Aihua Chen

3.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
107 papers, 2.8k citations indexed

About

Aihua Chen is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Organic Chemistry and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Aihua Chen has authored 107 papers receiving a total of 2.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 52 papers in Materials Chemistry, 34 papers in Organic Chemistry and 23 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Aihua Chen's work include Advanced Polymer Synthesis and Characterization (27 papers), Block Copolymer Self-Assembly (19 papers) and Conducting polymers and applications (15 papers). Aihua Chen is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Polymer Synthesis and Characterization (27 papers), Block Copolymer Self-Assembly (19 papers) and Conducting polymers and applications (15 papers). Aihua Chen collaborates with scholars based in China, Japan and United States. Aihua Chen's co-authors include Xiaoyu Li, Song Guan, Guang Zhu, Chen Zhang, Zhong Lin Wang, Haiqiao Wang, Yongbin Zhao, Hsiaotao T. Bi, Wei Wen and John R. Grace and has published in prestigious journals such as Advanced Materials, Angewandte Chemie International Edition and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Aihua Chen

101 papers receiving 2.8k citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Polymer Materials for High‐Performance Triboelectric Nanogenerators

2020 373 citations Aihua Chen, Chen Zhang et al. Advanced Science profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Aihua Chen China	29	1.1k	921	849	756	558	107	2.8k
Stuart C. Thickett Australia	30	1.3k 1.2×	888 1.0×	540 0.6×	1.3k 1.7×	142 0.3×	88	3.0k
Masato Sone Japan	29	2.0k 1.9×	497 0.5×	581 0.7×	517 0.7×	779 1.4×	268	4.1k
Haolong Li China	37	3.2k 2.9×	431 0.5×	528 0.6×	887 1.2×	366 0.7×	129	4.3k
A. Tracz Poland	25	1.1k 1.0×	420 0.5×	820 1.0×	374 0.5×	813 1.5×	110	2.6k
Elena Serrano Spain	30	1.3k 1.2×	409 0.4×	705 0.8×	833 1.1×	279 0.5×	86	3.0k
Man Wang China	32	2.0k 1.8×	665 0.7×	352 0.4×	262 0.3×	889 1.6×	160	3.6k
Sang Youl Kim South Korea	30	2.0k 1.8×	540 0.6×	1.7k 2.0×	1.3k 1.7×	301 0.5×	213	4.2k
Xiang Zhang China	32	1.5k 1.4×	388 0.4×	231 0.3×	495 0.7×	441 0.8×	115	3.5k
Liang Xu China	32	1.7k 1.6×	741 0.8×	692 0.8×	359 0.5×	642 1.2×	113	4.6k

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Wang, Rui, et al.. (2025). Double‐Sided Bifunctional Blue‐Green Light Photodetector Based on Liquid Crystalline Polymer for Light Positioning and Health Monitoring. Advanced Functional Materials. 35(25). 1 indexed citations

Zhao, Yongbin, et al.. (2025). Short Aromatic Blocks Enhance Styrene Conversion in Polymer Cubosome Formation via Polymerization‐Induced Self‐Assembly. Macromolecular Rapid Communications. 46(5). e2400891–e2400891. 1 indexed citations

Han, Jianing, et al.. (2024). Skin‐Friendly Flexible Ultraviolet Detectors Based on Reversibly Deformable Worm‐Like Polymer Nanoparticles. Macromolecular Rapid Communications. 45(11). e2400021–e2400021. 6 indexed citations

Chen, Aihua, et al.. (2024). Light‐Triggered Reversible Swelling of Azobenzene‐Containing Block Copolymer Worms via Confined Deformation Prepared by Polymerization‐Induced Self‐Assembly. Macromolecular Rapid Communications. 45(20). e2400372–e2400372. 2 indexed citations

Zhang, Chengyun, et al.. (2023). Light‐Triggered Reversible Swelling of Polymeric Spheres via Surfactant‐Free RAFT Emulsion Polymerization‐Induced Self‐Assembly**. Chemistry - A European Journal. 29(28). e202300438–e202300438. 5 indexed citations

