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D-Index
57
Citations
12734
World Ranking
7920
National Ranking
2294

Zhikun Wu 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 Zhikun Wu sits on this spectrum.

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50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 202 publications — 31st percentile

31% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Zhikun Wu 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 Zhikun Wu sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 57 D-Index — 39th percentile

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

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

Best Publications

  • On the Ligand’s Role in the Fluorescence of Gold Nanoclusters

    Zhikun Wu;Rongchao Jin

  • Quantum Sized Gold Nanoclusters with Atomic Precision

    Huifeng Qian;Manzhou Zhu;Zhikun Wu;Rongchao Jin

  • Size focusing: a methodology for synthesizing atomically precise gold nanoclusters

    Rongchao Jin;Huifeng Qian;Zhikun Wu;Yan Zhu

  • One-pot synthesis of atomically monodisperse, thiol-functionalized Au25 nanoclusters

    Zhikun Wu;Joseph Suhan;Rongchao Jin

  • Ag nanoparticle decorated nanoporous ZnO microrods and their enhanced photocatalytic activities.

    Quan Deng;Xiaowei Duan;Dickon H. L. Ng;Haibin Tang

  • Probing the structure and charge state of glutathione-capped Au25(SG)18 clusters by NMR and mass spectrometry.

    Zhikun Wu;Chakicherla Gayathri;Roberto R. Gil;Rongchao Jin

  • High Yield, Large Scale Synthesis of Thiolate-Protected Ag7 Clusters

    Zhikun Wu;Eric Lanni;Wenqian Chen;Mark E. Bier

  • Unraveling the long-pursued Au144 structure by x-ray crystallography.

    Nan Yan;Nan Yan;Nan Xia;Nan Xia;Lingwen Liao;Lingwen Liao;Min Zhu;Min Zhu

  • Erratum: Structural isomerism in gold nanoparticles revealed by X-ray crystallography

    Shubo Tian;Yi-Zhi Li;Man-Bo Li;Jinyun Yuan

  • Discovery, Mechanism, and Application of Antigalvanic Reaction.

    Unknown

  • Kinetic control and thermodynamic selection in the synthesis of atomically precise gold nanoclusters.

    Zhikun Wu;Zhikun Wu;Mark A. MacDonald;Jenny Chen;Peng Zhang

  • Mono-cadmium vs Mono-mercury Doping of Au25 Nanoclusters.

    Chuanhao Yao;Yue-jian Lin;Jinyun Yuan;Lingwen Liao

  • Anti‐Galvanic Reduction of Thiolate‐Protected Gold and Silver Nanoparticles

    Unknown

  • Well‐Defined Nanoclusters as Fluorescent Nanosensors: A Case Study on Au25(SG)18

    Zhikun Wu;Man Wang;Jiao Yang;Xiaohong Zheng

  • Mono-Mercury Doping of Au25 and the HOMO/LUMO Energies Evaluation Employing Differential Pulse Voltammetry

    Lingwen Liao;Shiming Zhou;Yafei Dai;Liren Liu

  • Adding Two Active Silver Atoms on Au25 Nanoparticle

    Chuanhao Yao;Jishi Chen;Jishi Chen;Man-Bo Li;Liren Liu

  • Hard-Sphere Random Close-Packed Au 47 Cd 2 (TBBT) 31 Nanoclusters with a Faradaic Efficiency of Up to 96 % for Electrocatalytic CO 2 Reduction to CO

    Shengli Zhuang;Shengli Zhuang;Dong Chen;Lingwen Liao;Lingwen Liao;Yan Zhao;Yan Zhao

  • Fluorescent Gold Nanoclusters with Interlocked Staples and a Fully Thiolate-Bound Kernel.

    Zibao Gan;Yuejian Lin;Lun Luo;Guangmei Han

  • Chiral Au25 Nanospheres and Nanorods: Synthesis and Insight into the Origin of Chirality

    Manzhou Zhu;Huifeng Qian;Xiangming Meng;Shenshen Jin

  • The fourth crystallographic closest packing unveiled in the gold nanocluster crystal

    Zibao Gan;Jishi Chen;Juan Wang;Chengming Wang

Frequent Co-Authors

Rongchao Jin
Rongchao Jin Carnegie Mellon University
Yan Zhao
Yan Zhao Wuhan University of Technology
Jinlong Yang
Jinlong Yang University of Science and Technology of China
Haiteng Deng
Haiteng Deng Tsinghua University
Chengming Wang
Chengming Wang University of Science and Technology of China
Wen-Hao Zhang
Wen-Hao Zhang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Weiping Cai
Weiping Cai Chinese Academy of Sciences
Huifeng Qian
Huifeng Qian Olin Corporation (United States)
Shi-Kai Tian
Shi-Kai Tian University of Science and Technology of China
Guozhong Wang
Guozhong Wang Chinese Academy of Sciences

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