2026-09-02 | 5-tBu-Thalidomide Is a Selective Molecular Glue Degrader of the Transcription Factor FLT3 Interacting Zinc Finger 1 (FIZ1) – J. Am. Chem. Soc. Patrick J. Brennan; Ruiyang Guo; Alban Ordureau; Sarah E. Singleton; Miranda Li; Fatma Albayrak; Connor H. Chang; Lorena Yu Liao; Charlotte M. Deane; Kendall N. Houk*; Michael M. Hann; Lewis L. Brayshaw; Heeseon An; Stuart J. Conway*.
Recent Publications
2026-08-26 | Dipole-dependent electrochemical performance of carboranethiol and carboranedithiol self-assembled monolayers – RSC Appl. Interfaces. Gilad Gani, Moses Egor, Tomas Base, Paul S Weiss*.
2026-08-25 | Time for o-chem to level up – Nat. Rev. Chem. Kasey K. Chung, Christina A. Rivera, Dory E. DeWeese*, Neil K. Garg*, Francesca M. Ippoliti & Daniel J. Nasrallah.
2026-08-24 | Redox-Dependent Lipophilicity of Phenazine Metabolites Is Modulated by Intramolecular Hydrogen Bonds and Controls Their Biological Distribution – ACS Chem. Biol. Korbinian O. Thalhammer, Matthew Scurria, Jinyang Li, Inês B. Trindade, Osvaldo Gutierrez *, Stuart J. Conway *, Dianne K. Newman.
2026-08-21 | Air-Sensitive Material Synthesis via Liquid Metal Shielding – Small Methods. Lin, C.-W.; Keane, J.; Uemura, S.; Yang, Z.; Wen, Y.; Kroes, B. C.; Khunaizi, H. A.; Huang, H.-Y.; Hamilton, S. G.; Turner, C. L.; Hu, C.-C.; Kalantar‐Zadeh, K.; Kaner,* R. B.
2026-08-18 | Regiospecific α-arylation of diverse carbonyl compounds using an organobismuth transporter – Nat. Chem. Li, L.; Carpaneto, F.; Chen, P.-P.; Houk,* K. N.; Rawal, V. H.
2026-08-17 | Simulating exciton transport with complex absorbing potentials – J. Chem. Phys. Dimitri Bazile, Justin Caram*, Chern Chuang, Daniel Neuhauser*.
2026-08-14 | Hydrogen-bonded molecular trimers: Vibration-tunneling states and low-frequency spectra from rigorous high-dimensional quantum calculations – J. Chem. Phys. Bačić, Z.; Simkó, I.; Felker,* P. M.
2026-08-13 | The phase-shifting architecture of chromosomes – Science. Gelbart, W.
2026-08-13 | Mesoporous Organosilica-Based Infrared Metamaterials for Radiative Cooling of Windows – Small. Zaveri, A.; Ju, S. E.; Tuokkola, A. R.; McAlpine, R.; Martinez, R.; Kim, J.; Furuya, S.; Pilon, L.; Dunn, B.; Tolbert,* S. H.; Raman, A. P.
2026-08-11 | The Dynamic Theozyme Model: A New Strategy for the Study of Enzyme Catalysis – Wiley Interdiscip. Rev. Comput. Mol. Sci. Wang, X.; Gao, Y.; Chen, Y.; Chen, H.; Gao, X.; Houk,* K. N.; Liang, Y.
2026-08-10 | In Trans RNA Replication of a Defective Self-amplifying RNA Lowers RNA Replication But Enhances Protein Translation – J. Mol. Biol. Moreno Gutierrez, D. S.; Duran Meza, A. L.; Gelbart, W. M.
2026-08-10 | Stochastic evaluation of exciton-exciton annihilation rate in 2D molecular aggregates – J. Chem. Phys. Kuang, C.; Bazile, D.; Chuang, C.; Neuhauser,* D.; Caram,* J. R.
2026-08-10 | One-Pot Sequential Alkaline-Acid Route to ZSM-5 Nanosheets with Low Framework Defects and Suppressed Aluminum Zoning – J. Am. Chem. Soc. Chen, W.; Li, H.; Yu, J.; Chen, Y.; Ding, L.; Du, K.; Pan, D.; Tang,* Y.; Zhang, Y.
2026-08-08 | Non-Monotonic Changes in the Thermal Conductivity of Conjugated Polymer Films with Increasing Levels of Chemical Doping – Adv. Funct. Mater. Wilson, R. W.; Shi, X.; Vidales, D. G.; Slimp, A.; Mehmedović, Z.; Simafranca, A. F.; Wu, E. C.; Tolbert,* S. H.; Wilson, R. B.; Schwartz,* B. J.
