Publications

L. Ernst†, Y. Hong†, H. Song, W. Zhang, E. Lass, D. Kim, F. Wuerthner. Generating extended foldamer dye stacks and unravelling their evolving exciton dynamics. Nature Chemistry, 18, 923–936, 2026. Full paper

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Y. Hong, D. Xu, M. Delor, Exciton Delocalization Suppresses Polariton Scattering. Chem, 102759, 10, 2026. Full paper 

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T. Bao, Y. Hong, H. Jiang, L. T. Lackovic, S. Louie, D. Xu, F. Ng, N. Olsen, X. Zhu, M. L. Steigerwald, M. Delor, C. Nuckolls, Q. Jiang Chirality Unbound in Graphene Nanoribbons. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2025. Full paper

Y. Hong, F. Schlosser, W. Kim, F. Würthner, D. Kim, Ultrafast symmetry-breaking charge-separation in perylene bisimide stack enabled by vibronic coupling and the breakdown of adiabaticity. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 144, 15539-15548, 2022. Full paper

Y. Hong, M. Rudolf, M. Kim, J. Kim, T. Schembri, A.-M. Krause, K. Shoyama, D. Bialas, M. IS Röhr, T. Joo, H. Kim, D. Kim, F. Würthnert, Steering the Multiexciton Generation in Perylene Bisimide Dye Array by Exciton Coupling Nature Communications, 13, 4488, 2022. (Editor’s choice) Full paper

Y. Hong†, W. Kim†, T. Kim, C. Kaufmann, H. Kim, F. Würthner, D. Kim, Real-time Observation of Structural Dynamics Triggering Excimer Formation in a Perylene Bisimide Folda-dimer by Ultrafast Time-domain Raman Spectroscopy, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, e202114474, 2022. (Selected as inside cover and VIPs) Full paper

Y. Hong, J. Kim, W. Kim, C. Kaufmann, H. Kim, F. Würthner, D. Kim, Efficient Multiexciton State Generation in Charge-Transfer-Coupled Perylene Bisimide Dimers via Structural Control, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 142, 7845-7857, 2020. (one of the most cited publications from 2020-2021) Full paper

2026

1. D. Xu, S. R. Koshkaki, V. Galicia, C.-Y. Huang, V. Quirós-Cordero, J. A Tulyagankhodjaev, A. K. Liston, D. G Chica, E. Lian, A. Amini, Y. Hong, T. Handa, P J. Schuck, X. Zhu, X. Roy, A. Mandal, M. Delor Giant optical spin-orbit interactions in ferroelectric van der Waals waveguides Under revision

2. J. A. Tulyagankhodjaev, M. Reynoso†, Y. Hong†, H. Su, Y. Nah, S.-W. Cheng , A. L. K. Liston, X. Roy, M. Delor Under revision at Nature Materials.

3. J. Choe†, T. Handa†, C.-Y. Huang, A. K. Liston, J. Cox, J. Stensberg, Y. Hong, D. Chica, D. Xu, E. Arsenault, J. McIver, M. Delor, X. Roy, F. Tay, V. Avelar, D. Basov X. Zhu Observation of Coherent Ferron Emission and Propagation. Nature Materials, 2026

4. N. Park,Y. Hong, Y. Kim, J. H. Kim, J. Oh, J. Park, J. Sung Porosity-Controlled Photoinduced Electron Transfer Pathways in Radical Anionic MOFs Nano Lett. 26, 6902–6909, 2026

5. L. Ernst†, Y. Hong†, H. Song, W. Zhang, E. Lass, D. Kim, F. Wuerthner. Generating Emissive Excitonic States in Extended Foladmer Dye Stacks. Nature Chemistry, 18, 923–936, 2026.

6. Y. Hong, D. Xu, M. Delor, Exciton Delocalization Suppresses Polariton Scattering. Chem, 12, 102759, 2026. 

7. Y. Hong et al. In preparation

2025

8. S. T. Bao, Y. Hong, H. Jiang, L. T. Lackovic, S. Louie, D. Xu, F. Ng, N. Olsen, X. Zhu, M. L. Steigerwald, M. Delor, C. Nuckolls, Q. Jiang Chirality Unbound in Graphene Nanoribbons. Angewandte Chemie 137, e202508426, 2025. 

2024

9. J. Kim,† H. T. Teo,† Y. Hong, H. Cha, C. Chi, and D. Kim, Elucidating Singlet-Fission-Born Multiexciton Dynamics via Molecular Engineering: A Dilution Principle Extended to Quintet Triplet Pair Journal of the American Chemical Society, 146, 10833–10846 2024. 

