Hexiang Deng

14.5k total citations · 12 hit papers
94 papers, 12.6k citations indexed

About

Hexiang Deng is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Hexiang Deng has authored 94 papers receiving a total of 12.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 63 papers in Materials Chemistry, 61 papers in Inorganic Chemistry and 22 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Hexiang Deng's work include Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications (61 papers), Covalent Organic Framework Applications (28 papers) and Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials (16 papers). Hexiang Deng is often cited by papers focused on Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications (61 papers), Covalent Organic Framework Applications (28 papers) and Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials (16 papers). Hexiang Deng collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Saudi Arabia. Hexiang Deng's co-authors include Omar M. Yaghi, Hiroyasu Furukawa, Bo Wang, Kyle E. Cordova, Osamu Terasaki, Ricardo B. Ferreira, Carolyn B. Knobler, Christian J. Doonan, Felipe Gándara and Hengjiang Cong and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Hexiang Deng

94 papers receiving 12.5k citations

Hit Papers

Large-Pore Apertures in a Series of Metal-Organic Frameworks 2010 2026 2015 2020 2012 2010 2020 2014 2013 500 1000 1.5k
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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.

  1. Large-Pore Apertures in a Series of Metal-Organic Frameworks
    2012 1.8k citations Hexiang Deng, Osamu Terasaki et al. profile →
  2. Multiple Functional Groups of Varying Ratios in Metal-Organic Frameworks
    2010 1.7k citations Hexiang Deng, Bo Wang et al. profile →
  3. Filling metal–organic framework mesopores with TiO2 for CO2 photoreduction
    2020 857 citations Zhuo Jiang, Xiaohui Xu et al. Nature profile →
  4. Synthesis and Characterization of Metal–Organic Framework-74 Containing 2, 4, 6, 8, and 10 Different Metals
    2014 448 citations Hexiang Deng, Omar M. Yaghi et al. profile →
  5. Mapping of Functional Groups in Metal-Organic Frameworks
    2013 440 citations Hexiang Deng, Omar M. Yaghi et al. profile →
  6. Introduction of Functionality, Selection of Topology, and Enhancement of Gas Adsorption in Multivariate Metal–Organic Framework-177
    2015 363 citations Yue‐Biao Zhang, Hexiang Deng et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
  7. 25 Years of Reticular Chemistry
    2021 313 citations Ralph Freund, Stefano Canossa et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →
  8. Photophysical pore control in an azobenzene-containing metal–organic framework
    2013 248 citations Hexiang Deng, Omar M. Yaghi et al. profile →
  9. Extra adsorption and adsorbate superlattice formation in metal-organic frameworks
    2015 236 citations Hae Sung Cho, Hexiang Deng et al. Nature profile →
  10. Principles of Designing Extra-Large Pore Openings and Cages in Zeolitic Imidazolate Frameworks
    2017 215 citations Jingjing Yang, Yue‐Biao Zhang et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
  11. Anisotropic reticular chemistry
    2020 213 citations Qi Liu, Christian S. Diercks et al. profile →
  12. Integration of AIEgens into covalent organic frameworks for pyroptosis and ferroptosis primed cancer immunotherapy
    2023 143 citations Liang Zhang, An Song et al. Nature Communications profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Hexiang Deng China 45 8.2k 8.0k 2.1k 2.0k 1.9k 94 12.6k
Stefan Wuttke Spain 59 7.8k 0.9× 7.3k 0.9× 3.3k 1.5× 1.5k 0.7× 1.6k 0.8× 191 13.3k
Inhar Imaz Spain 53 6.6k 0.8× 6.5k 0.8× 1.5k 0.7× 1.2k 0.6× 1.5k 0.8× 158 10.5k
Guang Lü China 49 4.5k 0.6× 6.4k 0.8× 2.0k 1.0× 2.4k 1.2× 2.8k 1.5× 116 10.2k
Meiting Zhao China 33 5.0k 0.6× 6.9k 0.9× 1.6k 0.7× 3.3k 1.6× 2.7k 1.4× 70 10.8k
Qiang Zhang China 45 5.2k 0.6× 5.4k 0.7× 1.2k 0.6× 1.2k 0.6× 1.6k 0.8× 236 9.6k
Vitalie Stavila United States 60 5.2k 0.6× 8.4k 1.0× 2.3k 1.1× 990 0.5× 4.0k 2.1× 224 14.2k
David Fairen‐Jiménez United Kingdom 60 9.6k 1.2× 7.8k 1.0× 2.1k 1.0× 769 0.4× 1.5k 0.8× 150 13.1k
Félix Zamora Spain 58 6.3k 0.8× 10.8k 1.3× 1.7k 0.8× 2.7k 1.3× 3.5k 1.8× 282 15.1k
Shuhei Furukawa Japan 58 10.4k 1.3× 10.1k 1.3× 2.7k 1.3× 1.6k 0.8× 3.4k 1.8× 171 16.6k
Yan Liu China 63 9.2k 1.1× 9.3k 1.2× 1.2k 0.6× 1.9k 0.9× 1.2k 0.7× 327 14.7k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Hexiang Deng

