1986

• Rubin, Y.; Dick, K.; Diederich, F.; Georgiadis, T. M. “Chiral Recognition in Aqueous Solution. Search for Water-Soluble Chiral Hosts with Apolar Binding Sites”, J. Org. Chem. 1986, 51, 3270-3278.

(resulting from undergraduate research at UCLA with Prof. François Diederich)

1989

• Diederich, F.; Rubin, Y.; Knobler, C. B.; Whetten, R. L.; Schriver, K. E.; Houk, K. N.; Li, Y. “All-Carbon Molecules: Evidence for the Generation of Cyclo[18]carbon from a Stable Organic Precursor”, Science 1989, 245, 1088-1090.
• Rubin, Y.; Diederich, F. “Precursors to the Cyclo[n]carbons: [4n+2]- and [4n]Annulenes with Unusual Stabilities”, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1989, 111, 6870-6871.

1990

• Rubin, Y.; Knobler, C. B.; Diederich, F. “Precursors to the Cyclo[n]carbons: From 3,4-Dialkynyl-3-cyclobutene-1,2-diones and 3,4-Dialkynyl-3-cyclobutene-1,2-diols to Cyclobuteno-dehydroannulenes and Higher Oxides of Carbon”, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1990, 112, 1607-1617.
• Li, Y.; Rubin, Y.; Diederich, F.; Houk, K. N. “Electronic and Structural Properties of the Cyclobutenodehydroannulenes”, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1990, 112, 1618-1623.
• Rubin, Y.; Knobler, C. B.; Diederich, F. “Synthesis and Crystal Structure of a Stable Hexacobalt Complex of Cyclo[18]carbon”, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1990, 112, 4966-4968.
• Ajie, H.; Alvarez, M. M.; Anz, S. J.; Beck, R. D.; Diederich, F.; Fostiropoulos, K.; Huffman, D. R.; Krätschmer, W.; Rubin, Y.; Schriver, K. E.; Sensharma, D.; Whetten, R. L. “Characterization of the Soluble All-Carbon Molecules C60 and C70”, J. Phys. Chem. 1990, 94, 8630-8633.

1991

• Rubin, Y., Kahr, M.; Knobler, C. B.; Diederich, F.; Wilkins, C. L. “The Higher Oxides of Carbon C8nO2n (n = 3-5): Synthesis, Characterization and X-ray Crystal Structure. Formation of Cyclo[n]carbon Ions Cn+ (n = 18, 24) and Cn– (n = 18, 24, 30), and Higher Carbon Ions Including C60+ in Laser Desorption Fourier Transform Mass Spectrometric Experiments”, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1991, 113, 495-500.
• Arbogast, J. W.; Darmanyan, A. P.; Foote, C. S.; Rubin, Y.; Diederich, F.; Alvarez, M. M.; Anz, S. J.; Whetten, R. L. “Photophysical Properties of C60”, J. Phys. Chem. 1991, 95, 11-12.
• Allemand, P.-M.; Koch, A.; Wudl, F.; Rubin, Y.; Diederich, F.; Alvarez, M. M.; Anz, S. J.; Whetten, R. L. “Two Different Fullerenes Have the Same Cyclic Voltammetry”, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1991, 113, 1050-1051.
• Allemand, P.-M.; Srdanov, G.; Koch, A.; Khemani, K.; Wudl, F.; Rubin, Y.; Diederich, F.; Alvarez, M. M.; Anz, S. J.; Whetten, R. L. “The Unusual Electron Spin Resonance of Fullerene C60•–”, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1991, 113, 2780-2781.
• Diederich, F.; Ettl, R.; Rubin, Y.; Whetten, R. L.; Beck, R. D.; Alvarez, M. M.; Anz, S. J.; Sensharma, D.; Wudl, F.; Khemani, K. C.; Koch, A. “The Higher Fullerenes: Isolation and Characterization of C76, C84, C90, C94, and C70O, an Oxide of D5h-C70”, Science 1991, 252, 548-551.
• Snyder, E. J.; Anderson, M. S.; Tong, W. M.; Williams, R. S.; Anz, S. J.; Alvarez, M. M.; Rubin, Y.; Diederich, F.; Whetten, R. L. “Atomic Force Microscope Studies of Fullerene Films: Highly Stable C60 fcc (311) Free Surfaces”, Science 1991, 253, 171-173.
• Tong, W. M.; Ohlberg, D. A. A.; You, H. K.; Williams, R. S.; Anz, S. J.; Alvarez, M. M.; Whetten, R. L.; Rubin, Y.; Diederich, F. “X-Ray Diffraction and Electron Spectroscopy of Epitaxial Molecular C60 Films”, J. Phys. Chem. 1991, 95, 4709-4712.
• Rubin, Y.; Knobler, C. B.; Diederich, F. “Tetraethynylethene”, Angew. Chem. 1991, 103, 708-710; Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. Engl. 1991, 30, 698-700.
• Rubin, Y.; Lin, S. S.; Knobler, C. B.; Anthony, J.; Boldi, A. M.; Diederich, F. “Solution-Spray Flash Vacuum Pyrolysis: A New Method for the Synthesis of Linear Poliynes with Odd Numbers of CºC Bonds from Substituted 3,4-Dialkynyl-3-cyclobutene-1,2-diones”, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1991, 113, 6943-6949.
• Whetten, R. L.; Alvarez, M. M.; Anz, S. J.; Schriver, K. E.; Beck, R. D.; Diederich, F.; Rubin, Y.; Ettl, R.; Foote, C. S.; Darmanyan, A. P.; Arbogast, J. W. “Spectroscopic and Photophysical Properties of the Soluble Cn Molecules, n = 60, 70, 76/78, 84”, Mat. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc. 1991, 206, 639-650.

