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Tengteng CHEN
陳藤藤

PhD in Chemistry
Brown University, 2020

Assistant Professor
Department of Chemistry

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tengtengchen@ust.hk
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Research Interest

Polariton chemistry
Time-resolved spectroscopy
Physical chemistry
Reaction mechanism
Condensed matter physics

Publications

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2025 6

Excitation-wavelength-dependent excited state proton transfer in an aromatically π-conjugated AIE system: A spectroscopic study and mechanistic insight

Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry, v. 468, article number 116482
Yang, Chuchu; Hu, Mingxia; Feng, Xiaoqing; Li, Yu; Li, Chao; Chen, Tengteng; Zhao, Yanying
Article

Isotope Engineering of Tetraphenylethylene: Aggregate-Dependent Enhancement of Luminescence Efficiency

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition, v. 64, (36), article number e202511678
Zhang, Siwei; Ma, Fulong; Jiang, Jinhui; Wu, Bo; Gong, Junyi; Xu, Guang; Li, Chao; Chen, Tengteng; Kwok, Ryan T.K.; Lam, Jacky W.Y.; Zhao, Zheng; Tang, Ben Zhong
Article

N-Doped Nonalternant Molecular Bowl/Saddle Hybrids

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition, v. 64, (48), article number e202516881
Qiu, Shuhai; Chen, Kai; Deng, Ziqi; Jin, Xuan; Li, Zuoyu; Liu, Guogang; Zhang, Li; Jiang, Wei; Chen, Teng Teng; Liu, Junzhi; Wang, Zhaohui
Article

Synthesis of Azuleno[1,2,3-cd]phenalene and Its π-Extended Buckybowl Derivative

Organic Letters, v. 27, (31), p. 8718-8723
Sun, Jian; Deng, Ziqi; Qiu, Shuhai; Chen, Tengteng; Phillips, David Lee; Liu, Junzhi
Article

Twist-Promoted Photoredox Catalysis in Metal-Organic Framework for Defluorination Reactions

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition, v. 64, (32), article number e202511396
Yang, Zhiyi; Li, Chao; Zhang, Peiqi; Lin, Jiaxin; Tang, Jiayue; Su, Cheng Yong; Chen, Teng Teng; Quan, Yangjian
Article

Twist-Promoted Photoredox Catalysis in Metal-Organic Frameworkfor Deﬂuorination Reactions

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition, v. v.64, article number e202511396
YANG, Zhiyi; LI, Chao; ZHANG, Peiqi; LIN, Jiaxin; TANG, Jiayue; SU, Chengyong; CHEN, Tengteng; QUAN, Yangjian
Article

2024 5

Investigation of Pb–B Bonding in PbB₂(BO)_n⁻ (n = 0–2): Transformation from Aromatic PbB₂⁻ to Pb[B₂(BO)₂]^−/0 Complexes with B≡B Triple Bonds†

Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, v. 26, (6), p. 5356-5367
Chen, Qiang; Chen, Wei Jia; Wu, Xin Yao; Chen, Teng Teng; Yuan, Rui Nan; Lu, Hai Gang; Yuan, Dao Fu; Li, Si Dian; Wang, Lai Sheng
Article

Metal-Centered Boron-Wheel Cluster of Y©B₁₁^2- with Rare D_11h Symmetry

Inorganic Chemistry, v. 63, (14), p. 6276-6284
Dong, Xin Ran; Zhang, Jing Xuan; Chen, Teng Teng; Xu, Cong Qiao; Li, Jun
Article

On the remarkable resistance to oxidation by the Bi₁₈⁻ cluster

Science Advances, v. 10, (44), article number eads4724
Ma, Jun; Chen, Teng Teng; Li, Honglin; Bumüller, Dennis; Weigend, Florian; Jian, Tian; Kappes, Manfred M.; Schooss, Detlef; Li, Wan Lu; Xing, Xiao Peng; Wang, Lai Sheng
Article

Probing the Structures and Lanthanum-Lanthanum Bonding in La₂B_n^- (n = 4-6) Clusters

Inorganic Chemistry, v. 63, (37), p. 17215-17224
Burkhardt, Jordan; Chen, Teng Teng; Chen, Wei Jia; Yuan, Dao Fu; Li, Wan Lu; Wang, Lai Sheng
Article

硼团簇及其材料化学研究进展(II): 硼碳团簇及化合物的相似性

Scientia Sinica Chimica, v. 54, (12), p. 2438-2451
Ma, Yan Na; Li, Wan Lu; Chen, Teng Teng; Chen, Xuenian; Li, Jun; Wang, Lai Sheng
Article

2022 4

Boron-lead multiple bonds in the PbB₂O^– and PbB₃O₂^– clusters

Communications Chemistry, v. 5, (1), article number 25
Chen, Wei Jia; Chen, Teng Teng; Chen, Qiang; Lu, Hai Gang; Zhao, Xiao Yun; Ma, Yuan Yuan; Yan, Qiao Qiao; Yuan, Rui Nan; Li, Si Dian; Wang, Lai Sheng
Article

