F. -L. Li, Q. Shao, X. -Q. Huang*, J. -P. Lang*, Nanoscale Trimetallic Metal-Organic Frameworks Enable Efficient Oxygen Evolution Electrocatalysis, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2018, 57, 1888-1892. (very important paper)

F. -L. Hu, M. Yan, C. Zhu, B. F. Abrahams, P. Braunstein, J. -P. Lang*, Stereoselctive Solid-State Synthesis of Substituted Cyclobutanes Assisted by Pseudorotaxane-like MOFs, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2018, 57, 12696-12701.

D. –W. Tan, H. –X. Li*, D. –L. Zhu, H. –Y. Li, D. Y. Young, J. –L. Yao*, J. –P. Lang*, Ligand-Controlled Copper(I)-Catalyzed Cross-Coupling of Secondary and Primary Alcohols to α-Alkylated Ketones, Pyridines and Quinolines, Org. Lett., 2018, 20, 608-611.

X. -T. Qiu, R. Yao, W. -F. Zhou, M. -D. Liu, Q. Liu, Y. -L. Song, D. J. Young, W. -H. Zhang*, J. -P. Lang*, Rectangle and [2]catenane from cluster modular construction, Chem. Commun., 2018,54, 4168-4171.

N. -Y. Li, D. Liu, B. F. Abrahams, J. -P. Lang*, Covalent switching, involving divinylbenzene ligands within 3D coordination polymers, indicated by changes in fluorescence, Chem. Commun., 2018, 54, 5831-5834.http://xlink.rsc.org/?DOI=C8CC02743A

M. -J. Zhang, D. –W. Tan, H. -X. Li*, D. J. Young, H. –F. Wang*, H. -Y. Li, J. -P. Lang*, Switchable chemoselective transfer hydrogenation of unsaturated carbonyls using copper(I) N-donor thiolate clusters, J. Org. Chem,2018, 83, 1204-1215.

N. –Y. Li, D. Liu, Z. –G. Ren, C. Lollar, J. –P. Lang*, H. –C. Zhou*, Controllable Fluorescence Switching of a Coordination Chain Based on the Photo-Induced Single-Crystal-to-Single-Crystal Reversible Transformation of a syn-[2.2]Metacyclophane, Inorg. Chem., 2018, 57, 849-856.

Y. -X. Shi, W. -X. Li, W. -H. Zhang*, J. -P. Lang*, Guest-Induced Switchable Breathing Behavior in a Flexible Metal-Organic Framework with a Pronounced Negative Gas Pressure,Inorg. Chem., 2018, 57, 8627-8623.

L. Chen, H. -X. Li*, M. Dai, H. -Y. Li, J. -P. Lang*, Capturing the Organic Species Derived from the C-C Cleavage and In-Situ Oxidation of 1,2,3,4-Tetra(pyridin-4-yl)cyclobutane by [CuCN]_n-Based MOFs, Inorg. Chem., 2018, 57, 9160-9166.

W. -X. Li, J. -H. Gu, H. -X. Li*. M. Dai, D. J. Young, H. -Y. Li, J. -P. Lang*, Post-Synthetic Modification of a Two-Dimensional Metal-Organic Framework via Photodimerization Enables Highly Selective Luminescent Sensing of Aluminum(III), Inorg. Chem., 2018, 57, 13453-13460.

T. -T. Hu, T. -T. Liu, Z. -H. Zhang, Y. Wang*, Y. -G. Yang, C. -J. Hu*, J. -P. Lang*, Precise control of chirality transfer by adjusting the alkyl substituents of guests,Dyes Pigments, 2019, 160, 692-699.

J. -G. Zhang, W. -J. Gong, Y. -S. Guan, H. -X. Li*, D. J. Young, J. -P. Lang*, Carboxylate-Assisted Assembly of Zinc and Cadmium Coordination Complexes of 1,3,5-Tri-4-pyridyl-1,2-ethenylbenzene: Structures and Visible Light-Induced Photocatalytic Degradation of Congo Red in Water, Cryst. Growth Des., 2018, 18, 6172-6184.

T. –T. Hu, C. –J. Hu,*, Y. Wang*, D. J. Young, J. –P. Lang*, Stoichiometrically controlled chirality inversion in zinc bisporphyrinate – monoamine complexes, Dalton Trans., 2018, 47, 5503-5512.

B. -B. Gao, M. Zhang, X. -R. Chen, D. -L. Zhu, H. Yu*, W. -H. Zhang*, J. -P. Lang*, Carbon-based AuAg alloy nanoparticles via the heterometallic [Au₄Ag₄] cluster approach for efficient oxidative coupling of anilines, Dalton Trans., 2018, 47, 5780-5788.

Z. -M. Hao, M. -Y. Chao, Y. Liu, J. -Y. Yang*, Y. -L. Song, W. -H. Zhang*, J. -P. Lang*, Evaluating the component contribution to the nonlinear optical performances using stable [Ni₄O₄] cuboidal clusters as models, Dalton Trans., 2018, 47, 8865-8869.

M. -Y. Chao, J. Chen, D. J. Young, W. -H. Zhang*, J. -P. Lang*, Smoothing the single-crystal to single-crystal conversions of a two-dimensional metal-organic framework via the hetero-metal doping of the linear trimetallic secondary building unit, Dalton Trans., 2018, 47, 13722-13729.

L. -Y. Xu, W. Yang, C. -F. Liu, Z. -G. Ren*, J. -P. Lang*, Assembly of silver-oxo complexes based on N-diphenylphosphanylmethyl-3-aminopyridine and their structures, photocatalysis and photocurrent responses, CrystEngComm, 2018, 20, 4049-4057.

M. -Y. Chao, W. -H. Zhang*, J. -P. Lang*, Co₂ and Co₃ Mixed Cluster Secondary Building Unit Strategy toward a Three-Dimensional Metal−Organic Framework with Permanent Porosity, Molecules, 2018, 23(4), 755. doi:10.3390/molecules23040755

T. –T. Liu, T. –T. Hu, C. –J. Hu*, J. –P. Lang*, Synthesis, crystallographic characterization of a novel iron porphyrinate and its application as a photocatalyst for degradation of methylene blue under visible light irradiation, Inorg. Chem. Commun., 2018, 90, 26-28.

T. -T. Hu, T. -T. Liu, C. -J. Hu*, J. -P. Lang*, Synthesis and crystallographic characterization of a brominated porphyrin with a nitrophenyl substituent and its iron derivative, J. Porphyr. Phthalocya., 2018, 22, 751-757.

M. Armaghan, R. -J. Niu, Y. Liu, W. -H. Zhang*, T. S. Andy Hor*, J. -P. Lang, Zn-based metal−organic frameworks (MOFs) of pyridinemethanol–carboxylate conjugated ligands: Deprotonation-dependent structures and CO₂ adsorption, Polyhedron, 2018, 153, 218-225.

J. -H. Gu, W. -X. Li, H. -X. Li*, H. -Y. Li, J. -P. Lang*, Temperature-induced SCSC transformation for one single chain to one ladder-type chain and their excellent sorption of Congo Red in water, Polyhedron, 2018, 154, 47-53. (invited)

B. Guo, H. -X. Li*, S. -Q. Zhang, D. J. Young, J. -P. Lang*, C-N Bond Formation Catalyzed by Ruthenium Nanoparticles Supported on N-Doped Carbon via Acceptorless Dehydrogenation to Secondary Amines, Imines, Benzimidazoles and Quinoxalines, ChemCatChem, 2018, 10, 5627–5636.