Qian Chen

10.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
222 papers, 8.1k citations indexed

About

Qian Chen is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Qian Chen has authored 222 papers receiving a total of 8.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 82 papers in Materials Chemistry, 57 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 40 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Qian Chen's work include Pickering emulsions and particle stabilization (28 papers), Advanced Electron Microscopy Techniques and Applications (18 papers) and Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies (16 papers). Qian Chen is often cited by papers focused on Pickering emulsions and particle stabilization (28 papers), Advanced Electron Microscopy Techniques and Applications (18 papers) and Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies (16 papers). Qian Chen collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Hong Kong. Qian Chen's co-authors include Steve Granick, Sung Chul Bae, Erik Luijten, Shan Jiang, Zihao Ou, Binbin Luo, Mukta Tripathy, Kenneth S. Schweizer, A. Paul Alivisatos and Jonathan K. Whitmer and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Chemical Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Qian Chen

207 papers receiving 8.0k 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.

Directed self-assembly of a colloidal kagome lattice

2011 1.0k citations Qian Chen et al. profile →
Janus Particle Synthesis and Assembly

2010 713 citations Qian Chen et al. Advanced Materials profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Qian Chen China	45	4.5k	1.7k	1.6k	1.3k	1.2k	222	8.1k
Arnout Imhof Netherlands	47	6.0k 1.3×	1.6k 1.0×	2.1k 1.3×	1.2k 1.0×	1.2k 1.0×	120	9.0k
Eric M. Furst United States	42	3.5k 0.8×	1.5k 0.9×	2.3k 1.5×	791 0.6×	820 0.7×	143	7.2k
Albert P. Philipse Netherlands	53	5.2k 1.1×	1.6k 0.9×	3.0k 1.9×	1.1k 0.9×	900 0.7×	195	9.8k
Manfred Wilhelm Germany	50	3.2k 0.7×	2.2k 1.3×	2.2k 1.4×	923 0.7×	598 0.5×	328	12.0k
Alberto Fernández‐Nieves United States	46	2.6k 0.6×	1.0k 0.6×	3.3k 2.1×	1.5k 1.2×	1.6k 1.3×	135	7.5k
Martin Kröger Switzerland	56	5.6k 1.2×	2.1k 1.3×	3.5k 2.2×	731 0.6×	635 0.5×	286	13.8k
Joachim Kohlbrecher Switzerland	41	2.2k 0.5×	1.4k 0.8×	931 0.6×	1.0k 0.8×	505 0.4×	269	6.7k
Joachim Dzubiella Germany	44	2.9k 0.6×	2.0k 1.1×	2.1k 1.3×	586 0.5×	767 0.6×	174	8.1k
Alexei R. Khokhlov Russia	49	3.8k 0.8×	4.0k 2.3×	2.2k 1.4×	1.0k 0.8×	962 0.8×	343	10.9k
Kyle J. M. Bishop United States	43	4.1k 0.9×	1.2k 0.7×	2.5k 1.6×	1.8k 1.4×	1.5k 1.2×	111	8.4k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Qian Chen

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Wang, Yanzhu, Yanting Liu, Lili Meng, et al.. (2025). Realizing high quantum yield green emission of Sb3+, Er3+ co-doped Cs2NaYCl6 via efficient energy transfer. Materials Letters. 385. 138208–138208. 2 indexed citations

Liu, Bifu, Yinling Li, Kejun Feng, et al.. (2025). Regioselective C–H alkynylation with haloalkynes enabled by nitrogen functionalities via Rh catalysis. Organic Chemistry Frontiers. 12(18). 4956–4962.

Yang, Hao, Xiaolin Liu, Qian Chen, et al.. (2025). Amino Acid Sequence Controls Enhanced Electron Transport in Heme-Binding Peptide Monolayers. ACS Central Science. 11(4). 612–621.

