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D-Index
87
Citations
28869
World Ranking
2393
National Ranking
440

Zhenguo Chi publication distribution in Chemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Chemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Zhenguo Chi sits on this spectrum.

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 317 publications — 67th percentile

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

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,295 publications or more.

Zhenguo Chi D-index placement in Chemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Chemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Zhenguo Chi sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 87 D-Index — 87th percentile

87% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 159 D-Index or more.

Overview

Zhenguo Chi is a researcher affiliated with Sun Yat-sen University in China, with a focus on materials science and engineering. Their work spans multiple subfields including materials chemistry, electrical and electronic engineering, biomedical engineering, organic chemistry, and spectroscopy.

The scientist has contributed extensively to research on luminescence and fluorescent materials, organic light-emitting diodes, crystallization and solubility studies, X-ray diffraction in crystallography, organic electronics and photovoltaics, molecular sensors and ion detection, and perovskite materials and applications.

Frequent collaborators of Zhenguo Chi include Yi Zhang, Juan Zhao, Zhiyong Yang, Siwei Liu, and Wenlang Li. Their publications are commonly found in venues such as The Cambridge Structural Database, Chemical Engineering Journal, Advanced Optical Materials, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, and Angewandte Chemie.

Notable recent papers by Zhenguo Chi include:

  • Carbazole isomers induce ultralong organic phosphorescence, 2020, Nature Materials
  • Boosting the Quantum Efficiency of Ultralong Organic Phosphorescence up to 52% via Intramolecular Halogen Bonding, 2020, Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Recent advancements in polyethyleneimine-based materials and their biomedical, biotechnology, and biomaterial applications, 2020, Journal of Materials Chemistry B
  • Stepwise Energy Transfer: Near-Infrared Persistent Luminescence from Doped Polymeric Systems, 2022, Advanced Materials
  • Efficient and Color-Tunable Dual-Mode Afterglow from Large-Area and Flexible Polymer-Based Transparent Films for Anti-Counterfeiting and Information Encryption, 2022, Angewandte Chemie International Edition

Their research topics highlight a strong engagement with organic and polymer-based luminescence and afterglow phenomena, including advances in ultralong organic phosphorescence and dual-mode afterglow materials.

Zhenguo Chi's output includes significant contributions to structural databases and chemical engineering journals, indicating a cross-disciplinary approach combining experimental and applied material science research.

Best Publications

  • Recent advances in organic thermally activated delayed fluorescence materials.

    Zhiyong Yang;Zhu Mao;Zongliang Xie;Yi Zhang

  • Recent advances in organic mechanofluorochromic materials

    Zhenguo Chi;Xiqi Zhang;Bingjia Xu;Xie Zhou

  • Recent advances in mechanochromic luminescent metal complexes

    Xiqi Zhang;Zhenguo Chi;Yi Zhang;Siwei Liu

  • Carbazole isomers induce ultralong organic phosphorescence

    Chengjian Chen;Zhenguo Chi;Kok Chan Chong;Andrei S. Batsanov

  • Intermolecular electronic coupling of organic units for efficient persistent room-temperature phosphorescence

    Zhiyong Yang;Zhu Mao;Xuepeng Zhang;Depei Ou

  • Organic Nanocrystals with Bright Red Persistent Room-Temperature Phosphorescence for Biological Applications.

    S. M. Ali Fateminia;Zhu Mao;Shidang Xu;Zhiyong Yang

  • White‐Light Emission Strategy of a Single Organic Compound with Aggregation‐Induced Emission and Delayed Fluorescence Properties

    Zongliang Xie;Chengjian Chen;Shidang Xu;Jun Li

  • An organic molecule with asymmetric structure exhibiting aggregation-induced emission, delayed fluorescence, and mechanoluminescence

    Shidang Xu;Tingting Liu;Yingxiao Mu;Yi-Fan Wang

  • Recent advances in mechano-responsive luminescence of tetraphenylethylene derivatives with aggregation-induced emission properties

    Zhiyong Yang;Zhihe Chi;Zhu Mao;Yi Zhang

  • Piezofluorochromic properties and mechanism of an aggregation-induced emission enhancement compound containing N-hexyl-phenothiazine and anthracene moieties.

    Xiqi Zhang;Zhenguo Chi;Jianyong Zhang;Haiyin Li

  • Aggregation induced emission-based fluorescent nanoparticles: fabrication methodologies and biomedical applications

    Xiqi Zhang;Xiaoyong Zhang;Lei Tao;Zhenguo Chi

  • Boosting the Quantum Efficiency of Ultralong Organic Phosphorescence up to 52 % via Intramolecular Halogen Bonding.

    Zhan Yang;Chao Xu;Wenlang Li;Zhu Mao

  • Linearly Tunable Emission Colors Obtained from a Fluorescent–Phosphorescent Dual‐Emission Compound by Mechanical Stimuli

    Zhu Mao;Zhiyong Yang;Yingxiao Mu;Yi Zhang

  • Piezofluorochromism of an aggregation-induced emission compound derived from tetraphenylethylene.

    Xiqi Zhang;Zhenguo Chi;Haiyin Li;Bingjia Xu

  • Very bright mechanoluminescence and remarkable mechanochromism using a tetraphenylethene derivative with aggregation-induced emission†

    Bingjia Xu;Jiajun He;Yingxiao Mu;Qiangzhong Zhu

  • Aggregation-induced emission: a coming-of-age ceremony at the age of eighteen

    Jie Yang;Zhenguo Chi;Weihong Zhu;Ben Zhong Tang;Ben Zhong Tang

  • End-group effects of piezofluorochromic aggregation-induced enhanced emission compounds containing distyrylanthracene

    Xiqi Zhang;Zhenguo Chi;Bingjia Xu;Chengjian Chen

  • Stepwise Energy Transfer: Near‐Infrared Persistent Luminescence from Doped Polymeric Systems

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  • AIEgen with Fluorescence–Phosphorescence Dual Mechanoluminescence at Room Temperature

    Jie Yang;Zichun Ren;Zongliang Xie;Yingjie Liu

  • Recent progress in the mechanofluorochromism of cyanoethylene derivatives with aggregation-induced emission

    Juan Zhao;Zhihe Chi;Yi Zhang;Zhu Mao

  • Multifunctional organic fluorescent materials derived from 9,10-distyrylanthracene with alkoxyl endgroups of various lengths

    Xiqi Zhang;Zhenguo Chi;Bingjia Xu;Long Jiang

  • Triphenylethylene carbazole derivatives as a new class of AIE materials with strong blue light emission and high glass transition temperature

    Zhiyong Yang;Zhenguo Chi;Tao Yu;Xiqi Zhang

Frequent Co-Authors

Yi Zhang
Yi Zhang Sun Yat-sen University
Jiarui Xu
Jiarui Xu Sun Yat-sen University
Siwei Liu
Siwei Liu Sun Yat-sen University
Xiqi Zhang
Xiqi Zhang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Matthew P. Aldred
Matthew P. Aldred University of South Wales
Xudong Chen
Xudong Chen Sun Yat-sen University
Jianyong Zhang
Jianyong Zhang Sun Yat-sen University
Yen Wei
Yen Wei Tsinghua University
Martin R. Bryce
Martin R. Bryce Durham University
Cheng-Yong Su
Cheng-Yong Su Sun Yat-sen University

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