Renfan Shao

4.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
68 papers, 3.6k citations indexed

About

Renfan Shao is a scholar working on Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, Spectroscopy and Organic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Renfan Shao has authored 68 papers receiving a total of 3.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 63 papers in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, 33 papers in Spectroscopy and 24 papers in Organic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Renfan Shao's work include Liquid Crystal Research Advancements (63 papers), Molecular spectroscopy and chirality (33 papers) and Plant Reproductive Biology (13 papers). Renfan Shao is often cited by papers focused on Liquid Crystal Research Advancements (63 papers), Molecular spectroscopy and chirality (33 papers) and Plant Reproductive Biology (13 papers). Renfan Shao collaborates with scholars based in United States, France and Spain. Renfan Shao's co-authors include Noel A. Clark, David M. Walba, Joseph E. Maclennan, Eva Körblová, Darren R. Link, Giorgio Natale, Matthew A. Glaser, Dong Chen, Chenhui Zhu and Yongqiang Shen and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Renfan Shao

68 papers receiving 3.4k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Spontaneous Formation of Macroscopic Chiral Domains in a Fluid Smectic Phase of Achiral Molecules

1997 1.1k citations Renfan Shao, Joseph E. Maclennan et al. profile →
First-principles experimental demonstration of ferroelectricity in a thermotropic nematic liquid crystal: Polar domains and striking electro-optics

2020 303 citations Xi Chen, Eva Körblová et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Renfan Shao United States	26	3.0k	1.5k	1.2k	862	649	68	3.6k
M. R. de la Fuente Spain	28	2.5k 0.8×	1.2k 0.8×	868 0.7×	1.2k 1.3×	396 0.6×	98	3.0k
Stephen J. Cowling United Kingdom	28	2.4k 0.8×	1.3k 0.9×	686 0.6×	959 1.1×	425 0.7×	93	3.0k
J. W. Goodby United Kingdom	25	3.1k 1.0×	1.4k 1.0×	1.1k 0.9×	1.1k 1.2×	484 0.7×	61	3.7k
Milada Glogarová Czechia	34	2.9k 1.0×	1.5k 1.0×	1.3k 1.1×	1.1k 1.2×	459 0.7×	175	3.3k
B. K. Sadashiva India	31	3.2k 1.1×	1.8k 1.2×	1.3k 1.1×	911 1.1×	606 0.9×	118	3.5k
Michi Nakata United States	28	2.7k 0.9×	1.1k 0.8×	969 0.8×	824 1.0×	978 1.5×	52	3.3k
H. Kresse Germany	34	3.8k 1.3×	2.1k 1.4×	1.5k 1.2×	1.3k 1.5×	536 0.8×	245	4.3k
Eva Körblová United States	29	4.2k 1.4×	1.8k 1.2×	1.4k 1.2×	1.2k 1.4×	967 1.5×	75	4.7k
Oriano Francescangeli Italy	35	2.4k 0.8×	1.1k 0.8×	596 0.5×	1.1k 1.2×	529 0.8×	184	3.7k
Heinz‐S. Kitzerow Germany	34	3.3k 1.1×	1.1k 0.7×	742 0.6×	1.2k 1.4×	534 0.8×	175	4.3k

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Chen, Xi, Eva Körblová, Dengpan Dong, et al.. (2020). First-principles experimental demonstration of ferroelectricity in a thermotropic nematic liquid crystal: Polar domains and striking electro-optics. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 117(25). 14021–14031. 303 indexed citations breakdown →

Tuchband, Michael R., Renfan Shao, Yongqiang Shen, et al.. (2019). Chiral Incommensurate Helical Phase in a Smectic of Achiral Bent-Core Mesogens. Physical Review Letters. 122(10). 107801–107801. 20 indexed citations

Körblová, Eva, Joseph E. Maclennan, Matthew A. Glaser, et al.. (2017). New SmAPF Mesogens Designed for Analog Electrooptics Applications. Materials. 10(11). 1284–1284. 5 indexed citations

Hu, Nan, Renfan Shao, Yongqiang Shen, et al.. (2013). An Electric‐Field‐Responsive Discotic Liquid‐Crystalline Hexa‐peri‐Hexabenzocoronene/Oligothiophene Hybrid. Advanced Materials. 26(13). 2066–2071. 36 indexed citations

