[1] Fenfen Zhu, Guozhu Chen,* Sixiu Sun and Xuan Sun*, “In situ growth of Au@CeO₂ core–shell nanoparticles and CeO₂ nanotubes from Ce(OH)CO₃ nanorods”. J. Mater. Chem. A 2013, in press.

[2] Qingchao Hu, Yangyang Wang, Jiong Jia, Chunsheng Wang, Lei Feng, Renhao Dong, Xuan Sun* and Jingcheng Hao, “Photoresponsive chiral nanotubes of achiral amphiphilic azobenzene”. Soft Matter, 2012, 8 (45), 11492 -11498

[3] Lulu Ma, Jiong Jia, Tieying Yang, Guangzhi Yin, Yang Liu, Xuan Sun* and Xutang Tao*, “Light-controlled self-assembly and conductance: from nanoribbons to nanospheres”. RSC Advances, 2012, 2, 2902–2908

[4] Ran Shang, Xuan Sun,* Zhe-Ming Wang,* and Song Gao*, “Zinc-Diluted Magnetic Metal Formate Perovskites: Synthesis, Structures, and Magnetism of [CH₃NH₃][Mn_xZn_1-x(HCOO)₃](x = 0–1)”. Chem. Asian J. 2012, DOI : 10.1002/asia.201200139

[5] Guozhu Chen, Fenfen Zhu, Xuan Sun,* Sixiu Sun and Ruiping Chen, “Benign synthesis of ceria hollow nanocrystals by a template-free method”. CrystEngComm, 2011, 13, 2904

[6] Lulu Ma, Quanbo Wang, Guifen Lu, Ruiping Chen, and Xuan Sun*, “Photochromic Nanostructures Based on Diarylethenes with Perylene Diimide”. Langmuir 2010, 26(9), 6702–6707

[7] Ying Zhang, Jianzhuang Jiang,* Xuan Sun,* and Qingbin Xue, “Liquid Crystal Behaviour of 2,3,9,10,16,17,23,24-Octakis(octyloxy)phthalocyanine-containing Gadolinium Sandwich Complexes”. Aust. J. Chem. 2009, 62, 455–463

[8] Ying Zhang, Dongdong Qi, Jianzhuang Jiang* and Xuan Sun*, “A novel photochromic and electrochromic europium tetraaza-porphyrinato and phthalocyaninato heteroleptic double-decker for information storage”. J. Porphyrins Phthalocyanines 2009; 13: 1197–1205

[9] Lei Li and Xuan Sun*, “Synthesis, Characterization, and Cation-Induced Supramolecular Structures of Photochromic Bisthienylethene-Tetraazaporphyrin Hybrids (BTE-TAPs) Bearing Crown Ether Moieties”. Aust. J. Chem. 2008, 61, 640–645

[10] X. Sun,^* “Photophysics of the mixed (phthalocyaninato)(porphyrinato) rare earth [terbium (III) and europium (III)] double- and triple-decker sandwich compounds”. Synth. Met., 2008, 158, 21-24.

[11] L. Li, D. Qi, X. Sun,^* J. Jiang, Diarylethene-based photochromic tetraazaporphyrizine: Photochromisim and possibility of nondestructive reading in mid-infrared. Wuji Huaxue Xuebao, 2008, 24, 1284-1289.

[12] N. Sheng, Y. Zhang. H. Xu, M. Bao, X. Sun,^* J. Jiang (Phthalocyaninato)copper(II) Complexes Fused with Different Numbers of 15-Crown-5 Moieties - Synthesis, Spectroscopy, Supramolecular Structures, and the Effects of Substituent Number and Molecular Symmetry. Eur. J. Inorg. Chem., 2007, 3268-3275.

[13] X. Wang, Y. Zhang. X. Sun,^* Y. Bian, C. Ma, J. Jiang,  17,24,25-octakis(octyloxycarbonyl)phthalocyanines. Synthesis, spectroscopic, and electrochemical characteristics”. Inorg. Chem., 2007, 46, 7136-7141.

[14] X. Sun, S. Park, D.-S. Shin, W. Dong, B. Zhao, K.-W. Jang, “Multi-level recording of photochromic indolyfulgide”. Opt. Mater. 2007, 30, 652-656.

[15] X. Sun, Y. Bian, M. Bai, C. Ma, N. Kobayashi, J. Jiang, “Photophysics of lanthanide double-decker compounds with mixed octaethylporphyrinato and 2,3-naphthalocyaninato ligands”.  Dyes Pigments 2005, 65, 145-150.

[16] X. Sun, R. Li, D. Wang, J. Dou, P. Zhu, F. Lu, C. Ma, C.-F. Choi, D. Y. Y. Cheng, D. K. P. Ng, N. Kobayashi, J. Jiang, “Synthesis and characterization of mixed phthalocyaninato and meso-tetrakis(4-chlorophenyl)porphyrinato triple-decker complexes - revealing the origin of their electronic absorptions”. Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. 2004, 19, 3806-3813.

[17] X. Sun, C. Ma, J. Jiang, “Luminescence and photophysics of sandwich-type bis(phthalocyaninato) europium compound”. Synth. Met. 2003, 139, 497-500.

[18] X. Sun, L. Rintoul, Y. Bian, D. P. Arnold, R. Wang, J. Jiang, “Raman spectroscopic characteristics of phthalocyanine and naphthalocyanine in sandwich-type phthalocyaninato and porphyrinato rare earth complexes. Part 5 - Raman spectroscopic characteristics of naphthalocyanine in mixed [tetrakis(4-tert-butylphenyl)porphyrinato] (naphthalocyaninato) rare earth double-deckers”. J. Raman Spectrosc. 2003, 34, 306-314.

[19] X. Sun, X. Cui, D. P. Arnold, M. T. M. Choi, D. K. P. Ng, J. Jiang, “The electronic absorption characteristics of mixed phthalocyaninato porphyrinato rare earth(III) triple-deckers M2(TPyP)2(Pc)”. Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. 2003, 8, 1555-1561.

[20] X. Sun, M. Bao, N. Pan, X. Cui, D. P. Arnold, J. Jiang, “Infrared spectra of phthalocyanine and naphthalocyanine in sandwich-type (Na)phthalocyaninato and porphyrinato rare-earth complexes. II.* The effects of rare-earth ionic size on the IR characteristics of naphthalocyanine in bis(naphthalocyaninato) rare-earth complexes”. Aust. J. Chem. 2002, 55, 587-595.