Alexander Wei

11.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
167 papers, 8.8k citations indexed

About

Alexander Wei is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Alexander Wei has authored 167 papers receiving a total of 8.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 58 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 48 papers in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials and 45 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Alexander Wei's work include Gold and Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis and Applications (45 papers), Carbohydrate Chemistry and Synthesis (21 papers) and Nanocluster Synthesis and Applications (18 papers). Alexander Wei is often cited by papers focused on Gold and Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis and Applications (45 papers), Carbohydrate Chemistry and Synthesis (21 papers) and Nanocluster Synthesis and Applications (18 papers). Alexander Wei collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and France. Alexander Wei's co-authors include Ji‐Xin Cheng, Terry B. Huff, Steven L. Tripp, Ling Tong, Matthew Hansen, Qingshan Wei, Daniel A. Zweifel, Yan Zhao, Beomseok Kim and Philip S. Low and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Advanced Materials.

In The Last Decade

Alexander Wei

165 papers receiving 8.6k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

In vitro and in vivo two-photon luminescence imaging of single gold nanorods

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Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Alexander Wei	3.8k	3.7k	3.4k	2.0k	1.4k	167	8.8k
Babak Nikoobakht	4.0k 1.1×	5.9k 1.6×	4.4k 1.3×	1.7k 0.8×	855 0.6×	37	8.7k
Leslie Au	4.5k 1.2×	5.1k 1.4×	4.4k 1.3×	1.7k 0.9×	1.6k 1.1×	33	8.9k
Marek Grzelczak	2.9k 0.8×	4.0k 1.1×	5.4k 1.6×	1.3k 0.7×	1.1k 0.7×	117	9.0k
Anand Gole	4.5k 1.2×	6.5k 1.7×	6.3k 1.8×	3.0k 1.5×	2.1k 1.4×	53	11.7k
Simion Aştilean	3.9k 1.0×	3.5k 0.9×	2.9k 0.8×	1.8k 0.9×	886 0.6×	219	7.7k
Matthew Rycenga	3.4k 0.9×	4.8k 1.3×	4.3k 1.3×	1.5k 0.8×	647 0.4×	42	7.8k
Tapan K. Sau	4.0k 1.0×	7.1k 1.9×	6.3k 1.8×	1.9k 1.0×	1.1k 0.8×	47	10.9k
So‐Jung Park	2.8k 0.7×	1.6k 0.4×	2.7k 0.8×	2.8k 1.4×	847 0.6×	140	7.8k
Miguel A. Correa‐Duarte	2.6k 0.7×	2.5k 0.7×	4.3k 1.3×	1.3k 0.7×	930 0.6×	190	7.7k
Claire M. Cobley	4.8k 1.3×	5.2k 1.4×	5.3k 1.6×	1.9k 0.9×	1.5k 1.0×	48	10.2k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alexander Wei

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Wei, Alexander, Jialong Fan, Pei Wang, et al.. (2025). Aldehyde-modified sodium alginate/gelatin-based bacteriophage-loaded multifunctional hydrogel for promoting the healing of multidrug-resistant bacterial-infected wounds. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. 309(Pt 2). 142778–142778. 1 indexed citations

Wei, Alexander, Mary Thompson, Kate A. Worthing, et al.. (2025). Frequency and antimicrobial susceptibility profiles of bacterial species isolated from canine and feline urine samples in Sydney, Australia, 2012–2021. Veterinary Microbiology. 306. 110541–110541.

