主研方向
主要的研究方向為功能配位化學，特別是具有特殊光，電，磁性質的材料化學：包括新型高度共軛的卟啉化合物的合成及其電化學和光物理性質的研究；設計合成在近紅外區域發光的多功能分子螢光開關, 螢光感測器；用於染料敏化太陽能電池的有機D-π-A型染料的設計合成。
在研項目
1、教育部新世紀優秀人才支持計畫（NCET-08-0272）
2、國家自然科學基金面上項目（20971066）
論文
1. “The Synthesis and Properties of Free-Base [14]Triphyrin(2.1.1) Compounds and the Formation of Subporphyrinoid Metal Complexes” ZhaoLi Xue, John Mack, Hua Lu, Lei Zhang, Xiaozeng You, Daiki Kuzuhara, Martin Stillman, Hiroko Yamada,* Seigo Yamauchi, Nagao Kobayashi* and Zhen Shen*. Chem. Eur. J. 2011, 17, 4396-4407（被選為VIP和封面文章）.
2. “Synthesis and Spectroscopic Properties of Fused-Ring-Expanded Aza-BODIPYs” Hua Lu, Soji Shimizu, John Mack, Zhen Shen,*and Nagao Kobayashi* Chem. Asian J. 2011, 6, 1026 – 1037
3 . “Structures and Properties of Porous Coordination Polymers Based on Lanthanide Carboxylate Building Units” Yinfeng Han, Xiaoyan Li, Liqing Li, Chunlin Ma, Zhen Shen,* You Song,* and Xiaozeng You* Inorg. Chem. 2010, 49,10781-10787.
4 . “Specific Cu-induced J-aggregation and Hg-induced fluorescence enhancement based on BODIPY” Hua Lu, Zhaoli Xue, John Mack, Zhen Shen,* Xiaozeng You and Nagao Kobayashi* Chem. Commun., (2010), 46, 3565–3567.
5. “Dihydronaphthalene-Fused Boron–Dipyrromethene (BODIPY) Dyes: Insight into the Electronic and Conformational Tuning Modes of BODIPY Fluorophores” Yan-Wei Wang, Ana B. Descalzo, Zhen Shen,* Xiao-Zeng You, and Knut Rurack * Chem. Eur. J. (2010), 16, 2887 – 2903.
6. “A Facile One Pot Synthesis of meso-Aryl-Substituted [14]Triphyrin(2.1.1)” Z. L. Xue, Z. Shen, * J. Mack, D. Kuzuhara, H. Yamada,*; T. Okujima, N. Ono, X. Z. You, * and N. Kobayashi * J. Am. Chem. Soc. (2008), 130, 16478–16479.
7. “A Core-Modified Rubyrin with meso-Aryl Substituents and Phenanthrene-Fused Pyrrole Rings: A Highly Conjugated Near-Infrared Dye and Hg Probe” D. Wu, A. B. Descalzo, F. Weik, F. Emmerling, Z. Shen, * X. Z. You,* and K. Rurack * Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.(2008), 47, 193 –197.