Cavity-enabled enhancement of ultrafast intramolecular vibrational redistribution over pseudorotation

Science, v. 378, (6621), p. 790-794
Chen, Teng Teng; Du, Matthew; Yang, Zimo; Yuen-Zhou, Joel; Xiong, Wei
Article

Probing the Nature of the Transition-Metal-Boron Bonds and Novel Aromaticity in Small Metal-Doped Boron Clusters Using Photoelectron Spectroscopy

Annual Review of Physical Chemistry, v. 73, p. 233-253
Chen, Teng Teng; Cheung, Ling Fung; Wang, Lai Sheng
Article

The smallest 4f-metalla-aromatic molecule of cyclo-PrB₂⁻ with Pr-B multiple bonds

Chemical Science, v. 13, (34), p. 10082-10094
Wang, Zhen Ling; Chen, Teng Teng; Chen, Wei Jia; Li, Wan Lu; Zhao, Jing; Jiang, Xue Lian; Li, Jun; Wang, Lai Sheng; Hu, Han Shi
Article

2021 4

B₄₈^-: A bilayer boron cluster

Nanoscale, v. 13, (6), p. 3868-3876
Chen, Wei Jia; Ma, Yuan Yuan; Chen, Teng Teng; Ao, Mei Zhen; Yuan, Dao Fu; Chen, Qiang; Tian, Xin Xin; Mu, Yue Wen; Li, Si Dian; Wang, Lai Sheng
Article

Expanded Inverse-Sandwich Complexes of Lanthanum Borides: La₂B₁₀^-and La₂B₁₁^-

Journal of Physical Chemistry A, v. 125, (12), p. 2622-2630
Jiang, Zhi Yu; Chen, Teng Teng; Chen, Wei Jia; Li, Wan Lu; Li, Jun; Wang, Lai Sheng
Article

Monovalent lanthanide(I) in borozene complexes

Nature Communications, v. 12, (1), article number 6467
Li, Wan Lu; Chen, Teng Teng; Chen, Wei Jia; Li, Jun; Wang, Lai Sheng
Article

Transition-metal-like bonding behaviors of a boron atom in a boron-cluster boronyl complex [(η⁷-B₇)-B-BO]^-

Chemical Science, v. 12, (23), p. 8157-8164
Tian, Wen Juan; Chen, Wei Jia; Yan, Miao; Li, Rui; Wei, Zhi Hong; Chen, Teng Teng; Chen, Qiang; Zhai, Hua Jin; Li, Si Dian; Wang, Lai Sheng
Article

2020 4

Observation of Four-Fold Boron-Metal Bonds in RhB(BO^-) and RhB

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, v. 11, (3), p. 659-663
Cheung, Ling Fung; Chen, Teng Teng; Kocheril, G. Stephen; Chen, Wei Jia; Czekner, Joseph; Wang, Lai Sheng
Article

Observation of Transition-Metal–Boron Triple Bonds in IrB₂O⁻ and ReB₂O⁻

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition, v. 59, (35), p. 15260-15265
Chen, Teng Teng; Cheung, Ling Fung; Chen, Wei Jia; Cavanagh, Joseph; Wang, Lai Sheng
Article

Recent progresses in the investigation of rare-earth boron inverse sandwich clusters

Jiegou Huaxue, v. 39, (6), p. 1009-1018
Li, Wan Lu; Chen, Teng Teng; Jiang, Zhi Yu; Wang, Lai Sheng; Li, Jun
Article

Spherical trihedral metallo-borospherenes

Nature Communications, v. 11, (1), article number 2766
Chen, Teng Teng; Li, Wan Lu; Chen, Wei Jia; Yu, Xiao Hu; Dong, Xin Ran; Li, Jun; Wang, Lai Sheng
Article

2019 7

[La(η^x-B_x)La]⁻ (x = 7-9): a new class of inverse sandwich complexes

Chemical Science, v. 10, (8), p. 2534-2542
Chen, Teng Teng; Li, Wan Lu; Li, Jun; Wang, Lai Sheng
Article

B₃₁^- and B₃₂^-: Chiral quasi-planar boron clusters

Nanoscale, v. 11, (19), p. 9698-9704
Chen, Qiang; Chen, Teng Teng; Li, Hai Ru; Zhao, Xiao Yun; Chen, Wei Jia; Zhai, Hua Jin; Li, Si Dian; Wang, Lai Sheng
Article

La₃B₁₄^-: An inverse triple-decker lanthanide boron cluster

Chemical Communications, v. 55, (54), p. 7864-7867
Chen, Teng Teng; Li, Wan Lu; Chen, Wei Jia; Li, Jun; Wang, Lai Sheng
Article

