Lei Shao

8.9k total citations · 3 hit papers
134 papers, 7.5k citations indexed

About

Lei Shao is a scholar working on Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, Biomedical Engineering and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Lei Shao has authored 134 papers receiving a total of 7.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 71 papers in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, 60 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 46 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Lei Shao's work include Gold and Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis and Applications (55 papers), Plasmonic and Surface Plasmon Research (48 papers) and Metamaterials and Metasurfaces Applications (18 papers). Lei Shao is often cited by papers focused on Gold and Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis and Applications (55 papers), Plasmonic and Surface Plasmon Research (48 papers) and Metamaterials and Metasurfaces Applications (18 papers). Lei Shao collaborates with scholars based in China, Hong Kong and Sweden. Lei Shao's co-authors include Jianfang Wang, Huanjun Chen, Qian Li, Hai‐Qing Lin, Ming Tian, Mikael Käll, Xiaolu Zhuo, Kat Choi Woo, Xiaopeng Bai and Baocheng Yang and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Chemical Reviews and Chemical Society Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Lei Shao

126 papers receiving 7.4k 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.

Gold nanorods and their plasmonic properties

2012 1.6k citations Huanjun Chen, Lei Shao et al. profile →
Understanding the Photothermal Conversion Efficiency of Gold Nanocrystals

2010 533 citations Huanjun Chen, Lei Shao et al. profile →
Gold Nanorods: The Most Versatile Plasmonic Nanoparticles

2021 457 citations Jiapeng Zheng, Lei Shao et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Lei Shao	4.1k	3.8k	3.1k	1.4k	1.1k	134	7.5k
Min Hu	2.8k 0.7×	2.9k 0.8×	2.3k 0.8×	1.6k 1.1×	775 0.7×	210	6.1k
Rizia Bardhan	4.1k 1.0×	4.8k 1.3×	2.9k 1.0×	1.6k 1.1×	1.5k 1.3×	88	8.5k
Ming Tian	2.6k 0.6×	3.5k 0.9×	4.2k 1.4×	1.4k 1.0×	750 0.7×	128	7.6k
Wei‐Shun Chang	6.0k 1.5×	5.2k 1.4×	2.8k 0.9×	1.3k 0.9×	1.5k 1.3×	92	8.5k
Surbhi Lal	5.6k 1.4×	5.8k 1.5×	2.7k 0.9×	1.3k 0.9×	1.6k 1.4×	16	9.0k
Mark W. Knight	5.2k 1.3×	5.4k 1.4×	3.6k 1.2×	3.3k 2.3×	915 0.8×	47	9.9k
Emilie Ringe	4.4k 1.1×	3.1k 0.8×	4.6k 1.5×	1.8k 1.3×	1.3k 1.1×	120	8.8k
Katherine A. Willets	5.1k 1.3×	4.6k 1.2×	2.7k 0.9×	1.4k 1.0×	2.3k 2.0×	93	8.3k
Alison M. Funston	4.1k 1.0×	2.9k 0.8×	2.7k 0.9×	993 0.7×	1.2k 1.1×	79	6.3k
Qu‐Quan Wang	2.3k 0.6×	2.9k 0.8×	3.7k 1.2×	1.6k 1.1×	633 0.6×	227	6.3k

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Fu, Yúang, Jing Wang, Wei Zhang, et al.. (2025). Circularly polarized OLEDs from chiral plasmonic nanoparticle-molecule hybrids. Nature Communications. 16(1). 1658–1658. 14 indexed citations

Huang, He, Xinyue Xia, Ximin Cui, et al.. (2025). Coherent Polaritons in WSe₂-Monolayer-Sandwiched Au-Nanodisk-on-Mirror Structures. ACS Nano. 19(27). 25284–25294.

Bai, Kaiwen, Huimin Xie, Yuhan Cai, et al.. (2025). Environmentally Sustainable Polyarylate Nanofiber Aerogels with Superior Thermal, Acoustic, and Electromagnetic Insulation Properties. ACS Materials Letters. 7(8). 3002–3008.

