Bin Liu

84.1k total citations · 40 hit papers
1.1k papers, 72.7k citations indexed

About

Bin Liu is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Biomedical Engineering and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Bin Liu has authored 1.1k papers receiving a total of 72.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 619 papers in Materials Chemistry, 427 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 297 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Bin Liu's work include Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials (424 papers), Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics (325 papers) and Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (188 papers). Bin Liu is often cited by papers focused on Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials (424 papers), Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics (325 papers) and Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (188 papers). Bin Liu collaborates with scholars based in China, Singapore and United States. Bin Liu's co-authors include Ben Zhong Tang, Kai Li, Guangxue Feng, Shidang Xu, Guillermo C. Bazan, Youyong Yuan, Dan Ding, Kanyi Pu, Kenry Kenry and Hua Chun Zeng and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Chemical Society Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Bin Liu

1.1k papers receiving 72.1k citations

Hit Papers

Mesoscopic CH3NH3PbI3/TiO2Heterojunction Solar Cells 2004 2026 2011 2018 2012 2013 2008 2014 2004 500 1000 1.5k
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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.

  1. Mesoscopic CH3NH3PbI3/TiO2Heterojunction Solar Cells
    2012 1.8k citations Bin Liu et al. profile →
  2. Bioprobes Based on AIE Fluorogens
    2013 1.7k citations Dan Ding, Kai Li et al. profile →
  3. ARDB--Antibiotic Resistance Genes Database
    2008 968 citations Bin Liu et al. profile →
  4. Polymer-encapsulated organic nanoparticles for fluorescence and photoacoustic imaging
    2014 886 citations Kai Li, Bin Liu Chemical Society Reviews profile →
  5. Mesoscale Organization of CuO Nanoribbons:  Formation of “Dandelions”
    2004 755 citations Bin Liu et al. profile →
  6. Photosensitizers with Aggregation‐Induced Emission: Materials and Biomedical Applications
    2018 746 citations Fang Hu, Shidang Xu et al. Advanced Materials profile →
  7. Aggregation-induced emission: fundamental understanding and future developments
    2018 726 citations Jacky W. Y. Lam, Ryan T. K. Kwok et al. Materials Horizons profile →
  8. Enhancing the performance of pure organic room-temperature phosphorescent luminophores
    2019 708 citations Kenry Kenry, Bin Liu et al. profile →
  9. Specific light-up bioprobes based on AIEgen conjugates
    2015 705 citations Jing Liang, Ben Zhong Tang et al. Chemical Society Reviews profile →
  10. Recent Advances of Optical Imaging in the Second Near‐Infrared Window
    2018 698 citations Kenry Kenry, Bin Liu et al. Advanced Materials profile →
  11. Aggregation‐Induced Emission: Recent Advances in Materials and Biomedical Applications
    2020 645 citations Bin Liu et al. profile →
