47. Yuling Xu, Chonglu Li, Xin Ma, Wei Tuo, Le Tu, Xiaopeng Li, Yan Sun,* P. J. Stang,* Yao Sun.* Long-wavelength Emissive Ru(II) Metallacycle Based Photosensitizer Assisting in Vivo Bacterial Diagnosis and Antibacterial Treatment. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci., 2022, doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2209904119. (IF=12.779)

46. Yan Sun,* Wei Tuo, Peter J. Stang.* Metal–organic Cycle-based Multistage Assemblies. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci., 2022, doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2122398119. (Citations: 3) (IF=12.779)

45. Chongyi Chen, Yan Sun,* Yue Zhao, Ryan T. VanderLinden, Wei Tuo, Shuwei Zhang, Jin Wang, Hajar Sepehrpour, Shuai Lu, Dan Li, Chaoguo Yan, Fengmin Zhang, Peter J. Stang.* Anthracene-induced formation of highly twisted metallacycle and its crystal structure and tunable assembly behaviors. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci., 2021, 118, doi: 10.1073/pnas.2102602118. (Citations: 8) (IF=12.779)

44. Koushik Acharyya,* Soumalya Bhattacharyya, Shuai Lu, Yan Sun, Partha Sarathi Mukherjee,* Peter J. Stang.* Emissive Platinum(II) Macrocycles as Tunable Cascade Energy Transfer Scaffolds. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2021, 10.1002/anie.202200715. (Citations: 5) (IF=16.823)

43. Gang Zhou,* Tinghui Li, Rong Huang, Peifang Wang, Bin Hu, Lizhe Liu,* Yan Sun.* Recharged-catalyst with Memristive Nitrogen Reduction Activity through Learning Networks of Spiking Neurons. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2021, 143, 5378-5385. (Citations: 25) (IF=16.383)

42. Yuling Xu, Wei Tuo, Liang Yang, Yan Sun, Chonglu Li, Xin Ma, Xiaopeng Li, Wenchao Yang, Guangfu Yang, Peter J. Stang,* Yao Sun.* Design of a Metallacycle-Based Supramolecular Photosensitizer for In Vivo Image-Guided Photodynamic Inactivation of Bacteria. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2021, 10.1002/anie.202110048. (Citations: 21) (IF=16.823)

41. Yan Sun,* Peter J. Stang.* Metallacycles, Metallacages and Their Aggregate/optical Behavior. Aggregate, 2021, doi: 10.1002/agt2.94. (Citations: 23) (Inside cover)

40. Gang Zhou, Peifang Wang, Hao Li, Bin Hu, Yan Sun, Rong Huang, Lizhe Liu. Spin-sate Reconfiguration Induced by Alternating Magnetic Field for Efficient Oxygen Evolution Reaction. Nat. Commun., 2021, 4827. (Citations: 38) (IF=17.694)

39. Sepehrpour, Hajar, Yan Sun,* Wenxin Fu, Peter J. Stang. Biomedically Relevant Self- Assembled Metallacycles and Metallacages. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2019, 141, 14005-14020. (Invited: most highly cited publications in JACS, Hot Paper, Highly Cited Paper.) (Citations: 186) (IF=15.419)

38. Yan Sun,* Chongyi Chen, Jianbo Liu, Peter J. Stang. Recent developments in the construction and applications of platinum-based metallacycles and metallacages via coordination. Chem. Soc. Rev. 2020, 49, 3889-3919. (Invited: Hot Paper, Highly Cited Paper) (Citations: 148) (IF=60.615)

37. Yan Sun,* Chongyi Chen, Peter J. Stang. Soft Materials with Diverse Suprastructures via the Self-Assembly of Metal-organic Complexes. Acc. Chem. Res. 2019, 52, 802-817. (Invited: Hot Paper, Highly Cited Paper) (about 2 times the average citations in Acc. Chem. Res) (Citations: 100) (IF=24.466)

