2026

Cyclophane-based shielding strategy for singly dispersed graphene nanoribbons
J.J. Zhang, J. Zhang, G. Wen, S. Osella, Z. Qiu, S. Böckmann, X. Wang, B. Maib, Y. Fu, X. Yu, M.R. Hansen, J. Maultzsch, M. Calame, M.L. Perrin, H.I. Wang, M. Bonn, J. Ma, K. Müllen and X. Feng, Nature Chemistry (2026). DOI: 10.1038/s41557-026-02172-z.

Iterative synthesis of pyrene–coronene molecular graphene nanoribbons
M.A. Medel, G. Wen, A. Morón-Blanco, M. Bonn, H.I. Wang, M. Melle-Franco and A. Mateo-Alonso, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, e6619000 (2026). DOI: 10.1002/anie.6619000.

Hot exciton dissociation in graphene nanoribbons
G. Wen, F. Xu, A. Tries, W. Zheng, L. D. Virgilio, S. Fu, X. Chen, L. Yang, Z. Xiao, M. Kläui, S. Osella, J. Ma, X. Wang, X. Feng, Y. Mai, M. Bonn and H.I. Wang, Nature Communications 17 (1), 5260 (2026). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-026-74158-x

Observation of a phonon bottleneck effect on the thermal depopulation from a photoexcited shallow defect in silicon  S. Revuelta, H.I. Wang, M. Bonn and E. Cánovas, Physical Review B 112 (18), 184315 (2026). DOI: 10.1103/5MPM-ZC9S

Fundamentals of charge transport in two-dimensional framework materials
S. Fu, J. Zhang, X. Li, E. Jin, L. Gao, R. Dong, Z. Wang, X. Feng, H.I. Wang and M. Bonn, Nature Reviews Materials 11, 286–307 (2026). DOI: 10.1038/s41578-025-00840-z.

Tailoring electronic properties of precision graphene nanoribbons via nanopore engineering
K. Liu, G. Wen, G. Serra, N. Arisnabarreta, H. Yu, A. Lucotti, Y.P. Walg, H. Komber, Z.L. Qiu, Q.S. Deng, R. He, W. Niu, T. Heine, E. Brunner, M. Bonn, S. De Feyter, M. Tommasini, H.I. Wang, J. Ma and X. Feng, Angewandte Chemie - International Edition 65 (14), e24299 (2026). DOI: 10.1002/anie.202524299.

Porphyrin-functionalized graphene nanoribbons in solution phase
Y. Yin, F. Xu, M. Wlazło, Y. Chen, G. Wen, G. Velpula, S. Böckmann, M.R. Hansen, S. De Feyter, K.S. Mali, W. Liu, S. Osella, M. Bonn, H.I. Wang, K. Müllen, X. Feng and Y. Mai, Journal of the American Chemical Society 148 (5), 5012-5021 (2026). DOI: 10.1021/jacs.5c15646.

Diketopyrrolopyrrole-based two-dimensional poly(arylene vinylene)s with high charge carrier mobility
R. Zhao, H. Yu, H. Zhang, L. Gao, A.H. Khan, C. Liu, X. Li, X. Chu, Y. Fu, D. Pohl, A. Wrzesińska-Lashkova, E. Brunner, Y. Vaynzof, H.I. Wang, M. Bonn, T. Heine, M. Wang and X. Feng, Nature Communications 17 (1), 1348 (2026). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-026-69061-4.

High charge carrier mobility in non-conjugated 3D covalent organic frameworks
J. Almarza, K. Strutyński, S. Fu, Y. Chen, N. M. Padial, I. del Barrio Gómez, C. Martí-Gastaldo, A.N. Khlobystov, M. Bonn, H.I. Wang, M. Melle-Franco and A. Mateo-Alonso, Advanced Materials early view, e17211 (2026). DOI: 10.1002/adma.202517211.

Optical voltammetry of redox processes inside a nanohole with opto-iontronic microscopy
Z. Zhang, H. Tao, C. Lian, R. van Roij and S. Faez, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 123 (5), e2530250123 (2026). DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2530250123

Photothermal effects control ultrafast charge transport in titanium carbide MXenes
W. Zheng, H. Ramsden, S. Ippolito, M. van Hemert, D. Zhang, T. Zhang, D. Li, G. Wen, J.J. Geuchies, M. Yu, X. Feng, Y. Gogotsi, K.J. Tielrooij and H.I. Wang, Nature Communications 17 (1), 1201 (2026). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-026-68831-4.

Triphasic synthesis of MXenes with uniform and controlled halogen terminations
D. Li, W. Zheng, M. Ghorbani-Asl, J. Scheiter, K. Sobczak, S. Kretschmer, J. Polčák, P.H. Jadhao, P.P. Michałowski, R. Yu, J. Zhang, J. Liu, J. Du, Q. Guo, E. Zschech, T. Šikola, M. Bonn, N. Pérez, K. Nielsch, A.V. Krasheninnikov, H.I. Wang, M. Yu and X. Feng, Nature Synthesis (2026). DOI: 10.1038/s44160-025-00970-w.

Synthesis, characterization, and electrochemical, optical and magnetic properties of new members of the Li2M2W2O9(M = Mn, Fe, Co) family
C. Quazza, Z. Zhang, S. Redor, C. Morel, M.A. Kirsanova, E. Elkaïm, D. Hrabovsky, A.M. Abakumov, M. Avdeev, J.F. Lemineur, F. Kanoufi, J.M. Tarascon and G. Rousse, Materials Chemistry Frontiers 10 (3), 401-419 (2026). DOI: 10.1039/d5qm00678c.