Zheng Zhao

17.6k total citations · 12 hit papers
315 papers, 13.1k citations indexed

About

Zheng Zhao is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Biomedical Engineering and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Zheng Zhao has authored 315 papers receiving a total of 13.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 195 papers in Materials Chemistry, 103 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 102 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Zheng Zhao's work include Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials (158 papers), Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics (86 papers) and Molecular Sensors and Ion Detection (51 papers). Zheng Zhao is often cited by papers focused on Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials (158 papers), Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics (86 papers) and Molecular Sensors and Ion Detection (51 papers). Zheng Zhao collaborates with scholars based in China, Hong Kong and United States. Zheng Zhao's co-authors include Ben Zhong Tang, Jacky W. Y. Lam, Haoke Zhang, Ryan T. K. Kwok, Yu Xiong, Xuewen He, Herman H. Y. Sung, Ian D. Williams, Xike Gao and Yuncong Chen and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Chemical Society Reviews and Nucleic Acids Research.

In The Last Decade

Zheng Zhao

287 papers receiving 13.0k citations

Hit Papers

Aggregation‐Induced Emission: New Vistas at the Aggregate... 2018 2026 2020 2023 2020 2019 2020 2019 2018 250 500 750 1000
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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.

  1. Aggregation‐Induced Emission: New Vistas at the Aggregate Level
    2020 1.1k citations Zheng Zhao, Jacky W. Y. Lam et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →
  2. Clusterization-triggered emission: Uncommon luminescence from common materials
    2019 583 citations Zheng Zhao, Jacky W. Y. Lam et al. Materials Today profile →
  3. Aggregate Science: From Structures to Properties
    2020 427 citations Zheng Zhao, Ryan T. K. Kwok et al. Advanced Materials profile →
  4. Highly efficient photothermal nanoagent achieved by harvesting energy via excited-state intramolecular motion within nanoparticles
    2019 386 citations Zheng Zhao, Yu Xiong et al. profile →
  5. Highly Efficient Circularly Polarized Electroluminescence from Aggregation‐Induced Emission Luminogens with Amplified Chirality and Delayed Fluorescence
    2018 371 citations Zheng Zhao, Weijun Zhao et al. profile →
  6. Organic photosensitizers for antimicrobial phototherapy
    2022 339 citations Zheng Zhao, Ben Zhong Tang et al. profile →
  7. Achieving Color‐Tunable and Time‐Dependent Organic Long Persistent Luminescence via Phosphorescence Energy Transfer for Advanced Anti‐Counterfeiting
    2022 196 citations Deliang Wang, Junyi Gong et al. profile →
  8. Achieving Tunable Organic Afterglow and UV‐Irradiation‐Responsive Ultralong Room‐Temperature Phosphorescence from Pyridine‐Substituted Triphenylamine Derivatives
    2023 170 citations Yu Xiong, Deliang Wang et al. Advanced Materials profile →
  9. Engineered Multifunctional Zinc–Organic Framework-Based Aggregation-Induced Emission Nanozyme for Accelerating Spinal Cord Injury Recovery
    2024 71 citations Zheng Zhao, Ben Zhong Tang et al. profile →
  10. Highly efficient circularly polarized near-infrared phosphorescence in both solution and aggregate
    2024 56 citations Yu Xiong, Zijie Qiu et al. profile →
  11. Integration of Motion and Stillness: A Paradigm Shift in Constructing Nearly Planar NIR-II AIEgen with Ultrahigh Molar Absorptivity and Photothermal Effect for Multimodal Phototheranostics
    2025 26 citations Ryan T. K. Kwok, Jianwei Sun et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
  12. Aggregation-Induced Emission Luminogens Realizing High-Contrast Bioimaging
    2025 24 citations Wenjin Wang, Zijie Qiu 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
Zheng Zhao China 59 9.4k 4.2k 3.5k 3.2k 2.7k 315 13.1k
Haoke Zhang China 59 10.2k 1.1× 4.0k 1.0× 3.2k 0.9× 3.4k 1.1× 3.4k 1.2× 198 12.7k
Changfeng Wu China 61 9.2k 1.0× 6.0k 1.4× 2.4k 0.7× 1.2k 0.4× 1.2k 0.4× 236 13.6k
Sijie Chen China 51 6.0k 0.6× 3.3k 0.8× 1.6k 0.4× 3.1k 1.0× 1.2k 0.4× 229 9.4k
Fengting Lv China 51 5.8k 0.6× 5.1k 1.2× 1.1k 0.3× 1.0k 0.3× 1.8k 0.7× 210 10.8k
Wei Qin China 51 5.7k 0.6× 2.8k 0.7× 1.7k 0.5× 2.2k 0.7× 1.1k 0.4× 145 8.6k
Wenbo Wu China 53 6.1k 0.7× 5.3k 1.3× 1.4k 0.4× 1.0k 0.3× 1.1k 0.4× 258 9.9k
Rongrong Hu China 55 9.8k 1.0× 2.1k 0.5× 4.4k 1.3× 4.2k 1.3× 3.9k 1.4× 211 13.2k
Xiaoding Lou China 61 5.1k 0.5× 5.0k 1.2× 1.6k 0.4× 2.5k 0.8× 707 0.3× 232 10.6k
Min Zheng China 52 9.1k 1.0× 2.7k 0.6× 2.5k 0.7× 853 0.3× 1.0k 0.4× 219 13.0k
Guoqiang Yang China 45 5.1k 0.5× 1.4k 0.3× 1.9k 0.5× 2.3k 0.7× 1.7k 0.6× 332 8.6k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Zheng Zhao

