Wei Cao

8.6k total citations · 3 hit papers
209 papers, 7.6k citations indexed

About

Wei Cao is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Wei Cao has authored 209 papers receiving a total of 7.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 105 papers in Molecular Biology, 83 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 80 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Wei Cao's work include Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (98 papers), Electrochemical sensors and biosensors (43 papers) and Electrochemical Analysis and Applications (40 papers). Wei Cao is often cited by papers focused on Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (98 papers), Electrochemical sensors and biosensors (43 papers) and Electrochemical Analysis and Applications (40 papers). Wei Cao collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Qatar. Wei Cao's co-authors include Qin Wei, Hani E. Elsayed-Ali, Guanhui Zhao, Bin Du, Yi Lin, John W. Connell, Yaoguang Wang, Tiffany V. Williams, Dong Xue and Tian-Bing Xu and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Angewandte Chemie International Edition and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Wei Cao

203 papers receiving 7.5k 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.

Aqueous Dispersions of Few-Layered and Monolayered Hexagonal Boron Nitride Nanosheets from Sonication-Assisted Hydrolysis: Critical Role of Water

2011 551 citations Wei Cao, Hani E. Elsayed-Ali et al. profile →
Piperazine-Linked Metalphthalocyanine Frameworks for Highly Efficient Visible-Light-Driven H₂O₂ Photosynthesis

2022 312 citations Wei Cao et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
Self-Luminescent Lanthanide Metal–Organic Frameworks as Signal Probes in Electrochemiluminescence Immunoassay

2020 309 citations Yaoguang Wang, Guanhui Zhao et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Wei Cao

