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Tairong Kuang 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 Tairong Kuang sits on this spectrum.

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50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 121 publications — 6th percentile

6% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Tairong Kuang 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 Tairong Kuang sits on this spectrum.

40–41 D-Index: 211 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 450 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 612 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 612 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 598 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 657 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 667 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 621 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 597 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 610 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 587 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 606 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 533 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 490 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 469 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 378 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 421 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 359 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 323 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 299 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 230 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 210 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 195 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 203 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 175 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 175 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 142 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 121 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 117 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 107 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 88 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 85 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 68 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 62 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 57 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 45 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 49 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 50 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 34 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 38 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 37 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 29 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 28 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 24 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 33 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 28 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 21 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 20 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 23 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 17 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 12 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 17 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 21 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 13 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 11 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 14 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 13 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 9 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 10 scientists 158–159 D-Index: 7 scientists 160–161 D-Index: 4 scientists 162–163 D-Index: 4 scientists 164 D-Index: 3 scientists 165+ D-Index: 98 scientists
40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 46 D-Index — 12th percentile

12% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Rising Stars Award

Overview

Tairong Kuang is affiliated with Zhejiang University of Technology in China. Their research primarily focuses on materials science and engineering, with significant contributions in specific subfields such as polymers and plastics, biomedical engineering, biomaterials, electronic, optical and magnetic materials, and materials chemistry.

The main topics of Kuang's work encompass biodegradable polymer synthesis and properties, advanced sensor and energy harvesting materials, polymer foaming and composites, polymer composites and self-healing, natural fiber reinforced composites, bone tissue engineering materials, and conducting polymers and applications.

Kuang has coauthored multiple research works with frequent collaborators including Yanpei Fei, Tong Liu, Mingqiang Zhong, Aleksander Hejna, and Mohammad Reza Saeb.

The scientist's works have been published repeatedly in key venues such as Composites Science and Technology, Advanced Composites and Hybrid Materials, Polymers, Chemical Engineering Journal, and Composites Communications.

Notable recent papers authored or coauthored by Kuang include:

  • Creating poly(lactic acid)/carbon nanotubes/carbon black nanocomposites with high electrical conductivity and good mechanical properties by constructing a segregated double network with a low content of hybrid nanofiller (2023, Advanced Composites and Hybrid Materials)
  • Biopolymer-based composites for tissue engineering applications: A basis for future opportunities (2023, Composites Part B Engineering)
  • Lightweight multifunctional polypropylene/carbon nanotubes/carbon black nanocomposite foams with segregated structure, ultralow percolation threshold and enhanced electromagnetic interference shielding performance (2020, Composites Science and Technology)
  • A CRISPR/Cas13a-powered catalytic electrochemical biosensor for successive and highly sensitive RNA diagnostics (2021, Biosensors and Bioelectronics)
  • Intravesical Hydrogels as Drug Reservoirs (2020, Trends in Biotechnology)

Tairong Kuang's body of work spans a substantial number of publications, emphasizing interdisciplinary advances in polymer science and biomaterials. The research frequently explores the development and characterization of composite materials for applications ranging from tissue engineering to electromagnetic interference shielding and biosensing technologies.

Best Publications

  • Heteroatom-doped carbon dots: synthesis, characterization, properties, photoluminescence mechanism and biological applications.

    Quan Xu;Tairong Kuang;Yao Liu;Lulu Cai

  • Facile preparation of lightweight high-strength biodegradable polymer/multi-walled carbon nanotubes nanocomposite foams for electromagnetic interference shielding

    Tairong Kuang;Tairong Kuang;Lingqian Chang;Feng Chen;Feng Chen;Yan Sheng

  • Facile preparation of open-cellular porous poly (l-lactic acid) scaffold by supercritical carbon dioxide foaming for potential tissue engineering applications

    Tairong Kuang;Tairong Kuang;Feng Chen;Feng Chen;Lingqian Chang;Yanan Zhao

  • Biopolymer-based composites for tissue engineering applications

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  • Creating poly(lactic acid)/carbon nanotubes/carbon black nanocomposites with high electrical conductivity and good mechanical properties by constructing a segregated double network with a low content of hybrid nanofiller

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  • ZIF-8-Based Membranes for Carbon Dioxide Capture and Separation

