, Yan Chen*, Meifang Zhu* and Jiuke Mu*. Electrochemically-driven actuators: from materials to mechanisms and from performance to applications. Chem. Soc. Rev. 2024, 53, 5956
  2. Wenting Cai, Mengmeng Zhang, Luis Echegoyen*, Xing Lu*. Recent advances in endohedral metallofullerenes. Fundam. Res. 2023, DOI: 10.1016/j.fmre.2023.12.004.
  3. Mengmeng Zhang,# Wenting Cai,# Zhong Wang, Shaoli Fang, Runyu Zhang, Hongbing Lu, Ali E. Aliev, Anvar A. Zakhidov, Chi Huynh, Enlai Gao, Jiyoung Oh, Ji Hwan Moon, Jong Woo Park, Seon Jeong Kim and Ray H. Baughman*. Mechanical energy harvesters based on homochirally plied carbon nanotube yarns with tensile efficiency of 17.4% and torsional efficiency of 22.4%. Nat. Energy. 2023, 8, 203.
  4. Zhong Wang, Tae Jin Mun, Fernando M Machado, Ji Hwan Moon, Shaoli Fang, Ali E. Aliev, Mengmeng Zhang. Wenting Cai, Jiuke Mu, Jae Sang Hyeon, Jong Woo Park, Patrick Conlin, Kyeongjae Cho, Enlai Gao, Gang Wan, Chi Huyng, Anvar A Zakhidov, Seon Jeong Kim and Ray H. Baughman*. More powerful twistron carbon nanotube yarn mechanical energy harvesters. Adv. Mater. 2022, 34(27), 2201826
  5. Wenting Cai, Janet Alvarado, Alejandro Metta-Magaña, Ning Chen, Luis Echegoyen*. Interconversions between Uranium Mono-metallofullerenes: Mechanistic Implications and Role of Asymmetric Cages. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2020, 142, 13112.
  6. Wenting Cai, Joshua D. Bocarsly, Ashley Gomez, Rony J. Letona Lee, Alejandro Metta-Magaña, Ram Seshadri, Luis Echegoyen*. High blocking temperatures for DyScS endohedral fullerene single-molecule magnets. Chem. Sci. 2020, 11(48), 13129-13136.
  7. Wenting Cai,# Chia-Hsiang Chen,# Ning Chen, Luis Echegoyen*. Fullerenes as nanocontainers that stabilize unique actinide species inside: structures, formation and reactivity. Acc. Chem. Res. 2019, 52, 1824.
  8. Yaofeng Wang,# Roser Morales-Martínez,# Wenting Cai,# Jiaxin Zhuang, Wei Yang, Luis Echegoyen, Josep M. Poblet, Antonio Rodríguez-Fortea,* Ning Chen*. Th@C1(11)-C86: an actinide encapsulated in an unexpected C86 fullerene cage. Chem. Commun. 2019, 55(63), 9271-9274.
  9. Wenting Cai,# Laura Abella,# Jiaxin Zhuang,# Xingxing Zhang, Lai Feng, Yaofeng Wang, Roser Morales-Martínez, Ronda Esper, Mauro Boero, Alejandro Metta-Magaña, Antonio Rodríguez-Fortea, Josep M. Poblet,* Luis Echegoyen* and Ning Chen*. Synthesis and characterization of non-isolated-pentagon-rule actinide endohedral metallofullerenes U@C1(17419)-C76, U@C1(28324)-C80, and Th@C1(28324)-C80: low-symmetry cage selection directed by a tetravalent ion. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2018, 140(51), 18039-18050.
  10. Wenting Cai, Roser Morales-Martínez, Xingxing Zhang, Daniel Najera, Elkin L. Romero, Alejandro Metta-Magaña, Antonio Rodríguez-Fortea, Skye Fortier, Ning Chen,* Josep M. Poblet* and Luis Echegoyen*. Single crystal structures and theoretical calculations of uranium endohedral metallofullerenes (U@C2n, 2n=74, 82) show cage isomer dependent oxidation states for U. Chem. Sci. 2017, 8(8), 5282-5290.
  11. Wenting Cai,# Jesse Murillo# and Luis Echegoyen.* Ehdohedral clusterfullerenes: a perspective. ECS J. Solid State Sci. Technol. 2017, 6(6), M3031-M3034.
