Institute of Chemistry, Academia Sinica--Shih-Sheng Sun

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Supramolecular Materials Chemistry

Shih-Sheng Sun (孫世勝)

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Research Fellow (2014-)；Joint Appointment Professor, Department of Chemistry, National Central University (2022-)；Deputy Director(2021-2022/2014-2019)；Acting Deputy Director(2019-2021)；Associate Research Fellow (2009-2014)；Assistant Research Fellow (2003-2009)；B.S., National Cheng Kung University (1989)；M.S., National Cheng Kung University (1991)；Ph.D., State University of New York at Binghamton (2001)；Postdoctoral Fellow, Northwestern University (2001-2003)；IUPAC National Representative of the Division (III) Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry (2020-2023)；IUPAC Associate Member of the Division (III) Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry (2024-2025)；

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Chang, K.-C.; Lin, J.-L.; Shen, Y.-T.; Hung, C.-Y.; Chen, C.-Y.; Sun, S.-S. Synthesis and photophysical Properties of Self-Assembled Metallogels of Platinum(II) Acetylide Complexes with Elaborated Long-Chain Pyridine-2,6-Dicarboxamides. Chem. Eur. J. 2011, accepted. (Will be highlighted in the inner cover as a frontispiece for the issue).
Chang, Y. J.; Chou, P.-T.; Lin, S.-Y.; Watanabe, M.; Liu, Z.-Q.; Lin, J.-L.; Chen, K.-Y.; Sun, S.-S.; Ching-Yang Liu, C.-Y.; Chow, T. J. High Performance Organic Materials for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells: Triarylene-Linked Dyads with a 4-tert-Butylphenylamine Donor. Chem. Asian J. 2011, accepted.
Singh, A. S.; Sun, S.-S. Dynamic Self-Assembly of Molecular Capsules via Solvent Polarity Controlled Reversible Binding of Nitrate Anion with C₃ Symmetric Tripodal Receptors. Chem. Commun. 2011, 47, 8563.
Li, C.-H.; Chang, K.-C.; Tsou, C.-C.; Lan, Y.; Yang, H.-C.; Sun, S.-S. Chiral Amplification in One-dimensional Helical Nanostructures Self-Organized From Phenylethynyl Thiophene with Elaborated Long-Chain Dicarboxamides. J. Org. Chem. 2011, 76, 5524.
Lin, Y.-C.; Lin, C.-H.; Chen, C.-Y.; Sun, S.-S.; Pal, B. Synthesis of Electron Deficient Acene Derivatives via a Bidirectional Iterative Elongation Reaction. Org. Bio. Chem. 2011, 9, 4507.
Lin, J.-L.; Chen, C.-W.; Sun, S.-S.; Lees, A. J. Photoswitching Tetranuclear Rhenium(I) Tricarbonyl Diimine Complexes With A Stilbene-Like Bridging Ligand. Chem. Commun. 2011, 47, 6030. (selected as part of a ChemComm ‘Supramolecular Chemistry’ web-based themed issue marking the International Year of Chemistry 2011).
Chung, S.-K.; Tseng, Y.-R.; Chen, C.-Y.; Sun, S.-S. A Selective Colorimetric Hg²⁺ Probe Featuring a Styryl Dithiaazacrown Containing Platinum(II) Terpyridine Complex through Modulation of the Relative Strength of ICT and MLCT Transitions. Inorg. Chem. 2011, 50, 2711.
Chen, K.-F.; Chang, C.-W.; Lin, J.-L.; Hsu, Y.-C.; Yeh, M.-C. P.; Hsu, C.-P; Sun, S.-S. Photophysical Studies of Dipolar Organic Dyes That Feature 1, 3-Cyclohexadiene Conjugated Linkage: The Implication of a Twisted Intramolecular Charge Transfer State on the Efficiency of Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells. Chem. Eur. J. 2010, 16, 12873.
You, H.-J.; Fang, C.-S.; Lin, J.-L.; Sun, S.-S.; Liu, C. W. Dinuclear Gold Diselenophosphate Complexes: Structures and Photoluminescence. Inorg. Chem. 2010, 49, 7641.
Lin, Z.; Chen, H.-C.; Sun, S.-S.; Hsu, C.-P.; Chow, T. J. Bifunctional Maleimide Dyes as Selective Anion Sensors. Tetrahedron 2009, 65, 5216.
Chen, H.-C.; Hung, C.-Y.; Wang, K.-H.; Chen, H.-L.; Fann, W. S.; Chen, P.; Chow, T. J.; Hsu, C.-P.; Sun, S.-S. White light Emission From an Upconverted Fluorescence with an Organic Triplet Sensitizer. Chem. Commun. 2009, 4064.
Singh, A. S.; Chen, B.-Y.; Wen, Y.-S.; Tsai, C.; Sun, S.-S. Halide Dependent Formation of Molecular Receptors and Their Ion Recognition Propertiesf. Org. Lett. 2009, 11, 1867.
Shen, Y.-T.; Li, C.-H; Chang, K.-C.; Chin, S.-Y.; Lin, H.-A.; Liu, Y.-M.; Hung, C.-Y.; Hsu, H.-F.; Sun, S.-S. Synthesis, Optical, and Mesomorphic Properties of Self-Assembled Organogels Featuring Phenyl Ethynyl Framework With Elaborated Long-Chain Pyridine-2,6-Dicarboxamides (an invited contribution
to a special issue of the Gels and Fibrillar Networks: Molecular and Polymer Gels and Materials with Self-Assembled Fibrillar Networks). Langmuir 2009, 25, 8714..
