PUBS

[94] Kim, D. S.; Kim, Y.; Lee, D.*; Lee, Y.*
Design of 2-Pyridone Fluorophores for Brighter Emissions at Longer Wavelengths.
Chem. Eur. J. 2024, 30, e202303458.

[93] Kim, J.; Kim, C.; Lee, D.*
Fluoride-triggered phase transition of metallogels for on-demand in situ containment of fluids.
Chem. Commun. 2024, 60, 1762–1765.

[92] Kim, H.; Kim, Y.; Lee, D.*
Small is Beautiful: Electronic Origin and Synthetic Evolution of Single-Benzene Fluorophores.
Acc. Chem. Res. 2024, 57, 140–152.

[91] Lee, H.; Lee, D.*
Assembling Molecular Clips to Build π-Stacks.
Chem. Eur. J. 2023, 29, e202302523.

[90] Lee, S.; Kwon, G.; Kang, T.; Kim, J.; Lee, B.; Kim, C.; Lee, C.; Kim, Y.; Noh, J.; Yu, Y.-S.*; Lee, D.*; Kang, K.*
High-voltage (4.1 V) organic electrode material with an oxygen redox center.
J. Mater. Chem. A, 2023, 11, 22441–22448.

[89] Kang, S.-i.; Lee, H.; Bae, S.; Lee, D.*
Hard–Soft Cooperativity of an Allosteric Tweezer.
Org. Lett. 2023, 25, 7154–7159.

[88] Kim, H.; Yoo, H.; Kim, J. Y.; Lee, D.*
A hydrogen-bonded organic framework of rigidly branched fluorophore: guest-adaptive cavity and phase-dependent light emission.
J. Mater. Chem. C, 2023, 11, 12933-12940.

[87] Kim, Y.; Kwon, G.; Park, S.-O.; Kim, H.; Kim, J.; Kim, K.; Yoo, J.; Lee, D.; Kang, K.*
Micellar Solubilization for High-Energy-Density Aqueous Organic Redox Flow Batteries.
Adv. Energy Mater. 2023, 13, 2302128.

[86] Ham, Y.; Kim, C.; Shin, D.; Kim, I.-D.; Kang, K.; Jung, Y.*; Lee, D.*; Jeon, S.*
All-Graphene Quantum Dot-Derived Battery: Regulating Redox Activity Through Localized Subdomains
Small 2023, 19, 2303432.

[85] Kim, Y.; Kim, H.; Son, J. B.; Filatov, M.; Choi, C. H.; Lee, N. K.*; Lee, D.*
Single-Benzene Dual-Emitters Harness Excited-State Antiaromaticity for White Light Generation and Fluorescence Imaging
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2023, 62, e202302107.

[84] Kim, H.; Shin, J.; Kim, S.; Lee, D.*
Helical fluxionality: numerical frustration drives concerted low-barrier screw motions of a tricopper cluster
Chem. Sci. 2023, 14, 3265-3269.

[83] Lee, H.; Lee, D.*
Molecular Tetris by sequence-specific stacking of hydrogen bonding molecular clips
Commun. Chem. 2022, 5, 180.

[82] Kang, T.; Hague, Md M.; Lee, B.; Hong, K.; Hong, S. C.; Kim, Y.; Lee, J.; Lee, J.-S.*; Lee, D.*
Orthogonally-tunable and ER-targeting fluorophores detect avian influenza virus early infection
Nat. Commun. 2022, 13, 5841.
[Highlighted in Synfacts 2023, 19, 93.]

[81] Kim, H.; Lee, D.*
Cascade proton relays facilitate electron transfer across hydrogen-bonding network
(Invited Contribution to the Special Collection Issue on Bioinorganic Chemistry)
Bull. Korean Chem. Soc. 2022, 43, 549–553.

[80] Hwang, S.-H.; Kim, H.; Ryu, H.; Serdiuk, I. E.; Lee, D.*;  Choi, T.-L.*
Powerful Direct C–H Amidation Polymerization Affords Single-Fluorophore-Based White-Light-Emitting Polysulfonamides by Fine-Tuning Hydrogen Bonds
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2022, 144, 1778–1785.