Lanthanides with Unusually Low Oxidation States in the PrB ₃ ^- and PrB ₄ ^- Boride Clusters

Inorganic Chemistry, v. 58, (1), p. 411-418
Chen, Xin; Chen, Teng Teng; Li, Wan Lu; Lu, Jun Bo; Zhao, Li Juan; Jian, Tian; Hu, Han Shi; Wang, Lai Sheng; Li, Jun
Article

Planar B₄₁^- and B₄₂^- clusters with double-hexagonal vacancies

Nanoscale, v. 11, (48), p. 23286-23295
Bai, Hui; Chen, Teng Teng; Chen, Qiang; Zhao, Xiao Yun; Zhang, Yang Yang; Chen, Wei Jia; Li, Wan Lu; Cheung, Ling Fung; Bai, Bing; Cavanagh, Joseph; Huang, Wei; Li, Si Dian; Li, Jun; Wang, Lai Sheng
Article

Probing the electronic structure of the CoB₁₆^- drum complex: Unusual oxidation state of Co^-1

Chinese Journal of Chemical Physics, v. 32, (2), p. 241-247
Li, Wan Lu; Chen, Teng Teng; Jiang, Zhi Yu; Chen, Wei Jia; Hu, Han Shi; Wang, Lai Sheng; Li, Jun
Article

Re©B₈^– and Re©B₉^–: New Members of the Transition-Metal-Centered Borometallic Molecular Wheel Family

Journal of Physical Chemistry A, v. 123, (25), June 2019, p. 5317-5324
Chen, Tengteng; Li, Wan-Lu; Bai, Hui; Chen, Wei-Jia; Dong, Xin-Ran; Li, Jun; Wang, Lai-Sheng
Article

2018 3

Di-niobium gold clusters: Multiply-bonded Nb₂ dimer coordinated equatorially by Au atoms

International Journal of Mass Spectrometry, v. 434, November 2018, p. 7-16
Jian, Tian; Cheung, Ling Fung; Chen, Tengteng; Lopez, Gary V.; Li, Wei-Li; Wang, Lai-Sheng
Article

Observation of highly stable and symmetric lanthanide octa-boron inverse sandwich complexes

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, v. 115, (30), p. E6972-E6977
Li, Wan Lu; Chen, Teng Teng; Xing, Deng Hui; Chen, Xin; Li, Jun; Wang, Lai Sheng
Article

硼团簇及其材料化学研究进展(I): 硼墨烯

Scientia Sinica Chimica, v. 48, (2), p. 98-107
Li, Wan Lu; Hu, Han Shi; Zhao, Ya Fan; Chen, Xin; Chen, Teng Teng; Jian, Tian; Wang, Lai Sheng; Li, Jun
Article

2017 5

Bismuth–Boron Multiple Bonding in BiB₂O⁻ and Bi₂B⁻

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition, v. 56, (32), p. 9551-9555
Jian, Tian; Cheung, Ling Fung; Chen, Teng Teng; Wang, Lai Sheng
Article

From planar boron clusters to borophenes and metalloborophenes

Nature Reviews Chemistry, v. 1, (10), article number 0071
Li, Wan Lu; Chen, Xin; Jian, Tian; Chen, Teng Teng; Li, Jun; Wang, Lai Sheng
Article

Nb₂©Au₆: A molecular wheel with a short NbNb triple bond coordinated by an Au₆ ring and reinforced by σ aromaticity

Chemical Science, v. 8, (11), p. 7528-7536
Jian, Tian; Cheung, Ling Fung; Czekner, Joseph; Chen, Teng Teng; Lopez, Gary V.; Li, Wei Li; Wang, Lai Sheng
Article

Observation of a metal-centered B₂-Ta@B₁₈⁻ tubular molecular rotor and a perfect Ta@B₂₀⁻ boron drum with the record coordination number of twenty

Chemical Communications, v. 53, (10), p. 1587-1590
Li, Wan Lu; Jian, Tian; Chen, Xin; Li, Hai Ru; Chen, Teng Teng; Luo, Xue Mei; Li, Si Dian; Li, Jun; Wang, Lai Sheng
Article

PrB₇⁻: A Praseodymium-Doped Boron Cluster with a Pr^II Center Coordinated by a Doubly Aromatic Planar η⁷-B₇³⁻ Ligand

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition, v. 56, (24), p. 6916-6920
Chen, Teng Teng; Li, Wan Lu; Jian, Tian; Chen, Xin; Li, Jun; Wang, Lai Sheng
Article

2016 4

Bond-bending isomerism of Au₂I₃^-: Competition between covalent bonding and aurophilicity

Chemical Science, v. 7, (1), p. 475-481
Li, Wan Lu; Liu, Hong Tao; Jian, Tian; Lopez, Gary V.; Piazza, Zachary A.; Huang, Dao Ling; Chen, Teng Teng; Su, Jing; Yang, Ping; Chen, Xin; Wang, Lai Sheng; Li, Jun
Article

