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Materials Science

D-Index
132
Citations
70600
World Ranking
310
National Ranking
125

Chemistry

D-Index
132
Citations
70309
World Ranking
291
National Ranking
137

Rongchao Jin publication distribution in Chemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Chemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Rongchao Jin sits on this spectrum.

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 359 publications — 74th percentile

74% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,295 publications or more.

Rongchao Jin D-index placement in Chemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Chemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Rongchao Jin sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 132 D-Index — 98th percentile

98% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 159 D-Index or more.

Overview

Rongchao Jin is affiliated with Carnegie Mellon University in the United States and has produced extensive research primarily in the field of materials science, with a focus on materials chemistry. Their work spans several key subfields including electronic, optical and magnetic materials, renewable energy and sustainability, biomedical engineering, and electrical and electronic engineering.

The scientist's research topics cover a range of advanced materials and nanotechnology applications. Major themes include:

  • Nanocluster Synthesis and Applications
  • Advanced Nanomaterials in Catalysis
  • Gold and Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis and Applications
  • Quantum Dots Synthesis And Properties
  • Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques
  • Advanced Biosensing and Bioanalysis Techniques
  • Carbon and Quantum Dots Applications

Rongchao Jin has contributed numerous papers to prominent scientific venues. Some of the recent publications include:

  • Toward Active-Site Tailoring in Heterogeneous Catalysis by Atomically Precise Metal Nanoclusters with Crystallographic Structures, 2020, Chemical Reviews
  • Atomically precise alloy nanoclusters: syntheses, structures, and properties, 2020, Chemical Society Reviews
  • Double-helical assembly of heterodimeric nanoclusters into supercrystals, 2021, Nature
  • Chirality and Surface Bonding Correlation in Atomically Precise Metal Nanoclusters, 2020, Advanced Materials
  • Boosting CO2 Electrochemical Reduction with Atomically Precise Surface Modification on Gold Nanoclusters, 2020, Angewandte Chemie International Edition

The researcher frequently publishes in journals such as:

  • Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • ACS Nano
  • Nanoscale
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Angewandte Chemie

Collaborations form an important part of Rongchao Jin's work. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Yingwei Li
  • Zhongyu Liu
  • Meng Zhou
  • Xiang-Sha Du
  • Yongbo Song

In addition to journal articles, Rongchao Jin is the author of a book published by Morgan & Claypool Publishers titled Atomically Precise Metal Nanoclusters (2021).

Best Publications

  • Photoinduced conversion of silver nanospheres to nanoprisms.

    Rongchao Jin;YunWei Cao;Chad A. Mirkin;K. L. Kelly

  • Nanoparticles with Raman Spectroscopic Fingerprints for DNA and RNA Detection

    Yun Wei Charles Cao;Rongchao Jin;Chad A. Mirkin

  • Atomically Precise Colloidal Metal Nanoclusters and Nanoparticles: Fundamentals and Opportunities

    Rongchao Jin;Chenjie Zeng;Meng Zhou;Yuxiang Chen

  • Correlating the crystal structure of a thiol-protected Au25 cluster and optical properties.

    Manzhou Zhu;Christine M. Aikens;Frederick J. Hollander;George C. Schatz

  • Controlling anisotropic nanoparticle growth through plasmon excitation

    Rongchao Jin;Y. Charles Cao;Encai Hao;Gabriella S. Métraux

  • What controls the melting properties of DNA-linked gold nanoparticle assemblies?

    Rongchao Jin;Guosheng Wu;Zhi Li;Chad A. Mirkin

  • Quantum sized, thiolate-protected gold nanoclusters

    Rongchao Jin

  • On the Ligand’s Role in the Fluorescence of Gold Nanoclusters

    Zhikun Wu;Rongchao Jin

  • Total structure determination of thiolate-protected Au38 nanoparticles.

    Huifeng Qian;William T. Eckenhoff;Yan Zhu;Tomislav Pintauer

  • Localized Surface Plasmon Resonance Spectroscopy of Single Silver Triangular Nanoprisms

    Leif J. Sherry;Rongchao Jin;Chad A. Mirkin;George C. Schatz

  • Quantum Sized Gold Nanoclusters with Atomic Precision

    Huifeng Qian;Manzhou Zhu;Zhikun Wu;Rongchao Jin

  • Atomically Precise Gold Nanoclusters as New Model Catalysts

    Gao Li;Rongchao Jin

  • DNA-modified core-shell Ag/Au nanoparticles.

    Y Cao;R Jin;C A Mirkin

  • Atomically precise metal nanoclusters: stable sizes and optical properties

    Rongchao Jin

  • Toward Active-Site Tailoring in Heterogeneous Catalysis by Atomically Precise Metal Nanoclusters with Crystallographic Structures.

    Rongchao Jin;Gao Li;Sachil Sharma;Yingwei Li

  • Kinetically Controlled, High-Yield Synthesis of Au25 Clusters

    Manzhou Zhu;Eric Lanni;Niti Garg;Mark E Bier

  • Atomically precise alloy nanoclusters: syntheses, structures, and properties.

    Xi Kang;Yingwei Li;Manzhou Zhu;Rongchao Jin

  • Total Structure and Electronic Properties of the Gold Nanocrystal Au36(SR)24

    Chenjie Zeng;Huifeng Qian;Tao Li;Gao Li

  • A 200-fold quantum yield boost in the photoluminescence of silver-doped Ag(x)Au(25-x) nanoclusters: the 13th silver atom matters.

    Shuxin Wang;Xiangming Meng;Anindita Das;Tao Li

  • Conversion of Anionic [Au25(SCH2CH2Ph)18]− Cluster to Charge Neutral Cluster via Air Oxidation

    Manzhou Zhu;William T. Eckenhoff;Tomislav Pintauer;Rongchao Jin

  • Chiral Structure of Thiolate-Protected 28-Gold-Atom Nanocluster Determined by X-ray Crystallography

    Chenjie Zeng;Tao Li;Anindita Das;Nathaniel L Rosi

  • Multiple thiol-anchor capped DNA–gold nanoparticle conjugates

    Zhi Li;Rongchao Jin;Chad A. Mirkin;Robert L. Letsinger

Frequent Co-Authors

Chenjie Zeng
Chenjie Zeng University of Florida
Huifeng Qian
Huifeng Qian Olin Corporation (United States)
Nathaniel L. Rosi
Nathaniel L. Rosi University of Pittsburgh
Zhikun Wu
Zhikun Wu Chinese Academy of Sciences
Manzhou Zhu
Manzhou Zhu Anhui University
Chad A. Mirkin
Chad A. Mirkin Northwestern University
Matthew Y. Sfeir
Matthew Y. Sfeir City University of New York
Hyung Joon Kim
Hyung Joon Kim Kyungpook National University
Judith C. Yang
Judith C. Yang Brookhaven National Laboratory
Giannis Mpourmpakis
Giannis Mpourmpakis University of Pittsburgh

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