Hung, C.-Y.; Singh, A. S.; Chen, C.-W; Wen, Y.-S.; Sun, S.-S. Colorimetric and Luminescent Sensing of F- Anion Through Strong Anion–p Interaction Inside the p-Acidic Cavity of A Pyridyl-Triazine Bridged Trinuclear Re(I)-Tricarbonyl Diimine Complex. Chem. Commun. 2009, 1511.
Chen, K.-F.; Hsu, Y.-C.; Wu, Q.; Yeh, M.-C.; Sun, S.-S. Structurally Simple Dipolar Organic Dyes Featuring 1,3-Cyclohexadiene Conjugated Unit for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells. Org. Lett. 2009, 11, 377.
Chen, C.-Y.; Lin, T.-P.; Chen, C.-K.; Lin, S.-C.; Tseng, M.-C.; Wen, Y-S.; Sun, S.-S. New Chromogenic and Fluorescent Probes for Anion Detection: Formation of a [2+2] Supramolecular Complex on Addition of Fluoride with Positive Homotropic Cooperativity. J. Org. Chem. 2008, 73, 900.
Kumar, A.; Sun, S.-S.; Lees, A. J. Directed Assembly Metallocyclic Supramolecular Systems for Molecular Recognition and Chemical Sensing. Coord. Chem. Rev. 2008, 252, 922.
Lin, T.-P.; Chen, C.-Y.; Wen, Y-S.; Sun, S.-S. Synthesis, Photophysical and Anion Sensing Properties of Quinoxaline Bis-Sulfonamide Functionalized Receptors and Their Metal Complexes. Inorg. Chem. 2007, 46, 9201
Chen, C.-L.; Lin, T.-P.; Chen, Y.-S.; Sun, S.-S. Probing Anion-Receptor Interactions by Ratiometric Chemosensors Containing Pyrrole Carboxamide Interacting Sites. Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2007, 3999.
Chen, C.-L.; Chen, Y.-S.; Chen, C.-Y; Sun, S.-S. Dipyrrole Carboxamide Derived Selective Ratiometric Probes for Cyanide Ions. Org. Lett. 2006, 8, 5053.
Tsou, C.-C.; Sun, S.-S. New Fluorescent Amide-Functionalized Phenylethynylthiophene Low Molecular Weight Gelator. Org. Lett. 2006, 8, 387.
Wu, C.-Y.; Chen, M.-S.; Lin, C.-A.; Lin, S.-C.; Sun, S.-S. Photophysical Studies of Anion-Induced Colorimetric Response and Amplified Fluorescence Quenching In Dipyrrolylquinoxaline-Containing Conjugated Polymers. Chem. Eur. J. 2006, 12, 2263.

Update： 2023-11-07

Kun-Mu Lee, Chia-Hui Lin, Chia-Chi Chang, Ting-Yu Yang, Wei-Hao Chiu, Wei-Chen Chu, Ya-Ho Chang, Sie-Rong Li, Shih-I Lu, Hsiao-Chi Hsieh, Kang-Ling Liau, Chia Hui Hu, Chih-Hung Chen, Yun-Shuo Liu, Wei-Chun Chou, Mandy M. Lee, Shih-Sheng Sun, Yu-Tai Tao, Yan-Duo Lin* Judicious Molecular Design of 5H‑Dithieno[3,2‑b:2′,3′‑d]Pyran-based Hole-Transporting Materials for Highly Efficient and Stable Perovskite Solar Cells. ADVANCED SCIENCE 2025, 12, 2410666.
Xin-Bei Lin, Chih-Ya Wu, Bo-Yu Han, Yu-Chien Lee, Yin-Fan Lin, Sie-Rong Li, Shih-Sheng Sun, Chun-Ting Li* Anion Effect on the CuII–Neocuproine Mediator and Its Electrocatalysts for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells: Polymeric Chalcogenides of PEDOT–PEDTT and [Ag2(SePh)2]n. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2024-09-20, 16, 61820-61831.
Sarvjeet Kaur, M. M. Lee, Shih-Sheng Sun,* Ashutosh S. Singh* Effect of substituents on mutual induced-fit process responsible for effective hydrogen-bonded capsule formation. JOURNAL OF THE CHINESE CHEMICAL SOCIETY 2024-08-06, 71, 1324-1329.
Chun-Yu Lin, Bing-Huang Jiang, Pei-Jui Weng, Yu Hsuan Lin, Yu-Wei Su, Hui-Shan Shih, Zhong-En Shi, Yan-Ru Lin, Jijitha Vailassery, Shih-Sheng Sun, Chih-Ping Chen,* Yuan Jay Chang* Enhancing open-circuit voltage and suppression of energy loss in ternary organic photovoltaics utilizing carbazole/bicarbazole-based guest donors. CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL 2024-06-15, 494, 153183.
Rohan Paste, Yu-Te Chen, Krishna Borde, Atul Dhage, Shih-Sheng Sun, Hong-Cheu Lin,* Chih Wei Chu* A-LLTO Nanoparticles Embedded Composite Solid Polymer Electrolyte for Room Temperature Operational Li-metal Batteries. SMALL 2024-05-02, 20, 2311382.
Rajarathinam Ramanujam, Hsiang-Lin Hsu, Zhong-En Shi, Chien-Yu Lung, Chin-Han Lee, Gebremariam Zebene Wubie, Chih-Ping Chen,* Shih-Sheng Sun* Interfacial Layer Materials with a Truxene Core for Dopant-Free NiOx-Based Inverted Perovskite Solar Cells. SMALL 2024-03-07, 20, 2310939.
