Zhen Lu

1.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
45 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

Zhen Lu is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Organic Chemistry and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. According to data from OpenAlex, Zhen Lu has authored 45 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 27 papers in Materials Chemistry, 15 papers in Organic Chemistry and 11 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. Recurrent topics in Zhen Lu's work include Covalent Organic Framework Applications (16 papers), Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials (16 papers) and Advanced Polymer Synthesis and Characterization (12 papers). Zhen Lu is often cited by papers focused on Covalent Organic Framework Applications (16 papers), Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials (16 papers) and Advanced Polymer Synthesis and Characterization (12 papers). Zhen Lu collaborates with scholars based in China, El Salvador and Jordan. Zhen Lu's co-authors include Linxi Hou, Yongzhi Chen, Ruoyang Liu, Donglin Jiang, Zhuoer Li, Hao Yang, Ke Tian Tan, Yifan Gong, Shuailei Xie and Ting He and has published in prestigious journals such as Chemical Society Reviews, Angewandte Chemie International Edition and Analytical Biochemistry.

In The Last Decade

Zhen Lu

44 papers receiving 1.6k citations

Hit Papers

Covalent organic frameworks: an ideal platform for design... 2020 2026 2022 2024 2020 250 500 750
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.

  1. Covalent organic frameworks: an ideal platform for designing ordered materials and advanced applications
    2020 834 citations Zhen Lu et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Zhen Lu China 17 1.1k 640 449 326 234 45 1.6k
Yunlong Zheng China 15 1.0k 0.9× 688 1.1× 372 0.8× 344 1.1× 120 0.5× 41 1.4k
Wei‐Bo Hu China 21 919 0.8× 395 0.6× 770 1.7× 266 0.8× 450 1.9× 50 1.5k
Yiming Li China 22 701 0.6× 303 0.5× 398 0.9× 388 1.2× 127 0.5× 61 1.5k
Ming‐Liang Gao China 22 1.1k 0.9× 1.0k 1.6× 438 1.0× 218 0.7× 294 1.3× 40 1.6k
Pu Zhao China 21 718 0.6× 628 1.0× 258 0.6× 189 0.6× 314 1.3× 66 1.6k
Shang‐Bo Yu China 19 2.6k 2.3× 406 0.6× 249 0.6× 247 0.8× 405 1.7× 39 3.1k
Xiaozhong Wang China 18 498 0.4× 216 0.3× 157 0.3× 207 0.6× 268 1.1× 93 1.0k
Yong‐Zhi Li China 21 1.2k 1.0× 1.5k 2.3× 128 0.3× 195 0.6× 86 0.4× 34 1.9k
Zhuoer Li China 8 1.1k 1.0× 730 1.1× 533 1.2× 236 0.7× 90 0.4× 15 1.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Zhen Lu

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Fields of papers citing papers by Zhen Lu

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Zhen Lu. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Zhen Lu. The network helps show where Zhen Lu may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Zhen Lu

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Lu, Zhen, et al.. (2024). New type of UV cured low dielectric naphthalene resin: Structure-activity relationship of different substitution sites. Progress in Organic Coatings. 194. 108626–108626. 1 indexed citations
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Xiao, Longqiang, et al.. (2023). D–A Conjugated Organic Polymers as Nonhomogeneous Photocatalysts for PET-RAFT Polymerization. ACS Applied Polymer Materials. 5(6). 4217–4223. 3 indexed citations
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Xiao, Longqiang, Zhen Lu, Yulai Zhao, et al.. (2022). Polymetric pseudo liquid behavior of ionic cyclic polypyrazoles for efficient CO2 cycloaddition reaction under mild conditions. European Polymer Journal. 181. 111666–111666. 1 indexed citations
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Hu, Qingqing, et al.. (2022). One-Pot Synthesis of Fully Substituted Oxazol-2-amines via Staudinger/Aza-Wittig/Isomerization Reaction. Heterocycles. 104(3). 585–585. 3 indexed citations
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Yang, Hongjie, Zhen Lu, Qiuyu Li, et al.. (2022). Photoinduced oxygen-catalyzed RAFT polymerization using heterogeneous bionic enzymes. Polymer Chemistry. 13(33). 4776–4781. 3 indexed citations
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Li, Qiuyu, Zhen Lu, Hongjie Yang, et al.. (2021). Photoinduced organocatalyzed controlled radical polymerization feasible over a wide range of wavelengths. Polymer Chemistry. 13(4). 527–535. 14 indexed citations
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Lu, Zhen, et al.. (2021). Visible Light‐Regulated Heterogeneous Catalytic PET‐RAFT by High Crystallinity Covalent Organic Framework. Macromolecular Rapid Communications. 42(20). e2100384–e2100384. 28 indexed citations
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Yang, Hongjie, Zhen Lu, Qiuyu Li, et al.. (2021). Multipath oxygen-mediated PET-RAFT polymerization by a conjugated organic polymer photocatalyst under red LED irradiation. Polymer Chemistry. 12(48). 6998–7004. 21 indexed citations
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Yi, Sili, Ziwen Qiao, Zhen Lu, et al.. (2020). A sensitive “Switch-on” phosphorescent probe for ferrous iron quantification in drug and In vitro imaging of living cells. Talanta. 217. 121097–121097. 5 indexed citations
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Lu, Zhen, et al.. (2020). A “turn-on” fluorescent probe based on V-shaped bis-coumarin for detection of hydrazine. Tetrahedron. 76(7). 130921–130921. 27 indexed citations
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Yi, Sili, Zhen Lu, Zenghong Xie, & Linxi Hou. (2019). Amphiphilic gemini-iridium (III) complex for rapid and selective detection of picric acid in water and intracellular. Talanta. 208. 120372–120372. 14 indexed citations
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Yi, Sili, Zhen Lu, Yandai Lin, et al.. (2019). A novel mitochondria-targeted phosphorescence probe for hypochlorite ions detection in living cells. Talanta. 209. 120516–120516. 16 indexed citations
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Li, Pan, et al.. (2019). Syntheses, surface activities and aggregation morphologies of a series of novel itaconic acid based asymmetrical gemini surfactants. Journal of Molecular Liquids. 290. 111218–111218. 27 indexed citations
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Lu, Zhen, et al.. (2019). A water-soluble cyclometalated iridium(III) complex with fluorescent sensing capability for hypochlorite. Dyes and Pigments. 171. 107715–107715. 16 indexed citations
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Hou, Linxi, et al.. (2018). A cyclometalated iridium(III) complex-based fluorescence probe for hypochlorite detection and its application by test strips. Analytical Biochemistry. 566. 27–31. 18 indexed citations
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Wang, Xiaowen, Xing Qian, Xiancai Jiang, Zhen Lu, & Linxi Hou. (2016). Tunable electrorheological characteristics and mechanism of a series of graphene-like molybdenum disulfide coated core–shell structured polystyrene microspheres. RSC Advances. 6(31). 26096–26103. 14 indexed citations
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Wang, Jianli, Zhen Lu, Min Luo, et al.. (2013). Hydrogenolysis of 2-Tosyloxy-1,3-propanediol into 1,3-Propanediol over Raney Ni Catalyst. Journal of the Brazilian Chemical Society. 2 indexed citations

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