主要致力于面向环境和能源可持续发展的催化体系研究，包括CO2加氢制甲醇复合催化体系的微观结构效应研究、生物质多元醇氢解制精细化学品的高效催化剂开发、非水介质中两亲分子自组装结构调控及其在纳米催化剂模板合成中的应用等。与企业合作研究各种胶体聚合物的工业制备技术及其在涂料分散体系中的应用。
《表面化学》（化院基地班）、《工业催化》（研究生）
ZnO纳米单晶极性面调控及其负载铜基催化剂的制备、表面性质与CO2加氢制甲醇催化性能研究（项目负责人），国家自然科学基金面上项目（21373153）；
CO2加氢制甲醇的Cu纳米粒子/ZnO单晶模型催化界面研究（项目负责人），国家自然科学基金主任基金（21243014）；
醇类介质中烷基伯胺有机凝胶与囊泡多面体等自组装结构表征与调控（项目负责人），国家自然科学基金青年基金（20903074）；
快干耐候型高固体分羟基丙烯酸树脂的合成及其在涂料中的应用（项目负责人），广东省教育部产学研合作项目（2009B090400114）；
功能性大分子单体的绿色化工程技术开发（项目负责人），广东省教育部产学研结合项目（2007B040800076）；
工业涂料用水性树脂合成技术开发（项目负责人），中山大桥化工集团技术项目（2003-2016）。
1. Molly Meng-Jung Li, Ziyan Zeng, Fenglin Liao, Xinlin Hong, Shik Chi Edman Tsang*, Enhanced CO2 hydrogenation to methanol over CuZn nanoalloy in Ga modified Cu/ZnO catalysts, Journal of Catalysis 2016, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jcat.2016.03.020
2. Xinliang Li, Xinlin Hong*, PdPt@Au Core@Shell Nanoparticles: Alloyed-core Manipulation of CO Electrocatalytic Oxidation Properties, Catalysis Communications 2016, 83(5), 70-73
3. Guoliang Liu, Hualong Ma, Ivo Teixeira, Zhenyu Sun, Qineng Xia, Xinlin Hong and Shik Chi Edman Tsang*, Hydrazine-Assisted Liquid Exfoliation of MoS2 for Catalytic Hydrodeoxygenation of 4-Methylphenol, Chemistry - A European Journal 2016, 22(9), 2910-2914
4. B. Hu, Z. Zeng, X. Hong*, Pore size controlled synthesis of SiO2 colloidal crystal, Journal of Porous Materials, 2016, 23, 845-850.
5. W. Zheng, J. Qu, X. Hong, K. Tedsree, S. C. Tsang*, Probing the Size and Shape Effects of Cubic- and Spherical-Shaped Palladium Nanoparticles in the Electrooxidation of Formic Acid, ChemCatChem 2015, 7, 3826-3831.
6. L. He, Y. Yu, Z. Cai, D. Wang and X. Hong*, A novel alkali and cosolvent thickening mechanism for latex, New Journal of Chemistry, 2015, 39, 8984 – 8992.
7. W. Zheng, S. Jones, X. Hong, S. C. Tsang*, Photo and Electronic Excitation for Low Temperature Catalysis over Metal Nanoparticles Using an Organic Semiconductor. RSC Adv. 2014, 4, 47488–47496.
8、Guoliang Liu, Xinlin Hong*, and Shik Chi Tsang*, In Situ Formation of Gold Nanoparticles in Alkylamine-Polyol Assemblies, New J. Chem., 2013, 37, 2969-2972.
9、Junwei Ge, Ziyan Zeng, Fenglin Liao, Weiran Zheng, Xinlin Hong*, and Shik Chi Tsang*, Pd on Iron Oxide Nanoparticles: Morphological Effect of Support in Glycerol Hydrogenolysis, Green Chemistry, 2013, 15, 2064-2069.
10、Guoliang Liu, Xinlin Hong*, and Shik Chi Tsang*, Rheological Studies of Alkylamine- Ethylene Glycol Organogel: Chain Length Dependent Structural Diversity, Colloids and Surface A: Physical and Engineering Aspects2013, 434, 1-8.
11、Xiwen Zhou , Jin Qu , Feng Xu , Jingping Hu , John S. Foord , Ziyan Zeng , Xinlin Hong and Shik Chi Edman Tsang*, Shape selective plate-form Ga2O3with strong metal–support interaction to overlying Pd for hydrogenation of CO2to CH3OH,Chem. Commun., 2013, 49, 1747-1749.
12、Fenglin Liao, Ziyan Zeng, Clive Eley, Qin Lu, Xinlin Hong* and Shik Chi Tsang*, Electronic modulation of Cu-ZnO catalyst by heterojunction establishment for selective hydrogenation of CO2to CH3OH, Angew. Chem. Inter. Ed. 2012, 51, 5832-5836.
13、Yaqun Huang, Junwei Ge, Zhengwei Cai, Zhibiao Hu, Xinlin Hong*, The correlation of microstructure morphology with gelation mechanism for sodium soaps in organic solvents. Colloids and Surface A: Physical and Engineering Aspects 2012, 414, 88-97
14、Fenglin Liao, Yaqun Huang, Junwei Ge, Weiran Zheng, Karaked Tedsree, Paul Collier, Xinlin Hong* and Shik Chi Tsang*, Morphology Dependent Interactions of ZnO with Cu Nanoparticles at Materials Interface In Selective Hydrogenation of CO2to CH3OH, Angew. Chem. Inter. Ed. 2011, 50, 2162-2165.
15、Yaqun Huang, Fenglin Liao, Weiran Zheng, Xiulan Liu, Xiaojun Wu, Xinlin Hong* and Shik Chi Tsang*, Temperature and Solvent-Dependent Morphological Sol Gel Transformation: An in Situ microscopic observation,Langmuir, 2010, 26, 3106-3114.
16、Yong-Qiang Wang, Yun-Xia Sun, Xin-Lin Hong*, Xian-Zheng Zhang*, Gao-Yong Zhang. Poly(methyl methacrylate)-graft-oligoamines as low cytotoxic and efficient nonviral gene vectors. Molecular Biosystems 2010, 6, 256-263.
17、Yaqun Huang, Yi Lin, Guangpeng Zeng, Zhixiu Liang, Xiulan Liu, Xinlin Hong*, Gaoyong Zhang, Shik Chi Tsang*, Thermoreversible organogels formed in a polyol system for the preparation of Sn nanoparticles encapsulated in carbon,Journal of Material Chemistry 2008, 18, 5445-5447.
18、Yubao Sun, Lin Zhuang, Juntao Lu, Xinlin Hong, Peifang Liu, Collapse in crystalline structure and decline in catalytic acitivity of Pt nanoparticles on reducing particle size to 1 nm, Journal of American Chemical Society 2007, 129, 15465-15467.
中国洗涤用品工业协会专家委员会委员、东风商用车公司工艺研究所客座研究员、第七届武汉“光谷3551人才计划”（2014）、第六届中国产学研合作创新奖（2012年）、武汉大学蓝月亮优秀研究生导师奖学金（2012年、2010年）、广东省教育部科技部优秀企业科技特派员（2010年）、武汉大学2010年度先进科技工作者、广东省中山市优秀博士后（2007年）