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D-Index
117
Citations
43856
World Ranking
574
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97

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Chemistry in China Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Chemistry in China Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Chemistry in China Leader Award

Overview

Peng Cheng is affiliated with Nankai University in China and has a research focus primarily in the fields of Materials Science and Physics and Astronomy. Their body of work includes significant contributions to materials chemistry, atomic and molecular physics, and condensed matter physics.

The scientist's recent papers cover various subjects related to magnetic properties, two-dimensional van der Waals materials, antiferromagnetism, and electronic structure. Notable papers include:

  • Tunable magnetic properties in van der Waals crystals (Fe1−xCox)5GeTe2, 2020, Applied Physics Letters
  • DyOCl: A rare-earth based two-dimensional van der Waals material with strong magnetic anisotropy, 2021, Physical review. B./Physical review. B
  • Topological electronic structure in the antiferromagnet HoSbTe, 2020, Physical review. B./Physical review. B
  • Extreme Suppression of Antiferromagnetic Order and Critical Scaling in a Two-Dimensional Random Quantum Magnet, 2021, Physical Review Letters
  • Electric Field Screening in Gate-Tunable van der Waals 2D-Metal/InSe Junctions, 2022, Advanced Functional Materials

Peng Cheng frequently collaborates with several researchers, including Feihao Pan, Jinchen Wang, Daye Xu, Jiale Huang, and Bingxian Shi. This indicates a strong network within their research community and collaborative involvement across multiple projects.

The scientist has published extensively in several venues, with the highest number of publications appearing in:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Physical review. B./Physical review. B
  • Advanced Functional Materials
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society

Peng Cheng's research engages with a wide range of topics that include:

  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies
  • Topological Materials and Phenomena
  • 2D Materials and Applications
  • Advanced Condensed Matter Physics
  • Iron-based superconductors research
  • Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism

The work also spans several subfields such as Materials Chemistry, Atomic and Molecular Physics and Optics, Condensed Matter Physics, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. This breadth reflects an interdisciplinary approach within physical sciences and engineering.

Best Publications

  • Coordination Polymers Containing 1D Channels as Selective Luminescent Probes

    Bin Zhao;Xiao-Yan Chen;Peng Cheng;Dai-Zheng Liao

  • Universal mechanical exfoliation of large-area 2D crystals

    Yuan Huang;Yu-Hao Pan;Rong Yang;Li-Hong Bao

  • A nanotubular 3D coordination polymer based on a 3d-4f heterometallic assembly.

    Bin Zhao;Peng Cheng;Yan Dai;Cai Cheng

  • Multicenter Metal-Organic Framework-Based Ratiometric Fluorescent Sensors.

    Shuangyan Wu;Hui Min;Wei Shi;Peng Cheng

  • Superconductivity in one-atomic-layer metal films grown on Si(111)

    Tong Zhang;Peng Cheng;Wen Juan Li;Yu Jie Sun

  • Design and synthesis of 3d-4f metal-based zeolite-type materials with a 3D nanotubular structure encapsulated "water" pipe.

    Bin Zhao;Peng Cheng;Xiaoyan Chen;Cai Cheng

  • Experimental realization of honeycomb borophene

    Wenbin Li;Longjuan Kong;Caiyun Chen;Jian Gou

  • Toward heterometallic single-molecule magnets: Synthetic strategy, structures and properties of 3d–4f discrete complexes

    Ke Liu;Wei Shi;Peng Cheng

  • Rapid Detection of the Biomarkers for Carcinoid Tumors by a Water Stable Luminescent Lanthanide Metal–Organic Framework Sensor

    Shuangyan Wu;Yanna Lin;Jingwei Liu;Wei Shi

  • Robust Ultramicroporous Metal-Organic Frameworks with Benchmark Affinity for Acetylene.

