Cai‐Zhuang Wang

12.5k total citations · 3 hit papers
355 papers, 10.3k citations indexed

About

Cai‐Zhuang Wang is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Cai‐Zhuang Wang has authored 355 papers receiving a total of 10.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 229 papers in Materials Chemistry, 127 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 83 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Cai‐Zhuang Wang's work include Graphene research and applications (55 papers), Advanced Chemical Physics Studies (44 papers) and Material Dynamics and Properties (39 papers). Cai‐Zhuang Wang is often cited by papers focused on Graphene research and applications (55 papers), Advanced Chemical Physics Studies (44 papers) and Material Dynamics and Properties (39 papers). Cai‐Zhuang Wang collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Germany. Cai‐Zhuang Wang's co-authors include Kai‐Ming Ho, Zhong-Yi Lu, Manh Cuong Nguyen, M. Hupalo, Yongxin Yao, Tongqi Wen, M. J. Kramer, Beilin Ye, Michael C. Tringides and Yanhui Chu and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Cai‐Zhuang Wang

344 papers receiving 10.1k 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.

Structures of medium-sized silicon clusters

1998 573 citations Kai‐Ming Ho, Cai‐Zhuang Wang et al. profile →
First-principles study, fabrication and characterization of (Zr0.25Nb0.25Ti0.25V0.25)C high-entropy ceramics

2019 425 citations Tongqi Wen, Manh Cuong Nguyen et al. profile →
First‐principles study, fabrication, and characterization of (Hf _0.2 Zr _0.2 Ta _0.2 Nb _0.2 Ti _0.2 )C high‐entropy ceramic

2018 309 citations Tongqi Wen, Cai‐Zhuang Wang et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Cai‐Zhuang Wang United States	52	6.6k	2.9k	2.7k	2.3k	1.2k	355	10.3k
A. T. Paxton United Kingdom	33	6.7k 1.0×	2.6k 0.9×	1.9k 0.7×	2.4k 1.0×	1.3k 1.1×	98	9.9k
Michael W. Finnis United Kingdom	53	8.0k 1.2×	3.0k 1.0×	1.6k 0.6×	3.2k 1.4×	895 0.7×	163	11.3k
Brent Fultz United States	54	6.6k 1.0×	1.8k 0.6×	3.2k 1.2×	2.9k 1.3×	1.5k 1.2×	285	11.4k
Axel van de Walle United States	43	5.2k 0.8×	1.3k 0.5×	1.4k 0.5×	3.0k 1.3×	863 0.7×	129	8.0k
M. Methfessel Germany	35	7.6k 1.1×	4.2k 1.5×	2.5k 0.9×	2.1k 0.9×	2.1k 1.7×	81	11.9k
Paul Erhart Sweden	54	7.8k 1.2×	1.3k 0.4×	3.0k 1.1×	1.3k 0.6×	460 0.4×	188	9.9k
Susan B. Sinnott United States	60	12.1k 1.8×	2.7k 1.0×	2.6k 1.0×	1.9k 0.8×	381 0.3×	301	14.9k
A. V. Ruban Sweden	51	7.0k 1.1×	3.5k 1.2×	2.4k 0.9×	3.7k 1.6×	1.4k 1.1×	188	12.7k
Vidvuds Ozoliņš United States	60	9.1k 1.4×	2.0k 0.7×	4.3k 1.6×	1.8k 0.8×	1.3k 1.0×	146	13.0k
Jisoon Ihm South Korea	52	8.8k 1.3×	4.2k 1.5×	3.8k 1.4×	772 0.3×	914 0.7×	340	11.9k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Sun, Huijuan, Xia Wang, Yan Dong, et al.. (2025). Pressure-induced superconductivity in ternary yttrium borohydride systems. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 27(20). 10838–10847.

