Di Zhang

15.3k total citations · 3 hit papers
462 papers, 11.7k citations indexed

About

Di Zhang is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Biomedical Engineering and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Di Zhang has authored 462 papers receiving a total of 11.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 170 papers in Molecular Biology, 100 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 71 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Di Zhang's work include Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (41 papers), Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics (38 papers) and RNA Interference and Gene Delivery (29 papers). Di Zhang is often cited by papers focused on Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (41 papers), Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics (38 papers) and RNA Interference and Gene Delivery (29 papers). Di Zhang collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and United Kingdom. Di Zhang's co-authors include Hao Wang, Guobin Qi, Chuanliang Feng, Zeng‐Ying Qiao, Ying‐Xi Zhao, Guofeng Liu, Ken Fujise, Qihua Wang, Tingmei Wang and Weihua Yu and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Advanced Materials.

In The Last Decade

Di Zhang

437 papers receiving 11.5k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Preparation of selective organ-targeting (SORT) lipid nanoparticles (LNPs) using multiple technical methods for tissue-specific mRNA delivery

2022 328 citations Di Zhang et al. profile →
Enhancing CRISPR/Cas gene editing through modulating cellular mechanical properties for cancer therapy

2022 183 citations Di Zhang et al. profile →
Pyridine‐Based Covalent Organic Frameworks with Pyridyl‐Imine Structures for Boosting Photocatalytic H₂O₂ Production via One‐Step 2e⁻ Oxygen Reduction

2024 93 citations Zixuan Li, Di Zhang et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Di Zhang China	53	4.0k	2.9k	2.1k	2.1k	1.2k	462	11.7k
Xinyu Wang China	52	3.2k 0.8×	2.8k 1.0×	2.3k 1.1×	1.8k 0.8×	900 0.8×	549	11.2k
Lu Zhang China	54	3.5k 0.9×	4.0k 1.4×	2.1k 1.0×	4.0k 1.9×	758 0.6×	376	12.3k
Abbas Rahdar Iran	58	2.6k 0.7×	4.5k 1.5×	3.5k 1.6×	4.6k 2.2×	1.2k 1.0×	476	13.6k
Yulin Li China	53	2.1k 0.5×	4.3k 1.5×	3.1k 1.5×	2.1k 1.0×	796 0.7×	403	12.3k
Haixia Wang China	57	3.7k 0.9×	2.1k 0.7×	1.5k 0.7×	2.1k 1.0×	709 0.6×	496	12.1k
Navid Rabiee Iran	56	2.4k 0.6×	4.5k 1.6×	2.7k 1.3×	3.3k 1.6×	957 0.8×	296	11.0k
Mu Li China	60	3.6k 0.9×	2.8k 1.0×	1.7k 0.8×	3.4k 1.6×	523 0.4×	265	13.1k
William M. Miller United States	44	3.9k 1.0×	5.0k 1.7×	2.7k 1.3×	2.1k 1.0×	999 0.8×	208	15.9k
Li Li China	68	4.1k 1.0×	4.9k 1.7×	4.2k 2.0×	4.4k 2.1×	1.2k 1.0×	764	17.8k
Zhiguo Su China	53	4.7k 1.2×	2.5k 0.9×	1.8k 0.9×	1.4k 0.7×	745 0.6×	409	11.1k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Zhang, Di, et al.. (2025). Inhibition mechanism of Microcystis aeruginosa in coculture of Lemna and Azolla: Insights from non-targeted Metabonomics. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry. 220. 109529–109529.

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Wu, Yanan, Di Zhang, Yi Tan, et al.. (2025). Molecular Insights into Fungal Glycosylphosphatidylinositol Transamidase Complex. Advanced Science. 13(2). e11340–e11340.

