Kan Li

4.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
36 papers, 4.4k citations indexed

About

Kan Li is a scholar working on Surfaces, Coatings and Films, Biomedical Engineering and Computational Mechanics. According to data from OpenAlex, Kan Li has authored 36 papers receiving a total of 4.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Surfaces, Coatings and Films, 10 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 9 papers in Computational Mechanics. Recurrent topics in Kan Li's work include Surface Modification and Superhydrophobicity (22 papers), Fluid Dynamics and Heat Transfer (7 papers) and Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials (7 papers). Kan Li is often cited by papers focused on Surface Modification and Superhydrophobicity (22 papers), Fluid Dynamics and Heat Transfer (7 papers) and Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials (7 papers). Kan Li collaborates with scholars based in China, Australia and Taiwan. Kan Li's co-authors include Lei Jiang, Moyuan Cao, Cunming Yu, Lin Feng, Yingze Cao, Zhongxin Xue, Jie Ju, Yen Wei, Kesong Liu and Lei Tao and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Advanced Materials and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

Kan Li

33 papers receiving 4.4k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Structured cone arrays for continuous and effective collection of micron-sized oil droplets from water

2013 440 citations Kan Li, Jie Ju et al. Nature Communications profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Kan Li China	26	2.9k	1.5k	1.3k	1.2k	1.1k	36	4.4k
Dongliang Tian China	32	2.3k 0.8×	1.5k 1.0×	1.4k 1.1×	463 0.4×	822 0.8×	78	3.6k
Biqian Liu China	23	3.1k 1.1×	1.9k 1.2×	1.3k 1.0×	299 0.3×	964 0.9×	34	4.5k
Hua Lai China	32	1.6k 0.6×	1.1k 0.7×	842 0.6×	432 0.4×	1.2k 1.2×	101	3.4k
Yingze Cao China	30	3.3k 1.1×	2.0k 1.3×	1.1k 0.9×	421 0.4×	1.1k 1.0×	56	4.3k
Qinmin Pan China	40	2.5k 0.9×	1.9k 1.3×	2.8k 2.1×	381 0.3×	1.6k 1.6×	99	6.2k
Yongmei Ma China	24	2.5k 0.8×	1.9k 1.2×	974 0.7×	207 0.2×	1.3k 1.2×	73	4.4k
Meihua Jin China	23	1.4k 0.5×	1.5k 1.0×	2.5k 1.8×	509 0.4×	1.9k 1.8×	51	4.9k
Rabibrata Mukherjee India	30	752 0.3×	1.0k 0.7×	897 0.7×	528 0.4×	2.5k 2.4×	108	4.2k
Weimin Liu China	16	2.0k 0.7×	1.1k 0.7×	639 0.5×	277 0.2×	550 0.5×	25	2.5k
Zhaoyue Liu China	38	858 0.3×	1.3k 0.9×	1.5k 1.1×	2.4k 2.0×	2.0k 1.9×	105	4.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Kan Li

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Fields of papers citing papers by Kan Li

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kan Li

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

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20 of 20 papers shown

He, Zhichao, Xuelin Wang, Huiwen Gong, et al.. (2025). Synergistic copper single sites and nanoparticles nano-trapped in hydrothermally treated Panax pseudo-ginseng for efficient CO2 transformation. Journal of environmental chemical engineering. 13(3). 116570–116570.

Li, Kan, et al.. (2025). M$^3$-Med: A Benchmark for Multi-lingual, Multi-modal, and Multi-hop Reasoning in Medical Instructional Video Understanding. ArXiv.org.

