Publications

2024

100. Jianzhi Xu, Zhi-Xin Guo, Gao-Lei Hou*. Endohedral vs. exohedral boron in C60: Bonding nature and impact on hot-electron relaxation dynamics. J. Chem. Phys. xx, xxx (2024). DOI: xxxx

99. Luqi Li, Jianzhi Xu, Ya-Ke Li, Gao-Lei Hou*. Assessing the Interactions in Atmospherically Relevant Sulfuric Acid-Carboxylic Acid Clusters. ChemistrySelect, xx, xxx (2024). DOI: xxx

98. Xu Liu, Chaoyu Bao, Zengrong Wang, Chenjing Liu, Xuri Zhang, Shuran Yang, Ya-Ke Li, Gao-Lei Hou, Ni Yan, Gang He*. Meta-substituted thienoviologen with enhanced radical stability via π-π interaction modulation for neutral aqueous organic flow batteries. Energy Storage Materials, 73, 103824 (2024). DOI: 10.1016/j.ensm.2024.103824

97. Jianzhi Xu, Zhen-Chao Long, Zuo-Chang Chen, Chang-Feng Zhu, Hong-Guang Xu, Jianwei Zheng, Ewald Janssens, Wei-Jun Zheng, Gao-Lei Hou*, Su-Yuan Xie. Disentangling the catalytic mechanisms of C60-buffered Cu/SiO2 catalyst for DMO-to-EG conversion. ACS Catalysis 14, 14733 (2024). DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.4c03943 (cover)

96. Ning Li, Mengyang Li, Kun Guo*, Ziqian Guo, Ruijie Wang, Lipiao Bao, Gao-Lei Hou*, Xing Lu*. Deciphering the Role of Native Defects in Dopant-Mediated Defect Engineering of Carbon Electrocatalysts. Adv. Energy Mater. 14, 2401008 (2024). DOI: 10.1002/aenm.202401008

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95. Ruomeng Li, Ya-Ke Li*, Jianzhi Xu, Gao-Lei Hou*. Direct reduction of NO into N2 catalyzed by fullerene-supported rhodium clusters. Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 26, 15332-15337 (2024). DOI: 10.1039/D4CP01398K

94. Haifei Liu, Chenxing Guo, Luqi Li, Zeyuan Zhang, Yali Hou, Chaoqun Mu, Gao-Lei Hou, Zhenyi Zhang, Heng Wang*, Xiaopeng Li, Mingming Zhang*. Multicomponent, Multicavity Metallacages That Contain Different Binding Sites for Allosteric Recognition. J. Am. Chem. Soc146, 15787-15795 (2024). DOI: 10.1021/jacs.4c01873

93. Jianzhi Xu, Ya-Ke Li, Ewald Janssens, Gao-Lei Hou*. Multifacets of Fullerene-metal Clusters: From Fundamental to Application. Acc. Chem. Res. 57, 1670-1683 (2024). DOI: 10.1021/acs.accounts.4c00130 (Invited account; cover)

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92. Ransel Barzaga*†, Gao-Lei Hou*†. Metallofullerenes as potential candidates for the explanation of astrophysical phenomena. Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 26, 13622-13633 (2024). DOI: 10.1039/D4CP00146J (Invited perspective)  2024 PCCP Reviews and PCCP 2023 Emerging Investigators

91. Ke Gao, Ying Cheng, Zeyuan Zhang*, Xingda Huo, Chenxing Guo, Wenlong Fu, Jianzhi Xu, Gao-Lei Hou, Xiaobo Shang*, Mingming Zhang*. Guest-Regulated Generation of Reactive Oxygen Species from Porphyrin-Based Multicomponent Metallacages for Selective Photocatalysis. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 63, e202319488 (2024). DOI: 10.1002/anie.202319488

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90. Ze-Kai Li, Yijie Zhou, Changwu Dong, Gao-Lei Hou*. Design and simulation of a wire quadrupole ion trap for ion trapping and cooling. Chin. J. Chem. Phys. 37, 137-146 (2024). DOI: 10.1063/1674-0068/cjcp2311117 (Editor's pick).

89. Wasim Iqbal, Xiaohu Li, Juan Tuo, Ryszard Szczerba, Yanan Feng, Zhenzhen Miao, Jiangchao Yang, Jixing Ge, Gleb Fedoseev, Donghui Quan, Qiang Chang, Chuan-Lu Yang, Tao Yang, Gao-Lei Hou, Yong Zhang, Xuan Fang, Xia Zhang, Fangfang Li, Rong Ma, Xiaomin Song, Zhiping Kou, and Yuxuan Sun. Exploring sulfur chemistry in TMC-1 with NSRT. Chinese Physics Letters 41, 029501 (2024). DOI:10.1088/0256-307X/41/2/029501

88. Gao-Lei Hou*, Ewald Janssens. Supported and Isolated Metal Atoms and Clusters as Models for Understanding the Hydrogen Economy. Fundamental Research DOI: 10.1016/j.fmre.2023.10.011 (Invited review)

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87. 辛佳琪,侯高垒*。基于LabVIEW的反射式飞行时间质谱仪仿真实验系统。大学物理,43, 29 (2024). DOI: 10.16854/j.cnki.1000-0712.230262

      XIN Jia-Qi, HOU Gao-Lei*. Simulation of a reflectron time-of-flight mass spectrometer using LabVIEW[J]. College Physics, 43, 29 (2024).