Qiao, Chong, Lanli Chen, Bin Liu, et al.. (2024). Structure, bonding and electronic characteristics of amorphous Se. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 26(12). 9510–9516. 4 indexed citations

Sun, Huaijun, Songyou Wang, Hong Jiang, et al.. (2023). Simulation studies of the stability and growth kinetics of Pt-Sn phases using a machine learning interatomic potential. Computational Materials Science. 229. 112388–112388. 5 indexed citations

Sun, Yang, Mikhail I. Mendelev, Feng Zhang, et al.. (2023). Ab Initio Melting Temperatures of Bcc and Hcp Iron Under the Earth’s Inner Core Condition. Geophysical Research Letters. 50(5). 17 indexed citations

Xu, Meng, Songyou Wang, Cai‐Zhuang Wang, et al.. (2023). Tailoring Mid‐Gap States of Chalcogenide Glass by Pressure‐Induced Hypervalent Bonding Towards the Design of Electrical Switching Materials. Advanced Functional Materials. 33(45). 26 indexed citations

Liu, Changsheng, et al.. (2023). Molecular dynamics of the spontaneous generation mechanism of natural gas hydrates during methane nanobubble rupture. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 25(34). 22862–22869. 1 indexed citations

Cheng, Rong, Wen-Cai Lu, K. M. Ho, & Cai‐Zhuang Wang. (2022). Structures and localized vibrational states of defects in graphite by tight-binding calculations. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 24(36). 22057–22066. 1 indexed citations

Wang, Renhai, Weiyi Xia, Tyler J. Slade, et al.. (2022). Machine learning guided discovery of ternary compounds involving La and immiscible Co and Pb elements. npj Computational Materials. 8(1). 13 indexed citations

Liu, Jun, Yongxin Yao, Jianhua Zhang, et al.. (2022). Ab initio study on fcc Pr with correlation matrix renormalization theory. Physical review. B.. 106(20). 2 indexed citations

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Xu, Meng, Runsheng Yu, Chong Qiao, et al.. (2021). Structural features of chalcogenide glass SiTe: An ovonic threshold switching material. APL Materials. 9(8). 15 indexed citations

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Xu, Meng, Meng Xu, Chong Qiao, et al.. (2021). Unraveling the structural and bonding nature of antimony sesquichalcogenide glass for electronic and photonic applications. Journal of Materials Chemistry C. 9(25). 8057–8065. 20 indexed citations

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Cheng, Rong, Wen-Cai Lu, Kai‐Ming Ho, & Cai‐Zhuang Wang. (2020). Characterization of three phases of liquid carbon by tight-binding molecular dynamics simulations. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 22(26). 14630–14636. 5 indexed citations

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Zhang, Wei, Rong Cheng, Wen‐Cai Lu, et al.. (2020). Defect Interaction and Deformation in Graphene. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 124(4). 2370–2378. 6 indexed citations

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Yu, Hai‐Bin, Yang Sun, Feng Zhang, et al.. (2018). Fundamental Link between β Relaxation, Excess Wings, and Cage-Breaking in Metallic Glasses. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters. 9(19). 5877–5883. 51 indexed citations

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Ze-Jin, Yang, Shunqing Wu, Xin Zhao, et al.. (2018). Structures and magnetic properties of iron silicide from adaptive genetic algorithm and first-principles calculations. Journal of Applied Physics. 124(7). 7 indexed citations

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Zhao, Xin, Shunqing Wu, Manh Cuong Nguyen, et al.. (2018). Fe–Si networks and charge/discharge-induced phase transitions in Li₂FeSiO₄ cathode materials. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 20(21). 14557–14563. 14 indexed citations

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Gui, Xin, Xin Zhao, Cai‐Zhuang Wang, et al.. (2018). Ternary Bismuthide SrPtBi₂: Computation and Experiment in Synergism to Explore Solid-State Materials. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 122(9). 5057–5063. 4 indexed citations

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Balasubramanian, Balamurugan, Xin Zhao, Shah Valloppilly, et al.. (2018). Magnetism of new metastable cobalt-nitride compounds. Nanoscale. 10(27). 13011–13021. 26 indexed citations

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Zhou, Yinghui, Ann Lii-Rosales, Dapeng Jing, et al.. (2017). Defect-mediated, thermally-activated encapsulation of metals at the surface of graphite. Carbon. 127. 305–311. 24 indexed citations

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Lee, Gun‐Do, Euijoon Yoon, Cai‐Zhuang Wang, & Kai‐Ming Ho. (2013). Atomistic processes of grain boundary motion and annihilation in graphene. Journal of Physics Condensed Matter. 25(15). 155301–155301. 10 indexed citations

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