Junbai Li

23.0k total citations · 4 hit papers
373 papers, 20.0k citations indexed

About

Junbai Li is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Biomaterials and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Junbai Li has authored 373 papers receiving a total of 20.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 152 papers in Molecular Biology, 151 papers in Biomaterials and 127 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Junbai Li's work include Supramolecular Self-Assembly in Materials (100 papers), Polymer Surface Interaction Studies (72 papers) and Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics (60 papers). Junbai Li is often cited by papers focused on Supramolecular Self-Assembly in Materials (100 papers), Polymer Surface Interaction Studies (72 papers) and Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics (60 papers). Junbai Li collaborates with scholars based in China, Germany and United States. Junbai Li's co-authors include Xuehai Yan, Qiang He, Jinbo Fei, Yi Jia, Helmuth Möhwald, Yue Cui, Pengli Zhu, Yang Yang, Anhe Wang and Jie Zhao and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Chemical Reviews and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Junbai Li

367 papers receiving 19.8k 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.

Self-assembly and application of diphenylalanine-based nanostructures

2010 906 citations Xuehai Yan, Junbai Li et al. Chemical Society Reviews profile →
Nanoarchitectonics for Dynamic Functional Materials from Atomic‐/Molecular‐Level Manipulation to Macroscopic Action

2015 460 citations Katsuhiko Ariga, Junbai Li et al. profile →
Molecular Assembly of Schiff Base Interactions: Construction and Application

2014 440 citations Yi Jia, Junbai Li profile →
Hierarchically oriented organization in supramolecular peptide crystals

2019 382 citations Wei Ji, Junbai Li et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Junbai Li China	76	8.6k	6.9k	6.2k	6.2k	5.0k	373	20.0k
Xuehai Yan China	81	11.1k 1.3×	8.8k 1.3×	8.8k 1.4×	7.2k 1.2×	5.8k 1.2×	258	22.9k
Jan C. M. van Hest Netherlands	84	7.9k 0.9×	5.5k 0.8×	7.4k 1.2×	10.3k 1.7×	10.2k 2.0×	436	26.8k
Jingcheng Hao China	62	4.0k 0.5×	7.3k 1.0×	4.1k 0.7×	2.5k 0.4×	6.1k 1.2×	659	18.7k
Alan E. Rowan Netherlands	74	4.6k 0.5×	7.5k 1.1×	3.8k 0.6×	4.8k 0.8×	8.3k 1.6×	345	20.4k
Françoise M. Winnik Canada	71	5.3k 0.6×	6.7k 1.0×	4.9k 0.8×	4.5k 0.7×	9.5k 1.9×	299	24.0k
Zhibo Li China	67	5.8k 0.7×	6.7k 1.0×	2.6k 0.4×	2.7k 0.4×	7.5k 1.5×	523	17.9k
Jonathan P. Hill Japan	76	4.9k 0.6×	11.8k 1.7×	5.3k 0.9×	4.0k 0.7×	5.5k 1.1×	403	23.5k
Harm‐Anton Klok Switzerland	65	6.6k 0.8×	3.6k 0.5×	4.2k 0.7×	5.0k 0.8×	8.2k 1.6×	240	18.8k
Shiyong Liu China	86	7.7k 0.9×	8.4k 1.2×	5.4k 0.9×	4.4k 0.7×	12.0k 2.4×	352	23.3k
Bing Xu United States	96	19.0k 2.2×	9.7k 1.4×	8.2k 1.3×	13.3k 2.2×	9.4k 1.9×	455	33.3k

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Duan, Li, et al.. (2025). Covalent organic frameworks for metal ion separation: Nanoarchitectonics, mechanisms, applications, and future perspectives. Advances in Colloid and Interface Science. 338. 103399–103399. 15 indexed citations

An, Lin, Shuhao Wang, Jin Liu, et al.. (2025). Living organisms growth and release immobilized in an assembled dipeptide hydrogel. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. 686. 462–470. 1 indexed citations

Wang, Anhe, Jieling Li, Yi Jia, et al.. (2025). Immunostimulatory Hydrogel with Synergistic Blockage of Glutamine Metabolism and Chemodynamic Therapy for Postoperative Management of Glioblastoma. Advanced Science. 12(15). e2412507–e2412507. 5 indexed citations

