Publications

#: equally contributed; *: corresponding author 

• Distinct vibrational motions promote disparate excited-state decay pathways in cofacial perylenediimide dimers
  James P O’Connor, Jonathan D Schultz, Nikolai A Tcyrulnikov, Taeyeon Kim, Ryan M Young, Michael R Wasielewski, J. Chem. Phys. 2024, 161, 074306.
  https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0218752

• Impact of Packing Geometry on Excimer Characteristics and Mobility in Perylene Bisimide Polycrystalline Films
  Seongsoo Kang, Wonbin Choi, Jaeyong Ahn, Taeyeon Kim, Joon Hak Oh, Dongho Kim, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2024, 16, 18134-18143.
  https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.3c19140

• Coherent vibronic wavepackets show structure-directed charge flow in host-guest donor-acceptor complexes
  Taeyeon Kim#, Yuanning Feng#, James P. O’Connor, J. Fraser Stoddart, Ryan M. Young, Michael R. Wasielewski, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2023, 145, 8389-8400.
  https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.2c13576

• Two-dimensional electronic spectroscopy reveals vibrational modes coupled to charge transfer in a julolidine–BODIPY dyad
  Jeremy M. Fisher, James P. O’Connor, Paige J. Brown, Taeyeon Kim, Emmaline R. Lorenzo, Ryan M. Young, Michael R. Wasielewski, J. Phys. Chem. A 2023, 127,  2946-2957.
  https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpca.3c01122

• π-stacking-dependent vibronic couplings drive excited-state dynamics in perylenediimide assemblies
  Taeyeon Kim#, Chenjian Lin#, Jonathan D. Schultz, Ryan M. Young, Michael R. Wasielewski, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2022, 144, 11386-11396.
  https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.2c03993

• Accelerating symmetry-breaking charge separation in a perylenediimide trimer through a vibronically coherent dimer intermediate
  Chenjian Lin#, Taeyeon Kim#, Jonathan D. Schultz, Ryan M. Young, Michael R. Wasielewski, Nat. Chem. 2022, 14, 786-793.
  https://doi.org/10.1038/s41557-022-00927-y

• Real-time observation of structural dynamics triggering excimer formation in a perylene bisimide folda-dimer by ultrafast time-domain Raman spectroscopy
  Yongseok Hong, Woojae Kim, Taeyeon Kim, Christina Kaufmann, Hyungjun Kim, Dongho Kim, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2022, 61, e202114474.
  https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202114474

• Coupling between harmonic vibrations influences quantum beating signatures in two-dimensional electronic spectra
  Jonathan D. Schultz, Taeyeon Kim, James P. O'Connor, Ryan M. Young, Michael R. Wasielewski, J. Phys. Chem. C 2022, 126, 120-131.
  https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.1c09432

• Charge-delocalized state and coherent vibrational dynamics in rigid PBI H-aggregates
  Seongsoo Kang#, Taeyeon Kim#, Yongseok Hong, Frank Würthner, Dongho Kim, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2021, 143, 9825-9833.
  https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.1c03276

• Mode-specific vibrational analysis of exciton delocalization and structural dynamics in conjugated oligomers
  Woojae Kim, Shinya Tahara, Hikaru Kuramochi, Satoshi Takeuchi, Taeyeon Kim, Tahei Tahara, Dongho Kim, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2021, 60, 16999-17008.
  https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202102168

• Magnetic field induced modulation of charge-recombination dynamics in a rosarin-fullerene complex
  Taeyeon Kim, Juno Kim, Xian-Sheng Ke, James T. Brewster II, Juwon Oh, Jonathan L. Sessler, Dongho Kim, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2021, 60, 9379-9383.
  https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202017332

• Switching resonance character within merocyanine stacks and its impact on excited-state dynamics
  Taeyeon Kim#, Seongsoo Kang#, Eva Kirchner, David Bialas, Woojae Kim, Frank Würthner, Dongho Kim, Chem 2021, 7, 715-725.
  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chempr.2020.12.003

• Excitonically coupled cyclic BF2 arrays of calix[8]- and calix[16]phyrin as near-IR- chromophores
  Taeyeon Kim, Zhiming Duan, Sangita Talukdar, Chuanhu Lei, Dongho Kim, Jonathan L. Sessler, Tridib Sarma, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2020, 59, 13063-13070.
  https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202004867

• Tracking structural evolution during symmetry breaking charge separation in quadrupolar perylene bisimide with time-resolved impulsive stimulated Raman spectroscopy
  Woojae Kim, Taeyeon Kim, Seongsoo Kang, Yongseok Hong, Frank Würthner, Dongho Kim, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2020, 59, 8571-8578.
  https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202002733

