Kai Lyu

1.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
44 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Kai Lyu is a scholar working on Civil and Structural Engineering, Materials Chemistry and Building and Construction. According to data from OpenAlex, Kai Lyu has authored 44 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 31 papers in Civil and Structural Engineering, 20 papers in Materials Chemistry and 14 papers in Building and Construction. Recurrent topics in Kai Lyu's work include Concrete and Cement Materials Research (27 papers), Magnesium Oxide Properties and Applications (11 papers) and Innovative concrete reinforcement materials (11 papers). Kai Lyu is often cited by papers focused on Concrete and Cement Materials Research (27 papers), Magnesium Oxide Properties and Applications (11 papers) and Innovative concrete reinforcement materials (11 papers). Kai Lyu collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and France. Kai Lyu's co-authors include Wei She, Honglei Chang, Xiaoyan Liu, Yue Gu, Ruidan Liu, Changwen Miao, Surendra P. Shah, Wenqiang Zuo, Junqing Zuo and Edward J. Garboczi and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Nature Communications and Water Resources Research.

In The Last Decade

Kai Lyu

43 papers receiving 1.3k citations

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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.

Enhanced early hydration and mechanical properties of cement-based materials with recycled concrete powder modified by nano-silica

2022 128 citations Xiaoyan Liu, Li Liu et al. Journal of Building Engineering profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Kai Lyu China	17	872	503	435	149	130	44	1.3k
Sebastiano Candamano Italy	21	363 0.4×	187 0.4×	397 0.9×	93 0.6×	107 0.8×	61	1.1k
Saad Al-Saadi Australia	13	1.0k 1.2×	918 1.8×	221 0.5×	72 0.5×	113 0.9×	20	1.4k
Bo Ren China	20	402 0.5×	390 0.8×	566 1.3×	58 0.4×	61 0.5×	72	1.4k
Petr Ptáček Czechia	19	314 0.4×	378 0.8×	553 1.3×	61 0.4×	129 1.0×	59	1.3k
Alberto N. Scian Argentina	22	1.2k 1.3×	739 1.5×	659 1.5×	56 0.4×	79 0.6×	60	2.0k
Geetika Mishra India	17	844 1.0×	263 0.5×	546 1.3×	92 0.6×	47 0.4×	27	1.4k
Waldemar Pichór Poland	18	577 0.7×	333 0.7×	209 0.5×	83 0.6×	71 0.5×	66	943
Martin T. Palou Slovakia	25	1.1k 1.3×	437 0.9×	748 1.7×	73 0.5×	50 0.4×	97	1.7k
Mohammad Zakertabrizi Australia	17	382 0.4×	204 0.4×	353 0.8×	48 0.3×	61 0.5×	24	1.0k
Kai-tuo Wang China	17	886 1.0×	508 1.0×	463 1.1×	25 0.2×	49 0.4×	17	1.2k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kai Lyu

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Kai Lyu. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Kai Lyu 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 Kai Lyu. Kai Lyu is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Lyu, Kai, et al.. (2025). Mechanical activation of MSWIFA: Performance trade-offs between electric grinding and ball milling. Construction and Building Materials. 493. 143110–143110. 1 indexed citations

Shi, Pengfei, et al.. (2025). A Novel Topography‐Based Approach for Real‐Time Flood Inundation Mapping. Water Resources Research. 61(2). 1 indexed citations

Shi, Jinna, et al.. (2025). Study on mechanical properties and heavy metal immobilization performance of sludge ash concrete in large temperature difference environments from the aspect of pore structure evolution. Construction and Building Materials. 490. 142640–142640.