Competition between drum and quasi-planar structures in RhB₁₈⁻: motifs for metallo-boronanotubes and metallo-borophenes

Chemical Science, v. 7, (12), p. 7020-7027
Jian, Tian; Li, Wan Lu; Chen, Xin; Chen, Teng Teng; Lopez, Gary V.; Li, Jun; Wang, Lai Sheng
Article

Frontispiece: The Planar CoB₁₈⁻Cluster as a Motif for Metallo-Borophenes

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition, v. 55, (26)
Li, Wan Lu; Jian, Tian; Chen, Xin; Chen, Teng Teng; Lopez, Gary V.; Li, Jun; Wang, Lai Sheng
Article

The Planar CoB₁₈⁻Cluster as a Motif for Metallo-Borophenes

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition, v. 55, (26), p. 7358-7363
Li, Wan Lu; Jian, Tian; Chen, Xin; Chen, Teng Teng; Lopez, Gary V.; Li, Jun; Wang, Lai Sheng
Article

Article 6

Excitation-wavelength-dependent excited state proton transfer in an aromatically π-conjugated AIE system: A spectroscopic study and mechanistic insight

Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry, v. 468, article number 116482
Yang, Chuchu; Hu, Mingxia; Feng, Xiaoqing; Li, Yu; Li, Chao; Chen, Tengteng; Zhao, Yanying

Isotope Engineering of Tetraphenylethylene: Aggregate-Dependent Enhancement of Luminescence Efficiency

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition, v. 64, (36), article number e202511678
Zhang, Siwei; Ma, Fulong; Jiang, Jinhui; Wu, Bo; Gong, Junyi; Xu, Guang; Li, Chao; Chen, Tengteng; Kwok, Ryan T.K.; Lam, Jacky W.Y.; Zhao, Zheng; Tang, Ben Zhong

N-Doped Nonalternant Molecular Bowl/Saddle Hybrids

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition, v. 64, (48), article number e202516881
Qiu, Shuhai; Chen, Kai; Deng, Ziqi; Jin, Xuan; Li, Zuoyu; Liu, Guogang; Zhang, Li; Jiang, Wei; Chen, Teng Teng; Liu, Junzhi; Wang, Zhaohui

Synthesis of Azuleno[1,2,3-cd]phenalene and Its π-Extended Buckybowl Derivative

Organic Letters, v. 27, (31), p. 8718-8723
Sun, Jian; Deng, Ziqi; Qiu, Shuhai; Chen, Tengteng; Phillips, David Lee; Liu, Junzhi

Twist-Promoted Photoredox Catalysis in Metal-Organic Framework for Defluorination Reactions

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition, v. 64, (32), article number e202511396
Yang, Zhiyi; Li, Chao; Zhang, Peiqi; Lin, Jiaxin; Tang, Jiayue; Su, Cheng Yong; Chen, Teng Teng; Quan, Yangjian

Twist-Promoted Photoredox Catalysis in Metal-Organic Frameworkfor Deﬂuorination Reactions

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition, v. v.64, article number e202511396
YANG, Zhiyi; LI, Chao; ZHANG, Peiqi; LIN, Jiaxin; TANG, Jiayue; SU, Chengyong; CHEN, Tengteng; QUAN, Yangjian

Article 5

Investigation of Pb–B Bonding in PbB₂(BO)_n⁻ (n = 0–2): Transformation from Aromatic PbB₂⁻ to Pb[B₂(BO)₂]^−/0 Complexes with B≡B Triple Bonds†

Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, v. 26, (6), p. 5356-5367
Chen, Qiang; Chen, Wei Jia; Wu, Xin Yao; Chen, Teng Teng; Yuan, Rui Nan; Lu, Hai Gang; Yuan, Dao Fu; Li, Si Dian; Wang, Lai Sheng

Metal-Centered Boron-Wheel Cluster of Y©B₁₁^2- with Rare D_11h Symmetry

Inorganic Chemistry, v. 63, (14), p. 6276-6284
Dong, Xin Ran; Zhang, Jing Xuan; Chen, Teng Teng; Xu, Cong Qiao; Li, Jun

On the remarkable resistance to oxidation by the Bi₁₈⁻ cluster

Science Advances, v. 10, (44), article number eads4724
Ma, Jun; Chen, Teng Teng; Li, Honglin; Bumüller, Dennis; Weigend, Florian; Jian, Tian; Kappes, Manfred M.; Schooss, Detlef; Li, Wan Lu; Xing, Xiao Peng; Wang, Lai Sheng

Probing the Structures and Lanthanum-Lanthanum Bonding in La₂B_n^- (n = 4-6) Clusters

Inorganic Chemistry, v. 63, (37), p. 17215-17224
Burkhardt, Jordan; Chen, Teng Teng; Chen, Wei Jia; Yuan, Dao Fu; Li, Wan Lu; Wang, Lai Sheng

