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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Chemistry in China Leader Award
  • 2026 - Research.com Materials Science in China Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Chemistry in China Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Materials Science in China Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Chemistry in China Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Materials Science in China Leader Award
  • 1993 - Fellow, The World Academy of Sciences

Overview

Erkang Wang is affiliated with the Chinese Academy of Sciences in China. Their research spans multiple interconnected fields including Materials Science, Engineering, and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Within these, Wang has contributed notably to subfields such as Materials Chemistry, Molecular Biology, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, and Renewable Energy, Sustainability, and the Environment.

Their work frequently appears in several publication venues with repeated contributions, reflecting a focus on areas related to materials and analytical chemistry. Key venues where Wang has published include Analytical Chemistry, Advanced Materials, ChemElectroChem, Nano Today, and Small.

Wang's scientific output addresses topics in advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques, advanced nanomaterials in catalysis, nanocluster synthesis and applications, nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics, electrochemical sensors and biosensors, electrocatalysts for energy conversion, and advancements in battery materials.

Frequent collaborators in Wang's research include Jing Li, Jin Wang, Dan Li, Jiangtao Ren, and Xiuna Jia, with whom a significant number of joint publications have been produced.

Among recent papers authored or coauthored by Wang are:

  • "Nanozymes: A clear definition with fuzzy edges", 2021, Nano Today
  • "Current Advances on the Single-Atom Nanozyme and Its Bioapplications", 2023, Advanced Materials
  • "A General Method for Transition Metal Single Atoms Anchored on Honeycomb-Like Nitrogen-Doped Carbon Nanosheets", 2020, Advanced Materials
  • "Phytochemical gallic acid alleviates nonalcoholic fatty liver disease via AMPK-ACC-PPARa axis through dual regulation of lipid metabolism and mitochondrial function", 2022, Phytomedicine
  • "Functionalized Graphene@Gold Nanostar/Lipid for Pancreatic Cancer Gene and Photothermal Synergistic Therapy under Photoacoustic/Photothermal Imaging Dual-Modal Guidance", 2020, Small

Wang has been recognized by The World Academy of Sciences as a Fellow since 1993.

Best Publications

  • Nanomaterials with enzyme-like characteristics (nanozymes): next-generation artificial enzymes

    Hui Wei;Erkang Wang

  • Transition-Metal (Co, Ni, and Fe)-Based Electrocatalysts for the Water Oxidation Reaction

    Lei Han;Shaojun Dong;Erkang Wang

  • Fe3O4 Magnetic Nanoparticles as Peroxidase Mimetics and Their Applications in H2O2 and Glucose Detection

    Hui Wei;Erkang Wang

  • Three-dimensional Pt-on-Pd bimetallic nanodendrites supported on graphene nanosheet: facile synthesis and used as an advanced nanoelectrocatalyst for methanol oxidation.

    Shaojun Guo;Shaojun Dong;Erkang Wang

  • Metal nanoclusters: New fluorescent probes for sensors and bioimaging

    Libing Zhang;Erkang Wang

  • Noble metal nanomaterials: Controllable synthesis and application in fuel cells and analytical sensors

    Shaojun Guo;Erkang Wang

  • Synthesis and electrochemical applications of gold nanoparticles

    Shaojun Guo;Erkang Wang

  • One-pot green synthesis of optically pH-sensitive carbon dots with upconversion luminescence

    Xiaofang Jia;Jing Li;Erkang Wang

  • Platinum nanoparticle ensemble-on-graphene hybrid nanosheet: one-pot, rapid synthesis, and used as new electrode material for electrochemical sensing.

    Shaojun Guo;Dan Wen;Yueming Zhai;Shaojun Dong

  • Nanozyme: An emerging alternative to natural enzyme for biosensing and immunoassay

    Qingqing Wang;Qingqing Wang;Hui Wei;Zhiquan Zhang;Erkang Wang

  • Cyclodextrin Functionalized Graphene Nanosheets with High Supramolecular Recognition Capability: Synthesis and Host−Guest Inclusion for Enhanced Electrochemical Performance

    Yujing Guo;Shaojun Guo;Jiangtao Ren;Yueming Zhai

  • Hemin-graphene hybrid nanosheets with intrinsic peroxidase-like activity for label-free colorimetric detection of single-nucleotide polymorphism.

    Yujing Guo;Liu Deng;Jing Li;Shaojun Guo

  • Easy Synthesis and Imaging Applications of Cross-Linked Green Fluorescent Hollow Carbon Nanoparticles

    Youxing Fang;Shaojun Guo;Dan Li;Chengzhou Zhu

  • High-sensitivity determination of lead and cadmium based on the Nafion-graphene composite film.

    Jing Li;Shaojun Guo;Yueming Zhai;Erkang Wang

  • Nanozymes: A clear definition with fuzzy edges

    Hui Wei;Lizeng Gao;Kelong Fan;Juewen Liu

  • Label-Free Colorimetric Detection of Aqueous Mercury Ion (Hg2+) Using Hg2+-Modulated G-Quadruplex-Based DNAzymes

    Tao Li;Shaojun Dong;Erkang Wang

  • Highly sequence-dependent formation of fluorescent silver nanoclusters in hybridized DNA duplexes for single nucleotide mutation identification.

    Weiwei Guo;Jipei Yuan;Qingzhe Dong;Erkang Wang

  • Emerging Dual-Atomic-Site Catalysts for Efficient Energy Catalysis

    Weiyu Zhang;Yuguang Chao;Wenshu Zhang;Jinhui Zhou

  • A novel hydrogen peroxide sensor based on horseradish peroxidase immobilized on colloidal Au modified ITO electrode

    Li Wang;Erkang Wang

  • Monodisperse mesoporous superparamagnetic single-crystal magnetite nanoparticles for drug delivery

    Shaojun Guo;Dan Li;Lixue Zhang;Jing Li

  • Simple and sensitive aptamer-based colorimetric sensing of protein using unmodified gold nanoparticle probes

    Hui Wei;Bingling Li;Jing Li;Erkang Wang

  • Sensitive and Selective Sensor for Biothiols in the Cell Based on the Recovered Fluorescence of the CdTe Quantum Dots−Hg(II) System

    Bingyan Han;Jipei Yuan;Erkang Wang

Frequent Co-Authors

Jin Wang
Jin Wang Stony Brook University
Shaojun Dong
Shaojun Dong Chinese Academy of Sciences
Shaojun Guo
Shaojun Guo Peking University
Xiurong Yang
Xiurong Yang University of Science and Technology of China
Tao Li
Tao Li University of Science and Technology of China
Yuling Wang
Yuling Wang Macquarie University
Hui Wei
Hui Wei Nanjing University
Wenling Gu
Wenling Gu Central China Normal University
Wenlong Cheng
Wenlong Cheng Monash University
Chengzhou Zhu
Chengzhou Zhu Central China Normal University

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