1992

• Diederich, F.; Rubin, Y. “Synthetic Approaches toward Molecular and Polymeric Carbon Allotropes”, Angew. Chem. 1992, 104, 1123-1146; Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. Engl. 1992, 31, 1101-1123 (Review).

1993

• Rubin, Y.; Khan, S.; Freedberg, D. I.; Yeretzian, C. “Synthesis and X-ray Structure of a Diels-Alder Adduct of C60”, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1993, 115, 344-345.
• Khan, S. I.; Oliver, A. M.; Paddon-Row, M. N.; Rubin, Y. “Synthesis of a Rigid “Ball-and-Chain” Donor-Acceptor System through Diels-Alder Functionalization of Buckminsterfullerene (C60)”, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1993, 115, 4919-4920.
• Baak, M.; Rubin, Y.; Franz, A.; Stoeckli-Evans, H.; Bigler, L.; Nachbauer, J.; Neier, R. “An Unexpected Tandem Reaction between (N-Butadienyl-N-alkylketene) N,O-Trimethylsilylacetals of Propionamide and Activated Dienophiles like N-Phenylmaleimide or Acryloyl Chloride” Chimia 1993, 47, 233-240. (resulting from undergraduate research)
• An, Y.-Z.; Anderson, J. L.; Rubin, Y. “Synthesis of a-Amino Acid Derivatives of C60 from 1,9-(4-Hydroxycyclohexano)buckminsterfullerene” J. Org. Chem. 1993, 58, 4799-4801.

1994

• An, Y.-Z.; Rubin, Y.; Schaller, C.; McElvany, S. W. “Synthesis and Characterization of Diethynylmethanobuckminsterfullerene, a Building Block for Macrocyclic and Polymeric Carbon Allotropes” J. Org. Chem. 1994, 59, 2927-2929.
• Anderson, H. L.; Faust, R.; Rubin, Y.; Diederich, F. “Fullerene-Acetylene Hybrids: On the Way to Synthetic Molecular Carbon Allotropes”, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. Engl. 1994, 33, 1366-1368.
• Diederich F.; Rubin Y.; Chapman, O. L.; Goroff N. S. “Synthetic Routes to the Cyclo[n]carbons”, Helv. Chim. Acta 1994, 77, 1441-1457.
• Anderson, J. L.; An, Y.-Z.; Rubin, Y.; Foote, C. S. “Photophysical Characterization and Singlet Oxygen Yield of a Dihydrofullerene”, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1994, 116, 9763-9764.
• Friedman, S. H.; Wudl, F.; Rubin, Y.; Kenyon, G. L. “A Structure Based Approach to the Design of Fullerene Inhibitors of the HIV Protease” in Fullerenes Proceedings Series: Recent Advances in the Chemistry and Physics of Fullerenes and Related Materials; Kadish, K. M., Ruoff, R. S. Eds.; The Electrochemical Society, Pennington, New Jersey, 1994; Vol. 1, pp. 662-669. (Book chapter)

1995

• Anthony, J.; Boldi, A. M.; Rubin, Y.; Hobi, M.; Gramlich, V.; Knobler, C. B.; Seiler, P.; Diederich, F. “Tetraethynylethenes: Fully Cross-Conjugated Pi-electron Chromophores and Molecular Scaffolds for All-carbon Networks and Carbon-rich Nanomaterials”, Helv. Chim. Acta 1995, 78, 13-45.
• Ganapathi, P. S.; Friedman, S. H.; Kenyon, G. L., Rubin, Y. “Sequential “Double-Michael” Additions of Dienolates with C60: Rapid Access to Sterically Congested Buckminsterfullerene Derivatives with Defined Stereochemistry”, J. Org. Chem. 1995, 60, 2954-2955.
• An, Y.-Z.; Ellis, G. A.; Viado, A. L.; Rubin, Y. “A Methodology for the Reversible Solubilization of Fullerenes”, J. Org. Chem. 1995, 60, 6353-6361.
• An, Y.-Z.; Viado, A. L.; Arce, M-J.; Rubin, Y. “Unusual Regioselectivity in the Singlet Oxygen Ene Reaction of Cyclohexenobuckminsterfullerenes”, J. Org. Chem. 1995, 60, 8330-8331.