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Zhou, Xue, et al.. (2025). Rigidity Reinforcement of 3D Covalent Organic Frameworks by Controlling Interpenetration. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 147(11). 9067–9073. 10 indexed citations
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Huang, Xiaoyan, et al.. (2025). Dynamic response characterization and multi-parameter cooperative control of virtual synchronous generator. Electric Power Systems Research. 247. 111839–111839. 1 indexed citations
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Zhang, Liang, Shu‐Cheng Wan, Jianyu Zhang, et al.. (2023). Activation of Pyroptosis Using AIEgen-Based sp2 Carbon-Linked Covalent Organic Frameworks. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 145(32). 17689–17699. 80 indexed citations
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Zhang, Liang, An Song, Qi‐Chao Yang, et al.. (2023). Integration of AIEgens into covalent organic frameworks for pyroptosis and ferroptosis primed cancer immunotherapy. Nature Communications. 14(1). 5355–5355. 143 indexed citations breakdown →
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Liu, Xingyu, Jing Cao, Shaoru Wang, et al.. (2023). Mesoporous Metal–Organic Frameworks for Catalytic RNA Deprotection and Activation. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 62(42). e202302649–e202302649. 17 indexed citations
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Sun, Yuqing, Haixin Yu, Shaoqing Han, et al.. (2023). Method for the extraction of circulating nucleic acids based on MOF reveals cell-free RNA signatures in liver cancer. National Science Review. 11(1). nwae022–nwae022. 8 indexed citations
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Zhang, Liang, Yao Xiao, Qi‐Chao Yang, et al.. (2022). Staggered Stacking Covalent Organic Frameworks for Boosting Cancer Immunotherapy. Advanced Functional Materials. 32(29). 77 indexed citations
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He, Xudong, et al.. (2022). Determining factors in the growth of MOF single crystals unveiled by in situ interface imaging. Chem. 8(6). 1637–1657. 58 indexed citations
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Zhang, Liang, Qi‐Chao Yang, Shuo Wang, et al.. (2021). Engineering Multienzyme‐Mimicking Covalent Organic Frameworks as Pyroptosis Inducers for Boosting Antitumor Immunity. Advanced Materials. 34(13). e2108174–e2108174. 159 indexed citations
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Freund, Ralph, Stefano Canossa, Seth M. Cohen, et al.. (2021). 25 Jahre retikuläre Chemie. Angewandte Chemie. 133(45). 24142–24173. 7 indexed citations
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Li, Yongzheng, Pengcheng Wei, Hexiang Deng, et al.. (2021). Immune-based mutation classification enables neoantigen prioritization and immune feature discovery in cancer immunotherapy. OncoImmunology. 10(1). 1868130–1868130. 17 indexed citations
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Jiang, Haoqing, et al.. (2020). Multivariate MOFs for laser writing of alloy nanoparticle patterns. Chemical Communications. 56(18). 2715–2718. 24 indexed citations
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Jiang, Zhuo, Xiaohui Xu, Yanhang Ma, et al.. (2020). Filling metal–organic framework mesopores with TiO2 for CO2 photoreduction. Nature. 586(7830). 549–554. 857 indexed citations breakdown →
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Zhang, Liang, Yi Zhou, Mei Jia, et al.. (2020). Covalent Organic Framework for Efficient Two-Photon Absorption. Matter. 2(4). 1049–1063. 95 indexed citations
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Cho, Hae Sung, Jingjing Yang, Xuan Gong, et al.. (2019). Isotherms of individual pores by gas adsorption crystallography. Nature Chemistry. 11(6). 562–570. 105 indexed citations
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Liu, Haoyu, Jun Chu, Zhenglei Yin, et al.. (2018). Covalent Organic Frameworks Linked by Amine Bonding for Concerted Electrochemical Reduction of CO2. Chem. 4(7). 1696–1709. 412 indexed citations
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Peng, Shuang, Binglin Bie, Yangzesheng Sun, et al.. (2018). Metal-organic frameworks for precise inclusion of single-stranded DNA and transfection in immune cells. Nature Communications. 9(1). 1293–1293. 226 indexed citations
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Wang, Xiaogang, Zhiyue Dong, Hong Cheng, et al.. (2015). A multifunctional metal–organic framework based tumor targeting drug delivery system for cancer therapy. Nanoscale. 7(38). 16061–16070. 251 indexed citations
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Cho, Hae Sung, Hexiang Deng, Keiichi Miyasaka, et al.. (2015). Extra adsorption and adsorbate superlattice formation in metal-organic frameworks. Nature. 527(7579). 503–507. 236 indexed citations breakdown →
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Deng, Hexiang. (2011). Isoreticular Expansion of Metal-Organic Frameworks with Multiple Functionalities and Controlled Pore Sizes. PhDT. 1 indexed citations

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