2026-08-04 | Identifying the proton donor in electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution by a model hydrogenase – J Biol Inorg Chem. Riley E. Stein, Ashlee E. Wertz, Peter J. Moore & Hannah S. Shafaat*.
2026-08-04 | Intermolecular Excitonic Coupling in Molecular Aggregates Facilitates Polariton Formation – J. Phys. Chem. Lett. Wright, A.; Bradbury, N. C.; Neuhauser,* D.; Sletten,* E. M.; Caram,* J. R.
2026-08-04 | The Structure of gauche -1,3-Butadiene: Further Insights from the Centimeter-Wave, Millimeter-Wave, and Far-Infrared High Resolution Spectra – J. Phys. Chem. A. Martin-Drumel, M.-A.; Baraban, J. H.; Changala, P. B.; Nava,* M. J.; Porterfield, J. P.; Billinghurst, B. E.; Ellison, G. B.; Pirali, O.; Stanton, J. F.; McCarthy, M. C.
2026-07-30 | Reaction: Electrochemistry needs agentic AI that explains as well as optimizes – Chem. Fan, Y.; Liu,* C.
2026-07-30 | Aziridination of inert alkanes via photo-mediated double hydrogen atom transfer – Nat. Synth. Liu, M.-S.; Ang, H. T.; Zhou, Q.-Y.; Wang, C.; Yu, X.-Y.; Ao, J.-L.; Wang, G.; Jiao, Z.-H.; Houk,* K. N.; Wu, J.
2026-07-29 | Modular synthesis of chemically programmable superlattices – Nat. Mater. Zhou, J.; Ren, H.; Huang, Y.; Duan,* X.
2026-07-27 | Discovery of a phenazine–thiol conjugase from sparse data using genome-informed machine learning – Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. Xiaoyu Shan, Inês B. Trindade, Nathaniel R. Glasser , Korbinian O. Thalhammer, Matthew Scurria, Ariane Mora, Stuart J. Conway*, and Dianne K. Newman.
2026-07-27 | Anomalous Solubility-Inverted Behavior of LiPF6 in Glyme Ether Solvents for High-Voltage Electrochemistry – J. Am. Chem. Soc. Lyu, H.; Lin, K.-Y.; Li, H.; Park, H.; Kim, M.-H.; Wang, T.-Y.; Liang, K.; Yu, J.; Zhao, D.; Lin, C.-W.; Kaner,* R. B.; Li, Y.
2026-07-26 | Functionalization and Mechanical Properties of Poly(lactide-cyclohexadiene oxide) Block Copolymers – ACS Appl. Polym. Mater. Dai, R.; Deng, S.; Peng, Z.; Pei, Q.; Diaconescu,* P. L.
2026-07-26 | Organometallic Chemistry Approach to Peptide Tricycles – Bioconjugate Chem. Adhami, N.; Rebelo, M. J. P.; Jenkins, R. A.; Olivares, E. J.; Ogorzalek Loo, R. R.; Qu, S.; Olivares, M. J.; Coutinho, R. J.; Doud, E. A.; Kerr, T. A.; Ready, A. D.; Wang, Y.; Mahoney, B. J.; Clubb,* R. T.; Loo,* J. A.; Rodriguez, J. A.; Spokoyny,* A. M.
2026-07-26 | Palladium-Catalyzed Annulations of an Anti-Bredt Olefin – Angewandte Chemie International Edition. Zach G. Walters, Marie Deliaval, Aimee Long, Neil K. Garg*.
2026-07-24 | Function, Structure, and Regulation of Nitrogen Fixation-like Metalloproteins for Nitrogen, Energy, Carbon, and Sulfur Metabolism – Chem. Rev. Justin A. North; Hannah S. Shafaat*.
2026-07-23 | Optical spectroscopy and multi-frequency EPR of a dominant S=7/2 impurity center in europium scandate – J. Lumin. Webb, L.; Coumans, M.; Shi, K.; Ren, Y.; Pambukhchyan, A.; Martin, S.; Crans, K.; Schwartz, R. N.; Liao, M.; Carso, B.; Yeo, A.; Stafford, A.; Matteo, L.; Goorsky, M.; Bouchard,* L.-S.; Takahashi, S.
