Yu-He Xu, Wen-Juan Tian, Alvaro Munoz-Castro, Gernot Frenking, Zhong-Ming Sun*, An all-metal fullerene: [K@Au₁₂Sb₂₀]^5-,Science, 2023, 382, 840-843.

Yu-He Xu, Xing Yang, Ya-Nan Yang, Lili Zhao*, Gernot Frenking,* Zhong-Ming Sun*, Synthesis of triple-decker sandwich compounds featuring a M–M bond through cyclo-Bi₅ and cyclo-Sb₅ rings, Nature Chem., 2025, 17, 556-563.

Wei-Xing Chen, Wen-Juan Tian, Zi-Sheng Li, Jing-Jing Wang, Alvaro Muñoz-Castro, Gernot Frenking, Zhong-Ming Sun*, Capturing Aromatic Cr₅ Pentagons in Large Main Group Molecular Cages, Nature Synth., 2025, 4, 471-478.

Xu-Hui Yue, W.-X. Chen, T. Yang, A. Muñoz-Castro, Gernot Frenking, Zhong-Ming Sun*, Carbon-free sandwich compounds based on Arsenic and Antimony with icosahedral metal cores, Nature Synth., 2023, 2, 423-429.

Wei-Xing Chen, Aidan Manley, Zisheng Li, John McGrady*, Zhong-Ming Sun*, Synthesis, structure and electronic properties of [Cr₆@Sn₈Sb₈(en)₂]^3–: a Cr6 octahedron encapsulated in a Zintl-ion ligand, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2025, 147, accepted.

Ya-Shan Huang, Hong-Lei Xu, Wen-Juan Tian, Zi-Sheng Li, Sílvia Escayola, Miquel Solà, Alvaro Muñoz-Castro, Zhong-Ming Sun*, [Co₃@Ge₆Sn₁₈]^5–: A Giant σ-Aromatic Cluster Analogous to H₃⁺ and Li₃⁺, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2025, 147, 11, 9407-9414.

Cong-Cong Shu, Dariusz W. Szczepanik, A. Muñoz-Castro, Miquel Solà, Zhong-Ming Sun*, [K₂(Bi@Pd₁₂@Bi₂₀)]⁴⁻: An Endohedral Inorganic Fullerene with Spherical Aromaticity, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2024, 146, 20, 14166-14173.

Yun Zhang, Wen-Juan Tian, Wei-Xing Chen, Manfred Scheer, Zhong-Ming Sun*, Synthesis of [Sb₆₈]^8-: Crafting Homoatomic Antimony Nanotorus, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2024, 146, 27977-27982.

Yu-He Xu, Wen-Juan Tian, Jing-Ying Sun, Manfred Scheer*, Zhong-Ming Sun*, Extension and Fusion of Cyclic Polyantimony Units, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2024, 146, 22, 15473-15478.

Wei-Qiang Zhang, Zi-Sheng Li, John E. McGrady,* Zhong-Ming Sun*, Synthesis and Characterization of [Fe₃(As₃)₃(As₄)]^3–, a Binary Fe/As Zintl Cluster Containing an Fe₃ Core, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2023, 62, e202217316.

Zi-Chuan Wang, Lei Qiao, Zhong-Ming Sun*, Manfred Scheer, Inorganic Ferrocene Analogue [Fe(P₄)₂]², J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2022, 144, 6698-6702.

Harry W. T. Morgan, Cong-Cong Shu, Zhong-Ming Sun,* John E. McGrady* , Missing Link in the Growth of Lead-Based Zintl Clusters: Isolation of the Dimeric Plumbaspherene [Cu₄Pb₂₂]⁴⁻, J. Am. Chem. Soc.2022, 144, 8007-8017.

Hong-Lei Xu, Nikolay V. Tkachenko, Dariusz W. Szczepanik, Ivan A. Popov, Alvaro Muñoz-Castro, Alexander I. Boldyrev,* Zhong-Ming Sun*, Symmetry collapse due to the presence of multiple local aromaticity in [Ge₂₄]⁴⁻, Nat Commun. 2022, 13, 2149.

Yu-He Xu, Nikolay V. Tkachenko, Ivan A. Popov, Lei Qiao, Alvaro Muñoz-Castro, Alexander I. Boldyrev, Zhong-Ming Sun*, Ternary aromatic and anti-aromatic clusters derived from the hypho species [Sn₂Sb₅]3−, Nature Commun., 2021, 12, 4465.

Hong-Lei Xu, N. V. Tkachenko, A. Muñoz-Castro, A. I. Boldyrev*, Zhong-Ming Sun*, [Sn₈]^6--bridged mixed-valence Zn^I/Zn^II in {[K₂ZnSn₈(ZnMes)]₂}^4- Inverse Sandwich-Type Cluster Supported by Zn^I-Zn^I Bond, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.2021, 60, 9990-9995.

1Yi Wang, John E. McGrady, Zhong-Ming Sun*, Solution-Based Group 14 Zintl Anions: New Frontiers and Discoveries, Acc. Chem. Res.2021,54, 1506-1516.

Lei Qiao, Chao Zhang, Cong-Cong Shu, H. Morgan, John E. McGrady*, Zhong-Ming Sun*, [Cu₄@E₁₈]^4–(E=Sn, Pb): Fused Derivatives of Endohedral Stannaspherene and Plumbaspherene, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2020, 142, 13288-13293.

Hong-Lei Xu, Nikolay V. Tkachenko, Zi-Chuan Wang, Wei-Xing Chen, Lei Qiao, A. Muñoz-Castro, A. I. Boldyrev*, Zhong-Ming Sun*, A Sandwich-Type Cluster Containing Ge@Pd₃ Planar Fragment Flanked by Aromatic Nonagermanide Caps, Nature Commun. 2020, 11, 5286.

Hong-Lei Xu, Ivan A. Popov, Nikolay V. Tkachenko, Zi-Chuan Wang, Alvaro Muñoz-Castro, A.I. Boldyrev,* Zhong-Ming Sun*, σ-Aromaticity-Induced Stabilization of Heterometallic Supertetrahedral Clusters [Zn₆Ge₁₆]^4–and [Cd₆Ge₁₆]^4–, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.2020, 59, 17286-17290.