2026 Hongjie Dai: Materials Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Best Scientists	212	176	164	5	5	615	249894
Materials Science	215	19	19	5	5	541	251950

Research.com Recognitions

2026 - Research.com Materials Science in China Leader Award
2025 - Research.com Best Scientists Award
2025 - Research.com Materials Science in China Leader Award
2022 - Research.com Materials Science in United States Leader Award
2019 - Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM)
2017 - National Institutes of Health Director's Pioneer Award
2016 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
2010 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
2009 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
2002 - ACS Award in Pure Chemistry, American Chemical Society (ACS)
2001 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
Foreign Member, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Foreign Member, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Foreign Member, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Foreign Member, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Overview

Hongjie Dai is affiliated with the University of Hong Kong in China. Their research spans multiple fields, primarily focusing on Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Materials Science.

Their work extensively covers subfields such as Food Science, Biomaterials, Materials Chemistry, Molecular Biology, and Animal Science and Zoology.

Key topics investigated by Hongjie Dai include:

Proteins in Food Systems
Pickering emulsions and particle stabilization
Advanced Cellulose Research Studies
Collagen: Extraction and Characterization
Polysaccharides Composition and Applications
Meat and Animal Product Quality
Nanocomposite Films for Food Packaging

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Hongjie Dai consist of:

Yuhao Zhang
Liang Ma
Hongxia Wang
Hai Chen
Yu Fu

The scientist's work has been published frequently in several venues, including:

Food Hydrocolloids
Food Chemistry
International Journal of Biological Macromolecules
Carbohydrate Polymers
LWT

Notable recent papers authored by Hongjie Dai include:

Recent advances on cellulose nanocrystals for Pickering emulsions: Development and challenge (2020), Trends in Food Science & Technology
Extraction and comparison of cellulose nanocrystals from lemon (Citrus limon) seeds using sulfuric acid hydrolysis and oxidation methods (2020), Carbohydrate Polymers
Preparation of high thermal stability gelatin emulsion and its application in 3D printing (2020), Food Hydrocolloids
Properties of Pickering emulsion stabilized by food-grade gelatin nanoparticles: influence of the nanoparticles concentration (2020), Colloids and Surfaces B Biointerfaces
Collagen and gelatin: Structure, properties, and applications in food industry (2023), International Journal of Biological Macromolecules

Over the course of their career, Hongjie Dai has received multiple awards and honors, which include:

Member of the National Academy of Medicine (2019)
National Institutes of Health Director's Pioneer Award (2017)
Member of the National Academy of Sciences (2016)
Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (2010)
Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2009)
ACS Award in Pure Chemistry, American Chemical Society (2002)
Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation (2001)
Foreign Member, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Best Publications

Crystalline Ropes of Metallic Carbon Nanotubes

Andreas Thess;Roland Lee;Pavel Nikolaev;Hongjie Dai

8465
Citations
Nanotube molecular wires as chemical sensors

Jing Kong;Nathan R. Franklin;Chongwu Zhou;Michael G. Chapline

8231
Citations
Chemically Derived, Ultrasmooth Graphene Nanoribbon Semiconductors

Xiaolin Li;Xinran Wang;Li Zhang;Sangwon Lee

5862
Citations
Co3O4 nanocrystals on graphene as a synergistic catalyst for oxygen reduction reaction

Yongye Liang;Yanguang Li;Hailiang Wang;Jigang Zhou

5859
Citations
MoS2 Nanoparticles Grown on Graphene: An Advanced Catalyst for the Hydrogen Evolution Reaction

Yanguang Li;Hailiang Wang;Liming Xie;Yongye Liang

5339
Citations
Self-Oriented Regular Arrays of Carbon Nanotubes and Their Field Emission Properties

Shoushan Fan;Michael G. Chapline;Nathan R. Franklin;Thomas W. Tombler

4423
Citations
Individual single-wall carbon nanotubes as quantum wires

Sander J. Tans;Michel H. Devoret;Hongjie Dai;Andreas Thess

4378
Citations
Ballistic carbon nanotube field-effect transistors

Ali Javey;Jing Guo;Qian Wang;Mark Lundstrom

4171
Citations
PEGylated Nanographene Oxide for Delivery of Water-Insoluble Cancer Drugs

Zhuang Liu;Joshua T. Robinson;Xiaoming Sun;Hongjie Dai

4090
Citations
Nano-Graphene Oxide for Cellular Imaging and Drug Delivery.

Xiaoming Sun;Zhuang Liu;Kevin Welsher;Joshua Tucker Robinson

3765
Citations
Noncovalent Sidewall Functionalization of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes for Protein Immobilization

Robert J. Chen;Yuegang Zhang;Dunwei Wang;Hongjie Dai

3408
Citations
Nanotubes as nanoprobes in scanning probe microscopy

Hongjie Dai;Jason H. Hafner;Andrew G. Rinzler;Daniel T. Colbert

3214
Citations
Narrow graphene nanoribbons from carbon nanotubes

Hongie Dai;Liying Jiao

3082
Citations
Carbon nanotubes as multifunctional biological transporters and near-infrared agents for selective cancer cell destruction.

Nadine Wong Shi Kam;Michael O'Connell;Jeffrey A. Wisdom;Hongjie Dai

2927
Citations
An Advanced Ni–Fe Layered Double Hydroxide Electrocatalyst for Water Oxidation

Ming Gong;Yanguang Li;Hailiang Wang;Yongye Liang

2886
Citations
Near-infrared fluorophores for biomedical imaging

Guosong Hong;Guosong Hong;Alexander L. Antaris;Hongjie Dai

2845
Citations
Drug delivery with carbon nanotubes for in vivo cancer treatment.

Zhuang Liu;Kai Chen;Corrine Davis;Sarah Sherlock

2626
Citations
Carbon Nanotubes: Synthesis, Integration, and Properties

Hongjie Dai

2608
Citations
An ultrafast rechargeable aluminium-ion battery

Meng-Chang Lin;Ming Gong;Bingan Lu;Yingpeng Wu

2532
Citations
Highly conducting graphene sheets and Langmuir–Blodgett films

Xiaolin Li;Guangyu Zhang;Xuedong Bai;Xiaoming Sun

2487
Citations
N-doping of graphene through electrothermal reactions with ammonia.

Xinran Wang;Xiaolin Li;Li Zhang;Youngki Yoon

2453
Citations
MoS2 Nanoparticles Grown on Graphene: An Advanced Catalyst for Hydrogen Evolution Reaction

Yanguang Li;Hailiang Wang;Liming Xie;Yongye Liang

17
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