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2. Hanshen Xin, Congwu Ge, Xuechen Jiao, Xiaodi Yang, Kira Rundel, Christopher R. McNeill, Xike Gao.* Incorporation of 2,6-Connected Azulene Units into the Backbone of Conjugated Polymers: Towards High-Performance Organic Optoelectronic Materials. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2018, 57, 1322-1326.
3. Hanshen Xin, Jing Li, Congwu Ge, Xiaodi Yang, Tianrui Xue, Xike Gao.* 6,6'-Diaryl-Substituted Biazulene Diimides for Solution-Processable High-Performance n-Type Organic Semiconductors. Mater. Chem. Front. 2018, 2, 975-985.
4. Hanshen Xin, Xike Gao.* Application of Azulene in Constructing Organic Optoelectronic Materials: New Tricks for an Old Dog. ChemPlusChem. 2017, 82, 945-956.
5. Yunbin Hu, Zhongli Wang, Xu Zhang, Xiaodi Yang, Congwu Ge, Lina Fu, Xike Gao.* A Class of Electron-Transporting Vinylogous Tetrathiafulvalenes Constructed by the Dimerization of Core-Expanded Naphthalenediimides. Org. Lett. 2017, 19, 468-471.
6. Xueqian Zhao, Congwu Ge, Xiaodi Yang, Xike Gao.* Dithieno[3,2-a:3Dithieno[3,2-a:3’,2’-j][5,6,11,12]chrysene diimides and their Molecular Energy Levels Regulation. Mater. Chem. Front. 2017, 1, 1635-1640.
7. Honglei Gao, Congwu Ge, Bin Hou, Hanshen Xin, Xike Gao.* Incorporation of 1,3-Free-2,6-Connected Azulene Units into the Backbone of Conjugated Polymers: Improving Proton Responsiveness and Electrical Conductivity. ACS Macro Lett. 2019, 8, 1360-1364.
8. Xike Gao,* Chong-an Di,* Yunbin Hu, Xiaodi Yang, Hongyu Fan, Feng Zhang, Yunqi Liu, Hongxiang Li, Daoben Zhu. Core-expanded naphthalene diimides fused with 2-(1,3-dithiol-2-ylidene)malonitrile groups for high-performance, ambient-stable, solution-processed n-channel organic thin film transistors. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2010, 132, 3697-3699.
9. Fengjiao Zhang,# Yunbin Hu,# Torben, Schuettfort, Chong-an Di,* Xike Gao,* Christopher R McNeill,* Lars Thomsen, Stefan C B Mannsfeld, Wei Yuan, Henning Sirringhaus, Daoben Zhu.* Critical Role of Alkyl Chain Branching of Organic Semiconductors in Enabling Solution-Processed N-channel Organic Thin-film Transistors with Mobility of up to 3.50 cm2V-1s-1. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2013, 135, 2338-2349. (# Co-first authors)
10. Yunbin Hu, Yunke Qin, Xike Gao,* Fengjiao Zhang, Chong-an Di,* Zheng Zhao, Hongxiang Li, Daoben Zhu.* One-pot synthesis of core-expanded naphthalene diimides: enabling N-substitute modulation for diverse n-type organic materials. Org. Lett. 2012, 14, 292-295.