36. Yan Sun,* Yong Yao, Heng Wang, Wenxin Fu, Chongyi Chen, Manik Lal Saha, Mingming Zhang, Sougata Datta, Zhixuan Zhou, Huaxu Yu, Xiaopeng Li, Peter J. Stang.* Self-Assembly of Metallacages into Multidimensional Suprastructures with Tunable Emissions. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2018, 140, 17297-17307. (Citations: 50) (IF=15.419)

35. Yan Sun,* Fengmin Zhang, Shaowei Jiang, Zhifeng Wang, Ruidong Ni, Heng Wang, Weidong Zhou, Xiaopeng Li, Peter J. Stang*. Self-Assembly of Metallacages into Multidimensional Suprastructures with Tunable Emissions. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2018, 140, 12819-12828. (Citations: 50) (IF=15.419)

34. Yan Sun,* Chongyi Chen, Jianbo Liu, Lizhe Liu,* Wei Tuo, Huangtianzhi Zhu, Shuai Lu, Xiaopeng Li, Peter J. Stang. Self-assembly of Porphyrin-Based Metallacages into Octahedra. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2020, 142, 17903-17907. (Invited as JACS Cover) (Citations: 21) (IF=15.419)

33. Huangtianzhi Zhu, Qi Li, Bingbing Shi, Hao Xing, Yan Sun,* Shuai Lu, Liqing Shangguan, Xiaopeng Li, Feihe Huang,* Peter J. Stang.* Formation of Planar Chiral Platinum Triangles via Pillar[5]arene for Circularly Polarized Luminescence. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2020, 17340-17345. (Citations: 64) (IF=15.419)

32. Wei Tuo, Yan Sun,* Shuai Lu, Xiaopeng Li, Guangfu Yang, Yao Sun,* Peter J. Stang.* Pillar[5]arene-Containing Metallacycles and Host-Guest Interaction Caused Aggregation-Induced Emission Enhancement Platforms. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2020, 142, 16930-16934. (Citations: 34) (IF=15.419)

31. Yan Sun,* Chongyi Chen, Xinqiong Wang, Fengmin Zhang, Shuai Lu, Xiaopeng Li, Xiaoceng Suo, Zixia Lin. Self-Assembly of Metallacages into Centimeter Films with Tunable Size and Emissions. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2020, 142, 17933-17937. (Citations: 12) (IF=15.419)

30. Liang Li, Wei Tuo, Qihua Zhu, Hajar Sepehrpour, Yong Yao,* Chaoguo Yan,* Lizhe Liu,* Dan Li, Yajing Xie, Chuang Zhang, Min Wang, and Yan Sun,* Resorcinarene Induced Assembly of Carotene and Lutein into Hierarchical Superstructures. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2020, 142, 49, 20583–20587. (Citations: 16) (IF=15.419)

29. Hong Tao, Zhang Zibing, Yan Sun, Jiaju Tao, Jiadong Tang, Xie Chunsong, Wang Min, Chen Fang, Xie Shangshu, Shijun Li,* Peter J. Stang.* Chiral Metallacycles as Catalysts for Asymmetric Conjugate Addition of Styryl boronic Acids to α,β-Enones. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2020, 142, 10244-10249. (Citations: 45) (IF=15.419)

28. Yan Sun, Fang Guo, Tongfei Zuo, Jingjing Hua, Guowang Diao.* Stimulus-responsive Light-harvesting Complexes Based on the Pillararene-induced Co-assembly of b-carotene and Chlorophyll. Nat. Commun., 2016, DOI: 10.1038/ncomms12042. (Citations: 72) (IF=17.694)

27. Yan Sun, Yong Yao, Chao-Guo Yan,* Ying Han, Ming Shen.* Selective Decoration of Metal Nanoparticles inside or outside of Organic Microstructures via Self-Assembly of Resorcinarene. ACS Nano, 2010, 4, 2129-2141. (Citations: 59) (IF=18.027)

26. Yan Sun, Chao-Guo Yan,* Yong Yao, Ying Han, and Ming Shen,* Self-Assembly and Metallization of Resorcinarene Microtubes in Water. Adv. Funct. Mater., 2008, 18, 3981-3990. (Citations: 45) (IF=19.924)