• 3D global aromaticity in a fully conjugated diradicaloid cage at different oxidation states
  Yong Ni, Tullimilli Y. Gopalakrishna, Hoa Phan, Taeyeon Kim, Tun Seng Herng, Yi Han, Tao Tao, Jun Ding, Dongho Kim, Jishan Wu, Nat. Chem. 2020, 12, 242-248.
  https://doi.org/10.1038/s41557-019-0399-2

• Two-step charge-separation passing through the partial charge-transfer state in a molecular dyad
  Taeyeon Kim, Woojae Kim, Olena Vakuliuk, Daniel T. Gryko, Dongho Kim, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2020, 142, 1564-1573.
  https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.9b12016

• Carbazole-containing porphyrinoid and its oligomers
  Tongjing Wu, Taeyeon Kim, Bangshao Yin, Kaisheng Wang, Ling Xu, Mingbo Zhou, Dongho Kim, Jianxin Song, Chem. Commun. 2019, 55, 11454-11457.
  https://doi.org/10.1039/C9CC06114B

• Changes in macrocyclic aromaticity and formation of a charge-separated state by complexation of expanded porphyrin and C60
  Won-Young Cha, Ahreum Ahn, Taeyeon Kim, Juwon Oh, Rashid Ali, Jung Su Park, Dongho Kim, Chem. Commun. 2019, 55, 8301-8304.
  https://doi.org/10.1039/C9CC03928G

• Three dimensional fully conjugated carbaporphyrin cage
  Xian-Sheng Ke, Taeyeon Kim, Qing He, Vincent M. Lynch, Dongho Kim, Jonathan L. Sessler, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2018, 140, 16455-16459.
  https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.8b11158

• Solvent and structural fluctuations induced symmetry-breaking charge transfer in a porphyrin triad
  Taeyeon Kim, Woojae Kim, Hirotaka Mori, Atsuhiro Osuka, Dongho Kim, J. Phys. Chem. C 2018, 122, 19409-19415.
  https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.8b05363

• Near-infrared S2 fluorescence from deprotonated Möbius aromatic [32]heptaphyrin
  Jun Oh Kim, Yongseok Hong, Taeyeon Kim, Won-Young Cha, Tomoki Yoneda, Takanori Soya, Atsuhiro Osuka, Dongho Kim, J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2018, 9, 4527-4531.
  https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpclett.8b01829

• Switch-on near IR fluorescent dye upon protonation: Helically twisted bis(boron difluoride) complex of π-extended corrorin
  Yutaka Hisamune, Taeyeon Kim, Keiichi Nishimura, Masatoshi Ishida, Motoki Toganoh, Shigeki Mori, Dongho Kim, Hiroyuki Furuta, Chem. Eur. J. 2018, 24, 4628-4634.
  https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.201705516

• BODIPY-based antiaromatic macrocycles: Facile synthesis by Knoevenagel condensation and unusual aggregation-enhanced two-photon absorption properties
  Ming Hui Chua, Taeyeon Kim, Zheng Long Lim, Tullimilli Y. Gopalakrishna, Yong Ni, Jian Wei Xu, Dongho Kim, Jishan Wu, Chem. Eur. J. 2018, 24, 2232-2241.
  https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.201705271

• Flattened calixarene-like cyclic BODIPY array: A new photosynthetic antenna model
  Xian-Sheng Ke#, Taeyeon Kim#, Vincent M. Lynch, Dongho Kim, Jonathan L. Sessler, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2017, 139, 13950-13956.
  https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.7b08611

• Strategic construction of directly linked porphyrin–BODIPY hybrids
  Lei Xu, Bin Wen, Gakhyun Kim, Taeyeon Kim, Fei Cheng, Mingbo Zhou, Ling Xu, Takayuki Tanaka, Bangshao Yin, Atsuhiro Osuka, Dongho Kim, Jianxin Song, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2017, 56, 12322-12326.
  https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201707237

• A meso-meso β-β β-β triply linked subporphyrin dimer
  Yasuhiro Okuda, Norihito Fukui, Jinseok Kim, Taeyeon Kim, Hua-Wei Jiang, Graeme Copley, Masaaki Kitano, Dongho Kim, Atsuhiro Osuka, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2017, 56, 12317-12321.
  https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201707123

• Bicyclic Baird-type aromaticity
  Won-Young Cha, Taeyeon Kim, Arindam Ghosh, Zhan Zhang, Xian-Sheng Ke, Rashid Ali, Vincent M. Lynch, Jieun Jung, Woojae Kim, Sangsu Lee, Shunichi Fukuzumi, Jung Su Park, Jonathan L. Sessler, Tavarekere K. Chandrashekar, Dongho Kim, Nat. Chem. 2017, 9, 1243-1248.
  https://doi.org/10.1038/nchem.2834

