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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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2024 4

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), February 2024, 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), April 2024, p. 6276-6284
Dong, Xin-Ran; Zhang, Jing-Xuan; Chen, Tengteng; Xu, Cong-Qiao; Li, Jun
Article

On the remarkable resistance to oxidation by the Bi₁₈^- cluster

Science advances, v. 10, (44), November 2024, article number eads4724, p. 1-8
Ma, Jun; Chen, Tengteng; 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), September 2024, p. 17215-17224
Burkhardt, Jordan; Chen, Tengteng; Chen, Wei-Jia; Yuan, Dao-Fu; Li, Wan-Lu; Wang, Lai-Sheng
Article

2022 4

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

Communications Chemistry, v. 5, (1), March 2022, article number 25
Chen, Wei-Jia; Chen, Tengteng; 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), November 2022, p. 790-794
Chen, Tengteng; 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, April 2022, p. 233-253
Chen, Tengteng; 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), August 2022, p. 10082-10094
Wang, Zhen-Ling; Chen, Tengteng; 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), February 2021, p. 3868-3876
Chen, Wei-Jia; Ma, Yuan-Yuan; Chen, Tengteng; 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), April 2021, p. 2622-2630
Jiang, Zhi-Yu; Chen, Tengteng; Chen, Wei-Jia; Li, Wan-Lu; Li, Jun; Wang, Lai-Sheng
Article

Monovalent lanthanide(I) in borozene complexes

Nature Communications, v. 12, (1), November 2021, article number 6467
Li, Wan-Lu; Chen, Tengteng; 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), May 2021, p. 8157-8164
Tian, Wen-Juan; Chen, Wei-Jia; Yan, Miao; Li, Rui; Wei, Zhi-Hong; Chen, Tengteng; 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), February 2020, p. 659-663
Cheung, Ling Fung; Chen, Tengteng; 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), August 2020, p. 15260-15265
Chen, Tengteng; Cheung, Ling Fung; Chen, Wei-Jia; Cavanagh, Joseph; Wang, Lai-Sheng
Article

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

Chinese Journal of Structural Chemistry=结构化学, v. 39, (6), June 2020, p. 1009-1018
Li, Wan-Lu; Chen, Tengteng; Jiang, Zhi-Yu; Wang, Lai-Sheng; Li, Jun
Article

Spherical trihedral metallo-borospherenes

Nature Communications, v. 11, (1), June 2020, article number 2766
Chen, Tengteng; 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), January 2019, p. 2534-2542
Chen, Tengteng; Li, Wan-Lu; Li, Jun; Wang, Lai-Sheng
Article

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

Nanoscale, v. 11, (19), April 2019, p. 9698-9704
Chen, Qiang; Chen, Tengteng; 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), June 2019, p. 7864-7867
Chen, Tengteng; Li, Wan-Lu; Chen, Wei-Jia; Li, Jun; Wang, Lai-Sheng
Article

Lanthanides with Unusually Low Oxidation States in the PrB₃^– and PrB₄^– Boride Clusters

Inorganic Chemistry, v. 58, (1), January 2019, p. 411-418
Chen, Xin; Chen, Tengteng; 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), December 2019, p. 23286-23295
Bai, Hui; Chen, Tengteng; 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), April 2019, p. 241-247
Li, Wan-Lu; Chen, Tengteng; 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), July 2018, p. E6972-E6977
Li, Wan-Lu; Chen, Tengteng; 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

中国科学: 化学 = Scientia Sinica Chimica, v. 48, (2), January 2018, p. 98-107
李婉璐; 胡憾石; 赵亚帆; 陈欣; 陈藤藤; 简添; 王来生; 李隽
Article

2017 4

Bismuth–Boron Multiple Bonding in BiB₂O⁻ and Bi₂B⁻

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition, v. 56, (32), August 2017, p. 9551-9555
Jian, Tian; Cheung, Ling Fung; Chen, Tengteng; Wang, Lai-Sheng
Article

From planar boron clusters to borophenes and metalloborophenes

Nature Reviews Chemistry, v. 1, (10), September 2017, article number 0071
Li, Wan-Lu; Chen, Xin; Jian, Tian; Chen, Tengteng; Li, Jun; Wang, Lai-Sheng
Article