Wang, Rui, et al.. (2022). Bending‐Insensitive Intrinsically Flexible Ultraviolet Encoding Devices Based on Piezoelectric Nanogenerator‐Supplied Liquid Crystalline Polymer Fabrics. Small. 18(33). e2202639–e2202639. 16 indexed citations

Wen, Wei, et al.. (2020). Synthesis of azobenzene-containing liquid crystalline block copolymer nanoparticles via polymerization induced hierarchical self-assembly. Polymer Chemistry. 12(3). 458–465. 26 indexed citations

Guan, Song & Aihua Chen. (2020). Influence of Spacer Lengths on the Morphology of Biphenyl-Containing Liquid Crystalline Block Copolymer Nanoparticles via Polymerization-Induced Self-Assembly. Macromolecules. 53(15). 6235–6245. 47 indexed citations

Qu, Ting, et al.. (2020). Perpendicularly aligned nanodomains on versatile substrates via rapid thermal annealing assisted by liquid crystalline ordering in block copolymer films. Nanoscale Advances. 2(4). 1523–1530. 7 indexed citations

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Cao, Shubo, et al.. (2020). Scalable synthesis of fluorescent organic nanodots by block copolymer templating. Journal of Polymer Science. 58(1). 30–34. 2 indexed citations

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Chen, Aihua, Chen Zhang, Guang Zhu, & Zhong Lin Wang. (2020). Polymer Materials for High‐Performance Triboelectric Nanogenerators. Advanced Science. 7(14). 2000186–2000186. 373 indexed citations breakdown →

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Zhang, Chen, Hailu Wang, Song Guan, et al.. (2019). Self‐Powered Optical Switch Based on Triboelectrification‐Triggered Liquid Crystal Alignment for Wireless Sensing. Advanced Functional Materials. 29(13). 32 indexed citations

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Wen, Wei, et al.. (2019). Self-Assembly of Single Chain Janus Nanoparticles with Tunable Liquid Crystalline Properties from Stilbene-Containing Block Copolymers. Macromolecules. 52(8). 2956–2964. 49 indexed citations

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Guan, Song, Chen Zhang, Ting Qu, et al.. (2019). A Cut‐and‐Weld Process to 3D Architectures from Multiresponsive Crosslinked Liquid Crystalline Polymers. Small. 15(16). e1900110–e1900110. 19 indexed citations

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Cao, Shubo, et al.. (2019). Scalable synthesis of fluorescent organic nanodots by block copolymer templating. Journal of Polymer Science. 58(1). 30–34. 2 indexed citations

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Zhang, Ang, Shubo Cao, Yongbin Zhao, Chen Zhang, & Aihua Chen. (2018). Facile one-pot hydrothermal synthesis of particle-based nitrogen-doped carbon spheres and their supercapacitor performance. New Journal of Chemistry. 42(9). 6903–6909. 26 indexed citations

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Hou, Xiaojuan, Song Guan, Ting Qu, et al.. (2018). Light-Triggered Reversible Self-Engulfing of Janus Nanoparticles. ACS Macro Letters. 7(12). 1475–1479. 41 indexed citations

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Wang, Pingping, Shubo Cao, Yongbin Zhao, Tomokazu Iyoda, & Aihua Chen. (2017). Spherical Compound Micelles with Lamellar Stripes Self‐Assembled from Star Liquid Crystalline Diblock Copolymers in Solution. Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics. 218(19). 11 indexed citations

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Cao, Shubo, Yongbin Zhao, Ting Qu, et al.. (2016). Ordered mesoporous crystalline titania with high thermal stability from comb-like liquid crystal block copolymers. RSC Advances. 6(61). 55834–55841. 13 indexed citations

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Sui, Xin, Zhenyu Zhang, Chao Li, et al.. (2015). Stable nanoporous thin films through one-step UV treatment of a block copolymer precursor. RSC Advances. 5(119). 98105–98109. 10 indexed citations

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