Li Zhang

13.6k total citations · 4 hit papers
243 papers, 11.6k citations indexed

About

Li Zhang is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Organic Chemistry and Biomaterials. According to data from OpenAlex, Li Zhang has authored 243 papers receiving a total of 11.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 117 papers in Materials Chemistry, 114 papers in Organic Chemistry and 84 papers in Biomaterials. Recurrent topics in Li Zhang's work include Supramolecular Self-Assembly in Materials (79 papers), Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials (52 papers) and Synthesis and Properties of Aromatic Compounds (39 papers). Li Zhang is often cited by papers focused on Supramolecular Self-Assembly in Materials (79 papers), Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials (52 papers) and Synthesis and Properties of Aromatic Compounds (39 papers). Li Zhang collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Germany. Li Zhang's co-authors include Minghua Liu, Tianyu Wang, Pengfei Duan, Jinkui Tang, Peng Zhang, Qingxian Jin, Hai Cao, Xuefeng Zhu, Dong Yang and Xiufeng Wang and has published in prestigious journals such as Chemical Reviews, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Li Zhang

231 papers receiving 11.5k citations

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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.

Supramolecular Chirality in Self-Assembled Systems

2015 1.9k citations Minghua Liu, Li Zhang et al. profile →
Equatorially Coordinated Lanthanide Single Ion Magnets

2014 520 citations Li Zhang et al. profile →
Chirality and energy transfer amplified circularly polarized luminescence in composite nanohelix

2017 432 citations Li Zhang, Minghua Liu et al. Nature Communications profile →
Supramolecular chiroptical switches

2020 337 citations Li Zhang, Minghua Liu et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Li Zhang China	52	6.3k	5.6k	4.2k	2.2k	1.9k	243	11.6k
David B. Amabilino Spain	52	5.2k 0.8×	4.6k 0.8×	2.5k 0.6×	2.3k 1.0×	2.4k 1.2×	238	11.0k
Subi J. George India	70	8.9k 1.4×	5.9k 1.1×	6.6k 1.6×	1.9k 0.9×	949 0.5×	198	13.6k
Christoph A. Schalley Germany	60	4.5k 0.7×	8.4k 1.5×	2.3k 0.6×	5.6k 2.6×	999 0.5×	305	14.0k
Masayuki Takeuchi Japan	62	8.0k 1.3×	6.9k 1.2×	4.0k 1.0×	3.1k 1.4×	669 0.4×	382	15.6k
Amar H. Flood United States	58	5.6k 0.9×	7.2k 1.3×	1.8k 0.4×	4.5k 2.1×	1.1k 0.6×	193	12.4k
Santanu Bhattacharya India	71	5.2k 0.8×	5.5k 1.0×	3.8k 0.9×	2.8k 1.3×	604 0.3×	389	15.9k
Richard G. Weiss United States	56	6.3k 1.0×	8.3k 1.5×	9.8k 2.3×	1.4k 0.6×	997 0.5×	331	16.5k
Pall Thordarson Australia	41	4.0k 0.6×	3.8k 0.7×	2.2k 0.5×	2.1k 1.0×	619 0.3×	165	9.9k
Steven C. Zimmerman United States	62	3.7k 0.6×	6.4k 1.1×	2.5k 0.6×	1.9k 0.9×	612 0.3×	220	13.5k
Kay Severin Switzerland	67	3.7k 0.6×	9.0k 1.6×	1.2k 0.3×	2.5k 1.2×	1.7k 0.9×	331	14.0k

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Zhang, Li, Li Zhang, Xintong Yang, et al.. (2025). Dual responsive fluorescent probe for exploring hypochlorite and sulfur dioxide in different heavy metal ions related stress models. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 496. 139543–139543.

Zhang, Li, et al.. (2025). Study on the Influence of Crystal Plugging on the Mechanical Behavior of Karst Tunnel Lining Structure. Processes. 13(2). 568–568.