25. Yan Sun,* Chongyi Chen, Fenming Zhang, Shaowei Jiang, Peter J. Stang.* Metallacages Based Centimeter Films as Emissive Devices. Mater. Chem. Phys., 2022, 227, 125544. (IF=4.778)

24. Bingbing Shi,* Peng Qin, Yongping Chai, Wen-Juan Qu, Liqing Shangguan, Qi Lin, You-Ming Zhang*, Yan Sun, Feihe Huang,* Peter J. Stang.* Enzyme-Responsive Nanostructures Constructed by Organoplatinum (II) Coordination-Driven Self-Assemtly and Cyclodexgtrin-Based Host-Guest Interactions, Inorg. Chem., 2022, doi.org/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.2c00978. (IF=5.436)

23. Yang Wang, Ruowen Tang, Di Wang, Jian Wang, Yuying Huang, Yue Ding*, Bing Lu, Yan Sun,* Peter J. Stang,* Yong Yao.* Platinum(II) Metallaclip Based Theranostics for Cell Imaging and Synergetic Chemo-Photodynamic Therapy. Inorg. Chem., 2022, doi.org/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.2c01206. (IF=5.436)

22. Gajendra Gupta,* Yan Sun, Abhishek Das,* Peter J. Stang,* Chang Yeon Lee.* BODIPY based Metal-Organic Macrocycles and Frameworks: Recent Therapeutic Developments. Coord. Chem. Rev., 2022, 452, 214308. (Citations: 11) (IF=24.833)

21. LeyiYang, GuanbingZhou, Yijie Jin, Yan Sun, Qiao Liu,* Chongyi Chen.* Spatially Confined Building of Environmental-adaptive Hydrogel Electrolyte for Supercapacitors. J. Power Sources, 2022, 548, 232015.

20. Chunhui Luo,* Shuai Xie, Xinyue Deng, Yan Sun, Yong Shen,* Menglu Li, Wenxin Fu. From Micelle-like Aggregates to Extremely-stretchable, Fatigue-resistant, Hhighly-resilient and Self-healable Hydrogels. Eur. Polym. J., 2022, 167, 111047. (Citations: 2) (IF=5.546)

19. Jinjin Zhang, Jialin Yu, Wen Li, Yiqi Fan, Yang Li, Yan Sun, Shouchun Yin,* Peter J. Stang.* A Near-infrared BODIPY-based Rhomboidal Metallacycle for Imaging-guided Photothermal Therapy. Inorganics, 2022, 10.3390/inorganics10060080. (IF=3.149)

18. Changfeng Yin, Panpan Xiao, Mengke Liang, Jia Li, Ying Sun, Wei Wu,* Xiqun Jiang. Effects of iRGD Conjugation Density on the In Vitro and In Vivo Properties of Cylindrical Polymer Brushes. Biomater. Sci., 2022, 10(12), 3236-3255. (IF=7.590)

17. Yan Sun,* Peter J. Stang.* Self-Assembly of Metallacages Into Diverse Suprastructures, Russ. Chem. Bull., Int. Ed., 2021, 70, No. 11, 0000. (Invited: Dedication to Academician Oleg. M. Nefedov for his 90th birthday) (IF=1.704)

16. Changfeng Yin, Ruonan Wang, Ying Sun, Shun Li, Xiaoke Zhang, Jie Gu, Wei Wu*, Xiqun Jiang. The In Vitro and In Vivo Properties of Ringlike Polymer Brushes. Nano Today, 2021, 41, 101293. (Citations: 6) (IF=18.962)

15. Yan Sun,* Wenxin Fu, Chongyi Chen, Jin Wang, Yong Yao.* Water-soluble Pillar[5]arene Induced the Morphology Transformation of Self-assembled Nanostructures and Had Further Application in Paraquat Detection. Chem. Commun., 2017, 53, 3725-3728. (Citations: 27) (IF=6.065)

14. Yan Sun,*Jin Wang, Yong Yao.* The First Water-soluble Pillar[5]arene Dimer: Synthesis and Construction of A Reversible Fluorescent Supramolecular Polymer Network in Water. Chem. Commun., 2017, 53, 165-167. (Citations: 28) (IF= IF=6.065)

