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  1. Targeting Ultrafast Spectroscopic Insights into Red Fluorescent Proteins

    Article • Chemistry - An Asian Journal, October 2023, Wiley

    Dr. Cheng Chen

  2. Front Cover: Targeting Ultrafast Spectroscopic Insights into Red Fluorescent Proteins (Chem. Asian J. 20/2023)

    Article • Chemistry - An Asian Journal, September 2023, Wiley

    Dr. Cheng Chen

  3. Structural Characterization of Fluorescent Proteins Using Tunable Femtosecond Stimulated Raman Spectroscopy

    Article • International Journal of Molecular Sciences, July 2023, MDPI AG

    Dr. Cheng Chen

  4. Photogrammetry of Ultrafast Excited-State Intramolecular Proton Transfer Pathways in the Fungal Pigment Draconin Red

    Article • Molecules, April 2023, MDPI AG

    Dr. Cheng Chen

  5. Fluorescence Modulation by Amines: Mechanistic Insights into Twisted Intramolecular Charge Transfer (TICT) and Beyond

    Article • Chemosensors, January 2023, MDPI AG

    Dr. Cheng Chen

  6. Frontispiece: Mapping the Complete Photocycle that Powers a Large Stokes Shift Red Fluorescent Protein

    Article • Angewandte Chemie, January 2023, Wiley

    Dr. Cheng Chen

  7. Frontispiz: Mapping the Complete Photocycle that Powers a Large Stokes Shift Red Fluorescent Protein

    Article • Angewandte Chemie, January 2023, Wiley

    Dr. Cheng Chen

  8. Structural origin and rational development of bright red noncanonical variants of green fluorescent protein

    Article • Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, January 2023, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr. Cheng Chen

  9. Mapping the Complete Photocycle that Powers a Large Stokes Shift Red Fluorescent Protein

    Article • Angewandte Chemie, December 2022, Wiley

    Dr. Cheng Chen

  10. Mapping the Complete Photocycle that Powers a Large Stokes Shift Red Fluorescent Protein

    Article • Angewandte Chemie, December 2022, Wiley

    Dr. Cheng Chen

  11. To twist or not to twist: From chromophore structure to dynamics inside engineered photoconvertible and photoswitchable fluorescent proteins

    Article • Protein Science, December 2022, Wiley

    Dr. Cheng Chen

  12. Polarity-Dependent Twisted Intramolecular Charge Transfer in Diethylamino Coumarin Revealed by Ultrafast Spectroscopy

    Article • Chemosensors, October 2022, MDPI AG

    Dr. Cheng Chen

  13. Fluorescence Modulation of ortho-Green Fluorescent Protein Chromophores Following Ultrafast Proton Transfer in Solution

    Article • The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, July 2022, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr. Cheng Chen

  14. Excited‐State Dynamics of a meta ‐Dimethylamino Locked GFP Chromophore as a Fluorescence Turn‐on Water Sensor †

    Article • Photochemistry and Photobiology, November 2021, Wiley

    Dr. Cheng Chen

  15. A Novel Dialkylamino GFP Chromophore as an Environment-Polarity Sensor Reveals the Role of Twisted Intramolecular Charge Transfer

    Article • Chemosensors, August 2021, MDPI AG

    Dr. Cheng Chen

  16. Developing Bright Green Fluorescent Protein (GFP)‐like Fluorogens for Live‐Cell Imaging with Nonpolar Protein−Chromophore Interactions

    Article • Chemistry - A European Journal, May 2021, Wiley

    Dr. Cheng Chen

  17. Transient electronic and vibrational signatures during reversible photoswitching of a cyanobacteriochrome photoreceptor

    Article • Spectrochimica Acta Part A Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy, April 2021, Elsevier

    Dr. Cheng Chen

  18. Excitation ratiometric chloride sensing in a standalone yellow fluorescent protein is powered by the interplay between proton transfer and conformational reorganization

    Article • Chemical Science, January 2021, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr. Cheng Chen

  19. Shedding light on ultrafast ring-twisting pathways of halogenated GFP chromophores from the excited to ground state

    Article • Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, January 2021, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr. Cheng Chen

  20. Time-Resolved Changes in Dielectric Constant of Metal Halide Perovskites under Illumination

    Article • Journal of the American Chemical Society, November 2020, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr. Cheng Chen

  21. The electrolyte comprising more robust water and superhalides transforms Zn‐metal anode reversibly and dendrite‐free

    Article • Carbon Energy, August 2020, Wiley

    Dr. Cheng Chen

  22. Devising Efficient Red‐Shifting Strategies for Bioimaging: A Generalizable Donor‐Acceptor Fluorophore Prototype

    Article • Chemistry - An Asian Journal, April 2020, Wiley

    Dr. Cheng Chen

  23. Excited-state proton transfer of modified GFP chromophores in solution

    Article • The Journal of Chemical Physics, January 2020, American Institute of Physics

    Chong Fang, Dr. Cheng Chen

  24. Unveiling coupled electronic and vibrational motions of chromophores in condensed phases

    Article • The Journal of Chemical Physics, November 2019, American Institute of Physics

    Dr. Cheng Chen

  25. A Dual Plating Battery with the Iodine/[ZnI x (OH 2 ) 4− x ] ...

    Article • Angewandte Chemie, September 2019, Wiley

    Dr. Cheng Chen

  26. Photoinduced Proton Transfer of GFP-Inspired Fluorescent Superphotoacids: Principles and Design

    Article • The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, April 2019, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr. Cheng Chen

  27. Delayed vibrational modulation of the solvated GFP chromophore into a conical intersection

    Article • Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, January 2019, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr. Cheng Chen

  28. Designing redder and brighter fluorophores by synergistic tuning of ground and excited states

    Article • Chemical Communications, January 2019, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr. Cheng Chen

  29. Femtosecond stimulated Raman line shapes: Dependence on resonance conditions of pump and probe pulses

    Article • Chinese Journal of Chemical Physics, August 2018, American Institute of Physics

    Dr. Cheng Chen

  30. Capturing Structural Snapshots during Photochemical Reactions with Ultrafast Raman Spectroscopy: From Materials Transformation to Biosensor Responses

    Article • The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, May 2018, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr. Cheng Chen

  31. A ZnCl2 water-in-salt electrolyte for a reversible Zn metal anode

    Article • Chemical Communications, January 2018, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr. Cheng Chen

  32. Unveiling Structural Motions of a Highly Fluorescent Superphotoacid by Locking and Fluorinating the GFP Chromophore in Solution

    Article • The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, November 2017, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr. Cheng Chen

  33. Dynamic Raman Line Shapes on an Evolving Excited-State Landscape: Insights from Tunable Femtosecond Stimulated Raman Spectroscopy

    Article • The Journal of Physical Chemistry A, July 2017, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr. Cheng Chen

  34. Tracking Ultrafast Vibrational Cooling during Excited-State Proton Transfer Reaction with Anti-Stokes and Stokes Femtosecond Stimulated Raman Spectroscopy

    Article • The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, February 2017, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr. Cheng Chen