Chia-Yuan Chen*, Ting-Yi Lin, Chi-Feng Chiu, Mandy M. Lee, Wei-Long Li, Min-Yu Chen, Tzu-Hao Hung, Zhao-Jie Zhang, Hui-Hsu Gavin Tsai*, Shih-Sheng Sun*, and Chun-Guey Wu* Steric Effects on the Photovoltaic Performance of Panchromatic Ruthenium Sensitizers for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2024-03-04, 16, 12647-12660.
Gebremariam Zebene Wubie, Man-Ning Lu, Mekonnen Abebayehu Desta, Hulugirgesh Degefu Weldekirstos, Mandy M. Lee, Wen-Ti Wu, Sie-Rong Li, Tzu-Chien Wei,* Shih-Sheng Sun* Metal-Free Organic Dyes with Double Auxiliary Acceptors for High-Performance Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells. SOLAR RRL 2024-02-02, 8, 2300913.
Chan-Yu Chen, Mandy M. Lee, Yu-Tai Tao,* Shih-Sheng Sun* Supramolecular assemblies of organogelators featuring benzimidazole and long-chain pyridine dicarboxyamide. JOURNAL OF THE CHINESE CHEMICAL SOCIETY 2023-10-13, 70, 2212-2225.
Sarvjeet Kaur, Bhanu Sharma, E. S. Lin, M. M. Lee, Gulshan Kumar, V. Chandrasekhar, Shih-Sheng Sun,* Ashutosh S. Singh* Mutual induced-fit controlled signal amplification of hydrogen-bonded capsule formation. JOURNAL OF THE CHINESE CHEMICAL SOCIETY 2023-10-02, 70, 2016-2021.
Hung-Cheng Chen,* Chen-Yen Hung, Chih-Wei Lin, Kuan-Hsiang Wang, Mandy M. Lee, Peilin Chen, Tashin J. Chow,* Chao-Ping Hsu,* and Shih-Sheng Sun* White light Emission From an Upconverted Emission Based on Triplet-Triplet Annihilation with Rose Bengal as the Sensitizer. PURE AND APPLIED CHEMISTRY 2023-04-19, 95, 413-419.
Jijitha Vailassery, Shih-Sheng Sun* Recent Progress of Helicene Type Hole-Transporting Materials for Perovskite Solar Cells. MOLECULES 2023-01-04, 28, 510.
Meenal Batra, Sarvjeet Kaur, Shruti, Manoj K. Nayak,* Shih-Sheng Sun,* Ashutosh S. Singh* Serendipitous Discovery of (L)-valine Mediated in situ Formation of Two-dimensional Coordination Polymer by Tripodal Ligand with Transition Metals. JOURNAL OF THE CHINESE CHEMICAL SOCIETY 2022-05-11, 69, 987-994.
Meng-Shiue Tsai, Chin-Han Lee, Jye-Chian Hsiao, Shih-Sheng Sun*, Jye-Shane Yang* Solvatochromic Fluorescence of a GFP Chromophore-Containing Organogelator in Solutions and Organogels (an invited contribution in a special issue "Solvation Effects in Organic Chemistry"). JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY 2022, 87, 1723-1731.
Suhendro Purbo Prakoso, Shih-Sheng Sun, Rosari Saleh, Yu-Tai Tao*, and Chien-Lung Wang* Tailoring Photophysical Properties of Diketopyrrolopyrrole Small Molecules with Electron-Withdrawing Moieties for Efficient Solar Steam Generation. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2021-08-05, 13, 38365-38374.
Takaaki Miyazaki,* Motonori Watanabe, Toshinori Matsushima,* Ching-Ting Chien, Chihaya Adachi, Shih-Sheng Sun, Hiroyuki Furuta, Tahsin J. Chow* Synthesis of Heptacene and Its Hole‐Transfer Property of Stable Thin Films. CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL 2021-06-04, 27, 10677-10684.
Yan-Duo Lin*, Kun-Mu Lee*, Sheng Hsiung Chang, Tsung-Yu Tsai, Hsin-Cheng Chung, Chien-Chun Chou, Heng-Yu Chen, Tahsin J. Chow*, Shih-Sheng Sun* Molecularly Engineered Cyclopenta[2,1-b;3,4-b′]dithiophene-Based Hole-Transporting Materials for High-Performance Perovskite Solar Cells with Efficiency over 19%. ACS APPLIED ENERGY MATERIALS 2021-05-24, 4, 4719-4728.
Yeo-Sin Lin, Seid Yimer Abate, Chun-I Wang, Yuh-Sheng Wen, Chih-I Chen, Chao-Ping Hsu*, Chu-Chen Chueh*, Yu-Tai Tao*, Shih-Sheng Sun* Low-Cost Hole-Transporting Materials Based on Carbohelicene for High-Performance Perovskite Solar Cells. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2021-05-05, 13, 20051-20059.
Gebremariam Zebene Wubie, Man-Ning Lu, Mekonnen Abebayehu Desta, Hulugirgesh Degefu Weldekirstos, Mandy M. Lee, Wen-Ti Wu, Sie-Rong Li, Tzu-Chien Wei,* Shih-Sheng Sun* Structural Engineering of Organic D–A−π–A Dyes Incorporated with a Dibutyl-Fluorene Moiety for High-Performance Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2021-04-14, 13, 23513-23522.
