Yuan‐Chung Cheng

10.1k total citations · 4 hit papers
76 papers, 7.4k citations indexed

About

Yuan‐Chung Cheng is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Molecular Biology and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Yuan‐Chung Cheng has authored 76 papers receiving a total of 7.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 34 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 26 papers in Molecular Biology and 22 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Yuan‐Chung Cheng's work include Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies (30 papers), Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (25 papers) and Semiconductor materials and devices (15 papers). Yuan‐Chung Cheng is often cited by papers focused on Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies (30 papers), Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (25 papers) and Semiconductor materials and devices (15 papers). Yuan‐Chung Cheng collaborates with scholars based in Taiwan, United States and Hong Kong. Yuan‐Chung Cheng's co-authors include Graham R. Fleming, Gregory S. Engel, Tomáš Mančal, Tessa R. Calhoun, Elizabeth L. Read, Robert E. Blankenship, Hohjai Lee, R. Silbey, Franco Nori and Yueh-Nan Chen and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Yuan‐Chung Cheng

74 papers receiving 7.2k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

Evidence for wavelike energy transfer through quantum coherence in photosynthetic systems

2007 2.3k citations Gregory S. Engel, Tessa R. Calhoun et al. Nature profile →
Coherence Dynamics in Photosynthesis: Protein Protection of Excitonic Coherence

2007 778 citations Yuan‐Chung Cheng, Graham R. Fleming et al. profile →
Dynamics of Light Harvesting in Photosynthesis

2008 608 citations Yuan‐Chung Cheng, Graham R. Fleming profile →
Quantum biology

2012 574 citations Yuan‐Chung Cheng et al. profile →

Peers

Yuan‐Chung Cheng

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CMN

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Gregory S. Engel United States

Volkhard May Germany

Tomáš Mančal Czechia

Leonas Valkūnas Lithuania

Donatas Zigmantas Sweden

Tobias Brixner Germany

Vladimir Chernyak United States

Thomas Renger Germany

Alexandra Olaya-Castro United Kingdom

Tessa R. Calhoun United States

Gregory S. Engel United States

Yuan‐Chung Cheng

5.7k ×1.1

AMPO

2.9k ×1.1

1.7k ×1.1

CMN

1.2k ×0.9

EEE

732 ×0.8

Citations per year, relative to Yuan‐Chung Cheng Yuan‐Chung Cheng (= 1×) peers Gregory S. Engel

Countries citing papers authored by Yuan‐Chung Cheng

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Fields of papers citing papers by Yuan‐Chung Cheng

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yuan‐Chung Cheng

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

All Works

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Tsao, Lon‐Yen, Yi‐Hung Liu, Marco Raabe, et al.. (2025). Reversing the Solvent Polarity Effect on Fluorescence Quantum Yields of a GFP Chromophore Analogue by Inhibiting the Polarity‐Promoted Hula Twist. ChemPhotoChem. 9(6). 1 indexed citations

Huang, Yu-Ming & Yuan‐Chung Cheng. (2024). Adsorption and C–C bond cleavage of benzene on hematite α-Fe2O3 surfaces: a DFT mechanistic study. Scientific Reports. 14(1). 22488–22488. 1 indexed citations

Wang, Shih‐Wei, et al.. (2024). Chemical constituents from a marine medicinal brown alga-derived Xylaria acuta SC1019. Journal of Food and Drug Analysis. 32(2). 161–173. 2 indexed citations

Chou, Jyh‐Pin, et al.. (2023). Accurate harmonic vibrational frequencies for diatomic molecules via quantum computing. Physical Review Research. 5(4). 2 indexed citations

Hsu, Chia‐Shuo, Jiali Wang, You‐Chiuan Chu, et al.. (2023). Activating dynamic atomic-configuration for single-site electrocatalyst in electrochemical CO2 reduction. Nature Communications. 14(1). 5245–5245. 85 indexed citations

