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Zhong Lin Wang 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 Zhong Lin Wang sits on this spectrum.

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50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 2,543 publications — 100th percentile

100% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Zhong Lin Wang 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 Zhong Lin Wang sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 332 D-Index — 100th percentile

100% 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

  • 2026 - Research.com Materials Science in United States Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Best Scientists Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Materials Science in United States Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Materials Science in United States Leader Award
  • 2011 - MRS Medal, Materials Research Society “For seminal contributions in the discovery, controlled synthesis, and fundamental understanding of ZnO nanowires and nanobelts, and the design and fabrication of novel, nanowire-based nanosensors, piezotronic devices, and nanogenerators.”
  • 2010 - Fellow of the Mineralogical Society of America For his pioneering research in the development of in-situ EM nanoscale measurement techniques, inelastic scattering theory, growth of oxide nanostructures, and seminal contributions to fields of functional materials and nanotechnology
  • 2009 - Fellow of the Materials Research Society
  • 2005 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For his discovery of nanobelts, pioneering the field of controlled synthesis of oxide nanostructures, and developing innovative techniques for measuring the physical properties of individual nanowiresnanobeltsnanotubes using insitu TEM
  • 2003 - Member of the European Academy of Sciences
  • 1999 - Burton Medal, Mineralogical Society of America
  • The Canadian Academy of Engineering
  • Foreign Member, Chinese Academy of Sciences
  • The Canadian Academy of Engineering
  • Foreign Member, Chinese Academy of Sciences
  • The Canadian Academy of Engineering
  • Foreign Member, Chinese Academy of Sciences
  • The Canadian Academy of Engineering
  • Foreign Member, Chinese Academy of Sciences
  • The Canadian Academy of Engineering
  • Foreign Member, Chinese Academy of Sciences
  • The Canadian Academy of Engineering
  • Foreign Member, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Overview

Zhong Lin Wang is affiliated with the Georgia Institute of Technology in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on engineering and materials science, with substantive contributions across biomedical engineering, polymers and plastics, electrical and electronic engineering, mechanical engineering, and cognitive neuroscience.

The main topics covered in Zhong Lin Wang's work include advanced sensor and energy harvesting materials, conducting polymers and applications, tactile and sensory interactions, innovative energy harvesting technologies, supercapacitor materials and fabrication, dielectric materials and actuators, and advanced materials and mechanics.

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Zhong Lin Wang include Jie Wang, Linglin Zhou, Tinghai Cheng, Zhihao Zhao, and Tao Jiang.

Zhong Lin Wang has published extensively in several key scientific journals. These frequent publication venues are:

  • Nano Energy
  • Advanced Functional Materials
  • Advanced Energy Materials
  • ACS Nano
  • Advanced Materials

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Zhong Lin Wang highlight various aspects of energy materials and nanotechnology:

  • "A droplet-based electricity generator with high instantaneous power density," 2020, Nature
  • "Enhanced photocatalytic degradation and H2/H2O2 production performance of S-pCN/WO2.72 S-scheme heterojunction with appropriate surface oxygen vacancies," 2020, Nano Energy
  • "A breathable, biodegradable, antibacterial, and self-powered electronic skin based on all-nanofiber triboelectric nanogenerators," 2020, Science Advances
  • "Triboelectric Nanogenerator (TENG)-Sparking an Energy and Sensor Revolution," 2020, Advanced Energy Materials
  • "Quantifying electron-transfer in liquid-solid contact electrification and the formation of electric double-layer," 2020, Nature Communications

Zhong Lin Wang has received several recognitions including the MRS Medal from the Materials Research Society in 2011, awarded for work on ZnO nanowires and nanobelts and related devices.

Other honors include fellowships in the Mineralogical Society of America (2010), the Materials Research Society (2009), and the American Physical Society (2005). They have also been named a member of the European Academy of Sciences (2003), awarded the Burton Medal by the Mineralogical Society of America (1999), and are foreign members of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Canadian Academy of Engineering.

