2025
51. F. Li, Z. Xing, D. Peng, J. Dou, N. Guo, L. Ma, Y. Zhang, L. Wang, J. Luo, J. Yang, J. Zhang, T. Chang, Y.-S. Chen, W. Cai, J. Cheng, Y. Wang, Y. Liu, T. Luo, N. Hirao, T. Matsuoka, H. Kadobayashi, Z. Zeng, Q. Zheng, R. Zhou, Q. Zeng, X. Tao and J. Zhang, Bulk superconductivity up to 96 K in pressurized nickelate single crystals，Nature, 2025, DOI: 10.1038/s41586-025-09954-4.
50. J. Qin, C. Jiao, S. Pei, Z. Zhang, C. Li, J. Liang, Y. Zhou, Z. Wang, W. Cai, J. Xia, Y. Wang and Z. Wang, Completing the stacking–pressure phase diagram in bilayer MoS2, Nano Research, 2025, DOI: 10.26599/NR.2025.94908129.
49. X. Ren, W. Cai, X. Yan, L. Wang, Irreversible phase transition and functional property recovery of pressurized Eu2O3. The Journal of Chemical Physics 2025, 163, 144307.
48. H. Zhao, X. Zhou, H. Park, T. Deng, B. Wilfong, A. P. Au, S. E. Pate, C. M. Brown, H. Wu, T. Bhowmick, T. McNamee, R. Kumar, Y.-S. Chen, Z.-L. Xiao, R. Hemley, W. Cai, S. Deemyad, D.-Y. Chung, S. Rosenkranz and M. G. Kanatzidis*, Evolution from topological Dirac metal to flat-band-induced antiferromagnet in layered KxNi4S2 (0 ≤ x ≤ 1), Matter, 2025, 9, 102418.
47. Weilong He, Guiyan Dong, Jun Zhou, Yu Liu, Boyang Fu, Feng Du, Jiangang He, Defang Duan, Weizhao Cai*, Pressure-induced metallization and tetravalent antimony formation in the mixed-valent defect perovskite Cs2SbBr6, Appl. Phys. Lett., 2025, 126, 252101.
46. Boyang Fu (符博洋), Wenfeng Zhou (周文凤), Fuyang Liu (刘扶阳), Luhong Wang (王鲁红), Haozhe Liu (刘浩哲), Sheng-Ping Guo (郭胜平),* and Weizhao Cai (蔡伟照)*, Structural evolution and bandgap modification of a robust mixed-valence compound Eu9MgS2B20O41 under pressure, Chinese Physics B, 2025. 34 086102.
45. W. He, Q. Li, Y. Liu, B. Fu, W. Li, L. Zhou* and W. Cai*, A 3D-to-2D Phase Transition Mediated by Argentophilic Bond Rearrangements in a Coordination Polymer, Inorg. Chem. 2025, 64, 15, 7337–7347.
44. W. Qiu, W. He, Y. Liu, B. Fu, W. Wang, J. He, L. Wang, H. Liu and W. Cai*, Pressure-Induced Conglomerate to Racemate Transformation in a One-Dimensional Disulfide-Based Lead Halide, Chem. Mater. 2025, 37, 8, 2953–2963.
该成果被x-mol等学术平台进行报道
1. https://www.x-mol.com/news/920312
2. https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/uKlV3zlDerQAPr_IZfajpA
43. J. Liang, C.-W. Ju, Z. Liu, H. Li, A. Karina, T. Eklund, W. Zheng, K. Amann-Winkel, W. Cai, M. Wagner, Z. Qiu, T. Weil and K. Müllen, Fluorescence of Helical Molecular Springs Under High Pressure, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2025, e202500923.
42. Z.-Y. Du*, M. Xie, W. Qiu, D.-C. Han, S.-Y. Zhang, Y. Zeng, W. Cai*, T. Nakamura, R.-K. Huang* and C.-T. He, A Spiro-Driven Ferroelectric Coordination Polymer Exhibiting Distinct Phase Transitions under Thermal and Pressure Stimuli, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2025, e202500027. Front Cover
41. X. Ren, Z. Yao, W. Cai, X. Yan*, L. Wang*, Size effect on the pressure-induced phase transition in Lu2O3. Journal of Alloys and Compounds 2025, 1019, 179260.
40. Z.-Z. Luo, H. Zhao, W. Cai, S. Shahabfar, J. Li, S. Cai, J. Berg, T. Bhowmick, J.-K. Bao, S. Hao, Y. He, W. Guo, D. Y. Chung, Y. Yu, S. Sarker, M. Grayson, C. Wolverton, V. P. Dravid, W. Cheng, Z. Zou, S. Rosenkranz, C. D. Malliakas, S. Deemyad* and M. G. Kanatzidis*, Charge Density Wave and Superconductivity in BaSbTe2S Heterolayer Crystal with 2D Te Square Nets. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2025, 147, 8, 6753–6762.
39. Y. Liu, B. Fu, W. He, Q. Qiu, X. Ren, P. Zhao,* and W. Cai*. Negative Linear Compressibility in the Elastically Flexible Crystal of Copper(II) Acetylacetonate. Cryst. Growth Des. 2025, 25, 5, 1423–1431.
38. X. Deng, D. Li, B. Fu, Y. Liu, W. He, S. Li* and W. Cai*, Negative linear compressibility and structural stability of the energetic material trans-hexanitrostilbene under pressure. Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2025, 27, 3375-3383.
2024
37. Z. Zheng, J. Li, X. Deng, M. Xiong, W. Cai, B. Liang, K. Yang and S. Mei, Synthesis and high-pressure properties of (Nd0.2Li0.2Ba0.2Sr0.2Ca0.2)TiO3 high-entropy perovskite. Materials Today Communications 2024, 41, 110346.