Zhao, Yu, Wenqing Wang, Li Zhang, et al.. (2025). An Olefin Radical Based Thiele's Hydrocarbon Derivative and Macrocyclic Tetraradical. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 64(21). e202500943–e202500943. 1 indexed citations

Zhang, Li, et al.. (2025). Enhancements of the first and second hyperpolarizability of a GMP coordination polymer: crystal structure and computational studies. Dalton Transactions. 54(14). 5921–5934. 6 indexed citations

Zhang, Zhijie, et al.. (2025). Ultra-fast exposure enhanced imaging with SPAD arrays based on super-resolution deep learning. Acta Physica Sinica. 74(15). 154201–154201.

Wang, Ran, et al.. (2025). Amplified circularly polarized luminescence in assembly of terpyridine-ZnII and GTP induced by silver(I) ion. Science China Chemistry. 68(9). 4415–4424.

Xue, Baoxia, Jing Liu, Yong Liu, et al.. (2025). Multi-functional cotton fabric-based dressing for burn wounds: Integration of rGO/Polydopamine/Ag composite aerogel for enhanced wound healing. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. 311(Pt 2). 143546–143546. 5 indexed citations

Wen, Xin, et al.. (2024). Achiral Solvent Inversed Helical Pathway and Cosolvent Controlled Excited‐State “Majority Rule” in Enantiomeric Dansulfonamide Assemblies. Small. 20(37). e2401954–e2401954. 6 indexed citations

Li, Jiangtao, Zhengyan Fu, Li Zhang, et al.. (2024). Controllable 1,3-Bis-Functionalization of 2-Nitroglycals with High Regioselectivity and Stereoselectivity Enabled by a H-Bond Catalyst. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4(3). 974–984. 7 indexed citations

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Wang, Yuan, et al.. (2023). Evolution of hollow nanosphere to microtube in the self-assembly of chiral dansyl derivatives and inversed circularly polarized luminescence. Chinese Chemical Letters. 35(7). 109256–109256. 7 indexed citations

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Jiang, Yuqian, et al.. (2023). Pathway‐Dependent Self‐Assembly for Control over Helical Nanostructures and Topochemical Photopolymerization. Angewandte Chemie. 136(6).

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Tan, Junjun, Li Zhang, Ming-Chien Hsieh, et al.. (2021). Chemical control of peptide material phase transitions. Chemical Science. 12(8). 3025–3031. 11 indexed citations

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Zhang, Li, Li Zhang, Xiaoyue Han, et al.. (2020). Fluorescent probe for mercury ion imaging analysis: Strategies and applications. Chemical Engineering Journal. 406. 127166–127166. 176 indexed citations

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Zhang, Li, Rui Feng, Wenqing Wang, et al.. (2020). A diradical based on odd-electron σ-bonds. Nature Communications. 11(1). 3441–3441. 25 indexed citations

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Fang, Yong, Qiang Sun, Xiaoyu Chen, et al.. (2020). Rational design and syntheses of aniline-based diradical dications: isolable congeners of quinodimethane diradicals. Organic Chemistry Frontiers. 8(5). 891–900. 3 indexed citations

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Wang, Lei, Li Zhang, Yong Fang, et al.. (2019). Orthogonal Oriented Bisanthrancene‐Bridged Bis(Triarylamine) Diradical Dications: Isolation, Characterizations and Crystal Structures. Chemistry - An Asian Journal. 14(10). 1708–1711. 6 indexed citations

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Xing, Yao, Degang Zhao, Xiang Li, et al.. (2017). Suppression of hole leakage by adding a hole blocking layer prior to the first quantum barrier in GaN‐based near‐ultraviolet laser diodes. physica status solidi (a). 214(10). 2 indexed citations

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Yang, Dong, Yin Zhao, Kai Lv, et al.. (2015). A strategy for tuning achiral main-chain polymers into helical assemblies and chiral memory systems. Soft Matter. 12(4). 1170–1175. 30 indexed citations

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Lv, Kai, Long Qin, Xiufeng Wang, Li Zhang, & Minghua Liu. (2013). A chiroptical switch based on supramolecular chirality transfer through alkyl chain entanglement and dynamic covalent bonding. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 15(46). 20197–20197. 24 indexed citations

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Guo, Xun, et al.. (2005). Interfacial Behaviors of Azocalixarene Derivatives at the Air/Water Interface and Photochromism in the Langmuir-Blodgett Films. Chinese Chemical Letters. 16(11). 1543–1546. 1 indexed citations

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