  12. Two-Dimensional Metal–Organic Framework with Wide Channels and Responsive Turn-On Fluorescence for the Chemical Sensing of Volatile Organic Compounds
    2014 608 citations Guangxue Feng, Zhegang Song et al. profile →
  13. Biocompatible Nanoparticles with Aggregation‐Induced Emission Characteristics as Far‐Red/Near‐Infrared Fluorescent Bioprobes for In Vitro and In Vivo Imaging Applications
    2011 605 citations Wei Qin, Dan Ding et al. profile →
  14. Carbazole isomers induce ultralong organic phosphorescence
    2020 592 citations Bin Liu et al. profile →
  15. Aggregation-Induced Emission (AIE) Dots: Emerging Theranostic Nanolights
    2018 576 citations Guangxue Feng, Bin Liu profile →
  16. Conjugated polymers for visible-light-driven photocatalysis
    2019 565 citations Bin Liu et al. profile →
  17. Organic Nanocrystals with Bright Red Persistent Room‐Temperature Phosphorescence for Biological Applications
    2017 554 citations Shidang Xu, Bin Liu et al. profile →
  18. Homogeneous Fluorescence-Based DNA Detection with Water-Soluble Conjugated Polymers
    2004 548 citations Bin Liu et al. profile →
  19. Real-Time Monitoring of Cell Apoptosis and Drug Screening Using Fluorescent Light-Up Probe with Aggregation-Induced Emission Characteristics
    2012 544 citations Haibin Shi, Ryan T. K. Kwok et al. profile →
  20. Fabrication of ZnO “Dandelions” via a Modified Kirkendall Process
    2004 517 citations Bin Liu et al. profile →
  21. Specific Light‐Up Bioprobe with Aggregation‐Induced Emission and Activatable Photoactivity for the Targeted and Image‐Guided Photodynamic Ablation of Cancer Cells
    2014 481 citations Youyong Yuan, Chong‐Jing Zhang et al. profile →
  22. Tuning the singlet-triplet energy gap: a unique approach to efficient photosensitizers with aggregation-induced emission (AIE) characteristics
    2015 466 citations Shidang Xu, Youyong Yuan et al. profile →
  23. Haem-activated promiscuous targeting of artemisinin in Plasmodium falciparum
    2015 465 citations Chong‐Jing Zhang, Bin Liu et al. profile →
  24. Targeted Theranostic Platinum(IV) Prodrug with a Built-In Aggregation-Induced Emission Light-Up Apoptosis Sensor for Noninvasive Early Evaluation of Its Therapeutic Responses in Situ
    2014 448 citations Youyong Yuan, Ryan T. K. Kwok et al. profile →
  25. Enhanced sensitivity of ammonia sensor using graphene/polyaniline nanocomposite
    2013 419 citations Bin Liu et al. profile →
  26. A Highly Efficient and Photostable Photosensitizer with Near‐Infrared Aggregation‐Induced Emission for Image‐Guided Photodynamic Anticancer Therapy
    2017 417 citations Wenbo Wu, Duo Mao et al. Advanced Materials profile →
  27. Precise Molecular Design for High‐Performance Luminogens with Aggregation‐Induced Emission
    2019 404 citations Shidang Xu, Bin Liu et al. Advanced Materials profile →
  28. Bright Aggregation‐Induced‐Emission Dots for Targeted Synergetic NIR‐II Fluorescence and NIR‐I Photoacoustic Imaging of Orthotopic Brain Tumors
    2018 398 citations Shidang Xu, Wenbo Wu et al. Advanced Materials profile →
