Publications

2026

  • Single-Site Oxidation-Directed Topological Evolution of Hydrogen-Bonded Organic Frameworks for Efficient Photocatalysis

    Yaoyao Peng, Lewang Yuan, Kang-Kai Liu, Dalong Zhang, Jiang-Pei Yuan, Banglin Chen, and Yu Fang*
    Nature Communications, 2026, Accepted.

    FULL TEXT
    Single-Site Oxidation-Directed Topological Evolution of Hydrogen-Bonded Organic Frameworks for Efficient Photocatalysis

  • Oxidation State and Heterointerface Co-Engineered Carrier Dynamics in POM@MOF Systems for Enhanced Photocatalytic Performance

    Xiaoting Ren, Bing Yan, Lewang Yuan, Dalong Zhang, Zong-Jie Guan*, Yu Fang*
    Adv. Funct. Mater., 2026, Accepted

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    Oxidation State and Heterointerface Co-Engineered Carrier Dynamics in POM@MOF Systems for Enhanced Photocatalytic Performance

  • Hydroperoxide-Mediated Photochargeable Molecular Cage for Post-Irradiation Dark Catalysis

    Jiang-Pei Yuan, Zong-Jie Guan, Wen-Ting Li, Ling Yuan, Hang Xing, Abdullah M. Al-Enizi, Ayman Nafady, He Zheng*, Shengqian Ma*, Yu Fang*
    CCS Chem. 2026, Just Accepted. DOI: 10.31635/ccschem. 025.202506995

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    Hydroperoxide-Mediated Photochargeable Molecular Cage for Post-Irradiation Dark Catalysis

  • Flexible metal-organic frameworks: Frontiers in dynamic pore engineering for adsorptive separation

    Andong Ouyang, Haozhe Yan, Yaoyao Peng*, Jing Chen*, Yu Fang*
    Chemical Communications, 2026, 62(26), DOI: 10.1039/D5CC07272G

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    Flexible metal-organic frameworks: Frontiers in dynamic pore engineering for adsorptive separation

  • Controllable Modulation of Interactive Site Spacing in Porous Coordination Cages: A Key to Substantial Synergistic Catalysis Enhancement

    Yaoyao Peng，Yujiao Mo，Gongfu Xie，Yu Liang， Jing Chen*，Yu Fang*,
    Small Structures, 2026, DOI: 10.1002/sstr.202500901

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    Controllable Modulation of Interactive Site Spacing in Porous Coordination Cages: A Key to Substantial Synergistic Catalysis Enhancement

2025

  • Hollow metal-organic frameworks micro-/nanoreactors via in-situ cascade engineering: Boosting neurotransmitter sensitive recognition

    Wang Sun , Xing Zhang , Haiqin Zhu, Xiang Huang, Shengwei Li*, Yu Fang*, Yang Wang*
    Advanced Composites and Hybrid Materials, 2025, Accepted

    FULL TEXT
    Hollow metal-organic frameworks micro-/nanoreactors via in-situ cascade engineering: Boosting neurotransmitter sensitive recognition

  • Unraveling Structure-Activity Relationships in 2-D Covalent Organic Frameworks for Photocatalysis: From Molecular Engineering to High-Performance Optimization

    Jiaying Liu, Yu Fang*
    Chinese Journal of Catalysis, 2025, Accepted

    FULL TEXT
    Unraveling Structure-Activity Relationships in 2-D Covalent Organic Frameworks for Photocatalysis: From Molecular Engineering to High-Performance Optimization

  • Molecular tailoring strategies for the controlled assembly of high-nuclearity sulfide-bridged metal clusters

    Lao-Bang Wang, Yaoyao Peng, Yu Fang*, Jian-Ping Lang*
    Chinese Journal of Structural Chemistry, 2025, Online

    FULL TEXT
    Molecular tailoring strategies for the controlled assembly of high-nuclearity sulfide-bridged metal clusters

  • Manipulating Spatial Charge Transfer of Donor-Acceptor Type Phenothiazine Frameworks with Unprecedented Topologies for Switchable Photoredox Catalysis

    Hui-Hui He, Zong-Jie Guan, Jiang-Pei Yuan, Ying-Ying Zhao, Heng Zhang, Wei Gong, Liang-Liang Zhang, Yong Yan* and Yu Fang*
    CCS Chemistry, 2025, Just Published

