1. Shui Yu, Zhaobo Hu, Zilu Chen,* Bo Li,* Yi-Quan Zhang,* Yuning Liang, Dongcheng Liu, Di Yao and Fupei Liang,* Two Dy(III) single-molecule magnets with their performance tuned by Schiff base ligands, Inorg. Chem., 2019, 58(2), 1191–1200.

2. Zilu Chen,* Shui Yu, Rongdong Wang, Bo Li,* Bing Yin,* Dongcheng Liu, Yuning Liang, Di Yao and Fupei Liang,* Three Dy(III) single-ion magnets bearing tropolone ligand: structure, magnetic property and theoretical elucidation, Dalton Trans., 2019, 48(19), 6627-6637.

3. Shaomin Pei, Zhaobo Hu, Zilu Chen,* Shui Yu, Bo Li,* Yuning Liang, Dongcheng Liu, Di Yao and Fupei Liang,* Heterometallic hexanuclear Ni₄M₂ (M = Dy, Y) complexes: structure and single-molecule magnet for the Dy(III) derivative, Dalton Trans., 2018, 47(6), 1801-1807.

4. Hui Wang, Xiaoling Xu, Yimin Jiang,* Pengfei Yao,c Bo Li, * Huahong Zou, Jinglin Zhou and Zilu Chen,* Synthesis, structure and magnetic properties of two mixed-valence icosanuclear nanocages, Dalton Trans., 2018, 47(42), 15141–15147.

5. Zilu Chen, Yanling Shen, Lingling Li, Huahong Zou, Xiaoxiao Fu, Ziyuan Liu, Kai Wang and Fupei Liang, High-nuclearity heterometallic clusters with both an anion and a cation sandwiched by planar cluster units: synthesis, structure and properties, Dalton Trans., 2017, 46(43), 15032–15039.

6. Zilu Chen,* Zhaobo Hu, Yisheng Li, Yuning Liang, Xinyu Wang, Li Ouyang, Qin Zhao, Haiyan Cheng and Fupei Liang*, Manganese clusters of aromatic oximes: synthesis, structure and magnetic properties, Dalton Trans., 2016, 45(39), 15634–15643.

7. Zilu Chen,* Long Liu, Yifei Wang, Huahong Zou, Zhong Zhang and Fupei Liang,* A two-dimensional homospin Cu(II) ferrimagnet featuring S-shaped hexanuclear secondary building blocks, Dalton Trans., 2014, 43(22), 8154-8157.

8. Zilu Chen, Suni Qin, Dongcheng Liu, Yanling Shen, and Fupei Liang,* A Series of Coordination Polymers Exhibiting Dual Chiral Features and Diverse Interhelical Interactions, Cryst. Growth Des., 2013, 13(8), 3389−3395.

9. Zilu Chen,* Yifei Wang, Long Liu, Zhong Zhang and Fupei Liang*, A six-bladed impeller-like Cu₁₈ nanocluster with S₆ symmetry constructed from simple inorganic linkers, Chem. Commun., 2012, 48(95), 11689-11691.

10. Man-Bo Zhang,* Hao-Min Chen, Rui-Xiang Hu and Zi-Lu Chen,* Heterometallic coordination polymers containing unique inorganic chain of [Ln^III₂Cu^II₃(OH)₄]: syntheses, structures and magnetism. CrystEngComm, 2011, 13(23), 7019-7024. 

11. Zilu Chen, Xuxian Wu, Suni Qin, Chaohai Lei, and Fupei Liang，Structure and fluorescent properties of mercury(II) pyridine-2,3-dicarboxylate coordination polymers tuned by ancillary ligands and alkaline-earth metal ions, CrystEngComm, 2011, 13(6), 2029-2038.

12. Zilu Chen,* Xianlin Liu, Chuanbing Zhang, Zhong Zhang, Fupei Liang,* Structure, adsorption and magnetic properties of four chiral flexible Metal-Organic Frameworks bearing linear trinuclear secondary building blocks, Dalton Trans., 2011, 40(9), 1911-1918.

13. Zilu Chen,* Maomao Jia, Zhong Zhang, Fupei Liang,* Construction of Planar Clusters Using Planar Aromatic Polyoxime Ligands: Synthesis, Structure and Magnetic Properties, Cryst. Growth Des., 2010, 10(11), 4806–4814.

14. Zi-Lu Chen, Chun-Fang Jiang, Wei-Hong Yan, Fu-Pei Liang,* and Stuart R. Batten, Three-dimensional Metal Azide Coordination Polymers with Amino Carboxylate Coligands: Synthesis, Structure, and Magnetic Properties, Inorg. Chem., 2009, 48(11), 4674-4684.

15. Zilu Chen,* Yan Su, Wei Xiong, Lixia Wang, Fupei Liang* and Min Shao, Controlling the dimensionalities and structures of homochiral Zn(II) and Cd(II) compounds of N-(p-tosyl)-S-carboxymethyl-l-cysteine via tuning the connecting modes of metal ions and chiral linkers by different kinds of ancillary ligands, CrystEngComm., 2009, 11(2), 318-328.

16. Zilu Chen, Yan Li, Chunfang Jiang, Fupei Liang,* You Song, Metal complexes with N-(2-pyridylmethyl)iminodiacetate: from discrete polynuclear compounds to 1D coordination polymers. Dalton Trans., 2009, (27), 5290–5299.