Ajing Cao

3.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
26 papers, 2.6k citations indexed

About

Ajing Cao is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics of Materials. According to data from OpenAlex, Ajing Cao has authored 26 papers receiving a total of 2.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Materials Chemistry, 14 papers in Mechanical Engineering and 8 papers in Mechanics of Materials. Recurrent topics in Ajing Cao's work include Microstructure and mechanical properties (16 papers), Aluminum Alloys Composites Properties (9 papers) and Metal and Thin Film Mechanics (8 papers). Ajing Cao is often cited by papers focused on Microstructure and mechanical properties (16 papers), Aluminum Alloys Composites Properties (9 papers) and Metal and Thin Film Mechanics (8 papers). Ajing Cao collaborates with scholars based in United States and China. Ajing Cao's co-authors include E. Ma, Yongqiang Cheng, Yueguang Wei, Jianmin Qu, Scott X. Mao, H. W. Sheng, Yun Cheng, Yueguang Wei, Zheng He and Jianbo Wang and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, Nature Communications and Applied Physics Letters.

In The Last Decade

Ajing Cao

26 papers receiving 2.5k citations

Hit Papers

Local order influences initiation of plastic flow in meta... 2008 2026 2014 2020 2008 2009 100 200 300
What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Local order influences initiation of plastic flow in metallic glass: Effects of alloy composition and sample cooling history
    2008 387 citations Ajing Cao, E. Ma et al. Acta Materialia profile →
  2. Correlation between the elastic modulus and the intrinsic plastic behavior of metallic glasses: The roles of atomic configuration and alloy composition
    2009 343 citations Yongqiang Cheng, Ajing Cao et al. Acta Materialia profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Ajing Cao United States 21 2.0k 1.7k 497 381 246 26 2.6k
M. Atzmon United States 32 2.0k 1.0× 2.3k 1.4× 555 1.1× 297 0.8× 267 1.1× 82 3.1k
Yoji Shibutani Japan 26 2.1k 1.0× 1.9k 1.2× 602 1.2× 726 1.9× 243 1.0× 174 3.1k
Malin Selleby Sweden 30 1.5k 0.8× 2.2k 1.3× 282 0.6× 355 0.9× 150 0.6× 104 3.1k
Yun-Jiang Wang China 34 2.0k 1.0× 2.7k 1.6× 777 1.6× 367 1.0× 182 0.7× 167 3.6k
Alan C. Lund United States 19 1.6k 0.8× 2.0k 1.2× 449 0.9× 914 2.4× 201 0.8× 26 2.7k
Shuangxi Song China 29 1.2k 0.6× 1.9k 1.1× 462 0.9× 226 0.6× 187 0.8× 69 2.6k
Ádám Révész Hungary 28 2.6k 1.3× 2.0k 1.2× 261 0.5× 476 1.2× 163 0.7× 109 3.4k
Reza Abbaschian United States 30 1.2k 0.6× 1.6k 1.0× 322 0.6× 205 0.5× 262 1.1× 102 2.3k
P. R. Subramanian United States 29 1.8k 0.9× 2.8k 1.7× 342 0.7× 424 1.1× 709 2.9× 67 3.5k
P. Veyssière France 30 1.9k 1.0× 2.1k 1.3× 237 0.5× 469 1.2× 470 1.9× 140 3.1k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ajing Cao

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ajing Cao

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Ajing Cao. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Ajing Cao based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Ajing Cao. Ajing Cao is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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He, Zheng, Yu Liu, Fan Cao, et al.. (2013). Electron beam-assisted healing of nanopores in magnesium alloys. Scientific Reports. 3(1). 1920–1920. 49 indexed citations
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He, Zheng, Jianbo Wang, Jianyu Huang, Ajing Cao, & Scott X. Mao. (2012). In SituVisualization of Birth and Annihilation of Grain Boundaries in an Au Nanocrystal. Physical Review Letters. 109(22). 225501–225501. 44 indexed citations
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Cao, Ajing. (2012). Molecular dynamics simulation study on heat transport in monolayer graphene sheet with various geometries. Journal of Applied Physics. 111(8). 65 indexed citations
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Cao, Ajing & Jianmin Qu. (2012). Kapitza conductance of symmetric tilt grain boundaries in graphene. Journal of Applied Physics. 111(5). 65 indexed citations
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Cao, Ajing, et al.. (2012). Atomistic study on the strength of symmetric tilt grain boundaries in graphene. Applied Physics Letters. 100(21). 36 indexed citations
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Cao, Ajing & Jianmin Qu. (2012). Size dependent thermal conductivity of single-walled carbon nanotubes. Journal of Applied Physics. 112(1). 94 indexed citations
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He, Zheng, Ajing Cao, Christopher R. Weinberger, et al.. (2010). Discrete plasticity in sub-10-nm-sized gold crystals. Nature Communications. 1(1). 144–144. 288 indexed citations
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Cao, Ajing, Jianmin Qu, & Matthew Yao. (2010). Atomistic simulations of heat transfer at carbon nanotube/Si interfaces. 77. 417–420. 2 indexed citations
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Cao, Ajing. (2010). Shape memory effects and pseudoelasticity in bcc metallic nanowires. Journal of Applied Physics. 108(11). 41 indexed citations
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Cheng, Yongqiang, Ajing Cao, & E. Ma. (2009). Correlation between the elastic modulus and the intrinsic plastic behavior of metallic glasses: The roles of atomic configuration and alloy composition. Acta Materialia. 57(11). 3253–3267. 343 indexed citations breakdown →
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Cao, Ajing & E. Ma. (2008). Sample shape and temperature strongly influence the yield strength of metallic nanopillars. Acta Materialia. 56(17). 4816–4828. 76 indexed citations
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Cao, Ajing, Yueguang Wei, & E. Ma. (2008). Grain boundary effects on plastic deformation and fracture mechanisms in Cu nanowires: Molecular dynamics simulations. Physical Review B. 77(19). 86 indexed citations
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Cao, Ajing, Yueguang Wei, & Scott X. Mao. (2008). Strengthening mechanisms and dislocation dynamics in twinned metal nanowires. JOM. 60(9). 85–88. 4 indexed citations
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Zhang, Li, Yongqiang Cheng, Ajing Cao, Jian Xu, & E. Ma. (2008). Bulk metallic glasses with large plasticity: Composition design from the structural perspective. Acta Materialia. 57(4). 1154–1164. 115 indexed citations
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Cao, Ajing, Yueguang Wei, & Scott X. Mao. (2007). Deformation mechanisms of face-centered-cubic metal nanowires with twin boundaries. Applied Physics Letters. 90(15). 146 indexed citations
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Cao, Ajing, et al.. (2007). Molecular dynamics simulation of plastic deformation of nanotwinned copper. Journal of Applied Physics. 102(8). 72 indexed citations
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Cao, Ajing & Yueguang Wei. (2007). Atomistic simulations of crack nucleation and intergranular fracture in bulk nanocrystalline nickel. Physical Review B. 76(2). 71 indexed citations
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Cao, Ajing & Yueguang Wei. (2006). Atomistic simulations of the mechanical behavior of fivefold twinned nanowires. Physical Review B. 74(21). 87 indexed citations

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