2023

86. Jianzhi Xu, Joost M. Bakker, Olga V. Lushchikova, Peter Lievens, Ewald Janssens*, Gao-Lei Hou*. Pentagon, Hexagon, or Bridge? Identifying the Location of a Single Vanadium Cation on Buckminsterfullerene Surface. J. Am. Chem. Soc145, 22243-22251 (2023). DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c08451  (arXiv:2309.05890)

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[HFML-FELIX] Identification of binding site metal-decorated C60 fullerenes

85. Jianzhi Xu, Aigen Li, Xiaohu Li, Gao-Lei Hou*. Towards a reliable prediction of the infrared spectra of cosmic fullerenes and their derivatives in the JWST era. Mon. Notices Royal Astron. Soc. (MNRAS) 525, 3061 (2023). DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stad2335 (arXiv:2307.15668)

ASTROBIOLOGY

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84. Yanan Feng, Xiaohu Li*, Tom J. Millar, Ryszard Szczerba, Ke Wang, Donghui Quan, Shengli Qin, Xuan Fang, Juan Tuo, Zhenzhen Miao, Rong Ma, Fengwei Xu, Jingfei Sun, Biwei Jiang, Qiang Chang, Jianchao Yang, Gao-Lei Hou, Fangfang Li, and Yong Zhang. Photochemical origin of SiC2 in the circumstellar envelope of carbon-rich AGB stars revealed by ALMA. Front. Astron. Space Sci. 10, 1215642 (2023). DOI: 10.3389/fspas.2023.1215642

83. Gao-Lei Hou*, Olga V. Lushchikova, Joost M. Bakker, Peter Lievens, Leen Decin*, Ewald Janssens. Buckyball-metal complexes as potential carriers of astronomical unidentified infrared emission bands. Astrophys. J. 952, 13 (2023). DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/accf1b.

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[HFML-FELIX] Complexes of C60 with metal ions: potential carriers of astronomical infrared emission bands?

[Talk with AAS editor Frank Timmes] AAS Journal Author Series: Gao-Lei Hou on 2023ApJ...952...13H

82. Tao Yang, Zhaoyang Li, Xue-Bin Wang, Gao-Lei Hou*. Quantitative Descriptions of Dewar-Chatt-Duncanson Bonding Model: A Case Study of Zeise and Its Family Ions. ChemPhysChem 24, e202200835 (2023). DOI: 10.1002/cphc.202200835.

81. Qiaolin Wang, Zhengbo Qin*, Gao-Lei Hou, Zheng Yang, Marat Valiev, Xue-Bin Wang, Xianfeng Zheng, Zhifeng Cui. Properties of Gaseous Deprotonated L-Cysteine S-Sulfate Anion [cysS-SO3]: Intramolecular H-Bond Network, Electron Affinity, Chemically Active Site, and Vibrational Fingerprints. Int. J. Mol. Sci. 24, 1682 (2023). DOI: 10.3390/ijms24021682.

80. Kobe De Knijf*, Johan van der Tol, Piero Ferrari, Sandrien Scholiers, Gao-Lei Hou, Peter Lievens, Ewald Janssens. Influence of oxidation on the magnetism of small Co oxide clusters probed by Stern-Gerlach deflection. Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 25, 171-182 (2023). DOI: 10.1039/D2CP05202D. (2022 HOT PCCP article)

2022

79. Jianzhi Xu and Gao-Lei Hou*. Comment on “Multiple locations of boron atoms in the exohedral and endohedral C60 fullerene”. Phys. Rev. A. 106, 056801 (2022). DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.106.056801.

[Original article: Multiple locations of boron atoms in the exohedral and endohedral C60 fullerene. A. V. Bibikov, A. V. Nikolaev, I. V. Bodrenko, P. V. Borisyuk, and E. V. Tkalya. Phys. Rev. A 105, 022813 (2022)]

78. Gao-Lei Hou*, Olga V. Lushchikova, Joost M. Bakker, Peter Lievens, Leen Decin*, Ewald Janssens. Buckyball-metal complexes as promising carriers of astronomical unidentified infrared emission bands. arXiv:2207.10311.

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77. Estefania German*†, Gao-Lei Hou†, Jan Vanbuel, Joost M. Bakker, Julio A. Alonso, Ewald Janssens, María J. Lópeza. Infrared spectra and structures of C60Rhn+ complexes. Carbon 197, 535–543 (2022). DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2022.07.002.

