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  1. Dynamic magnetism of an iron(ii)-chlorido spin chain and its hexametallic segment

    Article • Dalton Transactions, January 2015, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Yan-Zhen Zheng

  2. A bottom-up synthesis of α-Fe2O3 nanoaggregates and their composites with graphene as high performance anodes in lithium-ion batteries

    Article • Journal of Materials Chemistry A, January 2015, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Yan-Zhen Zheng, Yongquan Qu

  3. Self-assembly of linear [MnII2MnIII] units with end-on azido bridges: the construction of a ferromagnetic chain using ST = 7 high-spin trimers

    Article • Dalton Transactions, January 2015, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Yan-Zhen Zheng

  4. Field and dilution effects on the magnetic relaxation behaviours of a 1D dysprosium(iii)-carboxylate chain built from chiral ligands

    Article • Dalton Transactions, January 2015, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Yan-Zhen Zheng

  5. Uniaxial magnetic anisotropy of square-planar chromium(ii) complexes revealed by magnetic and HF-EPR studies

    Article • Chemical Communications, January 2015, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Yan-Zhen Zheng

  6. ChemInform Abstract: A Symbol Approach for Classification of Molecule-Based Magnetic Materials Exemplified by Coordination Polymers of Metal Carboxylates

    Article • ChemInform, May 2014, Wiley

    Dr Yan-Zhen Zheng

  7. Iron Lanthanide Phosphonate Clusters: {Fe 6 Ln 6 P 6 } Wells—Dawson-like Structures with D 3 d Symmetry

    Article • Inorganic Chemistry, March 2014, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Yan-Zhen Zheng

  8. Molecule-based magnetic coolers

    Article • Chemical Society Reviews, January 2014, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Yan-Zhen Zheng

  9. Observation of allylic rearrangement in water-rich reaction

    Article • Chemical Communications, January 2014, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Yan-Zhen Zheng

  10. Two porous Co(ii) bithiophenedicarboxylate metal–organic frameworks: from a self-interpenetrating framework to a two-fold interpenetrating α-Po topological network

    Article • RSC Advances, January 2014, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Yan-Zhen Zheng

  11. Study of a magnetic-cooling material Gd(OH)CO3

    Article • Journal of Materials Chemistry A, January 2014, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Ming-Liang Tong, Chao Wu, Dr Yan-Zhen Zheng

  12. Wells–Dawson Cages as Molecular Refrigerants

    Article • Inorganic Chemistry, December 2013, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Yan-Zhen Zheng

  13. Gadolinium(III)-Hydroxy Ladders Trapped in Succinate Frameworks with Optimized Magnetocaloric Effect

    Article • Chemistry - A European Journal, August 2013, Wiley

    Dr Yan-Zhen Zheng

  14. Structural evolution and magnetic properties of a series of coordination polymers featuring dinuclear secondary-building units and adamantane-dicarboxylato ligands

    Article • Polyhedron, March 2013, Elsevier

    Dr Yan-Zhen Zheng

  15. Relaxations in heterolanthanide dinuclear single-molecule magnets

    Article • Chemical Communications, January 2013, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Yan-Zhen Zheng

  16. Assembly of alternating spin-chains with magnetically anisotropic cobalt(ii) dimers

    Article • Dalton Transactions, January 2013, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Yan-Zhen Zheng

  17. Switching the anisotropy barrier of a single-ion magnet by symmetry change from quasi-D5h to quasi-Oh

    Article • Chemical Science, January 2013, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Yan-Zhen Zheng

  18. 3 D MOFs Containing Trigonal Bipyramidal Ln5 Clusters as Nodes: Large Magnetocaloric Effect and Slow Magnetic Relaxation Behavior

    Article • Chemistry - A European Journal, October 2012, Wiley

    Dr Yan-Zhen Zheng

  19. ChemInform Abstract: High-Nuclearity 3d-4f Clusters as Enhanced Magnetic Coolers and Molecular Magnets.

    Article • ChemInform, May 2012, Wiley

    Dr Yan-Zhen Zheng

  20. MnII-GdIII Phosphonate Cages with a Large Magnetocaloric Effect

    Article • Chemistry - A European Journal, March 2012, Wiley

    Dr Yan-Zhen Zheng

  21. High-Nuclearity 3d–4f Clusters as Enhanced Magnetic Coolers and Molecular Magnets

    Article • Journal of the American Chemical Society, February 2012, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Yan-Zhen Zheng

  22. Co–Ln Mixed-Metal Phosphonate Grids and Cages as Molecular Magnetic Refrigerants

    Article • Journal of the American Chemical Society, January 2012, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Marco Evangelisti, Dr Yan-Zhen Zheng

