Zhaoxian Qin, Jiangwei Zhang, Chong-Qing Wan,^* Shuang Liu, Hadi Abroshan,^* Rongchao Jin,^* and Gao Li,^* Atomically Precise Nanoclusters with Reversible Isomeric Transformation for Rotary Nanomotors. Nature Communication, 2020, 11, 6019. DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-19789-4.

Zhaoxian Qin, Sachil Sharma, Chong-Qing Wan,* Sami Malola, Wen-wu Xu, Hannu Häkkinen*, and Gao Li,* A Homoleptic Alkynyl-Ligated [Au₁₃Ag₁₆L₂₄]^3- Cluster as a Catalytically Active Eight-Electron Superatom. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2020, 59, 970-975. DOI: 10.1002/anie.202011780.

Quanquan Shi, Zhaoxian Qin, Ammara Waheed, Yong Gao, Hui Xu, Hadi Abroshan,* and Gao Li*, Oxygen Vacancy Engineering: An Approach to Promote Photocatalytic Conversion of Methanol to Methyl Formate over CuO/TiO₂-Spindle. Nano Research, 2020, 13, 939–946. DOI: 10.1007/s12274-020-2719-7.

Qin, Z.; Zhao, D.; Zhao, L.; Xiao, Q.; Wu, T.; Zhang, J.; Wan, C.-Q.; Li, G. Tailoring the Stability, Photocatalysis and Photoluminescence Properties of Au₁₁ Nanocluster via Doping Engineering. Nanoscale Adv. 2019, 1, 2529–2536. doi: 10.1039/C9NA00234K. Cover paper and selected as “hot-paper”.

Quanquan Shi, Zhaoxian Qin, Hui Xu, and Gao Li*, Heterogeneous Cross-Coupling over Gold Nanoclusters. Nanomaterial, 2019, 9, 838. DOI:10.3390/nano9060838.

Shi, Q. Q.; Qin, Z. X.; Yu, C. L.; Liu, S.; Xu, H.; Li, G. Pyridine as A Trigger in Transformation Chemistry From Au₁₄₄(SR)₆₀ to Aromatic Thiolate-Ligated Gold Clusters. Nanoscale, 2020, 12, 4982-4987. DOI: 10.1039/c9nr10522k.

Yongdong Chen^*, Hong Wang, Zhaoxian Qin, Shanli Tian, Zhongbin Ye, Lin Ye, Hadi Abroshan,^* and Gao Li^*, Ti_xCe_1-xO₂ Nanocomposites: A Monolithic Catalyst for Direct Conversion of Carbon Dioxide and Methanol to Dimethyl Carbonate. Green Chem. 2019, 21, 4642-4649. DOI: 10.1039/c9gc00811j. Back cover.

Quanquan Shi, Zhaoxian Qin, Guichen Ping*, Shuang Liu, Hui Xu and Gao Li*, Alkynyl- and Phosphine-Ligated Quaternary Au₂Ag₂ Clusters Featuring an Alkynyl-AuAg Motif for Multicomponent Coupling. RSC Adv. 2020, 10, 21650–21655. DOI: 10.1039/d0ra02178d.

Chengyang Yin, Shuang Liu, Zhaoxian Qin, Yifei Zhang,^* Gao Li,^* and Zhen Zhao, Butterfly-Like Tetranuclear Copper(I) Clusters for Efficient Alkyne Homocoupling Reactions. European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, 2021, DOI: 10.1002/ejic.202000905.

Ammara Waheed, Quanquan Shi, Nobutaka Maeda*, Daniel M. Meier, Zhaoxian Qin, Gao Li*, Alfons Baiker*, Strong Activity Enhancement of the Photocatalytic Degradation of an Azo Dye on Au/TiO₂ Doped with FeO_x. Catalysts, 2020, 10(8), 933. DOI: 10.3390/catal10080933.

Yongdong Chen, Shanli Tian, Zhaoxian Qin, Jiangwei Zhang, Youhai Cao, Shengqi Chu, Lanlu Lu, Gao Li^*, [MW₁₂O₄₄] clusters: unprecedented central heteroatoms atomically dispersed in the eight coordination state bridging the 1: 12 polyoxo-metalate family of Keggin and Silverton. Nanoscale, 2019, 11, 22270-22276. DOI: 10.1039/c9nr05913j.

Chen, Haijun; Li, Zhimin; Qin, Zhaoxian; Kim, Hyung; Abroshan, Hadi; Li, Gao Silica-Encapsulated Gold Nanoclusters for Efficient Acetylene Hydrogenation to Ethylene. ACS Applied Nano Materials 2019, 2, 2999−3006. DOI: 10.1021/acsanm.9b00384.

Qihua Fang, ZhaoXian Qin, Yuanyuan Shi, Fei Liu,* Sami Barkaoui, Hadi Abroshan,* Gao Li*, Au/NiO Composite: A Catalyst for One-Pot Cascade Conversion of Furfural. ACS Applied Energy Materials 2019, 2, 2654–2661.  DOI: 10.1021/acsaem.9b00001.