硼团簇及其材料化学研究进展(II): 硼碳团簇及化合物的相似性

Scientia Sinica Chimica, v. 54, (12), p. 2438-2451
Ma, Yan Na; Li, Wan Lu; Chen, Teng Teng; Chen, Xuenian; Li, Jun; Wang, Lai Sheng

Article 4

Boron-lead multiple bonds in the PbB₂O^– and PbB₃O₂^– clusters

Communications Chemistry, v. 5, (1), article number 25
Chen, Wei Jia; Chen, Teng Teng; Chen, Qiang; Lu, Hai Gang; Zhao, Xiao Yun; Ma, Yuan Yuan; Yan, Qiao Qiao; Yuan, Rui Nan; Li, Si Dian; Wang, Lai Sheng

Cavity-enabled enhancement of ultrafast intramolecular vibrational redistribution over pseudorotation

Science, v. 378, (6621), p. 790-794
Chen, Teng Teng; Du, Matthew; Yang, Zimo; Yuen-Zhou, Joel; Xiong, Wei

Probing the Nature of the Transition-Metal-Boron Bonds and Novel Aromaticity in Small Metal-Doped Boron Clusters Using Photoelectron Spectroscopy

Annual Review of Physical Chemistry, v. 73, p. 233-253
Chen, Teng Teng; Cheung, Ling Fung; Wang, Lai Sheng

The smallest 4f-metalla-aromatic molecule of cyclo-PrB₂⁻ with Pr-B multiple bonds

Chemical Science, v. 13, (34), p. 10082-10094
Wang, Zhen Ling; Chen, Teng Teng; Chen, Wei Jia; Li, Wan Lu; Zhao, Jing; Jiang, Xue Lian; Li, Jun; Wang, Lai Sheng; Hu, Han Shi

Article 4

B₄₈^-: A bilayer boron cluster

Nanoscale, v. 13, (6), p. 3868-3876
Chen, Wei Jia; Ma, Yuan Yuan; Chen, Teng Teng; Ao, Mei Zhen; Yuan, Dao Fu; Chen, Qiang; Tian, Xin Xin; Mu, Yue Wen; Li, Si Dian; Wang, Lai Sheng

Expanded Inverse-Sandwich Complexes of Lanthanum Borides: La₂B₁₀^-and La₂B₁₁^-

Journal of Physical Chemistry A, v. 125, (12), p. 2622-2630
Jiang, Zhi Yu; Chen, Teng Teng; Chen, Wei Jia; Li, Wan Lu; Li, Jun; Wang, Lai Sheng

Monovalent lanthanide(I) in borozene complexes

Nature Communications, v. 12, (1), article number 6467
Li, Wan Lu; Chen, Teng Teng; Chen, Wei Jia; Li, Jun; Wang, Lai Sheng

Transition-metal-like bonding behaviors of a boron atom in a boron-cluster boronyl complex [(η⁷-B₇)-B-BO]^-

Chemical Science, v. 12, (23), p. 8157-8164
Tian, Wen Juan; Chen, Wei Jia; Yan, Miao; Li, Rui; Wei, Zhi Hong; Chen, Teng Teng; Chen, Qiang; Zhai, Hua Jin; Li, Si Dian; Wang, Lai Sheng

Article 4

Observation of Four-Fold Boron-Metal Bonds in RhB(BO^-) and RhB

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, v. 11, (3), p. 659-663
Cheung, Ling Fung; Chen, Teng Teng; Kocheril, G. Stephen; Chen, Wei Jia; Czekner, Joseph; Wang, Lai Sheng

Observation of Transition-Metal–Boron Triple Bonds in IrB₂O⁻ and ReB₂O⁻

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition, v. 59, (35), p. 15260-15265
Chen, Teng Teng; Cheung, Ling Fung; Chen, Wei Jia; Cavanagh, Joseph; Wang, Lai Sheng

Recent progresses in the investigation of rare-earth boron inverse sandwich clusters

Jiegou Huaxue, v. 39, (6), p. 1009-1018
Li, Wan Lu; Chen, Teng Teng; Jiang, Zhi Yu; Wang, Lai Sheng; Li, Jun

Spherical trihedral metallo-borospherenes

Nature Communications, v. 11, (1), article number 2766
Chen, Teng Teng; Li, Wan Lu; Chen, Wei Jia; Yu, Xiao Hu; Dong, Xin Ran; Li, Jun; Wang, Lai Sheng

Article 7

[La(η^x-B_x)La]⁻ (x = 7-9): a new class of inverse sandwich complexes

Chemical Science, v. 10, (8), p. 2534-2542
Chen, Teng Teng; Li, Wan Lu; Li, Jun; Wang, Lai Sheng

B₃₁^- and B₃₂^-: Chiral quasi-planar boron clusters

Nanoscale, v. 11, (19), p. 9698-9704
Chen, Qiang; Chen, Teng Teng; Li, Hai Ru; Zhao, Xiao Yun; Chen, Wei Jia; Zhai, Hua Jin; Li, Si Dian; Wang, Lai Sheng