Bai, Shiwei, Yang Yang, Yanfei Qi, et al.. (2024). Blood cellular membrane-coated Au/polydopamine nanoparticle-targeted NIR-II antibacterial therapy. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. 665. 855–862. 10 indexed citations

Tao, Kai, Haoran Wu, Lihi Adler‐Abramovich, et al.. (2024). Aromatic short peptide architectonics: Assembly and engineering. Progress in Materials Science. 142. 101240–101240. 25 indexed citations

Jia, Yi, et al.. (2024). Supramolecular assembly of Polydopamine@Fe nanoparticles with near-infrared light-accelerated cascade catalysis applied for synergistic photothermal-enhanced chemodynamic therapy. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. 676. 626–635. 14 indexed citations

Yang, Xu, et al.. (2024). Artificial Mitochondria Nanoarchitectonics via a Supramolecular Assembled Microreactor Covered by ATP Synthase. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 63(38). e202411164–e202411164. 5 indexed citations

Li, Xianbao, et al.. (2024). General and Versatile Nanoarchitectonics for Amino Acid‐Based Glasses via Co‐Assembly of Organic Counterions. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 64(13). e202422272–e202422272. 6 indexed citations

Wang, Tonghui, et al.. (2024). Nanoarchitectonics of Vesicle Microreactors for Oscillating ATP Synthesis and Hydrolysis. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 63(45). e202411981–e202411981. 4 indexed citations

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Dong, Zhenzhen, Jinbo Fei, Tonghui Wang, & Junbai Li. (2023). Long afterglow particle enables spectral and temporal light management to boost photosynthetic efficiency. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. 638. 76–83. 5 indexed citations

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Jia, Yi, et al.. (2022). Cu-boosted one-pot nanoarchitectonics for synthesis of polydopamine membranes as reusable laccase mimic. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. 628. 935–942. 15 indexed citations

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Jia, Yi, Mingjun Xuan, Xiyun Feng, et al.. (2019). Reconstitution of Motor Proteins through Molecular Assembly. Chinese Journal of Chemistry. 38(2). 123–129. 17 indexed citations

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Sun, Bingbing, Kai Tao, Yi Jia, et al.. (2019). Photoactive properties of supramolecular assembled short peptides. Chemical Society Reviews. 48(16). 4387–4400. 159 indexed citations

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Ji, Wei, Bin Xue, Zohar A. Arnon, et al.. (2019). Rigid Tightly Packed Amino Acid Crystals as Functional Supramolecular Materials. ACS Nano. 13(12). 14477–14485. 75 indexed citations

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Tao, Kai, Zhen Fan, Leming Sun, et al.. (2018). Quantum confined peptide assemblies with tunable visible to near-infrared spectral range. Nature Communications. 9(1). 3217–3217. 138 indexed citations

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Li, Qi, Yi Jia, Luru Dai, et al.. (2018). Unidirectional Branching Growth of Dipeptide Single Crystals for Remote Light Multiplication and Collection. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 11(1). 31–36. 27 indexed citations

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Xia, Jiarui, Bingbing Sun, Yang Yang, et al.. (2018). Controlled movement of kinesin-driven microtubule along a directional track. Colloids and Surfaces A Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects. 550. 186–192. 3 indexed citations

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Song, Weixing, Jianxiong Zhu, Weimin Kong, Helmuth Möhwald, & Junbai Li. (2018). Different Microtubule Structures Assembled by Kinesin Motors. Langmuir. 34(33). 9768–9773. 6 indexed citations

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Cai, Peng, et al.. (2017). Assembly of CdTe Quantum Dots and Photosystem II Multilayer Films with Enhanced Photocurrent. Chinese Journal of Chemistry. 35(6). 881–885. 10 indexed citations

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Ma, Hongchao, Shuo Li, Yanhui Wei, Lei Jiang, & Junbai Li. (2017). Fabrication of two-dimensional (2D) ordered microsphere aligned by supramolecular self-assembly of Formyl-azobenzene and dipeptide. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. 514. 491–495. 9 indexed citations

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