2026-07-23 | AlphaFold-driven structural proteomics reveals extensive cellulosome machinery in human ruminococcal symbionts – Mbio. Minor, C.; Takayesu, A.; Arbing, M. A.; Ha, S. M.; Gunsalus, R. P.; Pellegrini, M.; Sawaya, M. R.; Clubb,* R. T.
2026-07-23 | Origin of Pt Nuclearity Dependence of CO Oxidation over Pt/TiO2 Catalysts in the Subnanometer Regime – ACS Catal. Yousuf, M. R.; Albrahim, M.; Dutta, S.; Shrotri, A.; Stavitski, E.; Hoffman, A. S.; Bare, S. R.; Sautet,* P.; Karim, A. M.
2026-07-22 | Understanding the Thermodynamic Stability of Mo1− y W y B4. x Solid Solutions with the Superhard WB4.2 Crystal Structure – Chem. Mater. Hamilton, S. G.; Keane, J.; Gombart, J. S.; Kaner,* R. B.; Tolbert,* S. H.
2026-07-21 | Host–Guest Mismatch Enables Selective Hydrogen Atom Transfer – Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. Zhao, Y.; Tang, Y.; Lam, C. C.; Tao, Y.; Chen, Z.; Stern, C. L.; Shen, D.; Cai, K.; Ye, Z.; Li, X.; Houk,* K. N.; Chen, A. X.-Y.
2026-07-21 | A Bifunctional Interface Enabling Stable Zinc Metal Batteries Across a Wide Depth-of-Discharge Window – Advanced Functional Materials. Sophia Uemura, Hung-Yi Huang, Andrew Huang, Ting-Yu Wang, Gray Scott Carson, Cheng-Wei Lin, Yi-An Chen, Sunjuezhe Wang, Haoyu Li, Yuzhang Li, Maher F. El-Kady, Chi-Chang Hu, Richard B. Kaner*.
2026-07-19 | Strain-Modulated Hydrogen-Deuterium Exchange over Au–Pd Core-Shell Nanocatalysts – ACS Catal. Lankman, J.-W.; Perxés Perich, M.; Liu, X.; Sautet,* P.; van der Hoeven, J. E. S.
2026-07-19 | Decade of Discovery: The Evolution and Future of Laser-Scribed Graphene for Integrated Energy and Sensing Systems – Acc. Chem. Res. Yang, Z.; Lin, C.-W.; Kaner,* R. B.
2026-07-16 | Preface to special issue: The beauty of accurate molecular quantum mechanics, a Festschrift in honour of Zlatko Bačić – Mol. Phys. Carrington, T.; Felker,* P.; Quack, M.; Szalewicz, K.
2026-07-15 | Quantum Communications and Networking: Series 4 – IEEE Netw. Li, R.; Narang,* P.; Aelmans, M.; Mueller, P.; Long, G.
2026-07-15 | Targeting RNA-Binding Oncofetal Protein IGF2BP3: Discovery of Potent and Selective – J. Med. Chem. Georgia M. Scherer, Jacob P. Sorrentino, Amit K. Jaiswal, Michelle Thaxton, Glen Brodie, Stuart J. Conway*, Dinesh S. Rao, Neil K. Garg*.
2026-07-15 | Size and oxidation state tracking of dynamic Rh catalysts on rutile TiO 2 by ambient-pressure XPS – J. Mater. Chem. A. Gericke, S. M.; Erbez, J.; Chen, X.; Khan, A.; Chen, Z.; Lee, Y.; Hong, S.; Heinlein, J.; Schroeder, E. K.; Bac, S.; Novak, J.; Blum, M.; Nemšák, S.; Christopher, P.; Cargnello, M.; Hoffman, A. S.; Bare, S. R.; Tenney, S.; Yang, J. C.; Alexandrova,* A. N.; Head, A. R.
