Zhifeng Ren

11.3k total citations · 4 hit papers
50 papers, 9.1k citations indexed

About

Zhifeng Ren is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Biomedical Engineering and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Zhifeng Ren has authored 50 papers receiving a total of 9.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 24 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 20 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 17 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Zhifeng Ren's work include Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials (12 papers), Nanomaterials and Printing Technologies (10 papers) and Carbon Nanotubes in Composites (7 papers). Zhifeng Ren is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials (12 papers), Nanomaterials and Printing Technologies (10 papers) and Carbon Nanotubes in Composites (7 papers). Zhifeng Ren collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Germany. Zhifeng Ren's co-authors include Erik T. Thostenson, Tsu−Wei Chou, Chuan Fei Guo, Tianyi Sun, Yuehe Lin, Yi Tu, Fang Lü, Krzysztof Kempa, Qian Liu and Feng Cao and has published in prestigious journals such as Advanced Materials, Angewandte Chemie International Edition and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Zhifeng Ren

50 papers receiving 8.8k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Advances in the science and technology of carbon nanotubes and their composites: a review

2001 3.9k citations Zhifeng Ren et al. profile →
Glucose Biosensors Based on Carbon Nanotube Nanoelectrode Ensembles

2003 719 citations Yuehe Lin, Yi Tu et al. profile →
Metallic nanostructures for light trapping in energy-harvesting devices

2014 450 citations Chuan Fei Guo, Tianyi Sun et al. profile →
Highly stretchable and transparent nanomesh electrodes made by grain boundary lithography

2014 381 citations Chuan Fei Guo, Tianyi Sun et al. Nature Communications profile →

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Zhifeng Ren

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

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Microstructure and energy evolution of cyan sandstone with prefabricated fractures at different angles during failure under freeze–thaw cycles 2025 ·Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology ·Kunlun He, Qingzhi Wang, Xianwei Zhang, Dongmei Zhang, Zhongkai Huang, (unknown), Jianhong Fang, Zhifeng Ren	1
2	ヒ化ホウ素における高熱伝導率:予測から現実まで【JST・京大機械翻訳】 2019 ·Angewandte Chemie International Edition ·(unknown), Zhifeng Ren	3
3	Optimization of hierarchical structure and nanoscale-enabled plasmonic refraction for window electrodes in photovoltaics 2016 ·Nature Communications ·Bing Han, Qiang Peng, Ruopeng Li, Qikun Rong, Yang Ding, Eser Metin Akinoglu, Xueyuan Wu, Xin Wang, Xubing Lu, Qianming Wang, Guofu Zhou, Jun‐Ming Liu, Zhifeng Ren, Michael Giersig, Andrzej Herczyński, Krzysztof Kempa, Jinwei Gao	50
4	Bio-inspired networks for optoelectronic applications 2014 ·Nature Communications ·Bing Han, Yuanlin Huang, Ruopeng Li, Qiang Peng, Junyi Luo, Ke Pei, Andrzej Herczyński, Krzysztof Kempa, Zhifeng Ren, Jinwei Gao	141
5	Flexible transparent conductors based on metal nanowire networks 2014 ·Materials Today ·Chuan Fei Guo, Zhifeng Ren	211
6	Highly stretchable and transparent nanomesh electrodes made by grain boundary lithography breakdown → 2014 ·Nature Communications ·Chuan Fei Guo, Tianyi Sun, Qihan Liu, Zhigang Suo, Zhifeng Ren	381
7	Metallic Nanowire Networks: Transparent Nanowire Network Electrode for Textured Semiconductors (Small 5/2013) 2013 ·Small ·Jinwei Gao, Ke Pei, Tianyi Sun, (unknown), (unknown), Linghai Zhang, (unknown), (unknown), Michael Giersig, Krzysztof Kempa, Zhifeng Ren, Yang Wang	1
8	Conductive Black Silicon Surface Made by Silver Nanonetwork Assisted Etching 2013 ·Small ·Chuan Fei Guo, Tianyi Sun, (unknown), Jinwei Gao, Qian Liu, Krzysztof Kempa, Zhifeng Ren	22
9	Growth Mechanism and Elemental Distribution of <I>β</I>-Ga<SUB>2</SUB>O<SUB>3</SUB> Crystalline Nanowires Synthesized by Cobalt-Assisted Chemical Vapor Deposition 2012 ·Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology ·Hui Wang, Yucheng Lan, Jiaming Zhang, M.A. Crimp, Zhifeng Ren	5
10	Aligned Carbon Nanotubes 2012 ·Zhifeng Ren, Yucheng Lan, Yang Wang	38
11	Transparent Nanowire Network Electrode for Textured Semiconductors 2012 ·Small ·Jinwei Gao, Ke Pei, Tianyi Sun, (unknown), Linghai Zhang, (unknown), (unknown), Michael Giersig, Krzysztof Kempa, Zhifeng Ren, Yang Wang	13
12	Metamaterial-plasmonic Ultra-thin Absorbers for Thin Film Solar Cells 2012 ·Asia Communications and Photonics Conference ·Yang Wang, Zhifeng Ren, Krzysztof Kempa	1
13	Nanoribbon Plasmonic Gratings and their Anomalous Interaction with Electromagnetic Waves 2012 ·Advanced Materials ·Piotr Patoka, Tianyi Sun, Michael Giersig, Zhifeng Ren, Krzysztof Kempa	15
14	Photoinduced oxygen release and persistent photoconductivity in ZnO nanowires 2011 ·Nanoscale Research Letters ·Jiming Bao, Ilan Shalish, Zhihua Su, (unknown), Federico Capasso, Xiaowei Wang, Zhifeng Ren	196
15	A molecular-imprint nanosensor for ultrasensitive detection of proteins 2010 ·Nature Nanotechnology ·Dong Cai, Lu Ren, Huaizhou Zhao, Chenjia Xu, Lu Zhang, Ying Yu, Dandan Wang, Yucheng Lan, Mary F. Roberts, Jeffrey H. Chuang, Michael Naughton, Zhifeng Ren, Thomas C. Chiles	298
16	Nanothermometer Using Single Crystal Silver Nanospheres 2009 ·Advanced Materials ·Yucheng Lan, Hui Wang, Xiaohong Chen, Dezhi Wang, Gang Chen, Zhifeng Ren	27
17	Glucose sensors made of novel carbon nanotube‐gold nanoparticle composites 2007 ·BioFactors ·Dong Cai, Ying Yu, Yucheng Lan, Fay J. Dufort, Guangyong Xiong, Trilochan Paudel, Zhifeng Ren, Dean J. Wagner, Thomas C. Chiles	13
18	Cloning carbon 2007 ·Nature Nanotechnology ·Zhifeng Ren	25
19	Ultrasensitive voltammetric detection of trace heavy metal ions using carbon nanotube nanoelectrode array 2005 ·The Analyst ·Guodong Liu, Yuehe Lin, Yi Tu, Zhifeng Ren	111
20	Highly efficient molecular delivery into mammalian cells using carbon nanotube spearing 2005 ·Nature Methods ·Dong Cai, Jennifer Mataraza, Zheng‐Hong Qin, Zhongping Huang, Jianyu Huang, Thomas C. Chiles, David Carnahan, K. Kempa, Zhifeng Ren	384

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