Watanabe, Yuichiro, et al.. (2024). Photodynamic treatment of Staphylococcus aureus with non-iron hemin analogs in the presence of hydrogen peroxide. RSC Medicinal Chemistry. 15(6). 2138–2145. 2 indexed citations

Wei, Alexander, et al.. (2024). Radiation-tolerant thin-film reference electrodes and potentiometric sensors. Sensors and Actuators B Chemical. 416. 136058–136058. 1 indexed citations

Zeller, Matthias, et al.. (2024). Rigidochromism of tetranuclear Cu(i)–pyrazolate macrocycles: steric crowding with trifluoromethyl groups. Chemical Communications. 60(80). 11307–11310. 3 indexed citations

Watanabe, Yuichiro, et al.. (2023). Neuronal NADPH oxidase is required for neurite regeneration of Aplysia bag cell neurons. Journal of Neurochemistry. 167(4). 505–519. 2 indexed citations

Mi, Ye, Sarath Gopalakrishnan, Sotoudeh Sedaghat, et al.. (2022). Temperature Self-Calibration of Always-On, Field-Deployed Ion-Selective Electrodes Based on Differential Voltage Measurement. ACS Sensors. 7(9). 2661–2670. 16 indexed citations

Watanabe, Yuichiro, et al.. (2022). Copper(I)–Pyrazolate Complexes as Solid-State Phosphors: Deep-Blue Emission through a Remote Steric Effect. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 144(23). 10186–10192. 19 indexed citations

Jin, Xin, Hongjie Jiang, Qingyu Yang, et al.. (2021). Steady-State and Transient Performance of Ion-Sensitive Electrodes Suitable for Wearable and Implantable Electro-Chemical Sensing. IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering. 69(1). 96–107. 16 indexed citations

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Lin, Li‐Kai, Jung-Ting Tsai, Susana Díaz‐Amaya, et al.. (2021). Antidelaminating, Thermally Stable, and Cost-Effective Flexible Kapton Platforms for Nitrate Sensors, Mercury Aptasensors, Protein Sensors, and p-Type Organic Thin-Film Transistors. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 13(9). 11369–11384. 10 indexed citations

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Lin, Lu, et al.. (2020). Antimicrobial photodynamic activity of gallium-substituted haemoglobin on silver nanoparticles. Nanoscale. 12(42). 21734–21742. 28 indexed citations

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Wang, Jianxin, Mini Thomas, Peng Lin, et al.. (2018). siRNA Delivery Using Dithiocarbamate-Anchored Oligonucleotides on Gold Nanorods. Bioconjugate Chemistry. 30(2). 443–453. 20 indexed citations

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Wang, Jingyu, Piyush Chandra Verma, Alexander Wei, & William Wilkinson. (2014). Conducting OPC retargeting as guided by principles of classical dynamics. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 9235. 923507–923507. 3 indexed citations

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Gao, Jiejun, et al.. (2014). Nanosilver-coated socks and their toxicity to zebrafish (Danio rerio) embryos. Chemosphere. 119. 948–952. 26 indexed citations

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Xia, Wei, Hyon-Min Song, Qingshan Wei, & Alexander Wei. (2012). Differential response of macrophages to core–shell Fe3O4@Au nanoparticles and nanostars. Nanoscale. 4(22). 7143–7143. 20 indexed citations

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Stensberg, Matthew, Qingshan Wei, Eric S. McLamore, et al.. (2011). Toxicological Studies on Silver Nanoparticles: Challenges and Opportunities in Assessment, Monitoring and Imaging. Nanomedicine. 6(5). 879–898. 395 indexed citations

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Wei, Alexander, Alexei P. Leonov, & Qingshan Wei. (2010). Gold Nanorods: Multifunctional Agents for Cancer Imaging and Therapy. Methods in molecular biology. 624. 119–130. 16 indexed citations

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Liu, Runhui, et al.. (2008). Solid-Phase Synthesis of α-Glucosamine Sulfoforms with Fragmentation Analysis by Tandem Mass Spectrometry. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 73(16). 6059–6072. 8 indexed citations

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Fan, Renhua, et al.. (2005). Orthogonal Sulfation Strategy for Synthetic Heparan Sulfate Ligands. Organic Letters. 7(22). 5095–5098. 42 indexed citations

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Moon, Jeong‐Mi & Alexander Wei. (2005). Controlled Growth of Gold Nanorod Arrays from Polyethylenimine-coated Alumina Templates. MRS Proceedings. 900. O.12.32.1–O.12.32.7. 1 indexed citations

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