Gebremariam Zebene Wubie, Mekonnen Abebayehu Desta, Hulugirgesh Degefu Weldekirstos, Mandy M. Lee, Wen-Ti Wu, Sie-Rong Li, Shih-Sheng Sun* An Organic Dye Containing Electron-rich Cyclopentadithiophene for Dye-sensitized Solar Cells With an Efficiency Over 28% at 6000 Lux. JOURNAL OF THE CHINESE CHEMICAL SOCIETY 2021-04-03, 68, 952-958.
Sachin D. Padghan, Ching-Yun Wang, Wen-Ching Liu, Shih-Sheng Sun,* Kuan-Miao Liu,* Kew-Yu Chen* A naphthalene-based colorimetric and fluorometric dual-channel chemodosimeter for sensing cyanide in a wide pH range. DYES AND PIGMENTS 2020-08, 183, 108724.
Meng‐Shiue Tsai, Sung‐Yu Tsai, Yi‐Fan Huang, Chien‐Lung Wang, Shih‐Sheng Sun,* Jye‐Shane Yang* Hydrogen Bonding‐Induced H‐Aggregation for Fluorescence Turn‐On of the GFP Chromophore: Supramolecular Structural Rigidity. CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL 2020-05, 26, 5942 – 5945.
Yan-Duo Lin*, Seid Yimer Abate, Hsin-Cheng Chung, Kang-Ling Liau, Yu-Tai Tao*, Tahsin J. Chow*, Shih-Sheng Sun* Donor–Acceptor–Donor Type Cyclopenta[2,1-b;3,4-b′]dithiophene Derivatives as a New Class of Hole Transporting Materials for Highly Efficient and Stable Perovskite Solar Cells. ACS APPLIED ENERGY MATERIALS 2019-09, 2, 7070-7082.
Nathaniel M. Barker, Yu-Xuan Li, Mandy M. Lee, Chia-Rui Shen, Jeanette A. Krause, Shih-Sheng Sun*, Norman Lu*, William B. Connick*, David R. McMillin* Synthesis, Luminescence, and Structure of a Polymorphic Polyfluorinated Diiodoplatinum(II) Diimine Complex. INORGANIC CHEMISTRY 2019-08-19, 58, 10716 - 10724.
Pounraj Thanasekaran, Chih-Hang Chu, Sheng-Bo Wang, Kuan-Yu Chen, Hua-De Gao, Mandy M. Lee, Shih-Sheng Sun, Jui-Ping Li, Jiun-Yu Chen, Jen-Kun Chen*, Yu-Hsu Chang*, Hsien-Ming Lee* Lipid-Wrapped Upconversion Nanoconstruct/Photosensitizer Complex for Near-Infrared Light-Mediated Photodynamic Therapy. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2019-01, 11, 84-95.
Hulugirgesh Degefu Weldekirstos, Ming-Chung Kuo, Sie-Rong Li, Wei-Lin Su, Mekonnen Abebayehu Desta, Wen-Ti Wu, Chun-Hong Kuo,* Shih-Sheng Sun* New 2,3-diphenylquinoxaline containing organic D-A-π-A dyes with nickel oxide photocathode prepared by surfactant-mediated synthesis for high performance p-type dye-sensitized solar cells. DYES AND PIGMENTS 2019-01, 163, 761-774.
Yan-Duo Lin,* Kun-Mu Lee,* Bo-Yu Ke, Kai-Shiang Chen, Hao-Chien Cheng, Wei-Juih Lin, Sheng Hsiung Chang, Chun-Guey Wu,* Ming-Chung Kuo, Hsin-Cheng Chung, Chien-Chun Chou, Heng-Yu Chen, Kang-Ling Liau, Tahsin J. Chow,* Shih-Sheng Sun* Rational Design of Cyclopenta[2,1-b;3,4-b’]dithiophene-bridged Hole Transporting Materials for Highly Efficient and Stable Perovskite Solar Cells. ENERGY TECHNOLOGY 2019-01, 7, 307-316.
Yeo-Sin Lin, Seid Yimer Abate, Kuan-Wen Lai, Chih-Wei Chu, Yan-Duo Lin,* Yu-Tai Tao,* Shih-Sheng Sun* New Helicene-type Hole-transporting Molecules for High Efficiency and Durable Perovskite Solar Cells. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2018-12, 10, 41439-41449.
Ashutosh S. Singh,* Amjad Ali,* Ranjay K. Tiwari, Jogendra N. Behera,* Shih-Sheng Sun,* Vadapalli Chandrasekhar* Thermal Induced 1D to 2D Polymer Conversion Accompanied by Major Packing Changes in a Single-Crystal-to-Single-Crystal Transformation. CRYSTENGCOMM 2018-05, 20, 2346-2350.
Motonori Watanabe,* Takaaki Miyazaki, Toshinori Matsushima,* Junko Matsuda, Ching-Ting Chein, Masahiko Shibahara, Chihaya Adachi, Shih-Sheng Sun, Tahsin J. Chow,* Tatsumi Ishihara Synthesis and Physical Properties of Brominated Hexacene and Hole-Transfer Properties of Thin-film Transistors. RSC ADVANCES 2018-04, 8, 13259-13265.
Kai-Chi Chang, Chan-Yu Chen, Tzu-Pin Lin, Po-Jen Ku, Chun-Lin Chen, Chih-Ming Wang, Hsiu-Mei Lin, Mei-Chun Tseng, Ashutosh S. Singh, Shih-Sheng Sun* Platinum(II)-directed Self-assembly Loop Complexes for Anion Recognition and Sensing (special issue in honor of Prof. Tien-Yau Luh’s 70th birthday). JOURNAL OF THE CHINESE CHEMICAL SOCIETY 2018-01, 65, 141-148.
