Weiping Cai

24.9k total citations · 5 hit papers
414 papers, 22.1k citations indexed

About

Weiping Cai is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Biomedical Engineering and Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials. According to data from OpenAlex, Weiping Cai has authored 414 papers receiving a total of 22.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 216 papers in Materials Chemistry, 163 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 147 papers in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials. Recurrent topics in Weiping Cai's work include Gold and Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis and Applications (127 papers), Laser-Ablation Synthesis of Nanoparticles (67 papers) and Quantum Dots Synthesis And Properties (53 papers). Weiping Cai is often cited by papers focused on Gold and Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis and Applications (127 papers), Laser-Ablation Synthesis of Nanoparticles (67 papers) and Quantum Dots Synthesis And Properties (53 papers). Weiping Cai collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Spain. Weiping Cai's co-authors include Yue Li, Haibo Zeng, Guotao Duan, Shikuan Yang, Bingqiang Cao, Xiaoxia Xu, Lide Zhang, Guozhong Wang, Guotao Duan and Peisheng Liu and has published in prestigious journals such as Chemical Society Reviews, Advanced Materials and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

Weiping Cai

408 papers receiving 21.7k citations

Hit Papers

Blue Luminescence of ZnO Nanoparticles Based on Non‐Equil... 2008 2026 2014 2020 2010 2012 2008 2008 2018 500 1000 1.5k
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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.