10. J. Kim,† H. T. Teo,† Y. Hong, Y. C. Liau, D. Yim, Y. Han, J. Oh, H. Kim, C. Chi, D. Kim, Leveraging Charge-Transfer Interactions in Through-Space Coupled Pentacene Dendritic Oligomer for Singlet Exciton Fission Journal of the American Chemical Society, 145, 19812–19823, 2024. 

11. F. Su†, Y. Hong†, G. Zhang, Y. Wang, J. Kim, Z. Chen, H.-J. Zhang, Y. Jiang, D. Kim, J. Lin, Two-Dimensional Radial π-Stacks Based on Conjugated Nanopillar Molecules. Chemical Science, 15, 5604-5611, 2024. 

2023

12. W. Yang, S.-H. Jo, Y. Tang, J. Park, S. G. Ji, S. H. Cho, Y. Hong, D.-H. Kim, J. Park, E. Yoon, S.-J. Woo, Y. S. Lee, J. Y. Kim, B. Hu, T.-W. Le, Boosting the short-circuit current density for high efficiency perovskite nanocrystal solar cells Advanced Materials, 2304533, 2023.

2022 

13. Y. Hong, F. Schlosser, W. Kim, F. Würthner, D. Kim, Ultrafast symmetry-breaking charge-separation in perylene bisimide stack enabled by vibronic coupling and the breakdown of adiabaticity. Journal of the American Chemical Society 144, 15539-15548, 2022. 

14. Y. Hong, M. Rudolf, M. Kim, J. Kim, T. Schembri, A.-M. Krause, K. Shoyama, D. Bialas, M. IS Röhr, T. Joo, H. Kim, D. Kim, F. Würthnert, Steering the Multiexciton Generation in Perylene Bisimide Dye Array by Exciton Coupling Nature Communications 13, 4488, 2022. (Editor’s choice) 

15. Y. Hong†, W. Kim†, T. Kim, C. Kaufmann, H. Kim, F. Würthner, D. Kim, Real-time Observation of Structural Dynamics Triggering Excimer Formation in a Perylene Bisimide Folda-dimer by Ultrafast Time-domain Raman Spectroscopy, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, e202114474, 2022. (Selected as inside cover and VIPs) 

2021

16. Y. Hong†, J. Kim†, D. Kim, H. Kim, Theoretical Engineering of Singlet Fission Kinetics in Perylene Bisimide Dimer with Chromophore Rotation, The Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 125, 875-884, 2021 (Selected as inside cover) 

17. S Kang, T Kim, Y. Hong, F. Würthner, D. Kim, Charge-Delocalized State and Coherent Vibrational Dynamics in Rigid PBI H-Aggregates, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 143, 9825-9833, 2021. 

2020

18. J. Kim, † H. T. Teo,† Y. Hong, J. Oh, H. Kim, C. Chi, D. Kim, Multiexcitonic Triplet Pair Generation in Oligoacene Dendrimers as Amorphous Solid‐state Miniatures, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 59, 20956-20964, 2020. 

19. Y. Hong, J. Kim, W. Kim, C. Kaufmann, H. Kim, F. Würthner, D. Kim, Efficient Multiexciton State Generation in Charge-Transfer-Coupled Perylene Bisimide Dimers via Structural Control, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 142, 7845-7857, 2020. (one of the most cited publications from 2020-2021) 

20. Y. Wang, K. Ogasahara, D. Tomihama, R. Mysliborski, M. Ishida, Y. Hong, Y. Notsuka, Y. Yamaoka, T. Murayama, A. Muranaka, M. Uchiyama, S. Mori, Y. Yasutake, S. Fukatsu, D. Kim, H. Furuta, Near‐Infrared‐III Absorbing and Emitting Dyes: Energy Gap Engineering of Expanded Porphyrinoids via Metallation, Angewandte Chemie, 59, 2-8, 2020. 

21. W. Kim, T. Kim, S. Kang, Y. Hong, F. Würthner, D. Kim, Tracking Structural Evolution during Symmetry Breaking Charge Separation in Quadrupolar Perylene Bisimide with Time-Resolved Impulsive Stimulated Raman Spectroscopy, Angewandte Chemie, 132, 8649-8656, 2020. 

22. K. Shimomura, H. Kai, Y. Nakamura, Y. Hong, S. Mori, Koji Miki, Kouichi Ohe, Y. Notsuka, Yoshihisa Yamaoka, Masatoshi Ishida, D. Kim, Hiroyuki Furuta, Bis-Metal Complexes of Doubly N-Confused Dioxohexaphyrins as Potential Near-Infrared-II Photoacoustic Dyes, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 142, 4429-4437, 2020. 

