Kai Chen

6.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
203 papers, 5.6k citations indexed

About

Kai Chen is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Kai Chen has authored 203 papers receiving a total of 5.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 63 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 60 papers in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials and 51 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Kai Chen's work include Plasmonic and Surface Plasmon Research (40 papers), Metamaterials and Metasurfaces Applications (24 papers) and Gold and Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis and Applications (22 papers). Kai Chen is often cited by papers focused on Plasmonic and Surface Plasmon Research (40 papers), Metamaterials and Metasurfaces Applications (24 papers) and Gold and Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis and Applications (22 papers). Kai Chen collaborates with scholars based in China, Japan and United States. Kai Chen's co-authors include Tadaaki Nagao, Ronen Adato, Thang Duy Dao, Hatice Altug, Satoshi Ishii, Sergey Vyazovkin, Daoyou Guo, Shunli Wang, Weihua Tang and Minggang Cai and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, Nucleic Acids Research and Journal of Clinical Oncology.

In The Last Decade

Kai Chen

191 papers receiving 5.4k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Fine-Tuning Energy Levels via Asymmetric End Groups Enables Polymer Solar Cells with Efficiencies over 17%

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Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Kai Chen	2.0k	1.6k	1.6k	1.4k	960	203	5.6k
Yusheng Wang	1.8k 0.9×	1.5k 0.9×	2.1k 1.3×	2.9k 2.1×	1.1k 1.2×	292	7.0k
Alberto Tagliaferro	876 0.4×	1.3k 0.8×	1.7k 1.1×	3.8k 2.7×	1.1k 1.2×	248	6.9k
Feng Zhang	2.2k 1.1×	1.6k 1.0×	2.5k 1.5×	2.4k 1.7×	1.3k 1.3×	291	8.3k
Hongqiang Li	2.7k 1.4×	1.4k 0.9×	2.3k 1.5×	1.4k 1.0×	314 0.3×	195	7.1k
David R. G. Mitchell	846 0.4×	945 0.6×	1.8k 1.2×	3.5k 2.5×	243 0.3×	226	7.9k
Amanda Ellis	742 0.4×	3.1k 1.9×	1.5k 0.9×	1.9k 1.4×	1.1k 1.2×	194	7.0k
Lei Zheng	1.1k 0.5×	1.4k 0.9×	3.2k 2.0×	2.8k 2.0×	617 0.6×	262	8.1k
Praveen C. Ramamurthy	954 0.5×	1.2k 0.8×	1.6k 1.0×	1.6k 1.1×	1.5k 1.5×	269	5.2k
Guoliang Liu	1.3k 0.6×	1.9k 1.2×	2.5k 1.6×	3.7k 2.6×	855 0.9×	212	9.3k
Chen Liu	926 0.5×	1.5k 0.9×	3.9k 2.5×	2.2k 1.6×	696 0.7×	370	8.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Kai Chen

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Fields of papers citing papers by Kai Chen

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kai Chen

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Wang, Jun, Kai Chen, Hongwei Ke, et al.. (2025). Integrated analysis of microplastics origins and impact on prominent aquaculture ecosystems in Bangladesh. The Science of The Total Environment. 977. 179334–179334. 4 indexed citations

Chen, Kai, Ke Li, Yiming Wang, et al.. (2024). Graphene-Tuned, Tightly Coupled Hybrid Plasmonic Meta-Atoms. Nanomaterials. 14(8). 713–713. 2 indexed citations

Ding, Hao, et al.. (2024). Experimental study on navigation performance of bionic underwater vehicle inspired by sea turtle. Ocean Engineering. 310. 118700–118700. 2 indexed citations

Gao, Xueqin, et al.. (2024). A Zero-Shot Learning-Based Detection Model Against Zero-Day Attacks in IoT. 309–314.

