Zhonglin Cao

2.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
32 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Zhonglin Cao is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Biomedical Engineering and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Zhonglin Cao has authored 32 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Materials Chemistry, 13 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 9 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Zhonglin Cao's work include Nanopore and Nanochannel Transport Studies (11 papers), Membrane Separation Technologies (8 papers) and Graphene research and applications (7 papers). Zhonglin Cao is often cited by papers focused on Nanopore and Nanochannel Transport Studies (11 papers), Membrane Separation Technologies (8 papers) and Graphene research and applications (7 papers). Zhonglin Cao collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Australia. Zhonglin Cao's co-authors include Amir Barati Farimani, Yuyang Wang, Jianren Wang, Vincent Liu, Zhong Ma, Lijia Pan, Yi Shi, Sheng Li, Prakarsh Yadav and Xiaodong Fan and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Advanced Materials and The Journal of Chemical Physics.

In The Last Decade

Zhonglin Cao

31 papers receiving 1.7k 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.

  1. Molecular contrastive learning of representations via graph neural networks
    2022 466 citations Yuyang Wang, Jianren Wang et al. Nature Machine Intelligence profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Zhonglin Cao 798 656 401 346 327 32 1.7k
Hanyu Gao 907 1.1× 511 0.8× 328 0.8× 446 1.3× 90 0.3× 56 1.7k
Xin Yang 773 1.0× 466 0.7× 362 0.9× 384 1.1× 90 0.3× 103 2.4k
Peng Gao 822 1.0× 110 0.2× 256 0.6× 202 0.6× 185 0.6× 129 1.7k
Loı̈c M. Roch 1.3k 1.6× 482 0.7× 184 0.5× 385 1.1× 24 0.1× 36 2.2k
Alessandro Butté 243 0.3× 564 0.9× 1.2k 3.0× 86 0.2× 144 0.4× 79 2.3k
Yue Hu 759 1.0× 304 0.5× 180 0.4× 51 0.1× 283 0.9× 62 2.2k
Yuan Yao 1.8k 2.2× 600 0.9× 312 0.8× 51 0.1× 325 1.0× 190 4.7k
Jianjun Xie 758 0.9× 828 1.3× 75 0.2× 69 0.2× 91 0.3× 100 2.7k
Catherine M. Aitchison 1.4k 1.8× 318 0.5× 222 0.6× 133 0.4× 23 0.1× 27 2.2k
Buyi Li 3.3k 4.2× 440 0.7× 158 0.4× 138 0.4× 136 0.4× 32 4.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Zhonglin Cao

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Fields of papers citing papers by Zhonglin Cao

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Zhonglin Cao. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Zhonglin Cao. The network helps show where Zhonglin Cao may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Zhonglin Cao

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Wang, Tengfei, et al.. (2025). Elastic wavefield separation of DAS-VSP data based on nonstationary polarization projection. Geophysics. 90(3). V179–V190.
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Cao, Zhonglin, Xiaoling Zuo, Xiaochen Liu, Gaixia Xu, & Ken‐Tye Yong. (2024). Recent progress in stimuli-responsive polymeric micelles for targeted delivery of functional nanoparticles. Advances in Colloid and Interface Science. 330. 103206–103206. 31 indexed citations
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Cao, Zhonglin, et al.. (2024). Large-Scale Pretraining Improves Sample Efficiency of Active Learning-Based Virtual Screening. Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling. 64(6). 1882–1891. 10 indexed citations
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Cao, Zhonglin, et al.. (2024). Machine Learning in Membrane Design: From Property Prediction to AI-Guided Optimization. Nano Letters. 24(10). 2953–2960. 35 indexed citations
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Cao, Zhonglin, et al.. (2024). Fast Water Desalination with a Graphene–MoS2 Nanoporous Heterostructure. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 16(22). 29355–29363. 8 indexed citations
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Cao, Zhonglin & Xiaoling Zuo. (2023). Bio-Based Self-Healing Polymeric Materials Derived from Furfuryl Alcohol Based on the Diels-Alder Reversible Reaction. Polymer Science Series B. 65(4). 450–456. 4 indexed citations
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Cao, Zhonglin, Rishikesh Magar, Yuyang Wang, & Amir Barati Farimani. (2023). MOFormer: Self-Supervised Transformer Model for Metal–Organic Framework Property Prediction. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 145(5). 2958–2967. 98 indexed citations
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Yadav, Prakarsh, et al.. (2022). Prediction of GPCR activity using machine learning. Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal. 20. 2564–2573. 25 indexed citations
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Cao, Zhonglin, Prakarsh Yadav, & Amir Barati Farimani. (2022). Which 2D Material is Better for DNA Detection: Graphene, MoS2, or MXene?. Nano Letters. 22(19). 7874–7881. 22 indexed citations
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Mei, Liang, Zhonglin Cao, Ting Ying, et al.. (2022). Simultaneous Electrochemical Exfoliation and Covalent Functionalization of MoS2 Membrane for Ion Sieving. Advanced Materials. 34(26). e2201416–e2201416. 83 indexed citations
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Wang, Yuyang, Jianren Wang, Zhonglin Cao, & Amir Barati Farimani. (2022). Molecular contrastive learning of representations via graph neural networks. Nature Machine Intelligence. 4(3). 279–287. 466 indexed citations breakdown →
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Cao, Zhonglin, et al.. (2021). Ozark Graphene Nanopore for Efficient Water Desalination. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B. 125(40). 11256–11263. 30 indexed citations
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Cao, Zhonglin, Li Li, Maixian Liu, et al.. (2019). The Codelivery of siRNA and QDs by pH-Responsive Micelle for Hepatoma Cancer Cells. Frontiers in Pharmacology. 10. 1194–1194. 12 indexed citations
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Cao, Zhonglin, Vincent Liu, & Amir Barati Farimani. (2019). Water Desalination with Two-Dimensional Metal–Organic Framework Membranes. Nano Letters. 19(12). 8638–8643. 146 indexed citations
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Li, Sheng, Zhong Ma, Zhonglin Cao, Lijia Pan, & Yi Shi. (2019). Advanced Wearable Microfluidic Sensors for Healthcare Monitoring. Small. 16(9). e1903822–e1903822. 171 indexed citations
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Hua, Zan, Jian Zhang, Jun Yang, et al.. (2016). Mimicking enzymatic systems: modulation of the performance of polymeric organocatalysts by ion-specific effects. Chemical Communications. 52(16). 3392–3395. 7 indexed citations
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Cao, Zhonglin & Guangzhao Zhang. (2015). Dynamics of polyzwitterions in salt-free and salt solutions. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 17(40). 27045–27051. 21 indexed citations
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Cao, Zhonglin & Guangzhao Zhang. (2014). Insight into dynamics of polyelectrolyte chains in salt-free solutions by laser light scattering and analytical ultracentrifugation. Polymer. 55(26). 6789–6794. 14 indexed citations
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Fan, Xiaodong, et al.. (2006). Synthesis and characterization of the environmental‐sensitive hyperbranched polymers as novel carriers for controlled drug release. Journal of Applied Polymer Science. 101(1). 311–316. 13 indexed citations
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