Lyu, Kai, et al.. (2025). A comparative study of utilizing silica powder and nano-based silica to enhance the properties of MSWIFA-cement based composites. Construction and Building Materials. 486. 141987–141987. 2 indexed citations

Liu, Xiaoyan, et al.. (2025). Evaluation of Fresh Property, Compressive Strength and Environmental Impact of Low-Carbon Geopolymer Based on Ladle Furnace Slag and Soda Residue. Materials. 18(7). 1552–1552. 1 indexed citations

Liu, Xiaoyan, Kai Lyu, Aihua Liu, et al.. (2025). Research on predicting the compressive strength of soda residue-based alkali-activated materials under various curing conditions using machine learning approaches. Construction and Building Materials. 484. 141704–141704. 1 indexed citations

Lyu, Kai, Yilin Qu, Xiaoyan Liu, et al.. (2025). Synergistic modification of recycled concrete powder through nano silica co-grinding: A mechanochemical approach for sustainable cementitious composites. Construction and Building Materials. 492. 142961–142961. 2 indexed citations

Liu, Xiaoyan, Ruidan Liu, Kai Lyu, et al.. (2023). Manufacture of alkali-activated cementitious materials using municipal solid waste incineration fly ash (MSWIFA): The effect of the Si/Al molar ratio on fresh and hardened properties. Construction and Building Materials. 409. 134075–134075. 22 indexed citations

Liu, Xiaoyan, Ruidan Liu, Kai Lyu, et al.. (2023). Research on the durability of nano-SiO2 and sodium silicate co-modified recycled coarse aggregate (RCA) concrete. Construction and Building Materials. 378. 131185–131185. 39 indexed citations

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Gu, Yue, et al.. (2023). Effect of polyvinyl alcohol on the performance of carbon fixation foam concrete. Construction and Building Materials. 390. 131775–131775. 16 indexed citations

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Liu, Xiaoyan, Tianyu Li, Yanqi Liu, et al.. (2023). Corrosion Resistance of CeO2-GO/Epoxy Nanocomposite Coating in Simulated Seawater and Concrete Pore Solutions. Polymers. 15(12). 2602–2602. 9 indexed citations

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Liu, Xiaoyan, Lin Liu, Y.J. Zhang, et al.. (2023). Glutathione-sensitized SnS2 nanoflake/CdS nanorod heterojunction for enhancing cathodic protection of 304 stainless steel with remarkable photoelectric conversion performance. Applied Surface Science. 637. 157835–157835. 7 indexed citations

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Liu, Xiaoyan, Ruidan Liu, Kai Lyu, et al.. (2023). Optimization formulation of low carbon MSWIFA cement-based composites modified by nano SiO2. Journal of Building Engineering. 80. 108043–108043. 9 indexed citations

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Liu, Xiaoyan, Ruidan Liu, Kai Lyu, et al.. (2023). Hydration characteristic and strengthening mechanism of municipal solid waste incineration fly ash cementitious composites modified by nano SiO2. Construction and Building Materials. 409. 134004–134004. 12 indexed citations

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Xia, Kailun, Yue Gu, Linhua Jiang, et al.. (2022). Preparation of a hydrophobic coating on cement-based materials by fluorinated hybrid nanoSiO2 and study on its UV-resistance performance. Construction and Building Materials. 352. 129003–129003. 13 indexed citations

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Liu, Xiaoyan, et al.. (2021). Research on the Preparation and Anticorrosion Properties of EP/CeO2-GO Nanocomposite Coating. Polymers. 13(2). 183–183. 31 indexed citations

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Kang, Xinchen, Bin Wang, Kui Hu, et al.. (2020). Quantitative Electro-Reduction of CO₂ to Liquid Fuel over Electro-Synthesized Metal–Organic Frameworks. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 142(41). 17384–17392. 106 indexed citations

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Kang, Xinchen, Kai Lyu, Lili Li, et al.. (2019). Integration of mesopores and crystal defects in metal-organic frameworks via templated electrosynthesis. Nature Communications. 10(1). 4466–4466. 110 indexed citations

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Gu, Yue, Kailun Xia, Zhenhua Wei, et al.. (2019). Synthesis of nanoSiO2@graphene-oxide core-shell nanoparticles and its influence on mechanical properties of cementitious materials. Construction and Building Materials. 236. 117619–117619. 28 indexed citations

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Lyu, Kai & Wei She. (2019). Determination of Aggregate Surface Morphology at the Interfacial Transition Zone (ITZ). Journal of Visualized Experiments. 8 indexed citations

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