Dan Zhao

38.5k total citations · 17 hit papers
494 papers, 33.3k citations indexed

About

Dan Zhao is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry and Mechanical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Dan Zhao has authored 494 papers receiving a total of 33.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 259 papers in Materials Chemistry, 232 papers in Inorganic Chemistry and 142 papers in Mechanical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Dan Zhao's work include Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications (230 papers), Covalent Organic Framework Applications (145 papers) and Membrane Separation and Gas Transport (84 papers). Dan Zhao is often cited by papers focused on Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications (230 papers), Covalent Organic Framework Applications (145 papers) and Membrane Separation and Gas Transport (84 papers). Dan Zhao collaborates with scholars based in China, Singapore and France. Dan Zhao's co-authors include Daqiang Yuan, Hong‐Cai Zhou, Zhigang Hu, Yuxiang Wang, Yuhong Qian, Shing Bo Peh, Yongwu Peng, Youdong Cheng, Daren J. Timmons and Yunpan Ying and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Dan Zhao

476 papers receiving 32.9k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

What are hit papers?

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.

Potential applications of metal-organic frameworks

2009 1.4k citations Daqiang Yuan, Dan Zhao et al. profile →
Tuning the Topology and Functionality of Metal−Organic Frameworks by Ligand Design

2010 980 citations Dan Zhao, Daqiang Yuan et al. profile →
An Isoreticular Series of Metal–Organic Frameworks with Dendritic Hexacarboxylate Ligands and Exceptionally High Gas‐Uptake Capacity

2010 678 citations Daqiang Yuan, Dan Zhao et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →
Two-Dimensional Metal–Organic Framework with Wide Channels and Responsive Turn-On Fluorescence for the Chemical Sensing of Volatile Organic Compounds

2014 608 citations Daqiang Yuan, Zhigang Hu et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
Mixed Matrix Membranes (MMMs) Comprising Exfoliated 2D Covalent Organic Frameworks (COFs) for Efficient CO₂ Separation

2016 584 citations Zixi Kang, Yongwu Peng et al. Chemistry of Materials profile →
Highly Stable Porous Polymer Networks with Exceptionally High Gas‐Uptake Capacities

2011 542 citations Daqiang Yuan, Dan Zhao et al. Advanced Materials profile →
Sulfonate-Grafted Porous Polymer Networks for Preferential CO₂ Adsorption at Low Pressure

2011 526 citations Daqiang Yuan, Dan Zhao et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
Porous Polymer Networks: Synthesis, Porosity, and Applications in Gas Storage/Separation

2010 518 citations Daqiang Yuan, Dan Zhao et al. Chemistry of Materials profile →
ZnO Nanosheets Abundant in Oxygen Vacancies Derived from Metal‐Organic Frameworks for ppb‐Level Gas Sensing

2019 494 citations Hongye Yuan, Yuxiang Wang et al. Advanced Materials profile →
Reversed thermo-switchable molecular sieving membranes composed of two-dimensional metal-organic nanosheets for gas separation

2017 468 citations Kang Zhang, Zixi Kang et al. profile →
Ultrathin Two-Dimensional Membranes Assembled by Ionic Covalent Organic Nanosheets with Reduced Apertures for Gas Separation

2020 413 citations Shing Bo Peh, Dan Zhao et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
Advanced Porous Materials in Mixed Matrix Membranes

2018 383 citations Youdong Cheng, Dan Zhao et al. Advanced Materials profile →
Metal‐Organic Framework Based Gas Sensors

2021 336 citations Hongye Yuan, Weidong Fan et al. profile →
Ultrathin Covalent Organic Framework Membranes via a Multi‐Interfacial Engineering Strategy for Gas Separation

2021 219 citations Shing Bo Peh, Hao Yang et al. Advanced Materials profile →
Covalent organic framework film protected zinc anode for highly stable rechargeable aqueous zinc-ion batteries

2022 177 citations Yi Yuan, Dan Zhao et al. profile →
Covalent organic framework atropisomers with multiple gas-triggered structural flexibilities

2023 160 citations Chengjun Kang, Zhaoqiang Zhang et al. Nature Materials profile →
Mobile Constituent-Boosted Dynamic Separation of C₂H₂/C₂H₄/CO₂ Ternary Mixtures in Metal–Organic Frameworks

