Xujun Zheng

1.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
34 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Xujun Zheng is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Organic Chemistry and Spectroscopy. According to data from OpenAlex, Xujun Zheng has authored 34 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Materials Chemistry, 10 papers in Organic Chemistry and 10 papers in Spectroscopy. Recurrent topics in Xujun Zheng's work include Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials (15 papers), Molecular Sensors and Ion Detection (10 papers) and Organic Light-Emitting Diodes Research (9 papers). Xujun Zheng is often cited by papers focused on Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials (15 papers), Molecular Sensors and Ion Detection (10 papers) and Organic Light-Emitting Diodes Research (9 papers). Xujun Zheng collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and United Kingdom. Xujun Zheng's co-authors include Wencheng Zhu, Chuluo Yang, Fan Ni, Zhiyun Lu, Yan Huang, Hua Ai, Guohua Xie, Cheng Zhong, Yanju Luo and Hao Li and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Advanced Materials.

In The Last Decade

Xujun Zheng

34 papers receiving 1.5k citations

Hit Papers

Toughening hydrogels through force-triggered chemical rea... 2021 2026 2022 2024 2021 50 100 150 200 250
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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. Toughening hydrogels through force-triggered chemical reactions that lengthen polymer strands
    2021 251 citations Zi Wang, Xujun Zheng et al. Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Xujun Zheng China 19 806 525 369 294 241 34 1.5k
Jiao Tian China 22 883 1.1× 415 0.8× 521 1.4× 167 0.6× 187 0.8× 61 1.6k
P. K. Sudeep United States 17 1.1k 1.3× 423 0.8× 129 0.3× 311 1.1× 341 1.4× 21 1.6k
Lu Peng China 23 882 1.1× 764 1.5× 127 0.3× 132 0.4× 350 1.5× 52 2.1k
I‐Che Wu United States 17 1.1k 1.4× 298 0.6× 282 0.8× 164 0.6× 432 1.8× 27 1.7k
Huibin Sun China 20 1.9k 2.3× 1.0k 2.0× 795 2.2× 542 1.8× 225 0.9× 40 2.5k
Jacky W. Y. Lam Hong Kong 23 1.6k 2.0× 614 1.2× 662 1.8× 657 2.2× 211 0.9× 60 2.0k
Jian Gao Canada 21 621 0.8× 229 0.4× 206 0.6× 491 1.7× 104 0.4× 67 1.4k
Daniel J. Dyer United States 20 394 0.5× 290 0.6× 408 1.1× 245 0.8× 139 0.6× 49 1.3k
Qiguang Zang China 14 542 0.7× 200 0.4× 217 0.6× 274 0.9× 75 0.3× 17 838
Hanchen Shen China 20 992 1.2× 482 0.9× 189 0.5× 165 0.6× 191 0.8× 51 1.8k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Xujun Zheng

