S.M.F. Lo

7.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
16 papers, 7.1k citations indexed

About

S.M.F. Lo is a scholar working on Inorganic Chemistry, Materials Chemistry and Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, S.M.F. Lo has authored 16 papers receiving a total of 7.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Inorganic Chemistry, 9 papers in Materials Chemistry and 4 papers in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering. Recurrent topics in S.M.F. Lo's work include Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications (5 papers), Mesoporous Materials and Catalysis (4 papers) and Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis (3 papers). S.M.F. Lo is often cited by papers focused on Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications (5 papers), Mesoporous Materials and Catalysis (4 papers) and Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis (3 papers). S.M.F. Lo collaborates with scholars based in Hong Kong, United Kingdom and France. S.M.F. Lo's co-authors include Ian D. Williams, S.S.-Y. Chui, J.P.H. Charmant, A. Guy Orpen, Daoben Zhu, Jacky W. Y. Lam, Charles Chi Wang Law, Ben Zhong Tang, Junwu Chen and Yuping Dong and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

S.M.F. Lo

16 papers receiving 7.0k citations

Hit Papers

A Chemically Functionalizable Nanoporous Material [Cu 3 (... 1999 2026 2008 2017 1999 2003 1000 2.0k 3.0k 4.0k 5.0k
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. A Chemically Functionalizable Nanoporous Material [Cu 3 (TMA) 2 (H 2 O) 3 ] n
    1999 5.3k citations S.S.-Y. Chui, S.M.F. Lo et al. Science profile →
  2. Synthesis, Light Emission, Nanoaggregation, and Restricted Intramolecular Rotation of 1,1-Substituted 2,3,4,5-Tetraphenylsiloles
    2003 1.1k citations Junwu Chen, Charles Chi Wang Law et al. Chemistry of Materials profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
S.M.F. Lo Hong Kong 12 5.3k 4.6k 1.8k 932 908 16 7.1k
John M. Roberts United States 13 6.7k 1.3× 5.0k 1.1× 2.1k 1.2× 1.3k 1.4× 833 0.9× 29 8.3k
Shane G. Telfer New Zealand 51 4.8k 0.9× 4.5k 1.0× 1.9k 1.1× 1.2k 1.3× 973 1.1× 147 7.6k
David J. Tranchemontagne United States 10 5.2k 1.0× 4.1k 0.9× 1.6k 0.9× 970 1.0× 609 0.7× 12 6.4k
Minyoung Yoon South Korea 37 5.2k 1.0× 4.3k 1.0× 1.6k 0.9× 1.3k 1.4× 1.2k 1.3× 101 7.5k
Ze Chang China 49 6.6k 1.2× 5.4k 1.2× 2.3k 1.3× 713 0.8× 1.1k 1.2× 182 8.5k
Jaheon Kim South Korea 16 8.3k 1.6× 5.8k 1.3× 3.0k 1.7× 1.4k 1.5× 725 0.8× 24 9.8k
Danil N. Dybtsev Russia 37 7.5k 1.4× 5.1k 1.1× 2.9k 1.6× 1.4k 1.4× 683 0.8× 158 8.6k
Volodymyr Bon Germany 48 7.3k 1.4× 6.3k 1.4× 2.2k 1.2× 885 0.9× 1.3k 1.5× 207 10.3k
Liqing Ma United States 24 6.5k 1.2× 4.6k 1.0× 2.4k 1.3× 1.1k 1.2× 380 0.4× 36 7.3k
Darren Bradshaw United Kingdom 36 8.4k 1.6× 7.0k 1.5× 2.2k 1.2× 1.5k 1.7× 914 1.0× 66 10.8k