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All Works

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Yang, Juanyu, Xiaobao Zhang, Zheng Zhao, et al.. (2025). Towards enhancing the performance of LLZO electrolyte with doping strategy: Mono or multiple components?. Journal of Power Sources. 631. 236287–236287. 4 indexed citations
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Chen, Xiang, Nan Yao, Zheng Zhao, et al.. (2025). A molecular review on weakly solvating electrolytes for lithium batteries. Materials Today. 85. 304–318. 8 indexed citations
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Song, Yawei, Sheng Su, Zheng Zhao, et al.. (2025). Effects of potassium salt on the combustion characteristics of corn stalk with fast-heating rate: Insights with OH-PLIF measurement and DFT calculation. Energy. 316. 134630–134630. 1 indexed citations
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Zhang, Siwei, Fulong Ma, Jinhui Jiang, et al.. (2025). Isotope Engineering of Tetraphenylethylene: Aggregate‐Dependent Enhancement of Luminescence Efficiency. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 64(36). e202511678–e202511678. 1 indexed citations
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Wang, Dongmei, Chen Xiao, Yuting Lin, et al.. (2025). From nature-inspired electron acceptors to BioAIE materials with polarity- and polymorphism-dependence for anti-counterfeiting. Chemical Science. 17(5). 2847–2857.
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Song, Yawei, Sheng Su, Zheng Zhao, et al.. (2024). Effects of inorganic sodium on the soot generation of coal particle: Insights with PLIF and DFT calculation. Fuel. 371. 132012–132012. 4 indexed citations
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Zhao, Zheng & Ben Zhong Tang. (2024). An efficient strategy enabling solution processable thermally activated delayed fluorescence emitter with high horizontal dipole orientation. Chinese Journal of Structural Chemistry. 43(6). 100270–100270.
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Wang, Jinjin, Mengzhen Li, Haoran Wang, et al.. (2024). Stimuli-responsive AIEgens with an ultra acidochromic scope for self-reporting soft actuators. Biosensors and Bioelectronics. 263. 116582–116582. 4 indexed citations
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Zhao, Yan, Cheng Zhang, Lun Ma, et al.. (2024). Effects of municipal solid waste component on gasification performance and chromium partitioning behavior under CO2 atmosphere. Chemical Engineering Journal. 498. 155520–155520.
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Zhao, Zheng, Cheng Zhang, Junchen Li, et al.. (2024). Efficient catalytic oxidation of formaldehyde by defective g–C3N4–anchored single-atom Pt: A DFT study. Chemosphere. 361. 142517–142517. 4 indexed citations
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Ma, Fulong, Siwei Zhang, Jinhui Jiang, et al.. (2024). Aggregate Science: from Molecules, beyond Molecules. Advanced Materials. 37(4). e2414188–e2414188. 12 indexed citations
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Wu, Yi, et al.. (2023). Preparation and evaluation of controllable drug delivery system: A light responsive nanosphere based on β-cyclodextrin/mesoporous silica. Chinese Journal of Chemical Engineering. 62. 159–167. 8 indexed citations
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Jiang, Jinhui, Fulong Ma, Ruihua Dong, et al.. (2023). Aqueous Circularly Polarized Luminescence Induced by Homopolypeptide Self-Assembly. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 145(50). 27282–27294. 38 indexed citations
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Xiong, Yu, et al.. (2023). Achieving Tunable Organic Afterglow and UV‐Irradiation‐Responsive Ultralong Room‐Temperature Phosphorescence from Pyridine‐Substituted Triphenylamine Derivatives. Advanced Materials. 35(28). e2301874–e2301874. 170 indexed citations breakdown →
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Zlatanova, Sisi, et al.. (2022). A Dual-Encoder-Condensed Convolution Method for High-Precision Indoor Positioning. Remote Sensing. 14(19). 4746–4746. 7 indexed citations
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Chen, Yuncong, Zheng Zhao, Yuefei Cai, et al.. (2018). An Easily Accessible Ionic Aggregation‐Induced Emission Luminogen with Hydrogen‐Bonding‐Switchable Emission and Wash‐Free Imaging Ability. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 57(18). 5011–5015. 83 indexed citations
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Xiong, Yu, Zheng Zhao, Weijun Zhao, et al.. (2018). Designing Efficient and Ultralong Pure Organic Room‐Temperature Phosphorescent Materials by Structural Isomerism. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 57(27). 7997–8001. 268 indexed citations
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Xiong, Yu, Bo Wu, Xiaoyan Zheng, et al.. (2017). Novel Dimethylmethylene‐Bridged Triphenylamine‐PDI Acceptor for Bulk‐Heterojunction Organic Solar Cells. Advanced Science. 4(10). 1700110–1700110. 33 indexed citations
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Zhao, Zheng. (2009). Visible-Light Photocatalyst of Glass-Microspheres/Ag/TiO_2:Synthesis and Characterization. Wuji huaxue xuebao. 1 indexed citations

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