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After Joining UCSD

On the Remarkable Resistance to Oxidation by the Bi18 Cluster
J. Ma, T.-T. Chen, H. Li, D. Bumüller, F. Weigend, T. Jian, M. Kappes, D. Schooss, W.-L. Li, X.-P. Xing, L.-S. Wang
Science Advances, 10, eads4724 2024.
Probing the Structures and Lanthanum-Lanthanum Bonding in La2Bn (n = 4–6) Clusters
J. Burkhardt, T.-T. Chen, W. Chen, D. Yuan, W.-L. Li, L.-S. Wang
Inorganic Chemistry, 63, 17215–17224, 2024.
Ru nanoclusters encapsulated by defective TiO2 boost the hydrogen oxidation/evolution reaction
Xiuting Fu, Xiaoxiao Huang, Yaping Cen, Xiaoyang Ren, Shao Jin, W.-L. Li, S. Tian
Small, 2406387, 2024.
Metalloborospherene Analogs to Metallofullerene
J. Burkhardt, H. Prescott, W.-L. Li
Inorganics, 12, 193, 2024.
Unraveling the reaction progress of Norcoclaurine Synthase: A Combined LiGaMD and DFT Study
X. Wang, H. Liu, J. Wang, L. Chang, J. Cai, Z. Wei, J. Pan, Y. Gao, X. Sun, X. Gu, S. Zeng, Y. Zhang, W.-L. Li, J. Li
The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 128, 9385–9395, 2024.
AnB8: Borozene Complexes with Monovalent Actinide
W.-L. Li, J. Burkhardt
Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 26, 16091-16095, 2024
Local strain induced CO2 adsorption geometries and electrochemical reduction pathways shift
C. Liu, Y. Bu, Y. Xu, A. Mahmood, J. Xie, Y. Fu,S. Li, C. Peng, Y. Wu, X. Liang, R. Zong, W.-L. Li, J. Zhou, L. Niu, B. Xu, M. Li
National Science Review, 2024, nwae191
Theoretical Investigation on One-Electron ϕ...ϕ Bonding in Diuranium Inverse Sandwich U2B6 Complex Enabled by a B6 Ring
J. Burkhardt, W.-L. Li
Inorganic Chemistry, 63, 18313–18322, 2024.
Revisiting the Quasi-Aromaticity in Polynuclear Metal Chalcogenide Clusters and its Derivative “Cluster-Assembly” Crystalline Structures
B. Wang, W.-L. Li
Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 26, 17370-17382, 2024
Computational Screening of Putative Catalyst Transition Metal Complexes as Guests in a Ga4L6-12 Nanocage
C. R. Reinhardt, M. T. Manetsch, W.-L. Li, T. Head-Gordon, H. J. Kulik
Inorganic Chemistry, 63, 14609-14622, 2024.

