Name:		La-Sheng Long
	Address:		Room 434, Jia-Xi building, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
	Tel:		86-592-218-9638
	Fax:		86-592-218-3047
	E-mail:		lslong@xmu.edu.cn
	Research group:		http://chem.xmu.edu.cn/teacher.asp?id=239

EDUCATION AND RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
1996 – 1999 Ph. D. Zhongshan University (Chemistry)
1986 – 1989 M. S. Lanzhou University (Chemistry)
1982 – 1986 B. S. Anhui Normal University (Chemistry)
2006.08 – Present Professor, Xiamen University
2005.05 – 2006.04 Visiting associate professor of Institute for Molecular Science, Japan.
2001.12 – 2006.07 Associate Professor, Xiamen University
1999.09 – 2001.11 Lecturer, Xiamen University

RESEARCH INTERESTS
1) Magnetocaloric Effect of high-nuclearity 4f and 3d–4f metal clusters
2) Rational synthesis and design of dielectric, electric and ferroelectric materials

HONORS AND AWARDS
2008 National Scientific Fund for Distinguished Young Investigator

ACADEMIC SERVICES
China Crystal Association; The editorial board of Chinese Journal of Inorganic Chemistry

REPRESENTATIVE PUBLICATIONS
1) D. P. Liu, X. P. Lin, H. Zhang, X. Y. Zheng, G. L. Zhuang, X. J. Kong,* L. S. Long,* L. S. Zheng Magnetic Properties of a Single-Molecule Lanthanide-Transition-Metal Compound Containing 52 Gadolinium and 56 Nickel Atoms, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2016, 55, 4532-4536.
2) J. B. Peng, X. J. Kong,* Q. C. Zhang, M. Orendáč, J. Prokleška, Y. P. Ren, L. S. Long,* Z. P. Zheng, L. S. Zheng, Beauty, Symmetry, and Magnetocaloric Effect – Four-shell Keplerates with 104 Lanthanide Atoms, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2014, 136, 17938.
3) Q. C. Zhang, F. T. Wu, H. M. Hao, H. Xu, H. X. Zhao,* L. S. Long,* R. B. Huang, L. S. Zheng, Modulating the Rotation of a Molecular Rotor through Hydrogen-Bonding Interactions between the Rotator and Stator, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2013, 52, 12602 –12605.
4) J. B. Peng, Q. C. Zhang, Y. Z. Zheng, X. J. Kong,* Y. P. Ren, L. S. Long,* R. B. Huang, L. S. Zheng, Z. P. Zheng, High–Nuclearity 3d–4f Cluster–Based Chains as Enhanced Magnetic Coolers and Molecular Magnets, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2012, 134, 3314−3317.
5) J. B. Peng, Y. P. Ren, X. J. Kong,* L. S. Long,* R. B. Huang, L. S. Zheng, Z. P. Zheng, A 48-Metal Cluster Exhibiting a Giant Magnetocaloric Effect, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2011, 50, 10649–10652.
6) B. Zhou, A. Kobayashi,* H. B. Cui, L. S. Long, H. Fujimori, H. Kobayashi,* Anomalous Dielectric Behavior and Thermal Motion of Water Molecules Confined in Channels of Porous Coordination Polymer Crystals, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2011, 133, 5736–5739.
7) H. X. Zhao, X. J. Kong, H. Li, Y. C. Jin, L. S. Long,* X. C. Zeng,* R. B. Huang, and L. S. Zheng, Transition from One-dimensional Water to Ferroelectric Ice within a Supramolecular Architecture, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 2011, 108, 3481-3486.
8) X. J. Kong, L. S. Long,* Z. P. Zheng,* R. B. Huang, L. S. Zheng, Keeping the Ball Rolling-Fullerene-like Molecular Clusters, Acc. Chem. Res. 2010, 43, 201-209.
9) X. J. Kong, Y. L. Wu, L. S. Long,* L. S. Zheng, Z. P. Zheng,* A Chiral 60-Metal Sodalite Cage Featuring 24 Vertex-sharing [Er4(μ3-OH)4] Cubanes, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2009, 131, 6918–6919.
10) H. B. Cui, B. Zhou, L. S. Long, Y. Okano, H. Kobayashi,* A. Kobayashi, Porous Coordination Polymer Crystal Containing One-dimensional Water Chains Exhibiting Guest-Induced Lattice Distortion and Dielectric Anomaly, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2008, 47, 3376–3380.
11) X. J. Kong, Y. P. Ren, W. X. Chen, L. S. Long,* Z. P. Zheng,* R. B. Huang, L. S. Zheng, A four-shell, nesting doll-like 3d-4f cluster containing 108 metal ions, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2008, 47, 2398–2401.
12) S. T. Wu, Y. R. Wu, Q. Q. Kang, H. Zhang, L. S. Long,* Z. P. Zheng,* R. B. Huang, L. S. Zheng, Chiral Symmetry Breaking by Chemically Manipulating Statistical Fluctuation in Crystallization, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2007, 46, 8475–8479.
13) X. J. Kong, Y. P. Ren, L. S. Long,* Z. P. Zheng,* R. B. Huang, L. S. Zheng, A Keplerate magnetic cluster featuring an icosidodecahedron of Ni(II) ions encapsulating a dodecahedron of La(III) ions. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2007, 129, 7016–7017.