2026 Quan Li: 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	81	2635	2545	838	834	235	20258

Research.com Recognitions

2019 - Member of the European Academy of Sciences
2018 - IEEE Fellow For contributions to ad-hoc network routing and sensor networks
Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts
Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts
Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts

Overview

Quan Li is affiliated with the Chinese University of Hong Kong in China and conducts research primarily in the fields of Materials Science and Engineering, with extensive work across subfields such as Materials Chemistry, Biomedical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, and Organic Chemistry.

Their research topics cover a broad range of advanced materials, including:

Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials
Advanced Materials and Mechanics
Liquid Crystal Research Advancements
Photochromic and Fluorescence Chemistry
Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials
Supramolecular Self-Assembly in Materials
Synthesis and Properties of Aromatic Compounds

Quan Li has published numerous papers in well-known venues, frequently appearing in:

Angewandte Chemie
Angewandte Chemie International Edition
Responsive Materials
Advanced Materials
Advanced Functional Materials

Some of their recent publications include:

"Liquid Crystals: Versatile Self-Organized Smart Soft Materials," 2021, Chemical Reviews
"Beyond the Visible: Bioinspired Infrared Adaptive Materials," 2021, Advanced Materials
"Near-Infrared Light-Driven Shape-Morphing of Programmable Anisotropic Hydrogels Enabled by MXene Nanosheets," 2020, Angewandte Chemie International Edition
"Honeycomb Carbon Nanofibers: A Superhydrophilic O₂-Entrapping Electrocatalyst Enables Ultrahigh Mass Activity for the Two-Electron Oxygen Reduction Reaction," 2021, Angewandte Chemie International Edition
"Bioinspired Phototropic MXene-Reinforced Soft Tubular Actuators for Omnidirectional Light-Tracking and Adaptive Photovoltaics," 2022, Advanced Functional Materials

The scientist collaborates frequently with a range of coauthors, including:

Hari Krishna Bisoyi
Xu-Man Chen
Yuqi Tang
Hong Yang
Shu Zhang

Quan Li has been recognized with several awards, such as:

Member of the European Academy of Sciences (2019)
IEEE Fellow (2018), for contributions to ad-hoc network routing and sensor networks
Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts (no specified year)

Best Publications

Light-Driven Liquid Crystalline Materials: From Photo-Induced Phase Transitions and Property Modulations to Applications.

Hari Krishna Bisoyi;Quan Li

869
Citations
Photochromism into nanosystems: towards lighting up the future nanoworld.

Ling Wang;Quan Li

705
Citations
Light-driven chiral molecular switches or motors in liquid crystals.

Yan Wang;Quan Li

606
Citations
Three-dimensional control of the helical axis of a chiral nematic liquid crystal by light

Zhi-gang Zheng;Yannian Li;Hari Krishna Bisoyi;Ling Wang

547
Citations
Light-Directing Chiral Liquid Crystal Nanostructures: From 1D to 3D

Hari Krishna Bisoyi;Quan Li

437
Citations
Nature-Inspired Emerging Chiral Liquid Crystal Nanostructures: From Molecular Self-Assembly to DNA Mesophase and Nanocolloids.

Ling Wang;Augustine M. Urbas;Quan Li

408
Citations
Beyond the Visible: Bioinspired Infrared Adaptive Materials.

Jiajia Yang;Xinfang Zhang;Xinfang Zhang;Xuan Zhang;Ling Wang

394
Citations
Electrically Tunable Selective Reflection of Light from Ultraviolet to Visible and Infrared by Heliconical Cholesterics

Jie Xiang;Yannian Li;Quan Li;Daniel Alexander Paterson

347
Citations
Near-Infrared Light-Driven Shape-Morphing of Programmable Anisotropic Hydrogels Enabled by MXene Nanosheets

Pan Xue;Hari Krishna Bisoyi;Yuanhao Chen;Hao Zeng

340
Citations
Liquid Crystals Beyond Displays: Chemistry, Physics, and Applications

Quan Li

329
Citations
Stimuli-Directing Self-Organized 3D Liquid-Crystalline Nanostructures: From Materials Design to Photonic Applications

Ling Wang;Quan Li

316
Citations
Light-Directed Dynamic Chirality Inversion in Functional Self-Organized Helical Superstructures.

Hari Krishna Bisoyi;Quan Li

284
Citations
Reversible Near-Infrared Light Directed Reflection in a Self-Organized Helical Superstructure Loaded with Upconversion Nanoparticles

Ling Wang;Hao Dong;Yannian Li;Chenming Xue

279
Citations
Vertically Aligned N-Doped Coral-like Carbon Fiber Arrays as Efficient Air Electrodes for High-Performance Nonaqueous Li–O2 Batteries

Jianglan Shui;Feng Du;Chenming Xue;Quan Li

276
Citations
Light-driven linear helical supramolecular polymer formed by molecular-recognition-directed self-assembly of bis(p-sulfonatocalix[4]arene) and pseudorotaxane.

Ruyi Sun;Ruyi Sun;Chenming Xue;Xiang Ma;Xiang Ma;Min Gao

258
Citations
Stimuli-Driven Control of the Helical Axis of Self-Organized Soft Helical Superstructures.

Hari Krishna Bisoyi;Timothy J. Bunning;Quan Li

253
Citations
Bioinspired MXene-Based Soft Actuators Exhibiting Angle-Independent Structural Color

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252
Citations
Intelligent stimuli-responsive materials : from well-defined nanostructures to applications

Quan Li

239
Citations
Stimulus-driven liquid metal and liquid crystal network actuators for programmable soft robotics

Pengfei Lv;Xiao Yang;Hari Krishna Bisoyi;Hao Zeng

237
Citations
Luminescence‐Driven Reversible Handedness Inversion of Self‐Organized Helical Superstructures Enabled by a Novel Near‐Infrared Light Nanotransducer

Ling Wang;Hao Dong;Yannian Li;Rui Liu

235
Citations
Stimuli-directed self-organized chiral superstructures for adaptive windows enabled by mesogen-functionalized graphene

Ling Wang;Hari Krishna Bisoyi;Zhigang Zheng;Karla G. Gutierrez-Cuevas

232
Citations
Dynamic Control of Light Direction Enabled by Stimuli-Responsive Liquid Crystal Gratings.

Rafael S. Zola;Hari Krishna Bisoyi;Hao Wang;Augustine M. Urbas

223
Citations