Education:
Pursued a Ph. D. degree since 1982 in Department of Chemistry, Rice University, U. S. A., and received a Ph. D. degree in May, 1986 (Supervisor: Prof. R. E. Smalley).

Entered Department of Chemistry, Xiamen University, 1978, and graduated in 1982 with a B.Sc. Degree.

Principal Research Interests:
Cluster Science and the related Nano-Materials

Selected Recent Publications:
1. Xie SY, Gao F, Lu X, Huang RB, Wang CR, Zhang X, Liu ML, Deng SL, Zheng LS, Capturing the labile fullerene[50] as C50Cl10, Science, 2004, 304, 699

2. Jiang ZY, Xie ZX, Zhang XH, Lin SC, Xu T, Xie SY, Huang RB, Zheng LS, Synthesis of Single-crystalline ZnO Polyhedral Submicrometer Hollow Beads by Laser-assisted Growth Using Ethanol Droplets as Soft Template, Adv. Mater., 2004, 16, 904-907
　
3. Kuang Q, Jiang ZY, Xie ZX, Lin SC, Lin ZW, Xie SY, Huang RB, Zheng LS, Tailoring the Optical Property by a Three- dimensionally Epitaxial Heterostructure: A Case of ZnO/SnO2, 2005, 127, 11777-11784

4. Bai YL, Tao* J, Wernsdorfer W, Sato O, Huang RB, Zheng LS, Coexistence of magnetization relaxation and dielectric relaxation in a single-chain magnet, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2006, 128 (51): 16428-16429

5. Kuang Q, Lao CS, Wang ZL, Xie ZX, Zheng LS, High-sensitivity humidity sensor based on a single SnO2 nanowire, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2007, 129 (19): 6070-+

6. Tan, Y. Z.; Liao Z. J.; Qian, Z. Z.; Chen, R. T.; Wu, X.; Han, X.; Zhu, F.; Zhou, S. J.; Zheng, Z. P.; Lu, X.; Xie, S. Y.; Huang, R. B.; Zheng, L. S. Two Ih-symmetry-breaking C60 isomers stabilized by chlorination, Nature Mater., 2008, 7, 790-794.

7. Han, X.; Zhou, S. J.; Tan, Y. Z., Wu, X.; Gao, F.; Liao Z. J.; Huang, R. B.; Feng, Y. Q.; Lu, X.; Xie, S. Y.; Zheng, L. S. Crystal Structures of Saturn-like C50Cl10 and Pineapple-shaped C64Cl4: Geometric Implications of Double- and Triple-Pentagon-Fused Chlorofullerenes, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2008, 47, 5340-5343.

8. Tan, Y. Z.; Han, X.; Wu, X.; Meng, Y. Y.; Zhu, F.; Qian, Z. Z.; Liao Z. J.; Chen, M. H.; Lu, X.; Xie, S. Y.; Huang, R. B.; Zheng, L. S. An entrant of smaller fullerene: C56 captured by chlorines and aligned in linear chains, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2008, 130, 15240-15241.

9. Bai YL, Tao J, Huang RB, Zheng LS, The designed assembly of augmented diamond networks from predetermined pentanuclear tetrahedral units, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2008, 47, 5344–5347.
　
10. Ma YY, Kuang Q, Jiang ZY, Xie ZX, Huang RB, Zheng LS, Synthesis of Trisoctahedral Gold Nanocrystals with Exposed High-Index Facets via a Facile Chemical Method, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2008, 47, 8901 –8904