Rongchao Jin

65.6k total citations · 25 hit papers
376 papers, 57.0k citations indexed

About

Rongchao Jin is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. According to data from OpenAlex, Rongchao Jin has authored 376 papers receiving a total of 57.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 344 papers in Materials Chemistry, 211 papers in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials and 33 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. Recurrent topics in Rongchao Jin's work include Nanocluster Synthesis and Applications (308 papers), Advanced Nanomaterials in Catalysis (230 papers) and Gold and Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis and Applications (208 papers). Rongchao Jin is often cited by papers focused on Nanocluster Synthesis and Applications (308 papers), Advanced Nanomaterials in Catalysis (230 papers) and Gold and Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis and Applications (208 papers). Rongchao Jin collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Canada. Rongchao Jin's co-authors include Chad A. Mirkin, Huifeng Qian, Chenjie Zeng, Manzhou Zhu, George C. Schatz, Zhikun Wu, Yuxiang Chen, Gao Li, Meng Zhou and Yan Zhu and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Chemical Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Rongchao Jin

368 papers receiving 56.3k citations

Hit Papers

Photoinduced Conversion of Silver Nanospheres to Nanoprisms 2001 2026 2009 2017 2001 2016 2002 2008 2003 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k 2.5k
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.

  1. Photoinduced Conversion of Silver Nanospheres to Nanoprisms
    2001 2.9k citations Rongchao Jin, Y. Charles Cao et al. profile →
  2. Atomically Precise Colloidal Metal Nanoclusters and Nanoparticles: Fundamentals and Opportunities
    2016 2.9k citations Rongchao Jin, Chenjie Zeng et al. profile →
  3. Nanoparticles with Raman Spectroscopic Fingerprints for DNA and RNA Detection
    2002 2.5k citations Rongchao Jin, Chad A. Mirkin et al. profile →
  4. Correlating the Crystal Structure of A Thiol-Protected Au25 Cluster and Optical Properties
    2008 2.0k citations Manzhou Zhu, Rongchao Jin et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
  5. Controlling anisotropic nanoparticle growth through plasmon excitation
    2003 1.5k citations Rongchao Jin, Chad A. Mirkin et al. profile →
  6. Quantum sized, thiolate-protected gold nanoclusters
    2009 1.3k citations Rongchao Jin Nanoscale profile →
  7. On the Ligand’s Role in the Fluorescence of Gold Nanoclusters
    2010 1.2k citations Rongchao Jin et al. profile →
  8. What Controls the Melting Properties of DNA-Linked Gold Nanoparticle Assemblies?
    2003 1.1k citations Rongchao Jin, Chad A. Mirkin et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
  9. Total Structure Determination of Thiolate-Protected Au38 Nanoparticles
    2010 955 citations Rongchao Jin et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
  10. Atomically Precise Gold Nanoclusters as New Model Catalysts
    2013 880 citations Rongchao Jin et al. profile →
  11. Quantum Sized Gold Nanoclusters with Atomic Precision
    2012 862 citations Manzhou Zhu, Rongchao Jin et al. profile →
  12. Localized Surface Plasmon Resonance Spectroscopy of Single Silver Triangular Nanoprisms
