Xiang Cai

5.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
155 papers, 4.8k citations indexed

About

Xiang Cai is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Materials Chemistry and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Xiang Cai has authored 155 papers receiving a total of 4.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 53 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 53 papers in Materials Chemistry and 40 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Xiang Cai's work include Graphene and Nanomaterials Applications (21 papers), Graphene research and applications (16 papers) and Photonic and Optical Devices (14 papers). Xiang Cai is often cited by papers focused on Graphene and Nanomaterials Applications (21 papers), Graphene research and applications (16 papers) and Photonic and Optical Devices (14 papers). Xiang Cai collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Australia. Xiang Cai's co-authors include Shaozao Tan, Wenjie Mai, Langhuan Huang, Ting Wu, Zhidan Lin, Xiuju Zhang, Shaozao Tan, Hang Lei, Hongye Li and Dong Ma and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and ACS Nano.

In The Last Decade

Xiang Cai

141 papers receiving 4.7k 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.

2D V2O5 nanosheets as a binder-free high-energy cathode for ultrafast aqueous and flexible Zn-ion batteries

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Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Xiang Cai China	38	1.8k	1.4k	1.3k	704	676	155	4.8k
Jem-Kun Chen Taiwan	39	2.0k 1.1×	1.7k 1.2×	1.3k 1.0×	928 1.3×	788 1.2×	215	5.3k
Hui Liu China	44	2.5k 1.4×	1.6k 1.1×	1.5k 1.1×	602 0.9×	971 1.4×	272	6.6k
Yali Liu China	42	2.9k 1.6×	1.2k 0.8×	1.5k 1.2×	750 1.1×	1.0k 1.5×	180	6.2k
Seyyed Alireza Hashemi Iran	43	1.8k 1.0×	1.7k 1.2×	864 0.7×	696 1.0×	632 0.9×	138	5.0k
Ehsan Kianfar Iran	43	1.5k 0.8×	1.7k 1.2×	912 0.7×	464 0.7×	761 1.1×	121	4.8k
Eugeniu Vasile Romania	33	2.1k 1.1×	1.2k 0.8×	950 0.7×	536 0.8×	816 1.2×	284	4.3k
Abdulaziz Alghamdi Saudi Arabia	40	2.4k 1.3×	1.2k 0.9×	1.8k 1.4×	599 0.9×	360 0.5×	130	5.0k
Yan Fang China	33	1.3k 0.7×	1.4k 1.0×	1.4k 1.1×	511 0.7×	1.0k 1.5×	156	5.1k
Huijuan Zhang China	38	1.7k 0.9×	847 0.6×	725 0.6×	587 0.8×	762 1.1×	143	4.3k
Wenxiang Wang China	36	1.3k 0.7×	1.3k 0.9×	686 0.5×	678 1.0×	661 1.0×	177	4.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Xiang Cai

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Xiang Cai

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Xiang Cai. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Xiang Cai 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 Xiang Cai. Xiang Cai 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

Cai, Xiang, et al.. (2025). Fourier Neural Operator Accelerated Fast and Accurate Optical Fiber Transmission Modeling. Journal of Lightwave Technology. 43(8). 3592–3604. 3 indexed citations

Wang, Yuru, Wangchang Li, Xiang Cai, et al.. (2025). Super-saturated complementary carbon nanotube transistors with intrinsic gain singularities. Nature Communications. 16(1). 3390–3390.

Qin, Hao, Chuanchuan Yang, Tianxiang Lan, et al.. (2025). Ultralow-complexity fiber nonlinearity compensation based on gradient-driven pruned Kolmogorov-Arnold network. Optics Letters. 50(24). 7580–7580.

