Qu Chen

3.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
54 papers, 2.7k citations indexed

About

Qu Chen is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Qu Chen has authored 54 papers receiving a total of 2.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Materials Chemistry, 13 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 12 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Qu Chen's work include Graphene research and applications (13 papers), 2D Materials and Applications (7 papers) and Advancements in Battery Materials (5 papers). Qu Chen is often cited by papers focused on Graphene research and applications (13 papers), 2D Materials and Applications (7 papers) and Advancements in Battery Materials (5 papers). Qu Chen collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, China and United States. Qu Chen's co-authors include Jamie H. Warner, Molly M. Stevens, Yiyang Lin, Wenshuo Xu, Ye Fan, Yingqiu Zhou, Tsuyoshi Ishida, Haijie Tan, Adrian Najer and Ava P. Soleimany and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Advanced Materials and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

Qu Chen

52 papers receiving 2.6k 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.

Renal clearable catalytic gold nanoclusters for in vivo disease monitoring

2019 426 citations Colleen N. Loynachan, Ava P. Soleimany et al. Nature Nanotechnology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Qu Chen United Kingdom	25	1.4k	632	586	388	378	54	2.7k
Kai Kristiansen United States	20	840 0.6×	629 1.0×	441 0.8×	266 0.7×	342 0.9×	43	2.8k
Xiaobo Li China	25	1.6k 1.1×	437 0.7×	374 0.6×	442 1.1×	285 0.8×	77	2.7k
Chen Shi China	34	1.5k 1.1×	830 1.3×	751 1.3×	208 0.5×	190 0.5×	86	3.8k
Yingwei Wang China	37	2.1k 1.5×	1.3k 2.0×	1.6k 2.7×	275 0.7×	399 1.1×	147	4.3k
Esther Amstad Switzerland	34	1.5k 1.1×	2.6k 4.1×	802 1.4×	294 0.8×	590 1.6×	125	4.9k
Bin Li China	36	1.2k 0.8×	1.3k 2.0×	1.4k 2.5×	409 1.1×	136 0.4×	185	4.5k
Yixin Chen China	25	612 0.4×	650 1.0×	438 0.7×	285 0.7×	158 0.4×	96	1.8k
Alessandro Podestà Italy	33	1.1k 0.8×	1.0k 1.6×	799 1.4×	123 0.3×	692 1.8×	111	3.6k
Guoxin Cao China	33	2.3k 1.6×	1.2k 2.0×	438 0.7×	541 1.4×	614 1.6×	105	4.4k
Hongtao Li China	33	1.1k 0.8×	757 1.2×	1.6k 2.7×	480 1.2×	82 0.2×	177	3.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Qu Chen

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Qu Chen

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Jiang, Yonggang, Lujia Zhang, Qu Chen, et al.. (2025). Elucidating phase transformation and nanostructure evolution behavior of Al2O3-SiO2 aerogel under rapid heating from RT to 1300 °C via in situ heating TEM. Journal of the European Ceramic Society. 45(16). 117656–117656. 2 indexed citations

Péter, Mária, Gábor Balogh, James I. MacRae, et al.. (2025). Horizontal acquisition of prokaryotic hopanoid biosynthesis reorganizes membrane physiology driving lifestyle innovation in a eukaryote. Nature Communications. 16(1). 3291–3291.

Wang, Wenjuan, Ermin Li, Jianqiu Zou, et al.. (2024). Ubiquitin Ligase RBX2/SAG Regulates Mitochondrial Ubiquitination and Mitophagy. Circulation Research. 135(3). e39–e56. 7 indexed citations

Meli, Athinoula, Ann McCormack, Ianina Conte, et al.. (2023). Altered Storage and Function of von Willebrand Factor in Human Cardiac Microvascular Endothelial Cells Isolated from Recipient Transplant Hearts. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 24(5). 4553–4553. 2 indexed citations

Chen, Qu, Rajesh P. Menon, Laura Masino, Pavel Tolar, & Peter B. Rosenthal. (2023). Structural basis for Fc receptor recognition of immunoglobulin M. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology. 30(7). 1033–1039. 9 indexed citations

