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Guang Wu

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Chemistry

D-Index
62
Citations
10601
World Ranking
9053
National Ranking
2558

Guang Wu publication distribution in Chemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Chemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Guang Wu sits on this spectrum.

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 343 publications — 72nd percentile

72% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,295 publications or more.

Guang Wu D-index placement in Chemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Chemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Guang Wu sits on this spectrum.

40–41 D-Index: 289 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 612 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 808 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 776 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 835 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 861 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 872 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 933 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 1,051 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 930 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 882 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 834 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 731 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 775 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 683 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 646 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 561 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 501 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 437 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 388 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 354 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 292 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 275 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 254 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 235 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 185 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 192 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 155 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 163 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 125 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 105 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 105 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 112 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 88 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 68 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 69 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 65 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 79 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 61 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 44 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 37 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 40 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 33 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 26 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 34 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 35 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 25 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 27 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 17 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 16 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 20 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 20 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 15 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 9 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 9 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 16 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 11 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 9 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 3 scientists 158 D-Index: 3 scientists 159+ D-Index: 98 scientists
40 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 62 D-Index — 52nd percentile

52% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 159 D-Index or more.

Overview

Guang Wu is affiliated with the University of California, Santa Barbara in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields, primarily focusing on materials science and chemistry. The main areas of study include materials chemistry, organic chemistry, inorganic chemistry, electrical and electronic engineering, and electronic, optical, and magnetic materials.

Their work covers a broad range of topics, notably crystallization and solubility studies, X-ray diffraction in crystallography, organometallic complex synthesis and catalysis, radioactive element chemistry and processing, nanocluster synthesis and applications, advanced condensed matter physics, and coordination chemistry and organometallics.

Guang Wu has contributed to numerous research papers published in several prominent venues. The frequent publication venues for their work include The Cambridge Structural Database, Inorganic Chemistry, Organometallics, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, and Chemistry - A European Journal.

Some recent papers by Guang Wu are:

  • Extraordinary performance of semiconducting metal oxide gas sensors using dielectric excitation, 2020, Nature Electronics
  • Cyano-Functionalized Graphitic Carbon Nitride with Adsorption and Photoreduction Isosite Achieving Efficient Uranium Extraction from Seawater, 2024, Advanced Functional Materials
  • Electronic properties of the topological kagome metals YV6Sn6 and GdV6Sn6, 2021, Physical Review B
  • Carbon Nanotube-Based Field-Effect Transistor-Type Sensor with a Sensing Gate for Ppb-Level Formaldehyde Detection, 2021, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
  • Hybrid Layered Double Perovskite Halides of Transition Metals, 2022, Journal of the American Chemical Society

Frequent co-authors in their research collaborations include:

  • Trevor W. Hayton
  • Greggory T. Kent
  • Gabriel Ménard
  • Ram Seshadri
  • Jochen Autschbach

Best Publications

  • CO2 Copolymers from Epoxides: Catalyst Activity, Product Selectivity, and Stereochemistry Control

    Xiao-Bing Lu;Wei-Min Ren;Guang-Peng Wu

  • A Cu25 Nanocluster with Partial Cu(0) Character.

    Thuy Ai D. Nguyen;Zachary R. Jones;Bryan R. Goldsmith;William R. Buratto

  • Perfectly Alternating Copolymerization of CO2 and Epichlorohydrin Using Cobalt(III)-Based Catalyst Systems

    Guang-Peng Wu;Sheng-Hsuan Wei;Wei-Min Ren;Xiao-Bing Lu

  • A luminescent and biocompatible photoCORM.

    Agustin E Pierri;Alessia Pallaoro;Guang Wu;Peter C Ford

  • Excited-state structure by time-resolved X-ray diffraction.

    Christopher D. Kim;Sebastien Pillet;Guang Wu;Wilfred K. Fullagar

  • An Organometallic Cu20 Nanocluster: Synthesis, Characterization, Immobilization on Silica, and "Click" Chemistry.

    Andrew W. Cook;Zachary R. Jones;Guang Wu;Susannah L. Scott

  • Enhanced asymmetric induction for the copolymerization of CO2 and cyclohexene oxide with unsymmetric enantiopure salenCo(III) complexes: synthesis of crystalline CO2-based polycarbonate

    Guang-Peng Wu;Wei-Min Ren;Yi Luo;Bo Li

  • Chemical and Structural Diversity of Hybrid Layered Double Perovskite Halides

    Lingling Mao;Samuel M. L. Teicher;Constantinos C. Stoumpos;Rhys M. Kennard

  • Cyano‐Functionalized Graphitic Carbon Nitride with Adsorption and Photoreduction Isosite Achieving Efficient Uranium Extraction from Seawater

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  • A One-Pot Synthesis of a Triblock Copolymer from Propylene Oxide/Carbon Dioxide and Lactide: Intermediacy of Polyol Initiators

    Donald J. Darensbourg;Guang-Peng Wu

  • Single-Crystal Linear Polymers Through Visible Light–Triggered Topochemical Quantitative Polymerization

    Letian Dou;Yonghao Zheng;Xiaoqin Shen;Guang Wu

  • Extraordinary performance of semiconducting metal oxide gas sensors using dielectric excitation

    Radislav A. Potyrailo;Steven Go;Daniel Sexton;Xiaxi Li

  • Tandem metal-coordination copolymerization and organocatalytic ring-opening polymerization via water to synthesize diblock copolymers of styrene oxide/CO2 and lactide.