Cai, Xiang, Shujun Li, Cheng Wang, et al.. (2025). From cast to wire-arc DED: An investigation on NAB alloy MIC resistance. Corrosion Science. 251. 112910–112910. 3 indexed citations

Wang, Hui, Xiang Cai, Yan Li, et al.. (2025). Carbon Nanotube Intramolecular Junction Photodetector Via Strain Engineering. Small. 21(25). e2502735–e2502735. 1 indexed citations

Cai, Xiang, et al.. (2025). Comparative analysis of cavitation erosion behavior in wire-arc directed energy deposition and cast nickel-aluminum bronze alloys. Ultrasonics Sonochemistry. 113. 107235–107235. 5 indexed citations

Yang, Mengmeng, Xiang Cai, Cheng Wang, et al.. (2024). Highly Stable Amorphous (Pyro)phosphate Aggregates: Pyrophosphate as a Carrier for Bioactive Ions and Drugs in Bone Repair Applications. ACS Omega. 9(22). 23724–23740. 4 indexed citations

Cai, Xiang, Cheng Wang, Shaoqing Chen, et al.. (2024). Humidity-Responsive Amorphous Calcium–Magnesium Pyrophosphate/Cassava Starch Scaffold for Enhanced Neurovascular Bone Regeneration. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 16(28). 35964–35984. 9 indexed citations

Huang, Lei, Qing Liu, Fanhao Zeng, et al.. (2023). An intrinsic phase change elastomer with superior stretchability and reparable capabilities for self-thermal managing stretchable electronics. Materials Today Sustainability. 24. 100550–100550. 4 indexed citations

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Zhao, Hongyan, Leijing Yang, Weifeng Wu, et al.. (2023). Silicon Waveguide-Integrated Carbon Nanotube Photodetector with Low Dark Current and 48 GHz Bandwidth. ACS Nano. 17(8). 7466–7474. 9 indexed citations

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Wu, Weifeng, Hui Ma, Xiang Cai, et al.. (2023). High-Speed Carbon Nanotube Photodetectors for 2 μm Communications. ACS Nano. 17(15). 15155–15164. 22 indexed citations

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Cai, Xiang, Sheng Wang, & Lian‐Mao Peng. (2023). Recent progress of photodetector based on carbon nanotube film and application in optoelectronic integration. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2. e9120058–e9120058. 38 indexed citations

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Kang, Yihua, et al.. (2023). Normal Magnetizing-Based Eddy Current Testing Method for Multidirectional Cracks on Steel Plate Surface Based on Permeability Perturbation. Journal of Nondestructive Evaluation. 42(2). 4 indexed citations

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Lan, Xiao‐Bing, Zongren Ye, Jiahao Liu, et al.. (2020). Sustainable and Selective Alkylation of Deactivated Secondary Alcohols to Ketones by Non‐bifunctional Pincer N‐heterocyclic Carbene Manganese. ChemSusChem. 13(10). 2557–2563. 60 indexed citations

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Liu, Shixin, Xiang Cai, Wei Xue, Dong Ma, & Wu Zhang. (2020). Chitosan derivatives co-delivering nitric oxide and methicillin for the effective therapy to the methicillin-resistant S. aureus infection. Carbohydrate Polymers. 234. 115928–115928. 43 indexed citations

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Cai, Xiang, Tao Yuan, Xiangfu Liu, & Guoli Tu. (2017). Self-Assembly of 1-Pyrenemethanol on ZnO Surface toward Combined Cathode Buffer Layers for Inverted Polymer Solar Cells. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 9(41). 36082–36089. 19 indexed citations

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Zhang, Bin, et al.. (2017). A colon targeted drug delivery system based on alginate modificated graphene oxide for colorectal liver metastasis. Materials Science and Engineering C. 79. 185–190. 68 indexed citations

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Wu, Ting, et al.. (2011). Antimicrobial effects of quaternary phosphonium salt intercalated clay minerals on Escherichia coli and Staphylococci aureus. Colloids and Surfaces B Biointerfaces. 86(1). 232–236. 98 indexed citations

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Cai, Xiang, Liqun Yang, Liming Zhang, & Qing Wu. (2010). Evaluation of amylose used as a drug delivery carrier. Carbohydrate Research. 345(7). 922–928. 30 indexed citations

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Cai, Xiang. (2009). Construction of Postgraduate Supervision Teams Based on Production-Education-Research Collaboration.

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