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

Chemical Science, v. 8, (11), September 2017, p. 7528-7536
Jian, Tian; Cheung, Ling Fung; Czekner, Joseph; Chen, Tengteng; Lopez, Gary V.; Li, Wei-Li; 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), June 2017, p. 6916-6920
Chen, Tengteng; 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), January 2016, p. 475-481
Li, Wan-Lu; Liu, Hong-Tao; Jian, Tian; Lopez, Gary V.; Piazza, Zachary A.; Huang, Dao-Ling; Chen, Tengteng; 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), July 2016, p. 7020-7027
Jian, Tian; Li, Wan-Lu; Chen, Xin; Chen, Tengteng; Lopez, Gary V.; Li, Jun; 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), February 2017, p. 1587-1590
Li, Wan-Lu; Jian, Tian; Chen, Xin; Li, Hai-Ru; Chen, Tengteng; Luo, Xue-Mei; Li, Si-Dian; Li, Jun; Wang, Lai-Sheng
Article

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

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition, v. 55, (26), June 2016, p. 7358-7363
Li, Wan-Lu; Jian, Tian; Chen, Xin; Chen, Tengteng; Lopez, Gary V.; Li, Jun; Wang, Lai-Sheng
Article

Article 4

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), February 2024, 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), April 2024, p. 6276-6284
Dong, Xin-Ran; Zhang, Jing-Xuan; Chen, Tengteng; Xu, Cong-Qiao; Li, Jun

On the remarkable resistance to oxidation by the Bi₁₈^- cluster

Science advances, v. 10, (44), November 2024, article number eads4724, p. 1-8
Ma, Jun; Chen, Tengteng; 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), September 2024, p. 17215-17224
Burkhardt, Jordan; Chen, Tengteng; Chen, Wei-Jia; Yuan, Dao-Fu; Li, Wan-Lu; Wang, Lai-Sheng

Article 4

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

Communications Chemistry, v. 5, (1), March 2022, article number 25
Chen, Wei-Jia; Chen, Tengteng; 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), November 2022, p. 790-794
Chen, Tengteng; 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, April 2022, p. 233-253
Chen, Tengteng; 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), August 2022, p. 10082-10094
Wang, Zhen-Ling; Chen, Tengteng; 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), February 2021, p. 3868-3876
Chen, Wei-Jia; Ma, Yuan-Yuan; Chen, Tengteng; 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), April 2021, p. 2622-2630
Jiang, Zhi-Yu; Chen, Tengteng; Chen, Wei-Jia; Li, Wan-Lu; Li, Jun; Wang, Lai-Sheng

Monovalent lanthanide(I) in borozene complexes

Nature Communications, v. 12, (1), November 2021, article number 6467
Li, Wan-Lu; Chen, Tengteng; 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), May 2021, p. 8157-8164
Tian, Wen-Juan; Chen, Wei-Jia; Yan, Miao; Li, Rui; Wei, Zhi-Hong; Chen, Tengteng; 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), February 2020, p. 659-663
Cheung, Ling Fung; Chen, Tengteng; 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), August 2020, p. 15260-15265
Chen, Tengteng; Cheung, Ling Fung; Chen, Wei-Jia; Cavanagh, Joseph; Wang, Lai-Sheng

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

Chinese Journal of Structural Chemistry=结构化学, v. 39, (6), June 2020, p. 1009-1018
Li, Wan-Lu; Chen, Tengteng; Jiang, Zhi-Yu; Wang, Lai-Sheng; Li, Jun

Spherical trihedral metallo-borospherenes

Nature Communications, v. 11, (1), June 2020, article number 2766
Chen, Tengteng; 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), January 2019, p. 2534-2542
Chen, Tengteng; Li, Wan-Lu; Li, Jun; Wang, Lai-Sheng

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

Nanoscale, v. 11, (19), April 2019, p. 9698-9704
Chen, Qiang; Chen, Tengteng; 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), June 2019, p. 7864-7867
Chen, Tengteng; Li, Wan-Lu; Chen, Wei-Jia; Li, Jun; Wang, Lai-Sheng

Lanthanides with Unusually Low Oxidation States in the PrB₃^– and PrB₄^– Boride Clusters

Inorganic Chemistry, v. 58, (1), January 2019, p. 411-418
Chen, Xin; Chen, Tengteng; 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), December 2019, p. 23286-23295
Bai, Hui; Chen, Tengteng; 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), April 2019, p. 241-247
Li, Wan-Lu; Chen, Tengteng; 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), July 2018, p. E6972-E6977
Li, Wan-Lu; Chen, Tengteng; 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

中国科学: 化学 = Scientia Sinica Chimica, v. 48, (2), January 2018, p. 98-107
李婉璐; 胡憾石; 赵亚帆; 陈欣; 陈藤藤; 简添; 王来生; 李隽

Article 4

Bismuth–Boron Multiple Bonding in BiB₂O⁻ and Bi₂B⁻

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition, v. 56, (32), August 2017, p. 9551-9555
Jian, Tian; Cheung, Ling Fung; Chen, Tengteng; Wang, Lai-Sheng

