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(140) “Extended π-Conjugation and iClick Turn-on of Phosphorescence,” Nicholas J. Campbell, Sohel Ahmed, Habtom B. Gobeze, Łukasz Dobrzycki, Ion Ghiviriga, Kirk S. Schanze*, Adam S. Veige*, ACS Inorg. Chem., 2025. Link
(139) “Nitroarene Photoactivation Promotes Oxidative Deconstruction of Olefinic Polymers,” Thi H. Le, Kamal Bhatt, Sylwia Dworakowska, Kevin A. Stewart, Parker T. Boeck, Adam S. Veige, Daniel Seidel*, Brent S. Sumerlin*, ACS Macro Lett., 2025Link
(138) “Self-Accelerating Ring Expansion Metathesis Polymerization,” Courtney M. Sever, Alec M. Esper, Ion Ghiviriga, Daniel W. Lester, Arkadios Marathianos, Christian Ehm*, Adam S. Veige*, ACS Catal., 2025Link
(137) “iClick-Mediated Au(I) Functionalization of Polystyrene: Lighting Up Polystyrene with Phosphorescence,” Amran Khan, Sohel Ahmed, Yan Zhao,
Tanjila Islam, Nicholas J. Campbell, Abul Mansur Muhammed Fahim, Carlos Zor-El Cabrera, Adam S. Veige*, Kirk S. Schanze*, ACS Appl. Polym. Mater., 2025.
(136) “Cyclic Polymers from Alkynes: A Review,” Parker T. Boeck and Adam S.
Veige*, Chem. Sci., 2024.
(135) “Snapshot of Cyclooctyne Ring Opening to a Tethered Alkylidene Cyclic Polymer Catalyst,” Javier Hurst, Rinku Yadav, Parker T. Boeck, Ion Ghiviriga, ChristiAnna Brantley, Lukasz Dobrzycki and Adam S. Veige*, Chem. Sci.,
2024.
(134) “Heparin-BeadExtraction Enhanced Fluorogenic Aptamer Thrombin Composite Reporter Enables Sensitive and Rapid Detection of Functional Antithrombin,” He Yan, Zimu Tian, Emma Ziegenbein, Ying Liu, Amanda Santana, Adam S. Veige, Bruce Spiess, Weihong Tan, Yong Zeng*, ACS Sens.,
2024.
(133) “Tethered Alkylidenes for REMP from Carbon Disulfide Cleavage,” Vineet K. Jakhar, Yu Hsuan Shen, Rinku Yadav, Soufiane S. Nadif, Ion Ghiviriga, Khalil A. Abboud, Daniel W. Lester, Adam S. Veige*, Inorg, Chem., 2024.
(132) “Probing tungsten alkylidyne cyclic polymer initiator decomposition pathways with oxidants,” Rinku Yadav, ChristiAnna L. Brantley, Ion Ghiviriga, Khalil A. Abboud, Daniel W. Lester, AdamS. Veige, Polyhedron, 2024.
(131) “Soliton Based Dynamic Nuclear Polarization: An Overhauser Effect in Cyclic Polyacetylene at High Field and Room Temperature,” Z. Miao, F. J. Scott, J. van Tol, C. R. Bowers, A. S. Veige, and F. Mentink Vigier,” J. Phys. Chem. Lett.,
2024.
(130) “Functionalized Cyclic Polymers and Network Gels,” Debabrata Konar, Vineet K. Jakhar, Kevin A. Stewart, Daniel W. Lester, Adam S. Veige, and Brent S. Sumerlin,Macromolecules, 2024.
(129) “Vanadium Alkylidyne Initiated Cyclic Polymer Synthesis: The Importance of a Deprotiovanadacyclobutadiene Moiety,” Mehrafshan G. Jafari, John B. Russell, Hanna Lee, Bimal Pudasaini, Digvijayee Pal, Zhihui Miao, Michael R. Gau, Patrick J. Carroll, Brent S. Sumerlin, Adam S. Veige, Mu-Hyun Baik, and Daniel J. Mindiola, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2024.