2026-07-14 | Protein engineering: status report – Protein Eng. Des. Sel. Peds. Ai, H.-w.; Arnold, F. H.; Barrick, D.; Bayley, H.; Brownless, A.-L. R.; Campbell, R. E.; Castells-Graells, R.; Chaiyen, P.; Chica, R. A.; Chisholm, L. O.; Christ, D.; Chu, G.-C.; Chungyoun, M.; Eijsink, V. G. H.; Elowitz, M. B.; Fansher, D. J.; Fasan, R.; Foley, G.; Frei, M. S.; Gagsteiger, A.; Gao, R.; Gillam, E. M. J.; Gray, J. J.; Guerra, L. F.; Höcker, B.; Jin, Z.; Kamerlin, S. C. L.; Koga, N.; Kontermann, R. E.; Kuhlman, B.; Langlois, O. A.; Li, D.; Lins, R. D.; Liu, C. C.; Liu, L.; López Barreiro, D.; Lu, P.; Mehta, S.; Miyazaki, I.; Müller, M. M.; Muyldermans, S.; Nemoto, N.; Nivala, J.; Nuñez, J. K.; Ornelas, I. J.; Pelletier, J. N.; Plückthun, A.; Porth, O. T.; Prakinee, K.; Qing, Y.; Reisenbauer, J. C.; Schmidt, S.; Seifert, O.; Shapiro, M. G.; Sharma, R.; Singh, N.; Smith, B. J.; Spangler, J. B.; Tatsumi-Koga, R.; Terai, T.; Terholsen, H.; Tolhurst, M.; Tripp, K. W.; Trossmann, V. T.; Tucker, C. L.; Turak, O.; Van Deventer, J. A.; Várnai, A.; Viana, I. F. T.; Weeks, A. M.; Wittrup, K. D.; Wong, K. L.-J.; Xi, C.; Yeates,* T. O.; Yeh, A. H.-W.; Zhang, J.; Zhang, T. S.; Zhao, H.; Zheng, F.; Zhu, J.; Zinn, S.
2026-07-13 | Illuminating spatial dynamics of glutamine metabolism with a sensitive genetically encoded biosensor – Rsc Chem. Biol. Scully, J. M.; Sun, M. J.; Das, S.; Arias, N. J.; Kapelczak, E. D.; Robinson, T. D.; Vineall, K. G.; Dean, T. S.; TeSlaa, T.; Divakaruni, A. S.; Schmitt,* D. L.
2026-07-13 | Deep Learning Models Capture Umbrella Sampling-Derived Energetic Trends: A Troponin C Case Study – J. Chem. Inf. Model. Narayanasamy, A.; Moretti, R.; Meiler, J.; Lindert,* S.
2026-07-12 | General Oxidative Chemical Activation of Neutral Exciton Emission in Colloidal MoS 2 Monolayers – J. Am. Chem. Soc. Li, C.; Li, H.; Zhang, C. Y.; Zhou, B.; Yan, X.; Tang, R.; Yi, L.; He, Y.; Hsiao, T.-J.; Wang, H.; Zhang, Y.; Liu, Y.; Pan, X.; Huang, Y.; Duan,* X.
2026-07-10 | Structural Engineering of Cyanine Dyes to Access Shortwave Infrared-Emissive J-Aggregates – J. Am. Chem. Soc. Williams, J. A.; Bailey, A. D.; Pengshung, M.; Liu, D.; Deshmukh, A. P.; Garcia, C.; Cao, J. T.; Duong, T.; Lin, E. Y.; Li, B. Y.; Bradbury, N. C.; Wright, A.; Jadhav, S. D.; Kuang, C.; Chuang, C.; Neuhauser,* D.; Caram,* J. R.; Sletten,* E. M.
2026-07-10 | Highly Selective and Modular Assembly of Densely Substituted Tetrahydrofurans – J. Am. Chem. Soc. Li, Y.-B.; Stein, C.; Zhou, S.; Thielemann, D.; Stoffels, T. J.; Hölter, N.; Kellermann, L. A.; Daniliuc, C. G.; Houk,* K. N.; Glorius, F.
2026-07-08 | Reactions of Strained Cycloalkanes with Radicals and Diradicaloids: The Roles of Diradical Character and Strain Release – J. Am. Chem. Soc. Shao, H.; Wang, Z.; Wong, A.; Garg,* N. K.; Houk,* K. N.
2026-07-08 | Understanding and engineering electrocatalyst durability – Nat. Rev. Mater. Zhu, E.; Liu, Y.; Zhang, A.; Wang, Y.; He, Y.; Duan,* X.; Huang, Y.
2026-07-07 | Comprehensive Tutorial for Computational Methods of Protein Structure Prediction Incorporating Mass Spectrometry Data – Mass Spectrom. Rev. Drake, Z. C.; Bolz, R. M.; Day, E. H.; Lindert,* S.
2026-07-06 | Machine learning approaches to predicting metal catalyst performance in olefin polymerization – Inorg. Chem. Front. Wong, Y.-P.; Diaconescu,* P. L.