    Guang-Peng Wu;Donald J. Darensbourg;Xiao-Bing Lu

  • Synthesis of a Nitrido-Substituted Analogue of the Uranyl Ion, [N═U═O]+

    Skye Fortier;Guang Wu;Trevor W. Hayton

  • Use of 77Se and 125Te NMR Spectroscopy to Probe Covalency of the Actinide-Chalcogen Bonding in [Th(En){N(SiMe3)2}3]− (E = Se, Te; n = 1, 2) and Their Oxo-Uranium(VI) Congeners

    Danil E. Smiles;Guang Wu;Peter Hrobárik;Trevor W. Hayton

  • Synthesis, molecular and electronic structure of U(V)(O)[N(SiMe3)2]3.

    Skye Fortier;Jessie L. Brown;Nikolas Kaltsoyannis;Guang Wu

  • Mechanistic Insights into Water-Mediated Tandem Catalysis of Metal-Coordination CO2/Epoxide Copolymerization and Organocatalytic Ring-Opening Polymerization: One-Pot, Two Steps, and Three Catalysis Cycles for Triblock Copolymers Synthesis

    Guang-Peng Wu;Donald J. Darensbourg

  • Ligand-Exchange-Induced Growth of an Atomically Precise Cu29 Nanocluster from a Smaller Cluster

    Thuy-Ai D. Nguyen;Zachary R. Jones;Domenick F. Leto;Guang Wu

  • Alternating copolymerization of CO2 and styrene oxide with Co(III)-based catalyst systems: differences between styrene oxide and propylene oxide

    Guang-Peng Wu;Sheng-Hsuan Wei;Wei-Min Ren;Xiao-Bing Lu

  • Temperature-Dependent Polarization in Field-Effect Transport and Photovoltaic Measurements of Methylammonium Lead Iodide

    John G. Labram;Douglas H. Fabini;Erin E. Perry;Anna J. Lehner

  • A photoCORM nanocarrier for CO release using NIR light.

    Agustin E. Pierri;Agustin E. Pierri;Po-Ju Huang;John V. Garcia;James G. Stanfill

  • Synthesis, Characterization, and Reactivity of a Uranyl β-Diketiminate Complex

    Trevor W. Hayton;Guang Wu

  • Chelate Bis(imino)pyridine Cobalt Complexes: Synthesis, Reduction, and Evidence for the Generation of Ethene Polymerization Catalysts by Li+ Cation Activation

    Nina Kleigrewe;Winfried Steffen;Tobias Blömker;Gerald Kehr

  • A Complete Family of Terminal Uranium Chalcogenides, [U(E)(N{SiMe3}2)3]− (E = O, S, Se, Te)

    Jessie L. Brown;Skye Fortier;Richard A. Lewis;Guang Wu

  • Role of the co-catalyst in the asymmetric coupling of racemic epoxides with CO2 using multichiral Co(III) complexes: product selectivity and enantioselectivity

    Wei-Min Ren;Guang-Peng Wu;Fei Lin;Jing-Yang Jiang

  • Bonding Trends Traversing the Tetravalent Actinide Series: Synthesis, Structural, and Computational Analysis of AnIV(Aracnac)4 Complexes (An = Th, U, Np, Pu; Aracnac = ArNC(Ph)CHC(Ph)O; Ar = 3,5-tBu2C6H3)

    David D. Schnaars;Andrew J. Gaunt;Trevor W. Hayton;Matthew B. Jones

  • Synthesis of a phosphorano-stabilized U(IV)-carbene via one-electron oxidation of a U(III)-Ylide adduct

    Skye Fortier;Justin R. Walensky;Guang Wu;Trevor W. Hayton

  • Nickel α‐Keto‐β‐Diimine Initiators for Olefin Polymerization

    Jason D. Azoulay;Rene S. Rojas;Abigail V. Serrano;Hisashi Ohtaki

Frequent Co-Authors

Trevor W. Hayton
Trevor W. Hayton University of California, Santa Barbara
Ram Seshadri
Ram Seshadri University of California, Santa Barbara
Fred Wudl
Fred Wudl University of California, Santa Barbara
Michael L. Chabinyc
Michael L. Chabinyc University of California, Santa Barbara
Peter C. Ford
Peter C. Ford University of California, Santa Barbara
Anthony K. Cheetham
Anthony K. Cheetham University of Cambridge
Nikolas Kaltsoyannis
Nikolas Kaltsoyannis University of Manchester
Guillermo C. Bazan
Guillermo C. Bazan National University of Singapore
Jochen Autschbach
Jochen Autschbach University at Buffalo, State University of New York
Susannah L. Scott
Susannah L. Scott University of California, Santa Barbara

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