1.   Yun-Ling Yang, Qian-Li Li, Xue-Chun Yang, Woochul Yang, Ran An, Ting Li, Yu Zhou, Hong-Wu Zhang, Jing-Tai Zhao, Zhi-Jun Zhang*, Color manipulation of Bi³⁺-activated CaZnOS under stress with ultra-high efficiency and low threshold for anticounterfeiting applications, Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 8 (2020) 3308 – 3315. (cover paper)
2.   Rui Yuan, Meng Huang, Fei Zheng, Qian-Li Li, Zhan Xu, Jian-Feng Hu, Jun Zou, Zhi-Jun Zhang,* Jing-Tai Zhao, Rapid, convenient and low-energy preparation of rare earth doped YAG phosphors by laser scanning method, Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 7 (2019) 13070-13079. (cover paper)
3.  Yu Zhou, Yun-Ling Yang, Yu-Ting Fan, Woochul Yang, Wei-Bin Zhang, Jian-Feng Hu, Zhi-Jun Zhang,* and Jing-Tai Zhao, Intense Red Emitting Photoluminescence and Mechanoluminescence from Mn²⁺-Activated SrZnSO with layered structure. Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 7 (2019) 8070 - 8078.
4.   Xue-Chun Yang, Meng Zhu, Si-Jie Fu, Jian-Feng Hu, Zhi-Jun Zhang*, Jing-Tai Zhao, Facile synthesis of porous NCDs@g-C₃N₄ for highly efficient photocatalytic and anti-counterfeiting applications. Applied Surface Sciences. 490 (2019) 592-597.
5.   Qian-Li Li, Xiao-Lin Liu, Shu-Tong Hao, Qiang Wu, Zhi-Xiang Sun, Mu Gu, Zhi-Jun Zhang*, Jingtai Zhao, Drastic enhancement of ultraviolet-light emission and morphology stability for ZnO:Ga nanorod arrays treated by hydrogen plasma. Applied Surface Sciences. 493 (2019) 1299-1305.
6.  Peng Chen, Yu-Feng Liu, Zhi-Jun Zhang, Yan Sun, Jing-Shan Hou, Guo-Ying Zhao, Jun Zou, Yong-Zheng Fang, Jia-Yue Xu, Ning Dai, In Situ Growth of Ultrasmall Cesium Lead Bromine Quantum Dots into Mesoporous Silica Matrix and Its Application in Flexible Light-Emitting Diode, Nanoscale, 11 (2019) 16499-16507.
7.  Rui Yuan, Xi-Xi Xie, Li-Xian Zheng, Li-Li Yu, Jian-Feng Hu, Hai-Min Qin, Zhi-Jun Zhang*, Jing-Tai Zhao, Synthesis and characterization of monodispersed rhombic dodecahedral YAG microcrystals with high crystallinity and controllable crystals size, CrystEngComm, 20, 2018, 7773-7781. 
8.  Qiping Du, Shaowei Feng, Haiming Qin, Hui Hua, Hui Ding, Lin Jia, Zhi-Jun Zhang*, Jun Jiang , Haochuan Jiang, Massive red-shifting of Ce³⁺ emission by Mg²⁺ and Si⁴⁺ doping of YAG:Ce transparent ceramic phosphors, Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 6 (2018) 12200-12205. (cover paper)
9.  Qian-Li Li, Xiao-Lin Liu, Zhi-Jun Zhang*, Jing-Tai Zhao, Development of the ZnO based nanorod arrays as a scintillator layer for ultrafast and high-spatial resolution X-ray imaging system. Optical Express, 26 (2018) 31290-31298.
10.  Otmar M. ten Kate, Zhi-Jun Zhang*, J. R. van Ommen and H. T. (Bert) Hintzen, Dependence of the photoluminescence properties of Eu²⁺-doped M-Si-N (M = alkali, alkaline earth or rare-earth metal) nitridosilicates on their structure and composition, Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 6 (2018) 5671-5683.
11.  Otmar M. ten Kate, Zhi-Jun Zhang and H. T. (Bert) Hintzen, On the relations between the bandgap, structure and composition of the M-Si-N (M = alkali, alkaline earth or rare-earth metal) nitridosilicates, Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 5 (2017) 11504-11514.
12.  Xiang-Yang Chen, Lin Gan, Zhi-Jun Zhang, Ping Lu, Xiong-Hui Zeng, Lin-Lin Zhang, He-Liang Yao, Fang-Fang Xu, Jing-Tai Zhao, “Ca-SiAlON:Eu phosphors: Oxidation states, energy transfer and emission enhancement by incorporation-aimed surface engineering”, ACS Applied Materials & Interface. 9 (2017) 30982-30991.
13.  Jiao Wang, Bi-Qiu Liu, Gaoshan Huang, Zhi-Jun Zhang*, Jing-Tai Zhao, Monodisperse Na_xY(OH)_yF_3+x-y mesocrystals with tunable morphology and chemical composition: pH-mediated ion-exchange, Crystal Growth & Design, 17 (2017) 711-718.