Körblová, Eva, Michi Nakata, Dong Chen, et al.. (2013). A Modulated Helical Nanofilament Phase. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 52(20). 5254–5257. 46 indexed citations

Shao, Renfan, et al.. (2013). New ionic organic compounds containing a linear tris(imidazolium) core and their thermotropic liquid crystal behaviour. Liquid Crystals. 40(8). 1067–1081. 28 indexed citations

Nakata, Michi, Dong Chen, Renfan Shao, et al.. (2012). Electro-optic response of the anticlinic, antiferroelectric liquid-crystal phase of a biaxial bent-core molecule with tilt angle near 45∘. Physical Review E. 85(3). 31704–31704. 7 indexed citations

Körblová, Eva, David M. Walba, Tao Gong, et al.. (2011). Design and synthesis of an achiral ferroelectric smectic liquid crystal. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 8114. 81140X–81140X. 2 indexed citations

Shen, Yongqiang, Tao Gong, Renfan Shao, et al.. (2011). Effective conductivity due to continuous polarization reorientation in fluid ferroelectrics. Physical Review E. 84(2). 20701–20701. 18 indexed citations

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Chattham, Nattaporn, Eva Körblová, Renfan Shao, et al.. (2010). Triclinic Fluid Order. Physical Review Letters. 104(6). 67801–67801. 19 indexed citations

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Walba, David M., Hong Yang, Patrick Keller, et al.. (2009). A Main‐Chain de Vries Smectic Liquid Crystal Polymer Prepared by Hoveyda–Grubbs Catalyst Initiated Acyclic Diene Metathesis Polymerization. Macromolecular Rapid Communications. 30(22). 1894–1899. 9 indexed citations

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Walba, David M., et al.. (2007). A General Method for Measurement of Enantiomeric Excess by Using Electrooptics in Ferroelectric Liquid Crystals. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 46(9). 1473–1475. 14 indexed citations

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Walba, David M., Eva Körblová, Michael C. Biewer, et al.. (2007). Chiral SmA* materials for display applications?. Journal of the Society for Information Display. 15(8). 585–588. 11 indexed citations

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Chen, Hui‐Yu, Renfan Shao, Eva Körblová, et al.. (2007). A bistable liquid-crystal display mode based on electrically driven smectic A layer reorientation. Applied Physics Letters. 91(16). 16 indexed citations

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Kane, Alexander A., Renfan Shao, Joseph E. Maclennan, et al.. (2006). Electric‐Field‐Driven Deracemization. ChemPhysChem. 8(1). 170–174. 11 indexed citations

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Walba, David M., Hong Yang, R. L. Shoemaker, et al.. (2006). Main-Chain Chiral Smectic Polymers Showing a Large Electroclinic Effect in the SmA* Phase. Chemistry of Materials. 18(19). 4576–4584. 26 indexed citations

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Shao, Renfan, Joseph E. Maclennan, Noel A. Clark, Daniel J. Dyer, & David M. Walba. (2001). Giant surface electroclinic effect in a chiral smectic A liquid crystal. Liquid Crystals. 28(1). 117–123. 23 indexed citations

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Walba, David M., Daniel J. Dyer, Teresa Sierra, et al.. (1996). Ferroelectric Liquid Crystals for Nonlinear Optics: Orientation of the Disperse Red 1 Chromophore along the Ferroelectric Liquid Crystal Polar Axis. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 118(5). 1211–1212. 39 indexed citations

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Ginzburg, Valeriy V., Renfan Shao, Noel A. Clark, & David M. Walba. (1994). <title>Theory of chiral-racemic mixtures near the Smectic C-Smectic A transition point: dependence of spontaneous polarization and transition temperature on enantiometric excess</title>. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 2175. 102–107. 5 indexed citations

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Walba, David M., M. Blanca Ros, Teresa Sierra, et al.. (1991). Design and synthesis of ferroelectric liquid crystals. 15. ¹ FLC materials for nonlinear optics applications. Ferroelectrics. 121(1). 247–257. 44 indexed citations

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