76. Mengyang Li, Tao Yang*, Joost M. Bakker, Ewald, Janssens, Gao-Lei Hou*. Unveiling the role of C60-supported vanadium single atoms for catalytic overall water splitting. Cell Rep. Phys. Sci. 3, 100910 (2022). DOI: 10.1016/j.xcrp.2022.100910.

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75. Zhe Zhang, Mengyang Li, Gao-Lei Hou*, Hong Gao*. Substitution-induced Nonplanarity of 3-Fluorothioanisole in the First Electronically Excited State. J. Phys. Chem. A 126, 2541–2550 (2022). DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.2c01234.

74. Zhe Zhang, Yikui Du*, Gao-Lei Hou*, Hong Gao*. Photoionization spectroscopic and theoretical study on the molecular structures of cis- and trans- 3-chlorothioanisole. ACS Omega 7, 8456–8465 (2022). DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.1c06003.

73. Jinyun Yuan, Peng Wang, Xi-Ling Xu*, Yonghui Zhang, Linghao He, Hong-Guang Xu, Gao-Lei Hou*, and Wei-Jun Zheng. Photoelectron spectroscopy and density functional theory calculations of binary VnC30/– (n = 1–6) clusters. Chin. J. Chem. Phys. 35, 907 (2022). DOI:10.1063/1674-0068/cjcp2112282.

72. Huili Lu, Shi-Wei Liu, Mengyang Li, Baocai Xu*, Li Zhao, Tao Yang*, and Gao-Lei Hou*. Stabilizing the Exotic Carbonic Acid by Bisulfate Ion. Molecules 27, 8 (2022). DOI: 10.3390/molecules27010008.

2021

71. Jianzhi Xu, Mengyang Li, Song Xu, Gerui Pei, Chuncai Kong, Xueguang Ren, Zhimao Yang, Tao Yang*, Jian Zhou*, and Gao-Lei Hou*. Designing stable closo-B12 dianions in silico for Li- and Mg-ion battery applications. Inorg. Chem. Front. 8, 5201-5208 (2021). DOI: 10.1039/D1QI00994J.

70. Gao-Lei Hou*, Tao Yang, Meng-Yang Li, Jan Vanbuel, Olga V. Lushchikova, Piero Ferrari, Joost M. Bakker, and Ewald Janssens. Water Splitting by C60-Supported Vanadium Single Atoms. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 60, 27095-27101 (2021). DOI: 10.1002/anie.202112398.

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69. Piero Ferrari, Laia Delgado-Callico, Olga V. Lushchikov, Gao-Lei Hou, Francesca Baletto, Joost M. Bakker, and Ewald Janssens. The size-dependent influence of palladium doping on the structures of cationic gold clusters. Nanoscale Advance 3, 6197-6205 (2021). DOI: 10.1039/D1NA00587A.

68. Jianzhi Xu, Mengyang Li, Song Xu, Gerui Pei, Xintian Zhao, Chuncai Kong, Zhimao Yang, Tao Yang*, Gao-Lei Hou*. Stable Noble Gas Compounds Based on Superelectrophilic Anions [B12(BO)11]- and [B12(OBO)11]-ChemPhysChem 22, 2240-2246 (2021). DOI: 10.1002/cphc.202100391.

67. Tingyan Ye†, Gao-Lei Hou†, Wen Li, Chaofeng Wang, Kangyan Yi, Nannan Liu*, Jian Liu, Shaoming Huang*, and Jun Gao*. Artificial sodium-selective ionic device based on crown-ether crystals with subnanometer pores. Nat. Commun. 12, 5231 (2021). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-25597-1.

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66. Xiaolin Wang, Yongcheng Zhu, Mei Liu, Gang Jiang, Gao-Lei Hou*, Meng Zhang*, and Kui Yu*. Effect of one-coordinated atoms on the electronic and optical properties of ZnSe clusters. ACS Omega 6, 18711-18718 (2021). DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.1c01550.

65. Yu Gong*, Gao-Lei Hou*, Xiangdong Bi*, Narayanan Kuthirummal, Alem Abraha Teklu, Jacob koenemann, Nico Harris, Peng Wei, Krystal Devera, and Ming Hu*. Enhanced Two-photon Absorption in Two Triphenylamine Based All-organic Compounds. J. Phys. Chem. A 125, 1870-1879 (2021). DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.0c10567.

64. Gao-Lei Hou*, Endre Faragó, Dániel Buzsáki, Laszlo Nyulaszi, Tibor Höltzl*, and Ewald Janssens. Observation of the Reaction Intermediates of Methanol Dehydrogenation by Cationic Vanadium Clusters. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 60, 4756-4763 (2021). DOI: 10.1002/anie.202011109.