    Xiao Gong;Yongjin Wang;Tairong Kuang

  • Lightweight multifunctional polypropylene/carbon nanotubes/carbon black nanocomposite foams with segregated structure, ultralow percolation threshold and enhanced electromagnetic interference shielding performance

    Jiajun Ju;Tairong Kuang;Xipeng Ke;Min Zeng

  • Fabrication of Poly(lactic acid)/Graphene Oxide Foams with Highly Oriented and Elongated Cell Structure via Unidirectional Foaming Using Supercritical Carbon Dioxide

    Tai-Rong Kuang;Hao-Yang Mi;Da-Jiong Fu;Xin Jing

  • Synthesis of DOPO-HQ-functionalized graphene oxide as a novel and efficient flame retardant and its application on polylactic acid: Thermal property, flame retardancy, and mechanical performance.

    Xingxing Shi;Xiangfang Peng;Jingyi Zhu;Guangyi Lin

  • Double network hydrogel for tissue engineering.

    Zhipeng Gu;Keqing Huang;Yan Luo;Laibao Zhang

  • A CRISPR/Cas13a-powered catalytic electrochemical biosensor for successive and highly sensitive RNA diagnostics.

    Yan Sheng;Tenghua Zhang;Shihong Zhang;Midori Johnston

  • Delivery of Nanoparticles for Treatment of Brain Tumor.

    Chen Kang;Yuan Sun;Jing Zhu;Wen Li

  • 3D nanochannel electroporation for high-throughput cell transfection with high uniformity and dosage control.

    Lingqian Chang;Paul Bertani;Daniel Gallego-Perez;Zhaogang Yang

  • Electrospun poly (butylene succinate)/cellulose nanocrystals bio-nanocomposite scaffolds for tissue engineering: Preparation, characterization and in vitro evaluation

    An Huang;Xiangfang Peng;Lihong Geng;Lingli Zhang

  • A facile structural manipulation strategy to prepare ultra-strong, super-tough, and thermally stable polylactide/nucleating agent composites

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  • High-performance porous PLLA-based scaffolds for bone tissue engineering: Preparation, characterization, and in vitro and in vivo evaluation

    Jiajun Ju;Xiangfang Peng;Keqing Huang;Lengwan Li

  • Effect of Poly(butylenes succinate) on Poly(lactic acid) Foaming Behavior: Formation of Open Cell Structure

    Peng Yu;Hao-Yang Mi;An Huang;Li-Hong Geng

  • High-strength, flexible and cycling-stable piezo-resistive polymeric foams derived from thermoplastic polyurethane and multi-wall carbon nanotubes

    Yanpei Fei;Feng Chen;Feng Chen;Wei Fang;Lixin Xu

  • A facile approach towards fabrication of lightweight biodegradable poly (butylene succinate)/carbon fiber composite foams with high electrical conductivity and strength

    Tairong Kuang;Tairong Kuang;Jiajun Ju;Zheyu Yang;Lihong Geng

  • Preparation, Properties, and Applications of Graphene-Based Hydrogels.

    Guochao Liao;Junfeng Hu;Zhou Chen;Ruiqian Zhang

  • Superior Impact Toughness and Excellent Storage Modulus of Poly(lactic acid) Foams Reinforced by Shish-Kebab Nanoporous Structure

    Lihong Geng;Lihong Geng;Lengwan Li;Haoyang Mi;Binyi Chen

  • Molecular Beacon Nano-Sensors for Probing Living Cancer Cells

    Tairong Kuang;Lingqian Chang;Xiangfang Peng;Xianglong Hu

  • Enzyme-responsive Nanoparticles for Anticancer Drug Delivery

    Tairong Kuang;Yarong Liu;Tiantian Gong;Xiangfang Peng

Frequent Co-Authors

Xiangfang Peng
Xiangfang Peng Fujian University of Technology
Jintao Yang
Jintao Yang Zhejiang University of Technology
Xianhu Liu
Xianhu Liu Zhengzhou University
Hao-Yang Mi
Hao-Yang Mi Zhengzhou University
L. James Lee
L. James Lee The Ohio State University
Wu Lu
Wu Lu The Ohio State University
Yiwen Li
Yiwen Li Sichuan University
Kunlun Hong
Kunlun Hong Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Benjamin S. Hsiao
Benjamin S. Hsiao Stony Brook University
Hu Li
Hu Li Guizhou University

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