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Li-Min Zheng

Li-Min Zheng

D-Index & Metrics

Materials Science

D-Index
56
Citations
8399
World Ranking
8408
National Ranking
2435

Li-Min Zheng publication distribution in Materials Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Materials Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Li-Min Zheng sits on this spectrum.

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50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 235 publications — 42nd percentile

42% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,163 publications or more.

Li-Min Zheng D-index placement in Materials Science in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Materials Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Li-Min Zheng sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 56 D-Index — 37th percentile

37% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 165 D-Index or more.

Overview

Li-Min Zheng is affiliated with Nanjing University in China and specializes in the field of Materials Science, with a concentration on Materials Chemistry. Their research spans several interconnected subfields including Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, Inorganic Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, and Organic Chemistry.

The scientist's publication record includes a focus on topics such as Crystallization and Solubility Studies, X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography, Magnetism in Coordination Complexes, Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications, Lanthanide and Transition Metal Complexes, Chemical Synthesis and Characterization, and Polyoxometalates: Synthesis and Applications.

Throughout their career, Li-Min Zheng has published several papers in recognized academic journals. Some recent publications include:

  • "Thermo- and light-triggered reversible interconversion of dysprosium-anthracene complexes and their responsive optical, magnetic and dielectric properties" (2020) in Chemical Science
  • "Recent progress in the construction and applications of metal-organic frameworks and covalent-organic frameworks-based nanozymes" (2022) in Coordination Chemistry Reviews
  • "Photo-responsive Single-Molecule Magnet Showing 0D to 1D Single-Crystal-to-Single-Crystal Structural Transition and Hysteresis Modulation" (2023) in Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • "Metal phosphonates incorporating metalloligands: assembly, structures and properties" (2020) in Chemical Communications
  • "Anhydrous Superprotonic Conductivity of a Uranyl-Based MOF from Ambient Temperature to 110 °C" (2021) in ACS Materials Letters

Li-Min Zheng has collaborated frequently with other researchers. Notable co-authors include Song-Song Bao, Xin-Da Huang, Ge-Hua Wen, Qian Zou, and Jia-Ge Jia.

Most publications appear in a set of key venues, indicating the scientist's areas of activity and likely audiences. Frequent publication venues include:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Dalton Transactions
  • Chemical Science
  • Chemical Communications
  • Inorganic Chemistry

Best Publications

  • Reversible SC-SC Transformation involving [4+4] Cycloaddition of Anthracene: A Single-Ion to Single-Molecule Magnet and Yellow-Green to Blue-White Emission

    Xin‐Da Huang;Yan Xu;Kun Fan;Song‐Song Bao

  • Enhancing proton conduction in 2D Co-La coordination frameworks by solid-state phase transition.

    Song-Song Bao;Kazuya Otsubo;Jared M. Taylor;Zheng Jiang

  • Facile synthesis of a water stable 3D Eu-MOF showing high proton conductivity and its application as a sensitive luminescent sensor for Cu2+ ions

    Xin Wang;Tao Qin;Song-Song Bao;Yu-Chi Zhang

  • Cu4(CH3C(OH)(PO3)2)2(C4H4N2)(H2O)4: a novel, three-dimensional copper diphosphonate with metamagnetism.

    Ping Yin;Li-Min Zheng;Song Gao;Xin-Quan Xin

  • Syntheses, crystal structures and magnetic properties of two novel layered compounds: [Fe3(C2O4)3(4,4′-bpy)4] and [Co(C2O4)(4,4′-bpy)] (4,4′-bpy = 4,4′-bipyridine)†

    Li Min Zheng;Xia Fang;Kwang Hwa Lii;Hui Hua Song

  • Iridium(III)-Based Metal-Organic Frameworks as Multiresponsive Luminescent Sensors for Fe3+, Cr2O72-, and ATP2- in Aqueous Media.

