Representative papers
1. Yu, P.; Wu, L. M.*; Zhou, L. J.; Chen, L.* Deep-Ultraviolet Nonlinear Optical Crystals: Ba3P3O10X (X= Cl, Br). J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2014, 136, 480–487.
2. Lin, H.; Chen, L.*; Zhou, L. J.; Wu, L. M.* Functionalization Based on the Substitutional Flexibility: Strong Middle IR Nonlinear Optical Selenides AXII4XIII5Se12. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2013, 135, 12914–12921.
3. Chen, M. C.; Wu, L. M.; Lin, H.; Zhou, L. J.; Chen, L*. Disconnection Enhances the Second Harmonic Generation Response: Synthesis and Characterization of Ba23Ga8Sb2S38. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2012, 134, 6058–6060.
4. Yu, P.; Zhou, L. J.; Chen, L.* Noncentrosymmetric Inorganic Open-Framework Chalcohalides with Strong Middle IR SHG and Red Emission: Ba3AGa5Se10Cl2 (A = Cs, Rb, K). J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2012, 134, 2227–2235.
5. Zhao, H. J.; Zhang, Y. F.; Chen, L.* Strong Kleinman-Forbidden Second Harmonic Generation in Chiral Sulfide: La4InSbS9. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2012, 134, 1993–1995.
6. Chen, M. C.; Li, L. H.; Chen, Y. B.; Chen, L.* In-Phase Alignments of Asymmetric Building Units in Ln4GaSbS9 (Ln = Pr, Nd, Sm, Gd–Ho) and Their Strong Nonlinear Optical Responses in Middle IR. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2011, 133, 4617–4624.
7. Huang, Y. Z.; Wu, L. M.; Wu, X. T.; Li, L. H.; Chen, L.*; Zhang, Y. F. Pb2B5O9I: An Iodide Borate with Strong Second Harmonic Generation. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2010, 132, 12788–12789.
8. Wu, L. M.; Wu, X. T.; Chen, L.* Structural Overview and Structure-Property Relationships of Iodoplumbate and Iodobismuthate. Coord. Chem. Rev. 2009, 253, 2787–2804.
9. Liu, Y.; Wu, L. M.; Li, L. H.; Du, S. W.; Corbett, J. D.; Chen, L.* The Antimony-Based Type I Clathrate Compounds Cs8Cd18Sb28 and Cs8Zn18Sb28. Angew. Chem. Int. Edit. 2009, 48, 5305–5308.
10. Chen, L.; Chen, Y. B.; Wu, L. M. Synthesis of uniform Cu2S nanowires from copper-thiolate polymer precursors by a solventless thermolytic method. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2004, 126, 16334–16335.
11. Chen, L.; Corbett, J. D. Lu8Te and Lu7Te. Novel Substitutional Derivatives of Lutetium metal. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2003, 125, 7794–7795.
12. Chen, L.; Corbett, J. D. Remarkable Metal-Rich Ternary Chalcogenides Sc14M3Te8(M = Ru, Os). J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2003, 125, 1170–1171.