Hang Zou

3.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
92 papers, 2.4k citations indexed

About

Hang Zou is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Molecular Biology and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Hang Zou has authored 92 papers receiving a total of 2.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 24 papers in Materials Chemistry, 21 papers in Molecular Biology and 21 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. Recurrent topics in Hang Zou's work include Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials (18 papers), Tracheal and airway disorders (13 papers) and Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics (12 papers). Hang Zou is often cited by papers focused on Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials (18 papers), Tracheal and airway disorders (13 papers) and Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics (12 papers). Hang Zou collaborates with scholars based in China, Hong Kong and United Kingdom. Hang Zou's co-authors include Ben Zhong Tang, Jacky W. Y. Lam, Ryan T. K. Kwok, Lei Zheng, Zheng Zhao, Guowei Yang, Xiaoju Wu, Huifang Su, Xianglong Hu and Wenhan Xu and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

Hang Zou

84 papers receiving 2.4k 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.

Rational design of a water-soluble NIR AIEgen, and its application in ultrafast wash-free cellular imaging and photodynamic cancer cell ablation

2018 394 citations Dong Wang, Huifang Su et al. Chemical Science profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Hang Zou China	26	1.3k	932	559	366	330	92	2.4k
Yue Li China	28	915 0.7×	689 0.7×	578 1.0×	236 0.6×	159 0.5×	93	2.1k
Zhe Feng China	29	1.1k 0.9×	1.6k 1.7×	608 1.1×	159 0.4×	208 0.6×	97	2.7k
Young‐Pil Kim South Korea	30	614 0.5×	872 0.9×	1.5k 2.6×	202 0.6×	162 0.5×	91	2.8k
Matteo Calvaresi Italy	35	1.7k 1.3×	1.2k 1.2×	796 1.4×	166 0.5×	202 0.6×	171	3.6k
Ya Gao China	31	665 0.5×	864 0.9×	1.0k 1.8×	133 0.4×	188 0.6×	143	2.8k
F. Amat‐Guerri Spain	41	1.9k 1.4×	700 0.8×	936 1.7×	596 1.6×	414 1.3×	149	4.5k
Haisheng He China	30	760 0.6×	869 0.9×	919 1.6×	199 0.5×	205 0.6×	78	3.0k
Nicola Rosato Italy	34	792 0.6×	784 0.8×	1.4k 2.5×	146 0.4×	144 0.4×	125	3.2k
Yuqi Chen China	32	1.2k 0.9×	641 0.7×	2.0k 3.6×	193 0.5×	57 0.2×	127	3.8k
Jingjing Li China	34	1.9k 1.5×	1.4k 1.5×	1.3k 2.3×	142 0.4×	133 0.4×	102	3.6k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Hang Zou

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20 of 20 papers shown

Wang, Yang, Hang Zou, Junyang Huang, et al.. (2025). Clearance of senescent vascular smooth muscle cells retards aging-related restenosis following bioresorbable scaffolds implantation. Biomaterials. 321. 123312–123312. 2 indexed citations

Yin, Tieying, Zhiqin Deng, Hang Zou, et al.. (2025). Hybridoma-inspired strategy crafts tailored multifunctional exosomes for precision therapy. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 122(37). e2424547122–e2424547122.

Nie, Yong, et al.. (2025). Carbon Dots via Synergistic Surface‐Oxidation and Rigidity Enhancement with Ultra‐Narrow Emission for Sensitive Near‐Infrared Imaging and Sepsis Therapy. Advanced Functional Materials.

Cao, Hui, Ya Gao, Jianyu Zhang, et al.. (2024). Tuning Molecular Packing by Twisting Structure to Facilely Construct Highly Efficient Solid‐State Fluorophores for Two‐Photon Bioimaging and Photodynamic Therapy. Advanced Functional Materials. 34(27). 22 indexed citations

Li, Li, et al.. (2024). Development and Metabolomic Profiles of Bactrocera dorsalis (Diptera: Tephritidae) Larvae Exposed to Phytosanitary Irradiation Dose in Hypoxic Environment Using DI-SPME-GC/MS. Insects. 15(3). 177–177.

