Donghua Xu

3.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
60 papers, 2.6k citations indexed

About

Donghua Xu is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Mechanical Engineering and Ceramics and Composites. According to data from OpenAlex, Donghua Xu has authored 60 papers receiving a total of 2.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 51 papers in Materials Chemistry, 38 papers in Mechanical Engineering and 14 papers in Ceramics and Composites. Recurrent topics in Donghua Xu's work include Metallic Glasses and Amorphous Alloys (30 papers), Fusion materials and technologies (19 papers) and Nuclear Materials and Properties (19 papers). Donghua Xu is often cited by papers focused on Metallic Glasses and Amorphous Alloys (30 papers), Fusion materials and technologies (19 papers) and Nuclear Materials and Properties (19 papers). Donghua Xu collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and South Korea. Donghua Xu's co-authors include William L. Johnson, Gang Duan, Brian D. Wirth, C. M. Garland, Boonrat Lohwongwatana, Haein Choi‐Yim, Meimei Li, Marquis A. Kirk, William A. Goddard and Guoyun Zhang and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, The Journal of Chemical Physics and Applied Physics Letters.

In The Last Decade

Donghua Xu

59 papers receiving 2.6k citations

Hit Papers

Bulk metallic glass formation in binary Cu-rich alloy ser... 2004 2026 2011 2018 2004 100 200 300 400 500
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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.

  1. Bulk metallic glass formation in binary Cu-rich alloy series – Cu100−xZrx (x=34, 36, 38.2, 40 at.%) and mechanical properties of bulk Cu64Zr36 glass
    2004 531 citations Donghua Xu, Gang Duan 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
Donghua Xu United States 22 1.9k 1.8k 843 225 182 60 2.6k
Ajing Cao United States 21 1.7k 0.9× 2.0k 1.1× 497 0.6× 232 1.0× 124 0.7× 26 2.6k
Yingmin Wang China 22 1.3k 0.7× 1.1k 0.6× 384 0.5× 89 0.4× 74 0.4× 127 1.8k
J.C. Qiao China 37 4.2k 2.2× 3.0k 1.6× 1.9k 2.2× 486 2.2× 145 0.8× 227 4.8k
Hailong Peng China 19 1.3k 0.7× 1.0k 0.6× 427 0.5× 276 1.2× 44 0.2× 57 1.6k
Baoan Sun China 36 4.2k 2.2× 2.2k 1.2× 1.4k 1.6× 512 2.3× 194 1.1× 168 4.8k
D.J. Sordelet United States 35 2.3k 1.2× 2.5k 1.4× 773 0.9× 147 0.7× 86 0.5× 124 3.7k
Mikio Fukuhara Japan 26 1.3k 0.7× 1.2k 0.6× 597 0.7× 134 0.6× 53 0.3× 188 2.3k
Jianbing Qiang China 22 1.3k 0.7× 1.0k 0.6× 401 0.5× 91 0.4× 74 0.4× 94 1.6k
Haibo Ke China 19 1.1k 0.6× 671 0.4× 330 0.4× 127 0.6× 68 0.4× 107 1.4k
Andreas M. Glaeser United States 27 885 0.5× 1.1k 0.6× 928 1.1× 68 0.3× 285 1.6× 101 2.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Donghua Xu

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Fields of papers citing papers by Donghua Xu

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Donghua Xu

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Donghua Xu. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Donghua Xu 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 Donghua Xu. Donghua Xu 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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Chang, Chih‐Hung, et al.. (2024). Multiscale Modeling of Nanoparticle Precipitation in Oxide Dispersion-Strengthened Steels Produced by Laser Powder Bed Fusion. Materials. 17(22). 5661–5661. 2 indexed citations
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Xu, Donghua, et al.. (2024). Effect of Liquid Miscibility Gap on Defects in Inconel 625–GRCop42 Joints through Analysis of Gradient Composition Microstructure. Journal of Manufacturing and Materials Processing. 8(1). 42–42. 14 indexed citations
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Chen, Lei, et al.. (2023). Nanocrystallization of Cu46Zr33.5Hf13.5Al7 Metallic Glass. Crystals. 13(9). 1322–1322. 2 indexed citations
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Luan, Hengwei, Hongbo Lou, Tao Liang, et al.. (2022). Highly variable chemical short-range order in a high-entropy metallic glass. Materials Today Physics. 27. 100799–100799. 11 indexed citations
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Wang, Zheng‐Ming, et al.. (2022). Formation energetics/dynamics of icosahedral clusters in supercooled metallic liquids in the dynamic equilibrium regime: Gibbs free energy, entropy, enthalpy, and connection to coordination shells. Journal of materials research/Pratt's guide to venture capital sources. 38(1). 179–186. 5 indexed citations
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Xu, Donghua, et al.. (2018). 3D surface condensation of large atomic shear strain in nanoscale metallic glasses under low uniaxial stress. Journal of Physics Condensed Matter. 31(2). 25401–25401. 3 indexed citations
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Cheng, Jun, Zongbo Yang, Yun Huang, et al.. (2015). Improving growth rate of microalgae in a 1191m2 raceway pond to fix CO2 from flue gas in a coal-fired power plant. Bioresource Technology. 190. 235–241. 75 indexed citations
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Xu, Donghua, Brian D. Wirth, Meimei Li, & Marquis A. Kirk. (2012). Combining in situ transmission electron microscopy irradiation experiments with cluster dynamics modeling to study nanoscale defect agglomeration in structural metals. Acta Materialia. 60(10). 4286–4302. 83 indexed citations
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Wirth, Brian D., K. Nordlund, D.G. Whyte, & Donghua Xu. (2011). Fusion materials modeling: Challenges and opportunities. MRS Bulletin. 36(3). 216–222. 1 indexed citations
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Xu, Donghua, Brian D. Wirth, Jan Schroers, & William L. Johnson. (2010). Calculating glass-forming ability in absence of key kinetic and thermodynamic parameters. Applied Physics Letters. 97(2). 13 indexed citations
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Zhou, Zhenhua, Ctirad Uher, Donghua Xu, et al.. (2006). On the existence of Einstein oscillators and thermal conductivity in bulk metallic glass. Applied Physics Letters. 89(3). 45 indexed citations
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Li, J. C., Qing Jiang, & Donghua Xu. (2006). Wear behaviour of 85Al–10La–5Ni alloy prepared by powder metallurgy. Materials Science and Technology. 22(5). 604–606. 1 indexed citations
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Choi‐Yim, Haein, Donghua Xu, Mary Laura Lind, Jörg F. Löffler, & William L. Johnson. (2005). Structure and mechanical properties of bulk glass-forming Ni–Nb–Sn alloys. Scripta Materialia. 54(2). 187–190. 22 indexed citations
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Duan, Gang, Donghua Xu, & William L. Johnson. (2005). High copper content bulk glass formation in bimetallic Cu-Hf system. Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A. 36(2). 455–458. 71 indexed citations
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Xu, Donghua, Gang Duan, & William L. Johnson. (2004). Unusual Glass-Forming Ability of Bulk Amorphous Alloys Based on Ordinary Metal Copper. Physical Review Letters. 92(24). 245504–245504. 425 indexed citations
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Choi‐Yim, Haein, Donghua Xu, & William L. Johnson. (2003). Ni-based bulk metallic glass formation in the Ni–Nb–Sn and Ni–Nb–Sn–X (X=B,Fe,Cu) alloy systems. Applied Physics Letters. 82(7). 1030–1032. 200 indexed citations

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