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2022

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Materials Science

D-Index
115
Citations
60049
World Ranking
571
National Ranking
25

Xiaogang Liu 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 Xiaogang Liu sits on this spectrum.

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50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 334 publications — 67th percentile

67% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Xiaogang Liu 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 Xiaogang Liu sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 115 D-Index — 96th percentile

96% 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

  • 2022 - Research.com Materials Science in Singapore Leader Award

Overview

Xiaogang Liu is affiliated with the National University of Singapore in Singapore. Their research primarily spans the fields of Materials Science and Chemistry, with significant contributions in the subfields of Materials Chemistry, Molecular Biology, Organic Chemistry, Spectroscopy, and Biomedical Engineering.

The scientist's work focuses on several main topics, including:

  • Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials
  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies
  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
  • Molecular Sensors and Ion Detection
  • Nanoplatforms for Cancer Theranostics
  • Click Chemistry and Applications
  • Advanced Biosensing and Bioanalysis Techniques

Their publications appear frequently in notable scientific venues such as:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Angewandte Chemie
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Chinese Chemical Letters

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Xiaogang Liu demonstrate a breadth of research on fluorophores, luminescent materials, and photovoltaic applications:

  • "Twisted intramolecular charge transfer (TICT) and twists beyond TICT: from mechanisms to rational designs of bright and sensitive fluorophores," 2021, Chemical Society Reviews
  • "Quantitative Design of Bright Fluorophores and AIEgens by the Accurate Prediction of Twisted Intramolecular Charge Transfer (TICT)," 2020, Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • "A General Descriptor ΔE Enables the Quantitative Development of Luminescent Materials Based on Photoinduced Electron Transfer," 2020, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • "An Approach to Developing Cyanines with Simultaneous Intersystem Crossing Enhancement and Excited-State Lifetime Elongation for Photodynamic Antitumor Metastasis," 2021, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • "Quantum Dots for Photovoltaics: A Tale of Two Materials," 2021, Advanced Energy Materials

Xiaogang Liu has collaborated extensively with several researchers, including:

  • Weijie Chi
  • Chao Wang
  • Davin Tan
  • Zhaochao Xu
  • Qinglong Qiao

Best Publications

  • Simultaneous phase and size control of upconversion nanocrystals through lanthanide doping

    Feng Wang;Yu Han;Chin Seong Lim;Yunhao Lu

  • Imparting functionality to a metal–organic framework material by controlled nanoparticle encapsulation

    Guang Lu;Shaozhou Li;Zhen Guo;Omar K. Farha

  • Tuning upconversion through energy migration in core–shell nanoparticles

    Feng Wang;Renren Deng;Juan Wang;Qingxiao Wang

  • Enhancing solar cell efficiency: the search for luminescent materials as spectral converters

    Xiaoyong Huang;Sanyang Han;Wei Huang;Wei Huang;Xiaogang Liu;Xiaogang Liu

  • Stabilizing triplet excited states for ultralong organic phosphorescence

    Zhongfu An;Chao Zheng;Ye Tao;Runfeng Chen

  • Upconversion multicolor fine-tuning: visible to near-infrared emission from lanthanide-doped NaYF4 nanoparticles.

    Feng Wang;Xiaogang Liu

  • Upconversion nanoparticles in biological labeling, imaging, and therapy

    Feng Wang;Feng Wang;Debapriya Banerjee;Yongsheng Liu;Xueyuan Chen

  • Controlling upconversion nanocrystals for emerging applications

    Bo Zhou;Bingyang Shi;Dayong Jin;Dayong Jin;Xiaogang Liu;Xiaogang Liu

  • Rare-Earth Doping in Nanostructured Inorganic Materials.

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  • Superwetting nanowire membranes for selective absorption

    Jikang Yuan;Xiaogang Liu;Xiaogang Liu;Ozge Akbulut;Junqing Hu

  • Advances in highly doped upconversion nanoparticles

    Shihui Wen;Jiajia Zhou;Kezhi Zheng;Artur Bednarkiewicz

  • Direct Evidence of a Surface Quenching Effect on Size-Dependent Luminescence of Upconversion Nanoparticles

    Feng Wang;Juan Wang;Xiaogang Liu

  • Temporal full-colour tuning through non-steady-state upconversion

    Renren Deng;Fei Qin;Runfeng Chen;Wei Huang

  • Lanthanide-Activated Phosphors Based on 4f-5d Optical Transitions: Theoretical and Experimental Aspects.

    Xian Qin;Xiaowang Liu;Wei Huang;Wei Huang;Marco Bettinelli

  • Intracellular glutathione detection using MnO2-nanosheet-modified upconversion nanoparticles

    Renren Deng;Xiaoji Xie;Marc Vendrell;Young-Tae Chang

  • Molecular afterglow imaging with bright, biodegradable polymer nanoparticles

    Qingqing Miao;Chen Xie;Xu Zhen;Yan Lyu

  • Recent advances in C–S bond formation via C–H bond functionalization and decarboxylation

    Chao Shen;Pengfei Zhang;Qiang Sun;Shiqiang Bai

  • One-step, room temperature, colorimetric detection of mercury (Hg2+) using DNA/nanoparticle conjugates.

    Xuejia Xue;Feng Wang;Xiaogang Liu

  • Chiral perovskite optoelectronics

    Guankui Long;Randy Sabatini;Makhsud I. Saidaminov;Makhsud I. Saidaminov;Girish Lakhwani

  • Colour-tunable ultra-long organic phosphorescence of a single-component molecular crystal

    Long Gu;Huifang Shi;Lifang Bian;Mingxing Gu

  • Mechanistic Investigation of Photon Upconversion in Nd3+-Sensitized Core–Shell Nanoparticles

    Xiaoji Xie;Nengyue Gao;Renren Deng;Qiang Sun

Frequent Co-Authors

Feng Wang
Feng Wang City University of Hong Kong
Wei Huang
Wei Huang Northwestern Polytechnical University
Chad A. Mirkin
Chad A. Mirkin Northwestern University
Hong-Wen Deng
Hong-Wen Deng Tulane University
Zhongfu An
Zhongfu An Nanjing Tech University
Bengang Xing
Bengang Xing Nanyang Technological University
T. S. Andy Hor
T. S. Andy Hor National University of Singapore
Young-Tae Chang
Young-Tae Chang Pohang University of Science and Technology
Daniel Jaque
Daniel Jaque Autonomous University of Madrid
Vinayak P. Dravid
Vinayak P. Dravid Northwestern University

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