2020

63. Gao-Lei Hou*, and Xue-Bin Wang*. Molecular Specificity and Proton Transfer Mechanisms in Aerosol Prenucleation Clusters Relevant to New Particle Formation. Acc. Chem. Res. 53, 2816–2827 (2020). (Cover) DOI: 10.1021/acs.accounts.0c00444.

62. Zhengbo Qin*, Gao-Lei Hou, Zheng Yang, Marat Valiev*, and Xue-Bin Wang*. Distonic radical anion species in cysteine oxidation cycle. Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 22, 17554-17558 (2020). DOI: 10.1039/D0CP02165B.

61. Piero Ferrari*, Gao-Lei Hou, Olga Lushchikova, Florent Calvo, Joost Bakker, and Ewald Janssens*. The Structures of Cationic Gold Clusters Probed by Far-Infrared Spectroscopy. Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 22, 11572-11577 (2020). DOI: 10.1039/D0CP01613F.

60. Gao-Lei Hou*, and Xue-Bin Wang*. Potassium iodide cluster based superhalogens and superalkalis: Theoretical calculations and experimental confirmation. Chem. Phys. Lett. 741, 137094 (2020). DOI: 10.1016/j.cplett.2020.137094.

2019

59. Gao-Lei Hou, and Xue-Bin Wang*. Spectroscopic Signature of Proton Location in Proton Bound HSO4•H+•X (X = F, Cl, Br, and I) Clusters. J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 10, 6714-6719 (2019). DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.9b02663.

58. Tao Lu, Yang Zheng, Qian Gou*, Gao-Lei Hou*, and Gang Feng*. Rotational characterization of a S∙∙∙F chalcogen bond in the complex of 2,2,4,4-tetrafluoro-1,3-dithietane and difluoromethane. Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 21, 24659-24665 (2019). DOI: 10.1039/C9CP04628C.

57. Gao-Lei Hou, Marat Valiev*, and Xue-Bin Wang*. Sulfuric acid and aromatic carboxylate clusters H2SO4·ArCOO: Structures, properties, and their relevance to the initial aerosol nucleation. Int. J. Mass Spectrom. 439, 27-33 (2019). DOI: 10.1016/j.ijms.2019.02.001.

56. Zheng Yang, David A. Hrovat, Gao-Lei Hou, Weston T. Borden*, and Xue-Bin Wang*. Negative Ion Photoelectron Spectroscopy Confirms the Prediction of a Singlet Ground State for the 1,8-Naphthoquinone Diradical. J. Phys. Chem. A 123, 3142-3148 (2019). DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.8b11063.

55. Martin Mayer, Valentin van Lessen, Markus Rohdenburg, Gao-Lei Hou, Zheng Yang, Rüdiger M. Exner, Edoardo Aprà, Vladimir A. Azov, Simon Grabowsky, Sotiris S. Xantheas, Knut R. Asmis, Xue-Bin Wang*, Carsten Jenne*, and Jonas Warneke*. Rational design of an argon-binding superelectrophilic anion. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 116, 8167-8172 (2019). DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1820812116.

54. Martina Lippe, Urszula Szczepaniak, Gao-Lei Hou, Satrajit Chakrabarty, Jorge J. Ferreiro, Egor Chasovskikh, and Ruth Signorell*. Infrared Spectroscopy and Mass Spectrometry of CO2 Clusters during Nucleation and Growth. J. Phys. Chem. A 123, 2426-2437 (2019). DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.9b01030.

53. Qinqin Yuan, Xiang-Tao Kong, Gao-Lei Hou, Ling Jiang*, and Xue-Bin Wang*. Electrospray ionization photoelectron spectroscopy of cryogenic [EDTA•M(II)]2− complexes (M = Ca, V−Zn): electronic structures and intrinsic redox properties. Faraday Discuss. 217, 383-395 (2019). DOI: 10.1039/C8FD00175H.

52. Jonas Warneke*, Szymon Z. Konieczka, Gao-Lei Hou, Edoardo Aprà, Christoph Kerpen, Fabian Keppner, Thomas C. Schafer, Michael Deckert, Zheng Yang, Eric J. Bylaska, Grant E. Johnson, Julia Laskin, Sotiris S. Xantheas, Xue-Bin Wang, and Maik Finze*. Properties of perhalogenated {closo-B10} and {closo-B11} multiply charged anions and a critical comparison with {closo-B12} in the gas and the condensed phase. Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 21, 5903-5915 (2019). DOI: 10.1039/C8CP05313H.

2018

51. Ren-Zhong Li, Shihu H. M. Deng, Gao-Lei Hou, Marat Valiev*, and Xue-Bin Wang*. Photoelectron spectroscopy of solvated dicarboxylate and alkali metal ion clusters, M+[O2C(CH2)2CO2]2(H2O)n (M = Na, K, n = 1-6). Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 20, 29051-29060 (2018). (2018 PCCP HOT Articles) DOI: 10.1039/C8CP03896A.

