1) Wenli Ma, Jianyu Zhang, Jibo Zong, Hongyuan Ren, Deshuang Tu*, Qinfeng Xu*, Ben Zhong Tang*, and Hong Yan*, Luminescence modulation in boron-cluster-based luminogens via boron isotope effects, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2024, e202410430.
2) Hongyuan Ren, Ningning Zhou, Wenli Ma, Ping Zhang, Deshuang Tu,* Chang-Sheng Lu,* and Hong Yan*, Dative bonding activation enables precise functionalization of the remote B−H Bond of nido-carborane clusters, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2024, 146, 26543−26555.
3) Shengwen Xu, Hongjian Zhang, Jingkai Xu, Weiqun Suo, Chang-Sheng Lu, Deshuang Tu*, Xingwei Guo*, Jordi Poater*, Miquel Solà*, and Hong Yan*, Photoinduced selective B−H activation of nido-carboranes, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2024, 146, 7791−7802.
4) Wenli Ma, Yanyang Wang, Yilin Xue, Mengmeng Wang, Changsheng Lu, Wanhua Guo, Yuan-Hao Liu, Diyun Shu, Guoqiang Shao, Qinfeng Xu*, Deshuang Tu* and Hong Yan*,Molecular engineering of AIE-active boron clustoluminogens for enhanced boron neutron capture therapy, Chem. Sci., 2024, 15, 4019−4030.
5) Zhaofeng Sun, Jibo Zong, Hongyuan Ren, Changsheng Lu, Deshuang Tu*, Jordi Poater*, Miquel Solà*, Zhuangzhi Shi* and Hong Yan*, Nat. Commun. 2024, 15, 7934.
6) Hongyuan Ren, Ping Zhang, Jingkai Xu, Wenli Ma, Deshuang Tu*, Chang-sheng Lu*, and Hong Yan*, Direct B−H functionalization of icosahedral carboranes via hydrogen atom transfer, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2023, 145, 7638−7647.
7) Fangxiang Sun, Shuaimin Tan, Hou‑Ji Cao, Chang‑sheng Lu, Deshuang Tu*, Jordi Poater*, Miquel Solà*, Hong Yan*, Facile construction of new hybrid conjugation via boron cage extension. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2023, 145, 3577−3587.
8) Fangxiang Sun, Shuaimin Tan, Hou-Ji Cao, Jingkai Xu, Vladimir Bregadze, DeshuangTu*, Changsheng Lu* and Hong Yan*, Palladium-catalyzed hydroboration of alkynes with carboranes: Facile construction of a library of boron cluster-based AIE-active luminogens. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2022, e202207125.
9) Meng Chen, Jingkai Xu (co-first author), Deshi Zhao, Fangxiang Sun, Songlin Tian, Deshuang Tu*, Changsheng Lu* and Hong Yan*, Site-selective functionalization of carboranes at electron-rich boron vertex: Photocatalytic B–C coupling via a carboranyl cage radical. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2022, e202205672.
10) Lihao Guo, Xiao Yu, Jiahui Du, Wei Li, Vladimir Bregadze, Deshuang Tu*, Changsheng Lu*, and Hong Yan*, Remote effect from boron cluster: Tunable photophysical properties of o‐carborane‐based luminogens. Chem.Eur. J., 2022, 28, e2022003.
11) Deshuang Tu, Lianrui Hu (co-first author), Xuhui Bian (co-first author), Yucui Zhang, Herman H. Y. Sung, Ryan T. K. Kwok, Jacky W. Y. Lam∗, Ian D. Williams, Lei Han∗ and Ben Zhong Tang∗, More is different: Activating luminescence in aggregates through restriction of inter-molecular motion. Chemrxiv, 2022, DOI: 10.26434/chemrxiv-2022-dgm9h.
12) Deshuang Tu, Jiaxin Li, Fangxiang Sun, Hong Yan*, Jordi Poater* and Miquel Solà*, Cage-×××Cage- interaction: boron cluster based non-covalent bond and its applications in solid-state materials, JACS Au, 2021, 1, 2047–2057.
13) Deshuang Tu, Jianyu Zhang (co-first author), Yunxiao Zhang, Herman H. Y. Sung, Lijie Liu, Ryan T. K. Kwok, Jacky W. Y. Lam*, Ian D. Williams, Hong Yan* and Ben Zhong Tang*, How do molecular motions affect structures and properties at molecule and aggregate levels? J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2021, 143, 11820–11827.
14) Deshuang Tu, Hong Yan*, Jordi Poater* and Miquel Solà*, The nido-cage···p bond: A non-covalent interaction between boron clusters and aromatic rings and its applications, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2020, 59, 9018–9025.
15) Deshuang Tu, Pakkin Leong, Song Guo, Hong Yan*, Changsheng Lu*, and Qiang Zhao*, Highly emissive organic single-molecule white emitters by engineering o-carborane-based luminophores, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2017, 56, 11370–11374.
16) Deshuang Tu, Suzhi Cai (co-first author), Charlene Fernandez, Huili Ma, Xuan Wang, He Wang, Chaoqun Ma, Hong Yan*, Changsheng Lu*, Zhongfu An*, Boron‐cluster‐enhanced ultralong organic phosphorescence, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2019, 58, 9129–9133.
17) Deshuang Tu, Dong Shao, Hong Yan* and Changsheng Lu*, Carborane-incorporated mononuclear Co(II) complex showing zero-field slow magnetic relaxation, Chem. Commun., 2016, 52, 14326–14329.
18) Deshuang Tu, Pakkin Leong, Zhihong Li, Rongrong Hu, Chao Shi, Kenneth Yin Zhang, Hong Yan*, and Qiang Zhao*, Carborane-triggered metastable charge transfer state leading to spontaneous recovery of mechanochromic luminescence, Chem. Commun., 2016, 52, 12494–12497.
19) Chun-Xiao Li, Deshuang Tu, Rui Yao, Hong Yan*, and Chang-Sheng Lu*, Visible light-induced cascade reaction of isocyanides and n-arylacrylamides with diphenylphosphine oxide via radical C−P and C−C bond formation, Org. Lett., 2016, 18, 4928–4931.
20) Chao Shi, Deshuang Tu, Qi Yu, Hua Liang, Yahong Liu, Zhihong Li, Hong Yan*, Qiang Zhao*, and Wei Huang*, Tuning the phosphorescence of iridium tetrazolatecomplexes, Chem. Eur. J., 2014, 20, 16550–16557.