13. Yan Sun, Zhibo Li.* In Situ Polymerization of Supramolecular Nanorods Assembled From Polymerizable Perylene Bisimide. Poly. Chem., 2017, 8, 4422-4427. (Citations: 7) (IF=5.364)

12. Yan Sun, Zhibo Li.* Aqueous Dispersion of Single Walled Carbon Nanotubes Stabilized by PEG Modified Diperylene Bisimide and Their Application As an Antibacterial Agent. RSC Adv., 2017, 7, 26125-26129. (Citations: 2) (IF=4.036)

11. Yan Sun,* Tongfei Zuo,Fang Guo,Jing Sun, Ziwei Liu and Guowang Diao.* Perylene Dye-functionalized Silver Nanoparticles Serving as pH-dependent Metal Sensor Systems. RSC Adv., 2017, 7, 26125-26129. (Citations: 8) (IF=4.036)

10. Yan Sun, Wenxin Fu,* Zhibo Li,* Zhaohui Wang. Tailorable Aqueous Dispersion of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes Using Tetrachloroperylene-Based Bolaamphiphiles via Noncovalent Modification. Langmuir, 2014, 30，8615-8620. (Citations: 22) (IF=4.331)

9. Yan Sun, Zhibo Li,* Zhaohui Wang.* Self-assembled Monolayer and Multilayer Films Based on L-lysine Functionalized Perylene Bisimide. J. Mater. Chem., 2012, 22, 4312-4318. (Citations: 27) (IF=6.626)

8. Yan Sun, Chang he, Kai Sun, Yan Li, Huanli Dong, Zhaohui Wang, Zhibo Li.* Fine-Tuned Nanostructures Assembled from L-Lysine-Functionalized Perylene Bisimides. Langmuir, 2011, 27, 11364-11371. (Citations: 90) (IF=4.331)

7. Yan Sun,* Peter J. Stang.* Self-Assembly of Metallacages Into Diverse Suprastructures， Russ. Chem. Bull., Int. Ed., 2021, 70, No. 11, 0000 (Invited: Dedication to Academician Oleg. M. Nefedov for his 90th birthday.

6. Yong Yao,* Yan Sun, Huaxu Yu,Wenrui Chen,Hong Dai and Yujun Shi.* A Pillar[5]arene Based Gel From a Low-molecular-weight Gelator for Sustained Dye Release in Water. Dalton Trans., 2017, 46, 16802-16806. (Citations: 27) (IF=4.569)

5. Ming Shen,* Yan Sun, Ying Han, Rong Yao, and Chaoguo Yan.* Strong Deaggregating Effect of a Novel Polyamino Resorcinarene Surfactant on Gold Nanoaggregates under Microwave Irradiation. Langmuir, 2008, 24, 13161-13167. (Citations: 22) (IF=4.331)

4. Yong Yao, Yan Sun, Chao-guo Yan.* Preparation of Resorcinarene functionalized Gold Nanoparticles and Their Catalytic Activities for Reduction of Aromatic Nitro Compounds. Chin. J. Chem., 2010, 28, 705-712. (Citations: 27) (IF=5.560)

3. Ming Shen,* Wei-feng Chen, Yan Sun, Chao-guo Yan.* Synthesis and Characterization of Water-soluble Gold Colloids Stabilized with Aminoresorcinarene, J. Phys. Chem. Solids. 2007, 68, 2252-2261. (Citations: 21) (IF=4.383)

2. Chunhui Luo,* Shuai Xie, Xinyue Deng, Yan Sun, Yong Shen, * Menglu Li, Wenxin Fu, From micelle-like aggregates to extremely-stretchable, fatigue-resistant, highly-resilient and self-healable hydrogels. Eur. Polym. J.，2022, 167, 111047 (IF=5.546)

1. A Near-infrared BODIPY-based Rhomboidal Metallacycle for Imaging-guided Photothermal Therapy. Jinjin Zhang, Jialin Yu, Wen Li, Yiqi Fan, Yang Li, Yan Sun, Shouchun Yin,* Peter J. Stang.* Inorganics, 2022, 10.3390/inorganics10060080. (IF=3.149)