2026-07-03 | Green Synthesis of Ultrathin MWW Zeolites With Tunable Al-T Sites Using Nitrogen-Free Secondary OSDAs for Catalytic Cracking – Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. Zhang, H.; He, T.; Liu, C.; He, L.; Ye, Z.; Yan, K.; Zhang, Y.; Wang, Z.; Xu, S.; Zhang, H.; Cao, X.-M.; Zhang, Y.; Tang,* Y.
2026-07-02 | Development of a Thermally Insulating Passive Daytime Radiative Cooler Using Hierarchical Silica Aerogels – ACS Appl. Energy Mater. Ju, S. E.; Martinez, R.; Kashanchi, G. N.; Bhanawat, A.; Yalçin, R. A.; Drévillon, J.; Pilon, L.; Tolbert,* S. H.
2026-07-02 | Prospects to Boost the Catalytic Activity of Precious Metals by Adsorption Atop Topological Insulators – J. Phys. Chem. C. Laderer, W. T.; Alexandrova,* A. N.
2026-07-02 | Molecular quantum control algorithm design by reinforcement learning – Phys. Rev. Res. Pipi, A.; Tao, X.; Wu, A.; Narang,* P.; Leibrandt, D. R.
2026-07-01 | Designing and mapping cascade catalysis pathway for balanced polysulfide conversion in Li-S batteries – Nat. Commun. Zhang, L.; Cheng, D.; Zhang, P.; Hopkinson, D. G.; Wang, Z.; Zhang, A.; Li, C.; Wang, R.; Liu, R.; Allen, C. S.; Nelson Weker, J.; Huang, Y.; Sautet,* P.; Duan,* X.
2026-06-30 | Determining Quantum Mechanical Methods Suitable for Quantitative Modeling of Hydrogen Atom Transfer by Halogen Atoms – J. Chem. Theory Comput. Lam, C. C.; Houk,* K. N.
2026-06-29 | Development of a sodium negative electrode based on sol–gel derived amorphous TiO 2 – J. Mater. Chem. A. Nguyen, Q.; Nkala, G. C.; Thurber, K.; Liang, K.; Zambotti, A.; Chen, R.; Li, Y.; Tolbert,* S. H.; Weker, J. N.; Dunn, B. S.
2026-06-26 | High Mass-Loading Vanadium Oxide on 3D Printed Carbon Lattices for Zinc-Ion Supercapacitors – Small. Sophia Uemura, Celeste Elkort, Kaitlyn Than, Sydney Rapier, Yuto Katsuyama, Joanne Hui, Zhiyin Yang, Hung-Yi Huang, Chi-Chang Hu, Maher F. El-Kady, Richard B. Kaner*. Read about the research here.
2026-06-25 | Silicon Flavylium Polymethine Dyes for Shortwave Infrared Imaging – J. Am. Chem. Soc. Wilson, Q. D.; Mobley, E. B.; Lin, E. Y.; Li, B. Y.; Hua, A. S.; Liu, D.; Caram,* J. R.; Sletten,* E. M.
2026-06-25 | Ultranarrow bright single-photon emitters in diamond with strong broadband phonon decoupling – Nat. Commun. Sahoo, S.; Udvarhelyi, P.; Li, J.; Kim, D.; Agafonov, V.; Davydov, V. A.; Lawrie, B.; Narang,* P.; Bogdanov, S. I.
2026-06-25 | Electrospun aligned nanofibers for tissue engineering – Biomater. Sci. Patel, G.; Annabi, N.; Bouchard,* L.-S.
2026-06-23 | Photo-Triggered, Fast, and Fluorogenic Thiophene-Based Cycloalkynes for the Bioorthogonal Fluorescent Labeling of 1,3-Dipole-Tagged Molecules in No-Wash Conditions – Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. Schulz, J.; Chinoy, Z. S.; Khalaf, T.; Li, Y.; Ma, P.; Svatunek, D.; Houk,* K. N.; Friscourt, F.
2026-06-23 | Metal-free hydrogenation of viologens to piperidine derivatives for bacterial inhibition – Nat. Synth. Bai-Tong Liu, Timothy Y.-Z. Li, Nathan C. Incandela, Isaac Conway, Xianhui Tang, Guangcheng Wu, Han Han, Enxu Liu, Sheng-Nan Lei, Bohan Tang, Haomiao Xie, Cheng Li, Yanli Zhao, K. N. Houk*, and J. Fraser Stoddart.