La₃B₁₄^-: An inverse triple-decker lanthanide boron cluster

Chemical Communications, v. 55, (54), p. 7864-7867
Chen, Teng Teng; Li, Wan Lu; Chen, Wei Jia; Li, Jun; Wang, Lai Sheng

Lanthanides with Unusually Low Oxidation States in the PrB ₃ ^- and PrB ₄ ^- Boride Clusters

Inorganic Chemistry, v. 58, (1), p. 411-418
Chen, Xin; Chen, Teng Teng; Li, Wan Lu; Lu, Jun Bo; Zhao, Li Juan; Jian, Tian; Hu, Han Shi; Wang, Lai Sheng; Li, Jun

Planar B₄₁^- and B₄₂^- clusters with double-hexagonal vacancies

Nanoscale, v. 11, (48), p. 23286-23295
Bai, Hui; Chen, Teng Teng; Chen, Qiang; Zhao, Xiao Yun; Zhang, Yang Yang; Chen, Wei Jia; Li, Wan Lu; Cheung, Ling Fung; Bai, Bing; Cavanagh, Joseph; Huang, Wei; Li, Si Dian; Li, Jun; Wang, Lai Sheng

Probing the electronic structure of the CoB₁₆^- drum complex: Unusual oxidation state of Co^-1

Chinese Journal of Chemical Physics, v. 32, (2), p. 241-247
Li, Wan Lu; Chen, Teng Teng; Jiang, Zhi Yu; Chen, Wei Jia; Hu, Han Shi; Wang, Lai Sheng; Li, Jun

Re©B₈^– and Re©B₉^–: New Members of the Transition-Metal-Centered Borometallic Molecular Wheel Family

Journal of Physical Chemistry A, v. 123, (25), June 2019, p. 5317-5324
Chen, Tengteng; Li, Wan-Lu; Bai, Hui; Chen, Wei-Jia; Dong, Xin-Ran; Li, Jun; Wang, Lai-Sheng

Article 3

Di-niobium gold clusters: Multiply-bonded Nb₂ dimer coordinated equatorially by Au atoms

International Journal of Mass Spectrometry, v. 434, November 2018, p. 7-16
Jian, Tian; Cheung, Ling Fung; Chen, Tengteng; Lopez, Gary V.; Li, Wei-Li; Wang, Lai-Sheng

Observation of highly stable and symmetric lanthanide octa-boron inverse sandwich complexes

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, v. 115, (30), p. E6972-E6977
Li, Wan Lu; Chen, Teng Teng; Xing, Deng Hui; Chen, Xin; Li, Jun; Wang, Lai Sheng

硼团簇及其材料化学研究进展(I): 硼墨烯

Scientia Sinica Chimica, v. 48, (2), p. 98-107
Li, Wan Lu; Hu, Han Shi; Zhao, Ya Fan; Chen, Xin; Chen, Teng Teng; Jian, Tian; Wang, Lai Sheng; Li, Jun

Article 5

Bismuth–Boron Multiple Bonding in BiB₂O⁻ and Bi₂B⁻

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition, v. 56, (32), p. 9551-9555
Jian, Tian; Cheung, Ling Fung; Chen, Teng Teng; Wang, Lai Sheng

From planar boron clusters to borophenes and metalloborophenes

Nature Reviews Chemistry, v. 1, (10), article number 0071
Li, Wan Lu; Chen, Xin; Jian, Tian; Chen, Teng Teng; Li, Jun; Wang, Lai Sheng

Nb₂©Au₆: A molecular wheel with a short NbNb triple bond coordinated by an Au₆ ring and reinforced by σ aromaticity

Chemical Science, v. 8, (11), p. 7528-7536
Jian, Tian; Cheung, Ling Fung; Czekner, Joseph; Chen, Teng Teng; Lopez, Gary V.; Li, Wei Li; Wang, Lai Sheng

Observation of a metal-centered B₂-Ta@B₁₈⁻ tubular molecular rotor and a perfect Ta@B₂₀⁻ boron drum with the record coordination number of twenty

Chemical Communications, v. 53, (10), p. 1587-1590
Li, Wan Lu; Jian, Tian; Chen, Xin; Li, Hai Ru; Chen, Teng Teng; Luo, Xue Mei; Li, Si Dian; Li, Jun; Wang, Lai Sheng

PrB₇⁻: A Praseodymium-Doped Boron Cluster with a Pr^II Center Coordinated by a Doubly Aromatic Planar η⁷-B₇³⁻ Ligand

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition, v. 56, (24), p. 6916-6920
Chen, Teng Teng; Li, Wan Lu; Jian, Tian; Chen, Xin; Li, Jun; Wang, Lai Sheng