(128) “Fibril size control, tensile strength, and electrical properties of cyclic polyacetylene,” Yu Hsuan Shen, Rinku Yadav, Alexander J. Wong, Alex H. Balzer, Thomas H. Epps III, Brent S. Sumerlin, Adam S. Veige, React Funct Polym., 2024.
(127) “Ring Expansion Metathesis Polymerization (REMP) Initiators with an Unusual Ancillary Ligand,” Dr. Rinku Yadav, Dr. Alec M. Esper, Dr. Ion Ghiviriga, Dr. Khalil A. Abboud, Dr. Daniel W. Lester, Dr. Christian Ehm, Prof. Dr. Adam S.
Veige, ChemCatChem, 2023.
(126) “Cyclic Polymers from Alkynes: Scope and Degradation,” Parker T. Boeck, Rinku Yadav, Brent S. Sumerlin, Adam S. Veige, Macromolecules, 2023.
(125) “Metallacyclobuta(2,3)-diene: A Bidentate Ligand for Stream-line Synthesis of First Row Transition Metal Catalysts for Cyclic Polymerization of Phenylacetylene,” John B. Russell, Debabrata Konar, Taylor Keller, Michael R. Gau, Patrick J. Carroll, Joshua Telser, Daniel W. Lester, Adam S. Veige, Brent S. Sumerlin, Daniel J. Mindiola, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2023.
(124) “Influence of Solvent on Cyclic Polynorbornene Tacticity,” Sung-Min Hyun, Arkadios Marathianos, Parker T. Boeck, Ion Ghiviriga, Daniel W. Lester, Brent S. Sumerlin, Adam S. Veige, RSC Chem. Commun., 2023.
(123) “Tethered Alkylidene and Methods of Making the Same.” Adam S. Veige, Ushnish Mandal, Courtney M. Sever. U.S. Provisional Patent Application No
20230303600, 2023.
(122) “A Case of Alkylidyne imine Metathesis,” Rinku Yadav, Ion Ghiviriga, Khalil K. Abboud, Adam S. Veige, RSC Chem. Commun., 2023.
(121) “Ring Expansion Alkyne Metathesis Polymerization,” Andrew M. Beauchamp, Jhonti Chakraborty, Ion Ghiviriga, Khalil A. Abboud, Daniel W. Lester, Adam S. Veige, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2023.
(120) “RAFT Step-Growth Polymerization of Bisacrylamides and their Facile Degradation,” Parker T. Boeck, Joji Tanaka, Wei You, Brent S. Sumerlin and Adam S. Veige, Polym. Chem. 2023.
(119) “Improved Trianionic Pincer Ligand Synthesis for Cyclic Polymer Catalysts,” Vineet K. Jakhar, Yu Hsuan Shen, Sung-Min
Hyun, Alec M. Esper, Ion Ghiviriga, Khalil A. Abboud, Daniel W. Lester, and Adam S. Veige, Organometallics.
2023.
(118) “iClick synthesis of network metallopolymers,” Yu-Hsuan Shen, Ion Ghiviriga, Khalil A. Abboud, Kirk S.Schanze and Adam S. Veige, Dalton Trans. 2022.
(117) “Probing borafluorene B-C bond insertion with gold acetylide and azide,”
Yijie Li, Yu-Hsuan Shen, Alec M. Esper, John R. Tidwell, Adam S. Veige and Caleb D. Martin, Dalton Trans. 2022.
(116) “Nanobowls from Amphiphilic Core Shell Cyclic Bottlebrush Polymers,” Digvijayee Pal, John B. Garrison, Zhihui Miao, Lily E. Diodati, Adam S. Veige, and Brent S. Sumerlin, Macromolecules. 2022.
(115) “N-heterocyclic carbene platinum butadiyne Click/iClick complexes towards blue-violet phosphorescence,” Ru He, Jhonti Chakraborty, Tanjila Islam, Hadi D. Arman, Wendell P. Griffith, Adam S. Veige, Kirk S. Schanze, Science Direct. Vol. 976, 2022, 122440.
(114) “Isolation of an Elusive Phosphametallacyclobutadiene and Its Role in Reversible Carbon−Carbon Bond Cleavage,” V. K. Jakhar, A. M. Esper, I. Ghiviriga, K. A. Abboud, C. Ehm, A. S. Veige, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2022, e202203073; Angew. Chem. 2022, e202203073.