50. Qinqin Yuan#, Xiang-Tao Kong#, Gao-Lei Hou, Ling Jiang*, and Xue-Bin Wang*. Photoelectron spectroscopic and theoretical study of [EDTA•M(III)] complexes (M = H3, Al, Sc, V−Co). Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 20, 19458-19469 (2018). DOI: 10.1039/C8CP01548A.

49. Gao-Lei Hou, Wei Lin, and Xue-Bin Wang*. Direct Observation of Hierarchic Molecular Interactions Critical to Biogenic Aerosol Formation. Commun. Chem. 1, 37 (2018). (Nature Publishing Group) DOI: 10.1038/s42004-018-0038-7.

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48. Zheng Yang, David A. Hrovat, Gao-Lei Hou, Weston T. Borden*, and Xue-Bin Wang*. Negative Ion Photoelectron Spectroscopy Confirms the Prediction of the Relative Energies of the Low-Lying Electronic States of 2,7-Napthoquinone. J. Phys. Chem. A 122, 4838-4844 (2018). DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.8b03239.

47. Gao-Lei Hou, Niranjan Govind*, Sotiris S. Xantheas*, and Xue-Bin Wang*. Deviation from the trans-Effect in Ligand-Exchange Reactions of Zeise’s Ions PtCl3(C2H4) with Heavier Halides (Br, I). J. Phys. Chem. A 122, 1209-1214 (2018). DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.7b10808.

2017

46. Gao-Lei Hou, Xue-Bin Wang*, Anne B. McCoy*, and Weston Thatcher Borden*. Experimental and Theoretical Studies of the F+H−F Transition-State Region by Photodetachment of [F−H−F]. J. Phys. Chem. A 121, 7895 (2017). DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.7b07682.

45. Jonas Warneke, Gao-Lei Hou, Edoardo Aprà, Carsten Jenne, Zheng Yang, Zhengbo Qin, Karol Kowalski, Xue-Bin Wang*, and Sotiris S. Xantheas*. Electronic Structure and Stability of [B12X12]2– (X = F−At): A Combined Photoelectron Spectroscopic and Theoretical Study. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 139, 14749 (2017). DOI: 10.1021/jacs.7b08598.

44. Gao-Lei Hou, Xue-Bin Wang*, and Marat Valiev*. Formation of (HCOO)(H2SO4) Anion Clusters: Violation of Gas-Phase Acidity Predictions. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 139, 11321 (2017). DOI: 10.1021/jacs.7b05964.

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43. Gao-Lei Hou, Bo Chen*, Wesley J. Transue, Zheng Yang, Hansjörg Grützmacher, Matthias Driess, Christopher C. Cummins*, Weston Thatcher Borden*, and Xue-Bin Wang*. Spectroscopic Characterization, Computational Investigation, and Comparisons of ECX(E = As, P, and N; X = S and O) Anions. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 139, 8922 (2017). DOI: 10.1021/jacs.7b02984.

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42. Gang Feng, Cheng-Wen Liu, Zhen Zeng, Gao-Lei Hou, Hong-Guang Xu, and Wei-Jun Zheng*. Initial Hydration Processes of Magnesium Chloride: Size-Selected Anion Photoelectron Spectroscopy and ab initio Calculations. Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 19, 15562 (2017). DOI: 10.1039/C7CP02965A.

41. Gao-Lei Hou, Jun Zhang, Marat Valiev*, and Xue-Bin Wang*. Structures and Energetics of Hydrated Deprotonated cis-Pinonic Acid Anion Clusters and Their Atmospheric Relevance. Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 19, 10676 (2017). DOI: 10.1039/C6CP08834A.

40. Gao-Lei Hou, Cheng-Wen Liu, Ren-Zhong Li, Hong-Guang Xu, Yi Qin Gao*, and Wei-Jun Zheng*. Emergence of Solvent-Separated Na+-Cl Ion Pair in Salt Water: Photoelectron Spectroscopy and Theoretical Calculations. J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 8, 13 (2017). DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.6b02670.

2016

39. Zhengbo Qin, Gao-Lei Hou, Zheng Yang, Marat Valiev*, and Xue-Bin Wang*. Negative Ion Photoelectron Spectra of ISO3, IS2O3, and IS2O4 Intermediates Formed in Interfacial Reactions of Ozone and Iodide/Sulfite Aqueous Microdroplets. J. Chem. Phys. 145, 214310 (2016). DOI: 10.1063/1.4969076.

38. Ren-Zhong Li, Zhen Zeng, Gao-Lei Hou, Hong-Guang Xu, Xiang Zhao, Yi Qin Gao*, and Wei-Jun Zheng*. Hydration of Potassium Iodide Dimer Studied by Photoelectron Spectroscopy and ab initio Calculations. J. Chem. Phys. 145, 184307 (2016). DOI: 10.1063/1.4967168.