1996

• Rubin, Y. “Recent Aspects of the Functionalization Chemistry of Buckminsterfullerene (C60): Preparation of New Materials and Compounds of Biological Interest”, NATO ASI Ser., Ser. E 1996, 295-328. (Book chapter)
• An, Y.-Z.; Chen, C.-h. B.; Anderson, J. L.; Sigman, D. S.; Foote, C.S.; Rubin, Y. “Sequence-Specific Modification of Guanosine in DNA by a C60-Linked Deoxyoligonucleotide: Evidence for a Non-Singlet Oxygen Mechanism”, Tetrahedron 1996, 52, 5179-5189.
• Arce, M.-J.; Viado, A. L.; An, Y.-Z.; Khan, S. I.; Rubin, Y. “Triple Scission of a 6-Membered Ring on the Surface of C60 via Consecutive Pericyclic Rearrangements and Cobalt Insertion” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1996, 118, 3775-3776.
• Rubin, Y.; Parker, T. C.; Khan, S. I.; Holliman, C. L.; McElvany, S. W. “Precursors to Endohedral Metal Fullerene Complexes: Synthesis and X-ray Structure of a Flexible Macrocyclic Acetylenic Cyclophane C60H18”, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1996, 118, 5308-5309.
• Lawson, J. M.; Oliver, A. M.; Rothenfluh, D. F.; An, Y.-Z.; Ellis, G. A.; Ranasinghe, M. G.; Khan, S. I.; Franz, A. G.; Ganapathi, P. S.; Shephard, M. J.; Paddon-Row, M. N.; Rubin, Y. “Synthesis of a Variety of Bichromophoric “Ball-and-Chain” Systems Based on Buckminsterfullerene (C60) for the Study of Intramolecular Electron and Energy Transfer Processes”, J. Org. Chem. 1996, 61, 5032-5054.
• Williams, R. M.; Koeberg, M.; Lawson, J. M.; An, Y.-Z.; Rubin, Y.; Paddon-Row, M. N.; Verhoeven, J. W. “Photoinduced Electron Transfer to C60 Across Extended 3- and 11-Bond Hydrocarbon Bridges: Creation of a Long-lived Charge-Separated State” J. Org. Chem. 1996, 61, 5055-5062.
• Arce, M.-J.; Viado, A. L.; Khan, S. I.; Rubin, Y. “Outer Sphere Organometallic Chemistry of C60: Synthesis and X-Ray Structure of a Strained h4-(Cyclohexadieno)C60 Iron Tricarbonyl Complex”, Organometallics 1996, 15, 4340-4342.
• Jux, N.; Holczer, K.; Rubin, Y. “Synthesis and Characterization of an Unusually Stable Pentaethynyl Cyclopentadienyl Radical”, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. Engl. 1996, 35, 1986-1990.
• Rubin, Y. “Organic Functionalization of Fullerenes: An Overview of a Growing Field” in Fullerenes Proceedings Series: Recent Advances in the Chemistry and Physics of Fullerenes and Related Materials; Kadish, K. M., Ruoff, R. S. Eds.; The Electrochemical Society, Pennington, New Jersey, 1996; Vol. 3, pp. 1187-1192. (Book chapter)
• Arce, M.-J.; Viado, A. L.; An, Y.-Z.; Qian, W.; Khan, S. I.; Rubin, Y. “On the Way to Stuffing the Turkey: Triple Scission of a 6-Membered Ring on the Surface of C60 via Consecutive Pericyclic Rearrangements and Cobalt Insertion” in Fullerenes Proceedings Series: Recent Advances in the Chemistry and Physics of Fullerenes and Related Materials; Kadish, K. M., Ruoff, R. S. Eds.; The Electrochemical Society, Pennington, New Jersey, 1996; Vol. 3, pp. 1314-1325. (Book chapter)
• Franz, A.; An, Y.-Z.; Ganapathi, P. S.; Neier, R.; Rubin, Y. “Tandem Cycloadditions of N,O-Ketene N-1,3-Butadienyl-N-alkyl-O-silylacetals with C60: A Straightforward Stereoselective Synthesis of Bicyclic Derivatives of 1,2,3,4-Tetrahydrobuckminsterfullerene” in Fullerenes Proceedings Series: Recent Advances in the Chemistry and Physics of Fullerenes and Related Materials; Kadish, K. M., Ruoff, R. S. Eds.; The Electrochemical Society, Pennington, New Jersey, 1996; Vol. 3, pp. 1326-1341. (Book chapter)

