Zhibin Guan

17.1k total citations · 11 hit papers
141 papers, 14.9k citations indexed

About

Zhibin Guan is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Polymers and Plastics and Biomaterials. According to data from OpenAlex, Zhibin Guan has authored 141 papers receiving a total of 14.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 71 papers in Organic Chemistry, 51 papers in Polymers and Plastics and 39 papers in Biomaterials. Recurrent topics in Zhibin Guan's work include Synthetic Organic Chemistry Methods (37 papers), Advanced Polymer Synthesis and Characterization (29 papers) and Organometallic Complex Synthesis and Catalysis (25 papers). Zhibin Guan is often cited by papers focused on Synthetic Organic Chemistry Methods (37 papers), Advanced Polymer Synthesis and Characterization (29 papers) and Organometallic Complex Synthesis and Catalysis (25 papers). Zhibin Guan collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Germany. Zhibin Guan's co-authors include Aaron M. Kushner, Jaeyoon Chung, Gregory A. Williams, Yi-Xuan Lü, Drexel H. Camacho, Davoud Mozhdehi, Yu-Lin Chen, Joseph W. Ziller, Patricia M. Cotts and Elizabeth F. McCord and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Zhibin Guan

139 papers receiving 14.8k citations

Hit Papers

Multiphase design of autonomic self-healing ... 1999 2026 2008 2017 2012 2015 2006 1999 2012 250 500 750 1000
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. Multiphase design of autonomic self-healing thermoplastic elastomers
    2012 1.1k citations Zhibin Guan et al. profile →
  2. Malleable and Self-Healing Covalent Polymer Networks through Tunable Dynamic Boronic Ester Bonds
    2015 882 citations Zhibin Guan et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
  3. General Strategies for Nanoparticle Dispersion
    2006 815 citations Zhibin Guan et al. Science profile →
  4. Chain Walking: A New Strategy to Control Polymer Topology
    1999 626 citations Zhibin Guan, Patricia M. Cotts et al. Science profile →
  5. Making Insoluble Polymer Networks Malleable via Olefin Metathesis
    2012 507 citations Zhibin Guan et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
  6. Self-Healing Multiphase Polymers via Dynamic Metal–Ligand Interactions
    2014 502 citations Davoud Mozhdehi, Zhibin Guan et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
  7. Silyl Ether as a Robust and Thermally Stable Dynamic Covalent Motif for Malleable Polymer Design
    2017 482 citations Zhibin Guan et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
  8. Olefin Metathesis for Effective Polymer Healing via Dynamic Exchange of Strong Carbon–Carbon Double Bonds
    2012 469 citations Zhibin Guan et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
  9. Control of hierarchical polymer mechanics with bioinspired metal-coordination dynamics
    2015 420 citations Davoud Mozhdehi, Zhibin Guan et al. profile →
  10. Enhancing Mechanical Performance of a Covalent Self-Healing Material by Sacrificial Noncovalent Bonds
    2015 407 citations Davoud Mozhdehi, Zhibin Guan et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
  11. Direct Silyl Ether Metathesis for Vitrimers with Exceptional Thermal Stability
    2019 286 citations Zhibin Guan et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Zhibin Guan United States 60 8.1k 7.2k 3.3k 3.0k 2.6k 141 14.9k
Filip Du Prez Belgium 74 12.9k 1.6× 10.8k 1.5× 4.7k 1.4× 5.4k 1.8× 3.8k 1.5× 403 21.6k
Holger Frey Germany 67 10.1k 1.2× 11.1k 1.6× 4.7k 1.4× 4.4k 1.5× 2.1k 0.8× 475 20.4k
Yves Gnanou France 60 9.0k 1.1× 3.2k 0.5× 3.9k 1.2× 2.3k 0.8× 968 0.4× 242 11.9k
Patrick Théato Germany 66 7.0k 0.9× 4.2k 0.6× 3.9k 1.2× 5.4k 1.8× 3.7k 1.5× 351 16.8k
Mitsuo Sawamoto Japan 72 20.6k 2.5× 4.8k 0.7× 4.6k 1.4× 4.5k 1.5× 2.5k 1.0× 359 23.3k
Jeffrey Pyun United States 59 4.6k 0.6× 6.0k 0.8× 1.4k 0.4× 4.9k 1.7× 1.5k 0.6× 167 13.3k
Brent S. Sumerlin United States 81 15.9k 2.0× 6.6k 0.9× 6.4k 1.9× 5.9k 2.0× 4.5k 1.8× 264 24.5k
Yue‐Sheng Li China 51 6.2k 0.8× 2.5k 0.4× 2.4k 0.7× 1.8k 0.6× 846 0.3× 383 11.6k
Andrew B. Lowe Australia 62 11.7k 1.4× 3.4k 0.5× 3.7k 1.1× 3.6k 1.2× 2.1k 0.8× 143 15.7k
Hans R. Kricheldorf Germany 57 8.5k 1.0× 6.5k 0.9× 9.8k 3.0× 3.2k 1.1× 1.6k 0.6× 697 17.5k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Zhibin Guan