Yang, Tao, Yingxu Zeng, Minggang Cai, et al.. (2023). Enrichment and ecological risks of microplastics in mangroves of southern Hainan Island, China. The Science of The Total Environment. 889. 164160–164160. 20 indexed citations

Xu, Feng, Jun Ma, Can Li, et al.. (2023). Fabry–Pérot Cavities with Suspended Palladium Membranes on Optical Fibers for Highly Sensitive Hydrogen Sensing. Molecules. 28(19). 6984–6984. 8 indexed citations

Ma, Churong, Meng Li, Feng Zhao, et al.. (2022). Mass Fabrication of WS₂ Nanodisks and their Scattering Properties. Advanced Materials Technologies. 7(12). 3 indexed citations

Xu, Wenqi, Xiaoli Zheng, Xiaoyu Zhu, et al.. (2021). Antimicrobial Susceptibility of Ertapenem in Neisseria gonorrhoeae Isolates Collected Within the China Gonococcal Resistance Surveillance Programme (China-GRSP) 2018. Infection and Drug Resistance. Volume 14. 4183–4189. 5 indexed citations

Yan, Zhendong, et al.. (2021). Ultranarrow Dual-Band Perfect Absorption in Visible and Near-infrared Regimes Based on Three-Dimensional Metamaterials for Ultrahigh-Sensitivity Sensing. Journal of Lightwave Technology. 39(22). 7217–7222. 36 indexed citations

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Wang, Bin, Ying Che, Wen Yan, et al.. (2021). Cylindrical vector beam revealing multipolar nonlinear scattering for superlocalization of silicon nanostructures. Photonics Research. 9(6). 950–950. 7 indexed citations

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Ma, Jun, et al.. (2020). Flexible microbubble-based Fabry–Pérot cavity for sensitive ultrasound detection and wide-view photoacoustic imaging. Photonics Research. 8(10). 1558–1558. 24 indexed citations

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He, Chenran, Daoyou Guo, Kai Chen, et al.. (2019). α-Ga₂O₃ Nanorod Array–Cu₂O Microsphere p–n Junctions for Self-Powered Spectrum-Distinguishable Photodetectors. ACS Applied Nano Materials. 2(7). 4095–4103. 153 indexed citations

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Ma, Jun, et al.. (2019). High-sensitivity and fast-response fiber-tip Fabry–Pérot hydrogen sensor with suspended palladium-decorated graphene. Nanoscale. 11(34). 15821–15827. 60 indexed citations

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Chen, Kai, Shunli Wang, Chenran He, et al.. (2019). Photoelectrochemical Self-Powered Solar-Blind Photodetectors Based on Ga₂O₃ Nanorod Array/Electrolyte Solid/Liquid Heterojunctions with a Large Separation Interface of Photogenerated Carriers. ACS Applied Nano Materials. 2(10). 6169–6177. 105 indexed citations

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Chen, Kai, Gary Razinskas, Henning Vieker, et al.. (2018). High-Q, low-mode-volume and multiresonant plasmonic nanoslit cavities fabricated by helium ion milling. Nanoscale. 10(36). 17148–17155. 23 indexed citations

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Xu, Jing, Dominica H. C. Wong, James D. Byrne, et al.. (2013). Die Zukunft der Partikelreplikation in nicht benetzenden Templaten (PRINT). Angewandte Chemie. 125(26). 6710–6720. 3 indexed citations

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Chen, Kai. (2011). Study on Amendment of Airflow Velocity in Roadway Based on CFD. Safety in Coal Mines. 3 indexed citations

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Wang, Guangli, Ji Zhang, Li Wang, et al.. (2010). Co-metabolism of DDT by the newly isolated bacterium, Pseudoxanthomonas sp. wax.. Europe PMC (PubMed Central). 41(2). 431–8. 22 indexed citations

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Chen, Kai. (2003). Study on Photonic Crystal and Its Application.

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Chen, Kai, et al.. (2003). Several mechanically-induced long-period gratings by a grooved plate. Chinese Optics Letters. 1(8). 444–446. 6 indexed citations

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