  23. Incorporation of spin-5/2 chain into 2D network with conformational pure e,a-cis-cyclohexane-1,4-dicarboxylato linker

    Article • Dalton Transactions, January 2012, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Yan-Zhen Zheng

  24. Large Magnetocaloric Effect in a Wells-Dawson Type {Ni6Gd6P6} Cage

    Article • Angewandte Chemie, March 2011, Wiley

    Dr Marco Evangelisti, Dr Yan-Zhen Zheng

  25. Large Magnetocaloric Effect in a Wells-Dawson Type {Ni6Gd6P6} Cage

    Article • Angewandte Chemie International Edition, March 2011, Wiley

    Dr Marco Evangelisti, Dr Yan-Zhen Zheng

  26. Lanthanide discs chill well and relax slowly

    Article • Chemical Communications, January 2011, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Yan-Zhen Zheng

  27. Pentacobalt(ii) cluster based pcu network exhibits both magnetic slow-relaxation and hysteresis behaviour

    Article • Dalton Transactions, January 2011, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Annie Powell, Yanhua Lan, Dr Yan-Zhen Zheng

  28. Co–Gd phosphonate complexes as magnetic refrigerants

    Article • Chemical Science, January 2011, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Marco Evangelisti, Dr Yan-Zhen Zheng

  29. Symmetry related [DyIII6MnIII12] cores with different magnetic anisotropies

    Article • Chemical Science, January 2011, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Yan-Zhen Zheng

  30. A tetranuclear cobalt(ii) chain with slow magnetization relaxation

    Article • Dalton Transactions, January 2010, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Yan-Zhen Zheng

  31. Phosphonates as ligands in Co–Cr heterometallic clusters

    Article • Dalton Transactions, January 2010, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Yan-Zhen Zheng

  32. Nanoporous metal–organic framework comprising of 1D cobalt oxalate chains and flexible ligands exhibiting both dynamic gas adsorption and antiferromagnetic chain behaviours

    Article • CrystEngComm, January 2010, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Yan-Zhen Zheng

  33. The role of π–π stacking in stabilizing a,a-trans-cyclohexane-1,4-dicarboxylate in a 2D Co(ii) network

    Article • CrystEngComm, January 2010, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Yan-Zhen Zheng

  34. Polymerisation of the Dysprosium Acetate Dimer Switches on Single‐Chain Magnetism

    Article • Chemistry - A European Journal, November 2009, Wiley

    Dr Yan-Zhen Zheng, Professor Annie Powell

  35. Family of Heterometallic Semicircular MnIII2LnIII3 Strands

    Article • Inorganic Chemistry, March 2009, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Annie Powell, Dr Yan-Zhen Zheng

  36. Spin-Frustrated Complex, [Fe II Fe III ( trans -1,4-cyclohexanedicarboxylate) 1.5 ] ∞ : Interplay between Single-Chain Magnetic Behavior and Magnetic Ordering

    Article • Inorganic Chemistry, March 2009, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Yan-Zhen Zheng

  37. Two spin-competing manganese(ii) coordination polymers exhibiting unusual multi-step magnetization jumps

    Article • Chemical Communications, January 2009, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Yan-Zhen Zheng

  38. Ferrimagnetic [CoII3(μ3-OH)2(RCO2)4] chains embedded in a laminar hybrid material exhibiting single-chain magnet behaviour

    Article • Dalton Transactions, January 2009, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Annie Powell, Dr Yan-Zhen Zheng

  39. Syntheses, structures and magnetic properties of a family of metal carboxylate polymers viain situ metal–ligand reactions of benzene-1,2,3-tricarboxylic acid

    Article • Dalton Transactions, January 2009, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Yan-Zhen Zheng

  40. Probing Single-Chain Magnets in a Family of Linear Chain Compounds Constructed by Magnetically Anisotropic Metal-Ions and Cyclohexane-1,2-Dicarboxylate Analogues

    Article • Inorganic Chemistry, December 2008, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Yan-Zhen Zheng

  41. Anion-Perturbed Magnetic Slow Relaxation in Planar {Dy4} Clusters

    Article • Inorganic Chemistry, November 2008, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Annie Powell, Dr Yan-Zhen Zheng

  42. A Two-Dimensional Iron(II) Carboxylate Linear Chain Polymer that Exhibits a Metamagnetic Spin-Canted Antiferromagnetic to Single-Chain Magnetic Transition

    Article • Inorganic Chemistry, May 2008, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Yan-Zhen Zheng

