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D-Index
60
Citations
14872
World Ranking
2162
National Ranking
437

Qian Zhao publication distribution in Engineering and Technology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Engineering and Technology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Qian Zhao sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 804+

This scientist: 250 publications — 64th percentile

64% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 804 publications or more.

Qian Zhao D-index placement in Engineering and Technology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Engineering and Technology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Qian Zhao sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 107+

This scientist: 60 D-Index — 78th percentile

78% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 107 D-Index or more.

Overview

Qian Zhao is affiliated with Zhejiang University in China and has an extensive publication record primarily focused on engineering and materials science. Their research emphasizes electrical and electronic engineering alongside materials chemistry, with additional contributions to polymers and plastics, atomic and molecular physics and optics, and mechanics of materials.

The scientist's work predominantly covers the development and application of perovskite materials and quantum dot technologies. Main topics include:

  • Perovskite Materials and Applications
  • Quantum Dots Synthesis And Properties
  • Chalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films
  • Conducting polymers and applications
  • Optical properties and cooling technologies in crystalline materials
  • Solid-state spectroscopy and crystallography
  • 2D Materials and Applications

Qian Zhao has published frequently in venues such as:

  • Solar RRL
  • Advanced Materials
  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters
  • Nature Communications
  • ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Key recent papers include:

  • "Flexible and efficient perovskite quantum dot solar cells via hybrid interfacial architecture," 2021, Nature Communications
  • "Inorganic wide-bandgap perovskite subcells with dipole bridge for all-perovskite tandems," 2023, Nature Energy
  • "Metal Halide Perovskites in Quantum Dot Solar Cells: Progress and Prospects," 2020, Joule
  • "Surface Ligand Management Aided by a Secondary Amine Enables Increased Synthesis Yield of CsPbI3 Perovskite Quantum Dots and High Photovoltaic Performance," 2020, Advanced Materials
  • "Guanidinium-Assisted Surface Matrix Engineering for Highly Efficient Perovskite Quantum Dot Photovoltaics," 2020, Advanced Materials

Frequent collaborators include Jianyu Yuan, Joseph M. Luther, Kaibo Zheng, Tõnu Pullerits, and Wanli Ma. These partnerships reflect sustained research efforts in overlapping scientific areas and disciplines.

Best Publications

  • Recent progress in shape memory polymer: New behavior, enabling materials, and mechanistic understanding

    Qian Zhao;H. Jerry Qi;Tao Xie

  • Dynamic Covalent Polymer Networks: A Molecular Platform for Designing Functions beyond Chemical Recycling and Self-Healing.

    Ning Zheng;Yang Xu;Qian Zhao;Tao Xie

  • Dynamic Covalent Polymer Networks: from Old Chemistry to Modern Day Innovations.

    Weike Zou;Jiante Dong;Yingwu Luo;Qian Zhao

  • Shape memory polymer network with thermally distinct elasticity and plasticity

    Qian Zhao;Weike Zou;Yingwu Luo;Tao Xie

  • Ultrafast Digital Printing toward 4D Shape Changing Materials.

    Limei Huang;Ruiqi Jiang;Jingjun Wu;Jizhou Song

  • Programming a crystalline shape memory polymer network with thermo- and photo-reversible bonds toward a single-component soft robot

    Binjie Jin;Huijie Song;Ruiqi Jiang;Jizhou Song

  • High efficiency perovskite quantum dot solar cells with charge separating heterostructure.

    Qian Zhao;Abhijit Hazarika;Xihan Chen;Steve P. Harvey

  • Diffusion and interfacial transport of water in Nafion.

    Qiao Zhao;Paul Majsztrik;Jay Benziger

  • Biomimetic Architectured Graphene Aerogel with Exceptional Strength and Resilience.

    Miao Yang;Nifang Zhao;Ying Cui;Weiwei Gao

  • Enhanced Charge Transport in 2D Perovskites via Fluorination of Organic Cation.

    Fei Zhang;Dong Hoe Kim;Haipeng Lu;Ji Sang Park

  • Shape memory polymer with programmable recovery onset

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  • Flexible and efficient perovskite quantum dot solar cells via hybrid interfacial architecture.

    Long Hu;Long Hu;Long Hu;Qian Zhao;Qian Zhao;Shujuan Huang;Jianghui Zheng;Jianghui Zheng

  • Healable, Reconfigurable, Reprocessable Thermoset Shape Memory Polymer with Highly Tunable Topological Rearrangement Kinetics

    Zizheng Fang;Ning Zheng;Qian Zhao;Tao Xie

  • Supramolecular Lego Assembly Towards Three‐Dimensional Multi‐Responsive Hydrogels

    Chunxin Ma;Tiefeng Li;Qian Zhao;Xuxu Yang

  • 4D Printing: History and Recent Progress

    Jing-Jun Wu;Li-Mei Huang;Qian Zhao;Tao Xie

  • Exploring Dynamic Equilibrium of Diels–Alder Reaction for Solid State Plasticity in Remoldable Shape Memory Polymer Network

    Guogao Zhang;Qian Zhao;Lipeng Yang;Weike Zou

  • Nacre-mimetic composite with intrinsic self-healing and shape-programming capability.

    Gaolai Du;Anran Mao;Jinhong Yu;Jingjing Hou

  • Rapidly and Repeatedly Reprogrammable Liquid Crystalline Elastomer via a Shape Memory Mechanism

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  • Rapid Open-Air Digital Light 3D Printing of Thermoplastic Polymer.

    Shihong Deng;Jingjun Wu;Michael D Dickey;Qian Zhao

  • Controlling structural symmetry of a hybrid nanostructure and its effect on efficient photocatalytic hydrogen evolution.

    Qian Zhao;Muwei Ji;Hongmei Qian;Baosong Dai

  • Detecting SNPs using a Synthetic Nanopore

    Q. Zhao;G. Sigalov;V. Dimitrov;B. Dorvel

  • Shape-memory polymers with multiple transitions: complex actively moving polymers

    Qian Zhao;Marc Behl;Andreas Lendlein

  • 4D Printing of a Digital Shape Memory Polymer with Tunable High Performance.

    Yue Zhang;Limei Huang;Huijie Song;Chujun Ni

  • GeI2 Additive for High Optoelectronic Quality CsPbI3 Quantum Dots and Their Application in Photovoltaic Devices

    Feng Liu;Chao Ding;Yaohong Zhang;Taichi Kamisaka

  • Preparation of poly(ethylene glycol) aligned porous cryogels using a unidirectional freezing technique

    Jingjun Wu;Qian Zhao;Jianzhong Sun;Qiyun Zhou

  • A bioinspired reversible snapping hydrogel assembly

    Qian Zhao;Xuxu Yang;Chunxin Ma;Di Chen

Frequent Co-Authors

Tao Xie
Tao Xie Zhejiang University
Hao Bai
Hao Bai Zhejiang University
Yingwu Luo
Yingwu Luo Zhejiang University
Pengju Pan
Pengju Pan Zhejiang University
Andreas Lendlein
Andreas Lendlein Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon
Marc Behl
Marc Behl Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon
Jizhou Song
Jizhou Song Zhejiang University
Weiwei Gao
Weiwei Gao University of California, San Diego
Yang Xu
Yang Xu Zhejiang University
Yi Du
Yi Du University of Wollongong

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