37. Gao-Lei Hou, Bo Chen, Wesley J. Transue, David A. Hrovat, Christopher C. Cummins*, Weston Thatcher Borden*, and Xue-Bin Wang*. A Joint Experimental and Computational Study of the Negative Ion Photoelectron Spectroscopy of the 1-Phospha-2,3,4-triazolate Anion, HCPN3. J. Phys. Chem. A 120, 6228 (2016). DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.6b06343.

36. Gao-Lei Hou†, Lei-Jiao Li†, Shu-Hui Li, Zhong-Ming Sun*, Xiang Gao*, and Xue-Bin Wang*. Regioisomer-Specific Electron Affinities and Electronic Structures of C70 para-Adducts at Polar and Equatorial Positions with (bromo)Benzyl Radicals: Photoelectron Spectroscopy and Theoretical Study. Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 18, 18683 (2016). DOI: 10.1039/C6CP03978B.

35. Hui Wen, Gao-Lei Hou, Yi-Rong Liu, Xue-Bin Wang*, and Wei Huang*. Examining Structural Evolution of Bicarbonate-Water Clusters: Insights from Photoelectron Spectroscopy, Basin-Hopping Structural Search, and Comparison with Available IR Spectra Studies. Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 18, 17470 (2016). DOI: 10.1039/C6CP01542E.

34. Wesley J. Transue, Alexandra Velian, Matthew Nava, Marie-Aline Martin-Drumel, Caroline C. Womack, Jun Jiang, Gao-Lei Hou, Xue-Bin Wang, Michael C. McCarthy, Robert W. Field, and Christopher C. Cummins*. A Molecular Precursor to Phosphaethyne and its Application in Synthesis of the Aromatic 1,2,3,4-Phosphatriazolate Anion. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 138, 6731 (2016). DOI: 10.1021/jacs.6b03910.

33. Xing Liu†, Gao-Lei Hou†, Xue-Feng Wang*, and Xue-Bin Wang*. Negative Ion Photoelectron Spectroscopy Reveals Remarkable Noninnocence of Ligands in Nickel Bis(dithiolene) Complexes [Ni(dddt)2] and [Ni(edo)2]. J. Phys. Chem. A 120, 2854 (2016). DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.6b02711.

32. Gao-Lei Hou, Bo Chen, Wesley J. Transue, David A. Hrovat, Christopher C. Cummins*, Weston Thatcher Borden*, and Xue-Bin Wang*. Negative Ion Photoelectron Spectroscopy of P2N3: Electron Affinity and Electronic Structures of P2N3. Chem. Sci. 7, 4667 (2016). DOI: 10.1039/C5SC04667J.

31. Gao-Lei Hou, Marat Valiev*, and Xue-Bin Wang*. Deprotonated Dicarboxylic Acid Homodimers: Hydrogen Bonds and Atmospheric Implications. J. Phys. Chem. A 120, 2342 (2016). DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.6b01166.

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30. Karlee P. Castro, Tyler T. Clikeman, Nicholas J. DeWeerd, Eric V. Bukovsky, Kerry C. Rippy, Igor V. Kuvychko, Gao-Lei Hou, Yu-Sheng Chen, Xue-Bin Wang, Steven H. Strauss*, and Olga V. Boltalina*. Incremental Tuning Up of Fluorous Phenazine Acceptors. Chem. Eur. J 22, 3930 (2016). (Frontispiece PaperDOI: 10.1002/chem.201504122.

29. Jinyun Yuan, Peng Wang, Gao-Lei Hou, Gang Feng, Wen-Jing Zhang, Xi-Ling Xu, Hong-Guang Xu, Jinlong Yang*, and Wei-Jun Zheng*. The Structural Evolution and Electronic Properties of VnC20/– and VnC40/– (n = 1–6) Clusters: Insights from Photoelectron Spectroscopy and Theoretical Calculations. J. Phys. Chem. A 120, 1520 (2016). DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.6b00241.

28. Gao-Lei Hou†, Xiang-Tao Kong†, Marat Valiev, Ling Jiang*, and Xue-Bin Wang*. Probing the Early Stages of Solvation of cis-Pinate Dianion by Water, Acetonitrile, and Methanol: A Photoelectron Spectroscopy and Theoretical Study. Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 18, 3628 (2016). DOI: 10.1039/C5CP05974G.

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27. David A. Hrovat, Gao-Lei Hou, Bo Chen, Xue-Bin Wang*, and Weston Thatcher Borden*. Negative ion photoelectron spectroscopy confirms the prediction that D3h carbon trioxide (CO3) has a singlet ground state. Chem. Sci. 7, 1142 (2016). DOI: 10.1039/C5SC03542B.

26. Ren-Zhong Li, Gao-Lei Hou, Cheng-Wen Liu, Hong-Guang Xu, Xiang Zhao*, Yi Qin Gao*, and Wei-Jun Zheng*. Initial Hydration Behavior of Sodium Iodide Dimer: Photoelectron spectroscopy and ab initio calculations. Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 18, 557 (2016). DOI: 10.1039/C5CP05550D.