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All Works

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Cowan, John A., Judith A. K. Howard, Sax A. Mason, et al.. (2006). Neutron diffraction studies of the 1:1 and 2:1 cocrystals of benzene-1,2,4,5-tetracarboxylic acid and 4,4′-bipyridine. Acta Crystallographica Section C Crystal Structure Communications. 62(4). o157–o161. 8 indexed citations
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Cowan, John A., Judith A. K. Howard, Garry J. McIntyre, S.M.F. Lo, & Ian D. Williams. (2005). Variable-temperature neutron diffraction studies of the short, strong hydrogen bonds in the crystal structure of pyridine-3,5-dicarboxylic acid. Acta Crystallographica Section B Structural Science. 61(6). 724–730. 55 indexed citations
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Zhang, Qian‐Feng, et al.. (2004). A Water‐Soluble Tetranuclear ZrIV Compound Supported by the Kläui Tripodal Ligand: A Model of ZrIV in Aqueous Media. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 43(13). 1715–1718. 19 indexed citations
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Zhang, Qian‐Feng, S.M.F. Lo, Herman H. Y. Sung, et al.. (2004). Chiral Bisphosphinite Metalloligands Derived from a P-Chiral Secondary Phosphine Oxide. Inorganic Chemistry. 43(16). 4921–4926. 35 indexed citations
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Zhang, Qian‐Feng, et al.. (2004). A Water‐Soluble Tetranuclear ZrIV Compound Supported by the Kläui Tripodal Ligand: A Model of ZrIV in Aqueous Media. Angewandte Chemie. 116(13). 1747–1750. 2 indexed citations
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Wong, Wing‐Leung, Hoi‐Lun Kwong, Herman H. Y. Sung, et al.. (2004). Synthesis and Crystal Structure of a ChiralC3-Symmetric Oxygen Tripodal Ligand and Its Applications to Asymmetric Catalysis. Organometallics. 23(6). 1247–1252. 23 indexed citations
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Cowan, John A., Judith A. K. Howard, Garry J. McIntyre, S.M.F. Lo, & Ian D. Williams. (2003). Variable-temperature neutron diffraction studies of the short, strong N...O hydrogen bonds in the 1:2 co-crystal of benzene-1,2,4,5-tetracarboxylic acid and 4,4'-bipyridyl. Acta Crystallographica Section B Structural Science. 59(6). 794–801. 83 indexed citations
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Zhang, Qian‐Feng, et al.. (2003). Ruthenium Complexes with Chiral Tetradentate Imino−Sulfoxide Ligands. Inorganic Chemistry. 42(19). 5863–5870. 15 indexed citations
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Chen, Junwu, Charles Chi Wang Law, Jacky W. Y. Lam, et al.. (2003). Synthesis, Light Emission, Nanoaggregation, and Restricted Intramolecular Rotation of 1,1-Substituted 2,3,4,5-Tetraphenylsiloles. Chemistry of Materials. 15(7). 1535–1546. 1076 indexed citations breakdown →
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Wu, Mingmei, Guangguo Wang, Huifang Xu, et al.. (2003). Hollow Spheres Based on Mesostructured Lead Titanate with Amorphous Framework. Langmuir. 19(4). 1362–1367. 41 indexed citations
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Lo, S.M.F., et al.. (2003). Half-Sandwich Titanium(IV) Complexes with Kläui's Tripod Ligand. Inorganic Chemistry. 42(6). 1842–1847. 18 indexed citations
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Wu, Mingmei, et al.. (2000). Hydrothermal synthesis of [Ba3Cl2][Sn3O4(OH)8], a compound with alternating ionic and covalent layers. Inorganic Chemistry Communications. 3(3). 99–101. 1 indexed citations
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Lo, S.M.F., et al.. (2000). Solvothermal Synthesis of a Stable Coordination Polymer with Copper-I−Copper-II Dimer Units:  [Cu4{1,4-C6H4(COO)2}3(4,4‘-bipy)2]n. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 122(26). 6293–6294. 354 indexed citations
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Chui, S.S.-Y., S.M.F. Lo, J.P.H. Charmant, A. Guy Orpen, & Ian D. Williams. (1999). A Chemically Functionalizable Nanoporous Material [Cu 3 (TMA) 2 (H 2 O) 3 ] n . Science. 283(5405). 1148–1150. 5318 indexed citations breakdown →

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