Selected Publications：(#co-first author)
1. Huang, C. #; Sun, R. #; Bao, L.*; Tian, X.; Pan, C.; Li, M.; Shen, W.; Guo, K.; Wang, B.*; Lu, X.*; and Gao, S. A hard molecular nanomagnet from confined paramagnetic 3d-4f spins inside a fullerene cage. Nat. Commun. 2023, 14, 8443. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-44194-y.
2. Huang, C.; Yang, Y.; Li, M.; Qi, X.; Pan, C.; Guo, K.; Bao, L.*; Lu, X.* Ultrahigh Capacity from Complexation-Enabled Aluminum-Ion Batteries with C70 as the Cathode. Adv. Mater. 2023, 2306244. https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.202306244.
3. Bao, L.; Xu, T.; Guo, K.; Huang, W.; Lu, X.* Supramolecular Engineering of Crystalline Fullerene Micro-/Nano-Architectures. Adv. Mater. 2022, 2200189. https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.202200189.
4. Bao, L.; Zhao, B.; Yang, B.; Halik, M.; Hauke, F.; Hirsch, A.* Hypervalent Iodine Compounds as Versatile Reagents for Extremely Efficient and Reversible Patterning of Graphene with Nanoscale Precision. Adv. Mater. 2021, 33 (31), 2101653. https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.202101653.
5. Bao, L.; Zhao, B.; Lloret, V.; Halik, M.; Hauke, F.; Hirsch, A.* Spatially Resolved Bottom-Side Fluorination of Graphene by Two-Dimensional Substrate Patterning. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2020, 59 (17), 6700–6705. https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202002508.
6. Bao, L.; Li, Y.; Yu, P.; Shen, W.; Jin, P.*; Lu, X.* Preferential Formation of Mono-Metallofullerenes Governed by the Encapsulation Energy of the Metal Elements: A Case Study on Eu@C2n (2n=74–84) Revealing a General Rule. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2020, 59 (13), 5259–5262. https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201910743.
7. Bao, L.; Kohring, M.; Weber, H. B.; Hauke, F.; Hirsch, A.* Covalently Doped Graphene Superlattices: Spatially Resolved Supratopic- and Janus-Binding. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2020, 142 (37), 16016–16022. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.0c07173.
8. Bao, L.#; Peng, P.#; Lu, X.* Bonding inside and Outside Fullerene Cages. Acc. Chem. Res. 2018, 51 (3), 810–815. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.accounts.8b00014.
9. Chen, M.#; Bao, L.#; Peng, P.; Zheng, S.; Xie, Y.; Lu, X.* Rigid Tether Directed Regioselective Synthesis and Crystallographic Characterization of Labile 1,2,3,4-Bis(Triazolino)[60]Fullerene and Its Thermolized Derivatives. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2016, 55 (39), 11887–11891. https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201606385.
10. Bao, L.; Pan, C.; Slanina, Z.; Uhlik, F.; Akasaka, T.; Lu, X.* Isolation and Crystallographic Characterization of the Labile Isomer of Y@C82 Cocrystallized with Ni(OEP): Unprecedented Dimerization of Pristine Metallofullerenes. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2016, 55 (32), 9234–9238. https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201604121.
11. Bao, L.; Chen, M.; Pan, C.; Yamaguchi, T.; Kato, T.; Olmstead, M. M.; Balch, A. L.; Akasaka, T.; Lu, X.* Crystallographic Evidence for Direct Metal–Metal Bonding in a Stable Open-Shell La2@Ih-C80 Derivative. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2016, 55 (13), 4242–4246. https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201511930.
