Chao Gao

3.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
51 papers, 3.0k citations indexed

About

Chao Gao is a scholar working on Polymers and Plastics, Molecular Biology and Organic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Chao Gao has authored 51 papers receiving a total of 3.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 46 papers in Polymers and Plastics, 26 papers in Molecular Biology and 20 papers in Organic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Chao Gao's work include Dendrimers and Hyperbranched Polymers (44 papers), RNA Interference and Gene Delivery (19 papers) and Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials (13 papers). Chao Gao is often cited by papers focused on Dendrimers and Hyperbranched Polymers (44 papers), RNA Interference and Gene Delivery (19 papers) and Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials (13 papers). Chao Gao collaborates with scholars based in China, Singapore and United Kingdom. Chao Gao's co-authors include Deyue Yan, Sipei Li, Yaochen Zheng, Zhulin Weng, Li Zhou, Weijian Xu, Han Jin, Cuihua Liu, Hao Kong and Youyong Xu and has published in prestigious journals such as Chemical Society Reviews, Angewandte Chemie International Edition and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Chao Gao

49 papers receiving 3.0k 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.

Hyperbranched polymers: advances from synthesis to applications

2015 631 citations Yaochen Zheng, Sipei Li et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Chao Gao China	29	1.9k	1.4k	1.1k	714	350	51	3.0k
David Fournier France	26	638 0.3×	1.8k 1.3×	615 0.6×	575 0.8×	646 1.8×	54	3.0k
Wei‐Dong He China	29	660 0.4×	1.1k 0.8×	828 0.8×	181 0.3×	463 1.3×	100	2.5k
Mitsutoshi Jikei Japan	28	2.7k 1.5×	1.3k 0.9×	672 0.6×	660 0.9×	168 0.5×	153	3.3k
Hanying Zhao China	37	865 0.5×	2.3k 1.6×	2.0k 1.8×	464 0.6×	1.3k 3.7×	177	4.3k
Decheng Wan China	34	899 0.5×	1.7k 1.2×	1.4k 1.3×	172 0.2×	220 0.6×	142	3.3k
Chorng‐Shyan Chern Taiwan	27	850 0.5×	1.7k 1.2×	884 0.8×	195 0.3×	361 1.0×	133	3.3k
Anja S. Goldmann Germany	30	508 0.3×	1.8k 1.2×	1.3k 1.2×	603 0.8×	589 1.7×	69	3.4k
Zhiquan Shen China	36	888 0.5×	2.7k 1.9×	989 0.9×	481 0.7×	240 0.7×	240	4.8k
Jinqiang Jiang China	28	896 0.5×	1.2k 0.8×	1.5k 1.4×	439 0.6×	240 0.7×	98	3.5k
Myungeun Seo South Korea	29	699 0.4×	1.3k 0.9×	1.4k 1.4×	151 0.2×	373 1.1×	105	2.9k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Chao Gao

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Zhang, Sicheng, Jing Wu, Xiaolong Jia, et al.. (2025). A Biomimetic Thermal Conduction Network Enables Metal-Level Thermal Conductivity in Polymer Nanocomposites. ACS Nano. 19(41). 36663–36674.

Wang, Ziqiu, Zihao Deng, Bo Wang, et al.. (2025). High-performance graphene-based carbon fibres prepared at room temperature via domain folding. Nature Materials. 25(2). 191–198.

Li, Zeshen, Xiaotong Li, Kai Pang, et al.. (2025). Solvent-free thermoplastic foaming for superelastic graphene monoliths. Nature Communications. 16(1). 6087–6087. 1 indexed citations

Liu, Yaoyao, Hui Qi, Sam Yang, et al.. (2025). A nanoengineered lithium-hosting carbon/zinc oxide composite electrode material for efficient non-aqueous lithium metal batteries. Nature Nanotechnology. 20(10). 1439–1448. 3 indexed citations

Gao, Chao, et al.. (2016). Preparation and characterization of new aromatic poly(ether ester)s bearing cardo xanthene groups. High Performance Polymers. 29(10). 1185–1191. 14 indexed citations