Mandy M. Lee, Ju-Ling Lin, Che-Wei Chang, Chen-Yen Hung, Chih-Wei Chen, Chao-Ping Hsu*, Shih-Sheng Sun* Synthesis, Electrochemical and Photophysical Properties of 2,4,6-Tripyridyl-1,3,5-Triazine-Bridged Trinuclear Diimine Rhenium(I) Tricarbonyl Complexes (Invited contribution for the Cluster Issue of “Luminescent Materials”). EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF INORGANIC CHEMISTRY 2017-12, 2017, 5224-5237.
Meng-Shiue Tsai, Chun-Lin Ou, Chi-Jui Tsai, Yen-Chin Huang, Yuan-Chung Cheng*, Shih-Sheng Sun*, Jye-Shane Yang* Fluorescence Enhancement of Unconstrained GFP Chromophore Analogues Based on the Push-Pull Substituent Effect. JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY 2017-07, 82, 8031-8039.
Mekonnen Abebayehu Desta, Chia-Wei Liao, Shih-Sheng Sun* A general strategy to enhance the performance of dye-sensitized solar cells by incorporating light-harvesting dye with hydrophobic polydiacetylene electrolyte-blocking layer. CHEMISTRY-AN ASIAN JOURNAL 2017-03, 12, 690-697.
Jin-sil Choi, Yazhen Zhu, Hongsheng Li, Parham Peyda, Thuy Tien Nguyen, Mo Yuan Shen, Yang Michael Yang, Jingyi Zhu, Mei Liu, Mandy M. Lee, Shih-Sheng Sun, Yang Yang, Hsiao-hua Yu, Kai Chen*, Gary S. Chuang*, Hsian-Rong Tseng* Cross-Linked Fluorescent Supramolecular Nanoparticles as Finite Tattoo Pigments with Controllable Intradermal Retention Times. ACS NANO 2017-01, 11, 153-162.
Ashutosh S. Singh,* Ranjay K. Tiwari, Mandy M. Lee, Jogendra N. Behera*, Shih-Sheng Sun*, V. Chandrasekhar* Structural Tuning of Anion-Templated Motifs with External Stimuli through Crystal-to-Crystal Transformation. CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL 2017-01, 23, 762-766.
Yu-Jen Cheng, Siao-Yin Yu, Song-Cheng Lin, Jiann T. Lin,* Li-Yin Chen,* Dai-Sin Hsiu,* Yuh Sheng Wen, Mandy M. Lee, Shih-Sheng Sun A phenothiazine/dimesitylborane hybrid material as a bipolar transport host of red phosphor. JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY C 2016-09, 4, 9499-9508.
Chuan-Pei Lee, Chun-Ting Li, Miao-Syuan Fan, Sie-Rong Li, Yi-June Huang, Ling-Yu Chang, Chuan-Ming Tseng, Shih-Sheng Sun, Jiang-Jen Lin, Kuo-Chuan Ho* Microemulsion-assisted Zinc Oxide Synthesis: Morphology Control and Its Applications in Photoanodes of Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells. ELECTROCHIMICA ACTA 2016-06, 210, 483-491.
Chuan-Pei Lee, Ping-Wei Chen, Chun-Ting Li, Yi-June Huang, Sie-Rong Li, Ling-Yu Chang, Pei-Yu Chen, Lu-Yin Lin, R. Vittal, Shih-Sheng Sun,* Jiang-Jen Lin,* Kuo-Chuan Ho* ZnO Double Layer Film with a Novel Organic Sensitizer as an Efficient Photoelectrode for Dye–sensitized Solar Cells . JOURNAL OF POWER SOURCES 2016-06, 325, 209-219.
Yan-Duo Lin, Bo-Yu Ke, Kun-Mu Lee,* Sheng Hsiung Chang, Kai-Hung Wang, Shih-Han Huang, Chun-Guey Wu,* Po-Ting Chou, Samik Jhulki, Jarugu Narasimha Moorthy, Yuan Jay Chang, Kang-Ling Liau, Hsin-Cheng Chung, Ching-Yang Liu, Shih-Sheng Sun,* Tahsin J. Cho Hole-Transporting Materials Based on Twisted Bimesitylenes for Stable Perovskite Solar Cells with High Efficiency. ChemSusChem 2016-02, 9, 274-279.
Chun-Ting Li, Chi-Ta Lee, Sie-Rong Li, Chuan-Pei Lee, I-Ting Chiu, R. Vittal, Nae-Lih Wu*, Shih-Sheng Sun*, Kuo-Chuan Ho* Composite films of carbon black nanoparticles and sulfonated-polythiophene as flexible counter electrodes for dye-sensitized solar cells. JOURNAL OF POWER SOURCES 2016-01, 302, 155-163.
Ashutosh S. Singh, Shih-Sheng Sun* Structurally Flexible C3-Symmetry Receptors for Molecular Recognition and Their Self-Assembly Properties (Invited Personal Account). CHEMICAL RECORD 2015-06, 15, 1021-1044.
Shruti Mendiratta, Muhammad Usman, Tien-Wen Tseng*, Tzuoo-Tsair Luo, Shang-Fan Lee, Li Zhao, Maw-Kuen Wu, Mandy M. Lee, Shih-Sheng Sun, Ying-Chih Lin*, Kuang-Lieh Lu* Low Dielectric Behavior of a Robust, Guest-Free Magnesium(II)−Organic Framework: A Potential Application of an Alkaline-Earth Metal Compound. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF INORGANIC CHEMISTRY 2015-05, 1669-1674.
