Publications

Xu, Q.; Li, Y.; Jin, Z.; Yu, X.; Cao, F.; Xue, S.; Liu, H.; Wagner, M.; Müllen, K.; Zhi, L.: Reducing Exciton Binding Energy in 2D Covalent Organic Frameworks by Decreasing Layer Planarity. Advanced Functional Materials 36 (16), e16937 (2026)

Yin, Y.; Xu, F.; Wlazło, M.; Chen, Y.; Wen, G.; Velpula, G.; Böckmann, S.; Hansen, M. R.; De Feyter, S.; Mali, K. S. et al.; Liu, W.; Osella, S.; Bonn, M.; Wang, H. I.; Müllen, K.; Feng, X.; Mai, Y.: Porphyrin-Functionalized Graphene Nanoribbons in Solution Phase. Journal of the American Chemical Society 148 (5), pp. 5012 - 5021 (2026)

Chatterjee, S.; Schuler, M.; Braun, M. G.; Synatschke, C. V.; Lu, Q.; Yu, J.; Ng, D. Y. W.; Weil, T.: Regulating Promiscuous Catalysis via Substrate-Induced Transient Assembly. Angewandte Chemie International Edition 65 (1), e202511352 (2026)

Chatterjee, S.; Schuler, M.; Braun, M. G.; Synatschke, C. V.; Lu, Q.; Yu, J.; Ng, D. Y. W.; Weil, T.: Regulierung der Promiskuitiven Katalyse durch Substratinduzierte Transiente Assemblierung. Angewandte Chemie 138 (1), e202511352 (2026)

Chen, Q.; Guizzardi, M.; Méndez, F.; Ju, C.; Keller, H. R.; Cerullo, G.; Osella, S.; Scotognella, F.; Paternò, G. M.; Müllen, K. et al.; Narita, A.: Diels-Alder reaction affords circumpyrene tetracarboxydiimide with excited state intramolecular charge transfer character. Communications Chemistry 9, 122 (2026)

Liang, J.; Ender, C. P.; Forero-Martinez, N. C.; Batatia, I.; Liu, J.; Yang, X.; Brouwer, R. G.; Kazak, L.; Blinder, R.; Cancellara, L. et al.; Tarakina, N. V.; Liu, yiz, Y.; Eklund, T.; Sinha, M.; Köster, S.; Bhat, S.; Rohmann, F.; Tangemann, A.; Gallo, K. L.; Berger, R.; Farla, R.; Kubanek, A.; Amann-Winkel, K.; Wagner, M.; Jelezko, F.; Müllen, K.; Csányi, G.; Cortes Huerto, R.; Wu, Y.; Weil, T.: Bottom-Up Synthesis of Molecular Nanodiamond from Nanographene. Nature 655, pp. 102 - 108 (2026)

Miyamoto, T.; Zhao, H.; Zhu, X.; Bonn, M.; Liu, X.; Narita, A.; Numata, K.: Dual-function nanographene-peptide conjugates enable super-resolution mitochondria imaging and targeted DNA delivery in plants. Carbon 247, 120994 (2026)

Mu, M.; Guo, M.; Guan, J.; He, X.; Hu, M.; Gao, F.; Müllen, K.; Ji, C.; Chen, C.; Yin, M.: Nano-Confined Radical Anion as An NIR-II Photothermal Immunogenic Amplifier for In Situ Cancer Vaccination. Advanced Science, e76277 (2026)

Paul, S.; Yampolskyy, O.; Wu, Z.; Müllen, K.; Basché, T.: Singlet Fission among Two Single Molecules. Journal of the American Chemical Society (2026)

Pradhan, S.; Panda, I.; Bhola, R. K.; Pucci, A.; Samal, S. K.; Müllen, K.; Hoogenboom, R.: Polymeric ionic liquids as antibacterial agents and contact killing substrates. Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry 160, pp. 70 - 97 (2026)