  29. Mitochondria‐Targeted Cancer Therapy Using a Light‐Up Probe with Aggregation‐Induced‐Emission Characteristics
    2014 389 citations Qinglian Hu, Meng Gao et al. profile →
  30. A monothiophene unit incorporating both fluoro and ester substitution enabling high-performance donor polymers for non-fullerene solar cells with 16.4% efficiency
    2019 358 citations Mengyao Su, Bin Liu et al. profile →
  31. Recent advances of AIE light-up probes for photodynamic therapy
    2021 303 citations Guangxue Feng, Ben Zhong Tang et al. profile →
  32. A Polarity‐Sensitive Ratiometric Fluorescence Probe for Monitoring Changes in Lipid Droplets and Nucleus during Ferroptosis
    2021 293 citations Duo Mao, Shidang Xu et al. profile →
  33. Activation of Pyroptosis by Membrane‐Anchoring AIE Photosensitizer Design: New Prospect for Photodynamic Cancer Cell Ablation
    2021 256 citations Bin Liu et al. profile →
  34. Cancer‐Cell‐Activated in situ Synthesis of Mitochondria‐Targeting AIE Photosensitizer for Precise Photodynamic Therapy
    2021 213 citations Shidang Xu, Guobin Qi et al. profile →
  35. A Carbonic Anhydrase IX (CAIX)‐Anchored Rhenium(I) Photosensitizer Evokes Pyroptosis for Enhanced Anti‐Tumor Immunity
    2021 203 citations Bin Liu et al. profile →
  36. Unraveling the Transformation from Type-II to Z-Scheme in Perovskite-Based Heterostructures for Enhanced Photocatalytic CO2 Reduction
    2024 173 citations Guobin Qi, Bin Liu et al. profile →
  37. Oxygen-independent organic photosensitizer with ultralow-power NIR photoexcitation for tumor-specific photodynamic therapy
    2024 110 citations Guobin Qi, Wei Huang et al. profile →
  38. Activatable Type I Photosensitizer with Quenched Photosensitization Pre and Post Photodynamic Therapy
    2023 92 citations Bin Liu et al. profile →
  39. Thymoquinone as an electron transfer mediator to convert Type II photosensitizers to Type I photosensitizers
    2024 51 citations Guobin Qi, Duo Mao et al. profile →
  40. NIR-II-excited off-on-off fluorescent nanoprobes for sensitive molecular imaging in vivo
    2025 32 citations Wei Huang, Bin Liu et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Bin Liu China 131 45.5k 28.4k 16.6k 15.3k 12.7k 1.1k 72.7k
Yanli Zhao Singapore 126 34.6k 0.8× 16.4k 0.6× 11.2k 0.7× 7.5k 0.5× 5.4k 0.4× 777 57.6k
Jacky W. Y. Lam Hong Kong 146 81.4k 1.8× 24.9k 0.9× 26.4k 1.6× 13.1k 0.9× 34.8k 2.8× 825 98.9k
He Tian China 138 45.3k 1.0× 10.2k 0.4× 15.7k 0.9× 9.2k 0.6× 17.6k 1.4× 989 70.5k
Bo Tang China 114 21.8k 0.5× 14.7k 0.5× 9.9k 0.6× 15.0k 1.0× 9.8k 0.8× 1.4k 55.4k
Jianlin Shi China 155 49.5k 1.1× 38.6k 1.4× 13.3k 0.8× 12.3k 0.8× 2.1k 0.2× 1.0k 85.7k
Na Li China 108 21.6k 0.5× 12.8k 0.5× 13.3k 0.8× 14.2k 0.9× 3.3k 0.3× 1.9k 60.8k
Mostafa A. El‐Sayed United States 121 49.8k 1.1× 41.8k 1.5× 15.3k 0.9× 19.1k 1.2× 2.6k 0.2× 621 103.1k
Jong Seung Kim South Korea 123 30.8k 0.7× 17.5k 0.6× 5.6k 0.3× 17.5k 1.1× 28.5k 2.3× 826 61.6k
Vincent M. Rotello United States 118 23.4k 0.5× 19.1k 0.7× 6.7k 0.4× 22.9k 1.5× 4.0k 0.3× 684 59.4k
Weihong Tan China 154 24.0k 0.5× 35.3k 1.2× 7.8k 0.5× 56.4k 3.7× 6.2k 0.5× 1.2k 85.3k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Bin Liu