    Yun-Lei Peng;Tony Pham;Pengfei Li;Ting Wang

  • Experimental Studies and Mechanism Analysis of High-Sensitivity Luminescent Sensing of Pollutional Small Molecules and Ions in Ln4O4 Cluster Based Microporous Metal–Organic Frameworks

    Jing-Min Zhou;Wei Shi;Hui-Min Li;Han Li

  • Constraining the coordination geometries of lanthanide centers and magnetic building blocks in frameworks: a new strategy for molecular nanomagnets

    Ke Liu;Xuejing Zhang;Xixi Meng;Wei Shi

  • Upper critical fields and thermally-activated transport of NdFeAsO 0.7 F 0.3 single crystal

    J. Jaroszynski;F. Hunte;L. Balicas;Youn-jung Jo

  • A 24-Gd nanocapsule with a large magnetocaloric effect

    Li-Xian Chang;Li-Xian Chang;Gang Xiong;Li Wang;Peng Cheng

  • Ultrastrong Alkali-Resisting Lanthanide-Zeolites Assembled by [Ln60] Nanocages.

    Jie Dong;Ping Cui;Peng-Fei Shi;Peng Cheng

  • A mixed-crystal lanthanide zeolite-like metal-organic framework as a fluorescent indicator for lysophosphatidic acid, a cancer biomarker.

    Shi-Yuan Zhang;Wei Shi;Peng Cheng;Michael J. Zaworotko

  • New Fe-based superconductors: properties relevant for applications

    M Putti;I Pallecchi;E Bellingeri;M Tropeano

  • Synthesis and characterization of metal-organic frameworks based on 4-hydroxypyridine-2,6-dicarboxylic acid and pyridine-2,6-dicarboxylic acid ligands.

    Hong-Ling Gao;Long Yi;Bin Zhao;Xiao-Qing Zhao

  • A Bimetallic Lanthanide Metal-Organic Material as a Self-Calibrating Color-Gradient Luminescent Sensor.

    Jingmin Zhou;Huanhuan Li;Huan Zhang;Huimin Li

  • Fabricating covalent organic framework capsules with commodious microenvironment for enzymes

    Mingmin Li;Shan Qiao;Yunlong Zheng;Yassin H. Andaloussi

  • Highly Selective Luminescent Sensing of Fluoride and Organic Small-Molecule Pollutants Based on Novel Lanthanide Metal–Organic Frameworks

    Jing-Min Zhou;Wei Shi;Na Xu;Peng Cheng

  • Fast capture and separation of, and luminescent probe for, pollutant chromate using a multi-functional cationic heterometal-organic framework

    Peng-Fei Shi;Bin Zhao;Gang Xiong;Yin-Ling Hou

  • A Promising MgII‐Ion‐Selective Luminescent Probe: Structures and Properties of Dy–Mn Polymers with High Symmetry

    Bin Zhao;Hong-Ling Gao;Xiao-Yan Chen;Peng Cheng

  • Enhancing Anisotropy Barriers of Dysprosium(III) Single‐Ion Magnets

    Gong-Jun Chen;Yun-Nan Guo;Jin-Lei Tian;Jinkui Tang

  • Combined Intrinsic and Extrinsic Proton Conduction in Robust Covalent Organic Frameworks for Hydrogen Fuel Cell Applications

    Yi Yang;Xueyi He;Penghui Zhang;Yassin H. Andaloussi

Frequent Co-Authors

Dai-Zheng Liao
Dai-Zheng Liao Nankai University
Shi-Ping Yan
Shi-Ping Yan Nankai University
Wei Shi
Wei Shi Nankai University
Zong-Hui Jiang
Zong-Hui Jiang Nankai University
Bin Zhao
Bin Zhao Nankai University
Jinkui Tang
Jinkui Tang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Yue Ma
Yue Ma Nankai University
Haibin Song
Haibin Song Nankai University
Licun Li
Licun Li Nankai University
Shengqian Ma
Shengqian Ma University of North Texas

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