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2025

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(244) “Modular Synthesis of ABAC-Type Periodic Terpolymers via RAFT Single-Unit Monomer Insertion and RAFT Step-Growth Polymerization.” Qing Li, Jiajia Li, Joji Tanaka, Xiaofeng Pan, Samantha Marie Clouthier, Xiangqiang Pan, Zhengbiao Zhang, Wei You,* Jian Zhu.* Macromolecules 2025, 58, 23, 12756–12764. (DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.5c02257)

(243) “Guiding Percolation by Bottlebrush Architecture: A Pathway toward Materials for Electronic Skin.” Zilu Wang, Josiah Marshall, Liang Yan, Wei You, Akmal Z Umarov, Dimitri A Ivanov, Sergei S Sheiko,* Andrey V Dobrynin.* ACS Appl. Polym. Mater. 2025, 7, 23, 16273–16280 (DOI: 10.1021/acsapm.5c03567)

(242) “Two-Body Origin of Recombination-Induced Photocurrent Signals for Drift Velocity Resolution in Perovskite Solar Cells.” Saba Mahmoodpour, Zijian Gan, Liang Yan, Wei You, Andrew M Moran*. J. Phys. Chem. C 2025, 129, 47, 21005–21015. (DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.5c05484)

(241) “Molar Mass Thresholds in the Structural Behavior of Benzodithiophene-Based Semiconducting Polymers.” Matteo Sanviti, Jeromy Rech, Xiaowei Zhong, Wei You, Jaime Martín.* Macromolecules 2025, 58, 21, 11991–11999. (DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.5c01743)

(240) “Motional narrowing of spin relaxation in 2D perovskites by correlated exciton fluctuations.” Zijian Gan, Shuyue Feng, Camryn J Gloor, Xiaowei Zhong, Wei You, Andrew M Moran.* J. Chem. Phys. 2025, 163, 164203. (DOI: 10.1063/5.0293857)

(239) “RAFT Step-Growth Polymerization via ‘Grafting Through’.” Wenjie Mao, Jiajia Li, Xiaofeng Pan, Joji Tanaka, Wei You,* Jian Zhu.* ACS Polym. Au 2025, 5, 6, 893–899. (DOI: 10.1021/acspolymersau.5c00084)

(238) “AI-guided high-throughput investigation of conjugated polymer doping reveals importance of local polymer order and dopant-polymer separation.” Jacob P Mauthe, Ankush Kumar Mishra, Abhradeep Sarkar, Boyu Guo, Gaurab J Thapa, Joseph Schroedl, Nicholas Luke, Justin S Neu, Sung-Joo Kwon, Mihirsinh Chauhan, Tongui Wang, Tajah Trapier, Harald Ade, David Ginger, Wei You, Raja Ghosh, Baskar Ganapathysubramanian,* Aram Amassian.* Matter ASAP (DOI: 10.1016/j.matt.2025.102477)

(237) “Fusion Deep Learning for Predicting Conductivity in Electron-Doped Organic Polymers.” Ziyu Zhang, Xinzheng Yang, Liang Yan, Sungwoo Jung, Wei You, Ting Cao, Xiaosong Li* J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2025, 147, 40, 36233–36243. (DOI: 10.1021/jacs.5c09172)

(236) “Quantifying the Localization of Charges Generated upon Molecular Doping of Conjugated Polymers.” Sung-Joo Kwon, Rajiv Giridharagopal, Yusuf Olanrewaju, Justin Neu, Wei You, Franky So, David S Ginger.* J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2025, 147, 32178−32186. (DOI: 10.1021/jacs.5c11337)

(235) “Two-Stage Bipolaron Formation in Molecularly Doped Conjugated Polymers.” Rui Su,* Jingshan Chai, Yusen Pei, Yusuf Olanrewaju, Liang Yan, Justin Neu, Jake Mauthe, Katherine Stewart, Somayeh Kashani, Neha Chaturvedi, Stefan Nikodemski, Jarrett H Vella, Aram Amassian, David S Ginger, Ji‐Seon Kim, Harald Ade, Wei You, Franky So.* Adv. Mater. 2025, e04357. (DOI: 10.1002/adma.202504357)

(234) “Acidic Additives Enable Tunable Low Temperature Side Chain Cleavage and Performance Enhancement in Organic Photovoltaics.” Jordan Shanahan, Jiyeon Oh, Sung Yun Son, Wei You.* J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2025, 147, 29098−29108. (DOI: 10.1021/jacs.5c07639)

(233) “Unraveling Ground-State Electron Transfer in Photoredox n-Doping of Conjugated Polymers through Real-Time Quantum Dynamics.” Mengqi Yang, Xinzheng Yang, Eleftherios Lambros, Shiv Upadhyay, Liang Yan, Wei You, Xiaosong Li.* J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2025, 147, 24095−24102. (DOI: 10.1021/jacs.5c07990)

(232) “Air-stable n-type dopant for organic semiconductors via a single-photon catalytic process.” Liang Yan, Xinzheng Yang, Mengqi Yang, Justin Neu, Somayeh Kashani, Rajiv Giridharagopal, Yusuf Olanrewaju, Franky So, David Ginger, Harald Ade, Xiaosong Li, Wei You.* Sci. Adv. 2025, 11, eadu8215. (DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adu8215)

(231) “Decoding the Structure of Benzodithiophene Polymers for High-Efficiency Organic Solar Cells.” Matteo Sanviti, Sara Marina, Xabier Rodriguez‐Martínez, Jesika Asatryan, Valerio Di Lisio, Sandra Hultmark, Junkal Gutierrez, Eduardo Solano, Jeromy J Rech, Eugenio L Solla, Wei You, Agnieszka Tercjak, M Eugenio Vázquez, Daniele Cangialosi, Christian Müller, Harald Ade, Jaime Martin.* Adv. Funct. Mater. 2025, 2503634. (DOI: 10.1002/adfm.202503634).