23. W. Cha, Hyowon Han, Y. Hong, Gakhyun Kim, Cheolmin Park, D. Kim, Structurally Stable and Highly Enhanced Luminescent Perovskite Based on Quasi-Two-Dimensional Structures upon Addition of Guanidinium Cations, The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 124, 4414-4420, 2020. 

2019

24. Sakiho Hayakawa, Ayumi Kawasaki, Y. Hong, D. Uraguchi, T. Ooi, D. Kim, T. Akutagawa, N. Fukui, H. Shinokubo, Inserting Nitrogen: An Effective Concept to Create Non-Planar and Stimuli-Responsive Perylene Bisimide Analogues, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 141, 19807-19816, 2019. 

25. S. Kang, C. Kaufmann, Y. Hong, W. Kim, A. Nowak-Król, F. Würthner, D. Kim, Ultrafast coherent exciton dynamics in sizecontrolled perylene bisimide aggregates, Structural Dynamics, 6, 064501, 2019. 

26. H.-D. Lee, H. Kim, H. Cho, W. Cha, Y. Hong, Y.-H. Kim, A. Sadhanala, V. Venugopalan, J. S. Kim, J. W. Choi, C.-L. Lee, D. Kim, H. Yang, Richard H. Friend, T.-W. Lee, Efficient Ruddlesden-Popper Perovskite Light-Emitting Diodes with Randomly Oriented Nanocrystals, Advanced Functional Materials, 29, 1901225, 2019. 

27. F. Chen, J. Kim, Y. Matsuo, Y. Hong, D. Kim, T. Tanaka, A. Osuka, ortho-Phenylene-Bridged Hybrid Nanorings of 2,5-Pyrrolylenes and 2,5-Thienylenes, Asian Journal of Organic Chemistry, 8, 994-1000, 2019. 

28. W. Kim, A. Nowak-Król, Y. Hong, F. Schlosser, F. Würthner, D. Kim, Solvent-Modulated Charge-Transfer Resonance Enhancement in the Excimer State of a Bay-Substituted Perylene Bisimide Cyclophane, The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letter, 10, 1919-1927, 2019. 

29. M. A. Majewski, P. J. Chmielewski, A. Chien, Y. Hong, T. Lis, M. Witwicki, D. Kim, P. M. Zimmerman, M. Stepien, 5,10-Dimesityldiindeno[1,2-a:2′,1′-i]phenanthrene: a stable biradicaloid derived from Chichibabin's hydrocarbon, Chemical Science, 10, 3413-3420, 2019. 

2018

30. T. Kim,S. Ham, S. H. Lee, Y. Hong, D. Kim, Enhancement of exciton transport in porphyrin aggregate nanostructures by controlling the hierarchical self-assembly, Nanoscale, 10, 16438-16446, 2018. 

31. A. Rana, Y. Hong, T. Y Gopalakrishna, H. Phan, T. S. Herng, P. Yadav, J. Ding, D. Kim, J. Wu, Stable Expanded Porphycene‐Based Diradicaloid and Tetraradicaloid, Angewandte Chemie, 130(38), 12714-12717, 2018. 

32. J. Kim, Y. Hong, T. Kim, W.-Y. Cha, T. Yoneda, T. Soya, A. Osuka, D. Kim, Near-Infrared S2 Fluorescence from Deprotonated Möbius Aromatic [32] Heptaphyrin, The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 9, 4527-4531, 2018. 

33. X.-S. Ke†, Y. Hong†, V. M Lynch, D. Kim, J. L Sessler, A Metal-Stabilized Quinoidal Dibenzo [g, p] chrysene-fused Bis-dicarbacorrole System, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 140, 7579-7586, 2018. 

34. K. Kise, Y. Hong, N. Fukui, D. Shimizu, D. Kim, A. Osuka, Diarylamine‐Fused Subporphyrins: Proof of Twisted Intramolecular Charge Transfer (TICT) Mechanism, Chemistry-A European Journal, 24, 8306-8310, 2018. 

35. C. Liu, M. E. Sandoval-Salinas, Y. Hong, T. Y Gopalakrishna, H. Phan, N. Aratani, T. S. Herng, J. Ding, H. Yamada, D. Kim, D. Casanova, J. Wu, Macrocyclic Polyradicaloids with Unusual Super-ring Structure and Global Aromaticity, Chem, 4, 1586-1595, 2018. 

36. W. Zeng, Y. Hong, S. M. Rivero, J. Kim, J. L Zafra, H. Phan, T. Y Gopalakrishna, T. S. Herng, J. Ding, J. Casado, D. Kim, J. Wu, Stable Nitrogen‐Centered Bis (imino) rylene Diradicaloids, Chemistry-A European Journal, 24, 4944-4951, 2018. 