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Wei Cao. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Wei Cao based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Wei Cao. Wei Cao is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Flower-like tailored carbon nitride oligomer as an excellent aggregation-induced electrochemiluminescence emitter for sensitive immunoassay of neuron-specific enolase via dual quenching by bimetallic phenolic networks 2025 ·Journal of Colloid and Interface Science ·Jinglong Fang, Li Dai, Xiang Ren, Dan Wu, Wei Cao, Qin Wei, Hongmin Ma	3
2	Protein-driven interaction enhanced electrochemiluminescence biosensor of hydrogen-bonded biohybrid organic frameworks for sensitive immunoassay of disease markers 2024 ·Biosensors and Bioelectronics ·Jinglong Fang, Li Dai, Xiang Ren, Dan Wu, Wei Cao, Qin Wei, Hongmin Ma	7
3	Dual-signal ratiometric electrochemical immunosensor constructed with snowflake-like FeSe2-AuNPs and PAA-ZIF@TB for sensitive detection of CYFRA21-1 2023 ·Talanta ·Dongmei Cao, Wenrui Wu, Xinyi Huang, Lei Liu, Qin Wei, Wei Cao	4
4	Underlying Substrate Effect on Electrochemical Activity for Hydrogen Evolution Reaction with Low‐Platinum‐Loaded Catalysts 2023 ·SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·Baleeswaraiah Muchharla, Peter V. Sushko, Kishor Kumar Sadasivuni, Wei Cao, (unknown), Hani E. Elsayed-Ali, A. Victor Adedeji, Abdennaceur Karoui, Joshua M. Spurgeon, Bijandra Kumar	6
5	Construction of Angularly Fused Tricyclic Compounds via Photo‐induced Radical Cascade Cyclization 2023 ·Chinese Journal of Chemistry ·(unknown), Wei Cao, (unknown), Hao Yan, (unknown), Yuqiao Zhou, (unknown), Shaomin Fu, Bo Liu	5
6	Oxide derived Cu nanofibril assembly for enhanced nonenzymatic glucose sensing 2023 ·Materials Today Communications ·Baleeswaraiah Muchharla, (unknown), (unknown), Wei Cao, Hani E. Elsayed-Ali, Kishor Kumar Sadasivuni, A. Victor Adedeji, Kapil Kumar, Abdennaceur Karoui, Preety Panwar, Gymama Slaughter, Bijandra Kumar	2
7	Enhancing Electrochemiluminescence Efficiency through Introducing Atomically Dispersed Ruthenium in Nickel-Based Metal–Organic Frameworks 2022 ·Analytical Chemistry ·Guanhui Zhao, Dong Xue, Yu Du, Nuo Zhang, (unknown), Dan Wu, Hongmin Ma, Yaoguang Wang, Wei Cao, Qin Wei	80
8	Nanocoral Ag for nonenzymatic glucose detection at extremely low operational potential 2021 ·Materials Today Communications ·(unknown), (unknown), Wei Cao, Kishor Kumar Sadasivuni, (unknown), A. Victor Adedeji, Hani E. Elsayed-Ali, Gymama Slaughter, Kapil Kumar, Mohammad Asadi, Bijandra Kumar	9
9	Fabrication of NH2-MIL-125(Ti) nanodots on carbon fiber/MoS2-based weavable photocatalysts for boosting the adsorption and photocatalytic performance 2021 ·Journal of Colloid and Interface Science ·Yan Zhang, Wei Cao, Bo Zhu, (unknown), Xiaolong Li, Jianshe Liu, Zhigang Chen, Maoquan Li, Lisha Zhang	62
10	An electrochemical aptasensor based on gold-modified MoS2/rGO nanocomposite and gold-palladium-modified Fe-MOFs for sensitive detection of lead ions 2020 ·Sensors and Actuators B Chemical ·Yaoguang Wang, Guanhui Zhao, Guangya Zhang, Yong Zhang, Huan Wang, Wei Cao, Tianduo Li, Qin Wei	122
11	Self-Luminescent Lanthanide Metal–Organic Frameworks as Signal Probes in Electrochemiluminescence Immunoassay breakdown → 2020 ·Journal of the American Chemical Society ·Yaoguang Wang, Guanhui Zhao, Hong Chi, Shenghong Yang, Qingfen Niu, Dan Wu, Wei Cao, Tianduo Li, Hongmin Ma, Qin Wei	309
12	Dual-Quenching Electrochemiluminescence Strategy Based on Three-Dimensional Metal–Organic Frameworks for Ultrasensitive Detection of Amyloid-β 2019 ·Analytical Chemistry ·Guanhui Zhao, Yaoguang Wang, Xiaopeng Li, Qi Yue, Dong Xue, Bin Du, Wei Cao, Qin Wei	155
13	A novel photoelectrochemical singal amplification assay for procalcitonin detection based on ZnxBi2S3+x sensitized NiTiO3 matrix 2019 ·Sensors and Actuators B Chemical ·Rui Xu, Rui Feng, Dong Wei, Tao Yan, Yong Zhang, Wei Cao, Dawei Fan, Qin Wei, Huangxian Ju	12
14	Electrochemical aptasensor based on gold modified graphene nanocomposite with different morphologies for ultrasensitive detection of Pb2+ 2019 ·Sensors and Actuators B Chemical ·Yaoguang Wang, Guanhui Zhao, Qian Zhang, Huan Wang, Yong Zhang, Wei Cao, Nuo Zhang, Bin Du, Qin Wei	78
15	Ultrasensitive photoelectrochemical immunosensor for the detection of amyloid β-protein based on SnO2/SnS2/Ag2S nanocomposites 2018 ·Biosensors and Bioelectronics ·Yaoguang Wang, Dawei Fan, Guanhui Zhao, Jinhui Feng, Dong Wei, Nuo Zhang, Wei Cao, Bin Du, Qin Wei	71
16	Sandwich-type electrochemical immunosensor for CEA detection based on Ag/MoS2@Fe3O4 and an analogous ELISA method with total internal reflection microscopy 2018 ·Sensors and Actuators B Chemical ·Yaoguang Wang, Guanhui Zhao, Yong Zhang, Xuehui Pang, Wei Cao, Bin Du, Qin Wei	101
17	Quenching Electrochemiluminescence Immunosensor Based on Resonance Energy Transfer between Ruthenium (II) Complex Incorporated in the UiO-67 Metal–Organic Framework and Gold Nanoparticles for Insulin Detection 2018 ·ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces ·Guanhui Zhao, Yaoguang Wang, Xiaojian Li, Dong Xue, Huan Wang, Bin Du, Wei Cao, Qin Wei	86
18	A photoelectrochemical sensor for highly sensitive detection of amyloid beta based on sensitization of Mn:CdSe to Bi2WO6/CdS 2018 ·Biosensors and Bioelectronics ·Rui Xu, Dong Wei, Bin Du, Wei Cao, Dawei Fan, Yong Zhang, Qin Wei, Huangxian Ju	71
19	Dual-responsive electrochemical immunosensor for detection of insulin based on dual-functional zinc silicate spheres-palladium nanoparticles 2017 ·Talanta ·Yueyuan Li, Lihui Tian, Li Liu, Malik Saddam Khan, Guanhui Zhao, Dawei Fan, Wei Cao, Qin Wei	25
20	Design of organic dyes for dye-sensitized solar cells: Extending π-conjugation backbone via ‘Click’ reaction to improve photovoltaic performances 2015 ·Dyes and Pigments ·Tainan Duan, Ke Fan, Kan Li, Wei Cao, Cheng Zhong, Xingguo Chen, Tianyou Peng, Jingui Qin	6

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