Dr. Zhongfang Chen

Associate Professor
Department of Chemistry, University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras campus

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Publications

Full list of publications (around 116 in reviewed journals)
Statistic of Publications

Selected publications

10.	Yafei Li, Zhen Zhou, Shengbai Zhang, Zhongfang Chen* MoS2 Nanoribbons: High Stability, Unusual Electronic and Magnetic Properties J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2008, 130, 16739.
9.	Zhongfang Chen,* Sven Neukermans, Xin Wang, Ewald Janssens, Zhen Zhou, Roger E. Silverans, R. Bruce King, Paul v. R. Schleyer, Peter Lievens To Achieve Stable Spherical Clusters: General Principles and Experimental Confirmations J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2006, 128, 12829. [26 citations]
8.	Zhongfang Chen,* Chaitanya S. Wannere, Clémence Corminboeuf, Ralph Puchta, Paul. v. R. Schleyer Nucleus-Independent Chemical Shifts (NICS) as an Aromaticity Criterion Chem. Rev. 2005, 105, 3842. [278 citations] Ranked as No. 1 “hot paper” of Chemical Reviews in January, 2008 by ACS publications as recognized by Thomson ISI®'s Essential Science Indicators (former rankings in 2007 were No. 21 in Jan, No. 18 in March, No. 13 in May, No. 12 in July, No. 5 in Sept. and No. 3 in Nov.)
7.	Xin Lu, Zhongfang Chen* Curved p-conjugation, Aromaticity and the Related Chemistry of Small Fullerenes (<C60) and Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes Chem. Rev. 2005, 105, 3643. [107 citations] Most-Accessed Article: October-December, 2005
6.	Xin Lu, Zhongfang Chen,* Walter Thiel, Paul v. R. Schleyer, Rongbin Huang, Lansun Zheng Properties of Fullerene[50] and D5h Decachlorofullerene[50]: A Computational Study J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2004, 126, 14871. [56 citations]
5.	Zhongfang Chen,* Shigeru Nagase, Andreas Hirsch, Robert C Haddon, Walter Thiel, Paul v. R. Schleyer Side-Wall Opening of Single-Wall Carbon Nanotubes (SWCNTs) by Chemical Modification: A Critical Theoretical Study Angew Chem. Int. Ed. 2004, 43, 1552. [51 citations]
4.	Zhongfang Chen,* Andreas Hirsch, Shigeru Nagase, Walter Thiel, Paul v. R. Schleyer Spherical Sila- and Germa-Homoaromaticity J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2003, 125, 15507. [22 citations] Highlighted by Chemical & Engineering News (C&EN) (2004, March 1, page 29) Chemical & Engineering News (C&EN) (2003, Dec. 15, Page 26)
3.	Zhongfang Chen, Clémence Corminboeuf, Thomas Heine, Jon Bohmann, Paul v. R. Schleyer Do All-Metal Antiaromatic Clusters Exist? J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2003, 125, 13930. [62 citations] Highlighted by Chemical & Engineering News (C&EN) (2003, Dec. 15, Page 23-26) Nachrichten aus der Chemie (2003, Feb, page 121) reported in Chemistry Highlights of 2003 (C&EN) (2003,Dec. 22, page 45)
2.	Zhongfang Chen, Haijun Jiao, Andreas Hirsch, Paul v. R. Schleyer Spherical Homoaromaticity Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2002, 41, 4309. [24 citations]
1.	Andreas Hirsch, Zhongfang Chen, Haijun Jiao Spherical Aromaticity in Ih-Symmetrical Fullerenes: the 2(N+1)2 Rule Angew. Chemie. Int. Ed. 2000, 39, 3915. [111 citations]