Gang Zou

5.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
230 papers, 4.3k citations indexed

About

Gang Zou is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Materials Chemistry and Biomaterials. According to data from OpenAlex, Gang Zou has authored 230 papers receiving a total of 4.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 99 papers in Organic Chemistry, 83 papers in Materials Chemistry and 62 papers in Biomaterials. Recurrent topics in Gang Zou's work include Polydiacetylene-based materials and applications (73 papers), Supramolecular Self-Assembly in Materials (61 papers) and Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials (39 papers). Gang Zou is often cited by papers focused on Polydiacetylene-based materials and applications (73 papers), Supramolecular Self-Assembly in Materials (61 papers) and Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials (39 papers). Gang Zou collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Japan. Gang Zou's co-authors include Qijin Zhang, Hao Jiang, Hongyan Xia, Guang Yang, Douguo Zhang, Wei Su, Yangyang Xu, Chenlu He, Shiyong Liu and Pingsheng He 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

Gang Zou

220 papers receiving 4.2k 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.

Ligand-protected metal nanoclusters as low-loss, highly polarized emitters for optical waveguides

2023 184 citations Yang Cui, Gang Zou et al. profile →
A Multiagent-Driven Robotic AI Chemist Enabling Autonomous Chemical Research On Demand

2025 39 citations Tao Song, Linjiang Chen et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Gang Zou China	36	1.9k	1.8k	1.0k	796	689	230	4.3k
Qijin Zhang China	41	3.0k 1.5×	2.1k 1.2×	1.1k 1.1×	1.2k 1.5×	828 1.2×	293	5.9k
Robert L. Harniman United Kingdom	37	2.0k 1.0×	1.9k 1.1×	1.6k 1.6×	648 0.8×	736 1.1×	98	4.7k
Yu‐qiang Ma China	38	2.0k 1.1×	932 0.5×	1.3k 1.3×	636 0.8×	1.9k 2.8×	282	6.8k
Tung‐Chun Lee United Kingdom	30	1.5k 0.8×	920 0.5×	854 0.8×	453 0.6×	1.7k 2.5×	72	4.3k
Barbara J. Frisken Canada	30	810 0.4×	595 0.3×	414 0.4×	970 1.2×	1.2k 1.8×	57	4.0k
Gui Chen China	37	2.6k 1.4×	461 0.3×	402 0.4×	2.2k 2.8×	1.8k 2.6×	152	5.6k
Chen Wang United States	32	1.2k 0.6×	1.4k 0.8×	451 0.4×	213 0.3×	597 0.9×	142	3.3k
Arthi Jayaraman United States	34	1.9k 1.0×	1.2k 0.7×	518 0.5×	408 0.5×	629 0.9×	133	4.0k
Bartłomiej Kowalczyk United States	28	1.4k 0.7×	404 0.2×	354 0.3×	589 0.7×	908 1.3×	57	3.0k
Henry Chan United States	29	1.9k 1.0×	308 0.2×	399 0.4×	717 0.9×	611 0.9×	74	3.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Gang Zou

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Fields of papers citing papers by Gang Zou

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Gang Zou

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

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20 of 20 papers shown

Song, Tao, Linjiang Chen, Jiaqi Cao, et al.. (2025). A Multiagent-Driven Robotic AI Chemist Enabling Autonomous Chemical Research On Demand. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 147(15). 12534–12545. 39 indexed citations breakdown →

Li, Jiahe, Yunfei Yan, Qiang Zhou, et al.. (2025). 2D/3D Geometric Multiplexing via Orthogonal Control of Circularly Polarized Transmission and Long Afterglow Imaging. Small. 21(21). e2501904–e2501904. 1 indexed citations

Li, Jingguo, Di Wang, Xu Liu, et al.. (2025). Twisted-stacking MOF patterns with tailorable circularly polarized luminescence properties and encryption applications. Nature Communications. 16(1). 10347–10347.