[79] Wisman, D. L.; Kim, H.; Kim, C.; Morris, T. W.; Lee, D.*; Tait, S. L.*
Variations in Complementary Hydrogen Bonds Direct Assembly Patterns of Isosteric Polyheteroaromatics at Surfaces
Chem. Eur. J. 2021, 27, 13887-13893.

[78] Kim, H.; Park, W.; Kim, Y.; Filatov, M.*; Choi, C. H.*; Lee, D.*
Relief of excited-state antiaromaticity enables the smallest red emitter
Nat. Commun. 2021, 12, 5409.

[77] Kim, J.; Kim, H.; Lee, S.; Kwon, G.; Kang, T.; Park, H.; Tamwattana, O.; Ko, Y.; Lee, D.*; Kang, K.*
A p–n fusion strategy to design bipolar organic materials for high-energy-density symmetric batteries
J. Mater. Chem. A, 2021, 9, 14485-14494.

[76] Kang, T.; Kim, H.; Jeoung, S.; Moon, D.*; Moon, H. R.*; Lee, D.*
Non-stackable molecules assemble into porous crystals displaying concerted cavity-changing motions
Chem. Sci. 2021, 12, 6378–6384.

[75] Kim, S.; Kim, J.; Lee, D.*
Making Waxy Salts in Water: Synthetic Control of Hydrophobicity for Anion-Induced and Aggregation-Enhanced Light Emission
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2021, 60, 10858–10864.

[74] Kim, C.; Lee, D.*
Conducting Polymers as Anion-Responsive Chemical Fuses
Chem. Commun. 2021, 57, 3773–3776.

[73] Kim, H.; Lee, Y.; Lee, H.; Hong, J.-I.*; Lee, D.*
Click-To-Twist Strategy To Build Blue-to-Green Emitters: Bulky Triazoles for Electronically Tunable and Thermally Activated Delayed Fluorescence
ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2021, 13, 12286–12295.

[72] Kim, S.; Jeong, H. Y.; Kim, S.; Kim, H.; Lee, S.; Cho, J.*; Kim, C.*; Lee, D.*
Proton Switch in the Secondary Coordination Sphere to Control Catalytic Events at the Metal Center: Biomimetic Oxo Transfer Chemistry of Nickel Amidate Complex
Chem. Eur. J. 2021, 27, 4700–4708.

[71] Lee, M.; Kang, S.-i.; Song, S.; Kim, H.; Lee, D.*
Sharp Turns and Fluorescent Repeats: Modular Construction and Shape-Dependent Electronic Properties of π-Conjugated Chain Molecules
ChemPlusChem. 2021, 86, 313–318.
[Invited Contribution to Special Collection on “Synthesis, Properties, and Applications of Foldamers”]

[70] Park, H.; Lee, D.*
Biomimetic hydrogen-bonding cascade for chemical activation: telling a nucleophile from a base
Chem. Sci. 2021, 12, 590–598.

[69] Bai, S.; Kim, B.; Kim, C.; Tamwattana, O.; Park, H.; Kim, J.; Lee, D.; Kang, K.*
Permselective metal–organic framework gel membrane enables long-life cycling of rechargeable organic batteries
Nature Nanotech. 2021, 16, 77-84.

[68] Park, H.; Lee, D.*
Ligand Taxonomy for Bioinorganic Modeling of Dioxygen-Activating Non-Heme Iron Enzymes.
Chem. Eur. J. 2020, 26, 5916–5926.

[67] Kim, J.; Ko, S.; Noh, C.; Kim, H.; Lee, S.; Kim, D.; Park, H.; Kwon, G.; Son, G.; Ko, J. W.; Jung, Y.; Lee, D.; Park, C. B.*; Kang, K.*
Biological Nicotinamide Cofactor as a Redox Active Motif for Reversible Electrochemical Energy Storage.
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2019, 58, 16764–16769.

