Fengnian Xia

41.8k total citations · 21 hit papers
232 papers, 31.7k citations indexed

About

Fengnian Xia is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Materials Chemistry and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, Fengnian Xia has authored 232 papers receiving a total of 31.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 128 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 112 papers in Materials Chemistry and 70 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in Fengnian Xia's work include Photonic and Optical Devices (72 papers), 2D Materials and Applications (55 papers) and Graphene research and applications (44 papers). Fengnian Xia is often cited by papers focused on Photonic and Optical Devices (72 papers), 2D Materials and Applications (55 papers) and Graphene research and applications (44 papers). Fengnian Xia collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Japan. Fengnian Xia's co-authors include Han Wang, Phaedon Avouris, Thomas Mueller, Yichen Jia, Yurii A. Vlasov, Madan Dubey, Alberto Valdes‐Garcia, Yu-Ming Lin, Ashwin Ramasubramaniam and Di Xiao and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Chemical Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Fengnian Xia

222 papers receiving 30.8k citations

Hit Papers

Rediscovering black phosphorus as an anisotropic lay... 2006 2026 2012 2019 2014 2009 2014 2010 2015 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k 2.5k
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. Rediscovering black phosphorus as an anisotropic layered material for optoelectronics and electronics
    2014 2.9k citations Fengnian Xia, Han Wang et al. profile →
  2. Ultrafast graphene photodetector
    2009 2.5k citations Fengnian Xia, Phaedon Avouris et al. profile →
  3. Two-dimensional material nanophotonics
    2014 2.4k citations Fengnian Xia, Han Wang et al. Nature Photonics profile →
  4. Graphene photodetectors for high-speed optical communications
    2010 2.1k citations Fengnian Xia, Phaedon Avouris et al. Nature Photonics profile →
  5. Highly anisotropic and robust excitons in monolayer black phosphorus
    2015 1.2k citations Han Wang, Li Yang et al. profile →
  6. The renaissance of black phosphorus
    2015 1.2k citations Han Wang, Fengnian Xia et al. profile →
  7. Tunable infrared plasmonic devices using graphene/insulator stacks
    2012 1.0k citations Phaedon Avouris, Fengnian Xia et al. profile →
  8. Strong light–matter coupling in two-dimensional atomic crystals
    2014 867 citations Fengnian Xia et al. Nature Photonics profile →
  9. Ultracompact optical buffers on a silicon chip
    2006 862 citations Fengnian Xia et al. Nature Photonics profile →
  10. Microwave Absorption Enhancement of Multifunctional Composite Microspheres with Spinel Fe3O4 Cores and Anatase TiO2 Shells
    2012 768 citations Fengnian Xia et al. profile →
  11. High-frequency, scaled graphene transistors on diamond-like carbon
    2011 735 citations Fengnian Xia, Phaedon Avouris et al. Nature profile →
  12. Damping pathways of mid-infrared plasmons in graphene nanostructures
    2013 735 citations Tony Low, Phaedon Avouris et al. Nature Photonics profile →
  13. Black Phosphorus Mid-Infrared Photodetectors with High Gain
    2016 668 citations Qiushi Guo, Bingchen Deng et al. Nano Letters profile →
  14. The origins and limits of metal–graphene junction resistance
    2011 644 citations Fengnian Xia, Phaedon Avouris et al. profile →
  15. Tunable optical properties of multilayer black phosphorus thin films
    2014 597 citations Tony Low, Aleksandr Rodin et al. profile →
  16. Plasmons and Screening in Monolayer and Multilayer Black Phosphorus
    2014 492 citations Tony Low, Han Wang et al. Physical Review Letters profile →
  17. Reinventing germanium avalanche photodetector for nanophotonic on-chip optical interconnects
    2010 477 citations Fengnian Xia et al. Nature profile →
  18. Photoconductivity of biased graphene
    2012 434 citations Tony Low, Fengnian Xia et al. Nature Photonics profile →
  19. Black Arsenic–Phosphorus: Layered Anisotropic Infrared Semiconductors with Highly Tunable Compositions and Properties
    2015 382 citations Qiushi Guo, Fengnian Xia et al. profile →
  20. A wavelength-scale black phosphorus spectrometer
    2021 226 citations Shaofan Yuan, Doron Naveh et al. Nature Photonics profile →
  21. Intelligent infrared sensing enabled by tunable moiré quantum geometry
    2022 163 citations Chao Ma, Shaofan Yuan et al. Nature profile →