    FULL TEXT
    Manipulating Spatial Charge Transfer of Donor-Acceptor Type Phenothiazine Frameworks with Unprecedented Topologies for Switchable Photoredox Catalysis

  • Insights into the development of 2D covalent organic frameworks as photocatalysts in organic synthesis

    Lewang Yuan , Yaoyao Peng , Zong-Jie Guan, Yu Fang *
    Acta Physico-Chimica Sinica 41(8):100086

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    Insights into the development of 2D covalent organic frameworks as photocatalysts in organic synthesis

  • Chiral Porous Frameworks for Enantioselective Separation and Asymmetric Catalysis

    Bing Yan; Jin-Hui Song; Da-Long Zhang; Zong-Jie Guan;* Yu Fang,*
    Chinese Journal of Chemistry, 2025, Accepted Article.

    FULL TEXT
    Chiral Porous Frameworks for Enantioselective Separation and Asymmetric Catalysis

  • Boosting One- and Two-Photon Excited Fluorescence of Interpenetrated Tetraphenylethene-Based Metal-Organic Frameworks (TPE-MOFs) by Linker Installation,

    Hui-Hui He; Ji Li; Jiayi Zhuang; Jinyi Huang; Yuxuan Meng; Xi Lin; Zhangwen Wei; Liang-Liang Zhang;* Yu Fang;* Mei Pan*.
    Angewant. Chem. Int. Ed., 2025, e202420912. (https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/anie.202420912)

    FULL TEXT
    Boosting One- and Two-Photon Excited Fluorescence of Interpenetrated Tetraphenylethene-Based Metal-Organic Frameworks (TPE-MOFs) by Linker Installation,

  • Harnessing Porous Coordination Cages for Sonodynamic Therapy: Enhanced Efficacy Through Atomic Precision and Immune Activation

    Yong Tan, Huihui He, Baoli Yin, Dingyou Lu, Jinyu Li, Hengxin Shen, Xiao-Bing Zhang, Yu Fang*, Guosheng Song*
    Angewandte Chemie International Edition 64(29):e202507180

    FULL TEXT
    Harnessing Porous Coordination Cages for Sonodynamic Therapy: Enhanced Efficacy Through Atomic Precision and Immune Activation

2024

  • Charge Manipulation of Porous Coordination Cages Tunes the Efficiency and Selectivity in Electrochemical Synthesis

    Zhifang Su; Kang-Kai Liu; Yu-Qi Xu; Bing Yan; Shuangyin Wang; Zong-Jie Guan;* Yuqin Zou;* Yu Fang,*
    Angewant. Chem. Int. Ed., 2024, Accepted Article. (https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/anie.202420945)

    FULL TEXT
    Charge Manipulation of Porous Coordination Cages Tunes the Efficiency and Selectivity in Electrochemical Synthesis

  • Photosynthesis of H2O2 using Phenothiazine‐Based Covalent‐Organic Frameworks Mimicking Coenzyme Q

    Yaoyao Peng; Lewang Yuan; Kang‐Kai Liu; Zong‐Jie Guan; Shangbin Jin;* Yu Fang,*
    Angewant. Chem. Int. Ed., 2024, Accepted Article. (https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/anie.202423055)

    FULL TEXT
    Photosynthesis of H2O2 using Phenothiazine‐Based Covalent‐Organic Frameworks Mimicking Coenzyme Q

  • Mechanochemical "Cage-on-MOF” Strategy for Enhancing Gas Adsorption and Separation through Aperture Matching

    Yu Liang, Gongfu Xie, Kang-Kai Liu, Meng Jin, Yuanyuan Chen, Xiaoxin Yang, Zong-Jie Guan, Hang Xing,* Yu Fang,*
    Angewant. Chem. Int. Ed., 2024, Accepted Article. (https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/anie.202416884)

    FULL TEXT
    Mechanochemical

2023

  • A cage-on-MOF strategy to coordinatively functionalize mesoporous MOFs for manipulating selectivity in adsorption and catalysis. Nature Communications

    Yu Liang, Xiaoxin Yang, Xiaoyu Wang, Zong-Jie Guan, Hang Xing,* Yu Fang,*
    2023, 14: 5223. (https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-40973-9)

    FULL TEXT
    A cage-on-MOF strategy to coordinatively functionalize mesoporous MOFs for manipulating selectivity in adsorption and catalysis. Nature Communications

  • YolkShell and Hollow Zr\/Ce-UiO-66 for Manipulating Selectivity in Tandem Reactions and Photoreactions.