[66] Song, J.-A.; Park, B.; Kim, S.; Kang, C.; Lee, D.; Baik, M.-H.*; Grubbs, R. H.; Choi, T.-L.*
Living Polymerization Caught in the Act: Direct Observation of an Arrested Intermediate in Metathesis Polymerization.
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2019, 141, 10039–10047.

[65] Jung, J.*; Liu, W.; Kim, S.; Lee, D.*
Redox-Driven Folding, Unfolding, and Refolding of Bis(Tetrathiafulvalene) Molecular Switch.
J. Org. Chem. 2019, 84, 6258–6269.

[64] Wisman, D.; Kim, S.; Morris, T. W.; Choi, J.; Tempas, C. D.; Trainor, C. Q.; Lee, D.*; Tait, S. L.*.
Surface Self-Assembly, Film Morphology, and Charge Transport Properties of Semiconducting Triazoloarenes.
Langmuir, 2019, 35, 6304–6311.

[63] Kang, S.-i.; Lee, M.; Lee, D.*
Weak Links To Differentiate Weak Bonds: Size-Selective Response of π-Conjugated Macrocycle Gels to Ammonium Ions.
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2019, 141, 5980–5986.

[62] Kim, J.; Lee, D.*
Crisscrossing coordination networks: ligand doping to control chemomechanical properties of stimuli-responsive metallogels.
Chem. Sci. 2019, 10, 3864–3872.

[61] Park, H.; Ahn, H. M.; Jeong, H. Y.; Kim, C.*; Lee, D.*
Non-Heme Iron Catalysts for Olefin Epoxidation: Conformationally Rigid Aryl–Aryl Junction to Support Amine/Imine Multidentate Ligands.
Chem. Eur. J. 2018, 24, 8632–8638.

[60] Kim, S.; Castillo, H. D.; Lee, M.; Mortensen, R. D.; Tait, S. L.*; Lee, D.*
From Foldable Open-Chains to Shape-Persistent Macrocycles: Synthesis, Impact on 2D Ordering, and Stimulated Self-Assembly.
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2018, 140, 4726–4735.

[59] Kang, T.; Kim, H.; Lee, D.* 
Triazoliptycenes: A Twist on Iptycene Chemistry for Regioselective Cross-Coupling To Build Nonstacking Fluorophores.
Org. Lett. 2017, 19, 6380–6383.
[also featured in Synfacts 2018, 14, 0138]

[58] Lee, B.; Park, B. G.; Cho, W.; Lee, H. Y.; Olasz, A.; Chen, C.-H.; Park, S. B.*; Lee, D.*
BOIMPY: Fluorescent Boron Complexes with Tunable and Environment-Responsive Light-Emitting Properties.
Chem. Eur. J. 2016, 22, 17321–17328.

[57] Kim, S.; Jo, J.; Lee, D.* 
Conformationally Distorted π-Conjugation for Reaction-Based Detection of Nickel: Fluorescence Turn-On by Twist-and-Fragment.
Org. Lett. 2016, 18, 4530–4533.

[56] Park, B. G.; Hong, D. H.; Lee, H. Y.; Lee, M.; Lee, D.* 
Multichromophoric π-Conjugation: Modular Design for Gated and Cascade Energy Transfer. 
Chem. Eur. J. 2016, 22, 6610–6616.

[55] Skomski, D.; Jo, J.; Tempas, C. D.; Kim, S.; Lee, D.*; Tait, S. L.*
High-Fidelity Self-Assembly of Crystalline and Parallel-Oriented Organic Thin Films by π–π Stacking from a Metal Surface.
Langmuir, 2014, 30, 10050–10056.

[54] Jo, J.; Olasz, A.; Chen, C.-H.; Lee, D.* 
Interdigitated Hydrogen Bonds: Electrophile Activation for Covalent Capture and Fluorescence Turn-On Detection of Cyanide.
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2013, 135, 3620–3632.

[52] Lee, H. Y.; Olasz, A.; Chen, C.-H.; Lee, D.* Three-Stage Binary Switching of Azoaromatic Polybase.
Org. Lett. 2012, 14, 6286–6289. 

