Zhenli Zhang

3.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
32 papers, 2.4k citations indexed

About

Zhenli Zhang is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Organic Chemistry and Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials. According to data from OpenAlex, Zhenli Zhang has authored 32 papers receiving a total of 2.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Materials Chemistry, 10 papers in Organic Chemistry and 10 papers in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials. Recurrent topics in Zhenli Zhang's work include Pickering emulsions and particle stabilization (8 papers), Block Copolymer Self-Assembly (7 papers) and Surfactants and Colloidal Systems (6 papers). Zhenli Zhang is often cited by papers focused on Pickering emulsions and particle stabilization (8 papers), Block Copolymer Self-Assembly (7 papers) and Surfactants and Colloidal Systems (6 papers). Zhenli Zhang collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Austria. Zhenli Zhang's co-authors include Sharon C. Glotzer, Mark A. Horsch, Zhiyong Tang, Ying Wang, Nicholas A. Kotov, Christopher R. Iacovella, Ting Chen, Elaine R. Chan, Xi Zhang and Hongdong Zhang and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Physical Review Letters.

In The Last Decade

Zhenli Zhang

30 papers receiving 2.4k 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.

Self-Assembly of CdTe Nanocrystals into Free-Floating Sheets

2006 775 citations Zhiyong Tang, Zhenli Zhang et al. Science profile →
Self-Assembly of Patchy Particles

2004 656 citations Zhenli Zhang, Sharon C. Glotzer profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Zhenli Zhang China	15	1.9k	823	440	369	314	32	2.4k
Habib Skaff United States	13	1.9k 1.0×	928 1.1×	441 1.0×	492 1.3×	459 1.5×	13	2.5k
Thomas Geue Germany	28	1.0k 0.6×	381 0.5×	548 1.2×	336 0.9×	260 0.8×	111	2.2k
Jinbo He United States	22	2.0k 1.1×	1.0k 1.3×	566 1.3×	562 1.5×	523 1.7×	42	3.1k
Kevin Sill United States	17	1.2k 0.6×	644 0.8×	184 0.4×	417 1.1×	308 1.0×	27	1.9k
Jérôme J. Crassous Germany	28	1.3k 0.7×	889 1.1×	235 0.5×	147 0.4×	286 0.9×	69	2.7k
Li‐Tang Yan China	34	1.7k 0.9×	885 1.1×	262 0.6×	244 0.7×	433 1.4×	125	3.3k
Alicia M. Jackson United States	9	1.1k 0.6×	365 0.4×	808 1.8×	343 0.9×	244 0.8×	13	1.7k
Liang Hong United States	29	2.2k 1.2×	620 0.8×	806 1.8×	1.2k 3.4×	290 0.9×	68	3.6k
Jason E. DeRouchey United States	22	1.7k 0.9×	692 0.8×	417 0.9×	454 1.2×	412 1.3×	40	3.0k
Denis Roux France	20	561 0.3×	642 0.8×	320 0.7×	139 0.4×	265 0.8×	56	1.7k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Zhenli Zhang

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20 of 20 papers shown

Zhang, Jiajun, Mengxuan Song, Xiaoling Wu, Zhenli Zhang, & Kai Chen. (2025). Hot spot temperature optimization of turbulent heat convection systems: Application to battery thermal management systems. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer. 242. 126779–126779. 11 indexed citations

Liu, Dezhi, Zhenli Zhang, Yuxia Zhang, Yue‐Sheng Li, & Dong‐Po Song. (2025). Bridging Nano to Micron: Architectural Engineering of Supramolecular Bottlebrushes for Extensively Tunable Structures and Photonics. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 64(29). e202503633–e202503633. 1 indexed citations

Chen, Liang, et al.. (2024). Toughening poly(lactic acid) with novel polyolefin-graft-poly(lactic acid) copolymers maintaining high transparency and stiffness. Giant. 18. 100274–100274. 7 indexed citations

Guan, Yuting, Yongjun Zhang, Zhenli Zhang, et al.. (2024). Alkali metal and alkali earth metal-modified La-Fe-based perovskite catalyzed coke combustion. Molecular Catalysis. 558. 114012–114012. 2 indexed citations

Liu, Dezhi, Zhenli Zhang, Kunyu Zhang, Yue‐Sheng Li, & Dong‐Po Song. (2024). Host‐Guest Interaction Mediated Interfacial Co‐Assembly of Cyclodextrin and Bottlebrush Surfactants for Precisely Tunable Photonic Supraballs. Small. 20(35). e2312099–e2312099. 6 indexed citations

Guan, Yuting, Yongjun Zhang, Zhenli Zhang, et al.. (2024). Introducing K to Regulate the Electronic Structure of Perovskite-Type Oxide for the Efficient Reaction of Coke and Steam. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research. 63(43). 18334–18347.