Peers

Fengnian Xia
Comparison fields: 5 of 129
  • Materials Chemistry 19.7k
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering 16.1k
  • Biomedical Engineering 9.9k
  • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 8.4k
  • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials 6.1k
Replace Albert Polman with:
Albert Polman Netherlands
Frank H. L. Koppens Spain
A. N. Grigorenko United Kingdom
Kornelius Nielsch Germany
Mark L. Brongersma United States
Minghui Hong Singapore
U. Gösele Germany
Qiaoliang Bao China
Weida Hu China
Matthias Wuttig Germany
Albert Polman Netherlands View profile →
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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
# Work Indexed citations
1
State Leadership Academies to reduce cigarette smoking among people with behavioral health conditions in the United States
2024 ·Preventive Medicine Reports ·Maya Vijayaraghavan, (unknown), James H. Satterfield, Brant Clark, Fengnian Xia, Chao Cheng, (unknown), (unknown), Steven A. Schroeder
0
2
Polarization detection in miniature
2024 ·Nature Electronics ·Fan Zhang, Fengnian Xia
2
3
An all-silicon solution
2024 ·Nature Photonics ·(unknown), Fengnian Xia
0
4
Multifunctional metasurface for broadband absorption and polarization conversion based on graphene-VO2
2023 ·Diamond and Related Materials ·(unknown), Jianfeng Sun, (unknown), Fengnian Xia, Mei Wang, Kun Zhang, Maojin Yun
31
5
Large-angle twist effect
2023 ·Nature Photonics ·Bingchen Deng, Fengnian Xia
1
6
Synthesis of black phosphorus films
2023 ·Nature Materials ·Matthieu Fortin‐Deschênes, Fengnian Xia
13
7
Intelligent infrared sensing enabled by tunable moiré quantum geometry breakdown →
2022 ·Nature ·Chao Ma, Shaofan Yuan, Patrick Cheung, Kenji Watanabe, Takashi Taniguchi, Fan Zhang, Fengnian Xia
163
8
Ultrafast Excitonic Response in Two-Dimensional Hybrid Perovskites Driven by Intense Midinfrared Pulses
2022 ·Physical Review Letters ·Shunran Li, Xiaotong Li, (unknown), (unknown), Shaofan Yuan, (unknown), Constantinos C. Stoumpos, Fengnian Xia, Lingling Mao, Mercouri G. Kanatzidis, Peijun Guo
11
9
Widely tunable mid-infrared light emission in thin-film black phosphorus
2020 ·Science Advances ·Chen Chen, Xiaobo Lu, Bingchen Deng, Xiaolong Chen, Qiushi Guo, Cheng Li, Chao Ma, Shaofan Yuan, (unknown), Kenji Watanabe, Takashi Taniguchi, Li Yang, Fengnian Xia
94
10
Plasmonics in Atomically Thin Crystalline Silver Films
2019 ·ACS Nano ·Zakaria M. Abd El‐Fattah, Vahagn Mkhitaryan, Jens Brede, Laura Fernández, Cheng Li, Qiushi Guo, Arnab Ghosh, (unknown), Doron Naveh, Fengnian Xia, J. Enrique Ortega, F. Javier Garcı́a de Abajo
91
11
Black phosphorus and its isoelectronic materials
2019 ·Nature Reviews Physics ·Fengnian Xia, Han Wang, James C. M. Hwang, A. H. Castro Neto, Li Yang
248
12
Bright Mid-Infrared Photoluminescence from Thin-Film Black Phosphorus
2019 ·Nano Letters ·Chen Chen, Feng Chen, Xiaolong Chen, Bingchen Deng, (unknown), Daehwan Jung, Qiushi Guo, Shaofan Yuan, Kenji Watanabe, Takashi Taniguchi, Minjoo Larry Lee, Fengnian Xia
100
13
Graphene Schottky Varactor Diodes for High-Performance Photodetection
2019 ·ACS Photonics ·(unknown), (unknown), Ofer Sinai, Eldad Peretz, (unknown), Arnab Ghosh, (unknown), (unknown), Shaofan Yuan, Fengnian Xia, Doron Naveh
11
14
Progress on Black Phosphorus Photonics
2018 ·Advanced Optical Materials ·Bingchen Deng, Riccardo Frisenda, Cheng Li, Xiaolong Chen, Andrés Castellanos-Gómez, Fengnian Xia
60
15
Valley-Selective Linear Dichroism in Layered Tin Sulfide
2018 ·ACS Photonics ·Chen Chen, Xiaolong Chen, Yuchuan Shao, Bingchen Deng, Qiushi Guo, Chao Ma, Fengnian Xia
27
16
Protective molecular passivation of black phosphorus
2017 ·npj 2D Materials and Applications ·(unknown), Qiushi Guo, Hagai Cohen, (unknown), Ashwin Ramasubramaniam, Fengnian Xia, Doron Naveh
63
17
Enhanced solar water-splitting performance of TiO2 nanotube arrays by annealing and quenching
2014 ·Applied Surface Science ·(unknown), Jianzhong Xiao, Fengnian Xia, Koji Kajiyoshi, Chanatip Samart, Haibo Zhang
15
18
Tunable optical properties of multilayers black phosphorus
2014 ·arXiv (Cornell University) ·Tony Low, Aleksandr Rodin, Alexandra Carvalho, Yongjin Jiang, Han Wang, Fengnian Xia, A. H. Castro Neto
8
19
Graphene applications in electronics and photonics
2012 ·MRS Bulletin ·Phaedon Avouris, Fengnian Xia
182
20
Effect of tin addition on microstructure and electrochemical properties of rolled AZ61‐Sn magnesium anodic materials
2011 ·Rare Metals ·Ping Wang, Jianping Li, Yongchun Guo, Zhong Yang, Fengnian Xia, Jianli Wang
16

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