(113) “A High-Throughput Approach to Repurposing Olefin Polymerization Catalysts for Polymer Upcycling,” Felicia D. Cannavacciuolo, Rinku Yadav, Alec Esper, Antonio Vittoria, Giuseppe Antinucci, Francesco Zaccaria, Roberta Cipullo, Peter H. M. Budzelaar, Vincenzo Busico, Georgy P. Goryunov, Dmitry V. Uborsky, Alexander Z. Voskoboynikov, Keith Searles, Christian Ehm,*and Adam S. Veige*. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2022.
(112) “Ring-Expansion Polymerization of Cycloalkenes and Linear Alkynes by Transition Metal Catalysts,” Kubo, T.; Yadav, R.; Veige, A. S. In Topological Polymer Chemistry, Concepts and Practices, Ed. Tezuka, Y. Deguchi, T. Springer Nature Singapore, Singapore, 2022.
(111) “Development of Inorganic Click (iClick) and Related Cycloaddition Chemistry,” Adam Steven Veige, Trevor A. Makal. In Comprehensive Coordination
Chemistry III
. Constable, E. C.; Parkin, G.; Que, L. Elsevier, 2021.
(110) “Semi-conducting cyclic copolymers of acetylene and propyne,” Miao, Z.; Esper, A. M.; Nadif, S.; Gonsales, S.; Sumerlin, B. S.;* Veige, A. S.* React. Funct. Polym. 2021, 169, 105088.
(109) “Double Tethered Metallacyclobutane Catalyst for Cyclic Polymer Synthesis,” Mandal, U.; Ghiviriga, I.; Abboud, K. A.; Lester, Daniel W.; Veige, A. S. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2021.
(108) “Soluble polymer precursors via REMP for the synthesis of cyclic polyacetylene,” Miao, Z.; Konar, D.; Sumerlin, B. S.*; Veige, A. S.* Macromolecules, 2021.
(107) “SPAAC iClick: Progress towards a biorthogonal reaction incorporating metal ions,” Shen, Y-H.; Esper, A. M.; Ghiviriga, I.; Abboud, K. A.; Schanze, K. A.; Ehm, C.*; Veige, A. S.* Dalton Trans., 2021, 50, 12681-12691.
(106) “Probing ß-alkyl elimination and selectivity in polyolefin hydrogenolysis through DFT,” Kane, A. Q.; Esper, A. M.; Searles, K. S.; Ehm, C.*; Veige, A. S.* Catal. Sci. Technol., 2021, 11, 6155-6162.
(105) “Cyclic Polyaceteylene,” Miao, Zhihui; Gonsales, Stella A.; Ehm, Christian; Mentink Vigier, Frederic; Bowers, Clifford R.; Sumerlin, Brent S.*; Veige, Adam S.*; Nature Chem., 2021.
(104) “Precise NMR Method for Titering Oranometal Reagents,” Jakhar, Vineet; Johnson, Eric C.; Kavuturu, Aditya; Heller, Jessica K.; Veige, Adam S.; Ghiviriga, Ion*; Org. Lett., 2021.
(103) “Tethered Tungsten Alkylidenes for the Synthesis of Cyclic Polynorbornene via Ring Expansion Metathesis: Unprecedented Stereoselectivity and Trapping of Key Catalytic Intermediates,” Jakhar, Vineet; Pal, Digvijayee; Ghiviriga, Ion; Abboud, Khalil A.; Lester, Daniel W.; Sumerlin, Brent S.; Veige, Adam S.*; JACS, 2021, 143(2), 12351246.
(102) “Ultra-High-Molecular Weight Macrocyclic Bottlebrushes via Post Polymerization Modification of a Cyclic Polymer,” Pal, Digvijayee; Miao, Zhihui; Garrison, John B.; Veige, Adam S.*; Summerlin, Brent S.*; Macromolecules, 2020.
(101) “Cyclic Poly(4-methyl-1-pentene): Efficient Catalytic Synthesis of a Transparent Cyclic Polymer,” Miao, Zhihui; Pal, Digvijayee; Niu, Weijia; Kubo, Tomohiro;
Sumerlin, Brent S.*; Veige, Adam S.*; Macromolecules, 2020.