1997

• Anthony, J. E.; Khan, S. I.; Rubin, Y. “1,3,5 / 2,4,6–Differentiated Hexaalkynylbenzenes: Absorption and Fluorescence Properties of a D3h–Symmetric Donor–Substituted System”, Tetrahedron Lett. 1997, 38, 3499-3502.
• Rubin, Y. “Organic Approaches to Endohedral Metallofullerenes: Cracking Open or Zipping Up Carbon Shells ?”, Chem. Eur. J., 1997, 3, 1009-1016. (invited Concepts section)
• Tovar, J. D.; Jux, N.; Jarrosson, T.; Khan, S. I.; Rubin, Y. “Synthesis and X-ray Characterization of an Octaalkynyl Dibenzo-octadehydro[12]annulene”, J. Org. Chem. 1997, 62, 3432-3433.
• Klicic, J.; Rubin, Y.; Breslow, R. “Approaches to Stable Cyclopropenyl Anions: tris-1,2,3-p-Nitrophenylcyclopropene”, Tetrahedron 1997, 53, 4129-4136.
• Allen, A. D.; Colomvakos, J. D.; Diederich, F.; Egle, I; Hao, X.; Liu, R.; Lusztyk, J.; Ma, J.; McAllister, M. A.; Rubin, Y.; Sung, K.; Tidwell, T. T.; Wagner, B. D. “Generation of 1,2-Bisketenes from Cyclobutene-1,2-diones by Flash Photolysis, and Ring Closure Kinetics”, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1997, 119, 12125-12130.

1998

• Edwards, C. M.; Butler, I. S.; Qian, W.; Rubin, Y. “Pressure-Tuning Vibrational Spectroscopic Study of (h5-C5H5)Co(C64H4): Can Endohedral Fullerenes be Formed Under Pressure?”, J. Molec. Struct. 1998, 442, 169-174.
• Solooki, D.; Parker, T. C.; Khan, S. I.; Rubin, Y. “Synthesis and Redox Properties of Tetraethynyl Tetrathiafulvalenes”, Tetrahedron Lett. 1998, 39, 1327-1330.
• Friedman, S. H.; Ganapathi, P. S.; Rubin, Y.; Kenyon, G. L. “Optimizing the Binding of Fullerene Inhibitors of the HIV-1 Protease Through Predicted Increases in Hydrophobic Desolvation”, J. Med. Chem. 1998, 41, 2424-2429.
• Rubin, Y. “Functionalization Studies of C60 and Synthetic Approaches to Endohedral Metallofullerenes”, Chimia 1998, 52, 118-126.
• Rubin, Y.; Parker, T. C., Pastor, S. J.; Jalisatgi, S.; Boulle, C.; Wilkins, C. L. “Acetylenic Cyclophane Fullerene Precursors: Formation of C60H6 and C60 by Laser Desorption Mass Spectroscopy of C60H6(CO)12”, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. Engl. 1998, 37, 1226-1229.

