Xiaohuan Zhao

6.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
34 papers, 5.5k citations indexed

About

Xiaohuan Zhao is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Biomedical Engineering and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Xiaohuan Zhao has authored 34 papers receiving a total of 5.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 27 papers in Materials Chemistry, 8 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 4 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Xiaohuan Zhao's work include Carbon and Quantum Dots Applications (19 papers), Nanocluster Synthesis and Applications (14 papers) and Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials (11 papers). Xiaohuan Zhao is often cited by papers focused on Carbon and Quantum Dots Applications (19 papers), Nanocluster Synthesis and Applications (14 papers) and Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials (11 papers). Xiaohuan Zhao collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Norway. Xiaohuan Zhao's co-authors include Shoujun Zhu, Yubin Song, Yang Bai, Junhu Zhang, Jieren Shao, Bai Yang, Yu Fu, Li Wang, Shitong Zhang and Siyu Lu and has published in prestigious journals such as Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Nano Letters and Langmuir.

In The Last Decade

Xiaohuan Zhao

34 papers receiving 5.4k citations

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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.

The photoluminescence mechanism in carbon dots (graphene quantum dots, carbon nanodots, and polymer dots): current state and future perspective

2015 2.3k citations Shoujun Zhu, Yubin Song et al. profile →
Investigation from chemical structure to photoluminescent mechanism: a type of carbon dots from the pyrolysis of citric acid and an amine

2015 696 citations Yubin Song, Shoujun Zhu et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Xiaohuan Zhao China	20	5.1k	899	825	652	397	34	5.5k
Han Jin China	6	3.9k 0.8×	512 0.6×	831 1.0×	509 0.8×	411 1.0×	10	4.1k
Yunlong Gu China	10	4.0k 0.8×	737 0.8×	813 1.0×	619 0.9×	330 0.8×	19	4.5k
Jieren Shao China	13	4.0k 0.8×	665 0.7×	484 0.6×	1.2k 1.8×	260 0.7×	16	4.3k
Xiaomei Lin China	16	2.9k 0.6×	855 1.0×	1.2k 1.4×	601 0.9×	279 0.7×	26	3.7k
Barbara A. Harruff United States	14	7.0k 1.4×	1.5k 1.6×	1.2k 1.5×	979 1.5×	618 1.6×	16	7.5k
Songyuan Tao China	27	3.9k 0.8×	511 0.6×	379 0.5×	769 1.2×	605 1.5×	44	4.3k
Mingcong Rong China	29	2.8k 0.5×	654 0.7×	1.1k 1.3×	985 1.5×	350 0.9×	40	3.5k
Xiaodie He China	14	3.8k 0.7×	600 0.7×	503 0.6×	556 0.9×	793 2.0×	25	4.0k
Francesca Arcudi Italy	25	2.7k 0.5×	687 0.8×	639 0.8×	499 0.8×	454 1.1×	43	3.3k
Arundithi Ananthanarayanan Singapore	9	3.1k 0.6×	936 1.0×	683 0.8×	520 0.8×	250 0.6×	10	3.4k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Xiaohuan Zhao

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Zhang, Haoliang, Hong Wang, Yuhao Tang, et al.. (2025). The clinical safety landscape for ocular AAV gene therapies: A systematic review and meta-analysis. iScience. 28(4). 112265–112265. 2 indexed citations

Li, K., Yi Gao, Boyang Xu, et al.. (2025). Preparation of zwitterion-decorated carbon nanotubes/ZIF-8 composite aerogel beads as an effective adsorbent for protein-bound uremic toxins removal in hemoperfusion. Carbon. 244. 120689–120689. 1 indexed citations

Hou, Dandan, Yansen Wang, Chun-Yao Wang, et al.. (2024). A facile way to fabricate a thrombin immobilized composite sponge with dual hemostatic effects for acute hemorrhage control. Biomaterials Advances. 166. 214037–214037. 1 indexed citations

Zhao, Xiaohuan, Zachary D. Hood, Yong Ding, et al.. (2024). Thermal Stability of Au Rhombic Dodecahedral Nanocrystals Can Be Greatly Enhanced by Coating Their Surface with an Ultrathin Shell of Pt. Nano Letters. 24(2). 549–556. 6 indexed citations