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All Works

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Xu, Yincai, Le Mei, Zhu Wu, et al.. (2025). Organic full-color narrowband afterglow. Materials Horizons. 12(20). 8555–8564.
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Liu, Bin, Tian Wang, Dehui Qiu, et al.. (2025). Amplification Bias-Free Sequence-Generic Exponential Amplification Reaction. Analytical Chemistry. 97(4). 2308–2317. 1 indexed citations
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Wang, Yajie, et al.. (2024). Cu/S Co-anchoring junction boosted the photogenerated carrier separation efficiency in g-C3N5 for enhanced H2 evolution. Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing. 186. 109074–109074. 2 indexed citations
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Luo, Qiang, et al.. (2024). Thermo-sensitive poly(amino acid) hydrogel mediates cytoprotection through an antioxidant mechanism. Chinese Chemical Letters. 36(7). 110433–110433. 10 indexed citations
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Liu, Bin, Shujie Wang, Gong Zhang, et al.. (2023). Tandem cells for unbiased photoelectrochemical water splitting. Chemical Society Reviews. 52(14). 4644–4671. 101 indexed citations
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Dong, Xuemei, Chen Chen, Yinxiang Li, et al.. (2023). Nearly Panoramic Neuromorphic Vision with Transparent Photosynapses. Advanced Science. 10(30). e2303944–e2303944. 17 indexed citations
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Liu, Zhengdong, Bin Liu, Kaili Wang, et al.. (2023). Thermally-induced phase fusion and color switching in ionogels for multilevel information encryption. Chemical Engineering Journal. 479. 147544–147544. 11 indexed citations
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Zhang, Xiaowen, Fei Zhang, Binsheng Yang, & Bin Liu. (2023). A dual-site fluorescent probe for discriminately detecting low and high concentration of hypochlorite in living cells. Spectrochimica Acta Part A Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy. 299. 122823–122823. 7 indexed citations
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Mao, Duo, Fang Hu, Kenry Kenry, et al.. (2020). One-step in vivo metabolic labeling as a theranostic approach for overcoming drug-resistant bacterial infections. Materials Horizons. 7(4). 1138–1143. 58 indexed citations
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Liu, Bin & Ben Zhong Tang. (2020). Aggregationsinduzierte Emission: mehr ist anders. Angewandte Chemie. 132(25). 9872–9873. 5 indexed citations
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Shi, Shengbin, Peng Chen, Yao Chen, et al.. (2019). A Narrow‐Bandgap n‐Type Polymer Semiconductor Enabling Efficient All‐Polymer Solar Cells. Advanced Materials. 31(46). e1905161–e1905161. 135 indexed citations
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Sun, Mingli, Feng Zhang, Yan Qian, et al.. (2018). Catalyst-free photocyclization for the synthesis of spiro-fused aromatic organic semiconductor based on SFX. Tetrahedron. 74(16). 2063–2067. 6 indexed citations
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Wu, Wenbo, Duo Mao, Fang Hu, et al.. (2017). A Highly Efficient and Photostable Photosensitizer with Near‐Infrared Aggregation‐Induced Emission for Image‐Guided Photodynamic Anticancer Therapy. Advanced Materials. 29(33). 417 indexed citations breakdown →
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Jin, Guorui, Guangxue Feng, Wei Qin, et al.. (2016). Multifunctional organic nanoparticles with aggregation-induced emission (AIE) characteristics for targeted photodynamic therapy and RNA interference therapy. Chemical Communications. 52(13). 2752–2755. 86 indexed citations
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Feng, Guangxue, Wei Qin, Qinglian Hu, Ben Zhong Tang, & Bin Liu. (2015). Cellular and Mitochondrial Dual‐Targeted Organic Dots with Aggregation‐Induced Emission Characteristics for Image‐Guided Photodynamic Therapy. Advanced Healthcare Materials. 4(17). 2667–2676. 74 indexed citations
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Song, Zhegang, Yuning Hong, Ryan T. K. Kwok, et al.. (2014). A dual-mode fluorescence “turn-on” biosensor based on an aggregation-induced emission luminogen. Journal of Materials Chemistry B. 2(12). 1717–1723. 80 indexed citations
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Kwok, Ryan T. K., Junlong Geng, Jacky W. Y. Lam, et al.. (2014). Water-soluble bioprobes with aggregation-induced emission characteristics for light-up sensing of heparin. Journal of Materials Chemistry B. 2(26). 4134–4141. 56 indexed citations
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Liang, Jing, Haibin Shi, Ryan T. K. Kwok, et al.. (2014). Distinct optical and kinetic responses from E/Z isomers of caspase probes with aggregation-induced emission characteristics. Journal of Materials Chemistry B. 2(27). 4363–4370. 46 indexed citations
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Liu, Bin. (2005). Study of Characteristics of Premixed Diesel Combustion and Emissions Based on Modulated Multi-Pulse Injection Modes. Transactions of Csice. 3 indexed citations

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