主研方向： X-射线结晶学与单晶结构分析；新型功能配合物的合成、表征与性质。
最近发表论文：
1） A Chiral Luminescent Au16 Ring Self-Assembled from Achiral Components Shu-Yan Yu*, Zhong-Xing Zhang, Eddie Chung-Chin Cheng, Yi-Zhi Li*, Vivian Wing-Wah Yam*, Hai-Ping Huang, and Rongben Zhang J. AM. CHEM. SOC. 2005, 127, 17994-17995.
2）Self-assembly of coordination molecular baskets as inorganic analogues of cyclotriveratrylenes (CTV) Li SH, Huang HP, Yu SY*, Li YZ*, Huang H, Sei Y, Yamaguchi K DALTON TRANSACTIONS (14): 2346-2348 2005
3）Coordinate chloride and water-assisted assembly of novel 3D-cageworks of cadmium(II) complex with 4-[N, N-bis(2-cyanoethyl)]aminopyridine Li YZ, Ni J, Zhang Z, Wang ZL* Inorg. Chem. Commun. 2005, 8 1162-1164.
4） [Zn7{2-C5H4N}CH(OH)PO3]6(H2O)6]SO4·4H2O: A zinc phosphonate cluster with a drum-like cage structure Cao DK, Li YZ*, Zheng LM* Inorg. Chem. 2005, 44, 2984-2985.