    Hui-Hui He, Jiang-Pei Yuan, Pei-Yu Cai, Kun-Yu Wang, Liang Feng, Angelo Kirchon, Ji Li, Liang-Liang Zhang,* Hong-Cai Zhou,* Yu Fang,*
    J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2023, 145, 17164-17175. (DOI:10.1021/jacs.3c03883.)

    FULL TEXT
    YolkShell and Hollow Zr\/Ce-UiO-66 for Manipulating Selectivity in Tandem Reactions and Photoreactions.

  • Recent advances in porous molecular cage for photocatalytic organic conversion. Dalton Trans

    Y. Peng, Z. Su, M. Jin, L. Zhu, Z. Guan* and Yu Fang,*
    2023, 52, 15216 (DOI: 10.1039/D3DT01679J.)

    FULL TEXT
    Recent advances in porous molecular cage for photocatalytic organic conversion. Dalton Trans

2022

  • Yu Liang,# Errui Li,# Kunyu Wang,# Zong-Jie Guan, Hui-hui He, Liangliang Zhang,

    Organo-macrocycle-containing hierarchical metal–organic frameworks and cages: design, structures, and applications
    Chem. Soc. Rev., 2022, 51, 8378-8405. (DOI:10.1039/d2cs00232a)( https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlepdf/2022/CS/D2CS00232A)

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    Yu Liang,# Errui Li,# Kunyu Wang,# Zong-Jie Guan, Hui-hui He, Liangliang Zhang,

  • Enantioseparation in Hierarchically Porous Assemblies of Homochiral Cages

    Chengfeng Zhu*, Keke Yang#, Hongzhao Wang#, Yu Fang#, Liang Feng, Jiaqi Zhang, Zhifeng Xiao, Xiang Wu, Yongui Li*, Yanming Fu, Wencheng Zhang, Kun-Yu Wang*, Hong-Cai Zhou*.
    ACS Central Science, 2022, 8, 5, 562–570 (Selected as "Inside Cover")

    FULL TEXT
    Enantioseparation in Hierarchically Porous Assemblies of Homochiral Cages

  • Iron(II) immobilized within A Metal-Organic Framework mixed-matrix membrane as H2O2 turn-on Sensor

    Yanping Li*, Jiangpei Yuan, Yu Fang*,
    Inorg. Chem., 2022, 61, （DOI：10.1021/acs.inorgchem.1c03339）

    FULL TEXT
    Iron(II) immobilized within A Metal-Organic Framework mixed-matrix membrane as H2O2 turn-on Sensor

2021

  • Coordination porous materials targeting subcellular organelles for biological imaging and diagnosis and treatment, Journal of Higher Education Chemistry

    Ke Mengting; Yuan Jiangpei; Zhang Heng; Fang Yu*
    Molecular Recognition of Chemical Regulation "Album, 2021, 42, 3295-3309. （DOI：10.7503/cjcu20210464）

    FULL TEXT
    Coordination porous materials targeting subcellular organelles for biological imaging and diagnosis and treatment, Journal of Higher Education Chemistry

  • Surface Charges of Porous Coordination Cage Tune the Catalytic Reactivity of Knoevenagel Condensation

    Chenjia Liang, Jiangpei Yuan, Yu Fang*.
    Catalysis Today, 2021, ASAP (DOI: doi.org/10.1007/s12274-021-3646-y)

    FULL TEXT
    Surface Charges of Porous Coordination Cage Tune the Catalytic Reactivity of Knoevenagel Condensation

  • Chiral Fluorescent Metal-Organic Framework with Penta-Nuclear Copper Cluster as Efficient Luminescent Probe for Dy3+ ion and Cyano Compounds

    Ying Wang*, Yan Ni Zhou, Yu Liang, Lin Cheng*, Yu Fang*,
    Inorg. Chem., 2021, 60, 15085-15090. （DOI：10.1021/acs.inorgchem.1c01349）