[51] Jo, J.; Lee, H. Y.; Liu, W.; Olasz, A.; Chen, C.-H.; Lee, D.* Reactivity-Based Detection of Copper(II) Ion in Water: Oxidative Cyclization of Azoaromatics as Fluorescence Turn-On Signaling Mechanism.
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2012, 134, 16000–16007.

[50] Liu, W.; Huang, W.; Chen, C.-H.; Pink, M.; Lee, D.* Charge Injection and Transport in Metal-Containing Conducting Polymers: Spectroelectrochemical Mapping of Redox Activities.
Chem. Mater.  2012, 24, 3650–3658.

[49] Hutt, J. T.; Jo, J.; Olasz, A.; Chen, C.-H.; Lee, D.*; Aron, Z. D.* Fluorescence Switching of Imidazo[1,5-a]pyridinium Ions: pH-Sensors with Dual Emission Pathways.
Org. Lett.  2012, 14, 3162–3165.

[48] Opsitnick, E. A.; Jiang, X.; Hollenbeck, A. N.; Lee, D.* Hydrogen bond-assisted helical folding of propeller-shaped molecules: Effects of extended π-conjugation on chiral selection, conformational stability, and exciton coupling.
Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2012, 708–720.

[47] Vieweger, M.; Jiang, X.; Lim, Y.-K.; Jo, J.; Lee, D.*; Dragnea, B.* Conformationally Dynamic π-Conjugation: Probing Structure–Property Relationships of Fluorescent Tris(N-salicylideneaniline)s.
J. Phys. Chem. A 2011, 115, 13298–13308.

[46] Lee. D. “Chapter 4. Metal Chelation Chemistry” in Chemosensors: Principles, Strategies, and Applications; Wang, B., Anslyn, E. V., Eds.; John Wiley & Sons: Hoboken, 2011, pp 41–64.

[44] Lee, H. Y.; Jo, J.; Park, H.; Lee, D.* Ratiometric detection of mercury ion in water: accelerated response kinetics of azo chromophores having ethynyl ligand tethers.
Chem. Commun. 2011, 47, 5515–5517.

 [43] Lee, H. Y.; Olasz, A.; Pink, M.; Park, H.; Lee, D.* The art of stacking: structural folding and self-assembly of branched π-conjugation assisted by O–H···O and C–H···F hydrogen bonds.
Chem. Commun. 2011, 47, 481–483.
[Invited Contribution to the Emerging Investigators Issue]

[41] Liu, W.; Huang, W.; Pink, M.; Lee, D.* Layer-by-Layer Synthesis of Metal-Containing Conducting Polymers: Caged Metal Centers for Interlayer Charge Transport.
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2010, 132, 11844–11846. 

 [40] Liu, W.; Lee, D.* Beyond the Cage: Divergent Assembly and Electropolymerization of Functionalized Borasiloxanes.
Polym. Preprints 2010, 51(2), 132–133.
[Invited submission to ACS Symposium "From Molecules to Macromolecules: Toward Self-Assembling Materials"]

[39] Jo, J.; Lee, D.* Turn-On Fluorescence Detection of Cyanide in Water: Activation of Latent Fluorophores through Remote Hydrogen Bonds That Mimic Peptide β-Turn Motif.
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2009, 131, 16283–16291.

[38] Liu, W.; Pink, M.; Lee, D.* Conjugated Polymer Sensors Built on π-Extended Borasiloxane Cages.
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2009, 131, 8703–8707. 

[37] Lee, H. Y.; Jiang, X.; Lee, D.* Kinetics of Self-Immolation: Faster Signal Relay over a Longer Linear Distance?
Org. Lett. 2009, 11, 2065–2068. 

[36] Jiang, X.; Lim, Y.-K.; Zhang, B. J.; Opsitnick, E. A.; Baik, M.-H.; Lee, D.* Dendritic Molecular Switch: Chiral Folding and Helicity Inversion.
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2008, 130, 16812–16822.

[35] Jiang, X.; Park, B. G.; Riddle, J. A.; Zhang, B. J.; Pink, M.; Lee, D.* Torsionally Restricted Tetradentate Fluorophore: A Swiveling Ligand Platform for Ratiometric Sensing of Metal Ions.
Chem. Commun. 2008, 6028–6030.

