Derong Lu

1.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
30 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Derong Lu is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Biomedical Engineering and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Derong Lu has authored 30 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Organic Chemistry, 9 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 9 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Derong Lu's work include Advanced Polymer Synthesis and Characterization (8 papers), Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies (5 papers) and Advancements in Battery Materials (5 papers). Derong Lu is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Polymer Synthesis and Characterization (8 papers), Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies (5 papers) and Advancements in Battery Materials (5 papers). Derong Lu collaborates with scholars based in Singapore, China and Australia. Derong Lu's co-authors include Congming Xiao, Hongwei Duan, Zhongfan Jia, Michael J. Monteiro, Shuai Hou, Hongwei Chen, Yanbin Shen, Fang Fu, Qirong Xiong and Jihuai Wu and has published in prestigious journals such as Advanced Materials, Nature Communications and Nano Letters.

In The Last Decade

Derong Lu

29 papers receiving 1.5k citations

Hit Papers

Starch-based completely biodegradable polymer materials 2009 2026 2014 2020 2009 100 200 300 400 500
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.

  1. Starch-based completely biodegradable polymer materials
    2009 552 citations Derong Lu, Congming Xiao et al. eXPRESS Polymer Letters profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Derong Lu Singapore 19 517 448 305 257 254 30 1.5k
Zhi‐Chao Yan China 19 323 0.6× 382 0.9× 440 1.4× 390 1.5× 273 1.1× 54 1.3k
Sedigheh Borandeh Iran 22 408 0.8× 216 0.5× 488 1.6× 283 1.1× 597 2.4× 54 1.5k
Abdelhafid Aqil Belgium 22 284 0.5× 389 0.9× 320 1.0× 245 1.0× 246 1.0× 44 1.2k
Hasan Ahmad Bangladesh 24 443 0.9× 388 0.9× 517 1.7× 273 1.1× 473 1.9× 112 1.7k
Vivek Kumar Shukla India 19 250 0.5× 504 1.1× 642 2.1× 249 1.0× 465 1.8× 57 1.7k
Rupert Kargl Slovenia 29 1.0k 2.0× 252 0.6× 279 0.9× 127 0.5× 737 2.9× 92 2.0k
Xiaoyi Sun China 25 452 0.9× 464 1.0× 417 1.4× 478 1.9× 708 2.8× 50 1.8k
D. Selvakumar India 14 423 0.8× 279 0.6× 358 1.2× 163 0.6× 325 1.3× 43 1.4k
Lukáš Münster Czechia 21 364 0.7× 283 0.6× 378 1.2× 320 1.2× 435 1.7× 53 1.3k
Chao‐Ming Shih Taiwan 21 315 0.6× 497 1.1× 307 1.0× 200 0.8× 435 1.7× 28 1.2k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Derong Lu