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Le, Julie, Michał Wierzbicki, Yuanming Song, et al.. (2025). Sequence Programmable Order–Disorder Transitions in Supramolecular Assembly of Peptide Nanofibers. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 147(28). 24699–24707.
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Rakowski, Alexander, Eric L. Schwartz, Allon I. Hochbaum, et al.. (2024). Observing the Dynamics of an Electrochemically Driven Active Material with Liquid Electron Microscopy. ACS Nano. 18(18). 11898–11909. 5 indexed citations
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Hurst, Paul J., et al.. (2023). CryoEM reveals the complex self-assembly of a chemically driven disulfide hydrogel. Chemical Science. 15(3). 1106–1116. 6 indexed citations
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Hou, Wenjun, Dan Zhang, Yanlu Zhang, et al.. (2020). Double-Linear Insertion Mode of α,ω-Dienes Enabled by Thio-imino-quinoline Iron Catalyst. ACS Catalysis. 10(24). 15092–15103. 11 indexed citations
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Ogden, William A. & Zhibin Guan. (2018). Recyclable, Strong, and Highly Malleable Thermosets Based on Boroxine Networks. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 140(20). 6217–6220. 329 indexed citations
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Zhang, Dan, Yanlu Zhang, Wenjun Hou, Zhibin Guan, & Zheng Huang. (2017). Phosphine-Iminoquinoline Iron Complexes for Ethylene Polymerization and Copolymerization. Organometallics. 36(19). 3758–3764. 16 indexed citations
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Zeng, Hanxiang, Mark E. Johnson, Nathan J. Oldenhuis, Timothy N. Tiambeng, & Zhibin Guan. (2015). Structure-Based Design of Dendritic Peptide Bolaamphiphiles for siRNA Delivery. ACS Central Science. 1(6). 303–312. 58 indexed citations
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Mozhdehi, Davoud & Zhibin Guan. (2013). Design of supramolecular amino acids to template peptide folding. Chemical Communications. 49(85). 9950–9950. 2 indexed citations
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Rawson, Jeffrey, Keiko Omori, Kohei Ishiyama, et al.. (2013). Maintaining functional islets through encapsulation in an injectable saccharide–peptide hydrogel. Biomaterials. 34(16). 3984–3991. 31 indexed citations
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Popeney, Chris S., Christoph Böttcher, Boris Schade, et al.. (2012). Tandem Coordination, Ring-Opening, Hyperbranched Polymerization for the Synthesis of Water-Soluble Core–Shell Unimolecular Transporters. ACS Macro Letters. 1(5). 564–567. 58 indexed citations
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Camacho, Drexel H. & Zhibin Guan. (2010). Designing late-transition metal catalysts for olefin insertion polymerization and copolymerization. Chemical Communications. 46(42). 7879–7879. 250 indexed citations
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Guan, Zhibin, et al.. (2007). Structure–Property Studies on Carbohydrate-Derived Polymers for Use as Protein-Resistant Biomaterials. Biomacromolecules. 9(1). 208–215. 40 indexed citations
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Guan, Zhibin, et al.. (2006). A convergent synthesis of new β-turn mimics by click chemistry. Chemical Communications. 3069–3071. 90 indexed citations
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Camacho, Drexel H., Eric V. Salo, Zhibin Guan, & Joseph W. Ziller. (2005). Nickel(II) and Palladium(II) Complexes with an Alkane-Bridged Macrocyclic Ligand:  Synthesis, Characterization, and Polymerization Tests. Organometallics. 24(21). 4933–4939. 33 indexed citations
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Chen, Guang‐Hui & Zhibin Guan. (2004). Transition Metal-Catalyzed One-Pot Synthesis of Water-Soluble Dendritic Molecular Nanocarriers. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 126(9). 2662–2663. 91 indexed citations
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Guan, Zhibin & Bruce E. Smart. (2000). A Remarkable Visible Light Effect on Atom-Transfer Radical Polymerization. Macromolecules. 33(18). 6904–6906. 95 indexed citations
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Guan, Zhibin, Patricia M. Cotts, Elizabeth F. McCord, & S. J. MCLAIN. (1999). Chain Walking: A New Strategy to Control Polymer Topology. Science. 283(5410). 2059–2062. 626 indexed citations breakdown →
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Guan, Zhibin, Patricia M. Cotts, & Elizabeth F. McCord. (1998). Control of polyolefin architecture by catalyst and pressure.. Polymer preprints. 39(2). 402–403. 2 indexed citations
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Chen, Guohua, et al.. (1997). A glucose-sensing polymer. Nature Biotechnology. 15(4). 354–357. 98 indexed citations

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