Year 2026
394. Y. Wang, W. Fan, J. Wu,* “Molecular Nanocarbons with Diverse Connectivity and Topologies Enabled by Bismuth(III) Triflate-Mediated Benzannulation Reaction”, Acc. Chem. Res. 2026, 59, 2056–2072.

393. J. Xie, Y. Zou W. Ji, L. Wang, W. Niu, Y. Yang, X. Qu, J. Wu,* G. Li,* “Aethrene: A Stable Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon With a Triplet Ground State”, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2026, e6666833.

392. X. Ye, Y. Chen, X. Song, T. Ren, J. Wang, Y. Xie,* D. Ma,* J. Wu,* Zhen Li*, “A C2 -Symmetric Chiral Emitter for Deep-Blue Circularly Polarized Electroluminescence With High Dissymmetry Factors”, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2026, 65, e5815007.

391. M. Díaz-Fernández, Á. F. Pérez, F. G. Gámez, P. G. Boj, J. M. Villalvilla, J. A. Quintana, Y. Wan, D. Aranda, J. M. Marín-Beloqui, J. Wu,* Z. Zeng,* M. A. Díaz-García,* and J. Casado*, “Ladder-Type Benzene-Perylene Dyes with Efficient Laser Properties in the Near-IR by Detracting/Activating Low/High Frequency Vibronic Modes”, Adv. Funct. Mater. 2026, 36, e06356.

390. Y. Tang, J. Wu*, “Thiophene and Benzene Rings Based Porphyrinoids with Global Aromaticity/Antiaromaticity and NIR Absorption”, book chapter in Handbook of Porphyrin Science, 2026 (Volume 46); World Scientific Publisher.
389. Z. Sun, R. Liu, W. Fan, Y. Han, Q. Zhou, T. Shen, T. Jiao, X. Li, Y. Zou*, J Wu*, “Alternately Twisted, Electron-Rich Rylenes and Their Stable Cations”, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2026, e4322934; DOI: 10.1002/anie.4322934.

388. E. Li, M. Kumar, X. Peng, T. Shen, D. Soler-Polo, Y. Wang, Y. Teng, H. Zhang, S. Song, J. Wu*, P. Jelinek*, J. Lu*, “Rationally designed polyradical nanographenes with strong spin entanglement and perturbation resilience via Clar's goblet extension”, Nat. Synth. 2026, 5, 989–998; DOI: 10.1038/s44160-026-01052-1.

387. Q. Zhou, L.-T. Bao, R. Liu, Z. Sun, Z. Ye, L. Jiao, W. Fan, Y. Zou*, H.-B. Yang*, J. Wu*, “Aggregation-Free, Fused Perylene Pentamers: One-pot Synthesis, Narrowband Near-Infrared Emission, and Enhanced Circularly Polarized Luminescence”, Chem. Sci. 2026, 17, 11892–11902; DOI: 10.1039/d6sc00676k.

386. G.-F. Huo, Y. Ding, W. Fan, L. Jiao, S. Wu, H.-B. Yang*, J. Wu*, “Aromaticity in A Cross-Conjugated, Perylenediimide-Bridged Thiophene-Based Macrocycle at Different Redox States”, CCS Chem. 2026, DOI: 10.31635/ccschem.026.202607435.

385. Y. Sui, J. Hao, S. Wu, L. Ren, Z. Zeng*, J. Wu,* and Y. Ni*, “[2]Catenanes comprising two globally electron-delocalized octaphyrinoid rings: Synthesis, aromaticity and through-space electronic coupling”, Nat. Synth. 2026, 5, 230–239; DOI: /10.1038/s44160-025-00918-0.