2026-06-23 | Mapping and engineering the human cell–cell interactome – Nat. Biotechnol. Di Carlo, D.; Morsut, L.; McCain, M. L.; Wright, H. J.; Abedi, M.; Yamada-Hunter, S. A.; Zhang, J. Z.; Backus,* K.; Chung, E.; Wang, Y.; Rando, T. A.; Cai, L.; Thomson, M.; Elowitz, M. B.; Lee, J. K.; Witte, O.
2026-06-19 | Cobaloxime-catalysed regiodivergent hydrogen atom transfer for alkenyl and allylic carbamoylation with branched alkenes – Nat. Commun. Jiang, Z.; Shan, J.-R.; Su, J.; Mo, J.-N.; Zhang, F.; Houk,* K. N.; Zhao, J.
2026-06-19 | Transparent reporting for agentic catalysis enabled by artificial intelligence: Community guidelines and a publication checklist – Chem Catal. Xin, H.; Kitchin, J. R.; López, N.; Schweitzer, N. M.; Abolhasani, M.; Artrith, N.; Árnadóttir, L.; Choudhary, K.; Ding, R.; Frenkel, A. I.; Gauthier, J. A.; Goldsmith, B. R.; Farimani, A. B.; Grabow, L. C.; Kalhara Gunasooriya, G. T. K.; Hu, G.; Josephson, T. R.; Kulik, H. J.; Kumar, R.; Laino, T.; Li, H.; Li, X.-Y.; Li, W.-L.; Linic, S.; Liu, C.; Liu,* C.; Liu, F.; Liu, M.; Ma, P.; Medford, A. J.; Mukhopadhyay, S.; Ou, P.; Paolucci, C.; Peng, J.; Phillips, C.; Porosoff, M. D.; Qi, L.; Sun, S.; Szilvási, T.; Voss, J.; Wang, X.; Winther, K. T.; Wu, Q.; Zhang, D.; Zhang, Z.
2026-06-19 | Elliptical
2026-06-18 | Fluorinated oxide shells enable sintering-free conductive liquid metal composites for flexible electronics – Matter. Wang, Y.; Liu, L.; Laskoukalayeh, M. A.; Nor-Azman, N.-A.; Flores, N.; Widjajana, M. S.; Chiu, S.-H.; Gaira, S.; Kilani, M.; Tang, S.-Y.; Yang, Y.; Kaner,* R. B.; Ghasemian, M. B.; Allioux, F.-M.; Kalantar-Zadeh, K.
2026-06-17 | Computational Insight into Free Molecular Rotors in Crystalline Solids: Inertial Rotation and Langevin Dynamics – J. Am. Chem. Soc. Shan, J.-R.; Zhou, Q.; Houk,* K. N.; Garcia-Garibay,* M. A.
2026-06-17 | Non-Enzymatic Formation of Chaxines and Natural Steroidal Derivatives via Ergosterol Air Oxidation – J. Org. Chem. Kishimoto, S.; Namba, R.; Hang, R.; Suetani, K.; Watanabe, S.; Nishikawa, T.; Oikawa, H.; Kawagishi, H.; Ma, P.; Houk,* K. N.; Watanabe, K.
2026-06-17 | Rule-breaking in chemical synthesis – Science. Jordan A. M. Gonzalez, Giulianna A. Miseo, K. N. Houk, and Neil K. Garg.
2026-06-16 | Computational Exploration of Molecular Solar Thermal Energy Storage via Substituted Anthracenes [4 + 4] Photodimerizations and Thermal Retro-Cycloadditions in Solution and Crystalline States – J. Am. Chem. Soc. Zhou, Q.; Maertens, A. J.; Ye, Z.; Kim, J.; Chakraborty, S.; Nguyen, H. P. Q.; Han, G. G. D.; Houk,* K. N.
2026-06-14 | Measuring PINK1 Activity in Single Cells Using a PINK1 Kinase Activity Reporter – Bio Protoc. Vineall, K.; Schmitt,* D.
2026-06-12 | Entropic crystallization of Brownian squares through pathways governed by orientational dynamics – J. Colloid Interface Sci. Chanda, D.; Mason,* T. G.; Khan, M.
2026-06-12 | Structural Evolution of Pt Nanoclusters Driven by CO Reactant Pressure and Catalyst Temperature – J. Am. Chem. Soc. Tao, F.; Jiang, D.; Nguyen, L.; Sautet,* P.
2026-06-11 | Selective Electrosynthesis of Isolable 4-Hydroxyvalerate from Bio-Based Ketone via Balanced H Chemisorption – ACS Catal. Gui, Z.; Chen, Y.; Ding, L.; Liu, Z.; Zhang, W.; Cao, X.-M.; Gao, Q.; Zhang, Y.; Tang,* Y.
