Caiguang Cao

1.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
25 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Caiguang Cao is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Caiguang Cao has authored 25 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 11 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 10 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Caiguang Cao's work include Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics (12 papers), Semiconductor Quantum Structures and Devices (10 papers) and Semiconductor Lasers and Optical Devices (10 papers). Caiguang Cao is often cited by papers focused on Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics (12 papers), Semiconductor Quantum Structures and Devices (10 papers) and Semiconductor Lasers and Optical Devices (10 papers). Caiguang Cao collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Uganda. Caiguang Cao's co-authors include Zhenhua Hu, Jie Tian, Xiaojing Shi, Zhen Cheng, Zeyu Zhang, Meishan Cai, Xingwang Sun, Yue Chen, Chongwei Chi and Xianming Xia and has published in prestigious journals such as Applied Physics Letters, Journal of Applied Physics and Cancer Research.

In The Last Decade

Caiguang Cao

25 papers receiving 1.4k 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.

First-in-human liver-tumour surgery guided by multispectral fluorescence imaging in the visible and near-infrared-I/II windows

2019 871 citations Zhenhua Hu, Cheng Fang et al. Nature Biomedical Engineering profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Caiguang Cao China	15	964	559	218	212	196	25	1.4k
Fuqiang Ren Canada	22	788 0.8×	1.0k 1.8×	76 0.3×	156 0.7×	377 1.9×	36	1.6k
Jessica A. Carr United States	8	727 0.8×	696 1.2×	123 0.6×	164 0.8×	241 1.2×	13	1.2k
P. Chin Netherlands	22	552 0.6×	1.0k 1.9×	121 0.6×	440 2.1×	566 2.9×	55	2.0k
Alexander Dvornikov United States	28	800 0.8×	1.1k 2.0×	53 0.2×	268 1.3×	183 0.9×	104	2.0k
Sarah P. Sherlock United States	13	880 0.9×	721 1.3×	63 0.3×	374 1.8×	103 0.5×	25	1.6k
Vladislav I. Shcheslavskiy Russia	20	425 0.4×	243 0.4×	126 0.6×	278 1.3×	199 1.0×	98	1.3k
Jingying Yue China	9	1.5k 1.6×	1.3k 2.3×	178 0.8×	275 1.3×	197 1.0×	10	2.0k
Masao Kamimura Japan	18	690 0.7×	706 1.3×	77 0.4×	150 0.7×	205 1.0×	65	1.2k
David J. Hall United States	16	486 0.5×	331 0.6×	86 0.4×	241 1.1×	104 0.5×	43	1.0k
Dominik J. Naczynski United States	11	741 0.8×	708 1.3×	81 0.4×	159 0.8×	137 0.7×	13	1.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Caiguang Cao

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Caiguang Cao

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Caiguang Cao. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Caiguang Cao based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Caiguang Cao. Caiguang Cao is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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20 of 20 papers shown

Luo, Shuangling, Zeyu Zhang, Lidan Fu, et al.. (2024). CD24-Targeted NIR-II Fluorescence Imaging Enables Early Detection of Colorectal Neoplasia. Cancer Research. 84(23). 4099–4113. 4 indexed citations

Wang, Bo, Chu Tang, Xiaohua Jia, et al.. (2023). NIR-II fluorescence-guided liver cancer surgery by a small molecular HDAC6 targeting probe. EBioMedicine. 98. 104880–104880. 20 indexed citations

Guo, Xiaoyong, Changjian Li, Xiaohua Jia, et al.. (2023). NIR-II fluorescence imaging-guided colorectal cancer surgery targeting CEACAM5 by a nanobody. EBioMedicine. 89. 104476–104476. 28 indexed citations

Shi, Xiaojing, Peng‐Fei Xu, Caiguang Cao, et al.. (2022). PET/NIR-II fluorescence imaging and image-guided surgery of glioblastoma using a folate receptor α-targeted dual-modal nanoprobe. European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging. 49(13). 4325–4337. 37 indexed citations

