Zhen Fan

6.4k total citations · 4 hit papers
197 papers, 4.9k citations indexed

About

Zhen Fan is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials. According to data from OpenAlex, Zhen Fan has authored 197 papers receiving a total of 4.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 114 papers in Materials Chemistry, 102 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 80 papers in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials. Recurrent topics in Zhen Fan's work include Ferroelectric and Piezoelectric Materials (66 papers), Multiferroics and related materials (52 papers) and Advanced Memory and Neural Computing (44 papers). Zhen Fan is often cited by papers focused on Ferroelectric and Piezoelectric Materials (66 papers), Multiferroics and related materials (52 papers) and Advanced Memory and Neural Computing (44 papers). Zhen Fan collaborates with scholars based in China, Singapore and Hong Kong. Zhen Fan's co-authors include John Wang, Jun‐Ming Liu, Xingsen Gao, Xubing Lu, Kuan Sun, Min Zeng, Deyang Chen, Dingquan Xiao, Jianguo Zhu and Jiagang Wu and has published in prestigious journals such as Advanced Materials, Nature Communications and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Zhen Fan

182 papers receiving 4.8k 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.

A Flexible Quasi‐Solid‐State Nickel–Zinc Battery with High Energy and Power Densities Based on 3D Electrode Design

2016 519 citations Zhen Fan et al. profile →
Multiferroic bismuth ferrite-based materials for multifunctional applications: Ceramic bulks, thin films and nanostructures

2016 515 citations Zhen Fan et al. profile →
Ferroelectric photosensor network: an advanced hardware solution to real-time machine vision

2022 144 citations Zhen Fan, Wenjie Li et al. Nature Communications profile →
All-ferroelectric implementation of reservoir computing

2023 121 citations Zhen Fan, Minghui Qin et al. Nature Communications profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Zhen Fan China	33	3.2k	2.8k	2.0k	653	635	197	4.9k
Xubing Lu China	39	4.0k 1.3×	2.7k 1.0×	1.1k 0.6×	1.2k 1.8×	1.0k 1.6×	242	5.3k
You Zhou United States	32	2.3k 0.7×	2.1k 0.8×	1.3k 0.6×	1.1k 1.7×	546 0.9×	80	4.1k
Jun Wang China	38	3.1k 1.0×	2.5k 0.9×	1.0k 0.5×	984 1.5×	1.2k 1.9×	296	5.2k
Tailiang Guo China	39	3.5k 1.1×	2.3k 0.8×	874 0.4×	803 1.2×	986 1.6×	240	4.9k
Haiyang Xu China	36	2.1k 0.6×	2.3k 0.8×	975 0.5×	380 0.6×	480 0.8×	149	3.9k
Jianlu Wang China	43	4.2k 1.3×	4.7k 1.7×	1.0k 0.5×	471 0.7×	1.3k 2.1×	121	6.1k
Sangsig Kim South Korea	32	3.4k 1.1×	3.0k 1.1×	688 0.3×	485 0.7×	1.6k 2.5×	284	5.0k
Shi‐Jin Ding China	42	5.7k 1.8×	3.7k 1.3×	906 0.5×	1.3k 1.9×	800 1.3×	277	7.1k
Wenjing Jie China	36	2.9k 0.9×	3.0k 1.1×	816 0.4×	440 0.7×	866 1.4×	81	4.4k
Haidong Lu United States	34	2.8k 0.9×	4.0k 1.5×	1.3k 0.6×	560 0.9×	1.1k 1.7×	75	5.1k

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Jiang, Yuxuan, Xingkun Ning, Renhui Liu, et al.. (2025). 2D ferroelectric narrow-bandgap semiconductor Wurtzite’ type α-In2Se3 and its silicon-compatible growth. Nature Communications. 16(1). 7364–7364. 3 indexed citations

Tan, Shan, Zhen Fan, Haoyue Deng, et al.. (2025). In-sensor image memorization, low-level processing, and high-level computing by using above-bandgap photovoltages. Nature Communications. 17(1). 408–408.

Fan, Zhen, et al.. (2024). Simultaneously enhancing strength, ductility, and electrical conductivity in Cu-1Cr-0.1Zr alloy by heterogeneous microstructure. Materials Science and Engineering A. 918. 147473–147473. 5 indexed citations

Li, Chang, Chenyu Li, Yi Wang, et al.. (2024). Polygoni Cuspidati Rhizoma et Radix extract activates TFEB and alleviates hepatic steatosis by promoting autophagy. Life Sciences. 359. 123158–123158.

