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Xiang-Zhong Chen

Xiang-Zhong Chen

D-Index & Metrics

Engineering and Technology

D-Index
43
Citations
6868
World Ranking
6217
National Ranking
96

Xiang-Zhong Chen 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 Xiang-Zhong Chen sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 804+

This scientist: 78 publications — 3rd percentile

3% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Xiang-Zhong Chen 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 Xiang-Zhong Chen sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index: 59 scientists 31 D-Index: 114 scientists 32 D-Index: 129 scientists 33 D-Index: 189 scientists 34 D-Index: 200 scientists 35 D-Index: 262 scientists 36 D-Index: 311 scientists 37 D-Index: 312 scientists 38 D-Index: 350 scientists 39 D-Index: 385 scientists 40 D-Index: 348 scientists 41 D-Index: 362 scientists 42 D-Index: 426 scientists 43 D-Index: 380 scientists 44 D-Index: 310 scientists 45 D-Index: 341 scientists 46 D-Index: 301 scientists 47 D-Index: 306 scientists 48 D-Index: 271 scientists 49 D-Index: 246 scientists 50 D-Index: 210 scientists 51 D-Index: 253 scientists 52 D-Index: 213 scientists 53 D-Index: 221 scientists 54 D-Index: 195 scientists 55 D-Index: 186 scientists 56 D-Index: 170 scientists 57 D-Index: 167 scientists 58 D-Index: 166 scientists 59 D-Index: 144 scientists 60 D-Index: 152 scientists 61 D-Index: 141 scientists 62 D-Index: 138 scientists 63 D-Index: 131 scientists 64 D-Index: 118 scientists 65 D-Index: 114 scientists 66 D-Index: 119 scientists 67 D-Index: 95 scientists 68 D-Index: 87 scientists 69 D-Index: 77 scientists 70 D-Index: 89 scientists 71 D-Index: 69 scientists 72 D-Index: 54 scientists 73 D-Index: 46 scientists 74 D-Index: 55 scientists 75 D-Index: 54 scientists 76 D-Index: 49 scientists 77 D-Index: 53 scientists 78 D-Index: 46 scientists 79 D-Index: 28 scientists 80 D-Index: 39 scientists 81 D-Index: 36 scientists 82 D-Index: 24 scientists 83 D-Index: 26 scientists 84 D-Index: 36 scientists 85 D-Index: 18 scientists 86 D-Index: 25 scientists 87 D-Index: 19 scientists 88 D-Index: 26 scientists 89 D-Index: 27 scientists 90 D-Index: 23 scientists 91 D-Index: 15 scientists 92 D-Index: 12 scientists 93 D-Index: 9 scientists 94 D-Index: 15 scientists 95 D-Index: 10 scientists 96 D-Index: 13 scientists 97 D-Index: 13 scientists 98 D-Index: 9 scientists 99 D-Index: 7 scientists 100 D-Index: 7 scientists 101 D-Index: 8 scientists 102 D-Index: 7 scientists 103 D-Index: 7 scientists 104 D-Index: 9 scientists 105 D-Index: 6 scientists 106 D-Index: 9 scientists 107+ D-Index: 99 scientists
30 D-Index 107+

This scientist: 43 D-Index — 39th percentile

39% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Xiang-Zhong Chen is affiliated with ETH Zurich in Switzerland. Their research spans multiple disciplines within engineering and materials science, with a particular focus on biomedical engineering, condensed matter physics, mechanical engineering, materials chemistry, and electrical and electronic engineering.

The main topics addressed in their work include:

  • Micro and Nano Robotics
  • Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials
  • Advanced Materials and Mechanics
  • Modular Robots and Swarm Intelligence
  • Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics
  • Multiferroics and related materials
  • Ferroelectric and Piezoelectric Materials

Prominent recent publications by Xiang-Zhong Chen include:

  • 3D-Printed Soft Magnetoelectric Microswimmers for Delivery and Differentiation of Neuron-Like Cells, 2020, Advanced Functional Materials
  • Tuning oxygen vacancies in Bi4Ti3O12 nanosheets to boost piezo-photocatalytic activity, 2023, Nano Energy
  • Biodegradable Metal-Organic Framework-Based Microrobots (MOFBOTs), 2020, Advanced Healthcare Materials
  • Enhanced Piezocatalytic Performance of BaTiO3 Nanosheets with Highly Exposed {001} Facets, 2022, Advanced Functional Materials
  • Metal-Organic Frameworks in Motion, 2020, Chemical Reviews

Their frequent co-authors are:

  • Salvador Pané
  • Josep Puigmartí-Luis
  • Bradley J. Nelson
  • Andrea Veciana
  • Carlos Franco

Publication venues where they have contributed multiple papers include:

  • Advanced Materials (13 publications)
  • Advanced Functional Materials (6 publications)
  • Advanced Science (6 publications)
  • Nature Communications (5 publications)
  • Small (4 publications)

Chen's body of work is heavily concentrated in engineering fields, with 98 publications classified broadly under engineering and 49 under materials science. Their contributions in subfields such as biomedical engineering and materials chemistry reflect a multidisciplinary approach combining physical sciences with engineering principles.

