1．New types of the flexible self-assembled metal–organic coordination polymers constructed by aliphatic dicarboxylates and rigid bidentate nitrogen ligands，Hongyan Mao, et al. Dalton Transactions, 2004, (22), 3918–3925.
2. Self-assembly of three hetero- and homopolynuclear cyanide bridged complexes of FeII–CuI and CuI: hydrothermal syntheses, structural characterization and properties, Hongyan Mao, et al. Inorganica Chimica Acta, 2005, 358, 1934–1942.
3.Novel hydrogen-bonded and π–π interactions networks generated from the reaction of copper(II) chloride hydrates with the heterocyclic diimine (2,2′-bipyridine, 1,10-phenanthroline) and bidentate diamine (ethylenediamine), Hong-Yan Mao, et al., Polyhedron, 2004, 23(11), 1961.4.A novel layered complex containing rhomboidal channels: hydrothermal synthesis, crystal structure, and properties of Cu(4,4′-bipy)2(H2PO4)2(H2O)2 (bipy=bipyridine), MAO Hong-yan, et al., Chem. Res. Chinese U.，2004，20(3), 277.5.Hydrothermal synthesis and crystal structure of zinc(II) dinicotinate complex [Zn(nic)2(H2O)4] (nic=nicotinic acid) : a three-dimensional hydrogen-bond network, MAO Hong-yan, et al., Chem. Res. Chinese U.，2004，20(3), 377.6. Catalytic Kinetic Simultaneous Determination of iron, silver and manganese with the Kalman filter by using flow injection analysis stopped-flow spectrophotometry, Ying-zhi Ye, Hong-yan Mao, Ya-hua Chen, Talanta, 1998, 45, 1123.7.Two novel heterometallacrown: Syntheses and crystal structures of two copper(II) complexes with malonate and o-pathalate, Hong-Lei Liu, Hong-Yan Mao, et al., Polyhedron, 2004, 23(6), 943.8.Four novel sulfur-rich complexes: syntheses, crystal structures of three Nickel(II) and one Cobalt(II) complexes with derivatives of Lawesson’s Reagent, Hong-Lei Liu, Hong-Yan Mao, et al., Polyhedron, 2004,23(10), 1799.9. A novel coordination mode of 4,5-diazafluorene-9-one quinaldinoylhydrazone (HL) to nickel and the crystal structure of [Ni(L)2(Py)2](H2O)2(Py=Pyridine)，Chen Xu, Hong-Yan Mao, et al., Journal of Molecular Structure，2003，658(1-2)，59.
10. Synthesis and crystal structures of Cu(II) and Pb(II) aroylhydrazone complexes and magnetic properties of [Cu2(L)2(Cl)2(HO)6]n (HL=2-pyridylaldehyde isonicotinoylhydrazone)，CHEN XU, HONGYAN MAO, XIAOQING SHEN, HONGYUN ZHANG, HONGLEI LIU, QINGAN WU, HONGWEI HOU and YU ZHU，Journal of Coordination Chemistry，2007, 60(2):193–200.
11. A unique μ-dichloro-bridged butterfly-shaped dimer: Synthesis and crystal structure of [Cu(bpmh)Cl2]2，(bpmh = 2,2′-bipyridyl-3- carbomethoxy-3′-formylhydrazine), roles of π-π interaction and steric hindrance effect in crystal packing, Ben-lai Wu, Hong-yan Mao, Ming-xing Yao, Xiao-qing Shen, Hong-yun Zhang, Pei-kun Chen, Hong-wei Hou, and Yu Zhu, Synthesis and Reactivity in Inorganic, Metal-Organic and Nano-Metal Chemistry, 2005, 35:423–428.
12. Syntheses of two new hybrid metal-organic polymers using flexible aliphatic dicarboxylates and pyrazine: crystal structures and magnetic studies，Chang-Zheng Zhang, Hong-Yan Mao*, Yan-Li Wang， Hong-Yun Zhang, Jing-Cao Tao， J. Phys. Chem. Solids，2007, 68(2):236-242.
13. Hydrothermal self-organization of two 2,2?-bipyridine-3,3?-dicarboxylate bridged polymers of TbIII and NiII involving in situ ligand synthesis, Chang-Zheng Zhang, Hong-Yan Mao*, Juan Wang， Hong-Yun Zhang, Jing-Cao Tao, Inorg. Chim. Acta, 2007, 360(2):448-454.
14. Double-stranded helical lanthanide(III) supramolecular networks with rigid diimine ligands: Synthesis, structure, and physical properties, Hongyan Mao, Changzheng Zhang, Haiyun Shi, Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids 2011,72 (11),1230–1238.