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Xujun Zheng

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

All Works

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Zheng, Xujun, Tatiana B. Kouznetsova, Yixin Hu, et al.. (2025). Tuning the Ultimate Strain of Single and Double Network Gels Through Reactive Strand Extension. ACS Central Science. 11(10). 1882–1891. 2 indexed citations
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Zheng, Xujun, Robert T. O’Neill, Chenghao Duan, et al.. (2025). Strain-dependent enantioselectivity in mechanochemically coupled catalytic hydrogenation. Nature Synthesis. 4(10). 1319–1328. 2 indexed citations
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Zheng, Xujun, Chenghao Duan, Ross A. Widenhoefer, & Stephen L. Craig. (2025). Improving Catalytic Enantioselectivity of Hydrogenation through Swelling-Induced Molecular Tension in Polymer Networks. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 147(34). 31085–31090. 1 indexed citations
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Huang, Rongjuan, Kaixin Yu, Shunwei Chen, et al.. (2024). Manipulating Single‐Molecule Exciplex TADF and Deep‐Blue RTP Through Non‐Covalent π–π Interaction in a Molecular Foldamer. Advanced Optical Materials. 12(19). 3 indexed citations
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Chen, Kuan, Yanju Luo, Ming Sun, et al.. (2023). Acquiring Charge‐Transfer‐Featured Single‐Molecule Ultralong Organic Room Temperature Phosphorescence via Through‐Space Electronic Coupling. Angewandte Chemie. 136(1). 4 indexed citations
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Chen, Kuan, Yanju Luo, Ming Sun, et al.. (2023). Acquiring Charge‐Transfer‐Featured Single‐Molecule Ultralong Organic Room Temperature Phosphorescence via Through‐Space Electronic Coupling. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 63(1). e202314447–e202314447. 26 indexed citations
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Yu, Haitao, Yanju Luo, Wencheng Zhu, et al.. (2023). A Reusable Fluorescent Molecular Self‐Assembly Cage for Simultaneous Detection and Recycling of Silver(I) Ion. Chemistry - An Asian Journal. 19(1). e202300872–e202300872. 3 indexed citations
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Wang, Liqi, Xujun Zheng, Tatiana B. Kouznetsova, et al.. (2022). Mechanochemistry of Cubane. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 144(50). 22865–22869. 26 indexed citations
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Luo, Yanju, Kai Zhang, Xiaomei Peng, et al.. (2022). Ultra-fast triplet-triplet-annihilation-mediated high-lying reverse intersystem crossing triggered by participation of nπ*-featured excited states. Nature Communications. 13(1). 6892–6892. 41 indexed citations
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Yu, Yichen, Xujun Zheng, Chenghao Duan, Stephen L. Craig, & Ross A. Widenhoefer. (2022). Force-Modulated Selectivity of the Rhodium-Catalyzed Hydroformylation of 1-Alkenes. ACS Catalysis. 12(22). 13941–13950. 10 indexed citations
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Ouchi, Tetsu, Brandon H. Bowser, Tatiana B. Kouznetsova, Xujun Zheng, & Stephen L. Craig. (2022). Strain-triggered acidification in a double-network hydrogel enabled by multi-functional transduction of molecular mechanochemistry. Materials Horizons. 10(2). 585–593. 12 indexed citations
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Yu, Hua, Wencheng Zhu, Haitao Yu, et al.. (2022). Visualizing Lysosomal Positioning with a Fluorescent Probe Reveals a New Synergistic Anticancer Effect. ACS Sensors. 7(7). 1867–1873. 9 indexed citations
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Wang, Zi, Xujun Zheng, Tetsu Ouchi, et al.. (2021). Toughening hydrogels through force-triggered chemical reactions that lengthen polymer strands. Science. 374(6564). 193–196. 251 indexed citations breakdown →
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Zhang, Yang, Qiong Chen, Yan Wang, et al.. (2020). A bistable [2]catenane switched by hetero-radical pairing interactions. Chemical Communications. 56(79). 11887–11890. 6 indexed citations
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Luo, Yanju, Shuaibing Li, Yihuan Zhao, et al.. (2020). An Ultraviolet Thermally Activated Delayed Fluorescence OLED with Total External Quantum Efficiency over 9%. Advanced Materials. 32(32). e2001248–e2001248. 170 indexed citations
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Zheng, Xujun, Wencheng Zhu, Chi Zhang, et al.. (2019). Self-Assembly of a Highly Emissive Pure Organic Imine-Based Stack for Electroluminescence and Cell Imaging. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 141(11). 4704–4710. 120 indexed citations
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Zheng, Xujun, Ning Cao, Xin Li, et al.. (2018). Coulombic-enhanced hetero radical pairing interactions. Nature Communications. 9(1). 1961–1961. 39 indexed citations
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Zheng, Xujun, Wencheng Zhu, Fan Ni, Hua Ai, & Chuluo Yang. (2017). A specific bioprobe for super-resolution fluorescence imaging of lipid droplets. Sensors and Actuators B Chemical. 255. 3148–3154. 54 indexed citations
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