    FULL TEXT
    Chiral Fluorescent Metal-Organic Framework with Penta-Nuclear Copper Cluster as Efficient Luminescent Probe for Dy3+ ion and Cyano Compounds

2020

  • Homochiral Dodecanuclear Lanthanide “Cage in Cage” for Enantioselective Separation

    Chengfeng Zhu*, Haitong Tang, Keke Yang, Yu Fang*, Kun-Yu Wang, Zhifeng Xiao, Xiang Wu, Yougui Li, Joshua A. Powell, and Hong-Cai Zhou*，
    J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2021, 143, 12560−12566 (DOI:10.1021/jacs.1c03652). (Highlighted by Nature Reviews Chemistry.) (DOI:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41570-021-00327-9 ）

    FULL TEXT
    Homochiral Dodecanuclear Lanthanide “Cage in Cage” for Enantioselective Separation

  • A stable biocompatible porous coordination cage promotes in vivo liver tumor inhibition

    Yu Liang, Yu Fang*, Yong Cui*, and Hongcai Zhou*,
    Nano Research, 2021, 14, 3407–3415 (DOI: doi.org/10.1007/s12274-021-3646-y) “Happy 80th Birthday to Professor Yitai Qian: Celebrating 60 Years of Innovation in Solid-State Chemistry and Nanoscience” （恭贺钱逸泰院士80周岁专刊）

    FULL TEXT
    A stable biocompatible porous coordination cage promotes in vivo liver tumor inhibition

  • Jean-Philippe Pellois, Superparamagnetic iron oxide–gold nanoparticles conjugated with porous coordination cages: towards controlled drug release for non-invasive neuroregeneration

    Muzhaozi Yuan*, Tian-Hao Yan, Jialuo Li, Zhifeng Xiao, Yu Fang*, Ya Wang*, Hong-Cai Zhou*,
    Nanomedicine: Nanotechnology, Biology, and Medicine, 2021, 35, 102392 (DOI: 10.1016/j.nano.2021.102392)

    FULL TEXT
    Jean-Philippe Pellois, Superparamagnetic iron oxide–gold nanoparticles conjugated with porous coordination cages: towards controlled drug release for non-invasive neuroregeneration

2019

  • “Modulating vs. Templating: The Fine Tuning of Hierarchally Porous PCN-250 Using Fatty Acids for Engineering Guest Adsorption”.

    Angelo Kirchon, Jialuo Li, Jeremy Willman, Peng Zhang, Wenmiao Chen, Gregory S. Day, Zachary Perry, Osman K. Ozdemir, Yu Fang*, and Hong-Cai Zhou*.
    Angewant. Chem. Int. Ed., 2019, 58 (36), 12425-12430. (DOI:10.1002/anie.201905006.) (*: Contact author.).

    FULL TEXT
    “Modulating vs. Templating: The Fine Tuning of Hierarchally Porous PCN-250 Using Fatty Acids for Engineering Guest Adsorption”.

  • “Catalysis in the Cave: Reactions Promoted by Discrete Coordination Cages”.

    Yu Fang, Joshua Powell, Errui Li, Qi Wang, Zachary Perry, Angelo Kirchon, Xinyu Yang, Zhifeng Xiao, Chengfeng Zhu, Liangliang Zhang, Feihe Huang, Hong-Cai Zhou*.
    Chem. Soc. Rev., 2019, 48 (17), 4707-4730.

    FULL TEXT
    “Catalysis in the Cave: Reactions Promoted by Discrete Coordination Cages”.

  • “Bimolecular Proximity of Ruthenium Complex and Methylene Blue within an Anionic Porous Coordination Cage for Enhancing Photocatalytic Activity”.

    Yu Fang, Zhifeng Xiao, Angelo Kirchon, Jialuo Li, Fangying Jin, Tatsuo Togo, Liangliang Zhang, Chengfeng Zhu and Hong-Cai Zhou*.
    Chem. Sci., 2019, 10, 3529-3534. (DOI: 10.1039/C8SC05315D).

    FULL TEXT
    “Bimolecular Proximity of Ruthenium Complex and Methylene Blue within an Anionic Porous Coordination Cage for Enhancing Photocatalytic Activity”.

2018

  • “Formation of a Highly Reactive Cobalt Nanocluster Crystal within a Highly Negatively Charged Porous Coordination”.

