Lang Nan

1.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
26 papers, 806 citations indexed

About

Lang Nan is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Molecular Biology and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Lang Nan has authored 26 papers receiving a total of 806 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 9 papers in Molecular Biology and 6 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Lang Nan's work include Innovative Microfluidic and Catalytic Techniques Innovation (9 papers), MicroRNA in disease regulation (4 papers) and Electrowetting and Microfluidic Technologies (4 papers). Lang Nan is often cited by papers focused on Innovative Microfluidic and Catalytic Techniques Innovation (9 papers), MicroRNA in disease regulation (4 papers) and Electrowetting and Microfluidic Technologies (4 papers). Lang Nan collaborates with scholars based in China, Hong Kong and United States. Lang Nan's co-authors include Ho Cheung Shum, Zhuangde Jiang, Xueyong Wei, Yi Zheng, Feng Bi, Qiulin Tang, Xi Chen, David A. Weitz, Huidan Zhang and Ming Liu and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Analytical Chemistry and FEBS Letters.

In The Last Decade

Lang Nan

24 papers receiving 799 citations

Hit Papers

Development and future of droplet microfluidics 2024 2026 2025 2024 25 50 75
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.

  1. Development and future of droplet microfluidics
    2024 94 citations Lang Nan, Huidan Zhang et al. Lab on a Chip profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Lang Nan China 13 392 327 291 129 45 26 806
Todd A. Duncombe United States 13 340 0.9× 581 1.8× 90 0.3× 181 1.4× 105 2.3× 24 961
Hongjing Li China 15 344 0.9× 206 0.6× 88 0.3× 33 0.3× 51 1.1× 47 742
Dawei Zhang China 16 307 0.8× 129 0.4× 131 0.5× 39 0.3× 52 1.2× 27 710
Marco Serra France 12 354 0.9× 362 1.1× 39 0.1× 161 1.2× 62 1.4× 27 812
Guoxuan Qin China 14 275 0.7× 222 0.7× 156 0.5× 203 1.6× 29 0.6× 58 650
Avinoam Bar‐Zion United States 14 263 0.7× 489 1.5× 102 0.4× 18 0.1× 71 1.6× 18 857
Suxiang Chen Australia 16 1.2k 3.2× 243 0.7× 432 1.5× 24 0.2× 31 0.7× 30 1.4k
Yuqian Jiang China 15 551 1.4× 241 0.7× 59 0.2× 26 0.2× 41 0.9× 42 704
Christine Probst United States 12 507 1.3× 247 0.8× 172 0.6× 42 0.3× 30 0.7× 16 827

Countries citing papers authored by Lang Nan

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Fields of papers citing papers by Lang Nan

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Lang Nan. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Lang Nan. The network helps show where Lang Nan may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Lang Nan

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Lang Nan. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Lang Nan based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Lang Nan. Lang Nan is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Xu, Miao, Lang Nan, Haisong Lin, et al.. (2025). Rapid antimicrobial susceptibility tests performed by self-diluting microfluidic chips for drug resistance studies and point-of-care diagnostics. Microsystems & Nanoengineering. 11(1). 110–110. 2 indexed citations
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Zhang, Yue, Lang Nan, Miao Zhang, et al.. (2025). Outcoupling Efficiency Enhanced Blue Perovskite Light-Emitting Diodes Constructed on the Mesoporous Surface of Nonplanar Rigid Molecular Scaffolds. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 17(13). 20051–20059. 2 indexed citations
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Mao, Tianjiao, Lang Nan, Miao Xu, et al.. (2025). Single‐Target Pairing System (StarPair) for Large‐Scale Interrogation of Cell–Cell Interactions. Advanced Science. 13(11). e13951–e13951.
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Xie, Ya, Jian Li, Yumin Zhang, et al.. (2025). Impulse control deficits among patients with nonsuicidal self-injury: a mediation analysis based on structural imaging. Journal of Psychiatry and Neuroscience. 50(2). E73–E84. 1 indexed citations
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Nan, Lang, Pei He, Chao Feng, et al.. (2025). Chirality-Contiguous Bridged Carboranes: Synergistic Scalable Synthesis and Amplification of Circularly Polarized Luminescence. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 147(28). 24430–24441. 4 indexed citations
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Nan, Lang, Huidan Zhang, David A. Weitz, & Ho Cheung Shum. (2024). Development and future of droplet microfluidics. Lab on a Chip. 24(5). 1135–1153. 94 indexed citations breakdown →
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Mao, Tianjiao, Lang Nan, & Ho Cheung Shum. (2024). Digital Quantification and Ultrasensitive Detection of Single Influenza Virus Using Microgel-in-Droplet Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay. Analytical Chemistry. 96(41). 16134–16144. 1 indexed citations
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Liu, Huan, et al.. (2023). Functions and applications of artificial intelligence in droplet microfluidics. Lab on a Chip. 23(11). 2497–2513. 28 indexed citations
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Nan, Lang, et al.. (2023). Self-synchronization of reinjected droplets for high-efficiency droplet pairing and merging. Microsystems & Nanoengineering. 9(1). 24–24. 15 indexed citations
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Li, Chang, Ruotong Zhang, Yuan Liu, et al.. (2023). A composition-tunable cold atmospheric plasma chip for multiplex-treatment of cells. Lab on a Chip. 23(4). 580–590. 1 indexed citations
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Yuan, Shuai, Yulin Zhang, Lang Nan, et al.. (2022). High-Throughput Generation, Manipulation, and Degradation of Magnetic Nanoparticle-Laden Alginate Core-Shell Beads for Single Bacteria Culturing Analysis. IEEE Transactions on NanoBioscience. 22(3). 487–497. 2 indexed citations
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Nan, Lang, et al.. (2021). A Versatile Flow-Profile Engineering Method in the Stokes Flow Regime for Complex-Shaped Flows. Engineering. 7(5). 655–662. 3 indexed citations
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Nan, Lang, et al.. (2020). Oil-mediated high-throughput generation and sorting of water-in-water droplets. Microsystems & Nanoengineering. 6(1). 70–70. 31 indexed citations
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Zhu, Yajie, Jitao Zhou, Hongwei Xia, et al.. (2014). The Rho GTPase RhoE is a p53-regulated candidate tumor suppressor in cancer cells. International Journal of Oncology. 44(3). 896–904. 19 indexed citations
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Nan, Lang, Zhuangde Jiang, & Xueyong Wei. (2013). Emerging microfluidic devices for cell lysis: a review. Lab on a Chip. 14(6). 1060–1060. 117 indexed citations
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Liu, Ming, Meng Qiu, Lang Nan, et al.. (2011). miR-21 targets the tumor suppressor RhoB and regulates proliferation, invasion and apoptosis in colorectal cancer cells. FEBS Letters. 585(19). 2998–3005. 105 indexed citations
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Liu, Ming, Lang Nan, Meng Qiu, et al.. (2010). miR‐137 targets Cdc42 expression, induces cell cycle G1 arrest and inhibits invasion in colorectal cancer cells. International Journal of Cancer. 128(6). 1269–1279. 144 indexed citations
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Nan, Lang, Ming Liu, Qiulin Tang, et al.. (2010). Effects of microRNA-29 family members on proliferation and invasion of gastric cancer cell lines. Chinese Journal of Cancer. 29(6). 603–610. 35 indexed citations
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Liu, Ming, Lang Nan, Xi Chen, et al.. (2010). miR-185 targets RhoA and Cdc42 expression and inhibits the proliferation potential of human colorectal cells. Cancer Letters. 301(2). 151–160. 95 indexed citations

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