From planar boron clusters to borophenes and metalloborophenes

Nature Reviews Chemistry, v. 1, (10), September 2017, article number 0071
Li, Wan-Lu; Chen, Xin; Jian, Tian; Chen, Tengteng; Li, Jun; Wang, Lai-Sheng

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

Chemical Science, v. 8, (11), September 2017, p. 7528-7536
Jian, Tian; Cheung, Ling Fung; Czekner, Joseph; Chen, Tengteng; Lopez, Gary V.; Li, Wei-Li; 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), June 2017, p. 6916-6920
Chen, Tengteng; 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), January 2016, p. 475-481
Li, Wan-Lu; Liu, Hong-Tao; Jian, Tian; Lopez, Gary V.; Piazza, Zachary A.; Huang, Dao-Ling; Chen, Tengteng; 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), July 2016, p. 7020-7027
Jian, Tian; Li, Wan-Lu; Chen, Xin; Chen, Tengteng; Lopez, Gary V.; Li, Jun; 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), February 2017, p. 1587-1590
Li, Wan-Lu; Jian, Tian; Chen, Xin; Li, Hai-Ru; Chen, Tengteng; Luo, Xue-Mei; Li, Si-Dian; Li, Jun; Wang, Lai-Sheng

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

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition, v. 55, (26), June 2016, p. 7358-7363
Li, Wan-Lu; Jian, Tian; Chen, Xin; Chen, Tengteng; 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), January 2019, p. 2534-2542
Chen, Tengteng; Li, Wan-Lu; Li, Jun; Wang, Lai-Sheng
Article

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

Nanoscale, v. 11, (19), April 2019, p. 9698-9704
Chen, Qiang; Chen, Tengteng; 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), June 2019, p. 7864-7867
Chen, Tengteng; Li, Wan-Lu; Chen, Wei-Jia; Li, Jun; Wang, Lai-Sheng
Article

Lanthanides with Unusually Low Oxidation States in the PrB₃^– and PrB₄^– Boride Clusters

Inorganic Chemistry, v. 58, (1), January 2019, p. 411-418
Chen, Xin; Chen, Tengteng; 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), December 2019, p. 23286-23295
Bai, Hui; Chen, Tengteng; 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), April 2019, p. 241-247
Li, Wan-Lu; Chen, Tengteng; 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), July 2018, p. E6972-E6977
Li, Wan-Lu; Chen, Tengteng; 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

中国科学: 化学 = Scientia Sinica Chimica, v. 48, (2), January 2018, p. 98-107
李婉璐; 胡憾石; 赵亚帆; 陈欣; 陈藤藤; 简添; 王来生; 李隽
Article

2017 4

Bismuth–Boron Multiple Bonding in BiB₂O⁻ and Bi₂B⁻

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition, v. 56, (32), August 2017, p. 9551-9555
Jian, Tian; Cheung, Ling Fung; Chen, Tengteng; Wang, Lai-Sheng
Article

From planar boron clusters to borophenes and metalloborophenes

Nature Reviews Chemistry, v. 1, (10), September 2017, article number 0071
Li, Wan-Lu; Chen, Xin; Jian, Tian; Chen, Tengteng; Li, Jun; Wang, Lai-Sheng
Article

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

Chemical Science, v. 8, (11), September 2017, p. 7528-7536
Jian, Tian; Cheung, Ling Fung; Czekner, Joseph; Chen, Tengteng; Lopez, Gary V.; Li, Wei-Li; 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), June 2017, p. 6916-6920
Chen, Tengteng; 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), January 2016, p. 475-481
Li, Wan-Lu; Liu, Hong-Tao; Jian, Tian; Lopez, Gary V.; Piazza, Zachary A.; Huang, Dao-Ling; Chen, Tengteng; 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), July 2016, p. 7020-7027
Jian, Tian; Li, Wan-Lu; Chen, Xin; Chen, Tengteng; Lopez, Gary V.; Li, Jun; 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), February 2017, p. 1587-1590
Li, Wan-Lu; Jian, Tian; Chen, Xin; Li, Hai-Ru; Chen, Tengteng; Luo, Xue-Mei; Li, Si-Dian; Li, Jun; Wang, Lai-Sheng
Article

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

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition, v. 55, (26), June 2016, p. 7358-7363
Li, Wan-Lu; Jian, Tian; Chen, Xin; Chen, Tengteng; Lopez, Gary V.; Li, Jun; Wang, Lai-Sheng
Article

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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
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CHEN Tengteng (Lead)
2023 -

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