Guan, Yuting, Yongjun Zhang, Zhenli Zhang, et al.. (2023). Regulation of Free ^•OH Radicals via d–p Orbital Hybridization in Ternary Perovskite Catalysts for the Efficient Reaction of Coke and Steam. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering. 11(38). 13907–13917. 5 indexed citations

Wang, Yong, Zhenli Zhang, Jianbin Hu, et al.. (2022). Chromosomal fragment deletion in APRR2-repeated locus modulates the dark stem color in Cucurbita pepo. Theoretical and Applied Genetics. 135(12). 4277–4288. 19 indexed citations

Zhu, Lei, Huayu Zhu, Yanman Li, et al.. (2021). Genome Wide Characterization, Comparative and Genetic Diversity Analysis of Simple Sequence Repeats in Cucurbita Species. Horticulturae. 7(6). 143–143. 9 indexed citations

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Kämpfer, Peter, A. B. Arun, Hans‐Jürgen Busse, et al.. (2015). Chelativorans intermedius sp. nov. and proposal to reclassify Thermovum composti as Chelativorans composti comb. nov.. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY. 65(Pt_5). 1646–1652. 11 indexed citations

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Zhang, Xin-Qi, Zhenli Zhang, Nan Wu, Xu‐Fen Zhu, & Min Wu. (2013). Anoxybacillus vitaminiphilus sp. nov., a strictly aerobic and moderately thermophilic bacterium isolated from a hot spring. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY. 63(Pt_11). 4064–4071. 20 indexed citations

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Zhang, Zhenli, et al.. (2010). An integrated One-Time-Password and access control authentication scheme. 147. 252–254.

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Tang, Zhiyong, Zhenli Zhang, Ying Wang, Sharon C. Glotzer, & Nicholas A. Kotov. (2006). Self-Assembly of CdTe Nanocrystals into Free-Floating Sheets. Science. 314(5797). 274–278. 775 indexed citations breakdown →

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Horsch, Mark A., Zhenli Zhang, & Sharon C. Glotzer. (2006). Simulation studies of self-assembly of end-tethered nanorods in solution and role of rod aspect ratio and tether length. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 125(18). 184903–184903. 70 indexed citations

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Horsch, Mark A., Zhenli Zhang, & Sharon C. Glotzer. (2005). Self-Assembly of Polymer-Tethered Nanorods. Physical Review Letters. 95(5). 56105–56105. 173 indexed citations

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Glotzer, Sharon C., Mark A. Horsch, Christopher R. Iacovella, et al.. (2005). Self-assembly of anisotropic tethered nanoparticle shape amphiphiles. Current Opinion in Colloid & Interface Science. 10(5-6). 287–295. 145 indexed citations

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Iacovella, Christopher R., Mark A. Horsch, Zhenli Zhang, & Sharon C. Glotzer. (2005). Phase Diagrams of Self-Assembled Mono-Tethered Nanospheres from Molecular Simulation and Comparison to Surfactants. Langmuir. 21(21). 9488–9494. 91 indexed citations

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Horsch, Mark A., Zhenli Zhang, & Sharon C. Glotzer. (2004). Tethered nanooarticles: A new class of "macromolecule" for bio-inspired materials. 231–233. 1 indexed citations

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Horsch, Mark A., Zhenli Zhang, Christopher R. Iacovella, & Sharon C. Glotzer. (2004). Hydrodynamics and microphase ordering in block copolymers: Are hydrodynamics required for ordered phases with periodicity in more than one dimension?. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 121(22). 11455–11462. 80 indexed citations

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Zhang, Jianing, Zhenli Zhang, Hongdong Zhang, & Yuliang Yang. (2001). Kinetics and morphologies of viscoelastic phase separation. Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics. 64(5). 51510–51510. 31 indexed citations

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