Chuan-Pei Lee, Ryan Yeh-Yung Lin, Lu-Yin Lin, Chun-Ting Li, Te-Chun Chu, Shih-Sheng Sun*, Jiann T. Lin*, Kuo-Chuan Ho* Recent Progress in Organic Sensitizers for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells. RSC Advances 2015-04, 5, 23810-23825.
Chun–Ting Li, Chuan-Pei Lee, Chi-Ta Lee, Sie-Rong Li, Shih-Sheng Sun*, Kuo-Chuan Ho* Iodide-Free Ionic Liquid with Dual Redox Couples for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells with High Open-Circuit Voltage. ChemSusChem 2015-04, 8, 1244-1253.
Chun–Ting Li, Sie-Rong Li, Ling-Yu Chang, Chuan-Pei Lee, Pei-Yu Chen, Shih-Sheng Sun*, Jiang-Jen Lin,* Vittal Ramamurthy,* Kuo-Chuan Ho* Efficient Titanium Nitride/Titanium Oxide Composite Photoanodes for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells and Water Splitting. JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY A 2015-01, 3, 4695-4705.
Chia-Wei Liao, Rajeswara Rao M., Shih-Sheng Sun* Structural diversity of new solid-state luminophores based on quinoxaline-b-ketoiminate boron difluoride complexes with remarkable fluorescence switching properties. CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS 2015-01, 51, 2656-2659.
Kai-Chi Chang, Shih-Sheng Sun,* Maurice O. Odagob, Alistair J. Lees* Anion recognition and sensing by transition-metal complexes with polarized N-H recognition motifs. COORDINATION CHEMISTRY REVIEWS 2015-01, 284, 111-123.
Sie-Rong Li, Chuan-Pei Lee, Po-Fan Yang, Chia-Wei Liao, Mandy M. Lee, Wei-Lin Su, Chun-Ting Li, Hao-Wu Lin,* Kuo-Chuan Ho,* Shih-Sheng Sun* Structure-Performance Correlations of Organic Dyes with an Electron-deficient Diphenylquinoxaline Moiety for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells. CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL 2014-08, 20, 10052-10064.
Li-Chi Lee, Han Han, Yu-Tang Tsai, Gang-Lun Fan, Hsiang-Fang Liu, Chung-Chih Wu*, Jing-Jong Shyue, Shih-Sheng Sun, Chien-Liang Liu, Pi-Tai Chou, Ken-Tsung Wong* Template-assisted in situ polymerization for forming blue organic light-emitting nanotubes. CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS 2014-07, 50, 8208-8210.
Sie-Rong Li, Chuan-Pei Lee, Chia-Wei Liao, Wei-Lin Su, Chun-Ting Li, Kuo-Chuan Ho,* Shih-Sheng Sun* Structural Engineering of Dipolar Organic Dyes with an Electron-deficient Diphenylquinoxaline Moiety for Efficient Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells. TETRAHEDRON 2014-07, 70, 6276-6284.
Te-Chun Chu, Ryan Yeh-Yung Lin, Chuan-Pei Lee, Chih-Yu Hsu, Pei-Chieh Shih, Ray Lin, Sie-Rong Li, Shih-Sheng Sun,* Jiann T. Lin,* R. Vittal,* Kuo- Chuan Ho* Ionic Liquid with a Dual-Redox Couple for Efficient Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells. ChemSusChem 2014-01, 7, 146-153.
Jwo-Huei Jou,* You-Xing Lin, Shiang-Hau Peng, Chieh-Ju Li, Yu-Min Yang, Chih-Lung Chin, Jing-Jong Shyue, Shih-Sheng Sun, Mandy Lee, Chien-Tien Chen, Ming-Chung Liu, Cheng-Chang Chen, Guan-Yu Chen, Jin-Han Wu, Cheng-Hung Li, Chao-Feng Sung, Mei-Ju Lee, a Highly Efficient Yellow Organic Light Emitting Diode with a Novel Wet- and Dry- Process Feasible Iridium Complex Emitter. ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS 2014-01, 24, 555-562.
Rajeswara Rao M, Shih-Sheng Sun* Supramolecular Assemblies of Amide-derived Organogels Featuring Rigid π-Conjugated Phenylethynyl Frameworks (Feature Article). LANGMUIR 2013-12, 29, 15146-15158 (cover art).
Chin-Sheng Lee, Cheng-Po Kuo, Chiou-Ling Chang, Ching-Nan Chuang, Mandy M. Lee, Shih-Sheng Sun, Man-kit Leung* The Thermofluoric Behavior of Poly(fluorenetolyldiphenylamine)-Oxadiazole Pair in a Polymer Matrix. RSC Advances 2013-10, 3, 20227-20236.
Ashutosh S. Singh, Shih-Sheng Sun* Recyclable Nitrate-Templated Photochemical [2+2] Cycloaddition Reaction Promoted by a Tripodal Receptor. CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS 2013-10, 49, 10070-10072 (back cover image of the issue).
Jwo-Huei Jou,* Yu-Min Yang, Sun-Zen Chen, Jing-Ru Tseng, Shiang-Hau Peng, Chun-Yu Hsieh, You-Xing Lin, Chih-Lung Chin, Jing-Jong Shyue,* Shih-Sheng Sun, Chien-Tien Chen, Ching-Wu Wang, Chien-Chih Chen, Shih-Hsiang Lai, Fu-Ching Tung High-Efficiency Wet- and Dry-Processed Green Organic Light Emitting Diodes with a Novel Iridium Complex-Based Emitter. ADVANCED OPTICAL MATERIALS 2013-09, 1, 657-667.