Cao, Caiguang, Meishan Cai, B. F. Shen, et al.. (2022). Excitation-based fully connected network for precise NIR-II fluorescence molecular tomography. Biomedical Optics Express. 13(12). 6284–6284. 14 indexed citations

Zhang, Zeyu, Xiaoyong Guo, Caiguang Cao, et al.. (2022). Novel multifunctional NIR-II aggregation-induced emission nanoparticles-assisted intraoperative identification and elimination of residual tumor. Journal of Nanobiotechnology. 20(1). 143–143. 21 indexed citations

Guo, Xiaoyong, Changjian Li, Xiaohua Jia, et al.. (2022). NIR-II Fluorescence Imaging-Guided Colorectal Cancer Surgery Targeting CEACAM5 by a Nanobody. SSRN Electronic Journal. 2 indexed citations

Shi, Xiaojing, Caiguang Cao, Zeyu Zhang, Jie Tian, & Zhenhua Hu. (2021). Radiopharmaceutical and Eu3+ doped gadolinium oxide nanoparticles mediated triple-excited fluorescence imaging and image-guided surgery. Journal of Nanobiotechnology. 19(1). 212–212. 17 indexed citations

Shen, B. F., Zhe Zhang, Xiaojing Shi, et al.. (2021). Real-time intraoperative glioma diagnosis using fluorescence imaging and deep convolutional neural networks. European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging. 48(11). 3482–3492. 49 indexed citations

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Hu, Zhenhua, Cheng Fang, Bo Li, et al.. (2019). First-in-human liver-tumour surgery guided by multispectral fluorescence imaging in the visible and near-infrared-I/II windows. Nature Biomedical Engineering. 4(3). 259–271. 871 indexed citations breakdown →

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Zhang, Zeyu, Yawei Qu, Xiaojun Zhang, et al.. (2019). Tumor Imaging: Radiopharmaceuticals and Fluorescein Sodium Mediated Triple‐Modality Molecular Imaging Allows Precise Image‐Guided Tumor Surgery (Adv. Sci. 13/2019). Advanced Science. 6(13). 1 indexed citations

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Gong, Qian, et al.. (2016). Studies of InAs/GaAs quantum dot laser grown by gas source molecular beam epitaxy. Optical and Quantum Electronics. 48(2). 1 indexed citations

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Gong, Qihuang, et al.. (2013). Multi-spectral lasing characteristics of InAs/GaAs quantum dot laser. Superlattices and Microstructures. 59. 97–105. 4 indexed citations

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Gong, Qian, et al.. (2013). Fabrication of narrow-striped InAs/GaAs quantum dot laser with wet etching technique. Journal of Modern Optics. 60(12). 1015–1020. 1 indexed citations

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Gong, Qian, Yan-Feng Lao, Caiguang Cao, et al.. (2010). Quantum dot lasers grown by gas source molecular-beam epitaxy. Journal of Crystal Growth. 323(1). 450–453. 7 indexed citations

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Prineas, J. P., Caiguang Cao, Murat Yıldırım, Wesley J. Johnston, & M. Reddy. (2006). Resonant photonic band gap structures realized from molecular-beam-epitaxially grown InGaAs∕GaAs Bragg-spaced quantum wells. Journal of Applied Physics. 100(6). 21 indexed citations

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Cao, Caiguang & D.G. Deppe. (2004). Impact of spin blocking on the energy relaxation of electrons in quantum-dot lasers. Applied Physics Letters. 84(15). 2736–2738. 3 indexed citations

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Zou, Zhihui, et al.. (2002). High differential efficiency (>16%) quantum dot microcavity light emitting diode. Applied Physics Letters. 80(3). 350–352. 15 indexed citations

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Boggess, Thomas F., Kenan Gündoğdu, Michael E. Flatté, et al.. (2001). Excited-state dynamics and carrier capture in InGaAs/GaAs quantum dots. Applied Physics Letters. 79(20). 3320–3322. 27 indexed citations

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Boggess, Thomas F., et al.. (2001). Spectral engineering of carrier dynamics in In(Ga)As self-assembled quantum dots. Applied Physics Letters. 78(3). 276–278. 49 indexed citations

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