1999

• Rubin, Y. “Ring Opening Reactions of Fullerenes: Designed Approaches to Endohedral Metal Complexes”; Top. Curr. Chem. 1999, 199, 67-91.
• Bunz, U. H. F.; Rubin, Y.; Tobe, Y. “Polyethynylated Cyclic p-Systems: Scaffoldings for Novel Two and Three-Dimensional Carbon Networks”; Chem. Soc. Rev. 1999, 28, 107-119.
• Schick, G.; Levitus, M.; Kvetko, L. D.; Johnson, B. A.; Lamparth, I.; Lunkwitz, R.; Ma, B.; Khan, S. I.; Garcia-Garibay, M. A.; Rubin, Y. “Unusual Luminescence of C60-Hexapyrrolidines with Th and a Novel D3-Symmetry”; J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1999, 121, 3246-3247.
• Hutchison, K.; Gao, J.; Schick, G.; Rubin, Y.; Wudl, F. “Bucky Light Bulbs: White Light Electroluminescence from a Fluorescent C60 Adduct – Single Layer Organic LED”, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1999, 121, 5611-5612.
• Qian, W.; Rubin, Y. “Towards Six-Fold Functionalization of Fullerene C60 with Totally Addressable Icosahedral Sites”, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. Engl. 1999, 38, 2356-2360.
• Schick, G.; Jarrosson, T.; Rubin, Y. “Formation of an Effective Opening within the Fullerene Core of C60 by an Unusual Reaction Sequence”, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. Engl. 1999, 38, 2360-2363.
• Prat, F.; Stackow, R.; Bernstein, R.; Qian, W.; Rubin, Y.; Foote, C. S. “Triplet-State Properties and Singlet Oxygen Generation of a Homologous Series of Functionalized Fullerene Derivatives”, J. Phys. Chem. A 1999, 103, 7230-7235.
• Levitus, M.; Schick, G.; Lunkwitz, R.; Rubin, Y.; Garcia-Garibay, M. A. “Photophysical Properties of Hexapyrrolidine C60 Adducts with Th and D3 Symmetry: Protonation of Multiple Basic Sites”, J. Photochem. Photobiol. A 1999, 127, 13-19.
• Rubin, Y.; Ganapathi, P. S.; Franz, A.; An, Y.-Z.; Qian, W.; Neier, R. “Tandem Nucleophilic Addition / Diels-Alder Reaction of N-Butadienyl N,O-Ketene Silyl Acetals with C60: Stereo-selective Formation of Bicyclic Octahydroquinolino-1,2,3,4-Tetrahydrobuckminsterfullerenes and Combined NMR Spectroscopic and Computational Evaluation of the Functionalization Reactions”, Chem. Eur. J. 1999, 5, 3162-3184.

2000

• Qian, W.; Rubin, Y. “A Parallel Library of all Seven A2+B2+C2 Th-Regioisomeric Hexakisadducts of Fullerene C60: Inspiration from Werner’s Octahedral Stereoisomerism”; Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. Engl. 2000, 39, 3133-3137.
• Qian, W.; Bartberger, M.D.; Pastor, S. J.; Houk, K. N.;Wilkins, C. L.; Rubin, Y. “C62, a Non-Classical Fullerene Incorporating a Four-Membered Ring”, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2000, 122, 8333-8334.
• Stackow, R.; Schick, G.; Jarrosson, T.; Rubin, Y.; Foote, C. S. “Photophysics of Open C60 Derivatives”, J. Phys. Chem. B 2000, 104, 7914 -7918.
• Qian, W.; Rubin, Y. “Complete Control over Addend Permutation at All Six Pseudooctahedral Positions of FullereneC60”, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2000, 122, 9564-9565.

2001

• Rubin, Y.; Diederich, F. “From Fullerenes to Novel Carbon Allotropes: Exciting Prospects for Organic Synthesis”; in Stimulating Concepts in Chemistry, Vögtle, F.; Stoddart, J. F.; Shibasaki, M.; Eds.; Wiley – VCH, 2001, pp 153-186. (Book chapter)
• Rubin, Y.; Jarrosson, T.; Wang, G.-W.; Bartberger, M. D.; Schick, G.; Saunders, M.; Cross, R. J.; Houk, K. N. “Insertion of Helium and Molecular Hydrogen Through the Orifice of an Open Fullerene”, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. Engl. 2001, 40, 1543-1546. [PDF]

2002

• Irle, S.; Rubin, Y.; Morokuma, K. “ONIOM Study of Ring Opening and Metal Insertion Reactions with Derivatives of C₆₀: Role of Aromaticity in the Opening Process”, J. Phys. Chem. A 2002; 106, 680-688. [PDF]
• Asselberghs, I.; Zhao, Y.; Clays, K.; Persoons, A.; Comito, A.; Rubin, Y. “Reversible Switching of Molecular Second-Order Nonlinear Optical Polarizability Through Proton Transfer”, Chem. Phys. Lett. 2002, 364, 279-283. [PDF] (Funding: NSF, Sloan)
• Qian, W.; Rubin, Y. “Convergent, Regioselective Synthesis of Tetrakisfulleroids from C60”, J. Org. Chem. 2002, 67, 7683 – 7687. [PDF] (Funding: NSF, Sloan)

