Nifang Zhao

2.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
19 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Nifang Zhao is a scholar working on Biomaterials, Biomedical Engineering and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Nifang Zhao has authored 19 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 7 papers in Biomaterials, 7 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 6 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Nifang Zhao's work include Calcium Carbonate Crystallization and Inhibition (6 papers), Bone Tissue Engineering Materials (5 papers) and Aerogels and thermal insulation (4 papers). Nifang Zhao is often cited by papers focused on Calcium Carbonate Crystallization and Inhibition (6 papers), Bone Tissue Engineering Materials (5 papers) and Aerogels and thermal insulation (4 papers). Nifang Zhao collaborates with scholars based in China. Nifang Zhao's co-authors include Hao Bai, Weiwei Gao, Anran Mao, Tao Xie, Qian Zhao, Yang Miao, Chao Gao, Meng Li, Yahui Liang and Ying Cui and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Advanced Materials and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Nifang Zhao

18 papers receiving 1.8k citations

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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.

Biomimetic, knittable aerogel fiber for thermal insulation textile

2023 259 citations Mingrui Wu, Nifang Zhao et al. Science profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Nifang Zhao China	14	770	512	454	428	384	19	1.8k
Leitao Cao China	25	1.6k 2.0×	259 0.5×	257 0.6×	666 1.6×	347 0.9×	59	2.6k
Lili Yang China	29	878 1.1×	900 1.8×	460 1.0×	419 1.0×	618 1.6×	94	3.0k
Xue Mao China	29	1.0k 1.3×	311 0.6×	691 1.5×	551 1.3×	164 0.4×	60	2.3k
Huaxin Gong United States	22	645 0.8×	402 0.8×	248 0.5×	177 0.4×	238 0.6×	41	2.5k
Esther García‐Tuñón United Kingdom	20	1.1k 1.5×	649 1.3×	494 1.1×	306 0.7×	447 1.2×	34	2.4k
Zaishan Lin China	13	806 1.0×	363 0.7×	682 1.5×	107 0.3×	244 0.6×	14	1.6k
Xin Ming China	25	699 0.9×	766 1.5×	272 0.6×	107 0.3×	345 0.9×	56	2.3k
Victoria G. Rocha Spain	21	607 0.8×	776 1.5×	292 0.6×	142 0.3×	670 1.7×	56	2.0k
Suelen Barg United Kingdom	27	933 1.2×	1.4k 2.7×	1.3k 2.9×	225 0.5×	349 0.9×	46	3.0k
Xiankai Li China	19	1.0k 1.3×	276 0.5×	296 0.7×	237 0.6×	389 1.0×	44	1.7k

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19 of 19 papers shown

Zhao, Nifang, et al.. (2025). Horn‐Inspired Hierarchical Tubular Composites for Recoverable High‐Energy Absorption. Advanced Materials. 38(3). e13573–e13573.

Zhao, Nifang, et al.. (2024). Bidirectionally High Thermal Conductive Phase Change Materials with Arrayed Radially Oriented Boron Nitride Nanosheets for Battery Pack Thermal Management. ACS Applied Nano Materials. 7(17). 20841–20848. 4 indexed citations

Liang, Yahui, Nifang Zhao, Weiwei Gao, & Hao Bai. (2024). Mechanically and Thermally Guided, Honeycomb-like Nanocomposites with Strain-Insensitive High Thermal Conductivity for Stretchable Electronics. ACS Nano. 18(11). 8199–8208. 17 indexed citations

Li, Meng, Nifang Zhao, Anran Mao, et al.. (2023). Preferential ice growth on grooved surface for crisscross-aligned graphene aerogel with large negative Poisson’s ratio. Nature Communications. 14(1). 7855–7855. 15 indexed citations

Wang, Yaoguang, et al.. (2023). Ultrafast volumetric assembly of layered nanocomposites at dynamic gelation interface. Chemical Engineering Journal. 472. 144880–144880. 6 indexed citations

Wu, Mingrui, Nifang Zhao, Rong‐Zhen Zhang, et al.. (2023). Biomimetic, knittable aerogel fiber for thermal insulation textile. Science. 382(6677). 1379–1383. 259 indexed citations breakdown →

Zhao, Nifang, Jintao Li, Wanjie Wang, Weiwei Gao, & Hao Bai. (2022). Isotropically Ultrahigh Thermal Conductive Polymer Composites by Assembling Anisotropic Boron Nitride Nanosheets into a Biaxially Oriented Network. ACS Nano. 16(11). 18959–18967. 142 indexed citations

Li, Meng, et al.. (2022). Conch‐Shell‐Inspired Tough Ceramic. Advanced Functional Materials. 32(39). 57 indexed citations

Li, Meng, et al.. (2022). Scalable Fabrication of High-Performance Bulk Nacre-Mimetic Materials on a Nanogrooved Surface. ACS Nano. 16(9). 14737–14744. 28 indexed citations

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Zhao, Nifang, Anran Mao, Ziyu Shao, & Hao Bai. (2021). Anisotropic porous ceramic material with hierarchical architecture for thermal insulation. Bioinspiration & Biomimetics. 17(1). 15002–15002. 22 indexed citations

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Mao, Anran, Nifang Zhao, Yahui Liang, & Hao Bai. (2021). Mechanically Efficient Cellular Materials Inspired by Cuttlebone. Advanced Materials. 33(15). e2007348–e2007348. 180 indexed citations

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Zhao, Nifang, Meng Li, Huaxin Gong, & Hao Bai. (2020). Controlling ice formation on gradient wettability surface for high-performance bioinspired materials. Science Advances. 6(31). eabb4712–eabb4712. 129 indexed citations

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Du, Gaolai, Anran Mao, Jinhong Yu, et al.. (2019). Nacre-mimetic composite with intrinsic self-healing and shape-programming capability. Nature Communications. 10(1). 800–800. 178 indexed citations

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Gao, Weiwei, Nifang Zhao, Yu Tian, et al.. (2019). High-efficiency electromagnetic interference shielding realized in nacre-mimetic graphene/polymer composite with extremely low graphene loading. Carbon. 157. 570–577. 187 indexed citations

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Gao, Weiwei, et al.. (2017). Effect of flake size on the mechanical properties of graphene aerogels prepared by freeze casting. RSC Advances. 7(53). 33600–33605. 67 indexed citations

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Zhao, Nifang, Yang Miao, Qian Zhao, et al.. (2017). Superstretchable Nacre-Mimetic Graphene/Poly(vinyl alcohol) Composite Film Based on Interfacial Architectural Engineering. ACS Nano. 11(5). 4777–4784. 172 indexed citations

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Miao, Yang, Nifang Zhao, Ying Cui, et al.. (2017). Biomimetic Architectured Graphene Aerogel with Exceptional Strength and Resilience. ACS Nano. 11(7). 6817–6824. 343 indexed citations

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Zhao, Nifang, et al.. (2016). Research on interfacial polymerization of pyrrole assist with Span80 system. IOP Conference Series Materials Science and Engineering. 137. 12070–12070. 5 indexed citations

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Dai, Lingfeng, Yuan He, Xiang Huang, et al.. (2015). Versatile method for the synthesis of porous nanostructured thin films of conducting polymers and their composites. RSC Advances. 5(44). 34616–34621. 6 indexed citations

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