36. D. Zhang, B. Fu, W. He, H. Li, F.Liu, L. Wang, H. Liu, L. Zhou* and W. Cai*, Pressure-induced shape and color changes and mechanical-stimulation-driven reverse transition in a one-dimensional hybrid halide, Nature Communications, 2024,15,6678.
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35. Y. Zhang, Z.-G. Li, H. Song, T.-Y. Yang, X. Wu, W. Cai, J. Zhang*, W. Li* and X.-H. Bu, Linear Regulation of Red Emission in an Organic–Inorganic Manganese Bromide via Pressure. Chemistry of Materials 2024, 36, 3435-3443.
34. X.-Z. Zhao, F.-F. Gao, W. Li*, Z.-G. Li, Y. Zhang, K. Li, H. Hu, W. Cai , J. Zhang* and X.-H. Bu , Pressure enables high-standard white light emission and significant emission enhancement in a 2D halide perovskite. Journal of Materials Chemistry C 2024, 12, 4599-4605.
33. Yu Liu, Boyang Fu, Min Wu, Weilong He, Donghua Liu, Fuyang Liu, Luhong Wang, Haozhe Liu, Kai Wang and Weizhao Cai*, Negative linear compressibility and strong enhancement of emission in Eu[Ag(CN)2]3∙3H2O under pressure, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2024, 26, 1722-1728. 入选2023 PCCP HOT Articles
2023
32. W. Cai, Vasily S. Minkov, Ying Sun, Panpan Kong, Krista Sawchuk, Boris Maiorov, Fedor F. Balakirev, Stella Chariton, Vitali B. Prakapenka, Yanming Ma, Mikhail I. Eremets, Superconductivity above 180 K in Ca-Mg Ternary Superhydrides at Megabar Pressures, 2023, arXiv:2312.06090.
31. B. Fu, Y. Zhao, Y. Liu, W. He, F. Liu, D. Zhang, L. Wang, H. Liu, W. Li* and W. Cai*, Pressure-Induced Ferroelastic Transition Drives a Large Shape Change in a Ni(II) Complex Single Crystal. J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2023, 14, 16, 3891–3897.
2022
30. W. Cai, L. Yan, SK. Chong, J Xu, D. Zhang, VV. Deshpande, L. Zhou, S. Deemyad. Pressure-induced metallization in the absence of a structural transition in the layered ferromagnetic insulator Cr2Ge2Te6. Physical Review B 2022,106 (8), 085116.
29. H Jin, W Cai, J Coles, JR Badger, P Klavins, S Deemyad, V Taufour. Suppression of ferromagnetism governed by a critical lattice parameter in CeTiGe3 with hydrostatic pressure or V substitution. Physical Review B 2022,106 (7), 075131.
2021
28. W. Cai, J. He, H. Li, R. Zhang, D. Zhang, D. Y. Chung, T. Bhowmick, C. Wolverton, M. G. Kanatzidis, S. Deemyad, Pressure-induced ferroelectric-like transition creates a polar metal in defect antiperovskites Hg3Te2X2 (X = Cl, Br). Nature Communications 2021, 12, 1509.
2020 and Earlier
27. W. Cai, W. Lin, Y. Yan, K. P. Hilleke, J. Coles, J.-K. Bao, J. Xu, D. Zhang, D. Y. Chung, M. G. Kanatzidis, E. Zurek, S. Deemyad, Pressure-Induced Superconductivity in the Wide Band Gap Semiconductor Cu2Br2Se6 with A Robust Framework. Chemistry of Materials, 2020, 32, 6237-6246.
26. S. F. Elatresh, M. T. Hossain, T. Bhowmick, A. D. Grockowiak, W. Cai, W. A. Coniglio, S. W. Tozer, N. W. Ashcroft, S. A. Bonev, S. Deemyad, R. Hoffmann, Fermi surface studies of the low-temperature structure of sodium. Physical Review B 2020, 101, 220103.
25. S. Sobczak, A. Półrolniczak, P. Ratajczyk, W. Cai, A. Gładysiak, V. I. Nikolayenko, D. C. Castell, L. J. Barbour, A. Katrusiak, Large negative linear compressibility of a porous molecular co-crystal. Chemical Communications, 2020, 56, 4324-4327.
24. W. Cai, M. T. Hossain, J. Coles, J. Lybarger, J. Blanton, E. Sterer, S. Deemyad, Parallel background subtraction in diamond anvil cells for high pressure X-ray data analysis, High Pressure Research, 2019, 39, 628-639.
23. K. M. McCall, D. Friedrich, D. G. Chica, W. Cai, C. C. Stoumpos, G. C. B. Alexander, S. Deemyad, B. W. Wessels, M. G. Kanatzidis, Perovskites with a Twist: Strong In1+ Off-centering in the Mixed-Valent CsInX3 (X = Cl, Br), Chemistry of Materials, 2019, 31, 9554-9566.
22. W. Cai, W. Lin, L.-H. Li, C. D. Malliakas, R. Zhang, M. Groesbeck, J.-K. Bao, D. Zhang, E. Sterer, M. G. Kanatzidis, S. Deemyad, Pressure-induced Superconductivity and Flattened Se6 Rings in the Wide Bandgap Semiconductor Cu2I2Se6. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2019, 141, 15174−15182.
21. G. Feng, W.-X. Zhang, L. Dong, W. Li*, W. Cai *, W. Wei, L. Ji, Z. Lin*, P. Lu*, Negative area compressibility of a hydrogen-bonded two-dimensional material. Chemical Science, 2019, 10, 1309-1315. Front inside the cover article