Before Joining UCSD

How thermal fluctuations influence the function of the FeMo cofactor in nitrogenase enzymes
W.-L. Li, Y Li, J Li, T Head-Gordon
Chem Catalysis 3 (7), 2023
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: Pseudopotential Inconsistency Errors in Molecular Applications of Density Functional Theory
E Rossomme, LA Cunha, W Li, K Chen, AR McIsaac, T Head-Gordon, Martin Head-Gordon
Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation, 2023
Greater transferability and accuracy of norm-conserving pseudopotentials using nonlinear core corrections
WL Li, K Chen, E Rossomme, M Head-Gordon, T Head-Gordon
Chemical Science 14 (39), 10934-10943, 2023
Quantum chemical studies of the electronic structures of anti-tumor agents: AuIIIL+ (L= porphine, tetraphenylporphyrin)
WJ Fu, WL Li, YX Zhang, JX Zhang, J Li
Computational and Theoretical Chemistry 1211, 113685, 2022
Optimizing the solvent reorganization free energy by metal substitution for Nanocage catalysis
WL Li, H Hao, T Head-Gordon
ACS Catalysis 12 (7), 3782-3788, 2022
The smallest 4f-metalla-aromatic molecule of cyclo-PrB 2− with Pr–B multiple bonds
ZL Wang, TT Chen, WJ Chen, WL Li, J Zhao, XL Jiang, J Li, LS Wang, Han-Shi Hu
Chemical Science 13 (34), 10082-10094, 2022
AuB 8−: an Au–borozene complex
WJ Chen, YY Zhang, WL Li, HW Choi, J Li, LS Wang
Chemical Communications 58 (19), 3134-3137, 2022
Linear Combination of Atomic Dipoles to Calculate the Bond and Molecular Dipole Moments of Molecules and Molecular Liquids
K Chen, WL Li, T Head-Gordon
The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters 12 (51), 12360-12369, 2021
d- and s-orbital populations in the d block: unbound atoms in physical vacuum versus chemical elements in condensed matter. A Dronskowski-population analysis
K Chen, WL Li, WHE Schwarz
Zeitschrift für Naturforschung B 76 (10-12), 547-557, 2021
Monovalent lanthanide (I) in borozene complexes
WL Li, TT Chen, WJ Chen, J Li, LS Wang
Nature Communications 12 (1), 6467, 2021
Optimized pseudopotentials and basis sets for semiempirical density functional theory for electrocatalysis applications
WL Li, K Chen, E Rossomme, M Head-Gordon, T Head-Gordon
The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters 12 (42), 10304-10309, 2021
Constructing precise coordination of nickel active sites on hierarchical porous carbon framework for superior oxygen reduction
S Zhang, H Xue, W Li, J Sun, N Guo, T Song, H Dong, J Zhang, X Ge, Wei Zhang, Qin Wang
Small 17 (35), 2102125, 2021
Critical role of thermal fluctuations for CO binding on electrocatalytic metal surfaces
WL Li, CN Lininger, K Chen, V Vaissier Welborn, E Rossomme, AT Bell, Martin Head-Gordon, Teresa Head-Gordon
JACS Au 1 (10), 1708-1718, 2021
Expanded Inverse-Sandwich Complexes of Lanthanum Borides: La2B10 and La2B11
ZY Jiang, TT Chen, WJ Chen, WL Li, J Li, LS Wang
The Journal of Physical Chemistry A 125 (12), 2622-2630, 2021
Challenges for density functional theory: calculation of CO adsorption on electrocatalytically relevant metals
CN Lininger, JA Gauthier, WL Li, E Rossomme, VV Welborn, Z Lin, Teresa Head-Gordon, Martin Head-Gordon, Alexis T Bell
Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 23 (15), 9394-9406, 2021
An isolated water droplet in the aqueous solution of a supramolecular tetrahedral cage
F Sebastiani, TA Bender, S Pezzotti, WL Li, G Schwaab, RG Bergman, Kenneth N Raymond, F Dean Toste, Teresa Head-Gordon, Martina Havenith
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 117 (52), 32954-32961, 2020
Catalytic principles from natural enzymes and translational design strategies for synthetic catalysts
WL Li, T Head-Gordon
ACS Central Science 7 (1), 72-80, 2020
Unravelling the enigma of nonoxidative conversion of methane on iron single‐atom catalysts
Y Liu, JC Liu, TH Li, ZH Duan, TY Zhang, M Yan, WL Li, H Xiao, YG Wang, Chun‐Ran Chang, Jun Li.