2026-06-09 | Revealing the spatiotemporal dynamics of methionine metabolism with a genetically encoded single-fluorophore biosensor – bioRxiv (preprint). Katarina A Cohen, Arnav Jhawar, Gilberto Garcia, Naiara Goni, Megan Chen, Athena Alcala, Ryo Higuchi-Sanabria, Danielle L. Schmitt*.
2026-06-09 | Reply to González González et al.: The contribution of bacteria to kidney stone formation – Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U. S. A. Schmidt, W. C.; Yang, R.; Schreiber, H. L.; Celestian, A.; Wong,* G. C. L.; Scotland, K. B.
2026-06-09 | A fungal natural product that inhibits plant cellulose biosynthesis by disrupting cellulose synthase complexes – Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U. S. A. Wu, Z.; Liu, L.; Han, W.; Cai, X.; Xiao, P.; Sun, Z.; Yan, C.; Reid, S.; Chen, Y.; Ma, Z.; Tang,* Y.; Jacobsen, S. E.
2026-06-08 | Nitric Oxide Tunes Secreted Metabolite Bioactivity – Molecular Microbiology. Zachery R. Lonergan, Sarah L. Weisflog, Matthew Scurria, Jinyang Li, Korbinian Thalhammer, Osvaldo Gutierrez*, Stuart J. Conway*, Dianne K. Newman.
2026-06-05 | Electrically functionalized body surface for deep-tissue bioelectrical recording – Nat. Biomed. Eng. Zhang, D.; Zhao, G.; Zhang, Y.; Xu, D.; Wang, S.; Wang, K.; Zhou, B.; Ling, Y.; Liu, Y.; Cui, Q.; Yin, J.; Zhu, E.; Zhao, X.; Wan, C.; Chen, J.; Hsiai, T. K.; Huang, Y.; Duan,* X.
2026-06-04 | CIPHER: An end-to-end framework for designing optimized aggregated spatial transcriptomics experiments – Plos Comput. Biol. Hemminger, Z.; De Ocampo, H.; Xie, F.; Zhai, Z.; Li, J. J.; Wollman,* R.
2026-06-03 | Consequences of defective mitochondrial protein import: From targeting signals to pathology – Biochim. Biophys. Acta Biomembr. Cornejo, M. C.; Lee, S. C.-E. S.; Smith, S.; Koehler,* C. M.
2026-06-03 | Biocatalytic Metal Hydrogen Atom Transfer for Asymmetric Olefin–Olefin Coupling – J. Am. Chem. Soc. Rajib Mandal, Jaicy Vallapurackal, Aris V. Rubio, Justin Bossenbroek, Ethan Poladian, Rami Halabi, Charles Skidmore, Gus Matone, K. N. Houk* and Soumitra V. Athavale*.
2026-06-03 | Modeling CO 2 Hydrogenation to Methanol on an Ensemble of Inverse ZrO 2 on Cu Catalytic Sites: Mechanism, Reactivity, and Deactivation – Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. Yang, Z.; Alexandrova,* A. N.; Sautet,* P.
2026-06-02 | Structures of human telomerase with BIBR1532 reveal novel mechanism of inhibition – Nat. Chem. Biol. Wang, Y.; Liu, B.; He, Y.; Feigon,* J.
2026-06-01 | BUNNY: An N , N -Bidentate Nitrogen Ligand Descriptor LibraryDevelopment and Application to Modeling of Ni-Catalyzed Asymmetric Cross-Electrophile Coupling Reactions – ACS Catal. Gutiérrez-Valencia, N. E.; Schleinitz, J.; Wild, T. H.; Williams, W. L.; Mantin, D.; Doyle,* A. G.; Reisman, S. E.; Sigman, M. S.
2026-06-01 | Synthesis and characterization of a novel phosphatidylinositol 5-phosphate (PI(5)P) photoaffinity probe – Rsc Chem. Biol. Brodie, G.; Sayed, A.; Kreuz, S.; Fischle, W.; Conway,* S. J.
2026-05-31 | Controlling Chemical Reactivity Under the Electron Microscope: Single-Crystal-to-Single-Crystal Splitting of Thymine Dimers Initiated by Electron Beam Ionization and Amplified by Electron Transfer-Mediated Chain Reactions – Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. Rai, R.; Konieczny, K. A.; Garcia‐Garibay, M. A.