  12. Shasha Zhao, Pei Zhao, Wenting Cai, Lipiao Bao, Muqing Chen, Yunpeng Xie, Xiang Zhao, Xing Lu*. Stabilization of giant fullerenes C2(41)-C90, D3(85)-C92, C1(132)-C94, C2(157)-C96 and C1(175)-C98 by encapsulation of a large La2C2 cluster: the importance of cluster-cage matching. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2017,139(13), 4724-4728.
  13. Wenting Cai, Fangfang Li, Lipiao Bao, Yunpeng Xie and Xing Lu*. Isolation and crystallographic characterization of La2C2@Cs(574)-C102 and La2C2@C2(816)-C104: evidence for the top-down formation mechanism of fullerenes. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2016, 138(20), 6670-6675.
  14. Wenting Cai, Lipiao Bao, Shasha Zhao, Yunpeng Xie, Takeshi Akasaka and Xing Lu*. Anomalous compression of D5(450)-C100 by encapsulation La2C2 cluster instead of La2. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2015,137(32), 10292-10296.
  15. Wenting Cai, Muqing Chen, Lipiao Bao, Yunpeng Xie, Takeshi, Akasaka and Xing Lu.* In-depth understanding of the chemical properties of rarely explored carbide cluster metallofullerenes: a case study of Sc2C2@C3v(8)-C82 revealing a general rule. Chem. Eur. J. 2015, 21(8), 3449-3454.
  16. Muqing Chen,# Wangqiang Shen,# Lipiao Bao, Wenting Cai, Yunpeng Xie, Takeshi Akasaka and Xing Lu*. Regioselective thermal reaction between trimethylamine and C60 revisited: X-ray confirmation of the pentane-fused adduct and in situ mechanism study. Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2015, 26, 5742-5746.
  17. Bin Liu, Hongyun Fang, Xiaofang Li,* Wenting Cai, Lipiao Bao, Marc Rudolf, Fabian Plass, Louzhen Fan, Xing Lu* and M. Dirk Guldi*. Synthesis and photophysical properties of a Sc3N@C80-corrole electron donor-acceptor conjugate. Chem. Eur. J. 2015, 21(2), 746-752.
  18. Qin Zhou, Hui Li, Yongfu Lian,* Mitsuaki Suzuki, Lipiao Bao, Wenting Cai, Weiwei Wang, Shigeru Nagase, Xing Lu and Takeshi Akasaka. Regioselective synthesis and molecular structure of the first derivative of praseodymium-containing metallofullerenes. Chem. Commun. 2014, 50(69), 9876-9878.
  19. Juling Ruan, Yunpeng Xie, Wenting Cai, Zdenek Slanina, Naomi Mizorogi, Shigeru Nagase, Takeshi Akasaka and Xing Lu*. Chemical properties of divalent metallofullerenes Yb@D3h(1)-C74 and Yb@C2(13)-C84. Fuller. Nanotub. Car. N. 2014, 22(1-3), 138-146.
  20. Bin Liu,# Hailin Cong,# Xiaofang Li,* Bing Yu, Lipiao Bao, Wenting Cai, Yunpeng Xie and Xing Lu*. Highly regioselective 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition of diphenylnitrilimine to Sc3N@Ih-C80 affording a very stable, unprecedented pyrazole-ring fused derivative of endohedral metallofullerenes. Chem. Commun. 2014, 50, 12710-12713.
  21. Yunpeng Xie, Mitsuaki Suzuki, Wenting Cai, Naomi Mizorogi., Shigeru Nagase, Takeshi Akasaka* and Xing Lu*. Highly regioselective addition of adamantylidene carbene to Yb@C2v(3)-C80 to afford the first derivative of divalent metallofullerenes. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.2013, 52, 5142-5145.
  22. Wenjun Zhang, Mitsuaki Suzuki, Yunpeng Xie, Lipiao Bao, Wenting Cai, Zdenek Slanina, Shigeru Nagase, Ming Xu,* Takeshi Akasaka and Xing Lu*. Molecular structure and chemical property of a divalent metallofullerene Yb@C2(13)-C84. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2013, 135, 12730-12735.