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153
Citations
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World Ranking
114
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Chemistry in United States Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Chemistry in United States Leader Award
  • 2016 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Hong-Cai Zhou is affiliated with Texas A&M University in the United States. Their research focuses on materials science and chemistry, with a substantial number of publications in the fields of materials chemistry and inorganic chemistry. Their work also spans related subfields including electronic, optical, and magnetic materials, biomedical engineering, and renewable energy, sustainability, and the environment.

Zhou has contributed extensively to the study and development of metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), a theme clearly reflected in the main topics covered by their research. These include:

  • Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications
  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
  • Covalent Organic Framework Applications
  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies
  • Magnetism in Coordination Complexes
  • Advanced Nanomaterials in Catalysis
  • Molecular Sensors and Ion Detection

Among their recent papers are the following:

  • "Metal-Organic Framework-Based Hierarchically Porous Materials: Synthesis and Applications" (2021, Chemical Reviews)
  • "Destruction of Metal-Organic Frameworks: Positive and Negative Aspects of Stability and Lability" (2020, Chemical Reviews)
  • "Optimizing Multivariate Metal-Organic Frameworks for Efficient C2H2/CO2 Separation" (2020, Journal of the American Chemical Society)
  • "Boosting Interfacial Charge-Transfer Kinetics for Efficient Overall CO2 Photoreduction via Rational Design of Coordination Spheres on Metal-Organic Frameworks" (2020, Journal of the American Chemical Society)
  • "Bioinspired Framework Catalysts: From Enzyme Immobilization to Biomimetic Catalysis" (2023, Chemical Reviews)

Zhou frequently collaborates with the following researchers:

  • Kunyu Wang
  • Peiyu Cai
  • Liang Feng
  • Yihao Yang
  • Hannah F. Drake

Their work is regularly published in several key scientific venues, including:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Angewandte Chemie
  • ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

In recognition of their scientific contributions, Hong-Cai Zhou was named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2016.

Best Publications

  • Selective gas adsorption and separation in metal–organic frameworks

    Jian-Rong Li;Ryan J. Kuppler;Hong-Cai Zhou

  • Introduction to Metal–Organic Frameworks

    Hong-Cai Zhou;Jeffrey R. Long;Omar M. Yaghi

  • Metal–Organic Frameworks for Separations

    Jian-Rong Li;Julian Sculley;Hong-Cai Zhou

  • Stable Metal-Organic Frameworks: Design, Synthesis, and Applications.

    Shuai Yuan;Liang Feng;Kecheng Wang;Jiandong Pang

  • Zr-based metal-organic frameworks: design, synthesis, structure, and applications.

    Yan Bai;Yibo Dou;Lin-Hua Xie;William Rutledge

  • Tuning the structure and function of metal–organic frameworks via linker design

    Weigang Lu;Zhangwen Wei;Zhi-Yuan Gu;Tian-Fu Liu

  • Carbon dioxide capture-related gas adsorption and separation in metal-organic frameworks

    Jian-Rong Li;Yuguang Ma;M. Colin McCarthy;Julian Sculley

  • Zirconium-Metalloporphyrin PCN-222: Mesoporous Metal–Organic Frameworks with Ultrahigh Stability as Biomimetic Catalysts†

    Dawei Feng;Zhi-Yuan Gu;Jian-Rong Li;Jian-Rong Li;Hai-Long Jiang

  • Potential applications of metal-organic frameworks

    Ryan J. Kuppler;Daren J. Timmons;Qian-Rong Fang;Jian-Rong Li

  • Highly Stable Zr(IV)-Based Metal–Organic Frameworks for the Detection and Removal of Antibiotics and Organic Explosives in Water

    Bin Wang;Xiu-Liang Lv;Dawei Feng;Lin-Hua Xie

  • Recent advances in gas storage and separation using metal–organic frameworks

    Hao Li;Kecheng Wang;Yujia Sun;Christina T. Lollar

  • Gas storage in porous metal–organic frameworks for clean energy applications

    Shengqian Ma;Hong-Cai Zhou

  • Metal-Organic Framework-Based Hierarchically Porous Materials: Synthesis and Applications.

    Guorui Cai;Peng Yan;Liangliang Zhang;Liangliang Zhang;Hong-Cai Zhou

  • From fundamentals to applications: a toolbox for robust and multifunctional MOF materials.

    Angelo Kirchon;Liang Feng;Hannah F Drake;Elizabeth A Joseph

  • Enzyme–MOF (metal–organic framework) composites

    Xizhen Lian;Yu Fang;Elizabeth Joseph;Qi Wang

  • Luminescent sensors based on metal-organic frameworks

    Yingmu Zhang;Shuai Yuan;Gregory Day;Xuan Wang

  • Tuning the Topology and Functionality of Metal–Organic Frameworks by Ligand Design

    Dan Zhao;Daren J. Timmons;Daqiang Yuan;Hong-Cai Zhou

  • Construction of ultrastable porphyrin Zr metal-organic frameworks through linker elimination

    Dawei Feng;Wan-Chun Chung;Zhangwen Wei;Zhi-Yuan Gu

  • Metal-Organic Framework from an Anthracene Derivative Containing Nanoscopic Cages Exhibiting High Methane Uptake

    Shengqian Ma;Daofeng Sun;Jason M. Simmons;Christopher D. Collier

  • Size-Controlled Synthesis of Porphyrinic Metal–Organic Framework and Functionalization for Targeted Photodynamic Therapy

    Jihye Park;Qin Jiang;Dawei Feng;Lanqun Mao

  • Hydrogen storage in metal–organic frameworks

    David J. Collins;Hong-Cai Zhou

Frequent Co-Authors

Shuai Yuan
Shuai Yuan Texas A&M University
Daqiang Yuan
Daqiang Yuan Chinese Academy of Sciences
Jian-Rong Li
Jian-Rong Li Beijing University of Technology
Jun-Sheng Qin
Jun-Sheng Qin Jilin University
Dawei Feng
Dawei Feng University of Wisconsin–Madison
Jiandong Pang
Jiandong Pang Nankai University
Shengqian Ma
Shengqian Ma University of North Texas
Daofeng Sun
Daofeng Sun China University of Petroleum, Beijing
Tian-Fu Liu
Tian-Fu Liu Chinese Academy of Sciences
Zhi-Yuan Gu
Zhi-Yuan Gu Nanjing Normal University

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