Huifeng Qian

13.7k total citations · 3 hit papers
85 papers, 12.1k citations indexed

About

Huifeng Qian is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Huifeng Qian has authored 85 papers receiving a total of 12.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 78 papers in Materials Chemistry, 41 papers in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials and 12 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Huifeng Qian's work include Nanocluster Synthesis and Applications (58 papers), Advanced Nanomaterials in Catalysis (45 papers) and Gold and Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis and Applications (41 papers). Huifeng Qian is often cited by papers focused on Nanocluster Synthesis and Applications (58 papers), Advanced Nanomaterials in Catalysis (45 papers) and Gold and Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis and Applications (41 papers). Huifeng Qian collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Canada. Huifeng Qian's co-authors include Rongchao Jin, Yan Zhu, Manzhou Zhu, Jicun Ren, Zhikun Wu, Liang Li, William T. Eckenhoff, Tomislav Pintauer, Chaoqing Dong and Gao Li and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Advanced Materials.

In The Last Decade

Huifeng Qian

83 papers receiving 12.0k 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.

Total Structure Determination of Thiolate-Protected Au₃₈ Nanoparticles

2010 955 citations Huifeng Qian, Yan Zhu et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
Quantum Sized Gold Nanoclusters with Atomic Precision

2012 862 citations Huifeng Qian, Manzhou Zhu et al. profile →
Total Structure and Electronic Properties of the Gold Nanocrystal Au₃₆(SR)₂₄

2012 513 citations Chenjie Zeng, Huifeng Qian et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Huifeng Qian United States	57	10.9k	6.1k	1.2k	1.1k	943	85	12.1k
Yuichi Negishi Japan	64	14.5k 1.3×	7.9k 1.3×	862 0.7×	1.5k 1.4×	2.0k 2.2×	295	16.4k
Chenjie Zeng United States	41	10.3k 0.9×	6.2k 1.0×	429 0.3×	440 0.4×	634 0.7×	64	10.9k
Zhikun Wu China	55	10.3k 0.9×	6.4k 1.1×	725 0.6×	352 0.3×	698 0.7×	150	11.0k
Manzhou Zhu China	69	21.2k 1.9×	11.7k 1.9×	1.6k 1.3×	1.1k 1.1×	2.3k 2.4×	476	24.0k
Amala Dass United States	52	8.4k 0.8×	5.3k 0.9×	483 0.4×	459 0.4×	468 0.5×	129	9.5k
Dongil Lee South Korea	41	5.5k 0.5×	3.1k 0.5×	415 0.3×	570 0.5×	359 0.4×	105	6.4k
Yong Pei China	61	9.4k 0.9×	3.6k 0.6×	334 0.3×	3.4k 3.2×	1.1k 1.2×	301	12.6k
Hironori Tsunoyama Japan	37	6.1k 0.6×	2.9k 0.5×	250 0.2×	516 0.5×	2.2k 2.4×	89	7.3k
Indranath Chakraborty Germany	31	4.3k 0.4×	2.5k 0.4×	529 0.4×	418 0.4×	422 0.4×	77	5.2k
G. Ramakrishna United States	42	4.6k 0.4×	2.1k 0.3×	373 0.3×	932 0.9×	525 0.6×	114	5.9k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Wang, Fang, Ke Wang, Ying Li, et al.. (2025). Hollow mesoporous Prussian blue nanozymes alleviate doxorubicin-induced cardiotoxicity by restraining oxidative stress associated with Nrf2 signaling. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. 686. 1074–1088. 4 indexed citations

Wang, Jiangmei, Guoping Zheng, Guanguan Qiu, et al.. (2025). Extracellular vesicle-bound S100A8/A9 is differentially expressed in septic shock and prompts acute lung injury. Respiratory Research. 26(1). 107–107.

Qian, Huifeng, Guanguan Qiu, Jianguo Xu, & Guoping Zheng. (2025). Role of mitochondria-associated membranes (MAMs) in inflammatory signaling: implications for acute lung injury pathogenesis. Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology. 13. 1690934–1690934.