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Derong Lu

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Derong Lu. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Derong Lu 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 Derong Lu. Derong Lu is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Fang, Lei, Jinrong Zeng, Enyi Tang, et al.. (2025). Refresh organic electrodes for high-power and long-cycle applications. Nature Communications. 16(1). 5075–5075. 2 indexed citations
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Zhang, Bo, et al.. (2024). Enzyme‐Responsive Polyion Complex Nanoparticles of Cationic Antimicrobials for Activatable Antibacterial Therapy. Advanced Functional Materials. 34(46). 8 indexed citations
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Lu, Derong & Valentin A. Bobrin. (2024). Scalable Macroscopic Engineering from Polymer-Based Nanoscale Building Blocks: Existing Challenges and Emerging Opportunities. Biomacromolecules. 25(11). 7058–7077. 4 indexed citations
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Lu, Derong, Shuai Hou, Sheng Liu, et al.. (2022). Amphiphilic Janus Magnetoplasmonic Nanoparticles: pH-Triggered Self-Assembly and Fluorescence Modulation. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 126(35). 14967–14975. 6 indexed citations
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Chen, Lu, Kui Xu, Qingyu Dong, et al.. (2022). How Prussian Blue Analogues Can Be Stable in Concentrated Aqueous Electrolytes. ACS Energy Letters. 7(5). 1672–1678. 74 indexed citations
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Zhang, Bo, Derong Lu, & Hongwei Duan. (2022). Recent advances in responsive antibacterial materials: design and application scenarios. Biomaterials Science. 11(2). 356–379. 23 indexed citations
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Xiong, Qirong, et al.. (2021). Magnetic nanochains-based dynamic ELISA for rapid and ultrasensitive detection of acute myocardial infarction biomarkers. Analytica Chimica Acta. 1166. 338567–338567. 35 indexed citations
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Le, Jiabo, Jun Wang, Lei Zheng, et al.. (2021). Self‐Activation Enables Cationic and Anionic Co‐Storage in Organic Frameworks. Advanced Energy Materials. 12(3). 21 indexed citations
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Sun, Yufei, Guiming Zhong, Zhao Zheng, et al.. (2020). Polymeric Sulfur as a Li Ion Conductor. Nano Letters. 20(3). 2191–2196. 17 indexed citations
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Hou, Shuai, Yonghao Chen, Derong Lu, et al.. (2020). A Self‐Assembled Plasmonic Substrate for Enhanced Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer. Advanced Materials. 32(8). e1906475–e1906475. 63 indexed citations
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Hou, Shuai, Surendra H. Mahadevegowda, Derong Lu, et al.. (2020). Metabolic Labeling Mediated Targeting and Thermal Killing of Gram‐Positive Bacteria by Self‐Reporting Janus Magnetic Nanoparticles. Small. 17(2). e2006357–e2006357. 55 indexed citations
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Zhou, Bin, Yufei Sun, Hui Zhang, et al.. (2019). Polymer Electrolyte Glue: A Universal Interfacial Modification Strategy for All-Solid-State Li Batteries. Nano Letters. 19(4). 2343–2349. 129 indexed citations
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Lu, Derong, Jiajing Zhou, Yonghao Chen, Jielin Ma, & Hongwei Duan. (2018). Self‐Assembly of Polymer‐Coated Plasmonic Nanocrystals: From Synthetic Approaches to Practical Applications. Macromolecular Rapid Communications. 40(1). e1800613–e1800613. 13 indexed citations
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Lu, Derong, Zili Xie, Jing Feng, et al.. (2016). Peptidomimetic Star Polymers for Targeting Biological Ion Channels. PLoS ONE. 11(3). e0152169–e0152169. 6 indexed citations
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Yu, Min, Chunxia He, Runzhou Huang, Junjun Liu, & Derong Lu. (2016). Accelerated Weathering of Recycled Polypropylene Packaging Bag Composites Reinforced with Wheat Straw Fibers. Forest Products Journal. 66(7-8). 485–494. 2 indexed citations
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Lu, Derong, et al.. (2015). One-Pot Orthogonal Copper-Catalyzed Synthesis and Self-Assembly of l-Lysine-Decorated Polymeric Dendrimers. Macromolecules. 48(6). 1688–1702. 32 indexed citations
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Lu, Derong, Zhongfan Jia, & Michael J. Monteiro. (2013). Synthesis of alkyne functional cyclic polymers by one-pot thiol–ene cyclization. Polymer Chemistry. 4(6). 2080–2080. 43 indexed citations
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Lu, Derong, et al.. (2011). Controlled grafting of poly(vinyl acetate) onto starch via RAFT polymerization. Journal of Applied Polymer Science. 124(4). 3450–3455. 32 indexed citations
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Lu, Derong, et al.. (2011). Tailor-made starch-based conjugates containing well-defined poly(vinyl acetate) and its derivative poly(vinyl alcohol). eXPRESS Polymer Letters. 5(6). 535–544. 21 indexed citations
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Lu, Derong, et al.. (2009). Starch-based completely biodegradable polymer materials. eXPRESS Polymer Letters. 3(6). 366–375. 552 indexed citations breakdown →

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