2026-05-26 | Asymmetric Iron-Catalyzed Multicomponent Radical Dicarbofunctionalization of Vinyl Organoboron Compounds – ACS Catal. Achyut R. Gogoi, Poulami Mukherjee, Ben Sinclair, Arnadeep Datta, Jos Briggs-Pritchard, Macayla Guerrero, Lukas Morehead, Pooja Rao, Michael L. Neidig, Osvaldo Gutierrez*.
2026-05-26 | CO(2) Electroreduction on Borated Copper Surfaces: Boron Active Sites, Not Copper – ACS Catal. Goswami, A.; Zhang, Z.; Alexandrova,* A. N.
2026-05-26 | Synergistic High-Valent NiCo Sites for Electrified Refinery of Concentrated 5-Hydroxymethylfurfural to 2,5-Furandicarboxylic Acid Under Ultra-Low Alkalinity – Adv. Funct. Mater. Chen, Y.; Gui, Z.; Zhang, W.; Liu, Z.; Zhang, Y.; Zhang, W.; Cao, X.-M.; Gao, Q.; Zhang, Y.; Tang,* Y.
2026-05-25 | Wave Mechanics of Ciliary Proteins: Quantum-Enabled Sensing and Energy Transfer in the “Cellular Antenna” – Aggregate. Bilezikian, D. L.; Davidoff, D.; Caram,* J. R.; Fay,* T. P.; Kalra, A. P.; Weiss,* P. S.
2026-05-25 | Cation-Limited Hydroxide Anion Diffusion Drives Asymmetric Hydrogen Kinetics on Transition-Metal Decorated Platinum Surface – J. Am. Chem. Soc. Wan, C.; Zhang, Z.; Weng, Z.; Sun, Q.; Huang, W.-H.; Liu, E.; Chen, Z.; Wang, Y.; Zhang, A.; Ling, Y.; Yeh, M.-H.; Alexandrova,* A. N.; Jia, Q.; Huang, Y.; Duan,* X.
2026-05-22 | Complete Phase Transformation of Ir Nanowire Network into Defect-Rich Oxide Catalyst for High-Performance PEM Water Electrolysis – Adv. Mater. Pu, H.; He, Y.; Chen, Y.; Xie, S.; Zhang, A.; Hsiao, K.-Y.; Wan, C.; Tsai, Y.-H. J.; Wang, Y.; Liu, Y.; Su, N.; Wright, J.; Jia, Q.; Myers, D. J.; Segre, C. U.; Liu, F.; Zheng, H.; Duan,* X.; Huang, Y.
2026-05-22 | Fluorodealkenylation: Ozonolysis and Treatment with Fe II Salt and Selectfluor Convert C(sp 3 )–C(sp 2 ) Bonds to C(sp 3 )–F Bonds – Org. Lett. Dehnert, B. W.; Leung, C.; Kwon,* O.
2026-05-21 | Quantifying Hydroxyl Adsorption on Copper with Electrochemical-Aware Random Phase Approximation – J. Chem. Theory Comput. Cheng, D.; Chen, D.; Liu, Q.-Y.; Wei, Z.; Sautet,* P.
2026-05-21 | Ripening of Rh Nanoparticle Catalysts in Reverse Water–Gas Shift via a Data-Driven Model Combining Physics, Theory, and Experiment – ACS Catal. Isenberg, N. M.; Lee, Y.; Colombo Tedesco, C.; Chen, Z.; Alexandrova,* A. N.; Tassone, C. J.; Rallo, R.; Bare, S. R.
2026-05-19 | Electrochemical amination of acetone using Ag as cathode: mechanism and role of Pb impurities for hydrogen transfer – Catal. Sci. Technol. Guan, Y.; Kümper, J.; Cuomo, A.; Kumari, S.; Mürtz, S. D.; Nikolaienko, P.; Mayrhofer, K. J. J.; Palkovits, R.; Sautet,* P.
2026-05-19 | Tetrameric assembly disruption impairs CXCL4 chaperon ability for DNA and type I interferon immune amplification – Commun. Biol. Ocone, G.; Mennella, A.; Pietraforte, I.; Palazzo, R.; Spinelli, F. R.; Gaddini, L.; Stefanantoni, K.; Riccieri, V.; Lee, E. Y.; Wong,* G. C. L.; Lande, R.; Frasca, L.
2026-05-18 | Theoretical Prediction of the 2-Dimensional Electronic Spectrum of Different Simulation Models of the Hydrated Electron – J. Phys. Chem. Lett. Borrelli, W. R.; Schwartz,* B. J.