Chen, Qian, et al.. (2024). Layer‑by‑layer assembled binder-free hydrated vanadium oxide-acetylene black electrode for flexible aqueous zinc ion battery. Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry. 964. 118334–118334. 5 indexed citations

Li, Hongqiang, et al.. (2024). Utilization of methyltrichlorosilane as a novel and efficient reagent to enhance fluorine recovery from wet-process phosphoric acid. Journal of Cleaner Production. 444. 141295–141295. 1 indexed citations

Chen, Qian, et al.. (2024). Evaluating soil freezing characteristic curve models for predicting unfrozen water content in freezing soils. Physics and Chemistry of the Earth Parts A/B/C. 135. 103697–103697. 1 indexed citations

Huang, Wei, et al.. (2024). Neuroprotective effect of chrysophanol in Alzheimer disease via modulating the Ca2+/EGFR-PLCγ pathway. Neuroscience Letters. 824. 137684–137684. 3 indexed citations

Yao, Hua, et al.. (2024). One-stone-for-two-birds strategy to enhance the zinc ion storage performance of PANI in low-cost ZnSO4 electrolyte. Journal of Energy Storage. 100. 113674–113674. 3 indexed citations

Weng, Xiaoqing, Xudong Zhang, Qian Chen, et al.. (2024). Efficient adsorption of sodium oleate from wastewater with graphene oxide/polyethyleneimine composite hydrogel: Performance and mechanism. Chemical Physics Letters. 856. 141625–141625. 3 indexed citations

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Kang, Sung Bum, Gaurav Singhal, Ashish Kulkarni, et al.. (2024). Highly Ordered Eutectic Mesostructures via Template‐Directed Solidification within Thermally Engineered Templates. Advanced Materials. 36(15). 2 indexed citations

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Wang, Yanzhu, et al.. (2024). Synthesis of binder-free hydrated vanadium oxide-polyaniline electrodes via in situ polymerization for high-performance aqueous zinc-ion batteries. Inorganic Chemistry Communications. 166. 112656–112656. 2 indexed citations

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Chen, Qian, et al.. (2023). Biofeedstock-induced metal corrosion: Reactions between carbon steel and triacylglycerol-based solutions at elevated temperature. Corrosion Science. 216. 111088–111088. 1 indexed citations

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Chen, Qian, et al.. (2023). Adsorption of fluoride from aqueous solutions using graphene oxide composite materials at a neutral pH. Journal of Molecular Liquids. 377. 121467–121467. 27 indexed citations

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Li, Dongsheng, et al.. (2023). Nanoparticle Assembly and Oriented Attachment: Correlating Controlling Factors to the Resulting Structures. Chemical Reviews. 123(6). 3127–3159. 64 indexed citations

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Zhang, Lin, Jian Jiang, Linlin Li, et al.. (2022). Sustainable Synthesis of Amides from Carboxylic Acids and Equivalent Amounts of Amines Using a Reusable Brønsted Acidic Ionic Liquid as a Catalyst and a Solvent. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering. 10(26). 8433–8442. 17 indexed citations

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Patel, Bijal B., Justin J. Kwok, Prapti Kafle, et al.. (2022). Chiral emergence in multistep hierarchical assembly of achiral conjugated polymers. Nature Communications. 13(1). 38 indexed citations

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Chen, Wenxiang, Zhichu Tang, & Qian Chen. (2022). Engineering Particle Size for Multivalent Ion Intercalation: Implications for Ion Battery Systems. ACS Applied Nano Materials. 5(5). 5983–5992. 2 indexed citations

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Smith, John W., et al.. (2019). Charting the quantitative relationship between two-dimensional morphology parameters of polyamide membranes and synthesis conditions. Molecular Systems Design & Engineering. 5(1). 102–109. 13 indexed citations

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Ou, Zihao, Xiaohui Song, Wen Huang, et al.. (2018). Colloidal Metal–Organic Framework Hexapods Prepared from Postsynthesis Etching with Enhanced Catalytic Activity and Rollable Packing. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 10(48). 40990–40995. 23 indexed citations

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Kim, Juyeong, Zihao Ou, Matthew R. Jones, Xiaohui Song, & Qian Chen. (2017). Imaging the polymerization of multivalent nanoparticles in solution. Nature Communications. 8(1). 761–761. 76 indexed citations

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