Research Interests: Magnitical Materials, Functional Materials, Coordination Polymer Chemistry.

Representative Publications

1. Supramolecular isomers in the same crystal: a new type of entanglement involving ribbons of rings and 2D (4,4) networks polycatenated in a 3D architecture, Baolong Li,* Yanfen Peng, Baozong Li and Yong Zhang, Chem. Comm., 2005, 2333-2335.

2. Yanfen Peng, Haiyan Ge, Baozong Li, Baolong Li,* Yong, Zhang, “Three supramolecular isomers of square grid networks from the assembly of a flexible spacer and Co(NCS) ₂: Structures and polymers transformation”, Cryst.Growth Des., 2006, 6, 944-998.

3. New “opened-cube” (H ₂O) ₁₀cluster and undulated water chain in porous metal-organic frameworks, Li-Yan Wang, Yuan Yang, Kui Liu, Bao-Long Li*and Yong Zhang, Cryst.Growth Des., 2008, 8, 3902- 3904.

4. Structural Versatility of Eight Zinc(II) Coordination Polymers Constructed with a Long Flexible Ligand 1,4-Bis(1,2,4-triazol-1-yl)-butane, Xun-Gao Liu, Li-Yan Wang, Xia Zhu, Bao-Long Li,*Yong Zhang, Cryst. Growth Des., 2009, 9, 3997-4005.

5. Solvent-controlled assembly of supramolecular isomers: 2D(4,4) network,1D ribbons of ring, and both 2D (4,4) networks and 1D ribbons of rings polycatenated in a 3D array, Xia Zhu, Xun-Gao Liu, Bao-Long Li,*Yong Zhang, CrystEngComm, 2009, 11, 997-1000.

6. A Two-Dimensional Metal-Organic Framework Based on a Ferromagnetic Pentanuclear Copper(II), Xia Zhu, Jun-Wei Zhao, Bao-Long Li,*, You Song, Yu-Mei Zhang, Yong Zhang, , Inorg. Chem., 2010, 49, 1266-1270.

7. Ju Wang, Xia Zhu, Yan-Feng Cui, Bao-Long Li*and Hai-Yan Li, “A polythreading coordination array formed from 2D grid networks and 1D chains”, CrystEngComm, 2011, 13,3342-3344.

8.Xia Zhu, Li-Yan Wang, Xun-Gao Liu, Ju Wang, Bao-Long Li*and Hai-Yan Li, “Structural versatility of seven copper(II) coordination polymers constructed with the long flexible ligand 1,4-bis(1,2,4-triazol-1-yl)butane”, CrystEngComm, 2011, 13, 6090-6098.