Rajeswara Rao M, Chia-Wei Liao, Shih-Sheng Sun* Structurally Simple Thienodipyrandione-Containing Reversible Fluorescent Switching Piezo- and Acido-chromic Materials. JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY-C 2013-09, 1, 6386-6394.
Rajeswara Rao M, Chia-Wei Liao, Wei-Lin Su, Shih-Sheng Sun* Quinoxaline Based D-A-D Molecules: High Contrast Reversible Solid-State Mechano- and Thermo-responsive Fluorescent Materials. JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY-C 2013-08, 1, 5491-5501.
Ashutosh S. Singh, Shih-Sheng Sun* Reversible Encapsulation of a Nitrate Guest via Hydrogen Bonded Self-Assembled Capsule Formation by Flexible Tripodal Receptor in Polar Solvent through Dynamic Self-Assembly. RSC Advances 2012-09, 2, 9502-9510.
Li, S.-R.; Lee, C.-P.; Kuo, H.-T., Ho, K.-C.*; Sun, S.-S.* High Performance Dipolar Organic Dyes with an Electron-Withdrawing Diphenylquinoxaline Moiety in the π-Conjugation Framework for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells. CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL 2012-09, 18, 12085-12095.
Ashutosh S. Singh, Shih-Sheng Sun* Narcissistic self-sorting of hydrogen-bonded dimeric capsules formed through self-assembly of flexible tripodal receptors in polar solvents. CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS 2012-06, 48, 7392-7394.
Liu, Y.-M.; Lin, Y.-C.; Chen, W.-C.; Cheng, J.-H.; Yap, G. P. A.; Sun, S.-S.*; Ong, T.-G.* Synthesis and Characterization of para-Pyridine Linked NHC Palladium Complexes and their Studies for the Heck-Mizoroki Coupling Reaction. DALTON TRANSACTIONS 2012-06, 41, 7382-7389.
Lee, I.-L.; Ku, P.-J.; Li, S.-R.; Singh, A. S.; Kuo, H.-T.; Wen, Y.-S.; Chu, C.-W.*; Sun, S.-S.* Synthesis, Photophysical Properties, and Field-Effect Characteristics of (Ethynylphenyl)bezimidazole-Decorated Anthracene and Perylene Bisimide Derivatives. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY 2012-05, 2906-2915.
Chang, K.-C.; Sun, S.-S.*; Lees, A. J.* Anion Sensing by Rhenium(I) Carbonyls with Polarized N-H Recognition Motifs. INORGANICA CHIMICA ACTA 2012-05, 389, 16-28.
Tseng, K.-P.; Kao, M.-T.; Tsai, T. W. T.; Hsu, C.-H.; Chan, J. C. C.; Shyue, J.-J.; Sun, S.-S.; Wong, K.-T.* Manipulate the nanostructures of organogels generated from molecules with a 3-dimensional truxene core. CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS 2012-04, 48, 3515-3517.
Chang, Y. J.; Chou, P.-T.; Lin, S.-Y.; Watanabe, M.; Liu, Z.-Q.; Lin, J.-L.; Chen, K.-Y.; Sun, S.-S.; Ching-Yang Liu, C.-Y.; Chow, T. J.* High Performance Organic Materials for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells: Triarylene-Linked Dyads with a 4-tert-Butylphenylamine Donor. CHEMISTRY-AN ASIAN JOURNAL 2012-03, 7, 572-581.
Singh, A. S.; Sun, S.-S.* Recognition, Encapsulation, and Selective Fluorescent Sensing of Nitrate Anion by C3-Symmetric Tripodal Podands Bearing Amide Functionality. JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY 2012-02, 77, 1880-1890.
Chang, K.-C.; Lin, J.-L.; Shen, Y.-T.; Hung, C.-Y.; Chen, C.-Y.; Sun, S.-S.* Synthesis and photophysical Properties of Self-Assembled Metallogels of Platinum(II) Acetylide Complexes with Elaborated Long-Chain Pyridine-2,6-Dicarboxamides. CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL 2012-01, 18, 1312-1321.
Odago, M. O.; Hoffman, A. E.; Carpenter, R. L.; Tse, D. C. T.; Sun, S.-S.; Lees, A. J.* Thioamide, urea and thiourea bridged rhenium(I) complexes as luminescent anion receptors. INORGANICA CHIMICA ACTA 2011-07, 374, 558-565.
Singh, A. S.; Sun, S.-S.* Dynamic Self-Assembly of Molecular Capsules via Solvent Polarity Controlled Reversible Binding of Nitrate Anion with C3 Symmetric Tripodal Receptors. CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS 2011-07, 47, 8563-8565.
Lin, Y.-C.; Lin, C.-H.;* Chen, C.-Y.; Sun, S.-S.; Pal, B. Synthesis of Electron Deficient Acene Derivatives via a Bidirectional Iterative Elongation Reaction. ORGANIC & BIOMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY 2011-06, 9, 4507-4517.
Li, C.-H.; Chang, K.-C.; Tsou, C.-C.; Lan, Y.; Yang, H.-C.;* Sun, S.-S.* Chiral Amplification in One-dimensional Helical Nanostructures Self-Organized from Phenylethynyl Thiophene with Elaborated Long-Chain Dicarboxamides. JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY 2011-06, 76, 5524-5530.
