有机/高分子光电信息材料化学、有机／高分子光电信息功能材料和有机/无机杂化物等先进光电与光子材料的分子设计、合成或制备；材料的物理(光物理)、化学及光电性质研究；新型可控分子电子超微型器件如光开关、发光器件、非线性光学及光电子学器件、分子信息存储器等性能研究。

1 Yu Chen* et al., Axially modified gallium phthalocyanines and naphthalocyanines for optical limiting, Chem. Soc. Rev. 34, 517(2005) （影响因子IF：13.08）
2 Yu Chen et al., Axially bridged indium phthalocyanine dimer with direct In-In bond, Angew Chem. Int. Ed. 41, 3239(2002) （IF：10.03）
3 Yu Chen et al., Strong optical limiting of soluble axially substituted gallium and indium phthalocyanines, Adv. Mater. 15, 899(2003) (IF: 8.19)
4.Mohamed E. El-Khouly, Yu Chen*, Xiaodong Zhuang, and Shunichi Fukuzumi*, Long-Lived Charge-Separated Configuration of a Push-Pull Archetype of Disperse Red 1 End-Capped Poly[9,9-Bis(4-diphenylaminophenyl) Fluorene], J. Am. Chem. Soc., in press (2009)(IF: 7.89)
5. Yu Chen* et al., Synthesis and photoinduced electron transfer process of a novel triphenylamine-substituted polyfluorene-C60 triad, Chem. Eur. J., in press, 13: 1709-1714,2007（IF：5.33）
6 Yu Chen* et al., Synthesis, characterization and optoelectronic properties of novel PFO/PPV copolymer, Chem. Mater. 17,1661, 2005（IF：4.88）