2003

• Metzger, R. M.; Baldwin, J. W.; Shumate, W. J.; Peterson, I. R.; Mani, P.; Mankey, G. J.; Morris, T.; Szulczewski, G.; Bosi, S.; Prato, M.; Comito, A.; Rubin, Y. “Electrical Rectification in a Langmuir-Blodgett Monolayer of Dimethylanilinoazafullerene Sandwiched Between Gold Electrodes”, J. Phys. Chem. B 2003, 107, 1021-1027. [PDF]
• Qian, W.; Chuang, S.-C.; Amador, R. B.; Jarrosson, T.; Sander, M.; Pieniazek, S.; Khan, S. I.; Rubin, Y. “Synthesis of Stable Derivatives of C62: The First Nonclassical Fullerene Incorporating a Four-Membered Ring”, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2003, 125, 2066-2067. [PDF] (Funding: NSF, Sloan)
• Zheng, S.; Lan, J.; Khan, S. I.; Rubin, Y. “Synthesis, Characterization, and Coordination Chemistry of the 2-Azaphenalenyl Radical”, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2003, 125, 5786-5791. [PDF] (Funding: NSF, Sloan)
• Murata, Y.; Suzuki, M.; Rubin, Y.; Komatsu, K. “Structure of the Hydration Product of the C₆₀-Di(2-pyridyl)-1,2,4,5-tetrazine Adduct”, Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn., 2003, 76, 1669–1672. [PDF]
• Shen, C. K.-F.; Sonmez, G.; Smith, A. D.; Schwartz, B. J.; Rubin, Y.; Wudl, F. “Photocurrent Generated with a Homoconjugated Bisfulleroid Polymer” Polymer Preprints 2003, 44, 348-349.

2004

• Sonmez, G., Shen, C. K.-F., Rubin, Y., Wudl, F. “A Red, Green, and Blue (RGB) Polymeric Electrochromic Device (PECD): The Dawning of the PECD Era”, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. Engl. 2004 43, 1498-1502. [PDF]
• Carravetta, M.; Murata, Y.; Murata, M.; Heinmaa, I.; Stern, R.; Tontcheva, A.; Samoson, A.; Rubin, Y.; Komatsu, K.; Levitt, M. H. “Solid-State NMR Spectroscopy of Molecular Hydrogen Trapped Inside an Open-Cage Fullerene” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2004, 126, 4092-4093. [PDF] (Funding: NSF)
• Sonmez, G; Shen, C. K.-F.; Rubin, Y; Wudl, F. “Zero Band Gap and Intrinsic Conductivity in Conjugated Polymers” Polym. Mat. Sci. Engin. 2004, 90, 232-233.

2005

• Zheng, S.; Thompson, J. D.; Tontcheva, A.; Khan, S. I.; Rubin, Y.“Perchloro-2,5,8-triazaphenalenyl”, Org. Lett. 2005, 7, 1861-1863. [PDF] (Funding: NSF)
• Sonmez, G.; Sonmez, H. B.; Shen, C. K. F.; Jost, R. W.; Rubin, Y.; Wudl, F. “A Processable Green Polymeric Electrochromic”, Macromolecules 2005, 38, 669-675. [PDF]
• Sonmez, G.; Shen, C. K.-F.; Rubin Y.; Wudl, F. “The Unusual Effect of Bandgap Lowering by C₆₀ on a Conjugated Polymer”, Adv. Mater. 2005, 17, 897-900. [PDF]
• Clark, A. P.-Z.; Shen, K.-F.; Rubin, Y. F.; Tolbert, S. H. “An Amphiphilic Poly(phenylene ethynylene) as the Structure-Directing Agent for Periodic Nanoscale Silica Composite Materials”, Nano Lett., 2005, 5, 1647-1652. [PDF] (Funding: NSF, ONR, PRF-AC)

2006

• Clark, A. P.-Z.; Cadby, A. J.; Shen, C. K.-F.; Rubin, Y.; Tolbert, S. H. “Synthesis and Self-Assembly of an Amphiphilic Poly(Phenylene Ethynylene) Ionomer”, J. Phys. Chem. B 2006, 110, 22088-22096. [PDF] (Funding: ONR, NSF, PRF-AC)
• Chuang, S.-C.; Clemente, F. R.; Khan, S. I.; Houk, K. N.; Rubin, Y. “Approaches to Open Fullerenes: A 1,2,3,4,5,6-Hexaadduct of C₆₀”, Org. Lett. 2006, 8, 4525-4528. [PDF] (Funding: NSF, Sloan, PRF-AC)
• Chuang, S.-C.; Clemente, F. R.; Khan, S. I.; Houk, K. N.; Rubin, Y. “Switch of Electronic Reactivity in Fullerene C₆₀: Activation of Three trans-4 Positions via Temporary Saturation of the cis-1 Positions”, Org. Lett. 2006, 8, 6075-6078. [PDF] (Funding: NSF, Sloan, PRF-AC)

2007

• Chuang, S.-C.; Sander, M. Jarrosson, T.; James, S.; Rozumov, E. Khan, S. I.; Rubin, Y. “Approaches to Open Fullerenes: Synthesis and Kinetic Stability of Diels-Alder Adducts of Substituted Isobenzofurans and C₆₀”, J. Org. Chem. 2007, 72, 2716 -2723. [PDF] (Funding: NSF, Sloan, PRF-AC)
• Sander, M. Jarrosson, T.; Chuang, S.-C.; Khan, S. I.; Rubin, Y. “Approaches to Open Fullerenes: Synthesis and Thermal Stability of cis-1 Bis(isobenzofuran) Diels-Alder Adducts of C₆₀”, J. Org. Chem. 2007, 72, 2724 -2731. [PDF] (Funding: NSF, Sloan, PRF-AC)

