Butian Zhang

1.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
38 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Butian Zhang is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Molecular Biology and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Butian Zhang has authored 38 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Materials Chemistry, 10 papers in Molecular Biology and 10 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Butian Zhang's work include Quantum Dots Synthesis And Properties (11 papers), Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (7 papers) and 2D Materials and Applications (6 papers). Butian Zhang is often cited by papers focused on Quantum Dots Synthesis And Properties (11 papers), Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (7 papers) and 2D Materials and Applications (6 papers). Butian Zhang collaborates with scholars based in China, Singapore and United States. Butian Zhang's co-authors include Ken‐Tye Yong, Shuwen Zeng, Gaixia Xu, Mark T. Swihart, Paras N. Prasad, Yucheng Wang, Chengbin Yang, Shun Wang, Rui Hu and Siyi Hu and has published in prestigious journals such as Chemical Reviews, Nature Communications and ACS Nano.

In The Last Decade

Butian Zhang

34 papers receiving 1.1k 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.

New Generation Cadmium-Free Quantum Dots for Biophotonics and Nanomedicine

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Butian Zhang China	15	729	313	293	290	82	38	1.1k
Dou Du China	20	498 0.7×	241 0.8×	266 0.9×	634 2.2×	189 2.3×	44	1.4k
Yen‐Jun Chuang United States	13	804 1.1×	247 0.8×	209 0.7×	598 2.1×	212 2.6×	16	1.3k
Sakon Rahong Japan	19	327 0.4×	456 1.5×	266 0.9×	549 1.9×	45 0.5×	56	1.1k
Richard K. Baldwin United States	13	606 0.8×	205 0.7×	216 0.7×	312 1.1×	112 1.4×	15	1.1k
Ziming Zhang China	22	689 0.9×	321 1.0×	555 1.9×	229 0.8×	34 0.4×	50	1.5k
Meiling Tan China	14	737 1.0×	209 0.7×	125 0.4×	517 1.8×	58 0.7×	32	1.0k
Brad A. Kairdolf United States	12	888 1.2×	239 0.8×	509 1.7×	485 1.7×	187 2.3×	15	1.4k
Tich‐Lam Nguyen Australia	14	673 0.9×	337 1.1×	213 0.7×	164 0.6×	94 1.1×	21	923
Yang Zou China	16	261 0.4×	228 0.7×	251 0.9×	578 2.0×	68 0.8×	30	905

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Zhang, Butian, et al.. (2025). Measuring remanent magnetic moment of test masses by a compound pendulum in a magnetic shielding room. Review of Scientific Instruments. 96(2). 2 indexed citations

Wang, Shuang, et al.. (2025). Grading of clear cell renal cell carcinoma using diffusion MRI with a multimodal apparent diffusion model. Frontiers in Oncology. 15. 1507263–1507263.

Hou, Linrui, Siyi Hu, Butian Zhang, & Shun Wang. (2025). Spacing Controlled Quantum Resonance in Colloidal CdSe Quantum Dot Superlattices. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters. 16(32). 8290–8297.

Wei, Wu, Qiao Chen, Zhihua Xiong, et al.. (2024). Effects of cold plastic deformation on microstructure and magnetic susceptibility of Au-Pt alloys. Journal of Alloys and Compounds. 1007. 176442–176442. 3 indexed citations

Tang, Weijia, Jiaxin Huang, Su Wu, et al.. (2024). High-quality lateral monolayer-multilayer graphene junction formed by selective laser thinning for self-powered photodetection. Nanotechnology. 35(34). 345201–345201. 2 indexed citations

Wang, Kexin, et al.. (2024). Circular photocurrents in centrosymmetric semiconductors with hidden spin polarization. Nature Communications. 15(1). 9036–9036. 4 indexed citations

Ma, Juntao, Ye Xiao, Butian Zhang, et al.. (2024). Ultralow magnetic susceptibility in pure and Fe(Bi)-doped Au-Pt alloys improved by structural strain regulation. Journal of Physics Condensed Matter. 37(4). 45801–45801. 3 indexed citations

Li, Chuang, et al.. (2024). Atractylenolide Ⅲ partially alleviates tunicamycin-induced damage in porcine oocytes during in vitro maturation by reducing oxidative stress. Animal Reproduction Science. 273. 107761–107761. 2 indexed citations

Li, Xue, Shuang Wang, Na Li, et al.. (2023). MiRNA-520a-3p combined with folic acid conjugated Fe₂O₃@PDA multifunctional nanoagents for MR imagine and antitumor gene-photothermal therapy. Nanotechnology. 34(37). 375101–375101. 8 indexed citations

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Zhang, Butian, Yi Liu, Quan Fu, et al.. (2023). Theoretical Calculations and Experimental Measurements on the Two-Component Au-Pt Alloys with Ultralow Magnetic Susceptibility. Physical Review Applied. 19(3). 11 indexed citations

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Miao, Yingying, Shuang Wang, Butian Zhang, & Lin Liu. (2023). Carbon dot-based nanomaterials: a promising future nano-platform for targeting tumor-associated macrophages. Frontiers in Immunology. 14. 1133238–1133238. 11 indexed citations

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Zhang, Nan, Lin Meng, Lu Wang, et al.. (2022). A High‐Efficiency MRI Contrast Agent as well as a Tumor Therapeutic Agent. Particle & Particle Systems Characterization. 40(2). 1 indexed citations

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Li, Ran, Qing Ruan, Jia Zheng, Butian Zhang, & Hongliang Yang. (2021). LINC01116 Promotes Doxorubicin Resistance in Osteosarcoma by Epigenetically Silencing miR-424-5p and Inducing Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition. Frontiers in Pharmacology. 12. 632206–632206. 25 indexed citations

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Hu, Siyi, Butian Zhang, Shuwen Zeng, et al.. (2020). Microfluidic chip enabled one-step synthesis of biofunctionalized CuInS₂/ZnS quantum dots. Lab on a Chip. 20(16). 3001–3010. 12 indexed citations

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Dong, Yujie, Butian Zhang, Qi Yang, Jiajing Zhu, & Xiaojie Sun. (2020). The effects of platelet-rich plasma injection in knee and hip osteoarthritis: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. Clinical Rheumatology. 40(1). 263–277. 28 indexed citations

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Zhang, Butian. (2018). Translating History of Science Books into Chinese: Why? Which Ones? How?. Isis. 109(4). 782–788.

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Zhang, Butian, Chengbin Yang, Yuan Gao, et al.. (2017). Engineering Quantum Dots with Different Emission Wavelengths and Specific Fluorescence Lifetimes for Spectrally and Temporally Multiplexed Imaging of Cells. Nanotheranostics. 1(1). 131–140. 14 indexed citations

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Yang, Chengbin, Nishtha Panwar, Yucheng Wang, et al.. (2016). Biodegradable charged polyester-based vectors (BCPVs) as an efficient non-viral transfection nanoagent for gene knockdown of the BCR–ABL hybrid oncogene in a human chronic myeloid leukemia cell line. Nanoscale. 8(17). 9405–9416. 24 indexed citations

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Liu, Jing, Rui Hu, Jianwei Liu, et al.. (2015). Cytotoxicity assessment of functionalized CdSe, CdTe and InP quantum dots in two human cancer cell models. Materials Science and Engineering C. 57. 222–231. 91 indexed citations

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Zhang, Butian, Yucheng Wang, Chengbin Yang, et al.. (2015). The composition effect on the optical properties of aqueous synthesized Cu–In–S and Zn–Cu–In–S quantum dot nanocrystals. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 17(38). 25133–25141. 74 indexed citations

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