Ziwan Xu

3.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
32 papers, 2.9k citations indexed

About

Ziwan Xu is a scholar working on Inorganic Chemistry, Materials Chemistry and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Ziwan Xu has authored 32 papers receiving a total of 2.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 24 papers in Inorganic Chemistry, 18 papers in Materials Chemistry and 14 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Ziwan Xu's work include Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications (24 papers), Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics (14 papers) and Advanced Nanomaterials in Catalysis (6 papers). Ziwan Xu is often cited by papers focused on Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications (24 papers), Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics (14 papers) and Advanced Nanomaterials in Catalysis (6 papers). Ziwan Xu collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Germany. Ziwan Xu's co-authors include Wenbin Lin, Yang Song, Guangxu Lan, Samuel S. Veroneau, Kaiyuan Ni, Xuanyu Feng, Taokun Luo, Zhong Li, Yunhong Pi and Xiaomin Jiang and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Advanced Materials and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

Ziwan Xu

31 papers receiving 2.9k 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.

Nanoscale Metal–Organic Framework Overcomes Hypoxia for Photodynamic Therapy Primed Cancer Immunotherapy

2018 599 citations Guangxu Lan, Kaiyuan Ni et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
Zinc cyclic di-AMP nanoparticles target and suppress tumours via endothelial STING activation and tumour-associated macrophage reinvigoration

2022 154 citations Kaiting Yang, Wenbo Han et al. Nature Nanotechnology profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ziwan Xu United States	26	1.6k	1.3k	1.2k	776	389	32	2.9k
Samuel S. Veroneau United States	22	1.5k 0.9×	1.3k 1.0×	1.1k 0.9×	889 1.1×	400 1.0×	29	2.9k
Xiaomin Jiang United States	25	838 0.5×	1.1k 0.8×	515 0.4×	278 0.4×	279 0.7×	77	2.1k
Jiao‐Min Lin China	31	1.6k 1.0×	1.4k 1.1×	822 0.7×	324 0.4×	182 0.5×	63	2.7k
Jin‐Yue Zeng China	20	1.2k 0.7×	1.7k 1.3×	605 0.5×	229 0.3×	321 0.8×	27	2.4k
Guangxu Lan United States	35	2.8k 1.8×	3.3k 2.5×	2.1k 1.7×	877 1.1×	901 2.3×	49	5.5k
Xiaohua Zheng China	30	1.7k 1.1×	1.9k 1.4×	616 0.5×	200 0.3×	456 1.2×	66	2.9k
Xuezhao Li China	24	1.0k 0.6×	623 0.5×	682 0.6×	352 0.5×	157 0.4×	50	2.1k
Wei Qi Lim Singapore	19	2.4k 1.5×	1.9k 1.4×	691 0.6×	194 0.3×	418 1.1×	21	3.6k
Faming Wang China	20	1.8k 1.1×	1.6k 1.2×	435 0.4×	182 0.2×	173 0.4×	34	2.8k
Taokun Luo United States	24	961 0.6×	1.6k 1.2×	642 0.5×	133 0.2×	467 1.2×	44	2.2k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Xu, Ziwan, Luyao Jia, Shuang Li, et al.. (2025). Ligand Electronic Effect-Tailored Cobalt-Based Metal–Organic Frameworks Enable Accelerated Entropy-Driven Circuit Reactions for Ultrasensitive Fluorescent Detection of Tetracycline Resistance Genes. Analytical Chemistry. 97(45). 25273–25281.

Zhen, Wenyao, Ziwan Xu, Y.Z. Mao, et al.. (2024). Nanoscale Mixed-Ligand Metal–Organic Framework for X-ray Stimulated Cancer Therapy. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 146(48). 33149–33158. 20 indexed citations

Xu, Ziwan, Wenyao Zhen, Taokun Luo, et al.. (2023). Nanoscale Metal–Organic Framework with an X-ray Triggerable Prodrug for Synergistic Radiotherapy and Chemotherapy. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 145(34). 18698–18704. 62 indexed citations

Ni, Kaiyuan, Ziwan Xu, August Culbert, et al.. (2022). Synergistic checkpoint-blockade and radiotherapy–radiodynamic therapy via an immunomodulatory nanoscale metal–organic framework. Nature Biomedical Engineering. 6(2). 144–156. 87 indexed citations

Yang, Kaiting, Wenbo Han, Xiaomin Jiang, et al.. (2022). Zinc cyclic di-AMP nanoparticles target and suppress tumours via endothelial STING activation and tumour-associated macrophage reinvigoration. Nature Nanotechnology. 17(12). 1322–1331. 154 indexed citations breakdown →

