Weigang Lu

13.8k total citations · 9 hit papers
113 papers, 12.1k citations indexed

About

Weigang Lu is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry and Mechanical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Weigang Lu has authored 113 papers receiving a total of 12.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 85 papers in Materials Chemistry, 82 papers in Inorganic Chemistry and 25 papers in Mechanical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Weigang Lu's work include Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications (82 papers), Covalent Organic Framework Applications (46 papers) and Membrane Separation and Gas Transport (17 papers). Weigang Lu is often cited by papers focused on Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications (82 papers), Covalent Organic Framework Applications (46 papers) and Membrane Separation and Gas Transport (17 papers). Weigang Lu collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Netherlands. Weigang Lu's co-authors include Hong‐Cai Zhou, Daqiang Yuan, Dan Li, Jian‐Rong Li, Zhang‐Wen Wei, Julian P. Sculley, Dan Zhao, Heng Zeng, Rajamani Krishna and Qiang Zhang and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Chemical Society Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Weigang Lu

111 papers receiving 12.0k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Tuning the structure and function of metal–organic frameworks via linker design

2014 1.9k citations Weigang Lu et al. profile →
Methane storage in advanced porous materials

2012 711 citations Weigang Lu et al. profile →
Porous materials with pre-designed single-molecule traps for CO2 selective adsorption

2013 552 citations Weigang Lu et al. profile →
Metal–organic frameworks as photoluminescent biosensing platforms: mechanisms and applications

2021 546 citations Yifang Zhao, Heng Zeng et al. profile →
Highly Stable Porous Polymer Networks with Exceptionally High Gas‐Uptake Capacities

2011 542 citations Weigang Lu, Dan Zhao et al. profile →
Polyamine‐Tethered Porous Polymer Networks for Carbon Dioxide Capture from Flue Gas

2012 537 citations Weigang Lu, Rajamani Krishna et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →
Sulfonate-Grafted Porous Polymer Networks for Preferential CO₂ Adsorption at Low Pressure

2011 526 citations Weigang Lu, Dan Zhao et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
Porous Polymer Networks: Synthesis, Porosity, and Applications in Gas Storage/Separation

2010 518 citations Weigang Lu, Dan Zhao et al. profile →
Orthogonal-array dynamic molecular sieving of propylene/propane mixtures