Zhang, Yingying, Mingxi Fang, Gaoju Pang, et al.. (2022). Upconversion Optogenetic Engineered Bacteria System for Time-Resolved Imaging Diagnosis and Light-Controlled Cancer Therapy. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 14(41). 46351–46361. 39 indexed citations

Chen, Qu, W. Deng, Jingjin He, et al.. (2022). Enhancing Drug Utilization Efficiency via Dish-Structured Triboelectric Nanogenerator. Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology. 10. 950146–950146. 7 indexed citations

Chen, Qu, Rajesh P. Menon, Lesley J. Calder, Pavel Tolar, & Peter B. Rosenthal. (2022). Cryomicroscopy reveals the structural basis for a flexible hinge motion in the immunoglobulin M pentamer. Nature Communications. 13(1). 6314–6314. 24 indexed citations

Xianyu, Yunlei, Yiyang Lin, Qu Chen, et al.. (2021). Iodide‐Mediated Rapid and Sensitive Surface Etching of Gold Nanostars for Biosensing. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 60(18). 9891–9896. 72 indexed citations

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Xianyu, Yunlei, Yiyang Lin, Qu Chen, et al.. (2021). Iodide‐Mediated Rapid and Sensitive Surface Etching of Gold Nanostars for Biosensing. Angewandte Chemie. 133(18). 9979–9984. 5 indexed citations

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Horgan, Conor C., James P. K. Armstrong, Mads S. Bergholt, et al.. (2020). In vivo biomolecular imaging of zebrafish embryos using confocal Raman spectroscopy. Nature Communications. 11(1). 6172–6172. 62 indexed citations

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Todorova, Dilyana, Qu Chen, Jingfeng Liu, et al.. (2020). hESC-derived immune suppressive dendritic cells induce immune tolerance of parental hESC-derived allografts. EBioMedicine. 62. 103120–103120. 8 indexed citations

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Kim, Jin‐Chul, Qingshuang Tang, Qu Chen, et al.. (2020). CAS9 is a genome mutator by directly disrupting DNA-PK dependent DNA repair pathway. Protein & Cell. 11(5). 352–365. 31 indexed citations

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Cai, Huafei, Yonggang Jiang, Jian Feng, et al.. (2020). Nanostructure evolution of silica aerogels under rapid heating from 600 °C to 1300 °C via in-situ TEM observation. Ceramics International. 46(8). 12489–12498. 57 indexed citations

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Loynachan, Colleen N., Ava P. Soleimany, Jaideep S. Dudani, et al.. (2019). Renal clearable catalytic gold nanoclusters for in vivo disease monitoring. Nature Nanotechnology. 14(9). 883–890. 426 indexed citations breakdown →

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Cai, Huafei, Yonggang Jiang, Qu Chen, et al.. (2019). Sintering behavior of SiO2 aerogel composites reinforced by mullite fibers via in-situ rapid heating TEM observations. Journal of the European Ceramic Society. 40(1). 127–135. 44 indexed citations

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Lin, Yiyang, Patrick Charchar, Andrew J. Christofferson, et al.. (2018). Surface Dynamics and Ligand–Core Interactions of Quantum Sized Photoluminescent Gold Nanoclusters. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 140(51). 18217–18226. 83 indexed citations

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Zhang, Xuemei, Chuan Li, Da Wang, et al.. (2016). Aberrant methylation of ATG2B , ATG4D , ATG9A and ATG9B CpG island promoter is associated with decreased mRNA expression in sporadic breast carcinoma. Gene. 590(2). 285–292. 36 indexed citations

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Chen, Qu, Ai Leen Koh, Alex W. Robertson, et al.. (2015). Rotating Anisotropic Crystalline Silicon Nanoclusters in Graphene. ACS Nano. 9(10). 9497–9506. 15 indexed citations

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Chen, Qu. (2009). Determination of Amino Acids in Root of Panax quinquefolius L.by Microwave Hydrolyzation-Derivation Hight Performance Liquid Chromatography. CHINESE JOURNAL OF ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY (CHINESE VERSION). 1 indexed citations

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