    Kun Fan;Song-Song Bao;Wei-Xuan Nie;Chwen-Haw Liao

  • A cryogenic luminescent ratiometric thermometer based on a lanthanide phosphonate dimer

    Min Ren;Carlos D. S. Brites;Song-Song Bao;Rute A. S. Ferreira

  • Control of the Single‐Molecule Magnet Behavior of Lanthanide‐Diarylethene Photochromic Assemblies by Irradiation with Light

    Dawid Pinkowicz;Min Ren;Min Ren;Li Min Zheng;Saki Sato

  • Three-, Two-, and One-Dimensional Metal Phosphonates Based on [Hydroxy(4-pyridyl)methyl]phosphonate: M{(4-C5H4N)CH(OH)PO3}(H2O) (M = Ni, Cd) and Gd{(4-C5H4N)CH(OH)P(OH)O2}3.6H2O

    Deng-Ke Cao;Yi-Zhi Li;You Song;Li-Min Zheng

  • Novel Coordination Polymer Containing a Mixed Valence Copper(I,II) Phosphonate Unit: CuI2CuII(hedpH2)2(4,4‘-bpy)2·2H2O (hedp = 1-Hydroxyethylidenediphosphonate)

    Li-Min Zheng;Ping Yin;Xin-Quan Xin

  • Syntheses and characterization of Co2(4,4′-bipy)2(V4O12), Co(pz)(VO3)2 and Co2(2-pzc)(H2O)(VO3)3(4,4′-bipy = 4,4′-bipyridine,pz = pyrazine, 2-pzc = 2-pyrazinecarboxylate)

    Li-Min Zheng;Xiqu Wang;Yongsheng Wang;Allan J. Jacobson

  • SYNTHESIS, CRYSTAL STRUCTURE, AND OPTICAL AND MAGNETIC PROPERTIES OF A NOVEL TWO-DIMENSIONAL COPPER(II) NETWORK FORMED CONJOINTLY WITH MU -BIPYRIMIDIN E, MU -OXALATO, AND MU -CHLORO LIGANDS

    Silvio Decurtins;Helmut W. Schmalle;Philippe Schneuwly;Li-Min Zheng

  • A layered erbium phosphonate in pseudo-D5h symmetry exhibiting field-tunable magnetic relaxation and optical correlation

    Min Ren;Song-Song Bao;Rute A. S. Ferreira;Li-Min Zheng

  • Homochiral lanthanide phosphonates with brick-wall-shaped layer structures showing chiroptical and catalytical properties.

    Xun-Gao Liu;Kai Zhou;Jia Dong;Cheng-Jian Zhu

  • Solvent Responsive Magnetic Dynamics of a Dinuclear Dysprosium Single‐Molecule Magnet

    Min Ren;Song-Song Bao;Norihisa Hoshino;Tomoyuki Akutagawa

  • Three-Dimensional Lanthanide(III)–Copper(II) Compounds Based on an Unsymmetrical 2-Pyridylphosphonate Ligand: An Experimental and Theoretical Study

    Yun-Sheng Ma;Hui Li;Jun-Jie Wang;Song-Song Bao

  • An iron(III) phosphonate cluster containing a nonanuclear ring

    Hong-Chang Yao;Jun-Jie Wang;Yun-Sheng Ma;Oliver Waldmann

  • Solid State Reactions of Coordination Compounds at Low Heating Temperatures

    Xin-Quan Xin;Li-Min Zheng

  • Incorporation of triazacyclononane into the metal phosphonate backbones.

    Song-Song Bao;Gang-Sheng Chen;Yin Wang;Yi-Zhi Li

  • Dodecanuclear Manganese(III) Phosphonates with Cage Structures

    Hong-Chang Yao;Yi-Zhi Li;You Song;Yun-Sheng Ma

  • Bioinspired Engineering of Cobalt-Phosphonate Nanosheets for Robust Hydrogen Evolution Reaction

    Zhong-Sheng Cai;Yi Shi;Song-Song Bao;Yang Shen

  • 3-Mercaptopropylphosphonic acid modified gold electrode for electrochemical detection of dopamine.

    Yu Chen;Li-Rong Guo;Wei Chen;Xiao-Jing Yang

Frequent Co-Authors

You Song
You Song Nanjing University
Song Gao
Song Gao Sun Yat-sen University
Xing-Hua Xia
Xing-Hua Xia Nanjing University
Mohamedally Kurmoo
Mohamedally Kurmoo University of Strasbourg
Silvio Decurtins
Silvio Decurtins University of Bern
Bin Liu
Bin Liu National University of Singapore
Rute A. S. Ferreira
Rute A. S. Ferreira University of Aveiro
Allan J. Jacobson
Allan J. Jacobson University of Houston
Luís D. Carlos
Luís D. Carlos University of Aveiro
Tomoyuki Akutagawa
Tomoyuki Akutagawa Tohoku University

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