Publications

Publications after joining Rutgers

30. Siringan, M. J.; Dawar A.; Zhang J.* Interactions between fullerene derivatives and biological systems. Mater. Chem. Front. 2023, advanced article. https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2023/qm/d3qm00004d

29. Li Y.; Biswas R.; Kopcha W. P.; Dubroca T.; Abella L.; Sun Y.; Crichton R. A.; Rathnam, C.; Yang L.; Yeh Y.-W.; Kundu K.; Rodríguez-Fortea A.; Poblet J.; Lee K.-B.; Hill S.; Zhang J.* Structurally Defined Water-Soluble Metallofullerene Derivatives towards Biomedical Applications. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2022, Accepted Article. https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202211704

28. Dong Y.; Yang, L.; Wang D.; Liu Y.; Chen X.; Zheng S.; Wu X.; Shen J.; Feng S.; Zhang J.*; Huang W.* Harnessing molecular isomerization in polymer gels for sequential logic encryption and anticounterfeiting. Sci. Adv. 2022, 8, eadd1980. DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.add1980

27. Sun, Y; Qian C.; Emge, T. J.; Li, Y.; Kopcha W. P.; Wang L.; Zhang J.* Synthesis of [60]- and [70]Fullerene-Fused Tetrahydroquinoxaline Derivatives by Oxidative [4 + 2] Cycloaddition with Unusual Reactivity and Regioselectivity. Org. Lett. 2022, 35, 6417. https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.orglett.2c02494

26. Javed, N.; Cheng Z.; Zhu K.; Crichton R.; Madalli, H.; Hall G.; Zhang J.; Li J.; O’Carroll, D. M.* Carbon Dot-like Molecular Nanoparticles, Their Photophysical Properties, and Implications for LEDs. ACS App. Nano. Mater. 2022, 5, 11741. https://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/acsanm.2c02759

25. Rothschild, D. A.; Kopcha W. P.; Tran A.; Zhang, J.; Lipke, M. C.* Gram-scale synthesis of a covalent nanocage that preserves the redox properties of encapsulated fullerenes. Chem. Sci. 2022, 13, 5325. doi.org/10.1039/D2SC00445C

24. Biswas, R.; Yang, S.; Crichton, R. A.; Adly-Gendi, P.; Chen, T. K.; Kopcha W. P.; Zhang, S.; Zhang, J.* C₆₀-β-cyclodextrin conjugates for enhanced nucleus delivery of doxorubicin. Nanoscale 2022, 14, 4456. 10.1039/D2NR00777K

23. Li, Y.; Kopcha, W. P.; Rodriguez A.-F.; Zhang J.* Multicomponent Reactions Among Alkyl Isocyanides, sp Reactants, and sp² Carbon Cages. SynLett 2022. DOI: 10.1055/a-1741-9000. 10.1055/a-1741-9000

22. Li, Y.; Kopcha W. P.; Emge T. J.; Sun Y.; Zhang J.* Isocyanide-Induced Annulation Leading to Cyclopento-, Methano-, and Cyclopentano-[60] Fullerene Derivatives. Org. Lett. 2021, 23, 8867. https://doi/10.1021/acs.orglett.1c03371.

21. Li, Y.; Emge T. J.; Moreno-Vicente A.; Kopcha W. P.; Sun Y.; Mansoor I. F.; Lipke M. C.; Hall G. S.; Poblet J. M.; Rodriguez A.-F.*; Zhang J.* Unexpected Formation of Metallofulleroids from Multicomponent Reactions, with Crystallographic and Computational Studies of the Cluster Motion. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2021, 60, 25269. https://doi.org/10.1002/ange.202110881

20. Santos P. J.; Cao Z.; Zhang J.; Alexander-Katz A.; Macfarlane R. J.* Dictating nanoparticle assembly via systems-level control of molecular multivalency. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2019, 141, 14624. https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/jacs.9b04999