37. M. Żyła-Karwowska, L. Moshniaha, Y. Hong, H. Zhylitskaya, J. Cybińska, P. J. Chmielewski, T. Lis, D. Kim, M. Stępień, Electron‐Deficient Bipyrrole Boomerangs. Bright Fluorophores Obtained via Double C− H Bond Activation, Chemistry-A European Journal, 24 (29), 7525-7530, 2018. 

38. J. Oh, Y. M. Sung, Y. Hong, D. Kim, Spectroscopic Diagnosis of Excited-State Aromaticity: Capturing Electronic Structures and Conformations upon Aromaticity Reversal, Accounts of chemical research, 51, 1349-1358, 2018. 

39. C. Kaufmann, W. Kim, A. Nowak-Król, Y. Hong, D. Kim, F. Würthner, Ultrafast Exciton Delocalization, Localization and Excimer Formation Dynamics in a Highly Defined Perylene Bisimide Quadruple π-Stack, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 140, 4253-4258. 2018. 

2017

40. X.-S. Ke, Y. Hong, P. Tu, Q. He, V. M Lynch, D. Kim, J. L Sessler, Hetero Cu(III)-Pd (II) Complex of a Dibenzo [g, p] chrysene Fused Bis-dicarbacorrole with Stable Organic Radical Character, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 139, 15232-15238, 2017. 

41. X. Lu, S. Lee, Y. Hong, H. Phan, T. Y Gopalakrishna, T. S. Herng, T. Tanaka, M. E. Sandoval-Salinas, W. Zeng, J. Ding, D. Casanova, A. Osuka, D. Kim, J. Wu, Fluorenyl Based Macrocyclic Polyradicaloids, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 139, 13173-13183, 2017. 

42. T. Soya, H. Mori, Y. Hong, Y. H. Koo, D. Kim, A. Osuka, Internally 2,5‐Thienylene‐Bridged [46] Decaphyrin:(Annuleno) annulene Network Consisting of Möbius Aromatic Thia[28]hexaphyrins and Strong Hückel Aromaticity of its Protonated Form, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 56, 3232-3236., 2017. 

43. Y. Hong, J. Oh, Y. M. Sung, Y. Tanaka, A. Osuka, D. Kim, The Extension of Baird's Rule to Twisted Heteroannulenes: Aromaticity Reversal of Singly and Doubly Twisted Molecular Systems in the Lowest Triplet State, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 56, 2932-2936, 2017. 

44. F. Chen, Y. Hong, D. Kim, T. Tanaka, A. Osuka, Sequential N‐Alkylations of Tetrabenzotetraaza[8]circulene as a Tool To Tune Its Optical Properties, ChemPlusChem, 82, 1048-1051, 2017. 

45. F. Chen, T. Tanaka, Y. Hong, T. Mori, D. Kim, A. Osuka, Closed Pentaaza [9] helicene and Hexathia [9]/[5] helicene: Oxidative Fusion Reactions of ortho‐Phenylene Bridged Cyclic Hexapyrroles and Hexathiophenes, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 56, 14688-14693, 2017. 

2016

46. M. A Majewski, Y. Hong, T. Lis, J. Gregoliński, P. J Chmielewski, J. Cybińska, D. Kim, M. Stępień, Octulene: A Hyperbolic Molecular Belt that Binds Chloride Anions, Angewandte Chemie, 128(45), 14278-14282, 2016. 

47. F. Chen, T. Tanaka, Y. Hong, W. Kim, D. Kim, A. Osuka, ortho‐Phenylene‐Bridged Cyclic Oligopyrroles: Conformational Flexibilities and Optical Properties, Chemistry-A European Journal, 22, 10597-10606, 2016. 

48. R. Nozawa, H. Tanaka, W.-Y. Cha, Y. Hong, I. Hisaki, S. Shimizu, J.-Y. Shin, T. Kowalczyk, S. Irle, D. Kim, H. Shinokubo, Stacked antiaromatic porphyrins, Nature Communications, 7, 13620, 2016. 

49. W.-Y. Cha, T. Soya, T. Tanaka, H. Mori, Y. Hong, S. Lee, K. H. Park, A. Osuka, D. Kim, Multifaceted [36] octaphyrin (1.1. 1.1. 1.1. 1.1): deprotonation-induced switching among nonaromatic, Möbius aromatic, and Hückel antiaromatic species, Chemical Communications, 52, 6076-6078, 2016. 

2015

50. F. Chen, Y. Hong, S. Shimizu, D. Kim, T. Tanaka, A. Osuka, Synthesis of a Tetrabenzotetraaza [8] circulene by a “Fold‐In” Oxidative Fusion Reaction, Angewandte Chemie, 127, 10785-10788, 2015.