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Sean Xiao-An Zhang

Sean Xiao-An Zhang

D-Index & Metrics

Materials Science

D-Index
49
Citations
9214
World Ranking
10507
National Ranking
2938

Chemistry

D-Index
49
Citations
9238
World Ranking
14765
National Ranking
2293

Sean Xiao-An Zhang 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 Sean Xiao-An Zhang sits on this spectrum.

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50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 185 publications — 25th percentile

25% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Sean Xiao-An Zhang 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 Sean Xiao-An Zhang sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 49 D-Index — 19th percentile

19% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Sean Xiao-An Zhang is affiliated with Jilin University in China and has established a research profile primarily in the fields of Materials Science and Engineering. Their work spans various subfields including Materials Chemistry, Polymers and Plastics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Organic Chemistry, and Biomedical Engineering.

The scientist's research topics focus extensively on conducting polymers and their applications, transition metal oxide nanomaterials, luminescence and fluorescent materials, photochromic and fluorescence chemistry, polydiacetylene-based materials and applications, photoreceptor and optogenetics research, and perovskite materials and applications.

Frequent publication venues for Sean Xiao-An Zhang include:

  • Journal of Materials Chemistry C
  • Advanced Science
  • Advanced Materials
  • Chemical Engineering Journal
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition

Key recent publications demonstrate a focus on electrochromic materials and devices as well as stimuli-responsive and thermally controlled materials, including:

  • Emerging Electrochromic Materials and Devices for Future Displays, 2022, Chemical Reviews
  • Advances in nanomaterials for electrochromic devices, 2020, Chemical Society Reviews
  • Printable Off-On Thermoswitchable Fluorescent Materials for Programmable Thermally Controlled Full-Color Displays and Multiple Encryption, 2021, Advanced Materials
  • Stimuli-Induced Reversible Proton Transfer for Stimuli-Responsive Materials and Devices, 2021, Accounts of Chemical Research
  • A see-through electrochromic display via dynamic metal-ligand interactions, 2021, Chem

Sean Xiao-An Zhang has collaborated frequently with the following co-authors:

  • Yu-Mo Zhang
  • Guojian Yang
  • Lan Sheng
  • Chang Gu
  • Baige Yang

The combination of topics, publication venues, and collaborations illustrates a research emphasis on advanced functional materials, particularly focusing on materials chemistry aspects and applications in optoelectronics and stimuli-responsive systems.

Best Publications

  • Carbon Dots with Continuously Tunable Full-Color Emission and Their Application in Ratiometric pH Sensing

    Hui Nie;Minjie Li;Quanshun Li;Shaojun Liang

  • Emerging Electrochromic Materials and Devices for Future Displays

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  • Uncovering the Circular Polarization Potential of Chiral Photonic Cellulose Films for Photonic Applications.

    Hongzhi Zheng;Wanru Li;Wen Li;Xiaojun Wang

  • Advances in nanomaterials for electrochromic devices

    Guojian Yang;Yu-Mo Zhang;Yiru Cai;Baige Yang

  • Hydrochromic molecular switches for water-jet rewritable paper

    Lan Sheng;Minjie Li;Shaoyin Zhu;Hao Li

  • Pillar[5]arene-Based Supramolecular Organic Frameworks for Highly Selective CO2-Capture at Ambient Conditions

    Li-Li Tan;Haiwei Li;Yanchun Tao;Sean Xiao-An Zhang

  • Stimuli-responsive metal-organic frameworks gated by pillar[5]arene supramolecular switches.

    Li-Li Tan;Haiwei Li;Yu-Chen Qiu;Dai-Xiong Chen

  • A multicolour bistable electronic shelf label based on intramolecular proton-coupled electron transfer

    Yuyang Wang;Shuo Wang;Xiaojun Wang;Weiran Zhang

  • Dynamic Behavior of Molecular Switches in Crystal under Pressure and Its Reflection on Tactile Sensing

    Yi Wang;Xiao Tan;Yu-Mo Zhang;Shaoyin Zhu

  • Ca2+, pH and thermo triple-responsive mechanized Zr-based MOFs for on-command drug release in bone diseases

    Li-Li Tan;Nan Song;Sean Xiao-An Zhang;Haiwei Li

  • Bio-inspired ultra-high energy efficiency bistable electronic billboard and reader

    Weiran Zhang;Xiaojun Wang;Yuyang Wang;Guojian Yang

  • Hierarchical Assembly of α-Fe2O3 Nanorods on Multiwall Carbon Nanotubes as a High-Performance Sensing Material for Gas Sensors

    Mingjun Dai;Liupeng Zhao;Hongyu Gao;Peng Sun

  • Circularly Polarized Luminescent Carbon Dot Nanomaterials of Helical Superstructures for Circularly Polarized Light Detection

    Hongzhi Zheng;Bo Ju;Xiaojun Wang;Wenhui Wang

  • Photostable and Low-Toxic Yellow-Green Carbon Dots for Highly Selective Detection of Explosive 2,4,6-Trinitrophenol Based on the Dual Electron Transfer Mechanism.

    Bo Ju;Yi Wang;Yu-Mo Zhang;Ting Zhang

  • Mechanochromism and Polymorphism-Dependent Emission of Tetrakis(4-(dimethylamino)phenyl)ethylene

    Qingkai Qi;Jibo Zhang;Bin Xu;Bao Li

  • Printable Off-On Thermoswitchable Fluorescent Materials for Programmable Thermally Controlled Full-Color Displays and Multiple Encryption.

    Jiahui Du;Lan Sheng;Yuan Xu;Qiaonan Chen

  • Stimuli-Induced Reversible Proton Transfer for Stimuli-Responsive Materials and Devices.

    Yuyang Wang;Yu-Mo Zhang;Sean Xiao-An Zhang

  • AIE (AIEE) and mechanofluorochromic performances of TPE-methoxylates: effects of single molecular conformations

    Qingkai Qi;Yifei Liu;Xiaofeng Fang;Yumo Zhang

  • Electrospun nanofibers and multi-responsive supramolecular assemblies constructed from a pillar[5]arene-based receptor.

    Kai Wang;Chun-Yu Wang;Yun Wang;Hui Li

  • Reversible Multistimuli‐Response Fluorescent Switch Based on Tetraphenylethene–Spiropyran Molecules

    Qingkai Qi;Jingyu Qian;Suqian Ma;Bin Xu

  • Cucurbit[7]uril Pseudorotaxane-Based Photoresponsive Supramolecular Nanovalve

    Yu-Long Sun;Bing-Jie Yang;Sean Xiao-An Zhang;Ying-Wei Yang

  • One-pot synthesis of pillar[n]arenes catalyzed by a minimum amount of TfOH and a solution-phase mechanistic study

    Kai Wang;Li-Li Tan;Dai-Xiong Chen;Nan Song

Frequent Co-Authors

Bing Yang
Bing Yang Jilin University
Ying-Wei Yang
Ying-Wei Yang Jilin University
Shuo Wang
Shuo Wang Nankai University
Bo Zou
Bo Zou Jilin University
Wenjing Tian
Wenjing Tian Jilin University
Kai Wang
Kai Wang Jilin University
Hang Yin
Hang Yin Tsinghua University
Changfeng Wu
Changfeng Wu Southern University of Science and Technology
Geyu Lu
Geyu Lu Jilin University
Yanming Ma
Yanming Ma Jilin University

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