Lai‐Sheng Wang

51.1k total citations · 12 hit papers
644 papers, 43.8k citations indexed

About

Lai‐Sheng Wang is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Inorganic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Lai‐Sheng Wang has authored 644 papers receiving a total of 43.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 363 papers in Materials Chemistry, 257 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 199 papers in Inorganic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Lai‐Sheng Wang's work include Advanced Chemical Physics Studies (234 papers), Boron and Carbon Nanomaterials Research (179 papers) and Inorganic Chemistry and Materials (110 papers). Lai‐Sheng Wang is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Chemical Physics Studies (234 papers), Boron and Carbon Nanomaterials Research (179 papers) and Inorganic Chemistry and Materials (110 papers). Lai‐Sheng Wang collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Germany. Lai‐Sheng Wang's co-authors include Hua‐Jin Zhai, Alexander I. Boldyrev, Xue‐Bin Wang, Jun Li, Wei‐Li Li, Hongbin Wu, Boggavarapu Kiran, Anastassia N. Alexandrova, Wei Huang and Constantin Romanescu and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Chemical Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Lai‐Sheng Wang

634 papers receiving 43.2k 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.

Au ₂₀ : A Tetrahedral Cluster

2003 1.0k citations Jun Li, Hua‐Jin Zhai et al. profile →
Observation of an all-boron fullerene

2014 763 citations Hua‐Jin Zhai, Ya‐Fan Zhao et al. profile →
Planar hexagonal B36 as a potential basis for extended single-atom layer boron sheets

2014 697 citations Wei‐Li Li, Ya‐Fan Zhao et al. Nature Communications profile →
Hydrocarbon analogues of boron clusters — planarity, aromaticity and antiaromaticity

2003 653 citations Hua‐Jin Zhai, Jun Li et al. profile →
All-boron aromatic clusters as potential new inorganic ligands and building blocks in chemistry

2006 590 citations Alexander I. Boldyrev, Hua‐Jin Zhai et al. profile →
On the Electronic and Atomic Structures of Small Au_N^- (N = 4−14) Clusters: A Photoelectron Spectroscopy and Density-Functional Study

2003 558 citations Hua‐Jin Zhai, Lai‐Sheng Wang et al. The Journal of Physical Chemistry A profile →
Observation of All-Metal Aromatic Molecules

2001 538 citations Alexander I. Boldyrev, Lai‐Sheng Wang et al. profile →
All-Metal Aromaticity and Antiaromaticity

2005 495 citations Alexander I. Boldyrev, Lai‐Sheng Wang profile →
Understanding Boron through Size-Selected Clusters: Structure, Chemical Bonding, and Fluxionality

2014 491 citations Ivan A. Popov, Wei‐Li Li et al. profile →
A concentric planar doubly π-aromatic B19− cluster

2010 473 citations Wei Huang, Hua‐Jin Zhai et al. profile →
Threshold photodetachment of cold C−60

1991 271 citations Lai‐Sheng Wang et al. profile →
A Heteroleptic Gold Hydride Nanocluster for Efficient and Selective Electrocatalytic Reduction of CO₂ to CO

2022 166 citations Lai‐Sheng Wang et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Lai‐Sheng Wang