Publications prior to joining Rutgers

19. Zhang J.; Santos P. J.; Gabrys P. A.; Lee S.; Liu C.; Macfarlane R. J. Self-assembling Nanocomposite Tectons. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2016, 138, 16228.
18. Li C.-Z.; Huang J.; Ju H.; Zang Y.; Zhang J.; Zhu J.; Chen H.; Jen A. K.-Y. Modulate Organic-Metal Oxide Heterojunction via [1,6] Azafulleroid for Highly Efficient Organic Solar Cells. Adv. Mater. 2016, 28, 7269.
17. Liu S.; Jung J. W.; Li C.-Z.; Huang J.; Zhang J.; Chen H.; Jen A. K.-Y. Three-dimensional molecular donors combined with polymeric acceptors for high performance fullerene-free organic photovoltaic devices. J Mater. Chem. A 2015, 3, 22162.
16. Zhang, J.; Li C.-Z.; Williams S. T.; Liu, S.; Zhao T.; Jen A. K.-Y. Crystalline Co-assemblies of Functional Fullerenes in Methanol with Enhanced Charge Transport. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2015, 137, 2167.
15. Li, T.; Murphy S,; Kiselev, B.; Baksh K. S.; Zhang J.; Eltahir, A.; Zhang Y.; Chen Y.; Zhu J.; Davis R. M.; Madsen, L. A.; Morris J. R.; Karolyi, D. R.; LaConte S. M.; Sheng Z.; Dorn H. C. A New Interleukin-13 Amino-Coated Gadolinium Metallofullerene Nanoparticle for Targeted MRI Detection of Glioblastoma Tumor Cells. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2015, 137, 7881.
14. Zhang, J.; Ye, Y.; Chen, Y.; Pregot, C.; Li, T.; Balasubramaniam, S.; Hobart, D. B.; Zhang, Y.; Wi, S.; Davis, R. M.; Madsen, L. A.; Morris, J. R.; LaConte, S. M.; Yee G. T.; Dorn, H. C. Gd3N@C84(OH)x: A New Egg-Shaped Metallofullerene Magnetic Resonance Imaging Contrast Agent. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2014, 136, 2630.
13. Zhang, J.; Dorn, H. C. NMR Studies of the Dynamic Motion of Encapsulated Ions and Clusters in Fullerene Cages: A Wheel Within a Wheel. Fuller. Nanotub. Car. N. 2014, 22, 35 (Special Issue: A Festschrift in Honor of Takeshi Akasaka)
12. Zhang, J.; Bowles, F. L.; Bearden, D. W.; Ray, W. K.; Fuhrer, T.; Ye, Y.; Dixon, C.; Harich, K.; Helm, R. F.; Olmstead, M. M.; Balch, A. L.; Dorn, H. C. A Missing Link in the Transformation from Asymmetric to Symmetric Metallofullerene Cages Implying a Top-down Fullerene Formation Mechanism. Nature Chem. 2013, 5, 880.
11. Zhang, J.; Stevenson, S.; Dorn, H. C. Trimetallic Nitride Template Endohedral Metallofullerenes: Discovery, Structural Characterization, Reactivity and Applications. Acc. Chem. Res. 2013, 46, 1548.
10. Zhang, J.; Bearden, W. D.; Fuhrer, T.; Xu, L.; Fu, W.; Zuo, T.; Dorn, H. C. Enhanced Dipole Moments in Trimetallic Nitride Template Endohedral Metallofullerenes with the Pentalene Motif. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2013, 135, 3351.
9. Zhang, J.; Fuhrer, T.; Fu, W.; Ge, J.; Bearden, D. W.; Dallas, J.; Duchamp, J.; Walker, K.; Champion, H.; Azurmendi, H.; Harich, K.; Dorn, H. C. Nanoscale Fullerene Compression of an Yttrium Carbide Cluster. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2012, 134, 8487.
8. Luo J.; Wilson, J. D.; Zhang J.; Hirsch J. I.; Dorn H. C.; Fatouros P. P.; Shultz M. D. A Dual PET/MR Imaging Nanoprobe: 124I Labeled Gd3N@C80. App. Sci. 2012, 2, 465.
7. Fu, W.; Zhang, J.; Fuhrer, T.; Champion, H.; Furukawa, K.; Kato, T.; Mahaney, J. E.; Burke, B. G.; Williams, K. A.; Walker, K.; Dixon, C.; Ge, J.; Shu, C.; Harich, K.; Dorn, H. C. Gd2@C79N: Isolation, Characterization, and Monoadduct Formation of a Very Stable Heterofullerene with a Magnetic Spin State of S=15/2. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2011, 133, 9741.
6. Fu, W.; Wang, X.; Azuremendi, H.; Zhang, J.; Dorn, H. C.: 14N and 45Sc NMR study of trimetallic nitride cluster (M3N)6+ dynamics inside an icosahedral C80 cage. Chem. Comm. 2011, 47, 3858.
5. Shultz, M. D.; Wilson, J. D.; Fuller, C. E.; Zhang, J.; Dorn, H. C.; Fatouros, P. P. Metallofullerene-based Nanoplatform for Brain Tumor Brachytherapy and Longitudinal Imaging in a Murine Orthotopic Xenograft Model. Radiology 2011, 261, 136.
4. Fu, W.; Zhang, J.; Champion, H.; Fuhrer, T.; Azuremendi, H.; Zuo, T.; Zhang, J.; Harich, K.; Dorn, H. C. Electronic Properties and 13C NMR Structural Study of Y3N@C88. Inorg. Chem. 2011, 50, 4256.
3. Shultz, M. D.; Duchamp, J. C.; Wilson, J. D.; Shu, C.-Y.; Ge, J.; Zhang, J.; Gibson, H. W.; Fillmore, H. L.; Hirsch, J. I.; Dorn, H. C.; Fatouros, P. P. Encapsulation of a Radiolabeled Cluster Inside a Fullerene Cage, 177LuxLu3-xN@C80: An Interleukin-13-Conjugated Radiolabeled Metallofullerene Platform. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2010, 132, 4980.
2. Wu, Y; Zhang, J.; Fei, Z.; Bo, Z. Spiro-Bridged Ladder-Type Poly-p-phenylenes: Towards Structurally Perfect Light-Emitting Materials. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2008, 130, 7192.
1. Wu, Y; Zhang, J.; Bo, Z. Synthesis of Monodisperse Sprio-Bridged Ladder-Type Oligo-p-phenylenes. Org. Lett. 2007, 9, 4435.