Article 4

Bond-bending isomerism of Au₂I₃^-: Competition between covalent bonding and aurophilicity

Chemical Science, v. 7, (1), p. 475-481
Li, Wan Lu; Liu, Hong Tao; Jian, Tian; Lopez, Gary V.; Piazza, Zachary A.; Huang, Dao Ling; Chen, Teng Teng; Su, Jing; Yang, Ping; Chen, Xin; Wang, Lai Sheng; Li, Jun

Competition between drum and quasi-planar structures in RhB₁₈⁻: motifs for metallo-boronanotubes and metallo-borophenes

Chemical Science, v. 7, (12), p. 7020-7027
Jian, Tian; Li, Wan Lu; Chen, Xin; Chen, Teng Teng; Lopez, Gary V.; Li, Jun; Wang, Lai Sheng

Frontispiece: The Planar CoB₁₈⁻Cluster as a Motif for Metallo-Borophenes

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition, v. 55, (26)
Li, Wan Lu; Jian, Tian; Chen, Xin; Chen, Teng Teng; Lopez, Gary V.; Li, Jun; Wang, Lai Sheng

The Planar CoB₁₈⁻Cluster as a Motif for Metallo-Borophenes

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition, v. 55, (26), p. 7358-7363
Li, Wan Lu; Jian, Tian; Chen, Xin; Chen, Teng Teng; Lopez, Gary V.; Li, Jun; Wang, Lai Sheng

2019 7

[La(η^x-B_x)La]⁻ (x = 7-9): a new class of inverse sandwich complexes

Chemical Science, v. 10, (8), p. 2534-2542
Chen, Teng Teng; Li, Wan Lu; Li, Jun; Wang, Lai Sheng
Article

B₃₁^- and B₃₂^-: Chiral quasi-planar boron clusters

Nanoscale, v. 11, (19), p. 9698-9704
Chen, Qiang; Chen, Teng Teng; Li, Hai Ru; Zhao, Xiao Yun; Chen, Wei Jia; Zhai, Hua Jin; Li, Si Dian; Wang, Lai Sheng
Article

La₃B₁₄^-: An inverse triple-decker lanthanide boron cluster

Chemical Communications, v. 55, (54), p. 7864-7867
Chen, Teng Teng; Li, Wan Lu; Chen, Wei Jia; Li, Jun; Wang, Lai Sheng
Article

Lanthanides with Unusually Low Oxidation States in the PrB ₃ ^- and PrB ₄ ^- Boride Clusters

Inorganic Chemistry, v. 58, (1), p. 411-418
Chen, Xin; Chen, Teng Teng; Li, Wan Lu; Lu, Jun Bo; Zhao, Li Juan; Jian, Tian; Hu, Han Shi; Wang, Lai Sheng; Li, Jun
Article

Planar B₄₁^- and B₄₂^- clusters with double-hexagonal vacancies

Nanoscale, v. 11, (48), p. 23286-23295
Bai, Hui; Chen, Teng Teng; Chen, Qiang; Zhao, Xiao Yun; Zhang, Yang Yang; Chen, Wei Jia; Li, Wan Lu; Cheung, Ling Fung; Bai, Bing; Cavanagh, Joseph; Huang, Wei; Li, Si Dian; Li, Jun; Wang, Lai Sheng
Article

Probing the electronic structure of the CoB₁₆^- drum complex: Unusual oxidation state of Co^-1

Chinese Journal of Chemical Physics, v. 32, (2), p. 241-247
Li, Wan Lu; Chen, Teng Teng; Jiang, Zhi Yu; Chen, Wei Jia; Hu, Han Shi; Wang, Lai Sheng; Li, Jun
Article

Re©B₈^– and Re©B₉^–: New Members of the Transition-Metal-Centered Borometallic Molecular Wheel Family

Journal of Physical Chemistry A, v. 123, (25), June 2019, p. 5317-5324
Chen, Tengteng; Li, Wan-Lu; Bai, Hui; Chen, Wei-Jia; Dong, Xin-Ran; Li, Jun; Wang, Lai-Sheng
Article

2018 3

Di-niobium gold clusters: Multiply-bonded Nb₂ dimer coordinated equatorially by Au atoms

International Journal of Mass Spectrometry, v. 434, November 2018, p. 7-16
Jian, Tian; Cheung, Ling Fung; Chen, Tengteng; Lopez, Gary V.; Li, Wei-Li; Wang, Lai-Sheng
Article

Observation of highly stable and symmetric lanthanide octa-boron inverse sandwich complexes

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, v. 115, (30), p. E6972-E6977
Li, Wan Lu; Chen, Teng Teng; Xing, Deng Hui; Chen, Xin; Li, Jun; Wang, Lai Sheng
Article

硼团簇及其材料化学研究进展(I): 硼墨烯

Scientia Sinica Chimica, v. 48, (2), p. 98-107
Li, Wan Lu; Hu, Han Shi; Zhao, Ya Fan; Chen, Xin; Chen, Teng Teng; Jian, Tian; Wang, Lai Sheng; Li, Jun
Article