    Yu Fang, Zhifeng Xiao, Jialuo Li, Christina Lollar, Lujia Liu, Shuai Yuan, Sayan Banerjee, Xizhen Lian and Hong-Cai Zhou*.
    Angewant. Chem. Int. Ed., 2018, 57, 5283-5287. (DOI: 10.1002/anie.201712372.) .

    FULL TEXT
    “Formation of a Highly Reactive Cobalt Nanocluster Crystal within a Highly Negatively Charged Porous Coordination”.

  • Yu Fang, Jialuo Li, Tatsuo Togo, Fang-Ying Jin, Zhifeng Xiao, Lujia Liu, Hannah Drake, Xizhen Lian, and Hong-Cai Zhou*

    “Ultra-Small Face-Centered-Cubic Ru Nanopartius Coordination Cage for Catalytic Dehydrogenation of Ammonia Borane”. Chem, 2018, 4, 1-9. (DOI: 10.1016/j.chempr.2018.01.004.) (Previewed by Chem in the same issue, Chem, 2018, 4, 399-408).

    FULL TEXT
    Yu Fang, Jialuo Li, Tatsuo Togo, Fang-Ying Jin, Zhifeng Xiao, Lujia Liu, Hannah Drake, Xizhen Lian, and Hong-Cai Zhou*

  • “Investigating Subcellular Compartment Targeting Effect of Porous Coordination Cages for Enhancing Cancer Nanotherapy”.

    Yu Fang, Xizhen Lian, Yanyan Huang, Hannah Drake, Zhifeng Xiao, Jean-Phillip Pellois, Hong-Cai Zhou*.
    Small, 2018, 14, 1802709. (DOI: 10.1002/smll.201802709) (Selected as “Front Cover”: DOI: 10.1002/smll.201870225).

    FULL TEXT
    “Investigating Subcellular Compartment Targeting Effect of Porous Coordination Cages for Enhancing Cancer Nanotherapy”.

2017

  • “PCN-250 under Pressure: Sequential Phase Transformation and the Implications on MOF Densification”.

    Shuai Yuan, Xing Sun, Jiandong Pang, Christina Lollar, Jun-Sheng Qin, Zac Perry, Elizabeth Joseph, Xuan Wang, Yu Fang, Matheiu Bosch, Di Sun, Dahuan Liu and Hong-Cai Zhou*.
    Joule, 2017, 1, 806-815. (DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.joule.2017.09.001).

    FULL TEXT
    “PCN-250 under Pressure: Sequential Phase Transformation and the Implications on MOF Densification”.

  • “Enzyme–MOF (metal–organic framework) composites”.

    Xizhen Lian, Yu Fang, Elizabeth Joseph, Qi Wang, Jialuo Li, Sayan Banerjee, Christina Lollar, Xuan Wang and Hong-Cai Zhou*.
    Chem. Soc. Rev., 2017, 46, 3386-3401.

    FULL TEXT
    “Enzyme–MOF (metal–organic framework) composites”.

2016 and earlier

  • “Triple-Stranded Cluster Helicates for the Selective Catalytic Oxidation of C–H Bonds”.

    Yu Fang, Wei Gong, Lujia Liu, Yan Liu and Yong Cui*.
    Inorg. Chem., 2016, 55, 10102-10105.

    FULL TEXT
    “Triple-Stranded Cluster Helicates for the Selective Catalytic Oxidation of C–H Bonds”.

  • “Cavity-promoted Diels–Alder Reactions of Unsubstituted Naphthalene: Fine Reactivity Tuning by Cavity Shrinkage.”

    Yu Fang, Takashi Murase and Makoto Fujita*.
    Chem. Lett., 2015, 44, 1095-1097. (Editor’s Choice).

    FULL TEXT
    “Cavity-promoted Diels–Alder Reactions of Unsubstituted Naphthalene: Fine Reactivity Tuning by Cavity Shrinkage.”

  • “Remote Impacts of Methyl Substituents upon the Guest-Binding Abilities of Self-Assembled Cages.”

    Yu Fang, Takashi Murase and Makoto Fujita*.
    Chem. Asian J. 2014, 9, 1321-1328.

    FULL TEXT
    “Remote Impacts of Methyl Substituents upon the Guest-Binding Abilities of Self-Assembled Cages.”

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