Fangzhou Zhao

1.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
11 papers, 964 citations indexed

About

Fangzhou Zhao is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Condensed Matter Physics. According to data from OpenAlex, Fangzhou Zhao has authored 11 papers receiving a total of 964 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Materials Chemistry, 7 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 2 papers in Condensed Matter Physics. Recurrent topics in Fangzhou Zhao's work include Graphene research and applications (7 papers), Topological Materials and Phenomena (5 papers) and 2D Materials and Applications (4 papers). Fangzhou Zhao is often cited by papers focused on Graphene research and applications (7 papers), Topological Materials and Phenomena (5 papers) and 2D Materials and Applications (4 papers). Fangzhou Zhao collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Lithuania. Fangzhou Zhao's co-authors include Steven G. Louie, Ting Cao, Felix R. Fischer, Daniel J. Rizzo, Michael F. Crommie, Christopher Bronner, Gregory Veber, Ting Chen, Henry Rodriguez and Yea‐Lee Lee and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Physical Review Letters.

In The Last Decade

Fangzhou Zhao

11 papers receiving 956 citations

Hit Papers

Topological band engineering of graphene nanoribbons 2018 2026 2020 2023 2018 100 200 300 400
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. Topological band engineering of graphene nanoribbons
    2018 445 citations Daniel J. Rizzo, Gregory Veber et al. Nature profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Fangzhou Zhao United States 8 818 500 352 253 81 11 964
Peter H. Jacobse United States 17 623 0.8× 532 1.1× 337 1.0× 283 1.1× 65 0.8× 27 935
Doreen Beyer Germany 9 645 0.8× 364 0.7× 414 1.2× 264 1.0× 243 3.0× 12 893
Andrew Cupo United States 9 724 0.9× 325 0.7× 284 0.8× 242 1.0× 51 0.6× 12 853
Haigang Zhang China 8 811 1.0× 475 0.9× 494 1.4× 338 1.3× 53 0.7× 14 1.0k
Rafał Zuzak Poland 19 534 0.7× 381 0.8× 558 1.6× 452 1.8× 241 3.0× 35 983
Marek Kolmer Poland 20 691 0.8× 608 1.2× 649 1.8× 469 1.9× 221 2.7× 54 1.3k
Shawulienu Kezilebieke Finland 15 523 0.6× 409 0.8× 324 0.9× 182 0.7× 73 0.9× 26 839
Sushobhan Joshi Germany 13 646 0.8× 442 0.9× 529 1.5× 600 2.4× 61 0.8× 14 1.0k
Jinhai Mao China 18 1.4k 1.7× 705 1.4× 607 1.7× 320 1.3× 50 0.6× 35 1.6k
Alessandro Cresti France 21 1.2k 1.4× 846 1.7× 654 1.9× 187 0.7× 17 0.2× 71 1.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Fangzhou Zhao

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Fields of papers citing papers by Fangzhou Zhao

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This network shows the impact of papers produced by Fangzhou Zhao. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Fangzhou Zhao. The network helps show where Fangzhou Zhao may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Fangzhou Zhao

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

All Works

11 of 11 papers shown
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Zhao, Fangzhou, et al.. (2025). Carbon in GaN as a nonradiative recombination center. Applied Physics Letters. 126(20). 2 indexed citations
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Zhao, Fangzhou, Mark E. Turiansky, Audrius Alkauskas, & Chris G. Van de Walle. (2023). Trap-Assisted Auger-Meitner Recombination from First Principles. Physical Review Letters. 131(5). 56402–56402. 19 indexed citations
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Blackwell, Raymond, Fangzhou Zhao, Erin F. Brooks, et al.. (2021). Spin splitting of dopant edge state in magnetic zigzag graphene nanoribbons. Nature. 600(7890). 647–652. 140 indexed citations
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Zhao, Fangzhou, Ting Cao, & Steven G. Louie. (2021). Topological Phases in Graphene Nanoribbons Tuned by Electric Fields. Physical Review Letters. 127(16). 166401–166401. 30 indexed citations
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Piskun, Ilya, Raymond Blackwell, Joaquim Jornet-Somoza, et al.. (2020). Covalent C–N Bond Formation through a Surface Catalyzed Thermal Cyclodehydrogenation. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 142(8). 3696–3700. 26 indexed citations
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Lee, Yea‐Lee, Fangzhou Zhao, Ting Cao, Jisoon Ihm, & Steven G. Louie. (2018). Topological Phases in Cove-Edged and Chevron Graphene Nanoribbons: Geometric Structures, Z2 Invariants, and Junction States. Nano Letters. 18(11). 7247–7253. 64 indexed citations
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Pedramrazi, Zahra, Chen Chen, Fangzhou Zhao, et al.. (2018). Concentration Dependence of Dopant Electronic Structure in Bottom-up Graphene Nanoribbons. Nano Letters. 18(6). 3550–3556. 33 indexed citations
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Rizzo, Daniel J., Gregory Veber, Ting Cao, et al.. (2018). Topological band engineering of graphene nanoribbons. Nature. 560(7717). 204–208. 445 indexed citations breakdown →
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Cao, Ting, Fangzhou Zhao, & Steven G. Louie. (2017). Topological Phases in Graphene Nanoribbons. Bulletin of the American Physical Society. 2017. 1 indexed citations
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Cao, Ting, Fangzhou Zhao, & Steven G. Louie. (2017). Topological Phases in Graphene Nanoribbons: Junction States, Spin Centers, and Quantum Spin Chains. Physical Review Letters. 119(7). 76401–76401. 202 indexed citations

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