2008

• Kennedy, R. D.; Ayzner, A. L.; Wanger, D. D.; Day, C. T; Halim, M.; Khan, S. I.; Tolbert, S.; Schwarz, B.; Rubin, Y. “Self-Assembling Fullerenes for Improved Bulk-Heterojunction Photovoltaic Devices”, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2008, 130, 17290–17292. [PDF] (Funding: CRC-NSF, ONR, NSF)

2009

• Clavaguera, S.; Khan, S. I.; Rubin, Y. “Unexpected De-Arylation of a Pentaaryl Fullerene” Org. Lett. 2009, 11, 1389-1391. [PDF] (Funding: CRC-NSF, ONR, NSF)

2010

• Halim, M.; Kennedy, R. D.; Khan, S.I.; Rubin, Y. “Gold(I) Triphenylphosphine Complexes Incorporating Pentaarylfulleride Ligands”, Inorg. Chem. 2010, 49, 3974–3976. [PDF] (Funding: CRC-NSF, ONR, NSF)
• Suzuki, M.; Comito, A.; Khan, S. I.; Rubin, Y. “Planarization of a Dehydro[24]annulene by Noncovalent Interactions in the Crystal”, Org. Lett. 2010, 12, 2346-2349. [PDF] (Funding: NSF)

2011

• Halim, M.; Kennedy, R. D.; Suzuki, M.; Khan, S. I.; Diaconescu, P. L.; Rubin, Y. “Complexes of Gold(I), Silver(I), and Copper(I) with Pentaaryl[60]fullerides”,J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2011, 133, 6841–6851. [PDF]
• Tassone, C.; Ayzner, A.; Kennedy, R. D.; Halim, M.; So, M.; Rubin, Y.; Tolbert, S.; Schwartz, B. “Using Pentaarylfullerenes to Understand Network Formation in Conjugated Polymer-Based Bulk-Heterojunction Solar Cells”, J. Phys. Chem. C, 2011, 115, 22563–22571.

2012

• Kurihara, H.; Iiduka, Y.; Rubin, Y.; Waelchli, M.; Mizorogi, N.; Slanina, Z.; Tsuchiya, T.; Nagase, S.; Akasaka, T. “Unexpected Formation of a Sc3C2@C80 Bisfulleroid Derivative”, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2012, 134, 4092–4095.
• Kennedy, R. D.; Halim, M.; Khan, S.I.; Schwartz, B.; Tolbert, S.; Rubin, Y. “Crystal-Packing Motifs for a Series of 6,9,12,15,18-Pentaaryl-1-hydro[60]fullerenes”, Chem. Eur. J. 2012, 18, 7418–7433.
• Neubauer, R.; Hampel, F.; Rubin, Y.; Hirsch, A. “Pentaarylated Azafullerenes”, Chem. Eur. J. 2012, 51, 11722 –11726.

2013

• Clark, A. P.-Z.; Shi, C.; Ng, B. C.; Wilking, J. N.; Ayzner, A. L.; Stieg, A. Z.; Schwartz, B. J.; Mason, T. G.; Rubin, Y.; Tolbert, S. H. “Self-Assembling Semiconducting Polymers—Rods and Gels from Electronic Materials”, ACS Nano 2013, 7, 962–977.

• Aguirre, J. C.; Arntsen, C.; Hernandez, S.; Huber, R.; Nardes, A. M.; Halim, M.; Kilbride, D.; Rubin, Y.; Tolbert, S. H.; Kopidakis, N.; Schwartz, B. J.; Neuhauser, D.  “Understanding Local and Macroscopic Electron Mobilities in the Fullerene Network of Conjugated Polymer-based Solar Cells: Time-Resolved Microwave Conductivity and Theory”, Adv. Funct. Mat. 2013, 24, 784–792.

2014

• Yamada, M.; Muto, Y.; Kurihara, H.; Slanina, Z.; Suzuki, M.; Maeda, Y.; Rubin, Y.; Olmstead, M.; Balch, A.; Nagase, S.; Lu, X.; Akasaka, T.  “Regioselective Cage Opening of La2@D2(10611)-C72 with 5,6-Diphenyl-3-(2-pyridyl)-1,2,4-triazine”, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2014, 54, 2232–2235.