Zou, Gang, et al.. (2025). Multi-objective optimization of capacity configuration for district heating and cooling system based on life cycle cost and annual carbon dioxide emissions. Journal of Building Engineering. 109. 113038–113038. 2 indexed citations

Zou, Gang, Min Xia, Liudong Zhang, et al.. (2024). UMGAN: multi-scale graph attention network for grid parameter identification. Electrical Engineering. 107(2). 1397–1410. 1 indexed citations

Zou, Gang, Bi Luo, Jingru Li, et al.. (2024). Enhanced electrochemical performance of lithium-rich layered oxide materials: Exploring advanced coating strategies. Chinese Chemical Letters. 36(4). 109801–109801. 5 indexed citations

Wang, Xiangnan, et al.. (2023). Monitoring of Sweat pH and Dual‐Mode Anti‐Counterfeiting from Metal‐Organic Framework‐Based Multifunctional Gel. Chinese Journal of Chemistry. 42(5). 491–498. 7 indexed citations

Xie, Yifan, et al.. (2023). Amplification and Dynamic Control of Circularly Polarized Luminescence in Poly (vinyl Alcohol)/CdSe@CdS Nanorod Assembly Twisted‐Stacking Hetero‐Structures. Advanced Optical Materials. 12(1). 9 indexed citations

He, Chenlu, Zeyu Feng, Yan Li, et al.. (2021). Improved enantioselectivity in thiol–ene photopolymerization of sulphur-containing polymers with circularly polarized luminescence. Polymer Chemistry. 12(16). 2433–2438. 13 indexed citations

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Wang, Jingjing, Xiaoyu Mao, Jun‐Nan Yang, et al.. (2021). Bright and Near-Unity Polarized Light Emission Enabled by Highly Luminescent Cu₂I₂-Dimer Cluster-Based Hybrid Materials. Nano Letters. 21(9). 4115–4121. 19 indexed citations

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Kuai, Yan, et al.. (2021). Planar photonic chips with tailored angular transmission for high-contrast-imaging devices. Nature Communications. 12(1). 6835–6835. 22 indexed citations

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He, Chenlu, et al.. (2020). Highly enantioselective photo-polymerization enhanced by chiral nanoparticles and in situ photopatterning of chirality. Nature Communications. 11(1). 1188–1188. 71 indexed citations

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Cheng, Junjie, Feng Ge, Can Zhang, et al.. (2020). Enabling discrimination capability in an achiral F6BT-based organic semiconductor transistor via circularly polarized light induction. Journal of Materials Chemistry C. 8(27). 9271–9275. 31 indexed citations

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Zhu, Yu, Dong Qiu, Guang Yang, et al.. (2016). Selective and sensitive detection of MiRNA-21 based on gold-nanorod functionalized polydiacetylene microtube waveguide. Biosensors and Bioelectronics. 85. 198–204. 39 indexed citations

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Hu, Zhijia, Hongjun Zheng, Lijuan Wang, et al.. (2012). Random fiber laser of POSS solution-filled hollow optical fiber by end pumping. Optics Communications. 285(19). 3967–3970. 29 indexed citations

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Zou, Gang, et al.. (2010). Algorithm of multi-scale morphological edge detection for cell based on evidence syncretic fusion. 46(12). 180–181. 2 indexed citations

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Zou, Gang & Wei Yao. (2010). A Synergetic classification algorithm based on prototype modify with particle swarm optimization measure. Signal Processing. 1 indexed citations

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Zou, Gang, et al.. (2009). Control and modulation of chirality for azobenzene-substituted polydiacetylene LB films with circularly polarized light. Chemical Communications. 5627–5627. 50 indexed citations

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Zou, Gang, et al.. (2004). An EBMT system based on word alignment.. IWSLT. 47–49. 2 indexed citations

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Zou, Gang. (2004). Internet-oriented Chinese New Words Detection. Zhongwen xinxi xuebao. 8 indexed citations

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