Angewandte Chemie 132 (42), 18745-18749, 2020
H2 Formation Holds the Key to Opening the Fe Coordination Sites of Nitrogenase FeMo-cofactor for Dinitrogen Activation
Y Li, WL Li, JC Liu, JB Lu, WHE Schwarz, LV Moskaleva, J Li
Spherical trihedral metallo-borospherenes
TT Chen, WL Li, WJ Chen, XH Yu, XR Dong, J Li, LS Wang
Nature Communications 11 (1), 2766, 2020
Formation and characterization of a BeOBeC multiple radical featuring a quartet carbyne moiety
WL Li, Q Zhang, M Chen, HS Hu, J Li, M Zhou
Angewandte Chemie International Edition 59 (17), 6923-6928, 2020
Interplay of water and a supramolecular capsule for catalysis of reductive elimination reaction from gold
VV Welborn, WL Li, T Head-Gordon
Nature Communications 11 (1), 415, 2020
Recent Progresses in the Investigation of Rare-earth Boron Inverse Sandwich Clusters
LIWLC Teng-Teng, J Zhi-Yu, W Lai-Sheng, LI Jun
A Supramolecular Radical Dimer: High‐Efficiency NIR‐II Photothermal Conversion and Therapy
B Tang, WL Li, Y Chang, B Yuan, Y Wu, MT Zhang, JF Xu, J Li, X Zhang
Angewandte Chemie International Edition 58 (43), 15526-15531, 2019
Quadruple bonding between iron and boron in the BFe(CO)3 complex
C Chi, JQ Wang, HS Hu, YY Zhang, WL Li, L Meng, M Luo, M Zhou, J Li
Nature communications 10 (1), 4713, 2019
Re©B8 and Re©B9: New Members of the Transition-Metal-Centered Borometallic Molecular Wheel Family
TT Chen, WL Li, H Bai, WJ Chen, XR Dong, J Li, LS Wang
The Journal of Physical Chemistry A 123 (25), 5317-5324, 2019
Probing the electronic structure of the CoB16 drum complex: Unusual oxidation state of Co−1
WL Li, TT Chen, ZY Jiang, WJ Chen, HS Hu, LS Wang, J Li
Chinese Journal of Chemical Physics 32 (2), 241-247, 2019
La 3 B 14−: an inverse triple-decker lanthanide boron cluster
TT Chen, WL Li, WJ Chen, J Li, LS Wang
Chemical Communications 55 (54), 7864-7867, 2019
Planar B 41− and B 42− clusters with double-hexagonal vacancies
H Bai, TT Chen, Q Chen, XY Zhao, YY Zhang, WJ Chen, WL Li, Ling Fung Cheung, Bing Bai, Joseph Cavanagh, Wei Huang, Si-Dian Li, Jun Li, Lai-Sheng Wang
Nanoscale 11 (48), 23286-23295, 2019
[La (η x-B x) La]−(x= 7–9): a new class of inverse sandwich complexes
TT Chen, WL Li, J Li, LS Wang
Chemical science 10 (8), 2534-2542, 2019
Lanthanides with Unusually Low Oxidation States in the PrB3 and PrB4 Boride Clusters
X Chen, TT Chen, WL Li, JB Lu, LJ Zhao, T Jian, HS Hu, LS Wang, J Li
Inorganic Chemistry 58 (1), 411-418, 2018
Chemical Bonding of Crystalline LnB6 (Ln = La–Lu) and Its Relationship with Ln2B8 Gas-Phase Complexes
WL Li, C Ertural, D Bogdanovski, J Li, R Dronskowski
Inorganic Chemistry 57 (20), 12999-13008, 2018
Observation of highly stable and symmetric lanthanide octa-boron inverse sandwich complexes
WL Li, TT Chen, DH Xing, X Chen, J Li, LS Wang
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 115 (30), E6972-E6977, 2018
A diuranium carbide cluster stabilized inside a C80 fullerene cage
