Zaizhi Lai

794 total citations · 1 hit paper
12 papers, 684 citations indexed

About

Zaizhi Lai is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Zaizhi Lai has authored 12 papers receiving a total of 684 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Molecular Biology, 8 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 5 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Zaizhi Lai's work include Protein Structure and Dynamics (7 papers), Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies (7 papers) and Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (5 papers). Zaizhi Lai is often cited by papers focused on Protein Structure and Dynamics (7 papers), Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies (7 papers) and Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (5 papers). Zaizhi Lai collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Brazil. Zaizhi Lai's co-authors include S. Das Sarma, Jin Wang, Shaul Mukamel, P. I. Tamborenea, Jin Wang, Ronaldo Junio de Oliveira, Weixin Xu, Vitor B. P. Leite, Qiang Lu and Jun Jiang and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, The Journal of Physical Chemistry B and International Journal of Molecular Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Zaizhi Lai

12 papers receiving 669 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.

Kinetic growth with surface relaxation: Continuum versus atomistic models

1991 537 citations Zaizhi Lai, S. Das Sarma Physical Review Letters profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Zaizhi Lai United States	9	432	244	226	162	153	12	684
S. Stepanow Germany	14	517 1.2×	473 1.9×	181 0.8×	22 0.1×	37 0.2×	57	843
Bruce W. Roberts United States	7	381 0.9×	173 0.7×	228 1.0×	20 0.1×	35 0.2×	8	662
Michael Schmiedeberg Germany	20	242 0.6×	542 2.2×	123 0.5×	55 0.3×	31 0.2×	51	864
Y. C. Chou Taiwan	13	254 0.6×	360 1.5×	143 0.6×	151 0.9×	34 0.2×	55	780
K. Zahn Germany	13	546 1.3×	1.0k 4.2×	392 1.7×	81 0.5×	61 0.4×	17	1.4k
Yuko Akutsu Japan	13	237 0.5×	110 0.5×	180 0.8×	63 0.4×	11 0.1×	32	566
Manuel Athènes France	14	102 0.2×	229 0.9×	156 0.7×	105 0.6×	28 0.2×	36	514
Igor Lyuksyutov United States	16	750 1.7×	185 0.8×	578 2.6×	30 0.2×	16 0.1×	76	999
Chung‐Yu Mou Taiwan	18	472 1.1×	434 1.8×	574 2.5×	22 0.1×	48 0.3×	86	1.0k
Etienne P. Bernard France	4	491 1.1×	507 2.1×	118 0.5×	46 0.3×	12 0.1×	4	743

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All Works

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12 of 12 papers shown

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Lai, Zaizhi, Kun Zhang, & Jin Wang. (2014). Exploring multi-dimensional coordinate-dependent diffusion dynamics on the energy landscape of protein conformation change. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 16(14). 6486–6486. 8 indexed citations

2.

Lai, Zaizhi, Jun Jiang, Shaul Mukamel, & Jin Wang. (2014). Exploring the Protein Folding Dynamics of Beta3s with Two‐Dimensional Ultraviolet (2DUV) Spectroscopy. Israel Journal of Chemistry. 54(8-9). 1394–1403. 2 indexed citations

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Jiang, Jun, Zaizhi Lai, Jin Wang, & Shaul Mukamel. (2014). Signatures of the Protein Folding Pathway in Two-Dimensional Ultraviolet Spectroscopy. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters. 5(8). 1341–1346. 14 indexed citations

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Lai, Zaizhi, et al.. (2013). Monitoring the Folding of Trp-Cage Peptide by Two-Dimensional Infrared (2DIR) Spectroscopy. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B. 117(16). 4661–4669. 26 indexed citations

5.

Ren, Hao, Zaizhi Lai, Jason D. Biggs, Jin Wang, & Shaul Mukamel. (2013). Two-dimensional stimulated resonance Raman spectroscopy study of the Trp-cage peptide folding. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 15(44). 19457–19457. 18 indexed citations

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Lai, Zaizhi, et al.. (2013). Two-Dimensional Infrared (2DIR) Spectroscopy of the Peptide Beta3s Folding. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters. 4(11). 1913–1917. 6 indexed citations

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Xu, Weixin, Zaizhi Lai, Ronaldo Junio de Oliveira, Vitor B. P. Leite, & Jin Wang. (2012). Configuration-Dependent Diffusion Dynamics of Downhill and Two-State Protein Folding. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B. 116(17). 5152–5159. 25 indexed citations

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Lai, Zaizhi, Qiang Lu, & Jin Wang. (2011). Exploring the Thermodynamic Landscape, Kinetics, and Structural Evolution of a Protein Conformational Transition with a Microscopic Double-Well Model. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B. 115(14). 4147–4159. 15 indexed citations

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Lai, Zaizhi, Jiguo Su, Weizu Chen, & Cunxin Wang. (2009). Uncovering the Properties of Energy-Weighted Conformation Space Networks with a Hydrophobic-Hydrophilic Model. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 10(4). 1808–1823. 10 indexed citations

10.

Sarma, S. Das, Zaizhi Lai, & P. I. Tamborenea. (1992). Crossover effects in models of kinetic growth with surface diffusion. Surface Science. 268(1-3). L311–L318. 13 indexed citations

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Tamborenea, P. I., Zaizhi Lai, & S. Das Sarma. (1992). Molecular beam epitaxial growth: simulation and continuum theory. Surface Science. 267(1-3). 1–4. 10 indexed citations

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Lai, Zaizhi & S. Das Sarma. (1991). Kinetic growth with surface relaxation: Continuum versus atomistic models. Physical Review Letters. 66(18). 2348–2351. 537 indexed citations breakdown →

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