Tao Zeng

3.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
120 papers, 2.9k citations indexed

About

Tao Zeng is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Materials Chemistry and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Tao Zeng has authored 120 papers receiving a total of 2.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 58 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 38 papers in Materials Chemistry and 35 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Tao Zeng's work include Advanced Chemical Physics Studies (44 papers), Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures (15 papers) and Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies (14 papers). Tao Zeng is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Chemical Physics Studies (44 papers), Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures (15 papers) and Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies (14 papers). Tao Zeng collaborates with scholars based in Canada, China and United States. Tao Zeng's co-authors include Roald Hoffmann, Nandini Ananth, Mariusz Kłobukowski, Thijs Stuyver, Paul Geerlings, Frank De Proft, Martin Rahm, Bo Chen, Dmitri G. Fedorov and Pierre–Nicholas Roy and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Chemical Reviews and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Tao Zeng

113 papers receiving 2.9k 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.

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Tao Zeng Canada	28	1.2k	912	849	656	450	120	2.9k
Igor Ying Zhang China	27	1.4k 1.2×	1.3k 1.4×	550 0.6×	557 0.8×	375 0.8×	79	3.1k
Dmitrij Rappoport United States	22	1.2k 0.9×	1.1k 1.2×	607 0.7×	746 1.1×	388 0.9×	49	3.2k
Benjamin G. Janesko United States	30	1.6k 1.3×	1.4k 1.6×	583 0.7×	748 1.1×	407 0.9×	130	3.7k
Patrizia Calaminici Mexico	25	1.4k 1.1×	1.5k 1.6×	447 0.5×	453 0.7×	318 0.7×	125	2.6k
Ranbir Singh India	22	816 0.7×	984 1.1×	1.4k 1.6×	810 1.2×	237 0.5×	64	3.6k
Rosendo Valero Spain	27	1.1k 0.9×	1.5k 1.6×	483 0.6×	1.2k 1.8×	957 2.1×	57	4.0k
Éric Brémond France	29	1.3k 1.0×	932 1.0×	487 0.6×	730 1.1×	214 0.5×	85	2.7k
Qianer Zhang China	33	1.4k 1.2×	1.3k 1.4×	619 0.7×	1.0k 1.5×	524 1.2×	150	3.2k
Rustam Z. Khaliullin Canada	23	1.1k 0.9×	916 1.0×	260 0.3×	555 0.8×	373 0.8×	52	2.4k
Daniel Sebastiani Germany	35	1.9k 1.6×	1.4k 1.6×	869 1.0×	660 1.0×	281 0.6×	144	4.4k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Tao Zeng

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All Works

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Pradhan, Ekadashi, Dandan Miao, Howard N. Hunter, et al.. (2025). From flat to twisted – multifunctional phosphacyclic nanocarbons based on Vat Orange 3. Chemical Science. 16(8). 3680–3692. 3 indexed citations

Park, Woojin, Seunghoon Lee, Vladimir Mironov, et al.. (2025). MRSF ‐ TDDFT : A new tool in quantum chemistry for better understanding molecules and materials. Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society. 46(4). 330–346.

Yao, Guoying, Ekadashi Pradhan, Zhenyu Yang, & Tao Zeng. (2025). Ligand impacts on band edge energies and excited state splittings of silicane. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 27(9). 4845–4857. 3 indexed citations

Zeng, Tao, et al.. (2024). Vibrational Electronic-Thermofield Coupled Cluster (VE-TFCC) Theory for Quantum Simulations of Vibronic Coupling Systems at Thermal Equilibrium. Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation. 20(14). 5882–5900. 3 indexed citations

Lee, Seunghoon, et al.. (2024). Chemoexcited Formation and Radiationless Decay Dynamics of Firefly Chromophore. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters. 15(37). 9518–9524. 1 indexed citations

Zeng, Tao, et al.. (2024). Mild and catalytic electrocyclizations of heptatrienyl anions. Chemical Science. 15(21). 8163–8169.

Pradhan, Ekadashi, et al.. (2024). Adiabat‐to‐Diabat Angle in Seam Space: Renner‐Teller‐Type and Pseudo‐Jahn‐Teller‐Type Problems. ChemPhysChem. 25(11). e202400130–e202400130.

Pradhan, Ekadashi, et al.. (2023). BF ₃ -Catalyzed Intramolecular Fluorocarbamoylation of Alkynes via Halide Recycling. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 145(20). 11012–11018. 26 indexed citations

Zeng, Tao, et al.. (2023). Energy transfer from two luteins to chlorophylls in light-harvesting complex II study by using exciton models with phase correction. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 26(2). 1023–1029. 1 indexed citations

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Yao, Guoying, Yilan Zhang, Sujuan Hu, et al.. (2023). Reduced-dimensional perovskites with dithioketal-containing intercalating cations for near-infrared light-emitting diodes. Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers. 10(23). 6990–6997. 3 indexed citations

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Zeng, Tao, et al.. (2023). Intermolecular resonance energy transfer between two lutein pigments in light-harvesting complex II studied by frenkel exciton models. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 25(36). 24636–24642. 3 indexed citations

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Pradhan, Ekadashi & Tao Zeng. (2023). The Lack of Triplet Fusion for an Intramolecular Singlet Fission Chromophore: The Expected, the Unexpected, and a Reconciliation. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters. 15(1). 43–50. 1 indexed citations

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Zeng, Tao, et al.. (2021). Research Progress on Synthetic Aperture Radar Parametric Imaging Methods. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1 indexed citations

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Pradhan, Ekadashi, et al.. (2021). The synthesis, properties, and reactivity of Lewis acidic aminoboranes. Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry. 19(21). 4796–4802. 2 indexed citations

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Pradhan, Ekadashi, et al.. (2020). Bis(pentafluorophenyl)phenothiazylborane – an intramolecular frustrated Lewis pair catalyst for stannane dehydrocoupling. Dalton Transactions. 49(45). 16054–16058. 5 indexed citations

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Pradhan, Ekadashi, Seunghoon Lee, Cheol Ho Choi, & Tao Zeng. (2020). Diboron- and Diaza-Doped Anthracenes and Phenanthrenes: Their Electronic Structures for Being Singlet Fission Chromophores. The Journal of Physical Chemistry A. 124(40). 8159–8172. 33 indexed citations

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Lee, Seunghoon, et al.. (2019). Design of singlet fission chromophores with cyclic (alkyl)(amino) carbene building blocks. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 150(23). 234306–234306. 44 indexed citations

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Kobayashi, Yuki, Kristina F. Chang, Tao Zeng, Daniel M. Neumark, & Stephen R. Leone. (2019). Direct mapping of curve-crossing dynamics in IBr by attosecond transient absorption spectroscopy. Science. 365(6448). 79–83. 95 indexed citations

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Zeng, Tao, Dmitri G. Fedorov, & Mariusz Kłobukowski. (2010). Multireference study of spin-orbit coupling in the hydrides of the 6p-block elements using the model core potential method. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 132(7). 74102–74102. 28 indexed citations

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Zeng, Tao, Zahra Jamshidi, Hirotoshi Mori, Eisaku Miyoshi, & Mariusz Kłobukowski. (2007). Electron affinities of heavier phosphoryl and thiophosphoryl halides APX₃ (A = O, S and X = Br, I). Journal of Computational Chemistry. 28(12). 2027–2033. 1 indexed citations

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