Xu, Ziwan, et al.. (2022). Monte Carlo Simulation‐Guided Design of a Thorium‐Based Metal–Organic Framework for Efficient Radiotherapy‐Radiodynamic Therapy. Angewandte Chemie. 134(46). 3 indexed citations

Jiang, Xiaomin, Wenbo Han, Jianqiao Liu, et al.. (2022). Tumor‐Activatable Nanoparticles Target Low‐Density Lipoprotein Receptor to Enhance Drug Delivery and Antitumor Efficacy. Advanced Science. 9(24). e2201614–e2201614. 33 indexed citations

Luo, Taokun, Yingjie Fan, Jianming Mao, et al.. (2022). Dimensional Reduction Enhances Photodynamic Therapy of Metal–Organic Nanophotosensitizers. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 144(12). 5241–5246. 66 indexed citations

Fan, Yingjie, Eric You, Ziwan Xu, & Wenbin Lin. (2021). A Substrate-Binding Metal–Organic Layer Selectively Catalyzes Photoredox Ene-Carbonyl Reductive Coupling Reactions. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 143(45). 18871–18876. 19 indexed citations

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Guo, Nining, Kaiyuan Ni, Taokun Luo, et al.. (2021). Reprogramming of Neutrophils as Non-canonical Antigen Presenting Cells by Radiotherapy–Radiodynamic Therapy to Facilitate Immune-Mediated Tumor Regression. ACS Nano. 15(11). 17515–17527. 37 indexed citations

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Xu, Ziwan, Taokun Luo, & Wenbin Lin. (2021). Nanoscale Metal–Organic Layers for Biomedical Applications. Accounts of Materials Research. 2(10). 944–953. 28 indexed citations

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Feng, Xuanyu, Yunhong Pi, Yang Song, et al.. (2021). Integration of Earth-Abundant Photosensitizers and Catalysts in Metal–Organic Frameworks Enhances Photocatalytic Aerobic Oxidation. ACS Catalysis. 11(3). 1024–1032. 62 indexed citations

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Ling, Xiang, Deyan Gong, Wenjie Shi, et al.. (2021). Nanoscale Metal–Organic Layers Detect Mitochondrial Dysregulation and Chemoresistance via Ratiometric Sensing of Glutathione and pH. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 143(3). 1284–1289. 53 indexed citations

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Xu, Ziwan, Kaiyuan Ni, Jianming Mao, Taokun Luo, & Wenbin Lin. (2021). Monte Carlo Simulations Reveal New Design Principles for Efficient Nanoradiosensitizers Based on Nanoscale Metal–Organic Frameworks. Advanced Materials. 33(40). e2104249–e2104249. 30 indexed citations

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Quan, Yangjian, Guangxu Lan, Wenjie Shi, et al.. (2020). Metal–Organic Layers Hierarchically Integrate Three Synergistic Active Sites for Tandem Catalysis. Angewandte Chemie. 133(6). 3152–3157. 5 indexed citations

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Ling, Xiang, Xiaomin Jiang, Youyou Li, et al.. (2020). Sequential Treatment of Bioresponsive Nanoparticles Elicits Antiangiogenesis and Apoptosis and Synergizes with a CD40 Agonist for Antitumor Immunity. ACS Nano. 15(1). 765–780. 30 indexed citations

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Quan, Yangjian, Yang Song, Wenjie Shi, et al.. (2020). Metal–Organic Framework with Dual Active Sites in Engineered Mesopores for Bioinspired Synergistic Catalysis. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 142(19). 8602–8607. 70 indexed citations

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Song, Yang, et al.. (2020). Multistep Engineering of Synergistic Catalysts in a Metal–Organic Framework for Tandem C–O Bond Cleavage. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 142(10). 4872–4882. 63 indexed citations

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Lan, Guangxu, Zhe Li, Samuel S. Veroneau, et al.. (2018). Photosensitizing Metal–Organic Layers for Efficient Sunlight-Driven Carbon Dioxide Reduction. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 140(39). 12369–12373. 187 indexed citations

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Lan, Guangxu, Yuan‐Yuan Zhu, Samuel S. Veroneau, et al.. (2018). Electron Injection from Photoexcited Metal–Organic Framework Ligands to Ru₂ Secondary Building Units for Visible-Light-Driven Hydrogen Evolution. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 140(16). 5326–5329. 132 indexed citations

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