Guangxu Lan

6.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
49 papers, 5.5k citations indexed

About

Guangxu Lan is a scholar working on Inorganic Chemistry, Biomedical Engineering and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Guangxu Lan has authored 49 papers receiving a total of 5.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 29 papers in Inorganic Chemistry, 23 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 21 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Guangxu Lan's work include Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications (29 papers), Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics (22 papers) and Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (12 papers). Guangxu Lan is often cited by papers focused on Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications (29 papers), Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics (22 papers) and Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (12 papers). Guangxu Lan collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Denmark. Guangxu Lan's co-authors include Wenbin Lin, Kaiyuan Ni, Samuel S. Veroneau, Yang Song, Ziwan Xu, Taokun Luo, Christina Chan, Kuangda Lu, Daniel Micheroni and Nining Guo and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Angewandte Chemie International Edition and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Guangxu Lan

47 papers receiving 5.5k 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.

Nanoscale Metal–Organic Framework Overcomes Hypoxia for Photodynamic Therapy Primed Cancer Immunotherapy

2018 599 citations Guangxu Lan, Kaiyuan Ni et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
Low-dose X-ray radiotherapy–radiodynamic therapy via nanoscale metal–organic frameworks enhances checkpoint blockade immunotherapy

2018 518 citations Kuangda Lu, Chunbai He et al. Nature Biomedical Engineering profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Guangxu Lan United States	35	3.3k	2.8k	2.1k	901	877	49	5.5k
Kuangda Lu United States	18	3.2k 1.0×	3.0k 1.1×	2.8k 1.3×	640 0.7×	266 0.3×	20	5.7k
Kaiyuan Ni United States	38	4.8k 1.5×	2.9k 1.0×	1.5k 0.7×	1.4k 1.5×	466 0.5×	56	7.0k
Ziwan Xu United States	26	1.3k 0.4×	1.6k 0.6×	1.2k 0.6×	389 0.4×	776 0.9×	32	2.9k
Maolin Pang China	38	2.3k 0.7×	3.2k 1.1×	1.5k 0.7×	280 0.3×	705 0.8×	72	4.6k
Soo Zeng Fiona Phua Singapore	26	2.2k 0.7×	2.8k 1.0×	644 0.3×	451 0.5×	321 0.4×	32	4.4k
Samuel S. Veroneau United States	22	1.3k 0.4×	1.5k 0.5×	1.1k 0.5×	400 0.4×	889 1.0×	29	2.9k
Demin Liu United States	21	2.0k 0.6×	3.5k 1.3×	4.3k 2.1×	207 0.2×	348 0.4×	31	6.6k
Wei‐Hai Chen China	41	3.5k 1.1×	2.3k 0.8×	947 0.5×	482 0.5×	159 0.2×	79	6.4k
Xuechao Cai China	25	1.5k 0.5×	3.1k 1.1×	2.2k 1.1×	175 0.2×	1.6k 1.8×	33	5.2k
Wei Qi Lim Singapore	19	1.9k 0.6×	2.4k 0.8×	691 0.3×	418 0.5×	194 0.2×	21	3.6k

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Zhan, Chunjun, Guangxu Lan, Qingyun Dan, et al.. (2025). Hybrid biological-chemical strategy for converting polyethylene into a recyclable plastic monomer using engineered Corynebacterium glutamicum. Metabolic Engineering. 90. 106–116. 3 indexed citations

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Yang, Zi, An Li, Hao Li, et al.. (2025). Dimensionality Reduction of Metal–Organic Frameworks to Monolayers for Enhanced Electrocatalysis. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 64(24). e202505399–e202505399. 4 indexed citations

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Cheong, Seokjung, J.H. Pereira, Andy DeGiovanni, et al.. (2025). A highly active Burkholderia polyketoacyl-CoA thiolase for production of triacetic acid lactone. Nature Communications. 16(1). 10990–10990.

