2026 Xiaogang Liu: Materials Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Materials Science	115	571	545	26	26	334	60049

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

3403
Citations
Imparting functionality to a metal–organic framework material by controlled nanoparticle encapsulation

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

1972
Citations
Tuning upconversion through energy migration in core–shell nanoparticles

Feng Wang;Renren Deng;Juan Wang;Qingxiao Wang

1926
Citations
Enhancing solar cell efficiency: the search for luminescent materials as spectral converters

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

1881
Citations
Stabilizing triplet excited states for ultralong organic phosphorescence

Zhongfu An;Chao Zheng;Ye Tao;Runfeng Chen

1788
Citations
Upconversion multicolor fine-tuning: visible to near-infrared emission from lanthanide-doped NaYF4 nanoparticles.

Feng Wang;Xiaogang Liu

1664
Citations
Upconversion nanoparticles in biological labeling, imaging, and therapy

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

1641
Citations
Controlling upconversion nanocrystals for emerging applications

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

1518
Citations
Rare-Earth Doping in Nanostructured Inorganic Materials.

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1208
Citations
Superwetting nanowire membranes for selective absorption

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

1159
Citations
Advances in highly doped upconversion nanoparticles

Shihui Wen;Jiajia Zhou;Kezhi Zheng;Artur Bednarkiewicz

1109
Citations
Direct Evidence of a Surface Quenching Effect on Size-Dependent Luminescence of Upconversion Nanoparticles

Feng Wang;Juan Wang;Xiaogang Liu

1087
Citations
Temporal full-colour tuning through non-steady-state upconversion

Renren Deng;Fei Qin;Runfeng Chen;Wei Huang

999
Citations
Lanthanide-Activated Phosphors Based on 4f-5d Optical Transitions: Theoretical and Experimental Aspects.

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

983
Citations
Intracellular glutathione detection using MnO2-nanosheet-modified upconversion nanoparticles

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

957
Citations
Molecular afterglow imaging with bright, biodegradable polymer nanoparticles

Qingqing Miao;Chen Xie;Xu Zhen;Yan Lyu

886
Citations
Recent advances in C–S bond formation via C–H bond functionalization and decarboxylation

Chao Shen;Pengfei Zhang;Qiang Sun;Shiqiang Bai

858
Citations
One-step, room temperature, colorimetric detection of mercury (Hg2+) using DNA/nanoparticle conjugates.

Xuejia Xue;Feng Wang;Xiaogang Liu

813
Citations
Chiral perovskite optoelectronics

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

793
Citations
Colour-tunable ultra-long organic phosphorescence of a single-component molecular crystal

Long Gu;Huifang Shi;Lifang Bian;Mingxing Gu

789
Citations
Mechanistic Investigation of Photon Upconversion in Nd3+-Sensitized Core–Shell Nanoparticles

Xiaoji Xie;Nengyue Gao;Renren Deng;Qiang Sun

781
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