    2006 761 citations Rongchao Jin, Chad A. Mirkin et al. profile →
  13. Atomically precise metal nanoclusters: stable sizes and optical properties
    2014 730 citations Rongchao Jin Nanoscale profile →
  14. Toward Active-Site Tailoring in Heterogeneous Catalysis by Atomically Precise Metal Nanoclusters with Crystallographic Structures
    2020 597 citations Rongchao Jin, Yingwei Li et al. profile →
  15. DNA-Modified Core−Shell Ag/Au Nanoparticles
    2001 565 citations Rongchao Jin, Chad A. Mirkin et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
  16. Atomically precise alloy nanoclusters: syntheses, structures, and properties
    2020 563 citations Xi Kang, Yingwei Li et al. Chemical Society Reviews profile →
  17. A 200‐fold Quantum Yield Boost in the Photoluminescence of Silver‐Doped AgxAu25−x Nanoclusters: The 13 th Silver Atom Matters
    2014 554 citations Shuxin Wang, Yongbo Song et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →
  18. Macroscopic Foam‐Like Holey Ultrathin g‐C3N4 Nanosheets for Drastic Improvement of Visible‐Light Photocatalytic Activity
    2016 529 citations Renxi Jin, Yan Xing et al. profile →
  19. Emergence of hierarchical structural complexities in nanoparticles and their assembly
    2016 527 citations Chenjie Zeng, Yuxiang Chen et al. profile →
  20. Kinetically Controlled, High-Yield Synthesis of Au25 Clusters
    2008 521 citations Manzhou Zhu, Rongchao Jin et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
  21. Total Structure and Electronic Properties of the Gold Nanocrystal Au36(SR)24
    2012 513 citations Chenjie Zeng, Nathaniel L. Rosi et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →
  22. Chiral Structure of Thiolate-Protected 28-Gold-Atom Nanocluster Determined by X-ray Crystallography
    2013 511 citations Chenjie Zeng, Nathaniel L. Rosi et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
  23. Glomerular barrier behaves as an atomically precise bandpass filter in a sub-nanometre regime
    2017 458 citations Rongchao Jin et al. profile →
  24. Double-helical assembly of heterodimeric nanoclusters into supercrystals
    2021 223 citations Yingwei Li, Meng Zhou et al. profile →
  25. Scope, evaluation and current perspectives of MXene synthesis strategies for state of the art applications
    2024 71 citations Muhammad Zeeshan Abid, Khezina Rafiq et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Rongchao Jin United States 121 47.5k 31.3k 7.2k 6.0k 5.6k 376 57.0k
Jianping Xie Singapore 99 26.0k 0.5× 15.0k 0.5× 5.9k 0.8× 4.5k 0.7× 2.6k 0.5× 381 33.7k
Nanfeng Zheng China 108 26.4k 0.6× 9.7k 0.3× 5.9k 0.8× 1.9k 0.3× 11.8k 2.1× 378 40.9k
Royce W. Murray United States 103 19.6k 0.4× 13.7k 0.4× 4.2k 0.6× 4.8k 0.8× 3.7k 0.7× 500 41.0k
Nathaniel L. Rosi United States 66 22.9k 0.5× 12.0k 0.4× 4.5k 0.6× 5.6k 0.9× 1.4k 0.2× 149 35.8k
Shuang‐Quan Zang China 99 21.9k 0.5× 8.0k 0.3× 2.1k 0.3× 1.2k 0.2× 9.3k 1.6× 571 34.0k
Jianfang Wang Hong Kong 92 20.8k 0.4× 15.0k 0.5× 17.0k 2.3× 4.7k 0.8× 7.5k 1.3× 405 39.1k
Lan‐Sun Zheng China 91 23.5k 0.5× 12.0k 0.4× 2.9k 0.4× 764 0.1× 7.4k 1.3× 797 36.3k
Didier Astruc France 67 13.4k 0.3× 8.2k 0.3× 5.4k 0.7× 6.3k 1.0× 3.0k 0.5× 328 31.6k
Dongho Kim South Korea 102 31.6k 0.7× 3.4k 0.1× 5.1k 0.7× 5.9k 1.0× 1.7k 0.3× 1.1k 43.8k
Didier Astruc France 67 11.6k 0.2× 3.0k 0.1× 3.1k 0.4× 3.7k 0.6× 3.7k 0.7× 290 25.8k