Huang, Yilun, Keyang Li, Yuyao Li, et al.. (2024). Research about the microcrack mechanisms in molybdenum and corresponding suppression strategies during laser additive manufacturing process. Materialia. 36. 102173–102173. 3 indexed citations

Li, Keyang, Yiqing Guo, Bohan Li, et al.. (2024). Tailoring microstructure and conductivity of porous hollow carbon spheres to enhance their performance as electrode materials for supercapacitors. Journal of Alloys and Compounds. 1003. 175605–175605. 6 indexed citations

Zhao, Xiaohuan, et al.. (2022). The Toxic Effects of Cu and CuO Nanoparticles on Euplotes aediculatus. Microbial Ecology. 85(2). 544–556. 8 indexed citations

Zhao, Xiaohuan, et al.. (2021). Mechanistic Study of Seed-Mediated Growth of Gold Rhombic Dodecahedra. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 125(49). 27394–27402. 6 indexed citations

Yang, Mingxi, Tanglue Feng, Yixin Chen, et al.. (2020). Synchronously integration of Co, Fe dual-metal doping in Ru@C and CDs for boosted water splitting performances in alkaline media. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental. 267. 118657–118657. 106 indexed citations

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Zhao, Xiaohuan, Jing Li, Mingxi Yang, et al.. (2020). Self-Enhanced Carbonized Polymer Dots for Selective Visualization of Lysosomes and Real-Time Apoptosis Monitoring. iScience. 23(4). 100982–100982. 30 indexed citations

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Yang, Mingxi, Qiuling Tang, Yang Meng, et al.. (2018). Reversible “Off–On” Fluorescence of Zn²⁺-Passivated Carbon Dots: Mechanism and Potential for the Detection of EDTA and Zn²⁺. Langmuir. 34(26). 7767–7775. 82 indexed citations

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Zhou, Nan, Zeyu Hao, Xiaohuan Zhao, et al.. (2015). A novel fluorescent retrograde neural tracer: cholera toxin B conjugated carbon dots. Nanoscale. 7(38). 15635–15642. 51 indexed citations

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Zhu, Shoujun, Yubin Song, Jieren Shao, Xiaohuan Zhao, & Bai Yang. (2015). Nichtkonjugierte Polymerpunkte ohne Fluorophoreinheiten mit gesteigerter Emission durch Vernetzung. Angewandte Chemie. 127(49). 14834–14846. 33 indexed citations

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Zhu, Shoujun, Yubin Song, Jieren Shao, Xiaohuan Zhao, & Bai Yang. (2015). Non‐Conjugated Polymer Dots with Crosslink‐Enhanced Emission in the Absence of Fluorophore Units. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 54(49). 14626–14637. 424 indexed citations

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Liu, Wendong, Xueyao Liu, Peng Ge, et al.. (2015). Hierarchical-Multiplex DNA Patterns Mediated by Polymer Brush Nanocone Arrays That Possess Potential Application for Specific DNA Sensing. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 7(44). 24760–24771. 11 indexed citations

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Zhu, Shoujun, Lei Wang, Bo Li, et al.. (2014). Investigation of photoluminescence mechanism of graphene quantum dots and evaluation of their assembly into polymer dots. Carbon. 77. 462–472. 120 indexed citations

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Lu, Siyu, Xiaohuan Zhao, Shoujun Zhu, Yubin Song, & Yang Bai. (2014). Novel cookie-with-chocolate carbon dots displaying extremely acidophilic high luminescence. Nanoscale. 6(22). 13939–13944. 45 indexed citations

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Zhou, Nan, Shoujun Zhu, Suraj Maharjan, et al.. (2014). Elucidating the endocytosis, intracellular trafficking, and exocytosis of carbon dots in neural cells. RSC Advances. 76 indexed citations

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Song, Yubin, Shoujun Zhu, Siyuan Xiang, et al.. (2014). Investigation into the fluorescence quenching behaviors and applications of carbon dots. Nanoscale. 6(9). 4676–4676. 403 indexed citations

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Zhu, Shoujun, Lei Wang, Nan Zhou, et al.. (2014). The crosslink enhanced emission (CEE) in non-conjugated polymer dots: from the photoluminescence mechanism to the cellular uptake mechanism and internalization. Chemical Communications. 50(89). 13845–13848. 289 indexed citations

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