2026 Jianping Xie: Materials Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Materials Science	109	736	702	31	31	353	39546

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Materials Science

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Overview

Jianping Xie is affiliated with the National University of Singapore in Singapore. Their research primarily focuses on Materials Science, with a significant emphasis on Materials Chemistry and Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials. Additional subfields include Molecular Biology, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, and Biomedical Engineering.

Their work covers several main topics including Nanocluster Synthesis and Applications, Advanced Nanomaterials in Catalysis, and Gold and Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis and Applications. Other specialized areas involve Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques, Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics, Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques, and Quantum Dots Synthesis And Properties.

Frequent co-authors working with Jianping Xie include:

Qiaofeng Yao
Yitao Cao
Tiankai Chen
Zhennan Wu
Zhihe Liu

Their publications are often found in leading scientific journals. Regular publication venues include:

ACS Nano
Nature Communications
The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters
SSRN Electronic Journal
Angewandte Chemie International Edition

Selected recent papers by Jianping Xie include:

"Unraveling the Impact of Gold(I)-Thiolate Motifs on the Aggregation-Induced Emission of Gold Nanoclusters", 2020, Angewandte Chemie International Edition
"Ligand Design in Ligand-Protected Gold Nanoclusters", 2021, Small
"Luminescent metal nanoclusters: Biosensing strategies and bioimaging applications", 2021, Aggregate
"A New Class of NIR-II Gold Nanocluster-Based Protein Biolabels for In Vivo Tumor-Targeted Imaging", 2020, Angewandte Chemie International Edition
"Atomic-precision Pt6 nanoclusters for enhanced hydrogen electro-oxidation", 2022, Nature Communications

Best Publications

Protein-directed synthesis of highly fluorescent gold nanoclusters.

Jianping Xie;Yuangang Zheng;Jackie Y. Ying

2735
Citations
From Aggregation-Induced Emission of Au(I)–Thiolate Complexes to Ultrabright Au(0)@Au(I)–Thiolate Core–Shell Nanoclusters

Zhentao Luo;Xun Yuan;Yue Yu;Qingbo Zhang

1634
Citations
Highly selective and ultrasensitive detection of Hg(2+) based on fluorescence quenching of Au nanoclusters by Hg(2+)-Au(+) interactions.

Jianping Xie;Yuangang Zheng;Jackie Y. Ying

776
Citations
Antimicrobial silver nanomaterials

Kaiyuan Zheng;Magdiel Inggrid Setyawati;David Tai Leong;Jianping Xie

705
Citations
Luminescent Metal Nanoclusters with Aggregation-Induced Emission.

Nirmal Goswami;Qiaofeng Yao;Zhentao Luo;Jingguo Li

697
Citations
The Synthesis of SERS-Active Gold Nanoflower Tags for In Vivo Applications

Jianping Xie;Qingbo Zhang;Jim Yang Lee;Daniel I C Wang;Daniel I C Wang

689
Citations
Clusterization-triggered emission: Uncommon luminescence from common materials

Haoke Zhang;Zheng Zhao;Paul R. McGonigal;Ruquan Ye

658
Citations
Silver nanoplates: from biological to biomimetic synthesis.

Jianping Xie;Jim Yang Lee;Daniel I. C. Wang;Daniel I. C. Wang;Yen Peng Ting

657
Citations
Antimicrobial Gold Nanoclusters

Kaiyuan Zheng;Magdiel I. Setyawati;David Tai Leong;Jianping Xie

600
Citations
Identification of a highly luminescent Au22(SG)18 nanocluster.

Yong Yu;Zhentao Luo;Daniel M. Chevrier;David Tai Leong

565
Citations
Toward Total Synthesis of Thiolate-Protected Metal Nanoclusters

Qiaofeng Yao;Tiankai Chen;Xun Yuan;Jianping Xie

534
Citations
Seedless, Surfactantless, High-Yield Synthesis of Branched Gold Nanocrystals in HEPES Buffer Solution

Jianping Xie;Jim Yang Lee, ,†,§ and;Daniel I. C. Wang

493
Citations
Titanium dioxide nanomaterials cause endothelial cell leakiness by disrupting the homophilic interaction of VE–cadherin

M I Setyawati;C Y Tay;S L Chia;S L Goh

479
Citations
Engineering ultrasmall water-soluble gold and silver nanoclusters for biomedical applications

Zhentao Luo;Kaiyuan Zheng;Jianping Xie

472
Citations
Ultrasmall Au(10-12)(SG)(10-12) nanomolecules for high tumor specificity and cancer radiotherapy.

Xiao-Dong Zhang;Zhentao Luo;Jie Chen;Xiu Shen

445
Citations
Identification of active biomolecules in the high-yield synthesis of single-crystalline gold nanoplates in algal solutions.

Jianping Xie;Jim Yang Lee;Daniel I. C. Wang;Daniel I. C. Wang;Yen Peng Ting

419
Citations
Synthesis of highly fluorescent metal (Ag, Au, Pt, and Cu) nanoclusters by electrostatically induced reversible phase transfer.

Xun Yuan;Zhentao Luo;Qingbo Zhang;Xinhai Zhang

413
Citations
Atomic-Precision Gold Clusters for NIR-II Imaging

Haile Liu;Guosong Hong;Zhentao Luo;Junchi Chen

402
Citations
Enhanced Tumor Accumulation of Sub-2 nm Gold Nanoclusters for Cancer Radiation Therapy

Xiao-Dong Zhang;Jie Chen;Zhentao Luo;Di Wu

384
Citations
Balancing the rate of cluster growth and etching for gram-scale synthesis of thiolate-protected Au(25) nanoclusters with atomic precision.

Xun Yuan;Bin Zhang;Zhentao Luo;Qiaofeng Yao

364
Citations
Antimicrobial Cluster Bombs: Silver Nanoclusters Packed with Daptomycin

Kaiyuan Zheng;Magdiel I. Setyawati;Tze-Peng Lim;David Tai Leong

357
Citations