Shangfeng Yang*, Tao Wei, Erhard Kemnitz, Sergey I. Troyanov*, “Four Isomers of C96 Fullerene Structurally Proven as Chlorides C96Cl22 and C96Cl24”, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2012, 51, 8239-8242. <PDF>

Tong-Xin Liu, Tao Wei, San-E Zhu, Guan-Wu Wang,* Mingzhi Jiao, Shangfeng Yang*, Faye Bowles, Marilyn M. Olmstead,* Alan L. Balch*, “Azide Addition to An Endohedral Metallofullerene: Formation of Azafulleroids of Sc3N@Ih-C80”, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2012, 134, 11956-11959. <PDF>

Rasmus Westerstroem, Jan Dreiser, Cinthia Piamonteze, Matthias Muntwiler, Stephen Weyeneth, Harald Brune, Stefano Rusponi, Frithjof Nolting, Alexey Popov, Shangfeng Yang, Lothar Dunsch, Thomas Greber,* “An endohedral single-molecule magnet with long relaxation times: DySc2N@C80”, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2012, 134, 9840-9843. <PDF>

Shangfeng Yang*, “Synthesis, Separation, and Molecular Structures of Endohedral Fullerenes”, Curr. Org. Chem. 2012, 16, 1079-1094 (invited review). <PDF>

Wenfeng Zhang, Haitao Wang, Boxue Chen, Xianghong Bi, Swaminathan Venkatesan, Qiquan Qiao, Shangfeng Yang*, “Oleamide as a self-assembled cathode buffer layer for polymer solar cells: the role of the terminal group on the function of the surfactant”, J. Mater. Chem. 2012, 22, 24067-24074. <PDF>

Mingzhi Jiao, Wenfeng Zhang, Ying Xu, Tao Wei, Chuanbao Chen, Fupin Liu, Shangfeng Yang*, “Urea as a New and Cheap Nitrogen Source for the Synthesis of Metal Nitride Clusterfullerenes: the Role of Decomposed Product on Selectivity of Fullerenes”, Chem. Eur. J. 2012, 18, 2666-2673. <PDF>

Chuanbao Chen, Fupin Liu, Shujuan Li, Nan Wang, Alexey A. Popov, Mingzhi Jiao, Tao Wei, Qunxiang Li, Lothar Dunsch, Shangfeng Yang*, “Titanium/Yttrium Mixed Metal Nitride Clusterfullerene TiY2N@C80: Synthesis, Isolation, and Effect of the Group-III Metal”, Inorg. Chem. 2012, 51, 3039–3045.<PDF>

Shangfeng Yang*, Chuanbao Chen, Tao Wei, Nadezhda B. Tamm, Erhard Kemnitz, Sergey I. Troyanov*, “X-ray crystallographic proof of the isomer D2-C84 (5) as trifluoromethylated and chlorinated derivatives, C84(CF3)16 and C84Cl32”, Chem. Eur. J. 2012, 18, 2217-2220. <PDF>

Shangfeng Yang*, Tao Wei, Erhard Kemnitz, Sergey I. Troyanov*, “The Most Stable IPR Isomer of C88 Fullerene, Cs-C88 (17), Revealed by X-ray Structures of C88Cl16 and C88Cl22”, Chem. Asian J. 2012, 7, 290-293. (VIP paper) <PDF>

Ilya N. Ioffe, Olga N. Mazaleva, Lev N. Sidorov, Shangfeng Yang, Tao Wei, Erhard Kemnitz, Sergey I. Troyanov*, “Skeletal Transformation of IPR C82 into Non-IPR C82Cl28: Thermodynamic Driving Forces Meet Notably Low Activation Barriers”, Inorg. Chem. 2012, 51, 11226-11228. <PDF>

Tian Huang, Jin Zhao, Min Feng, Alexey A. Popov, Shangfeng Yang, Lothar Dunsch, Hrvoje Petek*, “A multi-state single-molecule switch actuated by rotation of an encapsulated cluster within a fullerene cage”, Chem. Phys. Lett. 2012, 543, 1-12. (Frontiers Article) <PDF>

Haitao Wang, Wenfeng Zhang, Boxue Chen, and Shangfeng Yang*, “Enhancing Power Conversion Efficiency of Polymer Solar Cell via Treatment of PEDOT:PSS Anode Buffer Layer Using DMF Solvent”, The Journal of University of Science and Technology of China 2012, 42, 775-784.

Jing Huang, Weiyi Wang, Shangfeng Yang, Haibin Su, Qunxiang Li,* Jinlong Yang, “A theoretical study of spin-polarized transport properties of planar four-coordinate Fe complexes”, Chem. Phys. Lett. 2012, 539–540, 102–106.<PDF>

Jing Huang, Weiyi Wang, Shangfeng Yang, Qunxiang Li,* Jinlong Yang, “Efficient spin filter based on FeN4 complexes between carbon nanotube electrodes”, Nanotechnology 2012, 23, 255202-1-7.<PDF>

Jing Huang, Ke Xu, Shulai Lei, Haibin Su, Shangfeng Yang, Qunxiang Li,* Jinlong Yang, “Iron-phthalocyanine molecular junction with high spin filter efficiency and negative differential resistance”, J. Chem. Phys. 2012, 136, 064707-1-6.<PDF>