Zhang, J.-J.; Zhang, J.; Wen, G.; Osella, S.; Qiu, Z.; Böckmann, S.; Wang, X.; Maib, B.; Fu, Y.; Yu, X. et al.; Hansen, M. R.; Maultzsch, J.; Calame, M.; Perrin, M. L.; Wang, H. I.; Bonn, M.; Ma, J.; Müllen, K.; Feng, X.: Cyclophane-based shielding strategy for singly dispersed graphene nanoribbons. Nature Chemistry (2026)

Zhao, H.; Magni, A.; Langer, M.; Muñoz‐Mármol, R.; Chen, Q.; Hanayama, H.; Osella, S.; Paternò, G. M.; Narita, A.: Amphiphilic Nanographene With Aggregation‐Induced Type‐I Photodynamic Properties. Aggregate 7 (4), e70348 (2026)

Hwang, J. H.; Bassi, N.; Fadel, M.; Braun, O.; Dumslaff, T.; Pignedoli, C. A.; Stiefel, M.; Furrer, R.; Hayashi, H.; Yamada, H. et al.; Narita, A.; Müllen, K.; Calame, M.; Perrin, M.; Fasel, R.; Ruffieux, P.; Meunier, V.; Barin, G. B.: Optimized Synthesis and Device Integration of Long 17-Atom-Wide Armchair Graphene Nanoribbons. ACS Nano 19 (42), pp. 37230 - 37240 (2025)

Wang, S.; Gao, L.; Mandal, M.; Wu, H.; Ling, Z.; Bonn, M.; Andrienko, D.; Blom, P.; Wang, H. I.; Pisula, W. et al.; Marszalek, T.: Charge carrier transport in two-dimensional benzimidazole-based perovskites. Materials Horizons 12 (17), pp. 6812 - 6821 (2025)

Xiang, F.; Gu, Y.; Kinikar, A.; Bassi, N.; Ortega-Guerrero, A.; Qiu, Z.; Gröning, O.; Ruffieux, P.; Pignedoli, C. A.; Müllen, K. et al.; Fasel, R.: Zigzag graphene nanoribbons with periodic porphyrin edge extensions. Nature Chemistry 17, pp. 1356 - 1363 (2025)

Wang, J.; Müllen, K.; Guan, J.; Yin, M.: Water-stable perylene diimide radical anions in a metal-organic framework for efficient solar-thermal conversion and steam generation. Journal of Materials Chemistry A 13 (40), pp. 34804 - 34812 (2025)

Kinikar, A.; Xiang, F.; Palomino-Ruiz, L.; Lu, L.-S.; Dong, C.; Gu, Y.; Darawish, R.; Ammerman, E.; Gröning, O.; Müllen, K. et al.; Fasel, R.; Robinson, J. A.; Ruffieux, P.; Schuler, B.; Barin, G. B.: Atomic-Scale Imaging of Transferred Graphene Nanoribbons for Nanoelectronic Device Integration. ACS Applied Nano Materials 8 (33), pp. 16457 - 16464 (2025)

Mühlinghaus, M.; Wu, Z.-H.; Graf, R.; Müllen, K.: A Highly Branched, Two-Nanometer-Wide Polyphenylene as Potential Precursor of Graphene Nanoribbons. Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics 226 (16), e00169 (2025)

Jia, L.; Ye, H.; Zeng, X.; Hu, Z.; Müllen, K.; Li, F.: Triphase photocatalytic hydrogel for molecule oxygen activation with enhanced interfacial electric field by Ti-O-Fe bridging bond. Journal of Hazardous Materials 494, 138490 (2025)

Deniz, O.; Sánchez-Sánchez, C.; Chen, Q.; Chen, qian; Shinde, P.; Pignedoli, C. A.; Liu, J.; Feng, X.; Narita, A.; Müllen, K. et al.; Fasel, R.; Passerone, D.; Ruffieux, P.: Electronic properties of on-surface synthesized (4,1,4) chiral graphene nanoribbons. Carbon 243, 120610 (2025)