Kai Wu

5.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
115 papers, 4.3k citations indexed

About

Kai Wu is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Organic Chemistry and Inorganic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Kai Wu has authored 115 papers receiving a total of 4.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 47 papers in Materials Chemistry, 35 papers in Organic Chemistry and 32 papers in Inorganic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Kai Wu's work include Supramolecular Chemistry and Complexes (32 papers), Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications (30 papers) and Molecular Sensors and Ion Detection (21 papers). Kai Wu is often cited by papers focused on Supramolecular Chemistry and Complexes (32 papers), Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications (30 papers) and Molecular Sensors and Ion Detection (21 papers). Kai Wu collaborates with scholars based in China, United Kingdom and Germany. Kai Wu's co-authors include Cheng‐Yong Su, Mei Pan, Shao‐Yun Yin, Yanan Fan, Kang Li, Ya‐Jun Hou, Haiping Wang, Jian‐Hua Zhang, Ling Chen and Zhang‐Wen Wei 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

Kai Wu

107 papers receiving 4.3k 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.

Ultrafast water sensing and thermal imaging by a metal-organic framework with switchable luminescence

2017 455 citations Ling Chen, Jia‐Wen Ye et al. Nature Communications profile →
Non-statistical assembly of multicomponent [Pd2ABCD] cages

2024 80 citations Kai Wu, Élie Benchimol et al. Nature Chemistry profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Kai Wu China	35	2.5k	1.7k	1.6k	956	641	115	4.3k
Michael E. Briggs United Kingdom	33	2.4k 0.9×	2.0k 1.2×	1.3k 0.9×	419 0.4×	519 0.8×	50	3.8k
Jinqiao Dong China	41	3.7k 1.5×	2.9k 1.7×	1.1k 0.7×	885 0.9×	341 0.5×	80	5.4k
Huanrong Li China	54	6.6k 2.6×	2.2k 1.3×	2.3k 1.5×	1.1k 1.2×	1.1k 1.7×	261	9.5k
Marc A. Little United Kingdom	39	4.9k 2.0×	3.7k 2.2×	2.4k 1.6×	709 0.7×	450 0.7×	83	7.1k
Shinsuke Ishihara Japan	37	2.7k 1.1×	780 0.5×	946 0.6×	595 0.6×	734 1.1×	105	4.9k
Ryota Sakamoto Japan	42	4.1k 1.6×	2.0k 1.2×	1.1k 0.7×	543 0.6×	1.1k 1.7×	151	6.5k
Xiaomei Yang China	40	2.8k 1.1×	627 0.4×	893 0.6×	786 0.8×	533 0.8×	150	5.4k
Ali Trabolsi United States	48	4.1k 1.6×	1.6k 1.0×	2.8k 1.8×	1.0k 1.1×	422 0.7×	121	6.3k
Gökhan Barın United States	28	1.8k 0.7×	1.0k 0.6×	1.2k 0.7×	576 0.6×	317 0.5×	37	2.8k
Gerhard F. Swiegers Australia	30	1.6k 0.6×	1.5k 0.9×	1.4k 0.9×	350 0.4×	958 1.5×	112	5.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Kai Wu

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kai Wu

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Wu, Kai, et al.. (2025). 3D Helical Flexible Thermoelectric Film Generator Based on Bi₂Te₃/PEDOT: PSS/PU/MWCNT. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 17(15). 23188–23196. 1 indexed citations

Sun, Xiang, et al.. (2025). Proton-driven lithium separation using alkali-templated coordination cages. Chem. 11(10). 102556–102556. 2 indexed citations

Zhai, Xiaodong, Yue Sun, Gobinath Marappan, et al.. (2025). Colorimetric Food Freshness Indicators for Intelligent Packaging: Progress, Shortcomings, and Promising Solutions. Foods. 14(16). 2813–2813. 2 indexed citations

Zhang, Yanrong, Kai Wu, Yongqi Hu, et al.. (2025). Static and fatigue performance of the interface between the epoxy resin and cement asphalt mortar for CRTS II slab track. Case Studies in Construction Materials. 22. e04642–e04642.

