Quan Cai

1.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
53 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Quan Cai is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Quan Cai has authored 53 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 26 papers in Materials Chemistry, 11 papers in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials and 7 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Quan Cai's work include X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography (6 papers), Catalytic Processes in Materials Science (6 papers) and nanoparticles nucleation surface interactions (5 papers). Quan Cai is often cited by papers focused on X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography (6 papers), Catalytic Processes in Materials Science (6 papers) and nanoparticles nucleation surface interactions (5 papers). Quan Cai collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and France. Quan Cai's co-authors include Shu‐Li You, Zhuo‐An Zhao, Wenjun Jiang, Kevin Ε. Ο'Shea, Wei Xu, Dionysios D. Dionysiou, Yong Cai, Mingwei Yang, Zhonghua Wu and Zhongjun Chen and has published in prestigious journals such as Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Environmental Science & Technology and Applied Physics Letters.

In The Last Decade

Quan Cai

50 papers receiving 1.3k 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.

Cr(VI) Adsorption and Reduction by Humic Acid Coated on Magnetite

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Quan Cai China	17	407	337	257	256	188	53	1.3k
Aijun Gong China	20	169 0.4×	487 1.4×	155 0.6×	396 1.5×	176 0.9×	85	1.5k
Aurel Pui Romania	22	364 0.9×	682 2.0×	130 0.5×	108 0.4×	95 0.5×	91	1.4k
Xin Nie China	18	264 0.6×	499 1.5×	289 1.1×	216 0.8×	53 0.3×	35	1.4k
Aleksandra Lobnik Slovenia	24	180 0.4×	534 1.6×	378 1.5×	371 1.4×	216 1.1×	85	1.8k
Zongshan Zhao China	21	138 0.3×	380 1.1×	255 1.0×	263 1.0×	122 0.6×	60	1.5k
Priyabrat Dash India	27	581 1.4×	1.0k 3.0×	285 1.1×	390 1.5×	125 0.7×	61	2.0k
Eric A. Mintz United States	26	824 2.0×	638 1.9×	127 0.5×	293 1.1×	89 0.5×	73	2.1k
Dominique Scalarone Italy	30	341 0.8×	532 1.6×	80 0.3×	321 1.3×	134 0.7×	79	2.2k
Sen Yang China	26	90 0.2×	781 2.3×	193 0.8×	198 0.8×	165 0.9×	51	1.5k
Xi Yu China	24	177 0.4×	330 1.0×	388 1.5×	333 1.3×	95 0.5×	107	1.6k

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Cai, Quan, et al.. (2025). A highly hydrogen-bonded {Cu ₂ Co} cyanide complex exhibiting high room-temperature proton conduction. CrystEngComm. 27(35). 5788–5792. 1 indexed citations

Dong, Fuyu, Yi Chen, Quan Cai, et al.. (2025). Switchable Magnetic Properties in a Hydrogen-Bonded Cobalt(II)-Organosulfonate Framework via Reversible Dehydration–Hydration. Crystal Growth & Design. 25(10). 3464–3470. 1 indexed citations

Chen, Yi, Fuyu Dong, Tao Xu, et al.. (2025). Water-Induced Dual Switching of Magnetic Properties and Proton Conduction in a Hydrogen-Bonded Manganese(II)-Organosulfonate Framework. Crystal Growth & Design. 25(18). 7752–7760.

Duan, Xiaoxi, Huan Zhang, Chen Zhang, et al.. (2020). Theoretical development and experimental validation on the measurement of temperature by extended X-ray absorption fine structure. Journal of Synchrotron Radiation. 27(2). 436–445. 7 indexed citations

Wang, Jiayi, Xiaoyi Zhao, Yunpeng Liu, et al.. (2019). Small-angle X-ray scattering study on the orientation of suspended sodium titanate nanofiber induced by applied electric field. Radiation Detection Technology and Methods. 3(3). 4 indexed citations

Liu, Yunpeng, Lixiong Qian, Xiaoyi Zhao, et al.. (2019). Synthesis and formation mechanism of self-assembled 3D flower-like Bi/γ-Fe₂O₃ composite particles. CrystEngComm. 21(17). 2799–2808. 13 indexed citations

