Boyu Liu

1.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
48 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Boyu Liu is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Mechanical Engineering and Biomaterials. According to data from OpenAlex, Boyu Liu has authored 48 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 29 papers in Materials Chemistry, 24 papers in Mechanical Engineering and 21 papers in Biomaterials. Recurrent topics in Boyu Liu's work include Aluminum Alloys Composites Properties (21 papers), Magnesium Alloys: Properties and Applications (21 papers) and Microstructure and mechanical properties (14 papers). Boyu Liu is often cited by papers focused on Aluminum Alloys Composites Properties (21 papers), Magnesium Alloys: Properties and Applications (21 papers) and Microstructure and mechanical properties (14 papers). Boyu Liu collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Australia. Boyu Liu's co-authors include Zhiwei Shan, E. Ma, Nan Yang, Ju Li, Fei Liu, Bin Li, Jian‐Feng Nie, Yang Yang, Lei Zhang and Xiaobo Zhai and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Physical Review Letters and Advanced Materials.

In The Last Decade

Boyu Liu

43 papers receiving 1.1k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Large plasticity in magnesium mediated by pyramidal dislocations

2019 351 citations Boyu Liu, Fei Liu et al. Science profile →

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A. Kato Japan

Hongbin Wang China

R. Checchetto Italy

Peng Yi China

Mykhaylo Motylenko Germany

Huashan Liu China

Mirko Stubičar Croatia

Xiaobao Tian China

Tokimasa Kawabata Japan

Wei Zhong China

A. Kato Japan

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483 ×0.8

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507 ×0.9

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127 ×1.0

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Fan, Yue, Yizhuang Li, Hui Guo, et al.. (2025). High strength and ductility in a rare-earth free magnesium alloy processed by rotary swaging and flash annealing. Communications Materials. 6(1). 2 indexed citations

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Liu, Boyu, et al.. (2025). Two Coordination Polymers Based on Rigid Benzimidazole Carboxylic Acid Ligands: Electrode Performance and Adsorption of Dyes. Applied Organometallic Chemistry. 39(2). 2 indexed citations

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Liu, Fei, Boyu Liu, Jin Zhang, et al.. (2025). In-situ quantitative investigations of differential mobilities of edge and screw pyramidal dislocations in magnesium. Acta Materialia. 302. 121630–121630.

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Liu, Fei, Boyu Liu, Siyuan Wei, et al.. (2025). Anomalous temperature effects on the twinning-dislocation transition in magnesium: in-situ quantitative thermal-mechanical investigations. Acta Materialia. 301. 121571–121571.

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Li, Yizhuang, Haojie Guo, Jingya Wang, et al.. (2025). Anomalous strain hardening via manipulating basal/pyramidal dislocation interactions in the Mg-Y-Ca alloy. Acta Materialia. 296. 121309–121309. 4 indexed citations

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Lv, Ning, Lingyu Zhao, Hong Yan, et al.. (2024). Anomalous ductility-strength synergy occurred after cold rolling in a high Gd content Mg alloy. Journal of Material Science and Technology. 207. 177–190. 7 indexed citations

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Liu, Zhang, et al.. (2024). Development of a superb degradable lightweight Mg alloy with high compressive strength. Journal of Material Science and Technology. 194. 180–184. 3 indexed citations

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Liu, Boyu, Xiaonan Wu, Qiang Liu, et al.. (2024). Suitable Pore Confinement with Multiple Interactions in a Low-Cost Zeolitic Imidazolate Framework for Efficient Xe Capture and Separation. Separation and Purification Technology. 354. 128868–128868. 3 indexed citations

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Chen, Jinfan, Kai Lv, Boyu Liu, et al.. (2024). Unraveling the role of coordinated water in the capture of americium and toxic gases by an ultrastable uranyl phosphonate framework. Chemical Engineering Journal. 493. 152818–152818. 3 indexed citations

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Li, Xihai, Yanping Wang, Hong Yan, et al.. (2023). Microstructure and texture transformation of unidirectional rolled 3% Y2O3p/ZGK200 composites during annealing. Journal of Alloys and Compounds. 968. 172142–172142. 1 indexed citations

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Liu, Boyu, Qiang Liu, Youjin Gong, et al.. (2023). Boosting Xe/Kr separation by a Mixed-linker strategy in Radiation-Resistant Aluminum-Based Metal − Organic frameworks. Separation and Purification Technology. 311. 123335–123335. 12 indexed citations

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Ullah, Wasi, Lingyu Zhao, Hong Yan, et al.. (2023). The annealing strengthening effects in a high-ductile ZG205 alloy sheet. Materials Science and Engineering A. 880. 145355–145355. 5 indexed citations

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Lv, Ning, Lingyu Zhao, Hong Yan, et al.. (2023). Texture tailoring and microstructure refinement induced by {11−21} and {10−12} twinning in an extruded Mg-Gd alloy. Journal of Alloys and Compounds. 966. 171590–171590. 11 indexed citations

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Yang, Yang, et al.. (2023). Dissociation of edge and screw pyramidal I and II dislocations in magnesium. Journal of Magnesium and Alloys. 11(12). 4498–4512. 8 indexed citations

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Liu, Boyu, Yin Yang, Huanyu Zhang, et al.. (2023). Reducing the magnetic dead layer to one unit cell in ultrathin films of manganites using spin-orbit coupling. Physical review. B.. 108(9). 4 indexed citations

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Zhang, Lei, Lei Feng, Yue Liu, et al.. (2023). Improved Swarm Learning with Differential Privacy for Radio Frequency Fingerprinting. 594. 1–5. 1 indexed citations

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Liu, Boyu, Yuting Huang, Wenxu Zheng, Dongmei Wang, & Meikun Fan. (2022). A SERS pH sensor for highly alkaline conditions and its application for pH sensing in aerosol droplets. Analytical Methods. 14(19). 1856–1861. 4 indexed citations

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Maldar, Alireza, Leyun Wang, Boyu Liu, et al.. (2021). Activation of <c> dislocations in Mg with solute Y. Journal of Magnesium and Alloys. 12(3). 1045–1053. 34 indexed citations

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Liu, Boyu, et al.. (2020). One-Pot Synthesis of Unsymmetrical 1,4-Diaminobutynes by Cu(I)-Catalyzed Cross-Coupling of Propiolic Acid, Secondary Amine, Aldehydes and Formaldehyde. Chinese Journal of Organic Chemistry. 40(5). 1290–1290. 8 indexed citations

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Liu, Boyu, Fei Liu, Nan Yang, et al.. (2019). Large plasticity in magnesium mediated by pyramidal dislocations. Science. 365(6448). 73–75. 351 indexed citations breakdown →

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