  43. Néel Temperature Enhancement by Increasing the In-plane Magnetic Correlation in Layered Inorganic–Organic Hybrid Materials

    Article • Advanced Materials, April 2008, Wiley

    Dr Yan-Zhen Zheng

  44. 3D geometrically frustrated magnets assembled by transition metal ion and 1,2,3-triazole-4,5-dicarboxylate as triangular nodes

    Article • CrystEngComm, January 2008, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Yan-Zhen Zheng

  45. A “Star” Antiferromagnet: A Polymeric Iron(III) Acetate That Exhibits Both Spin Frustration and Long-Range Magnetic Ordering

    Article • Angewandte Chemie International Edition, August 2007, Wiley

    Dr Yan-Zhen Zheng

  46. A “Star” Antiferromagnet: A Polymeric Iron(III) Acetate That Exhibits Both Spin Frustration and Long-Range Magnetic Ordering

    Article • Angewandte Chemie, August 2007, Wiley

    Dr Yan-Zhen Zheng

  47. From Pseudo to True C 3 Symmetry:  Magnetic Anisotropy Enhanced by Site-Specific Ligand Substitution in Two Mn 15 -Carboxylate Clusters

    Article • Inorganic Chemistry, August 2007, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Yan-Zhen Zheng

  48. Unprecedented (3,9)-Connected (4 2 .6) 3 (4 6 .6 21 .8 9 ) Net Constructed by Trinuclear Mixed-Valence Cobalt Clusters

    Article • Crystal Growth & Design, May 2007, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Yan-Zhen Zheng

  49. Assembling Magnetic Nanowires into Networks: A Layered CoII Carboxylate Coordination Polymer Exhibiting Single-Chain-Magnet Behavior

    Article • Angewandte Chemie, September 2006, Wiley

    Dr Yan-Zhen Zheng

  50. Assembling Magnetic Nanowires into Networks: A Layered CoII Carboxylate Coordination Polymer Exhibiting Single-Chain-Magnet Behavior

    Article • Angewandte Chemie International Edition, September 2006, Wiley

    Dr Yan-Zhen Zheng

  51. Syntheses, structures and magnetic properties of five coordination polymers derived via in situ metal–ligand reactions of 2-phenyl-malonic acid

    Article • Journal of Molecular Structure, August 2006, Elsevier

    Dr Yan-Zhen Zheng

  52. Rational Design and Control of the Dimensions of Channels in Three-Dimensional, Porous Metal-Organic Frameworks Constructed with Predesigned Hexagonal Layers and Pillars

    Article • European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, May 2006, Wiley

    Dr Yan-Zhen Zheng

  53. Coexistence of Planar and Chair-Shaped Cyclic Water Hexamers in a Unique Cyclohexanehexacarboxylate-Bridged Metal−Organic Framework

    Article • Crystal Growth & Design, February 2006, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Yan-Zhen Zheng

  54. Coexistence of spin frustration and long-range magnetic ordering in a triangular CoII3(μ3-OH)-based two-dimensional compound

    Article • Chemical Communications, January 2006, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Yan-Zhen Zheng

  55. The slow magnetic relaxation observed in a mixed carboxylate/hydroxide-bridged compound [Co2Na(4-cpa)2(μ3-OH)(H2O)]∞featuring magnetic Δ-chains

    Article • Chemical Communications, January 2006, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Yan-Zhen Zheng

  56. Synthesis, Structure and Photoluminescent Studies of Two Novel Layered Uranium Coordination Polymers Constructed from UO(OH) Polyhedra and Pyridinedicarboxylates

    Article • European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, October 2005, Wiley

    Dr Yan-Zhen Zheng

  57. catena-Poly[[bis(μ-1,10-phenanthrolin-2-olato-κ3N,N′:O)dicopper(I,II)(Cu—Cu)]-μ-chlorocopper(I)-μ-chloro]

    Article • Acta Crystallographica Section E Structure Reports Online, May 2005, International Union of Crystallography

    Dr Yan-Zhen Zheng

  58. Synthesis and Structural Characterization of the Helical Coordination Polymers [Co(phen)(oba)(H2O)2] and [Cd3(phen)3(oba)2(Hoba)2(H2O)2] (phen = 1, 10-phenanthroline; oba = 4, 4′-oxybis(benzoate)

    Article • Zeitschrift für anorganische und allgemeine Chemie, February 2004, Wiley

    Dr Yan-Zhen Zheng

  59. Controlled hydrothermal synthesis of copper(ii or i,ii) coordination polymers via pH-dependent in situ metal/ligand redox reactions

    Article • New Journal of Chemistry, January 2004, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Yan-Zhen Zheng