Jin, Han, Yaochen Zheng, Bo Zhao, et al.. (2014). Sequentially Hetero-functional, Topological Polymers by Step-growth Thiol-yne Approach. Scientific Reports. 4(1). 4387–4387. 42 indexed citations

Weng, Zhulin, et al.. (2013). Synthesis, Dye Encapsulation, and Highly Efficient Colouring Application of Amphiphilic Hyperbranched Polymers. Australian Journal of Chemistry. 67(1). 103–111. 12 indexed citations

Jin, Han, et al.. (2012). Water-Soluble and Clickable Segmented Hyperbranched Polymers for Multifunctionalization and Novel Architecture Construction. Macromolecules. 45(12). 4966–4977. 78 indexed citations

Hu, Xiaozhen, Li Zhou, & Chao Gao. (2011). Hyperbranched polymers meet colloid nanocrystals: a promising avenue to multifunctional, robust nanohybrids. Colloid & Polymer Science. 289(12). 1299–1320. 44 indexed citations

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Gao, Chao, Sharmila Muthukrishnan, Wenwen Li, et al.. (2007). Linear and Hyperbranched Glycopolymer-Functionalized Carbon Nanotubes: Synthesis, Kinetics, and Characterization. Macromolecules. 40(6). 1803–1815. 113 indexed citations

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Liu, Cuihua, Chao Gao, & Deyue Yan. (2007). Honeycomb‐Patterned Photoluminescent Films Fabricated by Self‐Assembly of Hyperbranched Polymers. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 46(22). 4128–4131. 99 indexed citations

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Kong, Hao, Ping Luo, Chao Gao, & Deyue Yan. (2005). Polyelectrolyte-functionalized multiwalled carbon nanotubes: preparation, characterization and layer-by-layer self-assembly. Polymer. 46(8). 2472–2485. 117 indexed citations

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Xu, Youyong, Chao Gao, Hao Kong, et al.. (2004). Growing Multihydroxyl Hyperbranched Polymers on the Surfaces of Carbon Nanotubes by in Situ Ring-Opening Polymerization. Macromolecules. 37(24). 8846–8853. 130 indexed citations

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Gao, Chao, et al.. (2003). Self-association of hyperbranched poly(sulfone-amine) in water: studies with pyrene-fluorescence probe and fluorescence label. Polymer. 44(5). 1547–1552. 25 indexed citations

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Gao, Chao, et al.. (2003). Water-Soluble Degradable Hyperbranched Polyesters: Novel Candidates for Drug Delivery?. Biomacromolecules. 4(3). 704–712. 72 indexed citations

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Gao, Chao & Deyue Yan. (2003). “A₂ + CB_n” Approach to Hyperbranched Polymers with Alternating Ureido and Urethano Units. Macromolecules. 36(3). 613–620. 83 indexed citations

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Gao, Chao, Deyue Yan, Bin Zhang, & Wei Chen. (2002). Fluorescence Studies on the Hydrophobic Association of Pyrene-Labeled Amphiphilic Hyperbranched Poly(sulfone−amine)s. Langmuir. 18(9). 3708–3713. 22 indexed citations

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Gao, Chao, Deyue Yan, & Wei Chen. (2002). Self-Association and Degree of Branching: Fluorescence-Probe Study of Hyperbranched Poly(sulfone-amine)s in Aqueous Solution. Macromolecular Rapid Communications. 23(8). 465–465. 12 indexed citations

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Gao, Chao, et al.. (2001). Hyperbranched polymers made from A2, B2 and BB′2 type monomers, 2. Preparation of hyperbranched copoly(sulfone-amine)s by polyaddition of N-ethylethylenediamine and piperazine to divinylsulfone. Polymer. 42(8). 3437–3443. 12 indexed citations

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Gao, Chao & Deyue Yan. (2001). Synthesis of hyperbranched polymers from commercially available A2 and BB′2 type monomers. Chemical Communications. 107–108. 50 indexed citations

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