2017 5

Bismuth–Boron Multiple Bonding in BiB₂O⁻ and Bi₂B⁻

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition, v. 56, (32), p. 9551-9555
Jian, Tian; Cheung, Ling Fung; Chen, Teng Teng; Wang, Lai Sheng
Article

From planar boron clusters to borophenes and metalloborophenes

Nature Reviews Chemistry, v. 1, (10), article number 0071
Li, Wan Lu; Chen, Xin; Jian, Tian; Chen, Teng Teng; Li, Jun; Wang, Lai Sheng
Article

Nb₂©Au₆: A molecular wheel with a short NbNb triple bond coordinated by an Au₆ ring and reinforced by σ aromaticity

Chemical Science, v. 8, (11), p. 7528-7536
Jian, Tian; Cheung, Ling Fung; Czekner, Joseph; Chen, Teng Teng; Lopez, Gary V.; Li, Wei Li; Wang, Lai Sheng
Article

Observation of a metal-centered B₂-Ta@B₁₈⁻ tubular molecular rotor and a perfect Ta@B₂₀⁻ boron drum with the record coordination number of twenty

Chemical Communications, v. 53, (10), p. 1587-1590
Li, Wan Lu; Jian, Tian; Chen, Xin; Li, Hai Ru; Chen, Teng Teng; Luo, Xue Mei; Li, Si Dian; Li, Jun; Wang, Lai Sheng
Article

PrB₇⁻: A Praseodymium-Doped Boron Cluster with a Pr^II Center Coordinated by a Doubly Aromatic Planar η⁷-B₇³⁻ Ligand

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition, v. 56, (24), p. 6916-6920
Chen, Teng Teng; Li, Wan Lu; Jian, Tian; Chen, Xin; Li, Jun; Wang, Lai Sheng
Article

2016 4

Bond-bending isomerism of Au₂I₃^-: Competition between covalent bonding and aurophilicity

Chemical Science, v. 7, (1), p. 475-481
Li, Wan Lu; Liu, Hong Tao; Jian, Tian; Lopez, Gary V.; Piazza, Zachary A.; Huang, Dao Ling; Chen, Teng Teng; Su, Jing; Yang, Ping; Chen, Xin; Wang, Lai Sheng; Li, Jun
Article

Competition between drum and quasi-planar structures in RhB₁₈⁻: motifs for metallo-boronanotubes and metallo-borophenes

Chemical Science, v. 7, (12), p. 7020-7027
Jian, Tian; Li, Wan Lu; Chen, Xin; Chen, Teng Teng; Lopez, Gary V.; Li, Jun; Wang, Lai Sheng
Article

Frontispiece: The Planar CoB₁₈⁻Cluster as a Motif for Metallo-Borophenes

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition, v. 55, (26)
Li, Wan Lu; Jian, Tian; Chen, Xin; Chen, Teng Teng; Lopez, Gary V.; Li, Jun; Wang, Lai Sheng
Article

The Planar CoB₁₈⁻Cluster as a Motif for Metallo-Borophenes

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition, v. 55, (26), p. 7358-7363
Li, Wan Lu; Jian, Tian; Chen, Xin; Chen, Teng Teng; Lopez, Gary V.; Li, Jun; Wang, Lai Sheng
Article

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CHEM4689	Capstone Project
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CHEN, Xingyu
Chemistry
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Chemistry
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Chemistry
ZHU, Peiyu
Chemistry

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Investigating the Electronic Structure and Chemical Bonding of Cryogenically-Cooled Actinide and Actinide-Boride Nanoclusters

研究氣相錒系金屬和錒系金屬硼團簇的電子結構和化學鍵 Leading

RGC - General Research Fund
Project Team (HKUST)
CHEN Tengteng (Lead)
2025 -
High-resolution Photoelectron Imaging Study of the Electronic Structures and Chemical Bonding of Actinide-Boride Clusters

高精度光電子成像技術研究錒系金屬硼團簇的電子結構及化學鍵 Leading

Key Laboratory of Precision and Intelligent Chemistry
Project Team (HKUST)
CHEN Tengteng (Lead)
2025 -
Studying ultrafast molecular dynamics and chemical processes under vibrational strong coupling by pump-probe and two-dimensional infrared spectroscopy

利用泵浦-探測和二維紅外光譜技術研究在振動強耦合下的超快分子動力學和化學過程 Leading

RGC - Early Career Scheme
Project Team (HKUST)
CHEN Tengteng (Lead)
2024 -
9th (2023-2025) "Young Elite Scientists Sponsorship Program" project of the Chinese Chemical Society

中國化學會第九屆（2023-2025年度）青年人才托舉工程項目 Leading

Chinese Chemical Society
Project Team (HKUST)
CHEN Tengteng (Lead)
2023 -

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