Heqi Gao

3.6k total citations · 4 hit papers
46 papers, 3.1k citations indexed

About

Heqi Gao is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Materials Chemistry and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Heqi Gao has authored 46 papers receiving a total of 3.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 42 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 27 papers in Materials Chemistry and 19 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Heqi Gao's work include Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics (40 papers), Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials (25 papers) and Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (12 papers). Heqi Gao is often cited by papers focused on Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics (40 papers), Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials (25 papers) and Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (12 papers). Heqi Gao collaborates with scholars based in China, Malaysia and Hong Kong. Heqi Gao's co-authors include Dan Ding, Chao Chen, Ben Zhong Tang, Jie Yang, Yunsheng Wang, Zhen Li, Manman Fang, Hanlin Ou, Wang Zhang Yuan and Yongming Zhang and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Advanced Materials and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

Heqi Gao

45 papers receiving 3.1k citations

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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.

High Performance of Simple Organic Phosphorescence Host–Guest Materials and their Application in Time‐Resolved Bioimaging

2021 401 citations Yunsheng Wang, Heqi Gao et al. Advanced Materials profile →
Guest-host doped strategy for constructing ultralong-lifetime near-infrared organic phosphorescence materials for bioimaging

2022 363 citations Fuming Xiao, Heqi Gao et al. Nature Communications profile →
Achieving Persistent, Efficient, and Robust Room‐Temperature Phosphorescence from Pure Organics for Versatile Applications

2019 340 citations Zihan He, Heqi Gao et al. Advanced Materials profile →
Amplification of Activated Near-Infrared Afterglow Luminescence by Introducing Twisted Molecular Geometry for Understanding Neutrophil-Involved Diseases

2022 145 citations Chao Chen, Heqi Gao et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Heqi Gao China	26	2.1k	1.4k	904	741	718	46	3.1k
Wen Lv China	23	2.0k 0.9×	1.3k 0.9×	586 0.6×	650 0.9×	466 0.6×	54	3.0k
Xiaolei Cai Singapore	29	2.5k 1.2×	2.0k 1.5×	376 0.4×	784 1.1×	834 1.2×	50	3.5k
Qiong Yang China	22	1.6k 0.7×	1.1k 0.8×	278 0.3×	882 1.2×	428 0.6×	57	3.0k
Yukun Duan Singapore	28	1.9k 0.9×	2.3k 1.7×	320 0.4×	819 1.1×	340 0.5×	37	3.3k
Benhao Li China	27	2.6k 1.2×	2.9k 2.1×	290 0.3×	822 1.1×	359 0.5×	39	4.0k
Miaomiao Kang China	29	2.9k 1.3×	2.9k 2.1×	327 0.4×	768 1.0×	625 0.9×	71	4.1k
Chi Ching Goh Singapore	24	1.3k 0.6×	1.1k 0.8×	207 0.2×	546 0.7×	399 0.6×	37	2.2k
Raphael Alford United States	9	1.3k 0.6×	909 0.7×	162 0.2×	729 1.0×	680 0.9×	10	2.5k
Hongjie Dai United States	15	1.7k 0.8×	2.0k 1.4×	413 0.5×	586 0.8×	229 0.3×	17	3.0k
Qinglai Yang China	22	1.9k 0.9×	2.5k 1.8×	305 0.3×	618 0.8×	192 0.3×	63	3.2k

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Zhang, Jingtian, Di Jiao, Yufan Zhang, et al.. (2025). An Albumin‐Photosensitizer Supramolecular Assembly with Type I ROS‐Induced Multifaceted Tumor Cell Deaths for Photodynamic Immunotherapy. Advanced Science. 12(9). e2410405–e2410405. 10 indexed citations

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Wei, Xiaoli, Ru Zhang, Pu Chen, et al.. (2025). Mitochondria‐Targeted AIE Materials for Oxidative Stress‐Mediated Cancer Therapy and Beyond. Aggregate. 6(12).

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Li, Cong, Xin Yue, Heqi Gao, et al.. (2025). Injectable composite hydrogels based on minocycline and NIR photothermal therapy for antimicrobial and bone regeneration. Biomaterials Advances. 177. 214397–214397. 3 indexed citations

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Gao, Heqi, Cong Li, Jingtian Zhang, et al.. (2024). Fused Azulenyl Squaraine Derivatives Improve Phototheranostics in the Second Near‐Infrared Window by Concentrating Excited State Energy on Non‐Radiative Decay Pathways. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 63(17). e202400372–e202400372. 22 indexed citations

