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Guan-Wu Wang is affiliated with the University of Science and Technology of China in China. Their research spans multiple fields including Chemistry and Materials Science, with particular focus on Organic Chemistry, Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Polymers and Plastics, and Molecular Biology.

Their work addresses a variety of main topics such as Fullerene Chemistry and Applications, Carbon Nanotubes in Composites, Synthesis and Properties of Aromatic Compounds, Conducting Polymers and Applications, Perovskite Materials and Applications, Graphene Research and Applications, and Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics.

Guan-Wu Wang has published extensively, contributing to journals such as Organic Letters, The Journal of Organic Chemistry, Chemical Communications, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, and Angewandte Chemie. Their frequent collaborations include coauthors Chuang Niu, Zheng-Chun Yin, Shangfeng Yang, Muqing Chen, and Ulf P. Neumann.

Their recent papers include the following:

  • A 4-Arm Small Molecule Acceptor with High Photovoltaic Performance (2022) published in Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Tribocatalysis: challenges and perspectives (2021) published in Science China Chemistry
  • Fullerene Mechanochemistry: Serendipitous Discovery of Dumb-Bell-Shaped C120 and Beyond (2021) published in Chinese Journal of Chemistry
  • Double-site defect passivation of perovskite film via fullerene additive engineering toward highly efficient and stable bulk heterojunction solar cells (2021) published in Nano Today
  • Banana-shaped electron acceptors with an electron-rich core fragment and 3D packing capability (2022) published in Carbon Energy

Best Publications

  • Mechanochemical organic synthesis

    Guan-Wu Wang

  • Synthesis and X-ray structure of dumb-bell-shaped C 120

    Guan-Wu Wang;Koichi Komatsu;Yasujiro Murata;Motoo Shiro

  • Mechanochemistry of fullerenes and related materials

    San-E Zhu;Fei Li;Guan-Wu Wang

  • One-pot formation of C-C and C-N bonds through palladium-catalyzed dual C-H activation: synthesis of phenanthridinones.

    Guan-Wu Wang;Ting-Ting Yuan;Dan-Dan Li

  • Insertion of Helium and Molecular Hydrogen Through the Orifice of an Open Fullerene.

    Yves Rubin;Thibaut Jarrosson;Guan-Wu Wang;Michael D. Bartberger

  • Mechanochemical Synthesis and Characterization of the Fullerene Dimer C120

    Koichi Komatsu;Guan-Wu Wang;Yasujiro Murata;Toru Tanaka

  • Direct Ortho-Acetoxylation of Anilides via Palladium-Catalyzed sp2 C−H Bond Oxidative Activation

    Guan-Wu Wang;Ting-Ting Yuan;Xue-Liang Wu

  • Magnetic Nanoparticles-Supported Palladium: A Highly Efficient and Reusable Catalyst for the Suzuki, Sonogashira, and Heck Reactions

    Pinhua Li;Pinhua Li;Lei Wang;Lei Wang;Lei Zhang;Guan-Wu Wang

  • Palladium-catalyzed alkoxylation of N-methoxybenzamides via direct sp2 C-H bond activation.

    Guan-Wu Wang;Ting-Ting Yuan

  • Direct oxidative amidation of aldehydes with anilines under mechanical milling conditions.

    Jie Gao;Guan-Wu Wang

  • Palladium-catalyzed ortho-alkoxylation of anilides via C-H activation.

    Tao-Shan Jiang;Guan-Wu Wang

  • Rapid and efficient synthesis of poly-substituted quinolines assisted by p-toluene sulphonic acid under solvent-free conditions: comparative study of microwave irradiation versus conventional heating.

    Cheng-Sheng Jia;Ze Zhang;Shu-Jiang Tu;Guan-Wu Wang

  • Single C59N molecule as a molecular rectifier.

    Jin Zhao;Changgan Zeng;Xin Cheng;Kedong Wang

  • Synthesis of isoindolinones via palladium-catalyzed C-H activation of N-methoxybenzamides.

    Dan-Dan Li;Ting-Ting Yuan;Guan-Wu Wang

  • Azide Passivation of Black Phosphorus Nanosheets: Covalent Functionalization Affords Ambient Stability Enhancement.

    Yajuan Liu;Pengfei Gao;Taiming Zhang;Xianjun Zhu

  • Palladium-catalyzed heteroannulation of [60]fullerene with anilides via C-H bond activation.

    Bo Zhu;Guan-Wu Wang

  • Environmentally benign one-pot multi-component approaches to the synthesis of novel unsymmetrical 4-arylacridinediones

    Guan-Wu Wang;Chun-Bao Miao

  • Solvent-free bromination reactions with sodium bromide and oxone promoted by mechanical milling

    Guan-Wu Wang;Guan-Wu Wang;Jie Gao

  • One-pot sequential synthesis of acetoxylated [60]fullerene derivatives.

    Zhong-Xiu Chen;Guan-Wu Wang

  • Benzyne Adds Across a Closed 5−6 Ring Fusion in C70: Evidence for Bond Delocalization in Fullerenes

    Mark S. Meier;Guan-Wu Wang;Robert C. Haddon;Carolyn Pratt Brock

Frequent Co-Authors

Koichi Komatsu
Koichi Komatsu Kyoto University
Yasujiro Murata
Yasujiro Murata Kyoto University
Shangfeng Yang
Shangfeng Yang University of Science and Technology of China
Pinhua Li
Pinhua Li Huaibei Normal University
Jiaxing Li
Jiaxing Li Chinese Academy of Sciences
Yun-Dong Wu
Yun-Dong Wu Peking University
Tien-Yau Luh
Tien-Yau Luh National Taiwan University
Lijuan Jiao
Lijuan Jiao Anhui Normal University
Robert C. Haddon
Robert C. Haddon University of California, Riverside
Lifeng Yan
Lifeng Yan University of Science and Technology of China

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