Zhao, Zhun, et al.. (2018). Hydrogen-generating behavior of Pd-decorated gold nanoparticles via formic acid decomposition. Catalysis Today. 330. 24–31. 21 indexed citations

Gottlieb, Eric, Huifeng Qian, & Rongchao Jin. (2013). Atomic‐Level Alloying and De‐alloying in Doped Gold Nanoparticles. Chemistry - A European Journal. 19(13). 4238–4243. 68 indexed citations

Zeng, Chenjie, Huifeng Qian, Tao Li, et al.. (2012). Total Structure and Electronic Properties of the Gold Nanocrystal Au₃₆(SR)₂₄. Angewandte Chemie. 124(52). 13291–13295. 124 indexed citations

Qian, Huifeng, De‐en Jiang, Gao Li, et al.. (2012). Monoplatinum Doping of Gold Nanoclusters and Catalytic Application. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 134(39). 16159–16162. 440 indexed citations

Christensen, Stephen, Mark MacDonald, A. Chatt, et al.. (2012). Dopant Location, Local Structure, and Electronic Properties of Au₂₄Pt(SR)₁₈ Nanoclusters. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 116(51). 26932–26937. 101 indexed citations

Wu, Zhikun, Man Wang, Jiao Yang, et al.. (2012). Well‐Defined Nanoclusters as Fluorescent Nanosensors: A Case Study on Au₂₅(SG)₁₈. Small. 8(13). 2028–2035. 188 indexed citations

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Qian, Huifeng & Rongchao Jin. (2011). Synthesis and electrospray mass spectrometry determination of thiolate-protected Au55(SR)31 nanoclusters. Chemical Communications. 47(41). 11462–11462. 46 indexed citations

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Qian, Huifeng, Manzhou Zhu, Chakicherla Gayathri, Roberto R. Gil, & Rongchao Jin. (2011). Chirality in Gold Nanoclusters Probed by NMR Spectroscopy. ACS Nano. 5(11). 8935–8942. 88 indexed citations

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Zhu, Yan, Huifeng Qian, & Rongchao Jin. (2011). Catalysis opportunities of atomically precise gold nanoclusters. Journal of Materials Chemistry. 21(19). 6793–6793. 179 indexed citations

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Zhu, Yan, Huifeng Qian, Manzhou Zhu, & Rongchao Jin. (2010). Thiolate‐Protected Au_n Nanoclusters as Catalysts for Selective Oxidation and Hydrogenation Processes. Advanced Materials. 22(17). 1915–1920. 220 indexed citations

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Zhu, Yan, et al.. (2010). Atomically Precise Au₂₅(SR)₁₈ Nanoparticles as Catalysts for the Selective Hydrogenation of α,β‐Unsaturated Ketones and Aldehydes. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 49(7). 1295–1298. 441 indexed citations

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Dong, Chaoqing, et al.. (2008). Studies on Interaction of CdTe Quantum Dots with Bovine Serum Albumin Using Fluorescence Correlation Spectroscopy. Journal of Fluorescence. 19(1). 151–157. 42 indexed citations

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Huang, Xiangyi, Liang Li, Huifeng Qian, Chaoqing Dong, & Jicun Ren. (2006). A Resonance Energy Transfer between Chemiluminescent Donors and Luminescent Quantum‐Dots as Acceptors (CRET). Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 45(31). 5140–5143. 219 indexed citations

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Li, Liang, et al.. (2006). Exploring Feasibility for Application of Luminescent CdTe Quantum Dots Prepared in Aqueous Phase to Live Cell Imaging. Chinese Chemical Letters. 17(5). 675–678. 2 indexed citations

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He, Hua, Huifeng Qian, Chaoqing Dong, Kanglin Wang, & Jicun Ren. (2006). Single Nonblinking CdTe Quantum Dots Synthesized in Aqueous Thiopropionic Acid. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 45(45). 7588–7591. 62 indexed citations

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Li, Liang, et al.. (2006). Highly efficient size separation of CdTe quantum dots by capillary gel electrophoresis using polymer solution as sieving medium. Electrophoresis. 27(7). 1341–1346. 65 indexed citations

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Li, Liang, Huifeng Qian, & Jicun Ren. (2005). CdTe@Co(OH)2(core–shell) nanoparticles: aqueous synthesis and characterization. Chemical Communications. 4083–4083. 38 indexed citations

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