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Observation of the Smallest Three‐Dimensional Neutral Boron Cluster 2025 ·Angewandte Chemie International Edition ·Cong‐Qiao Xu, (unknown), Chong Wang, Xinran Dong, (unknown), Ya Zhao, Lili Pan, Jiayue Yang, (unknown), Guorong Wu, Hua Xie, Gang Li, Jun Li, Ling Jiang, Xueming Yang, Lai‐Sheng Wang	5
2	Emergence of bulk-like structural features and 2D-to-3D transition in boron nanoclusters 2025 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Qiang Chen, (unknown), Guangfeng Wei, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Cai‐Yue Gao, Yuanyuan Ma, Rui-Li Wei, Yilin Gui, Zhi‐Pan Liu, Si‐Dian Li, Lai‐Sheng Wang	0
3	Searching for stable copper borozene complexes in CuB₇⁻ and CuB₈⁻ 2024 ·Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics ·Weijia Chen, (unknown), (unknown), Alexander I. Boldyrev, Dao-Fu Yuan, Ivan A. Popov, Lai‐Sheng Wang	12
4	Formation of Supernarrow Borophene Nanoribbons 2024 ·Angewandte Chemie ·Haochen Wang, (unknown), Guang‐Jie Xia, Xiangyun Zhao, (unknown), Miao Yu, Zhibo Ma, Yang‐Gang Wang, Lai‐Sheng Wang, Jun Li, Xueming Yang	1
5	Probing the dynamics and bottleneck of the key atmospheric SO ₂ oxidation reaction by the hydroxyl radical 2024 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Dao-Fu Yuan, Yang Liu, Tarek Trabelsi, Yue-Rou Zhang, Jun Li, Joseph S. Francisco, Hua Guo, Lai‐Sheng Wang	13
6	Observation of bound valence excited electronic states of deprotonated 2-hydroxytriphenylene using photoelectron, photodetachment, and resonant two-photon detachment spectroscopy of cryogenically cooled anions 2024 ·The Journal of Chemical Physics ·(unknown), (unknown), Yue-Rou Zhang, Dao-Fu Yuan, (unknown), Lai‐Sheng Wang	1
7	On the remarkable resistance to oxidation by the Bi ₁₈ ⁻ cluster 2024 ·Science Advances ·Jun Ma, Teng‐Teng Chen, (unknown), (unknown), Florian Weigend, Tian Jian, Manfred M. Kappes, Detlef Schooss, Wan‐Lu Li, Xiaopeng Xing, Lai‐Sheng Wang	2
8	On the structures and bonding of copper boride nanoclusters, Cu2B– (x = 5–7) 2023 ·Solid State Sciences ·(unknown), Weijia Chen, Maksim Kulichenko, (unknown), Alexander I. Boldyrev, Lai‐Sheng Wang	7
9	Observation of a Polarization-Assisted Dipole-Bound State 2023 ·Journal of the American Chemical Society ·Dao-Fu Yuan, Yuan Liu, Yue-Rou Zhang, Lai‐Sheng Wang	12
10	Expanded Inverse-Sandwich Complexes of Lanthanum Borides: La₂B₁₀^– and La₂B₁₁^– 2021 ·The Journal of Physical Chemistry A ·(unknown), Teng‐Teng Chen, Weijia Chen, Wan‐Lu Li, Jun Li, Lai‐Sheng Wang	22
11	Polarization of Valence Orbitals by the Intramolecular Electric Field from a Diffuse Dipole-Bound Electron 2020 ·The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters ·Dao-Fu Yuan, Yuan Liu, (unknown), (unknown), Yue-Rou Zhang, Brenda M. Rubenstein, Lai‐Sheng Wang	19
12	Spherical trihedral metallo-borospherenes 2020 ·Nature Communications ·Teng‐Teng Chen, Wan‐Lu Li, Weijia Chen, Xiaohu Yu, Xinran Dong, Jun Li, Lai‐Sheng Wang	59
13	Observation of a π-Type Dipole-Bound State in Molecular Anions 2020 ·Physical Review Letters ·Dao-Fu Yuan, Yuan Liu, (unknown), Yue-Rou Zhang, Brenda M. Rubenstein, Lai‐Sheng Wang	30
14	Planar B₄₁⁻and B₄₂⁻clusters with double-hexagonal vacancies 2019 ·Nanoscale ·Hui Bai, Teng‐Teng Chen, Qiang Chen, Xiao‐Yun Zhao, Yangyang Zhang, Weijia Chen, Wan‐Lu Li, Ling Fung Cheung, Bing Bai, (unknown), Wei Huang, Si‐Dian Li, Jun Li, Lai‐Sheng Wang	52
15	Resonant Two-Photon Photoelectron Imaging and Intersystem Crossing from Excited Dipole-Bound States of Cold Anions 2019 ·The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters ·Guo‐Zhu Zhu, Ling Fung Cheung, Yuan Liu, (unknown), Lai‐Sheng Wang	29
16	La₃B₁₄⁻: an inverse triple-decker lanthanide boron cluster 2019 ·Chemical Communications ·Teng‐Teng Chen, Wan‐Lu Li, Weijia Chen, Jun Li, Lai‐Sheng Wang	40
17	Elucidation of the Formation Mechanisms of the Octahydrotriborate Anion (B₃H₈^–) through the Nucleophilicity of the B–H Bond 2018 ·Journal of the American Chemical Society ·Ximeng Chen, (unknown), Nana Ma, Qian-Fan Zhang, Jin Wang, (unknown), Changgeng Wei, Lai‐Sheng Wang, Jie Zhang, Xuenian Chen	78
18	A combined photoelectron spectroscopy and relativistic ab initio studies of the electronic structures of UFO and UFO− 2016 ·The Journal of Chemical Physics ·S. K. Roy, Tian Jian, Gary V. Lopez, Wei‐Li Li, Jing Su, David H. Bross, Kirk A. Peterson, Lai‐Sheng Wang, Jun Li	3
19	Observation and characterization of the smallest borospherene, B28− and B28 2016 ·The Journal of Chemical Physics ·Ying‐Jin Wang, Ya‐Fan Zhao, Wei‐Li Li, Tian Jian, Qiang Chen, Xue‐Rui You, Ting Ou, Xiao‐Yun Zhao, Hua‐Jin Zhai, Si‐Dian Li, Jun Li, Lai‐Sheng Wang	156
20	Probing the electronic properties and structural evolution of anionic gold clusters in the gas phase 2012 ·Nanoscale ·(unknown), Lai‐Sheng Wang, (unknown), (unknown)	89

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