Liangdong Zhu

2.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
55 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

About

Liangdong Zhu is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Biophysics. According to data from OpenAlex, Liangdong Zhu has authored 55 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 24 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 22 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 22 papers in Biophysics. Recurrent topics in Liangdong Zhu's work include Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (24 papers), Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques (17 papers) and Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies (16 papers). Liangdong Zhu is often cited by papers focused on Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (24 papers), Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques (17 papers) and Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies (16 papers). Liangdong Zhu collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Russia. Liangdong Zhu's co-authors include Chong Fang, Cheng Chen, Xiulei Ji, Weimin Liu, Longteng Tang, Jia‐Xing Jiang, Chong Zhang, John Holoubek, Daniel P. Leonard and Ismael A. Rodríguez‐Pérez and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Angewandte Chemie International Edition and The Journal of Chemical Physics.

In The Last Decade

Liangdong Zhu

55 papers receiving 2.0k citations

Hit Papers

A ZnCl2 water-in-salt electrolyte for a reversible Zn met... 2018 2026 2020 2023 2018 200 400 600
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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. A ZnCl2 water-in-salt electrolyte for a reversible Zn metal anode
    2018 639 citations Liangdong Zhu, Cheng Chen et al. Chemical Communications profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Liangdong Zhu United States 21 1.2k 439 423 357 339 55 2.0k
Longteng Tang United States 22 716 0.6× 471 1.1× 438 1.0× 308 0.9× 348 1.0× 53 1.7k
Kyung‐Koo Lee South Korea 25 1.0k 0.9× 182 0.4× 25 0.1× 558 1.6× 279 0.8× 78 2.0k
A. Ogrodnik Germany 17 466 0.4× 178 0.4× 37 0.1× 379 1.1× 138 0.4× 30 1.2k
Yung Sam Kim South Korea 22 331 0.3× 346 0.8× 128 0.3× 1.4k 4.0× 416 1.2× 41 2.3k
Robert Send Germany 18 639 0.5× 307 0.7× 95 0.2× 597 1.7× 449 1.3× 30 1.6k
M. G. Roelofs United States 17 561 0.5× 54 0.1× 40 0.1× 418 1.2× 223 0.7× 35 943
Núria Crivillers Spain 25 1.5k 1.3× 174 0.4× 69 0.2× 287 0.8× 1.1k 3.2× 69 2.3k
Wichard J. D. Beenken Germany 22 1.0k 0.9× 136 0.3× 39 0.1× 420 1.2× 570 1.7× 42 1.8k
Jianxin Guan China 16 1.0k 0.9× 78 0.2× 22 0.1× 234 0.7× 1.1k 3.2× 42 1.6k
K. Müllen Germany 22 1.0k 0.8× 54 0.1× 61 0.1× 375 1.1× 1.0k 3.0× 37 2.0k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Liangdong Zhu

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Liangdong Zhu

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Liangdong Zhu. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Liangdong Zhu 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 Liangdong Zhu. Liangdong Zhu 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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Henderson, J. Nathan, et al.. (2023). Capturing excited-state structural snapshots of evolutionary green-to-red photochromic fluorescent proteins. Frontiers in Chemistry. 11. 1328081–1328081. 4 indexed citations
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Tang, Longteng, et al.. (2021). Ultrafast Triplet State Formation in a Methylated Fungi-Derived Pigment: Toward Rational Molecular Design for Sustainable Optoelectronics. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 125(31). 17565–17572. 8 indexed citations
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Tang, Longteng, Shuce Zhang, Liangdong Zhu, et al.. (2021). Switching between Ultrafast Pathways Enables a Green-Red Emission Ratiometric Fluorescent-Protein-Based Ca2+ Biosensor. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 22(1). 445–445. 11 indexed citations
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Zhu, Liangdong, et al.. (2021). Ultrafast Dynamics and Photoresponse of a Fungi‐Derived Pigment Xylindein from Solution to Thin Films. Chemistry - A European Journal. 27(18). 5627–5631. 12 indexed citations
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Zhu, Liangdong, et al.. (2020). Discovering a rotational barrier within a charge-transfer state of a photoexcited chromophore in solution. Structural Dynamics. 7(2). 24901–24901. 15 indexed citations
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Oscar, Breland G., Liangdong Zhu, Alvin Chang, et al.. (2020). Dissecting Optical Response and Molecular Structure of Fluorescent Proteins With Non-canonical Chromophores. Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences. 7. 131–131. 13 indexed citations
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Hong, Min Ji, Liangdong Zhu, Cheng Chen, et al.. (2020). Time-Resolved Changes in Dielectric Constant of Metal Halide Perovskites under Illumination. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 142(47). 19799–19803. 15 indexed citations
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Zhu, Liangdong, et al.. (2020). Photoinduced Charge Transfer and Bimetallic Bond Dissociation of a Bi–W Complex in Solution. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters. 11(18). 7575–7582. 4 indexed citations
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Tang, Longteng, Cheng Chen, Liangdong Zhu, et al.. (2020). Transient electronic and vibrational signatures during reversible photoswitching of a cyanobacteriochrome photoreceptor. Spectrochimica Acta Part A Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy. 250. 119379–119379. 11 indexed citations
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Tang, Longteng, et al.. (2019). Dual Illumination Enhances Transformation of an Engineered Green‐to‐Red Photoconvertible Fluorescent Protein. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 59(4). 1644–1652. 23 indexed citations
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Chen, Cheng, Liangdong Zhu, Михаил С. Баранов, et al.. (2019). Photoinduced Proton Transfer of GFP-Inspired Fluorescent Superphotoacids: Principles and Design. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B. 123(17). 3804–3821. 35 indexed citations
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Tang, Longteng, Liangdong Zhu, Maraia E. Ener, et al.. (2019). Photoinduced charge flow inside an iron porphyrazine complex. Chemical Communications. 55(90). 13606–13609. 8 indexed citations
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Tang, Longteng, et al.. (2019). Dual Illumination Enhances Transformation of an Engineered Green‐to‐Red Photoconvertible Fluorescent Protein. Angewandte Chemie. 132(4). 1661–1669. 3 indexed citations
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Tang, Longteng, Liangdong Zhu, Yanli Wang, & Chong Fang. (2018). Uncovering the Hidden Excited State toward Fluorescence of an Intracellular pH Indicator. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters. 9(17). 4969–4975. 20 indexed citations
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Tang, Longteng, et al.. (2018). Watching an Engineered Calcium Biosensor Glow: Altered Reaction Pathways before Emission. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B. 122(50). 11986–11995. 12 indexed citations
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Tang, Longteng, et al.. (2018). Excited State Structural Evolution of a GFP Single-Site Mutant Tracked by Tunable Femtosecond-Stimulated Raman Spectroscopy. Molecules. 23(9). 2226–2226. 39 indexed citations
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Tang, Longteng, et al.. (2018). Correlated Molecular Structural Motions for Photoprotection after Deep-UV Irradiation. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters. 9(9). 2311–2319. 18 indexed citations
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Tang, Longteng, et al.. (2018). Photoinduced proton transfer inside an engineered green fluorescent protein: a stepwise–concerted-hybrid reaction. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 20(18). 12517–12526. 20 indexed citations
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Liu, Weimin, et al.. (2016). Panoramic portrait of primary molecular events preceding excited state proton transfer in water. Chemical Science. 7(8). 5484–5494. 90 indexed citations

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