[34] Riddle, J. A.; Jiang, X.; Lee, D.* Conformational dynamics for chemical sensing: simplicity and diversity.
Analyst, 2008, 133, 417–422.

[33] Jiang, X.; Vieweger, M. C.; Bollinger, J. C.; Dragnea, B.; Lee, D.* Reactivity-Based Fluoride Detection: Evolving Design Principles for Spring-Loaded Turn-On Fluorescent Probes.
Org. Lett. 2007, 9, 3579–3582. 

[32] Opsitnick, E.; Lee, D.* Two-Dimensional Electronic Conjugation: Statics and Dynamics at Structural Domains Beyond Molecular Wires.
Chem. Eur. J. 2007, 13, 7040–7049.

[31] Riddle, J. A.; Jiang, X.; Huffman, J.; Lee, D.* Signal-Amplifying Resonance Energy Transfer: A Dynamic Multichromophore Array for Allosteric Switching.
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2007, 46, 7019–7022.

[30] Lim, Y.-K.; Jiang, X.; Bollinger, J. C.; Lee, D.* Molecular engineering of two-dimensional π-conjugation: Expected and unexpected photophysical consequences of simple particle-in-a box approach.
J. Mater. Chem. 2007, 17, 1969–1980.
[Invited contribution to the Emerging Investigators Issue]

[28] Jiang, X.; Bollinger, J. C.; Lee, D.* Two-Dimensional Electronic Conjugation: Cooperative Folding and Fluorescence Switching.
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2006, 128, 11732–11733. 

[27] Riddle, J. A.; Lathrop, S. P.; Bollinger, J. C.; Lee, D.* Schiff Base Route to Stackable Pseudo-Triphenylenes: Stereoelectronic Control of Assembly and Luminescence.
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2006, 128, 10986–10987.

[26] Jiang, X.; Bollinger, J. C.; Lee, D.* How Bulky Is a Bulky Ligand: Energetic Consequences of Steric Constraint in Ligand-Directed Cluster Assembly and Disassembly.
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2005, 127, 15678–15679.

[25] Riddle, J. A.; Bollinger, J. C.; Lee, D.* Escape from a Nonporous Solid: Mechanically Coupled Biconcave Molecules.
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2005, 44, 6689–6693.

[24] Jiang, X.; Bollinger, J. C.; Baik, M.-H.*; Lee, D.* Copper clusters built on bulky amidinate ligands: spin delocalization via superexchange rather than direct metal-metal bonding.
Chem. Commun. 2005, 1043–1045.

Graduate and Post-Graduate Research

[23] Zhao, M.; Helms, B.; Slonkina, E.; Friedle, S.; Lee, D.; DuBois, J.; Hedman, B.*; Hodgson, K.*; Fréchet, J. M. J.*; Lippard, S. J.* Iron Complexes of Dendrimer-Appended Carboxylates for Activating Dioxygen and Oxidizing Hydrocarbons.
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2008, 130, 4352–4363.

[22] Byrne, P. D.; Lee, D.; Müller, P.; Swager, T. M.* Polymerization of thiophene containing cyclobutadiene Co cyclopentadiene complexes.
Synth. Met. 2006, 156, 784–791.

[21] Lee, D.; Swager, T. M.* Toward Isolated Molecular Wires: A pH-Responsive Canopied Polypyrrole.
Chem. Mater. 2005, 17, 4622-4629.

[20] Lee, D.; Swager, T. M.* Defining space around conjugated polymers: New vistas in self-amplifying sensory materials.
Synlett 2004, 149-154.

[19] Lee, D.; Swager, T. M.* Defining Space around Conducting Polymers: Reversible Protonic Doping of a Canopied Polypyrrole.
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2003, 125, 6870-6871.

[18] Lee, D.; Lippard, S. J.* Chapter 8.13 Nonheme Di-iron Enzymes in COMPREHENSIVE COORDINATION CHEMISTRY-II: From Biology to Nanotechnology; Elsevier Science: Oxford, U.K., 2003; Vol 8, pp 309–342.