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All Works

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Xu, Tingting, et al.. (2025). Atomically Precise Metal Nanoclusters for Bioimaging and Therapy: Progress and Perspectives. JACS Au. 5(11). 5286–5311. 1 indexed citations
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Liu, Zhongyu, et al.. (2024). Bright near-infrared emission from the Au39(SR)29 nanocluster. Nanoscale. 16(15). 7419–7426. 13 indexed citations
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Abid, Muhammad Zeeshan, Khezina Rafiq, Abdul Rauf, et al.. (2024). Interface engineering of BiVO4/Zn3V2O8 heterocatalysts for escalating the synergism: Impact of Cu electron mediator for overall water splitting. Renewable Energy. 225. 120223–120223. 27 indexed citations
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Morris, David J., Xiang‐Sha Du, Rongchao Jin, & Peng Zhang. (2024). Single-atom alloy structure and unique bonding properties of Au104Ag40(PET)60 nanoclusters. Nanoscale. 16(34). 16140–16147. 1 indexed citations
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Sahar, Kashaf Ul, Khezina Rafiq, Muhammad Zeeshan Abid, et al.. (2023). Sun-light driven hydrogen generation by Pd/Rb2O cocatalysts: Escalate the utility of rutile TiO2 for photocatalytic water splitting. Colloids and Surfaces A Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects. 674. 131942–131942. 30 indexed citations
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Abid, Muhammad Zeeshan, Khezina Rafiq, Abdul Rauf, et al.. (2023). Synergism of Co/Na in BiVO4 microstructures for visible-light driven degradation of toxic dyes in water. Nanoscale Advances. 5(12). 3247–3259. 40 indexed citations
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Jin, Renxi, Xianchun Liu, Shuo Zhao, et al.. (2022). Shape Effect of Atomically Precise Au25 Nanoclusters on Catalytic CO Oxidation. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 126(40). 17114–17122. 7 indexed citations
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Liu, Zhongyu, et al.. (2022). Tailoring the Electron–Phonon Interaction in Au25(SR)18 Nanoclusters via Ligand Engineering and Insight into Luminescence. ACS Nano. 16(11). 18448–18458. 51 indexed citations
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Li, Qi, Dongming Zhou, Jinsong Chai, et al.. (2020). Structural distortion and electron redistribution in dual-emitting gold nanoclusters. Nature Communications. 11(1). 2897–2897. 77 indexed citations
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Li, Yingwei, Michael Cowan, Meng Zhou, et al.. (2020). Atom-by-Atom Evolution of the Same Ligand-Protected Au21, Au22, Au22Cd1, and Au24 Nanocluster Series. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 142(48). 20426–20433. 41 indexed citations
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Kang, Xi, Yingwei Li, Manzhou Zhu, & Rongchao Jin. (2020). Atomically precise alloy nanoclusters: syntheses, structures, and properties. Chemical Society Reviews. 49(17). 6443–6514. 563 indexed citations breakdown →
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Day, Paul N., Ruth Pachter, Kiet A. Nguyen, & Rongchao Jin. (2019). Theoretical Prediction of Optical Absorption and Emission in Thiolated Gold Clusters. The Journal of Physical Chemistry A. 123(30). 6472–6481. 11 indexed citations
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Hussain, Ejaz, Imran Majeed, Muhammad Amtiaz Nadeem, et al.. (2018). Remarkable effect of BaO on photocatalytic H2 evolution from water splitting via TiO2 (P25) supported palladium nanoparticles. Journal of environmental chemical engineering. 7(1). 102729–102729. 54 indexed citations
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Yan, Long, Shuyan Song, Jian Li, et al.. (2018). Pt/CeO2@MOF Core@Shell Nanoreactor for Selective Hydrogenation of Furfural via the Channel Screening Effect. ACS Catalysis. 8(9). 8506–8512. 156 indexed citations
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Li, Jian, Shuyan Song, Long Yan, et al.. (2018). Investigating the Hybrid‐Structure‐Effect of CeO2‐Encapsulated Au Nanostructures on the Transfer Coupling of Nitrobenzene. Advanced Materials. 30(7). 71 indexed citations
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Kang, Xi, Meng Zhou, Shuxin Wang, et al.. (2017). The tetrahedral structure and luminescence properties of Bi-metallic Pt1Ag28(SR)18(PPh3)4 nanocluster. Chemical Science. 8(4). 2581–2587. 109 indexed citations
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Higaki, Tatsuya, Chong Liu, Chenjie Zeng, et al.. (2016). Controlling the Atomic Structure of Au30 Nanoclusters by a Ligand‐Based Strategy. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 55(23). 6694–6697. 169 indexed citations
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Ma, Guicen, Andrew Binder, Miaofang Chi, et al.. (2012). Stabilizing gold clusters by heterostructured transition-metal oxide–mesoporous silica supports for enhanced catalytic activities for CO oxidation. Chemical Communications. 48(93). 11413–11413. 78 indexed citations
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Cao, Y. Charles, Rongchao Jin, C. Shad Thaxton, & Chad A. Mirkin. (2005). A two-color-change, nanoparticle-based method for DNA detection. Talanta. 67(3). 449–455. 102 indexed citations

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