(230) “Tuning the Solubility Parameters of Conjugated Polymers via Side-Chain Engineering for All-Polymer Solar Cells.” Justin Neu, Jiyeon Oh, Subhrangsu Mukherjee, Somayeh Kashani, Zixuan Chen, Saidikrom Mardiev, Harald Ade, Wei You.* Chem. Mater. 2025, 37, 3788−3798. (DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.5c00515)

(229) “Large propagation-direction-dependent circularly polarized emission and scattering anisotropies of a chiral organic-inorganic semiconductor.” Alan J Phillips, Liang Yan, Yi Xie, Matthew P Hautzinger, Rebecca A Scheidt, Heshan Hewa Walpitage, David B Mitzi, Valy Vardeny, Wei You, Peter C Sercel,* Jeffrey L Blackburn.* Matter, 2025, 8, 102147 (DOI: 10.1016/j.matt.2025.102147)

(228) “Ubiquitous Chiral Symmetry Breaking of Conjugated Polymers via Liquid–Liquid Phase Separation.” Zhuang Xu, Ziming Wang, Rui Zhang, Archana Verma, Justin S Neu, Priyotosh Bairagya, Sanghyun Jeon, Alec M Damron, Joshua M Rinehart, Justine S Wagner, Sina Sabury, Xuyi Luo, Anna M Österholm, Jianguo Mei, Jeffrey S Moore, Wei You, John R Reynolds, Nicholas E Jackson, Ying Diao.* J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2025, 147, 33530−33544. (DOI: 10.1021/jacs.5c07995)

(227) “Nonlinear optical signatures of spin relaxation in 2D perovskites.” Shuyue Feng, Christopher J Badalis, Camryn J Gloor, Xiaowei Zhong, Zijian Gan, Wei You, Andrew M Moran.* J. Chem. Phys. 2025, 162, 134202. (DOI: 10.1063/5.0255426)

(226) “Random Terpolymerization as a Design Strategy to Modulate Aggregation in NDI-Based Polymer Acceptors for All-Polymer Solar Cells.” Dasol Chung, Stephanie Samson, Sungmo Moon, Seyeon Yoon, Wei You,* Sung Yun Son.* ACS Macro Lett. 2025, 14, 484−489. (DOI: 10.1021/acsmacrolett.5c00122)

(225) “Resolving dispersive diffusion in layered perovskites with photocurrent-detected transient gratings.” Zijian Gan, Saba Mahmoodpour, Camryn J Gloor, Shuyue Feng, Liang Yan, Wei You, Andrew M Moran.* J. Chem. Phys. 2025, 162, 074201. (DOI: 10.1063/5.0250874)

(224) “Control Over Vertical Composition in Low Complexity Polymer Solar Cells.” Xinyun Dong, Byongkyu Lee, Runqiao Song, Justin Neu, Somayeh Kashani, Wei You, Harald Ade.* Adv. Energy Mater. 2024, 2404962 (DOI: 10.1002/aenm.202404962)

(223) “Mechanism and modelling of photo-mediated RAFT step-growth polymerization.” Samantha Marie Clouthier, Jiajia Li, Joji Tanaka, Wei You.* Polym. Chem. 2025, 16, 2291-2297. (DOI: 10.1039/d5py00185d)

(222) “Low-Cost, High-Efficiency Organic Solar Cells Based on Ecofriendly Processing Solvent.” Yunpeng Qin, Haoran Tu, Nathan Woodward, Mihirsinh Chauhan, Gaurab J Thapa, Aram Amassian, Justin Neuf, Wei You, Haipeng Yin, Harald Ade Adv. Energy Sustainability Res. 2025, 2400268. (DOI: 10.1002/aesr.202400268)

(221) “Mechanism and modelling of thermally initiated RAFT step-growth polymerization.” Samantha Marie Clouthier, Joji Tanaka, Wei You.* Polym. Chem. 2025, 16, 266-271. (DOI: 10.1039/D4PY01188K)

(220) “Photo-Mediated RAFT Step-Growth Polymerization With Diacrylate Monomers: Investigating Versatility and Oxygen Tolerance.” Samantha Marie Clouthier, Jiajia Li, Joji Tanaka, Wei You.* Macromol. Rapid Commun. 2025, 46, 2400602. (DOI: 10.1002/marc.202400602)

Professor Wei You
Department of Chemistry
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3290
Office: Kenan Labs C 540 | Phone: 919-962-6197
wyou@unc.edu