Best Publications

  • Nanomagnetic encoding of shape-morphing micromachines

    Jizhai Cui;Jizhai Cui;Tian-Yun Huang;Zhaochu Luo;Zhaochu Luo;Paolo Testa;Paolo Testa

  • 3D Printed Enzymatically Biodegradable Soft Helical Microswimmers

    Xiaopu Wang;Xiao-Hua Qin;Chengzhi Hu;Anastasia Terzopoulou

  • Recent developments in magnetically driven micro- and nanorobots

    Xiang-Zhong Chen;Marcus Hoop;Fajer Mushtaq;Erdem Siringil

  • Piezoelectrically enhanced photocatalysis with BiFeO3 nanostructures for efficient water remediation

    Fajer Mushtaq;Xiangzhong Chen;Marcus Hoop;Harun Torlakcik

  • Biocompatibility characteristics of the metal organic framework ZIF-8 for therapeutical applications

    Marcus Hoop;Claudio F. Walde;Raffaele Riccò;Fajer Mushtaq

  • Hybrid Magnetoelectric Nanowires for Nanorobotic Applications: Fabrication, Magnetoelectric Coupling, and Magnetically Assisted In Vitro Targeted Drug Delivery.

    Xiang-Zhong Chen;Marcus Hoop;Naveen Shamsudhin;Tianyun Huang

  • Small-Scale Machines Driven by External Power Sources.

    Xiang-Zhong Chen;Bumjin Jang;Daniel Ahmed;Chengzhi Hu

  • Pyroelectric and electrocaloric materials

    Xinyu Li;Sheng Guo Lu;Xiang Zhong Chen;Xiang Zhong Chen;Haiming Gu

  • 3D‐Printed Soft Magnetoelectric Microswimmers for Delivery and Differentiation of Neuron‐Like Cells

    Mei Dong;Xiaopu Wang;Xiang‐Zhong Chen;Fajer Mushtaq

  • MOFBOTS: Metal-Organic-Framework-Based Biomedical Microrobots.

    Xiaopu Wang;Xiang Zhong Chen;Carlos C.J. Alcântara;Semih Sevim

  • Ultrasound-mediated piezoelectric differentiation of neuron-like PC12 cells on PVDF membranes

    Marcus Hoop;Xiang-Zhong Chen;Aldo Ferrari;Fajer Mushtaq

  • Surface-Chemistry-Mediated Control of Individual Magnetic Helical Microswimmers in a Swarm.

    Xiaopu Wang;Chengzhi Hu;Lukas Schurz;Carmela De Marco

  • Magnetoelectrically Driven Catalytic Degradation of Organics

    Fajer Mushtaq;Xiangzhong Chen;Harun Torlakcik;Christian Steuer

  • Highly Efficient Coaxial TiO2‐PtPd Tubular Nanomachines for Photocatalytic Water Purification with Multiple Locomotion Strategies

    Fajer Mushtaq;Agim Asani;Marcus Hoop;Xiang-Zhong Chen

  • Mobile Magnetic Nanocatalysts for Bioorthogonal Targeted Cancer Therapy

    Marcus Hoop;Ana Sofia Ribeiro;Ana Sofia Ribeiro;Daniel Rösch;Philipp Weinand

  • Magnetically driven piezoelectric soft microswimmers for neuron-like cell delivery and neuronal differentiation

    Xiang-Zhong Chen;Jia-Hao Liu;Mei Dong;Lucas Müller

  • Imaging Technologies for Biomedical Micro- and Nanoswimmers

    Salvador Pané;Josep Puigmartí-Luis;Christos Bergeles;Xiang-Zhong Chen

  • Magnetically Driven Silver-Coated Nanocoils for Efficient Bacterial Contact Killing

    Marcus Hoop;Yang Shen;Xiang-Zhong Chen;Fajer Mushtaq

  • Biodegradable Metal-Organic Framework-Based Microrobots (MOFBOTs)

    Anastasia Terzopoulou;Xiaopu Wang;Xiang‐Zhong Chen;Mario Palacios‐Corella

  • Giant electrocaloric effect in ferroelectric poly(vinylidenefluoride-trifluoroethylene) copolymers near a first-order ferroelectric transition

    Xinyu Li;Xiao Shi Qian;Haiming Gu;Xiangzhong Chen

  • Magnetically driven Bi2O3/BiOCl-based hybrid microrobots for photocatalytic water remediation

    Fajer Mushtaq;Miguel Guerrero;Mahmut Selman Sakar;Marcus Hoop

Frequent Co-Authors

Salvador Pané
Salvador Pané ETH Zurich
Jordi Sort
Jordi Sort Autonomous University of Barcelona
Eva Pellicer
Eva Pellicer Autonomous University of Barcelona
Qiming Zhang
Qiming Zhang Pennsylvania State University
Paolo Falcaro
Paolo Falcaro Graz University of Technology
Antoine Ferreira
Antoine Ferreira Centre Val de Loire
Shuhei Furukawa
Shuhei Furukawa Kyoto University
Christian J. Doonan
Christian J. Doonan University of Adelaide

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