(100) “Synthesis and Characterization of Tungsten Alkylidene and Alkylidyne Complexes Featuring a New Carbazole- Based Rigid Trianionic ONO3 Pincer-Type Ligand,” Mandal, Ushnish; VenkatRamani, Sudarsan; Ghiviriga, Ion; Abboud, Khalil A.; Veige, Adam S.*; Organometallics, 2020, 39(12), 2207-2213.
(99) “Excited- State Turn-On of Aurophilicity and Tunability of Relativistic Effects in a Series of Digold
Triazolates Synthesized via iClick,” Zeman, Charles J.; Shen, Yu-Hsuan; Heller, Jessica K.; Abboud, Khalil A.; Schanze, Kirk S.; Veige, Adam S.*; JACS, 2020, 142(18), 8331-8341.
(98) “An Application Exploiting Aurophilic Bonding and iClick to Produce White Light Emitting Materials,” Beto, Christopher C.; Zeman, Charles J.; Yang, Yajing; Bullock, James D.; Holt, Ethan D.; Kane, Alexander Q.; Makal, Trevor A.; Yang, Xi; Ghiviriga, Ion; Schanze, Kirk S.; Veige, A.S.*; Inorg. Chem., 2020, 59(3), 1893-1904.
(97) Veige, A.S.; Roland, C. D., Metallacyclopentadiene Initiators for Cyclic Polymer Synthesis from Alkynes, PCT/US20/20745 (2019).
(96) Roland, C.; Zhang, T.; VenkatRamani, S.; Ghiviriga, I.; Veige, A.S.*; A catalytically relevant intermediate in the synthesis of cyclic polymers from alkynes, Chem. Commun., 2019, 55, 13697-13700.
(95) Chakraborty, J.; Mandal, U.; Ghiviriga, I.; Abboud, K. A.; Veige, A.S.*; Ammonia Synthesis through Hydrolysis of a Trianionic Pincer-type Supported Molybdenum-Nitride Complex, Chem-Eur. J. 2019, 25, 14059.
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K.; Digvijayee, P.;
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2019
, 52, 6260-6265.
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Beto, C. C.; Yang, Y.;
Zeman, C. J.; Ghiviriga,
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“Aptamer-mediated
selective delivery of a
cytotoxic cationic
NHC-Au(I) complex to
cancer cells” Weijia
Niu, I-Ting Teng, Xigao
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“Solid State Collapse
of a High-Spin Square
Planar Fe(II) Complex,
Solution Phase
Dynamics, and
Electronic Structure
Characterization of an
Fe(II) Dimer” Matias E.
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Introducing ‘ynene’
metathesis: ring
expansion metathesis
polymerization (REMP)
leads to highly cis and
syndiotactic cyclic
polymers of
norborene” Nadif, S. S.;
Kubo, T.; Gonsales, S.
A.; VenkatRamani, S.;
Ghiviriga, I.; Sumerlin,
B. S.; Veige, S. A. JACS,
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“N-Heterocyclic
Carbene Gold(I)
Complexes Conjugated
to a Leukemia Specific
DNA-Aptamer for
Targeted Drug
Delivery” Weijia Niu,
Xigao Chen, Weihong
Tan, Adam S. Veige.
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“Highly Tactic Cyclic
Polynorbornene:
Stereoselective Ring
Expansion Metathesis
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Polymerization of
Norbornene Catalyzed
by a New Tethered
Tungsten-Alkylidene
Catalyst” Gonsales, S.
A.; Kubo, T.; Flint, M.
K.; Abboud, K. A.;
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Characterization of a
Family of M2+
Complexes Supported
by a Trianionic ONO3
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Towards the
Stabilization of High
Spin Square-Planar
Complexes.”
Pascualini, M. E.;
Stoian, S. A.;*
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Ligand with
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group 9 metals” C.C.
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zwitterionic transition
state in double bond
rotations within
tungsten–vinyl
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catalyzed azide–alkyne
cycloaddition
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Khalil A. Abboud and
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Extended π-Conjugation and iClick Turn-on of Phosphorescence

(140) ACS Inorg. Chem.