Zhu, Jiali, Mengying Wu, Haotong Zhang, et al.. (2025). Soft alumina-based thermal interface materials with enhanced thermal properties enabled by the synergistic effect with hexagonal boron nitride and liquid metal. Journal of Material Science and Technology. 244. 60–69.

Deng, Mingyi, et al.. (2025). Ultrasound-assisted extraction of polyphenols from apple pomace using choline chloride-oxalic acid deep eutectic solvent: characterization, reusability, and molecular dynamics simulation. Microchemical Journal. 214. 114149–114149. 3 indexed citations

Wu, Kai, et al.. (2025). Flow and heat transfer mechanism of wall mode in Rayleigh-Bénard convection under strong magnetic fields. Physical Review Fluids. 10(3). 2 indexed citations

Zhang, Juan, et al.. (2024). Simultaneous determination of somatic cell count and total plate count in raw milk based on ATP bioluminescence assay. Analytica Chimica Acta. 1331. 343338–343338. 2 indexed citations

Zeng, Chao, et al.. (2024). Synthesis and characterization of a new out-of-plane ordered double-transition-metal MAX phase, Mo2VAlC2, and its two-dimensional derivate Mo2VC2Tx MXene. Materials Science and Engineering B. 305. 117403–117403. 10 indexed citations

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Wang, Yunxiao, Hao Lyu, Kang Ma, et al.. (2024). Bioinspired Flexible Hydrogelation with Programmable Properties for Tactile Sensing. Advanced Materials. 36(29). e2401678–e2401678. 25 indexed citations

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Wu, Kai, Élie Benchimol, Ananya Baksi, & Guido H. Clever. (2024). Non-statistical assembly of multicomponent [Pd2ABCD] cages. Nature Chemistry. 16(4). 584–591. 80 indexed citations breakdown →

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Li, Nan, et al.. (2023). Thermo-lp: A computational tool to evaluate reaction thermodynamics for synthesizing M+1AX (MAX) phases based on linear programming optimization method. Computer Physics Communications. 289. 108753–108753. 1 indexed citations

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Xue, Weichao, et al.. (2023). Allosterically Regulated Guest Binding Determines Framework Symmetry for an Fe^II₄L₄ Cage. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 62(18). e202301319–e202301319. 20 indexed citations

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Wu, Kai, Tanya K. Ronson, Pingru Su, et al.. (2023). Systematic construction of progressively larger capsules from a fivefold linking pyrrole-based subcomponent. Nature Synthesis. 2(8). 789–797. 46 indexed citations

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Xue, Weichao, et al.. (2023). Allosterically Regulated Guest Binding Determines Framework Symmetry for an Fe^II₄L₄ Cage. Angewandte Chemie. 135(18).

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Zhang, Yuqi, Pu Guo, Ensheng Zhang, et al.. (2018). Fluorescence-enhancing film sensor for highly effective detection of Bi³⁺ ions based on SiO₂ inverse opal photonic crystals. Journal of Materials Chemistry C. 6(27). 7326–7332. 36 indexed citations

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Chen, Ling, Jia‐Wen Ye, Haiping Wang, et al.. (2017). Ultrafast water sensing and thermal imaging by a metal-organic framework with switchable luminescence. Nature Communications. 8(1). 15985–15985. 455 indexed citations breakdown →

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Li, Xin, Chengyu Yang, Kai Wu, et al.. (2014). A Highly Specific Probe for Sensing Hydrogen Sulfide in Live Cells Based on Copper-Initiated Fluorogen with Aggregation-Induced Emission Characteristics. Theranostics. 4(12). 1233–1238. 29 indexed citations

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Ding, Yi, et al.. (2013). Performance Monitoring and Analysis of Task-Based OpenMP. PLoS ONE. 8(10). e77742–e77742. 6 indexed citations

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Liu, Jing, Kai Wu, Sha Li, et al.. (2012). A highly sensitive and selective fluorescent chemosensor for Pb2+ ions in an aqueous solution. Dalton Transactions. 42(11). 3854–3854. 38 indexed citations

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