Fan, Zhen, Tingting Jia, Chengyang Wang, et al.. (2024). Aerogel honeycombs with orientation-induced microstructures for high-temperature lightweight composite sandwich structures. Thin-Walled Structures. 203. 112156–112156.

Wang, Weihao, et al.. (2024). Surface strategy design concerning entrapment of chalcogenide onto ETFE substrate and extension to the assembly of memristor. Surfaces and Interfaces. 48. 104244–104244.

Li, Ming, Junfeng Zheng, Yushan Li, et al.. (2024). Ferroelectric polarization and conductance filament coupling for large window and high-reliability resistive memory and energy-efficient synaptic devices. Journal of Material Science and Technology. 198. 36–43. 3 indexed citations

Deng, Haoyue, et al.. (2023). Ultra-low power resistive random-access memory based on VO2/TiO2 nanotubes composite film. Vacuum. 216. 112472–112472. 4 indexed citations

Shi, Chaojie, Haoyue Deng, Jie He, et al.. (2023). High performance resistive random access memory based on Ag/TiO2 Nanorods/FTO for image recognition applications. Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing. 171. 107998–107998. 6 indexed citations

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Li, Yushan, Ruiqiang Tao, Zhen Fan, et al.. (2023). Inkjet printing cellulose nanofibril/PVA hybrid dielectrics for large hysteresis and high-performance a-IGZO synaptic transistors. Surfaces and Interfaces. 44. 103666–103666. 7 indexed citations

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Zhang, Xingchen, Guo Tian, Wenda Yang, et al.. (2023). Creation and erasure of polar bubble domains in PbTiO3 films by mechanical stress and light illuminations. Journal of Materiomics. 9(4). 626–633. 10 indexed citations

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Jin, Zuanming, Yaowen Liu, Zhipeng Hou, et al.. (2022). Magnon-driven dynamics of frustrated skyrmion in synthetic antiferromagnets: effect of skyrmion helicity oscillation. New Journal of Physics. 24(7). 73047–73047. 5 indexed citations

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Zhao, Jiali, Qinghua Zhang, Jiaou Wang, et al.. (2021). Electronic-structure evolution of SrFeO_3–x during topotactic phase transformation. Journal of Physics Condensed Matter. 34(6). 64001–64001. 7 indexed citations

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Li, Yushan, Ruiqiang Tao, Cheng Chang, et al.. (2021). Realization of tunable artificial synapse through ambipolar charge trapping in organic transistor with pentacene/poly(α-methylstyrene) architecture. Journal of Applied Physics. 129(7). 11 indexed citations

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Zhang, Yan, Zhen Fan, Dao Wang, et al.. (2020). Enhanced Ferroelectric Properties and Insulator–Metal Transition-Induced Shift of Polarization-Voltage Hysteresis Loop in VO_x-Capped Hf_0.5Zr_0.5O₂ Thin Films. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 12(36). 40510–40517. 32 indexed citations

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Wang, Dao, Jiali Wang, Qiang Li, et al.. (2019). Stable ferroelectric properties of Hf _0.5 Zr _0.5 O ₂ thin films within a broad working temperature range. Japanese Journal of Applied Physics. 58(9). 90910–90910. 27 indexed citations

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Mehmood, Nasir, Xiao Song, Guo Tian, et al.. (2019). Electric field driven multi-state magnetization switching in triangular nanomagnets on piezoelectric substrate. Journal of Physics Condensed Matter. 31(29). 295802–295802. 6 indexed citations

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Song, Xiao, Guo Tian, Nasir Mehmood, et al.. (2019). Geometric and anisotropy effects on voltage driven magnetic switching behaviors in nanoscale multiferroic heterostructure. AIP Advances. 9(4). 4 indexed citations

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Li, Peilian, Zhifeng Huang, Zhen Fan, et al.. (2017). An Unusual Mechanism for Negative Differential Resistance in Ferroelectric Nanocapacitors: Polarization Switching-Induced Charge Injection Followed by Charge Trapping. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 9(32). 27120–27126. 36 indexed citations

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Tian, Guo, Deyang Chen, Hua Fan, et al.. (2017). Observation of Exotic Domain Structures in Ferroelectric Nanodot Arrays Fabricated via a Universal Nanopatterning Approach. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 9(42). 37219–37226. 36 indexed citations

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