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Demarteau, Jérémy, Zilong Wang, Baishakhi Bose, et al.. (2023). Biorenewable and circular polydiketoenamine plastics. Nature Sustainability. 6(11). 1426–1435. 31 indexed citations

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Zhan, Chunjun, Namil Lee, Guangxu Lan, et al.. (2023). Improved polyketide production in C. glutamicum by preventing propionate-induced growth inhibition. Nature Metabolism. 5(7). 1127–1140. 18 indexed citations

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Guo, Nining, Kaiyuan Ni, Taokun Luo, et al.. (2021). Reprogramming of Neutrophils as Non-canonical Antigen Presenting Cells by Radiotherapy–Radiodynamic Therapy to Facilitate Immune-Mediated Tumor Regression. ACS Nano. 15(11). 17515–17527. 37 indexed citations

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Ni, Kaiyuan, Guangxu Lan, & Wenbin Lin. (2020). Nanoscale Metal–Organic Frameworks Generate Reactive Oxygen Species for Cancer Therapy. ACS Central Science. 6(6). 861–868. 141 indexed citations

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Quan, Yangjian, Guangxu Lan, Wenjie Shi, et al.. (2020). Metal–Organic Layers Hierarchically Integrate Three Synergistic Active Sites for Tandem Catalysis. Angewandte Chemie. 133(6). 3152–3157. 5 indexed citations

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Ni, Kaiyuan, Guangxu Lan, Yang Song, Ziyang Hao, & Wenbin Lin. (2020). Biomimetic nanoscale metal–organic framework harnesses hypoxia for effective cancer radiotherapy and immunotherapy. Chemical Science. 11(29). 7641–7653. 104 indexed citations

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Ni, Kaiyuan, Taokun Luo, Guangxu Lan, et al.. (2019). A Nanoscale Metal–Organic Framework to Mediate Photodynamic Therapy and Deliver CpG Oligodeoxynucleotides to Enhance Antigen Presentation and Cancer Immunotherapy. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 59(3). 1108–1112. 172 indexed citations

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Fu, Shanshan, Song Guo, Guangxu Lan, et al.. (2019). Synergistic Effect over Sub-nm Pt Nanocluster@MOFs Significantly Boosts Photo-oxidation of N-alkyl(iso)quinolinium Salts. iScience. 23(1). 100793–100793. 20 indexed citations

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Ni, Kaiyuan, Taokun Luo, Guangxu Lan, et al.. (2019). A Nanoscale Metal–Organic Framework to Mediate Photodynamic Therapy and Deliver CpG Oligodeoxynucleotides to Enhance Antigen Presentation and Cancer Immunotherapy. Angewandte Chemie. 132(3). 1124–1128. 35 indexed citations

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Ni, Kaiyuan, Guangxu Lan, Christina Chan, et al.. (2019). Ultrathin Metal-Organic-Layer Mediated Radiotherapy-Radiodynamic Therapy. Matter. 1(5). 1331–1353. 90 indexed citations

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Lu, Kuangda, Chunbai He, Nining Guo, et al.. (2018). Low-dose X-ray radiotherapy–radiodynamic therapy via nanoscale metal–organic frameworks enhances checkpoint blockade immunotherapy. Nature Biomedical Engineering. 2(8). 600–610. 518 indexed citations breakdown →

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Ni, Kaiyuan, Guangxu Lan, Christina Chan, et al.. (2018). Nanoscale metal-organic frameworks enhance radiotherapy to potentiate checkpoint blockade immunotherapy. Nature Communications. 9(1). 2351–2351. 293 indexed citations

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Lan, Guangxu, Zhe Li, Samuel S. Veroneau, et al.. (2018). Photosensitizing Metal–Organic Layers for Efficient Sunlight-Driven Carbon Dioxide Reduction. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 140(39). 12369–12373. 187 indexed citations

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Lan, Guangxu, Kaiyuan Ni, & Wenbin Lin. (2017). Nanoscale metal–organic frameworks for phototherapy of cancer. Coordination Chemistry Reviews. 379. 65–81. 373 indexed citations

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Lan, Guangxu, Kaiyuan Ni, Ruoyu Xu, et al.. (2017). Nanoscale Metal–Organic Layers for Deeply Penetrating X‐ray‐Induced Photodynamic Therapy. Angewandte Chemie. 129(40). 12270–12274. 65 indexed citations

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Lin, Zekai, Nathan C. Thacker, Takahiro Sawano, et al.. (2017). Metal–organic layers stabilize earth-abundant metal–terpyridine diradical complexes for catalytic C–H activation. Chemical Science. 9(1). 143–151. 93 indexed citations

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Ji, Pengfei, Kuntal Manna, Zekai Lin, et al.. (2016). Single-Site Cobalt Catalysts at New Zr₈(μ₂-O)₈(μ₂-OH)₄ Metal-Organic Framework Nodes for Highly Active Hydrogenation of Alkenes, Imines, Carbonyls, and Heterocycles. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 138(37). 12234–12242. 165 indexed citations

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