Wu, Leyuan, et al.. (2024). A Novel Efficient Algorithm for Magnetic Biplanar Coils. IEEE Sensors Journal. 24(18). 28733–28745. 2 indexed citations

Wang, Xinglin, et al.. (2024). Integrate the Essence and Eliminate the Dross: Fine-Grained Self-Consistency for Free-Form Language Generation. 11782–11794. 1 indexed citations

Wang, Bing, Haoyu Dai, Chunhui Zhang, et al.. (2022). Nasal Cavity Inspired Micro‐Nanostructured Cone Array Tube for Oil Recovery in Wastewater. Advanced Materials Interfaces. 9(18). 12 indexed citations

Bai, Haoyu, Tianhong Zhao, Xinsheng Wang, et al.. (2020). Cactus kirigami for efficient fog harvesting: simplifying a 3D cactus into 2D paper art. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 8(27). 13452–13458. 154 indexed citations

Jiang, Xiangyu, Hanfei Gao, Xiqi Zhang, et al.. (2018). Highly-sensitive optical organic vapor sensor through polymeric swelling induced variation of fluorescent intensity. Nature Communications. 9(1). 3799–3799. 98 indexed citations

Zhang, An, Rong He, Huiping Li, et al.. (2018). Nickel Doping in Atomically Thin Tin Disulfide Nanosheets Enables Highly Efficient CO₂ Reduction. Angewandte Chemie. 130(34). 11120–11124. 43 indexed citations

Zhang, Chunhui, Moyuan Cao, Hongyu Ma, et al.. (2017). Morphology‐Control Strategy of the Superhydrophobic Poly(Methyl Methacrylate) Surface for Efficient Bubble Adhesion and Wastewater Remediation. Advanced Functional Materials. 27(43). 74 indexed citations

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Cao, Moyuan, Jin Xu, Yun Peng, et al.. (2017). Unidirectional Wetting Properties on Multi‐Bioinspired Magnetocontrollable Slippery Microcilia. Advanced Materials. 29(23). 205 indexed citations

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Ma, Hongyu, Moyuan Cao, Chunhui Zhang, et al.. (2017). Directional and Continuous Transport of Gas Bubbles on Superaerophilic Geometry‐Gradient Surfaces in Aqueous Environments. Advanced Functional Materials. 28(7). 96 indexed citations

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Yu, Cunming, Xuanbo Zhu, Kan Li, Moyuan Cao, & Lei Jiang. (2017). Manipulating Bubbles in Aqueous Environment via a Lubricant‐Infused Slippery Surface. Advanced Functional Materials. 27(29). 135 indexed citations

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Bai, Lin & Kan Li. (2015). Predicting image caption by a unified hierarchical model. 2. 1–6. 3 indexed citations

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Cao, Moyuan, et al.. (2015). Hydrophobic/Hydrophilic Cooperative Janus System for Enhancement of Fog Collection. Small. 11(34). 4379–4384. 271 indexed citations

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Cao, Yingze, Na Liu, Changkui Fu, et al.. (2014). Thermo and pH Dual-Responsive Materials for Controllable Oil/Water Separation. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 6(3). 2026–2030. 235 indexed citations

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Li, Kan, Jie Ju, Zhongxin Xue, et al.. (2013). Structured cone arrays for continuous and effective collection of micron-sized oil droplets from water. Nature Communications. 4(1). 2276–2276. 440 indexed citations breakdown →

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Gao, Changrui, Zhongxue Sun, Kan Li, et al.. (2013). Integrated oil separation and water purification by a double-layer TiO2-based mesh. Energy & Environmental Science. 6(4). 1147–1147. 305 indexed citations

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Cao, Yingze, Xiaoyong Zhang, Lei Tao, et al.. (2013). Mussel-Inspired Chemistry and Michael Addition Reaction for Efficient Oil/Water Separation. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 5(10). 4438–4442. 304 indexed citations

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Shen, Xiang, Guangxi Huang, Kan Li, Guanxin Zhang, & Deqing Zhang. (2013). Tuning the solid-state emission of the analogous GFP chromophore by varying alkyl chains in the imidazolinone ring. Science China Chemistry. 56(9). 1197–1203. 21 indexed citations

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Shen, Xiang, Yi Shi, Bo Peng, et al.. (2012). Fluorescent Polymeric Micelles with Tetraphenylethylene Moieties and Their Application for the Selective Detection of Glucose. Macromolecular Bioscience. 12(11). 1583–1590. 31 indexed citations

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