• Porphyrin arch-tapes: Synthesis, contorted structures, and full conjugation
  Norihito Fukui, Taeyeon Kim, Dongho Kim, Atsuhiro Osuka, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2017, 139, 9075-9088.
  https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.7b05332

• Symmetry-breaking charge transfer in the excited state of directly linked push–pull porphyrin arrays
  Taeyeon Kim, Jinseok Kim, Hirotaka Mori, Seongchul Park, Manho Lim, Atsuhiro Osuka, Dongho Kim, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2017, 19, 13970-13977.
  https://doi.org/10.1039/C7CP01943B

• Porphyrin–azobenzene–BODIPY triads: Syntheses, structures, and photophysical properties
  Bangshao Yin, Taeyeon Kim, Mingbo Zhou, Weiming Huang, Dongho Kim, Jianxin Song, Org. Lett. 2017, 19, 2654-2657.
  https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.orglett.7b00988

• Expanded rosarin: A versatile fullerene (C60) receptor
  Xian-Sheng Ke, Taeyeon Kim, James T. Brewster II, Vincent M. Lynch, Dongho Kim, Jonathan L. Sessler, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2017, 139, 4627-4630.
  https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.7b00735

• Möbius aromatic [28]hexaphyrin germanium(IV) and tin(IV) complexes: Efficient formation of triplet exited states
  Mondo Izawa, Taeyeon Kim, Shin-ichiro Ishida, Takayuki Tanaka, Tadashi Mori, Dongho Kim, Atsuhiro Osuka, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2017, 56, 3982-3986.
  https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201700063

• Excited-state torsional relaxation dynamics of meso-meso directly linked corrole dimers: Importance of linking position
  Kyu Hyung Park, Ooi Shota, Taeyeon Kim, Takayuki Tanaka, Atsuhiro Osuka, Dongho Kim, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2016, 18, 23374-23382.
  https://doi.org/10.1039/C6CP04040C

• Exciton coupling dynamics in syn- and anti-type β–β linked Zn(II) porphyrin linear arrays
  Taeyeon Kim, Juwon Oh, Hua-Wei Jiang, Takayuki Tanaka, Atsuhiro Osuka, Dongho Kim, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2016, 18, 23105-23110.
  https://doi.org/10.1039/C6CP04269D

• Double ring expansion from an aromatic [18]porphyrin(1.1.1.1) to an antiaromatic [20]porphyrin(2.1.2.1)
  Masataka Umetani, Takayuki Tanaka, Taeyeon Kim, Dongho Kim, Atsuhiro Osuka, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2016, 55, 8095-8099.
  https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201602874

• π-extended “earring” porphyrins with multiple cavities and near-infrared absorption
  Yutao Rao, Taeyeon Kim, Kyu Hyung Park, Fulei Peng, Lei Liu, Yunmei Liu, Bin Wen, Shubin Liu, Steven Robert Kirk, Licheng Wu, Bo Chen, Ming Ma, Mingbo Zhou, Bangshao Yin, Yuexing Zhang, Dongho Kim, Jianxin Song, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2016, 55, 6438-6442.
  https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201600955

• Trimeric and tetrameric electron-deficient porphyrin tapes
  Hirotaka Mori, Taeyeon Kim, Dongho Kim, Atsuhiro Osuka, Chem. Asian. J. 2016, 11, 1454-1463.
  https://doi.org/10.1002/asia.201600241

• Phenylene bridged core-modified planar aromatic octaphyrin: Aromaticity, photophysical and anion receptor properties
  Ganesan Karthik, Won-Young Cha, Arindam Ghosh, Taeyeon Kim, A. Srinivasan, Dongho Kim, Tavarekere K. Chandrashekar, Chem. Asian. J. 2016, 11, 1447-1453.
  https://doi.org/10.1002/asia.201600177

• Conformational fixation of a rectangular antiaromatic [28]hexaphyrin using rationally installed peripheral straps
  Tomoki Yoneda, Taeyeon Kim, Takanori Soya, Saburo Neya, Juwon Oh, Dongho Kim, Atsuhiro Osuka, Chem. Eur. J. 2016, 22, 4413-4417.
  https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.201600262

• Directly 2,12‐ and 2,8‐linked ZnII porphyrin oligomers: Synthesis, optical properties, and coherence lengths
  Hua-Wei Jiang, Taeyeon Kim, Takayuki Tanaka, Dongho Kim, Atsuhiro Osuka, Chem. Eur. J. 2015, 22, 83-87.
  https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.201504039

• Synthesis of [n]cyclo-5,15-porphyrinylene-4,4′-biphenylenes displaying size-dependent excitation-energy hopping
  Hua-Wei Jiang, Takayuki Tanaka, Taeyeon Kim, Young Mo Sung, Hirotaka Mori, Dongho Kim, Atsuhiro Osuka, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2015, 54, 15197-15201.
  https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201507822