• Aguirre, J. C.; Ferreira, A.; Ding, H.; Jenekhe, S. A.; Kopidakis, N.; Asta, M.; Pilon, L.; Rubin, Y.; Tolbert, S. H.; Schwartz, B. J.; Dunn, B.; Ozolins, V.  “Panoramic View of Electrochemical Pseudocapacitor and Organic Solar Cell Research in Molecularly Engineered Energy Materials (MEEM)”, J. Phys. Chem. C 2014, 118, 19505–19523.

• Aguirre, J. C.; Arntsen, C.; Hernandez, S.; Huber, R.; Nardes, A. M.; Halim, M.; Kilbride, D.; Rubin, Y.; Tolbert, S. H.; Kopidakis, N.; Schwartz, B. J.; Neuhauser, D.  “Understanding Local and Macroscopic Electron Mobilities in the Fullerene Network of Conjugated Polymer-based Solar Cells: Time-Resolved Microwave Conductivity and Theory”, Adv. Funct. Mat. 2014, 24, 784–792.

2015

• Huber, R. C.; Ferreira, A. S.; Thompson, R.; Kilbride, D.; Knutson, N. S.; Sudha Devi, L.; Toso, D. B.; Zhou, Z. H.; Rubin, Y.; Schwartz, B. J.; Tolbert, S. H. “Long-Lived Photoinduced Polaron Formation in Conjugated Polyelectrolyte/Fullerene Assemblies”, Science 2015, 348, 1340-1343.
  • UCLA Newsroom highlight: UCLA chemists devise technology that could transform solar energy storage

• Yue Wang, Jaime A. Torres, Adam Z. Stieg, Shan Jiang, Michael T. Yeung, Yves Rubin, Santanu Chaudhuri, Xiangfeng Duan, and Richard B. Kaner  “Graphene-Assisted Solution Growth of Vertically Oriented Organic Semiconducting Single Crystals”, ACS Nano, 2015, 9, 9486–9496.
  • UCLA Newsroom highlight: Scientists grow organic semiconductor crystals vertically for first time

2016

• Shaohua Huang, Guangye Zhang, Nicholas S. Knutson, Matthew T. Fontana, Rachel C. Huber, Amy S. Ferreira, Sarah H. Tolbert, Benjamin J. Schwartz, and Yves Rubin  “Beyond PCBM: Methoxylated 1,4-Bisbenzyl[60]fullerene Adducts for Efficient Organic Solar Cells”, J. Mater. Chem. A 2016, 4, 416-424.
• Huber, R. C.; Ferreira, A. S.; Aguirre, J. C.; Kilbride, D.; Toso, D. B.; Mayoral, K.; Zhou, Z. H.;  Kopidakis, N.; Rubin, Y.; Schwartz, B. J.; Mason, T. G.; Tolbert, S. H.* “Structure and Conductivity of Semiconducting Polymer Hydrogels”, J. Phys. Chem. B  2016, 120, 6215–6224.
• Suzuki, M.; Guo, Z.; Tahara, K.; Khosrowabadi Kotyk, J. F.; Nguyen, H.; Gotoda, J.; Iritani, K.; Rubin, Y.; Tobe, Y.*  “Self-Assembled Dehydro[24]annulene Monolayers at the Liquid/Solid Interface: Towards On-Surface Synthesis of Tubular π-Conjugated Nanowires”, Langmuir  2016, 32, 5532–5541.
• Mitsuharu Suzuki, Juliet F. Khosrowabadi Kotyk, Saeed I. Khan, and Yves Rubin*  “Directing the Crystallization of Dehydro[24]annulenes into Supramolecular Nanotubular Scaffolds”, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2016, 138, 5939–5956.
• Robert S. Jordan, Yue Wang, Ryan D. McCurdy, Michael T. Yeung, Kristofer L. Marsh, Saeed I. Khan, Richard B. Kaner, and Yves Rubin*  “Synthesis of Graphene Nanoribbons via the Topochemical Polymerization and Subsequent Aromatization of a Diacetylene Precursor”, Chem 2016, 1, 78–90.Preview article for our publication above:  Paul J. Evans, Nazario Martín* “Graphene Nanoribbons via Crystal Engineering”, Chem 2016, 1, 16–18.

2017

• Robert S. Jordan and Yves Rubin*  “The Allure of Metallic Stripes: Single-Sized Narrow Ribbons of Graphene”, Chem 2017, 2, 11–19.
• Robert S. Jordan , Yolanda L. Li, Cheng-Wei Lin, Ryan D. McCurdy, Janice B. Lin , Jonathan L. Brosmer , Kristofer L. Marsh, Saeed I. Khan, K. N. Houk , Richard B. Kaner , and Yves Rubin*  “Synthesis of N = 8 Armchair Graphene Nanoribbons from Four Distinct Polydiacetylenes”, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2017, 139, 15878–15890.