Zhao, Xiaoyi, Yunpeng Liu, Jiayi Wang, et al.. (2019). Modulating the Hydrothermal Synthesis of Co₃O₄ and CoOOH Nanoparticles by H₂O₂ Concentration. Inorganic Chemistry. 58(10). 7054–7061. 29 indexed citations

Sun, Dongbai, Hongying Yu, Shuqiang Jiao, et al.. (2018). In Situ Time-Resolved X-ray Absorption Fine Structure and Small Angle X-ray Scattering Revealed an Unexpected Phase Structure Transformation during the Growth of Nickel Phosphide Nanoparticles. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 122(28). 16397–16405. 7 indexed citations

Wu, Zhonghua, Hongying Yu, Yu Gong, et al.. (2014). Time-Resolved Small-Angle X-ray Scattering Study on the Growth Behavior of Silver Nanoparticles. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 118(21). 11454–11463. 30 indexed citations

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Zhang, Junwei, Quan Cai, Qing Gu, Xiao‐Xin Shi, & Shu‐Li You. (2013). Enantioselective synthesis of benzofurans and benzoxazines via an olefin cross-metathesis–intramolecular oxo-Michael reaction. Chemical Communications. 49(70). 7750–7750. 18 indexed citations

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Gong, Yu, Rong Du, Xueqing Xing, et al.. (2013). Microstructural change of degummed Bombyx mori silk: An in situ stretching wide-angle X-ray-scattering study. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. 57. 99–104. 18 indexed citations

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Xing, Xueqing, Quan Liu, Wei Wang, et al.. (2012). Shape evolution with temperature of a thermotolerant protein (PeaT1) in solution detected by small angle X‐ray scattering. Proteins Structure Function and Bioinformatics. 81(1). 53–62. 3 indexed citations

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Zhang, Kai, Quan Cai, Guang Mo, et al.. (2010). Real-time SAXS and ultraviolet-visible spectral studies on size and shape evolution of gold nanoparticles in aqueous solution. The European Physical Journal B. 76(2). 301–307. 14 indexed citations

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Cai, Quan, Zhuo‐An Zhao, & Shu‐Li You. (2009). Asymmetric Construction of Polycyclic Indoles through Olefin Cross‐Metathesis/Intramolecular Friedel–Crafts Alkylation under Sequential Catalysis. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 48(40). 7428–7431. 152 indexed citations

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Cai, Quan, Junxi Zhang, Xing Chen, et al.. (2008). Structural study on Ni nanowires in an anodic alumina membrane by usingin situheating extended x-ray absorption fine structure and x-ray diffraction techniques. Journal of Physics Condensed Matter. 20(11). 115205–115205. 10 indexed citations

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Chen, Xing, Quan Cai, Jing Zhang, et al.. (2006). Synthesis and growth of germanium oxide nanoparticles in AOT reversed micelle. Materials Letters. 61(2). 535–537. 23 indexed citations

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Chen, Xing, Wangsheng Chu, Quan Cai, et al.. (2006). Electronic structure of nanoscale Cu/Pt alloys: A combined X-ray diffraction and X-ray absorption investigations. Radiation Physics and Chemistry. 75(11). 1622–1625. 5 indexed citations

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Xue, Jing, Quan Cai, Dong Zheng, & Zhiming Yuan. (2005). The synergistic activity between Cry1Aa and Cry1c from Bacillus thuringiensis against Spodoptera exigua and Helicoverpa armigera. Letters in Applied Microbiology. 40(6). 460–465. 36 indexed citations

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Yuan, Zhiming, et al.. (2003). Cross‐resistance between strains of Bacillus sphaericus but not B. thuringiensis israelensis in colonies of the mosquito Culex quinquefasciatus. Medical and Veterinary Entomology. 17(3). 251–256. 26 indexed citations

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Liu, M., et al.. (2002). Chitinolytic activities in Bacillus thuringiensis and their synergistic effects on larvicidal activity. Journal of Applied Microbiology. 93(3). 374–379. 68 indexed citations

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