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Li, Zixuan, Qun Li, Di Zhang, et al.. (2025). Modulating the Polarity of Imine Bonds in Donor–Acceptor Covalent Organic Frameworks for Enhanced Photocatalytic H ₂ Production. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 64(30). e202509444–e202509444. 7 indexed citations

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Li, Zixuan, Qun Li, Di Zhang, et al.. (2025). Modulating the Polarity of Imine Bonds in Donor–Acceptor Covalent Organic Frameworks for Enhanced Photocatalytic H ₂ Production. Angewandte Chemie. 137(30). 3 indexed citations

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Zhao, Yuling, et al.. (2024). Arylimidazole-terminated phenylene ethynylene molecules as organic luminescent materials. Journal of Molecular Structure. 1319. 139454–139454. 1 indexed citations

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Zhao, Zhao, et al.. (2024). Increasing phosphorus ratios between overlying and surface water inhibits intracellular antibiotic resistance gene transformation in a large shallow lake. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 480. 135847–135847. 2 indexed citations

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Shen, Jianjun, Di Zhang, Yanyan He, et al.. (2024). Evolving CRISPR/Cas system for food safety monitoring across the food supply chain. TrAC Trends in Analytical Chemistry. 181. 118050–118050. 5 indexed citations

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Zhang, Le, Yuewen Yu, Di Zhang, et al.. (2024). Tumor microenvironment ameliorative and adaptive nanoparticles with photothermal-to-photodynamic switch for cancer phototherapy. Biomaterials. 313. 122771–122771. 11 indexed citations

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Li, Huimin, Ruowei Sun, Xun Zhang, et al.. (2024). Quantitative measurement of acute myocardial infarction cardiac biomarkers by “All-in-One” immune microfluidic chip for early diagnosis of myocardial infarction. Spectrochimica Acta Part A Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy. 315. 124256–124256. 5 indexed citations

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Yu, Baojun, Jiamin Liu, Tong Mu, et al.. (2023). MicroRNA-19a regulates milk fat metabolism by targeting SYT1 in bovine mammary epithelial cells. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. 253. 127096–127096. 4 indexed citations

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Zhang, Di, et al.. (2023). A novel L-phenylalanine dipeptide inhibits prostate cancer cell proliferation by targeting TNFSF9. Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy. 160. 114360–114360. 2 indexed citations

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Zhan, Fangke, Di Zhang, Yibing Wang, et al.. (2023). Relative humidity-triggered polyamide 4/Cinnamaldehyde core-shell nanofibers for antibacterial packaging. Journal of Food Engineering. 357. 111635–111635. 14 indexed citations

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Zhang, Di, Rong Nie, Chunyue Zhang, et al.. (2022). Characterization of biodegradable food packaging films prepared with polyamide 4: Influence of molecular weight and environmental humidity. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1(3-4). 276–288. 9 indexed citations

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Zhang, Di, Jing Nie, Dongbo Wang, et al.. (2022). Engineering a multi-target therapy nanoplatform against tumor growth and metastasis via a novel NSAID-Pt(iv) prodrug. Chemical Communications. 58(23). 3803–3806. 3 indexed citations

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Zhao, Shuai, Guodong Yuan, Di Zhang, et al.. (2022). Cryogenic Mobility Enhancement in Si MOS Devices via SiO₂ Regrowth. IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices. 69(5). 2585–2589. 4 indexed citations

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Leal, Ana S., et al.. (2021). The RXR Agonist MSU42011 Is Effective for the Treatment of Preclinical HER2+ Breast Cancer and Kras-Driven Lung Cancer. Cancers. 13(19). 5004–5004. 13 indexed citations

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Zhang, Di, Ana S. Leal, Peter W. Jurutka, et al.. (2019). Testing Novel Pyrimidinyl Rexinoids: A New Paradigm for Evaluating Rexinoids for Cancer Prevention. Cancer Prevention Research. 12(4). 211–224. 13 indexed citations

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Zhang, Di, Ziqi Wang, Lu Wang, et al.. (2018). High-Performance Identification of Human Bladder Cancer Using a Signal Self-Amplifiable Photoacoustic Nanoprobe. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 10(34). 28331–28339. 20 indexed citations

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Zhang, Di, et al.. (2017). Chemoprevention of Preclinical Breast and Lung Cancer with the Bromodomain Inhibitor I-BET 762. Cancer Prevention Research. 11(3). 143–156. 22 indexed citations

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Zhang, Di, Hongyun Niu, Xiaole Zhang, Zhaofu Meng, & Yaqi Cai. (2011). Strong adsorption of chlorotetracycline on magnetite nanoparticles. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 192(3). 1088–1093. 106 indexed citations

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