He, Yinzhang, Ling Wang, Xiaokang Zhao, et al.. (2025). Eco-friendly waterborne SrAl2O4:Eu2+, Dy3+ luminous road markings: Preparation method with enhanced durability. Transportation Research Part D Transport and Environment. 143. 104728–104728. 1 indexed citations

Gao, Weihao, et al.. (2024). Enhancing ophthalmology medical record management with multi-modal knowledge graphs. Scientific Reports. 14(1). 23221–23221. 4 indexed citations

Shen, Yan, Ao Cheng, Zhe Liu, et al.. (2024). Highly efficient molybdenum nanostructures for solar thermophotovoltaic systems: One-step fabrication of absorber and design of selective emitter. Chemical Engineering Journal. 487. 150389–150389. 8 indexed citations

Wang, Yue, Junzhuan Wang, Ruijuan Tian, et al.. (2024). Optical Coupling in Atomic Waveguide for Vertically Integrated Photonics. Research. 7. 329–329. 3 indexed citations

Wang, Dié, Xinyu Wang, Jihong Bian, et al.. (2024). A High‐Speed Image Sensor Based on Large‐Area MoTe₂/Si Photodiode Arrays. Advanced Optical Materials. 12(22). 5 indexed citations

Shen, Yan, Ao Cheng, Runze Zhan, et al.. (2023). A low‐loss molybdenum plasmonic waveguide: perfect single‐crystal preparation and subwavelength grating optimization. Nanophotonics. 12(22). 4185–4193. 4 indexed citations

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Li, Haipeng, et al.. (2022). Phonon Thermal Transport in Silicene/Graphene Heterobilayer Nanostructures: Effect of Interlayer Interactions. ACS Omega. 7(7). 5844–5852. 17 indexed citations

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Huang, He, Hao Wang, Shasha Li, et al.. (2022). WS₂–Flake-Sandwiched, Au-Nanodisk-Enabled High-Quality Fabry–Pérot Nanoresonators for Photoluminescence Modulation. ACS Nano. 16(9). 14874–14884. 13 indexed citations

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Li, Shasha, et al.. (2021). Control of light–valley interactions in 2D transition metal dichalcogenides with nanophotonic structures. Nanoscale. 13(13). 6357–6372. 10 indexed citations

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Shao, Lei, et al.. (2021). Chirality-selective transparency induced by lattice resonance in bilayer metasurfaces. Photonics Research. 9(4). 484–484. 25 indexed citations

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Yang, Xueqing, Yi Liu, Shiu Hei Lam, et al.. (2021). Site-Selective Deposition of Metal–Organic Frameworks on Gold Nanobipyramids for Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering. Nano Letters. 21(19). 8205–8212. 81 indexed citations

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Yang, Xueqing, Yao Lu, Yi Liu, et al.. (2021). Heterostructures Built through Site‐Selective Deposition on Anisotropic Plasmonic Metal Nanocrystals and Their Applications. Small Structures. 2(12). 24 indexed citations

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Shao, Lei, et al.. (2019). Fabrication of plasmonic nanostructures by hole-mask colloidal lithography: Recent development. Applied Materials Today. 15. 6–17. 24 indexed citations

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Lu, Wenzheng, Ximin Cui, Tsz Him Chow, et al.. (2019). Switching plasmonic Fano resonance in gold nanosphere–nanoplate heterodimers. Nanoscale. 11(19). 9641–9653. 19 indexed citations

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Cui, Ximin, Feng Qin, Yunhe Lai, et al.. (2018). Molecular Tunnel Junction-Controlled High-Order Charge Transfer Plasmon and Fano Resonances. ACS Nano. 12(12). 12541–12550. 30 indexed citations

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Shao, Lei. (2006). Technique of Remote Measurement of Blast Shock Based on Laser Doppler Effect. Journal of Optoelectronics·laser.

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Shao, Lei, et al.. (2004). Lead removal from aqueous solution by employing natural brucite. International Journal of Minerals Metallurgy and Materials. 11(5). 394–397. 1 indexed citations

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