2015

25. Kerry C. Rippy, Eric V. Bukovsky, Tyler T. Clikeman, Yu-Sheng Chen, Gao-Lei Hou, Xue-Bin Wang*, Alexey A. Popov*, Olga V. Boltalina*, and Steven H. Strauss*. Copper Causes Regiospecific Formation of C4F8-Containing Six-Membered Rings and their Defluorination/Aromatization to C4F4-Containing Rings in Triphenylene/1,4-C4F8I2 Reactions. Chem. Eur. J 22, 874 (2015). DOI: 10.1002/chem.201504291.

24. Peng Liu, Zhenwu He, Gao-Lei Hou, Bin Guan, He Lin*, and Zhen Huang. The Diagnostics of Laser Induced Fluorescence (LIF) Spectra of PAHs in Flame with TD-DFT: Special Focus on 5-Membered Ring. J. Phys. Chem. A 119, 13009 (2015). DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.5b10114.

23. Ananya Sen, Edward M. Matthews, Gao-Lei Hou, Xue-Bin Wang*, and Caroline E. H. Dessent*. Photoelectron spectroscopy of hexachloroplatinate-nucleobase complexes: Nucleobase excited state decay observed via delayed electron emission. J. Chem. Phys. 143, 184307 (2015). DOI: 10.1063/1.4935171.

22. Gao-Lei Hou, Gang Feng, Li-Juan Zhao, Hong-Guang Xu, and Wei-Jun Zheng*. Structures and Electronic Properties of (KI)n–/0 (n = 1–4) and K(KI)n–/0 (n= 1–3) Clusters: Photoelectron Spectroscopy, Isomer-Depletion, and ab Initio Calculations. J. Phys. Chem. A 119, 11154 (2015). DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.5b09205.

21. Gang Feng, Gao-Lei Hou, Hong-Guang Xu, Zhen Zeng, and Wei-Jun Zheng*. On the Dissolution of Lithium Sulfate in Water: Anion Photoelectron Spectroscopy and Density Functional Theory Calculations. Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 17, 5624 (2015). DOI: 10.1039/C4CP05698A.

20. Zhen Zeng, Gao-Lei Hou, Jian Song, Gang Feng*, Hong-Guang Xu, and Wei-Jun Zheng*. Microsolvation of LiBO2 in Water: Anion Photoelectron Spectroscopy and ab initio Calculations. Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 17, 9135 (2015). DOI: 10.1039/C5CP00020C.

19. Zhen Zeng, Cheng-Wen Liu, Gao-Lei Hou, Gang Feng, Hong-Guang Xu, Yi Qin Gao*, and Wei-Jun Zheng*. Photoelectron Spectroscopy and ab initio Calculations of Li(H2O)n and Cs(H2O)n (n = 1-6) Clusters. J. Phys. Chem. A 119, 2845 (2015). DOI: 10.1021/jp512177j.

18. David A. Hrovat, Gao-Lei Hou, Xue-Bin Wang*, and Weston Thatcher Borden*. Negative Ion Photoelectron Spectroscopy Confirms the Prediction that 1,2,4,5-Tetraoxatetramethylenebenzene Has a Singlet Ground State. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 137, 9094 (2015). DOI:10.1021/jacs.5b04416.

17. Wen-Jing Zhang, Gao-Lei Hou, Peng Wang, Hong-Guang Xu, Gang Feng, Xi-Ling Xu, and Wei-Jun Zheng*. Microsolvation of sodium acetate in water: Anion photoelectron spectroscopy and ab initio calculations. J. Chem. Phys. 143, 054302 (2015). DOI: 10.1063/1.4927668.

16. Ananya Sen, Gao-Lei Hou, Xue-Bin Wang*, and Caroline E. H. Dessent*. Electron Detachment as a Probe of Intrinsic Nucleobase Dynamics in Dianion-Nucleobase Clusters: Photoelectron Spectroscopy of the Platinum II Cyanide Dianion Bound to Uracil, Thymine, Cytosine and Adenine. J. Phys. Chem. B 119, 11626 (2015). DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.5b07108.

2014

15. Shihu H. M. Deng, Gao-Lei Hou, Xiang-Yu Kong, Marat Valiev*, and Xue-Bin Wang*. Examining the Amine Functionalization in Dicarboxylates: Photoelectron Spectroscopy and Theoretical Studies of Aspartate and Glutamate. J. Phys. Chem. A 118, 5256 (2014). DOI: 10.1021/jp505439b.

14. Jinyun Yuan, Gao-Lei Hou, Baocheng Yang, Hong-Guang Xu, and Weijun Zheng*. Photoelectron Spectroscopy and Density Functional Study of ConC2H2 (n = 1–3) Clusters. J. Phys. Chem. A 118, 6757 (2014). DOI: 10.1021/jp504933a.

