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Crystal Structures and Properties

Last updated July 7, 2026

Rising Stars

New and hot

Rising Stars Researchers

1
Haotian Qiu
University of Science and Technology of China
2
Weiqi Huang
State Forestry and Grassland Administration
3
Yilei Hu
Tongji University
4
Xia Hao
Chinese Academy of Sciences
5
Huanhuan Cheng
Chinese Academy of Sciences
6
Hongyuan Sha
Chinese Academy of Sciences
7
Yu-Jie Zhang
Dalian Polytechnic University
8
Atazaz Ahsin
Abbottabad University of Science and Technology
9
Bingliang Cheng
Chinese Academy of Sciences
10
Sukanya Ghosh
Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee

Rising Stars Papers

1
LaMg6Ga6S16: a chemical stable divalent lanthanide chalcogenide
Nature Communications|2024
64 cit.
2
Bridging the Interlayer Binding to Ordered π‐Conjugated Units for Constructing High‐Performing Light Polarization Crystals
Angewandte Chemie International Edition|2025
43 cit.
3
The Directional Design of the Quasi‐Phase‐Matching Short‐Wave Ultraviolet Nonlinear Optical Crystal
Laser & Photonics Review|2024
22 cit.
4
Synthesis, structure, supramolecular assembly inspection by Hirshfeld surface analysis, DFT study and molecular docking inspection of 4,5-bis(2-chlorophenyl)-8a-phenylhexahydropyrimido[4,5-d]pyrimidine-2,7(1H,3H)-dithione
Journal of Molecular Structure|2024
19 cit.
5
Polaron Formation in Conducting Polymers: A Novel Approach to Designing Materials with a Larger NLO Response
ACS Omega|2024
17 cit.
6
Trithionic guanidine: A novel semi-organic short-wave ultraviolet nonlinear optical sulfate with dimeric heteroleptic tetrahedra
Chinese Chemical Letters|2024
14 cit.
7
Stacking interactions in stabilizing supramolecular assembly of M[9C]<sub>2</sub>M complexes: dynamic stability with remarkable nonlinear optical features
Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics|2024
14 cit.
8
Tetrahedra Modification of Phosphates for Optical Anisotropy Enhancement
Advanced Optical Materials|2024
12 cit.
9
Designing a Heteroleptic Tetrahedral Group with an Ultrahigh Polarizability Anisotropy by Optimizing the Bonding Electrons Activity and Their Distribution
Laser & Photonics Review|2024
11 cit.
10
Unveiling the host-guest interactions: CC2 nanocage as an advanced sensor for detection of nitrogenous bases in DNA
Colloids and Surfaces A Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects|2025
11 cit.

Emerging Leaders

Gaining momentum

Emerging Leaders Researchers

1
Sheng‐Ping Guo
Yunnan University
2
Qi‐Long Zhu
Zhejiang Sci-Tech University
3
Mingjun Xia
Northeastern University
4
Kui Wu
Hebei University
5
Silke Rehme
FIZ Karlsruhe – Leibniz Institute for Information Infrastructure
6
Dajiang Mei
Shanghai University of Engineering Science
7
Zuju Ma
Yantai University
8
Pifu Gong
Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry
9
Akinori Hoshikawa
Ibaraki University
10
Bin‐Wen Liu
Chinese Academy of Sciences