[17] Lee, D.; Lippard, S. J.* Structural Flexibility within a Sterically Hindered Ligand Platform: Mononuclear Iron(II) Complexes as Subsite Models for Diiron(II) Centers.
Inorg. Chim. Acta 2002, 341, 1–11.  [Dedicated to Prof. Ken Raymond]

[16] Baik, M.-H.; Lee, D.; Friesner, R. A.*; Lippard, S. J.* Theoretical Studies of Diiron(II) Complexes That Model Features of the Dioxygen-Activating Centers in Non-Heme Diiron Enzymes.
Israel J. Chem. 2002, 173–186. [Dedicated to Prof. F. A. Cotton]

[15] Lee, D.; DuBois, J. L.; Pierce, B.; Hedman, B.*; Hodgson, K. O.*; Hendrich, M. P.*; Lippard, S. J.* Structural and Spectroscopic Studies of Valence-Delocalized Diiron(II,III) Complexes Supported by Carboxylate-Only Bridging Ligands.
Inorg. Chem. 2002, 41, 3172–3182.

[14] Lee, D.; Lippard, S. J.* Modeling Dioxygen-Activating Centers in Non-Heme Diiron Enzymes: Carboxylate Shifts in Diiron(II) Complexes Supported by Sterically Hindered Carboxylate Ligands.
Inorg. Chem. 2002, 41, 2704–2719.

[12] Lee, D.; Pierce, B.; Krebs, C.; Hendrich, M. P.; Huynh, B. H.; Lippard, S. J.* Functional Mimic of Dioxygen Activating Centers in Non-Heme Diiron Enzymes: Mechanistic Implications of Paramagnetic Intermediates in the Reactions between Diiron(II) Complexes and Dioxygen.
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2002, 124, 3993-4007.

[11] Tshuva, E. Y.; Lee, D.; Bu, W.; Lippard, S. J.* Catalytic Oxidation by a Carboxylate-Bridged Non-Heme Diiron Complex.
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2002, 124, 2416–2417. 

[9] Lee, D.; Hung, P.-L.; Spingler, B.; Lippard, S. J.* Sterically Hindered Carboxylate Ligands Support Water-Bridged Dimetallic Centers That Model Features of Metallohydrolase Active Sites.
Inorg. Chem. 2002, 41, 521–531.

[8] Lee, D.; Sorace, L.; Caneschi, A.; Lippard, S. J.* Hydroxo-Bridged Cubane-Type Tetrairon(II) Clusters Supported by Sterically-Hindered Carboxylate Ligands.
Inorg. Chem. 2001, 40, 6774–6781.

[6] He, C.; Barrios, A. M.; Lee, D.; Kuzelka, J.; Davydov, R. M.; Lippard, S. J.* Diiron Complexes of 1,8-Naphthyridine-Based Dinucleating Ligands as Models for Hemerythrin.
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2000, 122, 12683–12690.

[5] Lee, D.; Krebs, C.; Huynh, B. H.; Hendrich, M. P.; Lippard, S. J.* Valence-Delocalized Diiron(II,III) Cores Supported by Carboxylate-Only Bridging Ligands.
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2000, 122, 5000–5001.

[4] Lee, D.; Du Bois, J.; Petasis, D.; Hendrich, M. P.; Krebs, C.; Huynh, B. H.; Lippard, S. J.* Formation of Fe(III)Fe(IV) Species from the Reaction between a Diiron(II) Complex and Dioxygen: Relevance to Ribonucleotide Reductase Intermediate X.
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1999, 121, 9893–9894.

[3] Lee, D.; Lippard, S. J.* Structural and Functional Models of the Dioxygen-Activating Centers of Non-Heme Diiron Enzymes Ribonucleotide Reductase and Soluble Methane Monooxygenase.
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1998, 120, 12153–12154.

[2] Lee, D.; Bang, H.; Suh, M. P.* Epoxidation of an alkene promoted by various nickel(II) multiaza macrocyclic complexes.
J. Mol. Cat. A 2000, 151. 71–78.