Defa Liu

2.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
18 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Defa Liu is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Condensed Matter Physics. According to data from OpenAlex, Defa Liu has authored 18 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Materials Chemistry, 9 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 8 papers in Condensed Matter Physics. Recurrent topics in Defa Liu's work include Topological Materials and Phenomena (9 papers), Advanced Condensed Matter Physics (8 papers) and Graphene research and applications (6 papers). Defa Liu is often cited by papers focused on Topological Materials and Phenomena (9 papers), Advanced Condensed Matter Physics (8 papers) and Graphene research and applications (6 papers). Defa Liu collaborates with scholars based in China, Germany and United States. Defa Liu's co-authors include S. Parkin, Yulin Chen, Claudia Felser, Ding Pei, Aiji Liang, Enke Liu, Céphise Cacho, Qiunan Xu, Pavel Dudin and T. K. Kim and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Advanced Materials and Nature Materials.

In The Last Decade

Defa Liu

16 papers receiving 1.3k citations

Hit Papers

Magnetic Weyl semimetal phase in a Kagomé crystal 2019 2026 2021 2023 2019 2020 100 200 300 400 500
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. Magnetic Weyl semimetal phase in a Kagomé crystal
    2019 591 citations Defa Liu, Aiji Liang et al. Science profile →
  2. Giant, unconventional anomalous Hall effect in the metallic frustrated magnet candidate, KV 3 Sb 5
    2020 352 citations S. Y. Yang, Yaojia Wang et al. Science Advances profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Defa Liu China 9 1.0k 761 624 291 86 18 1.3k
Congcong Le China 19 585 0.6× 466 0.6× 551 0.9× 429 1.5× 82 1.0× 53 1.1k
Ilija Zeljkovic United States 20 641 0.6× 743 1.0× 423 0.7× 362 1.2× 15 0.2× 37 1.1k
Chetan Dhital United States 20 556 0.5× 734 1.0× 559 0.9× 517 1.8× 20 0.2× 38 1.2k
Tobias Förster Germany 17 468 0.5× 453 0.6× 451 0.7× 395 1.4× 11 0.1× 58 948
Erxi Feng United States 16 311 0.3× 388 0.5× 267 0.4× 333 1.1× 24 0.3× 46 710
Aleksander L. Wysocki United States 15 241 0.2× 407 0.5× 405 0.6× 632 2.2× 26 0.3× 31 892
Na Hyun Jo United States 17 888 0.9× 552 0.7× 789 1.3× 378 1.3× 11 0.1× 40 1.3k
He Zhao United States 13 400 0.4× 445 0.6× 301 0.5× 212 0.7× 13 0.2× 20 664
Zili Feng China 13 574 0.6× 353 0.5× 653 1.0× 192 0.7× 46 0.5× 21 1.0k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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All Works

18 of 18 papers shown
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Lv, Yang‐Yang, Defa Liu, Zequn Sun, et al.. (2025). Metastable 1T-RhO2 with a Triangular Lattice: A Possible Quantum Spin Liquid Candidate. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters. 16(32). 8303–8310.
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Liu, Jieyi, Jianlei Shen, Defa Liu, et al.. (2025). Unusually High Occupation of Co 3d State in Magnetic Weyl Semimetal Co3Sn2S2. ACS Nano. 19(9). 8561–8570. 1 indexed citations
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Liu, Defa, et al.. (2023). Dual co-catalysts Ag/Ti3C2/TiO2 hierarchical flower-like microspheres with enhanced photocatalytic H2-production activity. CHINESE JOURNAL OF CATALYSIS (CHINESE VERSION). 50. 273–283. 89 indexed citations
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Wang, Yaojia, S. Y. Yang, Pranava K. Sivakumar, et al.. (2023). Anisotropic proximity–induced superconductivity and edge supercurrent in Kagome metal, K 1− x V 3 Sb 5. Science Advances. 9(28). eadg7269–eadg7269. 15 indexed citations
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Yu, Bo, et al.. (2023). Construction and Application of Basic-Element Database for Intelligent Dust Removal in Coal Mines. Procedia Computer Science. 221. 1366–1375.
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Liu, Defa, Yue Wu, Zhizhou Yang, et al.. (2022). Synthesis of hollow spherical polyaniline by using poly(styrene‐co‐acrylic acid) sphere as the template for high adsorption of Cr(VI). Journal of Applied Polymer Science. 139(35). 4 indexed citations
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Liu, Defa, Enke Liu, Qiunan Xu, et al.. (2022). Direct observation of the spin–orbit coupling effect in magnetic Weyl semimetal Co3Sn2S2. npj Quantum Materials. 7(1). 24 indexed citations
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Li, Xingsen, et al.. (2022). Challenges of Industrial Engineering in Big Data Environment and Its new Directions on Extension Intelligence. Procedia Computer Science. 214. 1561–1567. 2 indexed citations
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Bedoya‐Pinto, Amilcar, Defa Liu, Hengxin Tan, et al.. (2021). Large Fermi‐Energy Shift and Suppression of Trivial Surface States in NbP Weyl Semimetal Thin Films. Advanced Materials. 33(21). e2008634–e2008634. 10 indexed citations
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Zang, Yunyi, Felix Küster, Jibo Zhang, et al.. (2021). Competing Energy Scales in Topological Superconducting Heterostructures. Nano Letters. 21(7). 2758–2765. 8 indexed citations
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Yang, S. Y., Yaojia Wang, Brenden R. Ortiz, et al.. (2020). Giant, unconventional anomalous Hall effect in the metallic frustrated magnet candidate, KV 3 Sb 5. Science Advances. 6(31). eabb6003–eabb6003. 352 indexed citations breakdown →
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Bedoya‐Pinto, Amilcar, Avanindra K. Pandeya, Defa Liu, et al.. (2020). Realization of Epitaxial NbP and TaP Weyl Semimetal Thin Films. ACS Nano. 14(4). 4405–4413. 39 indexed citations
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Liu, Defa, Aiji Liang, Enke Liu, et al.. (2019). Magnetic Weyl semimetal phase in a Kagomé crystal. Science. 365(6459). 1282–1285. 591 indexed citations breakdown →
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Lv, Yang‐Yang, Lin Cao, Si-Si Chen, et al.. (2019). Theoretical and experimental evidence for the intrinsic three-dimensional Dirac state inCu2HgSnSe4. Physical review. B.. 100(19). 3 indexed citations
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Wang, Zhengfei, Defa Liu, Chunhua Tang, et al.. (2016). Topological edge states in a high-temperature superconductor FeSe/SrTiO3(001) film. Nature Materials. 15(9). 968–973. 134 indexed citations
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Liu, Xu, Defa Liu, Lin Zhao, et al.. (2013). Fermi Surface and Band Structure of (Ca,La)FeAs 2 Superconductor from Angle-Resolved Photoemission Spectroscopy. Chinese Physics Letters. 30(12). 127402–127402. 18 indexed citations
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Xiao, Peng, Defa Liu, K. M. Yu, et al.. (2011). Band Gap Variation of CdInSe and CdZnS Fabricated by High Throughput Combinatorial Growth Technique. AIP conference proceedings. 1059–1060. 2 indexed citations

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