Zhen Shen

9.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
189 papers, 8.4k citations indexed

About

Zhen Shen is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Spectroscopy and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Zhen Shen has authored 189 papers receiving a total of 8.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 158 papers in Materials Chemistry, 55 papers in Spectroscopy and 45 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Zhen Shen's work include Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials (96 papers), Porphyrin and Phthalocyanine Chemistry (74 papers) and Molecular Sensors and Ion Detection (55 papers). Zhen Shen is often cited by papers focused on Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials (96 papers), Porphyrin and Phthalocyanine Chemistry (74 papers) and Molecular Sensors and Ion Detection (55 papers). Zhen Shen collaborates with scholars based in China, Japan and South Africa. Zhen Shen's co-authors include Hua Lü, John Mack, Yongchao Yang, Xiao‐Zeng You, Nagao Kobayashi, Lizhi Gai, Zhifang Li, Knut Rurack, Jiangwei Tian and Zhikuan Zhou and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Chemical Society Reviews and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

Zhen Shen

184 papers receiving 8.3k citations

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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.

Structural modification strategies for the rational design of red/NIR region BODIPYs

2014 1.2k citations Hua Lü, John Mack et al. profile →
Cell-Specific and pH-Activatable Rubyrin-Loaded Nanoparticles for Highly Selective Near-Infrared Photodynamic Therapy against Cancer

2013 390 citations Jiangwei Tian, Lin Ding et al. profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Switchable Closed‐Shell and Open‐Shell Biradical States in Bis‐Palladium Complexes of Tetrathiadodecaphyrin via Coordination Rearrangement 2025 ·Angewandte Chemie International Edition ·Chengming Li, (unknown), Gang Xu, (unknown), Qiong Wu, Kaizhi Li, Jiayin Yang, Zhen Shen, Jingsong You	1
2	A trifunctional surface ligand-directed general synthesis of 2D MOF hybrid nanozymes for customizable applications 2025 ·Journal of Colloid and Interface Science ·Wenyu Yang, Ming‐Bo Yang, Lingzhi Li, Siyuan Feng, (unknown), (unknown), Zhen Shen, Li Tao, Zheyu Li, Ying Li, Zhihao Li, (unknown), (unknown)	2
3	Trident anchoring-lipid droplets strategy for fluorescence/super-resolution/lifetime imaging and diagnosis of fatty liver in vivo 2024 ·Chemical Engineering Journal ·Xu Zhi, (unknown), (unknown), Lei Zhang, (unknown), Zhen Shen	5
4	Orbicular‐Donor–Acceptor System in N‐doped Nanographene for Highly Efficient NIR‐II Photothermal Therapy 2024 ·Advanced Healthcare Materials ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Fan Wu, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Yudong Qiu, Zhen Shen	5
5	Molecular Engineering of Corrole Radicals by Polycyclic Aromatic Fusion: Towards Open‐Shell Near‐Infrared Materials for Efficient Photothermal Therapy 2023 ·Angewandte Chemie ·(unknown), Xu Zhi, Fan Wu, Yue Zhao, (unknown), Pengfei Li, Zhen Shen	4
6	Recent advances of structural/interfacial engineering for Na metal anode protection in liquid/solid-state electrolytes 2023 ·Nanoscale ·(unknown), Ruijuan Shi, Zhen Shen, Yong Zhao	6
7	BODIPY-based metal–organic frameworks as efficient electrochemiluminescence emitters for telomerase detection 2022 ·Chemical Communications ·(unknown), Fan Wu, Da Zhu, (unknown), Zhen Shen, Jianping Lei	10
8	A cationic benzocorrole Cu(ii) complex as a highly stable antiaromatic system 2020 ·Chemical Communications ·Fan Wu, (unknown), (unknown), Chenhong Li, Shuai Xu, Hidemitsu Uno, Yan Xu, Yue Zhao, Zhen Shen	18
9	Real-time monitoring of newly acidified organelles during autophagy enabled by reaction-based BODIPY dyes 2019 ·Communications Biology ·Hanzhuang Liu, (unknown), (unknown), Lei Zhang, Yinghong Lu, Kin Shing Chan, Zhikuan Zhou, Knut Rurack, Zhen Shen	17
10	Intermolecular states in organic dye dispersions: excimers vs. aggregates 2017 ·Journal of Materials Chemistry C ·Andrew J. Musser, Sai Kiran Rajendran, Kyriacos Georgiou, Lizhi Gai, Richard T. Grant, Zhen Shen, Marco Cavazzini, Arvydas Ruseckas, Graham A. Turnbull, Ifor D. W. Samuel, Jenny Clark, David G. Lidzey	73
11	Modulation of the molecular spintronic properties of adsorbed copper corroles 2015 ·Nature Communications ·Fan Wu, Jie Liu, Puneet Mishra, Tadahiro Komeda, John Mack, Yi Chang, Nagao Kobayashi, Zhen Shen	43
12	A Multifunctional Nanomicelle for Real‐Time Targeted Imaging and Precise Near‐Infrared Cancer Therapy 2014 ·Angewandte Chemie International Edition ·Jiangwei Tian, Lin Ding, Huangxian Ju, Yongchao Yang, Xilan Li, Zhen Shen, Zhi Zhu, Jun‐Sheng Yu, Chaoyong Yang	177
13	Solvent dependent supramolecular self-assembly and surface reversal of a modified porphyrin 2013 ·Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics ·Xuemei Zhang, Haijun Xu, Yongtao Shen, Yibing Wang, Zhen Shen, Qingdao Zeng, Chen Wang	24
14	Thienopyrrole-expanded BODIPY as a potential NIR photosensitizer for photodynamic therapy 2013 ·Chemical Communications ·Yongchao Yang, (unknown), Huachao Chen, Zhikuan Zhou, Zijian Guo, Zhen Shen	183
15	Ratiometric fluorescence chemodosimeters for fluoride anion based on pyrene excimer/monomer transformation 2012 ·Chemical Communications ·Lizhi Gai, Huachao Chen, (unknown), Hua Lü, (unknown), Zhifang Li, Zhen Shen	116
16	Comparative photophysical properties between bicyclo[2.2.2]octadiene (BCOD)- and benzo-fused free-base triphyrins (2.1.1) 2011 ·Chemical Communications ·Young Mo Sung, Jong Min Lim, Zhaoli Xue, Zhen Shen, Dongho Kim	19
17	Synthesis, Spectroscopic Properties and Hg~(2+) Recognition Based on a Boron Dipyrromethene Dye (BODIPY) 2010 ·Wuji huaxue xuebao ·(unknown), Hua Lü, Zhen Shen	3
18	New synthesis of meso-free-[14]triphyrin(2.1.1) by McMurry coupling and its derivatization to Mn(i) and Re(i) complexes 2010 ·Chemical Communications ·Daiki Kuzuhara, Hiroko Yamada, Zhaoli Xue, Tetsuo Okujima, Shigeki Mori, Zhen Shen, Hidemitsu Uno	74
19	Boron–Diindomethene (BDI) Dyes and Their Tetrahydrobicyclo Precursors—en Route to a New Class of Highly Emissive Fluorophores for the Red Spectral Range 2004 ·Chemistry - A European Journal ·Zhen Shen, H. Röhr, Knut Rurack, Hidemitsu Uno, Monika Spieles, Burkhard Schulz, Günter Reck, Noboru Ono	206
20	First synthesis of a series of core-modified tetrabenzoporphyrins 2004 ·Chemical Communications ·Y. Shimizu, Zhen Shen, Tetsuo Okujima, Hidemitsu Uno, Noboru Ono	40

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