Academic Degrees

PhD, 2016, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.

Bachelor, 2011, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.

Professional Experience

Professor (2021-present); School of Materials Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.

Humboldt Research Fellow (2017-2021); Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany.

Joint Ph.D. Student (2014-2015); Department of Chemistry, University of California, Davis, USA.

Selected Publications

1. 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.

2. 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.

3. 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.

4. 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.

5. 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.

6. Bao, L.; Yu, P.; Pan, C.; Shen, W.; Lu, X. Crystallographic Identification of Eu@C2n (2n = 88, 86 and 84): Completing a Transformation Map for Existing Metallofullerenes. Chem. Sci. 2019, 10 (7), 2153-2158. https://doi.org/10.1039/C8SC04906H.

7. Bao, L.; Yu, P.; Li, Y.; Pan, C.; Shen, W.; Jin, P.; Liang, S.; Lu, X. Highly Regioselective Complexation of Tungsten with Eu@C82/Eu@C84: Interplay between Endohedral and Exohedral Metallic Units Induced by Electron Transfer. Chem. Sci. 2019, 10 (19), 4945-4950. https://doi.org/10.1039/C9SC01479A.

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. 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.

10. 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.