1.       Concerted Asynchronous Hula-Twist Photoisomerization in the S65T/H148D Mutant of Green Fluorescent Protein. Qiangqiang Zhang, Xuebo Chen*, Ganglong Cui, Wei-Hai Fang and Walter Thiel*. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2014, 53, 8793-8797.

2.       ON-OFF Mechanism of a Fluorescent Sensor for the Detection of Zn(II)，Cd(II) and Cu(II) Transition Metal Ions. Huizhen Su , Xuebo Chen* and Weihai Fang* Anal. Chem. 2014, 86, 891-899.

3.       Slow deactivation channels in UV-photoexcited adenine DNA. Xuebo Chen*, Weihai Fang and Haobin Wang. Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2014, 16, 4210-4219.

4.       Dual Fluorescence of Excited State Intra-molecular Proton Transfer of HBFO: Mechanistic Understanding, Substituent and Solvent Effects. Wenjing, Yang,  Xuebo, Chen*. Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2014, 16, 4242-4250.

5.       Excited-state proton coupled electron transfer between photolyase and the damaged DNA through water wire: a photo-repair mechanism. Hongjuan Wang, Xuebo Chen* and Weihai Fang*. Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2014, 16, 25432-25441.

6.       A comprehensive study of isomerization and protonation reactions in the photocycle of the photoactive yellow protein. Lili Wei, Hongjuan Wang, Xuebo Chen*, Weihai Fang and Haobin Wang*. Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2014, 608, 95-101 (cover story).

7.       Water-Assisted Self-Photoredox of 3-(Hydroxymethyl)benzophenone: An Unusual Photochemistry Reaction in Aqueous Solution. Xuebo Chen*, Qiangqiang Zhang, Yanchang Xu, Weihai Fang* and David Lee Phillips*. J. Org. Chem. 2013, 78, 5677−5684.

8.       Phosphorescent mechanism for single-dopant white OLED of FPt: electronic structure and electron exchange-induced energy transfer. Juan Han, Lin Shen,  Xuebo Chen* and Weihai Fang*. J. Mater. Chem. C, 2013, 1, 4227-4235.

9.       Ground-State Intermolecular Proton Transfer of N2O4 and H2O: An Important Source of Atmospheric Hydroxyl Radical? J. Phys. Chem. Lett. Gefei Luo, Xuebo Chen*, 2012, 3, 1147-1153.

10.   Energy Transfer Tunes Phosphorescent Color of Single-Dopant White OLEDs  Juan Han, Xuebo Chen*, Lin Shen, Yue Chen, WeiHai Fang* and Haobin Wang* Chem.-Eur.J. (Communication) 2011, 17, 13971-13977.

11.   pH- and Wavelength-Dependent Photodecarboxylation of Ketoprofen Yanchang Xu, Xuebo Chen*, Wei-Hai Fang*, and David Lee Phillips* Org. Lett. 2011, 13, 5472–5475.

12.   A Case of Fast Photocyclization: The Model of a Downhill Ladder Reaction Pathway for the Bichromophoric Phototrigger 3′,5′-Dimethoxybenzoin Acetate Xuebo Chen*, Chensheng Ma, David Lee Phillips*, and Wei-Hai Fang* Org. Lett. 2010, 12, 5108–5111.

13.   Ultrafast Asynchronous Concerted Excited-State Intramolecular Proton Transfer and Photodecarboxylation of o-Acetylphenylacetic Acid Explored by Combined CASPT2 and CASSCF Studies Ding, Lina, Xuebo Chen,* Wei-Hai Fang* Org. Lett. 2009, 11, 1495-1498.

14.   Insights into Photodissociation Dynamics of Benzamide and Formanilide from ab Initio Calculations. Xue-Bo Chen; Wei-Hai Fang J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2004, 126, 8976-8980.

15. An ab initio study toward understanding mechanistic photochemistry of acetamide. Xue-Bo Chen, Wei-Hai Fang,   De-Cai Fang J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2003, 125, 9689-9698.