X Zhang, W Li, L Feng, X Chen, A Hansen, S Grimme, S Fortier, Dumitru-Claudiu Sergentu, Thomas J Duignan, Jochen Autschbach, Shuao Wang, Yaofeng Wang, Giorgios Velkos, Alexey A Popov, Nabi Aghdassi, Steffen Duhm, Xiaohong Li, Jun Li, Luis Echegoyen, WH Eugen Schwarz, Ning Chen
Nature Communications 9 (1), 2753, 2018
Relativity–Induced Bonding Pattern Change in Coinage Metal Dimers M2 (M = Cu, Ag, Au, Rg)
WL Li, JB Lu, ZL Wang, HS Hu, J Li
Inorganic Chemistry 57 (9), 5499-5506, 2018
Uranyl/12-crown-4 Ether Complexes and Derivatives: Structural Characterization and Isomeric Differentiation
J Jian, SX Hu, WL Li, MJ van Stipdonk, J Martens, G Berden, J Oomens, Jun Li, John K Gibson
Inorganic Chemistry 57 (7), 4125-4134, 2018
Über Oxidationszahl‐Obergrenzen in der Chemie
SX Hu, WL Li, JB Lu, JL Bao, HS Yu, DG Truhlar, JK Gibson, J Marçalo, Mingfei Zhou, Sebastian Riedel, WH Eugen Schwarz, Jun Li
Angewandte Chemie 130 (12), 3297-3300, 2018
On the upper limits of oxidation states in chemistry
SX Hu, WL Li, JB Lu, JL Bao, HS Yu, DG Truhlar, JK Gibson, J Marcalo, Mingfei Zhou, Sebastian Riedel, WH Eugen Schwarz, Jun Li
Angewandte Chemie International Edition 57 (12), 3242-3245, 2018
Electronic Structure and Bonding Situation in M2O2 (M = Be, Mg, Ca) Rhombic Clusters
WL Li, JB Lu, L Zhao, R Ponec, DL Cooper, J Li, G Frenking
The Journal of Physical Chemistry A 122 (10), 2816-2822, 2018
A supramolecular radical cation: folding-enhanced electrostatic effect for promoting radical-mediated oxidation
B Tang, WL Li, Y Jiao, JB Lu, JF Xu, Z Wang, J Li, X Zhang
Chemical science 9 (22), 5015-5020, 2018
Recent Progress on the investigations of boron clusters and boron-based materials (I): borophene
WL Li, HS Hu, YF Zhao, X Chen, TT Chen, T Jian, LS Wang, J Li
Sci. Sin. Chim 48 (2), 98-107, 2018
From planar boron clusters to borophenes and metalloborophenes
WL Li, X Chen, T Jian, TT Chen, J Li, LS Wang
Nature Reviews Chemistry 1 (10), 0071, 2017
B26−: the smallest planar boron cluster with a hexagonal vacancy and a complicated potential landscape
XM Luo, T Jian, LJ Cheng, WL Li, Q Chen, R Li, HJ Zhai, SD Li, Alexander I Boldyrev, Jun Li, Lai-Sheng Wang
Chemical Physics Letters 683, 336-341, 2017
Preparation and Characterization of Uranium–Iron Triple‐Bonded UFe(CO)3 and OUFe(CO)3 Complexes
C Chi, JQ Wang, H Qu, WL Li, L Meng, M Luo, J Li, M Zhou
Angewandte Chemie International Edition 56 (24), 6932-6936, 2017
PrB7: A Praseodymium‐Doped Boron Cluster with a PrII Center Coordinated by a Doubly Aromatic Planar η7‐B73− Ligand
TT Chen, WL Li, T Jian, X Chen, J Li, LS Wang
Angewandte Chemie 129 (24), 7020-7024, 2017
A Very Short Be–Be Distance but No Bond: Synthesis and Bonding Analysis of Ng–Be2O2–Ng′ (Ng, Ng′=Ne, Ar, Kr, Xe)
Q Zhang, WL Li, L Zhao, M Chen, M Zhou, J Li, G Frenking
Chemistry–A European Journal 23 (9), 2035-2039, 2017
Crown ether complexes of actinyls: a computational assessment of AnO 2 (15-crown-5) 2+(An= U, Np, Pu, Am, Cm)
SX Hu, WL Li, L Dong, JK Gibson, J Li
Dalton Transactions 46 (36), 12354-12363, 2017
Observation of a metal-centered B 2-Ta@ B 18− tubular molecular rotor and a perfect Ta@ B 20− boron drum with the record coordination number of twenty