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Gao, Heqi, Tingting Zhang, Yunxiang Lei, et al.. (2024). An Organophosphorescence Probe with Ultralong Lifetime and Intrinsic Tissue Selectivity for Specific Tumor Imaging and Guided Tumor Surgery. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 11 indexed citations

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Gao, Heqi, Cong Li, Jingtian Zhang, et al.. (2024). Fused Azulenyl Squaraine Derivatives Improve Phototheranostics in the Second Near‐Infrared Window by Concentrating Excited State Energy on Non‐Radiative Decay Pathways. Angewandte Chemie. 136(17). 4 indexed citations

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Zhang, Xiaoyan, Kefei Wang, Zhiyuan Gao, et al.. (2023). An Aggregation‐Induced Emission Molecule‐Assembled Nanovaccine with Self‐Adjuvanted Function for Cancer Immunotherapy. Advanced Functional Materials. 33(51). 9 indexed citations

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Gao, Heqi, Kangyi Yue, Xiu‐Li Cao, et al.. (2023). Observing Extracellular Vesicles Originating from Endothelial Cells in Vivo Demonstrates Improved Astrocyte Function Following Ischemic Stroke via Aggregation-Induced Emission Luminogens. ACS Nano. 17(16). 16174–16191. 19 indexed citations

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Fang, Yuan, Xin Liu, Yujie Zhang, et al.. (2023). AIE Bioconjugates for Accurate Identification and In Vivo Targeted Treatment of Bacterial Infection Based on Bioorthogonal Reaction. Advanced Healthcare Materials. 12(24). e2300044–e2300044. 20 indexed citations

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Bao, Pingping, Yonghui Lv, Rui Luo, et al.. (2023). Enhancing NIR-II Imaging and Photothermal Therapy for Improved Oral Cancer Theranostics by Combining TICT and Aggregation-Induced Emission. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 15(49). 56895–56908. 9 indexed citations

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Chen, Chao, Heqi Gao, Hanlin Ou, et al.. (2022). Amplification of Activated Near-Infrared Afterglow Luminescence by Introducing Twisted Molecular Geometry for Understanding Neutrophil-Involved Diseases. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 144(8). 3429–3441. 145 indexed citations breakdown →

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Zhang, Guoqiang, Zhiyuan Gao, Jingtian Zhang, et al.. (2022). A wearable AIEgen-based lateral flow test strip for rapid detection of SARS-CoV-2 RBD protein and N protein. Cell Reports Physical Science. 3(2). 100740–100740. 29 indexed citations

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Wang, Zhenjie, Yuehua Wang, Heqi Gao, et al.. (2022). Phototheranostic nanoparticles with aggregation-induced emission as a four-modal imaging platform for image-guided photothermal therapy and ferroptosis of tumor cells. Biomaterials. 289. 121779–121779. 25 indexed citations

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Xiao, Fuming, Heqi Gao, Yunxiang Lei, et al.. (2022). Guest-host doped strategy for constructing ultralong-lifetime near-infrared organic phosphorescence materials for bioimaging. Nature Communications. 13(1). 186–186. 363 indexed citations breakdown →

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Wang, Yunsheng, Heqi Gao, Jie Yang, et al.. (2021). High Performance of Simple Organic Phosphorescence Host–Guest Materials and their Application in Time‐Resolved Bioimaging. Advanced Materials. 33(18). e2007811–e2007811. 401 indexed citations breakdown →

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Li, Jun, Heqi Gao, Ruihua Liu, et al.. (2020). Endoplasmic reticulum targeted AIE bioprobe as a highly efficient inducer of immunogenic cell death. Science China Chemistry. 63(10). 1428–1434. 133 indexed citations

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He, Zihan, Heqi Gao, Shitong Zhang, et al.. (2019). Achieving Persistent, Efficient, and Robust Room‐Temperature Phosphorescence from Pure Organics for Versatile Applications. Advanced Materials. 31(18). e1807222–e1807222. 340 indexed citations breakdown →

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Wu, Jin, Heqi Gao, Xueyan Hu, et al.. (2019). Hypoxia-tropic nanozymes as oxygen generators for tumor-favoring theranostics. Biomaterials. 230. 119635–119635. 78 indexed citations

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Yang, Jie, Heqi Gao, Yunsheng Wang, et al.. (2019). The odd–even effect of alkyl chain in organic room temperature phosphorescence luminogens and the corresponding in vivo imaging. Materials Chemistry Frontiers. 3(7). 1391–1397. 96 indexed citations

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Gao, Heqi, Mingming Zhai, Pan Wang, et al.. (2017). Low-level mechanical vibration enhances osteoblastogenesis via a canonical Wnt signaling-associated mechanism. Molecular Medicine Reports. 16(1). 317–324. 17 indexed citations

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