Lin, J.-L.; Chen, C.-W.; Sun, S.-S.*; Lees, A. J.* Photoswitching tetranuclear rhenium(I) tricarbonyl diimine complexes with a stilbene-like bridging ligand. CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS 2011-04, 47, 6030-6032.
Chung, S.-K.; Tseng, Y.-R.; Chen, C.-Y.; Sun, S.-S.* A Selective Colorimetric Hg2+ Probe Featuring a Styryl Dithiaazacrown Containing Platinum(II) Terpyridine Complex through Modulation of the Relative Strength of ICT and MLCT Transitions. INORGANIC CHEMISTRY 2011-02, 50, 2711-2713.
Chen, K.-F.; Chang, C.-W.; Lin, J.-L.; Hsu, Y.-C.; Yeh, M.-C. P. *; Hsu, C.-P*; Sun, S.-S.* Photophysical Studies of Dipolar Organic Dyes That Feature 1, 3-Cyclohexadiene Conjugated Linkage: The Implication of a Twisted Intramolecular Charge Transfer State on the Efficiency of Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells. CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL 2010-10, 16, 12873-12882.
You, H.-J.; Fang, C.-S.; Lin, J.-L.; Sun, S.-S.*; Liu, C. W.* Dinuclear Gold Diselenophosphate Complexes: Structures and Photoluminescence. INORGANIC CHEMISTRY 2010-08, 49, 7641-7643.
Y.-T. Shen, C.-H. Li, K.-C. Chang, S.-Y. Chin, H.-A. Lin, Y.-M. Liu, C.-Y. Hung, H.-F. Hsu, S.-S. Sun* Synthesis, Optical, and Mesomorphic Properties of Self-Assembled Organogels Featuring Phenyl Ethynyl Framework With Elaborated Long-Chain Pyridine-2,6-Dicarboxamides. LANGMUIR 2009-09, 25(15), 8714-8722.
Chen, H.-C.; Hung, C.-Y.; Wang, K.-H.; Chen, H.-L.; Fann, W. S.; Chen, P.; Chow, T. J.*; Hsu, C.-P.*; Sun, S.-S.* White light Emission From an Upconverted Fluorescence with an Organic Triplet Sensitizer. CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS 2009-07, 4064-4066.
Lin, Z.; Chen, H.-C.; Sun, S.-S.*; Hsu, C.-P.*; Chow, T. J.* Bifunctional Maleimide Dyes as Selective Anion Sensors. TETRAHEDRON 2009-06, 65, 5216-5221.
Singh, A. S.; Chen, B.-Y.; Wen, Y.-S.; Tsai, C.; Sun, S.-S.* Halide Dependent Formation of Molecular Receptors and Their Ion Recognition Properties. ORGANIC LETTERS 2009-04, 11, 1867.
C.-Y. Hung, A. S. Singh, C.-W Chen, Y.-S. Wen, S.-S. Sun* Colorimetric and Luminescent Sensing of F- Anion Through Strong Anion–π Interaction Inside the π-Acidic Cavity of A Pyridyl-Triazine Bridged Trinuclear Re(I)-Tricarbonyl Diimine Complex. CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS 2009-03, 1511.
K.-F. Chen, Y.-C. Hsu, Q. Wu, M.-C. Yeh*, S.-S. Sun* Structurally Simple Dipolar Organic Dyes Featuring 1,3-Cyclohexadiene Conjugated Unit for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells. ORGANIC LETTERS 2009-01, 11, 377.
A. Kumar, S.-S. Sun*, A. J. Lees* Directed Assembly Metallocyclic Supramolecular Systems for Molecular Recognition and Chemical Sensing. COORDINATION CHEMISTRY REVIEWS 2008-04, 252, 922.
C.-Y. Chen, T.-P. Lin, C.-K. Chen, S.-C. Lin, M.-C. Tseng, Y-S. Wen, S.-S. Sun* New Chromogenic and Fluorescent Probes for Anion Detection: Formation of a [2+2] Supramolecular Complex on Addition of Fluoride with Positive Homotropic Cooperativity. JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY 2008-03, 73, 900.
T.-P. Lin, C.-Y. Chen, Y-S. Wen, S.-S. Sun* Synthesis, Photophysical, and Anion-Sensing Properties of Quinoxaline Bis(sulfonamide) Functionalized Receptors and Their Metal Complexes. Inorganic Chemistry 2007-10, 46, 9201.
C.-L. Chen, T.-P. Lin, Y.-S. Chen, S.-S. Sun* Probing Anion-Receptor Interactions by Ratiometric Chemosensors Containing Pyrrolecarboxamide Interacting Sites. European Journal of Organic Chemistry 2007-05, 3999.
Chen, CL, Chen, YH, Chen, CY and Sun, SS Dipyrrole carboxamide derived selective ratiometric probes for cyanide ion. ORGANIC LETTERS 2006-10, 8(22), 5053-5056.
Wu, CY, Chen, MS, Lin, CA, Lin, SC and Sun, SS Photophysical studies of anion-induced colorimetric response and amplified fluorescence quenching in dipyrrolylquinoxaline-containing conjugated polymers. CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL 2006-03, 12(8), 2263-2269.
Tsou, CC and Sun, SS New fluorescent amide-functionalized phenylethynylthiophene low molecular weight gelator. ORGANIC LETTERS 2006-02, 8(3), 387-390.
K.R.J. Thomas, M. Velusamy, J. T. Lin*, S.-S. Sun,* Y.-T. Tao, C.-H. Chuen Energy harvesting star-shaped triads for electroluminescence applications.. Chem. Commun. 2004, 2328-2329.