2025 24 citations Qixing Liu, Junyu Ren et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Numerical study on the influence mechanism of feed rate on separation quality in a multi-baffle separation duct 2025 ·Biosystems Engineering ·(unknown), Anqi Li, Yanlong Han, Hao Li, (unknown), Dan Zhao, Hui Gao	0
2	Temperature-Regulated Gating Enables Gas Separations in Ultramicroporous Aluminum Formate, ALF 2025 ·Chemistry of Materials ·Hayden A. Evans, Taner Yildirim, (unknown), (unknown), Yongqiang Cheng, Zeyu Deng, Ryan A. Klein, Dan Zhao, Pieremanuele Canepa, Angela R. Hight Walker, Anthony K. Cheetham, Craig M. Brown	1
3	Mobile Constituent-Boosted Dynamic Separation of C₂H₂/C₂H₄/CO₂ Ternary Mixtures in Metal–Organic Frameworks breakdown → 2025 ·Journal of the American Chemical Society ·Qixing Liu, Junyu Ren, Zhaoqiang Zhang, He Li, Neng‐Xiu Zhu, Dan Zhao	24
4	Scalable metal-organic framework membranes through nonclassical crystallization for molecular separation 2025 ·Science Advances ·Dongchen Shi, (unknown), Kai Xue, Xiansong Shi, Neng‐Xiu Zhu, (unknown), Zhaoqiang Zhang, (unknown), (unknown), Hongye Yuan, Hao Yang, Wei Zhao, Joseph Imbrogno, Dan Zhao	0
5	Stability of Metal–Organic Frameworks in Organic Media with Acids and Bases 2025 ·Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research ·(unknown), He Li, Xiansong Shi, Chunqing Ji, Joseph Imbrogno, Dan Zhao	12
6	Challenges and Opportunities in Preserving Key Structural Features of 3D-Printed Metal/Covalent Organic Framework 2024 ·Nano-Micro Letters ·Ximeng Liu, Dan Zhao, John Wang	23
7	Achieving Sub‐ppm Sensitivity in SO₂ Detection with a Chemically Stable Covalent Organic Framework 2024 ·Angewandte Chemie International Edition ·Wei Zhao, Juan L. Obeso, (unknown), Mounib Bahri, Elı́ Sánchez-González, Yoarhy A. Amador‐Sánchez, Junyu Ren, Nigel D. Browning, Ricardo A. Peralta, Giovanni Barcaro, Susanna Monti, Diego Solís-Ibarra, Ilich A. Ibarra, Dan Zhao	5
8	Effect of temperature on the nanoindentation behavior of monocrystalline silicon by molecular dynamics simulations 2024 ·Materials Today Communications ·Zhijie Zhang, (unknown), Dan Zhao, (unknown), (unknown), Yingying Wang, (unknown), (unknown), Shunbo Wang, Bo Zhu, Hongwei Zhao	8
9	Preprocessed Monomer Interfacial Polymerization for Scalable Fabrication of High-Valent Cluster-Based Metal–Organic Framework Membranes 2024 ·Journal of the American Chemical Society ·Yang Feng, Zixi Kang, Zhikun Wang, Zhanning Liu, Qingshan Niu, Weidong Fan, Lu Qiao, Jia Pang, Changzheng Hu, (unknown), Lili Fan, Hailing Guo, Rongming Wang, Dan Zhao, Daofeng Sun	12
10	Selective liquid-phase molecular sieving via thin metal–organic framework membranes with topological defects 2024 ·Xiansong Shi, He Li, Ting Chen, (unknown), Dongchen Shi, Chengjun Kang, Zhaoqiang Zhang, Dan Zhao	31
11	Carbon sinks in urban public green spaces under carbon neutrality: A bibliometric analysis and systematic literature review 2023 ·Urban forestry & urban greening ·Dan Zhao, (unknown), Yanmei Xu, (unknown), (unknown)	63
12	Synergistically catalytic regulation of surface chemistry on coal based needle coke by bimetallic interface for enhanced Li/Na storage 2023 ·Carbon ·(unknown), Cheng Zhi Huang, (unknown), (unknown), Dan Zhao, Zhong Li, Hanqing Zhao	10
13	Large‐Area Fabrication of Ultrathin Metal‐Organic Framework Membranes 2023 ·Advanced Materials ·Hongye Yuan, Kerui Li, Dongchen Shi, Hao Yang, Xin Yu, Weidong Fan, Pio John S. Buenconsejo, Dan Zhao	68
14	Recent Advances in Reticular Chemistry for Clean Energy, Global Warming, and Water Shortage Solutions 2023 ·Advanced Functional Materials ·Junyu Ren, Dan Zhao	38
15	Stimuli-responsive metal–organic frameworks enabled by intrinsic molecular motion 2022 ·Nature Materials ·Jinqiao Dong, Vanessa Wee, Dan Zhao	78
16	Pore Size Reduction in Zirconium Metal–Organic Frameworks for Ethylene/Ethane Separation 2019 ·ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering ·Yuxiang Wang, Shuai Yuan, Zhigang Hu, Tanay Kundu, Jian Zhang, Shing Bo Peh, Youdong Cheng, Jinqiao Dong, Daqiang Yuan, Hong‐Cai Zhou, Dan Zhao	49
17	Thermally healable PTMG-based polyurethane elastomer with robust mechanical properties and high healing efficiency 2018 ·Smart Materials and Structures ·Wanwan Wang, Hongxiang Chen, (unknown), Dan Zhao, Yu Zhou, Lijuan Wang, Danlin Zeng	15
18	Confinement of Aggregation-Induced Emission Molecular Rotors in Ultrathin Two-Dimensional Porous Organic Nanosheets for Enhanced Molecular Recognition 2018 ·Journal of the American Chemical Society ·Jinqiao Dong, Li Xu, Kang Zhang, Yi Yuan, Yuxiang Wang, Linzhi Zhai, Guoliang Liu, Daqiang Yuan, Jianwen Jiang, Dan Zhao	126
19	A 2D metal–organic framework composed of a bi-functional ligand with ultra-micropores for post-combustion CO₂ capture 2015 ·RSC Advances ·Guodong Xu, Yongwu Peng, Zhigang Hu, Daqiang Yuan, B. Donnadieu, Dan Zhao, Hansong Cheng	9
20	Analysis on the Ground Deformation of Subway Tunnel Induced by Shield Construction 2006 ·Zhongguo tiedao kexue ·Dan Zhao	2

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