Best Publications

  • Piezoelectric Nanogenerators Based on Zinc Oxide Nanowire Arrays

    Zhong Lin Wang;Zhong Lin Wang;Jinhui Song

  • Nanobelts of Semiconducting Oxides

    Zheng Wei Pan;Zu Rong Dai;Zhong Lin Wang

  • Flexible triboelectric generator

    Feng-Ru Fan;Feng-Ru Fan;Zhong-Qun Tian;Zhong Lin Wang

  • Zinc oxide nanostructures: growth, properties and applications

    Zhong Lin Wang

  • Synthesis of Tetrahexahedral Platinum Nanocrystals with High-Index Facets and High Electro-Oxidation Activity

    Na Tian;Zhi-You Zhou;Shi-Gang Sun;Yong Ding

  • Shape-Controlled Synthesis of Colloidal Platinum Nanoparticles

    Temer S. Ahmadi;Zhong L. Wang;Travis C. Green;Arnim Henglein

  • Triboelectric Nanogenerators as New Energy Technology for Self-Powered Systems and as Active Mechanical and Chemical Sensors

    Zhong Lin Wang

  • Carbon nanotube quantum resistors

    Stefan Frank;Philippe Poncharal;Z. L. Wang;Walt A. de Heer

  • Direct-current nanogenerator driven by ultrasonic waves

    Xudong Wang;Jinhui Song;Jin Liu;Zhong Lin Wang

  • Electrostatic deflections and electromechanical resonances of carbon nanotubes

    Philippe Poncharal;Z. L. Wang;Daniel Ugarte;Walt A. de Heer

  • Transmission Electron Microscopy of Shape-Controlled Nanocrystals and Their Assemblies

    Z. L. Wang

  • On Maxwell's displacement current for energy and sensors: the origin of nanogenerators

    Zhong Lin Wang;Zhong Lin Wang

  • Piezoelectricity of single-atomic-layer MoS2 for energy conversion and piezotronics.

    Wenzhuo Wu;Lei Wang;Yilei Li;Fan Zhang

  • Progress in triboelectric nanogenerators as a new energy technology and self-powered sensors

    Zhong Lin Wang;Zhong Lin Wang;Jun Chen;Long Lin

  • Transparent Triboelectric Nanogenerators and Self-Powered Pressure Sensors Based on Micropatterned Plastic Films

    Feng-Ru Fan;Long Lin;Guang Zhu;Wenzhuo Wu

  • Triboelectric nanogenerators as new energy technology and self-powered sensors – Principles, problems and perspectives

    Zhong Lin Wang;Zhong Lin Wang

  • Nanostructures of zinc oxide

    Zhong Lin Wang

  • Exchange-coupled nanocomposite magnets by nanoparticle self-assembly

    Hao Zeng;Jing Li;J. P. Liu;Zhong L. Wang

  • Large-Scale Hexagonal-Patterned Growth of Aligned ZnO Nanorods for Nano-optoelectronics and Nanosensor Arrays

    Xudong Wang;Christopher J. Summers;Zhong Lin Wang

  • Triboelectric Nanogenerator: A Foundation of the Energy for the New Era

    Changsheng Wu;Aurelia C. Wang;Wenbo Ding;Hengyu Guo

  • Microfibre–nanowire hybrid structure for energy scavenging

    Yong Qin;Xudong Wang;Zhong Lin Wang

  • Stable and highly sensitive gas sensors based on semiconducting oxide nanobelts

    E. Comini;G. Faglia;G. Sberveglieri;Zhengwei Pan

Frequent Co-Authors

Yong Ding
Yong Ding Georgia Institute of Technology
Guang Zhu
Guang Zhu University of Nottingham Ningbo China
Caofeng Pan
Caofeng Pan Beihang University
Ya Yang
Ya Yang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Hengyu Guo
Hengyu Guo Chongqing University
Yan Zhang
Yan Zhang University of Electronic Science and Technology of China
Wei Tang
Wei Tang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Yunlong Zi
Yunlong Zi Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Long Lin
Long Lin Georgia Institute of Technology
Zhou Li
Zhou Li Central South University

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