Xiao Cai

1.5k total citations
54 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Xiao Cai is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials and Organic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Xiao Cai has authored 54 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 45 papers in Materials Chemistry, 15 papers in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials and 14 papers in Organic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Xiao Cai's work include Nanocluster Synthesis and Applications (43 papers), Advanced Nanomaterials in Catalysis (25 papers) and Gold and Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis and Applications (15 papers). Xiao Cai is often cited by papers focused on Nanocluster Synthesis and Applications (43 papers), Advanced Nanomaterials in Catalysis (25 papers) and Gold and Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis and Applications (15 papers). Xiao Cai collaborates with scholars based in China, Canada and United States. Xiao Cai's co-authors include Yan Zhu, Xu Liu, Mingyang Chen, Weiping Ding, Weigang Hu, Guangjun Li, Rongchao Jin, Xiaoqi Chai, Yuanyuan Liu and Jiayu Xu and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Advanced Materials and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

Xiao Cai

53 papers receiving 1.2k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Xiao Cai China 20 1.0k 420 242 187 126 54 1.2k
Woojun Choi South Korea 15 1.1k 1.0× 487 1.2× 361 1.5× 94 0.5× 91 0.7× 18 1.2k
Renee W. Y. Man Canada 10 577 0.6× 237 0.6× 84 0.3× 393 2.1× 121 1.0× 10 902
Yongjin Lee South Korea 5 633 0.6× 256 0.6× 274 1.1× 55 0.3× 63 0.5× 7 748
Mikhail Agrachev Switzerland 15 668 0.6× 210 0.5× 173 0.7× 77 0.4× 77 0.6× 31 848
Kimberly M. Osten Canada 11 489 0.5× 202 0.5× 81 0.3× 360 1.9× 112 0.9× 11 871
Ying Lv China 16 664 0.6× 352 0.8× 53 0.2× 251 1.3× 130 1.0× 55 939
Hua-Qi Huang China 9 1.2k 1.1× 709 1.7× 119 0.5× 298 1.6× 223 1.8× 13 1.4k
Tetyana I. Levchenko Canada 10 599 0.6× 258 0.6× 71 0.3× 161 0.9× 98 0.8× 15 712
Lars Gell Finland 12 1.3k 1.3× 864 2.1× 48 0.2× 68 0.4× 76 0.6× 16 1.4k
Kanako Nakamae Japan 16 280 0.3× 190 0.5× 85 0.4× 356 1.9× 383 3.0× 38 650

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Fields of papers citing papers by Xiao Cai

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Xiao Cai

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Xiao Cai. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Xiao 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 Xiao Cai. Xiao Cai is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Liu, Xu, Fangming Zhao, Meng Zhou, et al.. (2025). Atomically Engineered Trimetallic Nanoclusters Toward Enhanced Photoluminescence and Photoinitiation Activity. Advanced Materials. 37(12). e2417984–e2417984. 7 indexed citations
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Lu, Jinzhi, Hao Wang, Xiao Cai, & Yan Zhu. (2025). Advances in selective hydrogenation of nitrobenzene toward p-aminophenol. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 6. 100072–100072. 1 indexed citations
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Ma, Xinyue, Yongxin Zhang, Xiao Cai, et al.. (2025). Carbon dioxide radical anion mediated regioselective carboxy-cyclization of alkenes. Green Synthesis and Catalysis. 2 indexed citations
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Song, Tongxin, Xu Liu, Hao Wang, et al.. (2025). Catalytic conversion of carbon dioxide over atomically precise metal clusters toward fine chemicals. Coordination Chemistry Reviews. 543. 216922–216922. 2 indexed citations
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Zhou, Wei, Xiao Cai, Jinrong Min, et al.. (2025). Ultra–Efficient and Selective Gold Separation via Second–Sphere Coordination of Aurous Dihalide Using a Nonporous Amorphous Superadsorbent. Advanced Science. 12(16). e2501397–e2501397. 4 indexed citations
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Lu, Jinzhi, et al.. (2025). Selective hydrogenation of nitrocyclohexane to cyclohexanone oxime over a Cu12Ag17(SR)12(PPh3)4 cluster catalyst. Chemical Communications. 61(20). 4038–4041. 1 indexed citations
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Song, Tongxin, Xiao Cai, & Yan Zhu. (2024). Hydrogen production catalysed by atomically precise metal clusters. Nanoscale. 16(29). 13834–13846. 8 indexed citations
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Lu, Jinzhi, Guodong Qi, Jun Xu, et al.. (2024). Exclusive catalytic hydrogenation of nitrobenzene toward p -aminophenol over atomically precise Au 36 (SR) 24 clusters. Chemical Science. 15(38). 15617–15624. 5 indexed citations
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Song, Tongxin, et al.. (2024). Nitrate electroreduction to ammonia catalysed by atomically precise Au28Cu12 clusters. Chemical Communications. 60(60). 7785–7788. 2 indexed citations
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Cai, Xiao, Yi-Qi Tian, Hao Wang, et al.. (2024). Catalytic N‐Formylation of CO2 by Atomically Precise Au8Pd1(DPPF)42+ Clusters into a Two‐Dimensional Metal–Organic Framework. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 64(1). e202414030–e202414030. 4 indexed citations
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Stokes, Benjamin J., et al.. (2023). tert-Butoxide-Mediated Protodeformylative Decarbonylation of α-Quaternary Homobenzaldehydes. SynOpen. 8(1). 47–50. 2 indexed citations
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Xu, Jiayu, Lin Xiong, Xiao Cai, et al.. (2022). Evolution from superatomic Au24Ag20 monomers into molecular-like Au43Ag38 dimeric nanoclusters. Chemical Science. 13(9). 2778–2782. 43 indexed citations
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Liu, Xu, Yao Guo, Jiayu Xu, et al.. (2021). Cd-driven surface reconstruction and photodynamics in gold nanoclusters. Chemical Science. 12(9). 3290–3294. 37 indexed citations
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Cai, Xiao, Xin Sui, Jiayu Xu, et al.. (2021). Tuning Selectivity in Catalytic Conversion of CO 2 by One-Atom-Switching of Au 9 and Au 8 Pd 1 Catalysts. CCS Chemistry. 3(12). 408–420. 30 indexed citations
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Liu, Xu, Wen Wu Xu, Xinyu Huang, et al.. (2020). De novo design of Au36(SR)24 nanoclusters. Nature Communications. 11(1). 3349–3349. 85 indexed citations
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Li, Guangjun, Weigang Hu, Yong-Nan Sun, et al.. (2020). Reactivity and Lability Modulated by a Valence Electron Moving in and out of 25‐Atom Gold Nanoclusters. Angewandte Chemie. 132(47). 21321–21328. 7 indexed citations
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Cai, Xiao, Govindarajan Saranya, Mingyang Chen, et al.. (2019). Reversible Switching of Catalytic Activity by Shuttling an Atom into and out of Gold Nanoclusters. Angewandte Chemie. 131(29). 10069–10073. 16 indexed citations
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Liu, Yuanyuan, Xiaoqi Chai, Xiao Cai, et al.. (2018). Central Doping of a Foreign Atom into the Silver Cluster for Catalytic Conversion of CO2 toward C−C Bond Formation. Angewandte Chemie. 130(31). 9923–9927. 30 indexed citations
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Cai, Xiao, et al.. (2017). Brønsted Acid-Catalyzed Intramolecular Hydroarylation of β-Benzylstyrenes. Organic Letters. 19(10). 2626–2629. 24 indexed citations

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