Zou, Hang, et al.. (2023). Gingipains are the important virulence factors of Porphyromonas gingivalis downregulating B10 cells. Molecular Oral Microbiology. 38(4). 275–288. 4 indexed citations

Zheng, Zheng, Pingping Wang, Junyi Gong, et al.. (2023). A Bright Two‐Photon Lipid Droplets Probe with Viscosity‐Enhanced Solvatochromic Emission for Visualizing Lipid Metabolic Disorders in Deep Tissues. Advanced Functional Materials. 33(35). 41 indexed citations

Xu, Changhuo, Hang Zou, Lianrui Hu, et al.. (2022). A Photoactivatable AIEgen for Selective Imaging and Killing of Estrogen Receptor-Positive Cells. ACS Materials Letters. 4(9). 1831–1839. 7 indexed citations

Xu, Changhuo, Hang Zou, Zheng Zhao, et al.. (2021). Turning on Light Emission of a Dark Pro‐Aggregation‐Induced Emission Luminogen in Aqueous Media Through Reductase‐Modulated Derotation. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1(4). 20 indexed citations

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Zou, Hang, Jing Zhang, Chang-Meng Wu, et al.. (2021). Making Aggregation-Induced Emission Luminogen More Valuable by Gold: Enhancing Anticancer Efficacy by Suppressing Thioredoxin Reductase Activity. ACS Nano. 15(5). 9176–9185. 49 indexed citations

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He, Benzhao, Jing Zhang, Haoke Zhang, et al.. (2020). Catalyst-Free Multicomponent Tandem Polymerizations of Alkyne and Amines toward Nontraditional Intrinsic Luminescent Poly(aminomaleimide)s. Macromolecules. 53(10). 3756–3764. 43 indexed citations

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Zou, Hang, et al.. (2019). Hydrogen Sulfide Promotes Nodulation and Nitrogen Fixation in Soybean–Rhizobia Symbiotic System. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions. 32(8). 972–985. 41 indexed citations

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Liu, Zhiyang, Hang Zou, Zheng Zhao, et al.. (2019). Tuning Organelle Specificity and Photodynamic Therapy Efficiency by Molecular Function Design. ACS Nano. 13(10). 11283–11293. 223 indexed citations

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Xu, Changhuo, Hang Zou, Zheng Zhao, et al.. (2019). A New Strategy toward “Simple” Water‐Soluble AIE Probes for Hypoxia Detection. Advanced Functional Materials. 29(34). 73 indexed citations

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Zhang, Jing, Aisen Li, Hang Zou, et al.. (2019). A “simple” donor–acceptor AIEgen with multi-stimuli responsive behavior. Materials Horizons. 7(1). 135–142. 95 indexed citations

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He, Xiaojing, Bo Situ, Meng Gao, et al.. (2019). Stereotactic Photodynamic Therapy Using a Two‐Photon AIE Photosensitizer. Small. 15(50). e1905080–e1905080. 45 indexed citations

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Wang, Jianguo, Qingqing Chen, Wenping Zhu, et al.. (2018). A fast responsive, highly selective and light-up fluorescent probe for the two-photon imaging of carboxylesterase in living cells. Journal of Materials Chemistry B. 6(11). 1595–1599. 40 indexed citations

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Han, Ting, Haiqin Deng, Zijie Qiu, et al.. (2018). Facile Multicomponent Polymerizations toward Unconventional Luminescent Polymers with Readily Openable Small Heterocycles. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 140(16). 5588–5598. 118 indexed citations

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Wang, Dong, Huifang Su, Ryan T. K. Kwok, et al.. (2018). Rational design of a water-soluble NIR AIEgen, and its application in ultrafast wash-free cellular imaging and photodynamic cancer cell ablation. Chemical Science. 9(15). 3685–3693. 394 indexed citations breakdown →

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Kang, Miaomiao, Ryan T. K. Kwok, Jianguo Wang, et al.. (2018). A multifunctional luminogen with aggregation-induced emission characteristics for selective imaging and photodynamic killing of both cancer cells and Gram-positive bacteria. Journal of Materials Chemistry B. 6(23). 3894–3903. 62 indexed citations

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