Emerging Leaders Papers

1
Convergent paired electrosynthesis of dimethyl carbonate from carbon dioxide enabled by designing the superstructure of axial oxygen coordinated nickel single-atom catalysts
Energy & Environmental Science|2022
142 cit.
2
Eu<sub>2</sub>P<sub>2</sub>S<sub>6</sub>: The First Rare‐Earth Chalcogenophosphate Exhibiting Large Second‐Harmonic Generation Response and High Laser‐Induced Damage Threshold
Angewandte Chemie International Edition|2022
131 cit.
3
Rational Design of Novel Promising Infrared Nonlinear Optical Materials: Structural Chemistry and Balanced Performances
Accounts of Chemical Research|2024
131 cit.
4
Ordered macroporous superstructure of bifunctional cobalt phosphide with heteroatomic modification for paired hydrogen production and polyethylene terephthalate plastic recycling
Applied Catalysis B: Environmental|2022
130 cit.
5
Recent progress in the design of IR nonlinear optical materials by partial chemical substitution: Structural evolution and performance optimization
Coordination Chemistry Reviews|2023
117 cit.
6
Multi‐Stimuli Responsive Luminescence and Domino Phase Transition of Hybrid Copper Halides with Nonlinear Optical Switching Behavior
Angewandte Chemie International Edition|2023
115 cit.
7
Reconstruction of Ultrahigh‐Aspect‐Ratio Crystalline Bismuth–Organic Hybrid Nanobelts for Selective Electrocatalytic CO<sub>2</sub> Reduction to Formate
Advanced Functional Materials|2022
95 cit.
8
Enhanced Second-Harmonic-Generation Efficiency and Birefringence in Melillite Oxychalcogenides Sr<sub>2</sub>MGe<sub>2</sub>OS<sub>6</sub> (M = Mn, Zn, and Cd)
Chemistry of Materials|2022
90 cit.
9
Perfectly Encoding π‐Conjugated Anions in the <i>RE</i><sub>5</sub>(C<sub>3</sub>N<sub>3</sub>O<sub>3</sub>)(OH)<sub>12</sub> (<i>RE</i>=Y, Yb, Lu) Family with Strong Second Harmonic Generation Response and Balanced Birefringence
Angewandte Chemie International Edition|2022
89 cit.
10
Ag-based chalcogenides and derivatives as promising infrared nonlinear optical materials
Coordination Chemistry Reviews|2022
86 cit.

Current Senior Leaders

Established & currently active

Current Senior Leaders Researchers

1
Shilie Pan
Xinjiang Technical Institute of Physics & Chemistry
2
Horst Puschmann
Durham University
3
Mercouri G. Kanatzidis
Northwestern University
4
Zheshuai Lin
Chinese Academy of Sciences
5
P. Shiv Halasyamani
University of Houston
6
Kenneth R. Poeppelmeier
Northwestern University
7
Jiang‐Gao Mao
Chinese Academy of Sciences
8
Ning Ye
Harbin Institute of Technology
9
R. B. Von Dreele
Argonne National Laboratory
10
Yicheng Wu
Jiangsu University of Science and Technology

Current Senior Leaders Papers

1
<i>OLEX2</i>: a complete structure solution, refinement and analysis program
Journal of Applied Crystallography|2009
31.6k cit.
2
<i>GSAS-II</i>: the genesis of a modern open-source all purpose crystallography software package
Journal of Applied Crystallography|2013
5.9k cit.
3
Semiconducting Tin and Lead Iodide Perovskites with Organic Cations: Phase Transitions, High Mobilities, and Near-Infrared Photoluminescent Properties
Inorganic Chemistry|2013
5.4k cit.
4
Ultralow thermal conductivity and high thermoelectric figure of merit in SnSe crystals
Nature|2014
5.1k cit.
5
High-performance bulk thermoelectrics with all-scale hierarchical architectures
Nature|2012
4.6k cit.
6
Lead-free solid-state organic–inorganic halide perovskite solar cells
Nature Photonics|2014
3k cit.
7
Cubic AgPb <i> <sub>m</sub> </i> SbTe <sub>2+</sub> <i> <sub>m</sub> </i> : Bulk Thermoelectric Materials with High Figure of Merit
Science|2004
2.9k cit.
8
New and Old Concepts in Thermoelectric Materials
Angewandte Chemie International Edition|2009
2.4k cit.
9
2D Homologous Perovskites as Light-Absorbing Materials for Solar Cell Applications
Journal of the American Chemical Society|2015
2.1k cit.
10
Ruddlesden–Popper Hybrid Lead Iodide Perovskite 2D Homologous Semiconductors
Chemistry of Materials|2016
2.1k cit.

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