13. Cheng-Wen Liu, Gao-Lei Hou, Wei-Jun Zheng*, and Yi Qin Gao*. Adsorption of water molecules on sodium chloride trimer. Theor. Chem. Acc. 133, 1550 (2014). DOI: 10.1007/s00214-014-1550-1.

2013

12. Gao-Lei Hou, Miao Miao Wu, Hui Wen, Qiang Sun*, Xue-Bin Wang*, and Wei-Jun Zheng*. Photoelectron spectroscopy and theoretical study of M(IO3)2 (M = H, Li, Na, K): Structural evolution, optical isomers, and hyperhalogen behavior. J. Chem. Phys. 139, 044312 (2013). DOI: 10.1063/1.4816525.

11. Gao-Lei Hou, Wei Lin, S. H. M. Deng, Jian Zhang, Wei-Jun Zheng, Francesco Paesani, and Xue-Bin Wang*. Negative Ion Photoelectron Spectroscopy Reveals Thermodynamic Advantage of Organic Acids in Facilitating Formation of Bisulfate Ion Clusters: Atmospheric Implications. J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 4, 779 (2013). DOI: 10.1021/jz400108y.

10. Edwin F. van der Eide, Gao-Lei Hou, S. H. M. Deng, Hui Wen, Ping Yang*, R. Morris Bullock*, and Xue-Bin Wang*. Metal-Centered 17-Electron Radicals CpM(CO)3 (M = Cr, Mo, W): A Combined Negative Ion Photoelectron Spectroscopic and Theoretical Study. Organometallics 32, 2084 (2013). DOI: 10.1021/om3011454.

9. Hui Wen, Gao-Lei Hou, Shawn M. Kathmann, Marat Valiev*, and Xue-Bin Wang*. Communication: Solute anisotropy effects in hydrated anion and neutral clusters. J. Chem. Phys. 138, 031101 (2013). (Top 20 Most Read in January 2013)  DOI: 10.1063/1.4776766.

2012

8. Gao-Lei Hou, Hui Wen, Kenneth Lopata, Wei-Jun Zheng, Karol Kowalski, Niranjan Govind, Xue-Bin Wang*, and Sotiris S. Xantheas*. A Combined Gas-Phase Photoelectron Spectroscopic and Theoretical Study of Zeise’s Anion and Its Bromine and Iodine Analogues. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 51, 6356 (2012). (Front CoverDOI: 10.1002/anie.201201959.

7. Jin-Chang Guo, Gao-Lei Hou, Si-Dian Li*, and Xue-Bin Wang*. Probing the Low-Lying Electronic States of Cyclobutanetetraone (C4O4) and Its Radical Anion: A Low-Temperature Anion Photoelectron Spectroscopic Approach. J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 3, 304 (2012). DOI: 10.1021/jz201593z.

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6. Yuan Feng, Gao-Lei Hou, Hong-Guang Xu, Zeng-Guang Zhang, and Wei-Jun Zheng*. Photoelectron spectroscopy and density functional calculations of CunBO2(OH) (n = 1, 2 ) clusters. Chem. Phys. Lett. 545, 21 (2012). DOI: 10.1016/j.cplett.2012.07.030.

5. Jinyun Yuan, Yuchao Zhao, Gao-Lei Hou, Zhen Gao, and Wei-Jun Zheng*. Structures of Al+(C2H4)n clusters: Mass-selected photodissociation and ab initio calculations. Int. J. Mass. Spectrom. 309, 49 (2012). DOI: 10.1016/j.ijms.2011.08.026.

2011

4. Hui Wen, Gao-Lei Hou, Wei Huang*, Niranjan Govind*, and Xue-Bin Wang*. Photoelectron spectroscopy of higher bromine and iodine oxide anions: Electron affinities and electronic structures of BrO2,3 and IO2–4 radicals. J. Chem. Phys. 135, 184309 (2011). DOI: 10.1063/1.3658858.

2010

3. Jinyun Yuan, Zeng-Guang Zhang, Yuchao Zhao, Gao-Lei Hou, Hong-Guang Xu, and Weijun Zheng*. Photodissociation and DFT Investigation of V+(C2H4)n (n = 1-3) Complexes. Int. J. Mass. Spectrom. 295, 36 (2010).  DOI: 10.1016/j.ijms.2010.06.018.

2007

2.  Gao-Lei Hou, Rong Fu, Zhiyun Chen, and Wen-Cheng Hu*. The Research Progress of Porous Polymer Films (in Chinese). Collection of the 2007 Annual Meeting of Sichuan Institute of Electronics (SIE).

1. Wen-Cheng Hu*, Dong Dong, Gao-Lei Hou, Yi-dong Shen, and Wei He. Fabrication of BST Ferroelectric Thin Films by Sol-gel Method (in Chinese). Experiment Science & Technology 5, 125 (2007).