WL Li, T Jian, X Chen, HR Li, TT Chen, XM Luo, SD Li, J Li, LS Wang
Chemical Communications 53 (10), 1587-1590, 2017
A supramolecularly activated radical cation for accelerated catalytic oxidation
Y Jiao, WL Li, JF Xu, G Wang, J Li, Z Wang, X Zhang
Angewandte Chemie International Edition 55 (31), 8933-8937, 2016
Frontispiz: The Planar CoB18− Cluster as a Motif for Metallo‐Borophenes
WL Li, T Jian, X Chen, TT Chen, GV Lopez, J Li, LS Wang
Angewandte Chemie 128 (26), 2016
The Planar CoB18 Cluster as a Motif for Metallo‐Borophenes
WL Li, T Jian, X Chen, TT Chen, GV Lopez, J Li, LS Wang
Angewandte Chemie 128 (26), 7484-7489, 2016
Manganese-centered tubular boron cluster–MnB16−: A new class of transition-metal molecules
T Jian, WL Li, IA Popov, GV Lopez, X Chen, AI Boldyrev, J Li, LS Wang
The Journal of Chemical Physics 144 (15), 2016
Periodicity and Covalency of [MX2] (M = Cu, Ag, Au, Rg; X = H, Cl, CN) Complexes
CQ Xu, XG Xiong, WL Li, J Li
European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry 2016 (9), 1395-1404, 2016
Probing the Electronic Structure and Chemical Bonding of Mono-Uranium Oxides with Different Oxidation States: UOx and UOx (x = 3–5)
J Su, WL Li, GV Lopez, T Jian, GJ Cao, WL Li, WHE Schwarz, LS Wang, Jun Li
The Journal of Physical Chemistry A 120 (7), 1084-1096, 2016
Relativistic effects break periodicity in group 6 diatomic molecules
YL Wang, HS Hu, WL Li, F Wei, J Li
Journal of the American Chemical Society 138 (4), 1126-1129, 2016
Bond-bending isomerism of Au_2I_3~-: competition betweenaurophilicityand covalent bonding
WL Li, T Jian, LS Wang, J Li
Proceedings of the 7th National Academic Conference on Physical Inorganic Chemistry, 2016
Bond-bending isomerism of Au 2 I 3−: competition between covalent bonding and aurophilicity
WL Li, HT Liu, T Jian, GV Lopez, ZA Piazza, DL Huang, TT Chen, J Su, Ping Yang, Xin Chen, Lai-Sheng Wang, Jun Li
Chemical science 7 (1), 475-481, 2016
Theoretical studies on the bonding and electron structures of a [Au 3 Sb 6] 3− complex and its oligomers
WL Li, CQ Xu, SX Hu, J Li
Dalton Transactions 45 (29), 11657-11667, 2016
Competition between drum and quasi-planar structures in RhB 18−: motifs for metallo-boronanotubes and metallo-borophenes
T Jian, WL Li, X Chen, TT Chen, GV Lopez, J Li, LS Wang
Chemical science 7 (12), 7020-7027, 2016
Electronic structure and characterization of a uranyl di-15-crown-5 complex with an unprecedented sandwich structure
SX Hu, JK Gibson, WL Li, MJ Van Stipdonk, J Martens, G Berden, Britta Redlich, Jos Oomens, Jun Li
Chemical Communications 52 (86), 12761-12764, 2016
Periodicity, Electronic Structures, and Bonding of Gold Tetrahalides [AuX4] (X = F, Cl, Br, I, At, Uus)
WL Li, Y Li, CQ Xu, XB Wang, E Vorpagel, J Li
Inorganic Chemistry 54 (23), 11157-11167, 2015
Formation and characterization of the boron dicarbonyl complex [B (CO) 2]−
Q Zhang, WL Li, CQ Xu, M Chen, M Zhou, J Li, DM Andrada, G Frenking
Angewandte Chemie International Edition 54 (38), 11078-11083, 2015