在Scientific Reports, ChemCatChem, Catalysis Science & Technology等期刊上发表论文9篇，参与国家973项目课题1项（批准号 2013CB934800，在研）；此外还参与国家自然科学基金2项（批准号 51101064 已结题；批准号：51575217 在研）
代表性著作：
1. Kun Cao, Xiao Liu, Qianqian Zhu, Bin Shan, Rong Chen, “Atomically Controllable Pd@Pt Core-Shell Nanoparticles towards Preferential Oxidation of CO in Hydrogen Reactions Modulated by Platinum Shell Thickness”, ChemCatChem, 2016, 8, 326.
2. Kun Cao, Qianqian Zhu, Bin Shan, Rong Chen, “Controlled Synthesis of Pd/Pt Core Shell Nanoparticles Using Area-selective Atomic Layer Deposition”, Scientific Reports, 2015, 5, 8470.
3. Bin Huang, Kun Cao (co-first author), Xiao Liu, LihuaQian, Bin Shan, Rongchen, “Tuning the Morphology and Composition of Ultrathin Cobalt Oxide Films via Atomic Layer Deposition”, RSC Advances, 2015, 5, 71816.
4. Yihang Zhang, Xueqi Zhou, Kun Cao, Xiuguo Chen, Zhang Deng, Shiyuan Liu, Bin Shan, Rong Chen, “Ellipsometry study on Pd thin film grown by atomic layer deposition with Maxwell-Garnett effective medium approximation model”, Thin Solid Films, 2015, 593, 144.
5. ChenlongDuan, Zhang Deng, Kun Cao, Hongfeng Yin, Bin Shan, Rong Chen, “Surface passivation of Fe3O4 nanoparticles with Al2O3 via atomic layer deposition in a rotating fluidized bed reactor”, Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology A, 2016, 34, 04C103.