2021 496 citations Heng Zeng, Mo Xie et al. Nature profile →

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Weigang Lu

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Weigang Lu. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Weigang Lu 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 Weigang Lu. Weigang Lu 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	Aqueous-Phase Synthesis of Cyclic Trinuclear Cluster-Based Metal–Organic Frameworks 2025 ·Journal of the American Chemical Society ·Kun Wu, Wei Zhao, Ling Huang, Wenting Zeng, (unknown), Haobo Wang, Qinhong Wang, Xiansong Shi, He Li, Weigang Lu, Guo‐Hong Ning, Dan Zhao, Dan Li	7
2	Host-guest interactions in the confined spaces of metal–organic frameworks: Design principles, characterizations, and applications 2024 ·Coordination Chemistry Reviews ·Yifang Zhao, Lian Wu, Kun Wu, Rong‐Jia Wei, Heng Zeng, Hao Pang, Weigang Lu, Dan Li	12
3	Surface Chemistry Regulation in Cu₄I₄-Triazolate Metal–Organic Frameworks for One-Step C₃H₆ Purification from Quaternary C₃ Mixtures 2024 ·Journal of the American Chemical Society ·Xiao‐Jing Xie, Zhihao Zhang, (unknown), Yong‐Liang Huang, Dong Luo, Heng Zeng, Weigang Lu, Dan Li	17
4	Highly Emissive and Robust Cd-Based MOF with an Unprecedented Topology for Tetracycline Sensing 2024 ·Inorganic Chemistry ·(unknown), (unknown), Yong‐Liang Huang, Dong Luo, Guo‐Quan Huang, Yan Wu, Maolin Liu, Shi‐Hai Xu, Weigang Lu, Dan Li	7
5	Rational design of D− π − A− π − D porous organic polymer with polarized π for photocatalytic aerobic oxidation 2023 ·Applied Catalysis B: Environmental ·Kun Wu, Xin-Yi Liu, Mo Xie, (unknown), Ji Zheng, Weigang Lu, Dan Li	50
6	Highly stable Ni₈-pyrazolate metal–organic frameworks for adsorption of methylene blue from water 2023 ·New Journal of Chemistry ·Guoqiang Wu, Kun Wu, Ying Wang, Jie Luo, Cong‐Ying Zhou, Weigang Lu	2
7	Surface engineering on a microporous metal–organic framework to boost ethane/ethylene separation under humid conditions 2023 ·Chemical Science ·Xiao‐Jing Xie, Ying Wang, (unknown), Rajamani Krishna, Heng Zeng, Weigang Lu, Dan Li	28
8	Linker Engineering for Reactive Oxygen Species Generation Efficiency in Ultra-Stable Nickel-Based Metal–Organic Frameworks 2023 ·Journal of the American Chemical Society ·Kun Wu, Xin-Yi Liu, (unknown), Yong‐Liang Huang, Ji Zheng, Mo Xie, Weigang Lu, Dan Li	115
9	Development of a ZIF‐91‐Porous‐Liquid‐Based Composite Hydrogel Dressing System for Diabetic Wound Healing 2023 ·Small ·Puxin Weng, Kun Liu, Meng Yuan, Guo‐Quan Huang, Kun Wu, Xiaofan Yang, Honglian Dai, Weigang Lu, Dan Li	52
10	Pyrazine functionalization to boost the antenna effect in rare-earth metal–organic frameworks for tetracycline detection 2022 ·Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers ·Kun Wu, Xinyi Liu, Yong‐Liang Huang, Mo Xie, Xiao Xiong, Ji Zheng, Weigang Lu, Dan Li	68
11	Mixed-Linker Isoreticular Zn(II) Metal–Organic Frameworks as Brønsted Acid–Base Bifunctional Catalysts for Knoevenagel Condensation Reactions 2022 ·Inorganic Chemistry ·Guo‐Quan Huang, (unknown), Yong‐Liang Huang, Kun Wu, Dong Luo, Ji‐Kang Jin, Ji Zheng, Shi‐Hai Xu, Weigang Lu	47
12	Building a Pyrazole–Benzothiadiazole–Pyrazole Photosensitizer into Metal–Organic Frameworks for Photocatalytic Aerobic Oxidation 2021 ·Journal of the American Chemical Society ·Ji‐Kang Jin, Kun Wu, Xin-Yi Liu, Guo‐Quan Huang, Yong‐Liang Huang, Dong Luo, Mo Xie, Yifang Zhao, Weigang Lu, Xiao‐Ping Zhou, Jian He, Dan Li	171
13	Ultrasensitive and highly selective detection of formaldehyde via an adenine-based biological metal–organic framework 2021 ·Materials Chemistry Frontiers ·(unknown), Mingjie Wang, Dong Luo, Yong‐Liang Huang, Mo Xie, Weigang Lu, Xugang Shu, Dan Li	47
14	A microporous shp-topology metal–organic framework with an unprecedented high-nuclearity Co₁₀-cluster for iodine capture and histidine detection 2021 ·Materials Chemistry Frontiers ·Kun Wu, Yong‐Liang Huang, Ji Zheng, Dong Luo, Mo Xie, Yan Yan Li, Weigang Lu, Dan Li	39
15	Orthogonal-array dynamic molecular sieving of propylene/propane mixtures breakdown → 2021 ·Nature ·Heng Zeng, Mo Xie, Ting Wang, Rong‐Jia Wei, Xiao‐Jing Xie, Yifang Zhao, Weigang Lu, Dan Li	496
16	Reversible Multiphase Transition in a BioMOF and Its Distinctive Luminescence Turn-On in Alcohol Vapor 2019 ·ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces ·Jianping Bai, Yong‐Liang Huang, Mo Xie, Yifang Zhao, Dong Luo, Yan Yan Li, Weigang Lu, Dan Li	22
17	Induced Fit of C₂H₂ in a Flexible MOF Through Cooperative Action of Open Metal Sites 2019 ·Angewandte Chemie ·Heng Zeng, Mo Xie, Yong‐Liang Huang, Yifang Zhao, Xiao‐Jing Xie, Jianping Bai, Meng‐Yan Wan, Rajamani Krishna, Weigang Lu, Dan Li	53
18	Tuning the C2/C1 Hydrocarbon Separation Performance in a BioMOF by Surface Functionalization 2019 ·European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry ·Yong‐Liang Huang, (unknown), Heng Zeng, Huan Liu, Dong Luo, Yan Yan Li, Weigang Lu, Dan Li	23
19	Cage-Interconnected Metal–Organic Framework with Tailored Apertures for Efficient C₂H₆/C₂H₄ Separation under Humid Conditions 2019 ·Journal of the American Chemical Society ·Heng Zeng, Xiao‐Jing Xie, Mo Xie, Yong‐Liang Huang, Dong Luo, Ting Wang, Yifang Zhao, Weigang Lu, Dan Li	289
20	Induced Fit of C₂H₂ in a Flexible MOF Through Cooperative Action of Open Metal Sites 2019 ·Angewandte Chemie International Edition ·Heng Zeng, Mo Xie, Yong‐Liang Huang, Yifang Zhao, Xiao‐Jing Xie, Jianping Bai, Meng‐Yan Wan, Rajamani Krishna, Weigang Lu, Dan Li	258

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