Wang, Fu‐Sheng, Sheng‐Hsiang Lin, Guanghong Zheng, et al.. (2022). Coordination of Azobisisobutyronitrile with Cobalt Complexes in Cobalt-Mediated Radical Polymerization Disclosed by Linear Correlation between the Equilibrium Constant and Half-Wave Potential. Macromolecules. 55(11). 4276–4283. 4 indexed citations

Chou, Jyh‐Pin, Peng-Jen Chen, David J. Srolovitz, et al.. (2022). Accurate and Efficient Quantum Computations of Molecular Properties Using Daubechies Wavelet Molecular Orbitals: A Benchmark Study against Experimental Data. PRX Quantum. 3(2). 9 indexed citations

Cheng, Yuan‐Chung, et al.. (2021). A quantum Langevin equation approach for two-dimensional electronic spectra of coupled vibrational and electronic dynamics. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 154(15). 154107–154107. 5 indexed citations

Manjanath, Aaditya, et al.. (2020). Excitation energies from thermally assisted-occupation density functional theory: Theory and computational implementation. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 153(8). 84120–84120. 8 indexed citations

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Mansoure, Tharwat Hassan, Wei‐Lun Kao, Jing‐Jong Shyue, et al.. (2020). Perfluoro-Functionalized Conducting Polymers Enhance Electrocatalytic Oxygen Reduction. ACS Applied Energy Materials. 3(1). 1171–1180. 3 indexed citations

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Wang, Shi‐Cheng, et al.. (2020). Conformational Regulation of Multivalent Terpyridine Ligands for Self-Assembly of Heteroleptic Metallo-Supramolecules. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 142(39). 16661–16667. 41 indexed citations

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Zhang, Lu, et al.. (2019). A theoretical study on the dynamics of light harvesting in the dimeric photosystem II core complex: regulation and robustness of energy transfer pathways. Faraday Discussions. 216(0). 94–115. 14 indexed citations

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Ramanathan, Mani, Yuhao Wang, Yi‐Hung Liu, et al.. (2018). Preparation of Ketimines from Aryldiazonium Salts, Arenes, and Nitriles via Intermolecular Arylation of N-Arylnitrilium Ions. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 83(11). 6133–6141. 13 indexed citations

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Cheng, Yuan‐Chung, et al.. (2017). On the accuracy of the LSC-IVR approach for excitation energy transfer in molecular aggregates. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 146(14). 144105–144105. 10 indexed citations

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Tung, Ching‐Wei, Ying‐Ya Hsu, Yixin Zheng, et al.. (2015). Reversible adapting layer produces robust single-crystal electrocatalyst for oxygen evolution. Nature Communications. 6(1). 8106–8106. 420 indexed citations

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Cheng, Yuan‐Chung, Hao Ming Chen, Yi‐Ying Chin, et al.. (2014). Probing the Spatial Organization of Bacteriochlorophyll c by Solid-State Nuclear Magnetic Resonance. Biochemistry. 53(34). 5515–5525. 14 indexed citations

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Sarovar, Mohan, Yuan‐Chung Cheng, & K. Birgitta Whaley. (2011). Environmental correlation effects on excitation energy transfer in photosynthetic light harvesting. Physical Review E. 83(1). 11906–11906. 55 indexed citations

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Ginsberg, Naomi S., Jeffrey A. Davis, Matteo Ballottari, et al.. (2011). Solving structure in the CP29 light harvesting complex with polarization-phased 2D electronic spectroscopy. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 108(10). 3848–3853. 47 indexed citations

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Engel, Gregory S., Tessa R. Calhoun, Elizabeth L. Read, et al.. (2007). Evidence for wavelike energy transfer through quantum coherence in photosynthetic systems. Nature. 446(7137). 782–786. 2294 indexed citations breakdown →

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Cheng, Yuan‐Chung & R. Silbey. (2004). Stochastic Liouville equation approach for the effect of noise in quantum computations. Physical Review A. 69(5). 28 indexed citations

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