  1. Blue Luminescence of ZnO Nanoparticles Based on Non‐Equilibrium Processes: Defect Origins and Emission Controls
    2010 1.6k citations Haibo Zeng, Yue Li et al. Advanced Functional Materials profile →
  2. Nanomaterials via Laser Ablation/Irradiation in Liquid: A Review
    2012 795 citations Haibo Zeng, Xi‐Wen Du et al. Advanced Functional Materials profile →
  3. ZnO Hierarchical Micro/Nanoarchitectures: Solvothermal Synthesis and Structurally Enhanced Photocatalytic Performance
    2008 570 citations Weiping Cai et al. Advanced Functional Materials profile →
  4. ZnO-Based Hollow Nanoparticles by Selective Etching: Elimination and Reconstruction of Metal−Semiconductor Interface, Improvement of Blue Emission and Photocatalysis
    2008 520 citations Haibo Zeng, Weiping Cai et al. profile →
  5. Strong Electronic Interaction in Dual‐Cation‐Incorporated NiSe2 Nanosheets with Lattice Distortion for Highly Efficient Overall Water Splitting
    2018 436 citations Yiqiang Sun, Tao Zhang 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
Weiping Cai China 75 12.9k 7.9k 6.7k 6.5k 4.6k 414 22.1k
Yue Li China 74 11.3k 0.9× 8.9k 1.1× 5.5k 0.8× 5.3k 0.8× 6.1k 1.3× 809 25.5k
Alexander Sinitskii United States 45 15.9k 1.2× 9.7k 1.2× 4.6k 0.7× 7.9k 1.2× 2.6k 0.6× 175 22.9k
A. Govindaraj India 71 16.1k 1.3× 8.2k 1.0× 4.5k 0.7× 5.5k 0.8× 2.7k 0.6× 178 21.4k
Chuan‐Jian Zhong United States 79 11.0k 0.9× 8.5k 1.1× 5.5k 0.8× 3.8k 0.6× 7.5k 1.6× 355 21.6k
Dmitry V. Kosynkin United States 32 12.5k 1.0× 7.7k 1.0× 4.0k 0.6× 7.4k 1.1× 2.2k 0.5× 49 20.1k
Mark T. Swihart United States 77 12.5k 1.0× 7.1k 0.9× 3.9k 0.6× 6.5k 1.0× 3.6k 0.8× 346 20.9k
Hao Zhang China 83 16.6k 1.3× 10.3k 1.3× 3.2k 0.5× 5.7k 0.9× 3.8k 0.8× 619 26.1k
Zdeněk Sofer Czechia 91 20.3k 1.6× 14.1k 1.8× 5.0k 0.8× 6.3k 1.0× 7.9k 1.7× 825 31.2k
Nianqiang Wu United States 79 15.5k 1.2× 9.4k 1.2× 9.1k 1.4× 7.4k 1.1× 8.3k 1.8× 225 28.2k
Ming Li China 66 9.0k 0.7× 6.0k 0.8× 6.2k 0.9× 5.5k 0.9× 5.2k 1.1× 461 19.8k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Zhang, Qinyuan, et al.. (2025). Multi-functional nanoarchitectonics of allophane via addition reactions with acrylonitrile through C-O bond formation. Applied Clay Science. 266. 107706–107706. 1 indexed citations
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Chen, Kang, Qian Zhao, Wei Yi, et al.. (2025). Design and Engineering of Silver Nanomushroom Arrays as a Universal Solid-State SERS Platform for the Label-Free, Sensitive, and Quantitative Detection of Trace Proteins. ACS Applied Bio Materials. 8(2). 1484–1492. 1 indexed citations
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Wen, Lulu, Xiaoshuo Liu, Xinyang Li, et al.. (2024). Hydrophobic Microenvironment Modulation of Ru Nanoparticles in Metal–Organic Frameworks for Enhanced Electrocatalytic N2 Reduction. Advanced Science. 11(34). e2405210–e2405210. 5 indexed citations
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Wen, Lulu, Xilin Zhang, Xinyang Li, et al.. (2024). Tailoring the d‐Band Center of WS2 by Metal and Nonmetal Dual‐Doping for Enhanced Electrocatalytic Nitrogen Reduction. Small. 20(50). e2407594–e2407594. 4 indexed citations
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Yuan, Xuzhou, Hongwen Zhang, Zhipeng Zhao, et al.. (2023). Self-Assembled Bifunctional Copper Hydroxide/Gold-Ordered Nanoarray Composites for Fast, Sensitive, and Recyclable SERS Detection of Hazardous Benzene Vapors. Nanomaterials. 13(13). 2016–2016. 7 indexed citations
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Zhang, Hongwen, Weiwei Liu, Qian Zhao, et al.. (2023). Micro-heater embedded Ni-SnO2 ordered nanoporous films: On-chip fabrication for fast, sensitive, and selective gas sensing towards multiple VOCs for air quality monitoring. Sensors and Actuators B Chemical. 401. 134907–134907. 6 indexed citations
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Wen, Lulu, Xinyang Li, Pan Zeng, et al.. (2023). Modulating the Electronic Structure of Co2P/NiWO4 by Interfacial Engineering for Enhanced Seawater Electrolysis. ACS Applied Engineering Materials. 1(10). 2503–2509. 3 indexed citations
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Wei, Yi, Qian Zhao, Hongwen Zhang, Le Zhou, & Weiping Cai. (2022). Fabrication of Pt–Ag–Au heterogeneous truncated hollow sub-microspheres for chemically self-propelled colloidal motors. Nano Futures. 6(2). 25003–25003. 1 indexed citations
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Wen, Lulu, Xilin Zhang, Jieyu Liu, et al.. (2019). Cr‐Dopant Induced Breaking of Scaling Relations in CoFe Layered Double Hydroxides for Improvement of Oxygen Evolution Reaction. Small. 15(35). e1902373–e1902373. 156 indexed citations
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Cai, Weiping, et al.. (2019). Attraction between Like-Charged Macroions Mediated by Specific Counterion Configurations. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B. 123(46). 9971–9983. 6 indexed citations
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Kang, Shenghong, Guozhong Wang, Zhaoming Wang, & Weiping Cai. (2019). Monodispersed Zerovalent Iron Nanoparticles Decorated Carbon Submicrospheres for Enhanced Removal of DDT from Aqueous Solutions. ChemistrySelect. 4(41). 12134–12142. 8 indexed citations
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Kang, Shenghong, Haimin Zhang, Guozhong Wang, et al.. (2019). Highly sensitive detection of nitrite by using gold nanoparticle-decorated α-Fe2O3 nanorod arrays as self-supporting photo-electrodes. Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers. 6(6). 1432–1441. 19 indexed citations
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Li, Xinyang, Yiqiang Sun, Tao Zhang, et al.. (2018). N-doping nanoporous carbon microspheres derived from MOFs for highly efficient removal of formaldehyde. Nanotechnology. 30(10). 105702–105702. 36 indexed citations
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Baumketner, Andrij, et al.. (2018). Cluster Crystals Stabilized by Hydrophobic and Electrostatic Interactions. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B. 122(9). 2669–2682. 6 indexed citations
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Chu, Carissa, Fengshi Wu, Xi He, et al.. (2014). Exploring the Social Meaning of Curing HIV: A Qualitative Study of People Who Inject Drugs in Guangzhou, China. AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses. 31(1). 78–84. 32 indexed citations
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Wang, Xianbiao, Weiping Cai, Guozhong Wang, & Changhao Liang. (2012). Standing porous ZnO nanoplate-built hollow microspheres and kinetically controlled dissolution/crystal growth mechanism. Journal of materials research/Pratt's guide to venture capital sources. 27(6). 951–958. 12 indexed citations
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Zeng, Haibo, Xi‐Wen Du, Subhash C. Singh, et al.. (2012). Nanomaterials via Laser Ablation/Irradiation in Liquid: A Review. Advanced Functional Materials. 22(7). 1333–1353. 795 indexed citations breakdown →

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