Kathy Lu

6.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
220 papers, 5.5k citations indexed

About

Kathy Lu is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Ceramics and Composites and Mechanical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Kathy Lu has authored 220 papers receiving a total of 5.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 158 papers in Materials Chemistry, 86 papers in Ceramics and Composites and 49 papers in Mechanical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Kathy Lu's work include Advanced ceramic materials synthesis (77 papers), Advanced materials and composites (32 papers) and Advancements in Solid Oxide Fuel Cells (32 papers). Kathy Lu is often cited by papers focused on Advanced ceramic materials synthesis (77 papers), Advanced materials and composites (32 papers) and Advancements in Solid Oxide Fuel Cells (32 papers). Kathy Lu collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and India. Kathy Lu's co-authors include Manoj K. Mahapatra, Donald Erb, Wenle Li, John Y. Walz, Fengyu Shen, Jingzhong Zhao, Bo Chen, Rochel M. Lago, Shik Chi Edman Tsang and W. T. Reynolds and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Applied Physics, Chemistry of Materials and Journal of Power Sources.

In The Last Decade

Kathy Lu

215 papers receiving 5.4k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

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Author						Papers	Cites
Kathy Lu	3.5k	1.5k	1.2k	1.1k	1.0k	220	5.5k
K. Singh	4.3k 1.2×	2.2k 1.5×	1.2k 1.0×	1.3k 1.3×	973 1.0×	274	6.3k
Xudong Sun	6.2k 1.8×	1.4k 0.9×	3.0k 2.6×	968 0.9×	1.4k 1.4×	384	8.6k
Zhe Zhao	3.9k 1.1×	1.9k 1.3×	1.8k 1.5×	1.3k 1.3×	1.8k 1.8×	177	6.4k
S.K. Sadrnezhaad	3.8k 1.1×	671 0.5×	1.8k 1.5×	1.8k 1.7×	2.2k 2.1×	272	6.9k
Zhijian Peng	4.1k 1.2×	1.1k 0.7×	2.2k 1.9×	634 0.6×	2.5k 2.5×	262	7.4k
Emanuel Ionescu	2.7k 0.8×	2.5k 1.6×	997 0.8×	586 0.6×	1.7k 1.7×	171	4.8k
Rong Tu	2.7k 0.8×	1.1k 0.7×	1.7k 1.5×	731 0.7×	1.2k 1.2×	389	4.6k
Jie Yin	3.5k 1.0×	713 0.5×	1.7k 1.4×	1.1k 1.1×	1.2k 1.2×	190	6.4k
David Cornu	2.2k 0.6×	703 0.5×	1.3k 1.1×	1.3k 1.2×	329 0.3×	192	4.7k
Bin Liu	4.1k 1.2×	696 0.5×	1.3k 1.1×	358 0.3×	2.1k 2.1×	203	6.6k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kathy Lu

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All Works

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Lu, Kathy, et al.. (2025). Polymer-derived SiON coatings for alleviating chloride-induced stress corrosion cracking of 304 stainless steel U-bend. Materials Chemistry and Physics. 344. 131121–131121. 1 indexed citations

Lu, Kathy, et al.. (2025). Understanding Polysiloxane Polymer to Amorphous SiOC Conversion During Pyrolysis Through ReaxFF Simulation. Materials. 18(7). 1412–1412. 1 indexed citations

Ma, Shuailing, Xiaoqi Zhang, Kathy Lu, et al.. (2025). Pressure-induced nano-crystallization and high hardness of optically transparent α-Si3N4 ceramics. Science China Physics Mechanics and Astronomy. 68(5).

Lu, Kathy, et al.. (2024). Microstructure of Stress‐Induced Martensite in Micron‐Sized Zirconia Single Crystal Spheres. Advanced Engineering Materials. 26(20).

Jia, Jianhui, Yang Bai, Jingzhong Zhao, et al.. (2024). Synthesis of Ti3C2Tx-derived and layered TiO2 with NiO nanosheets as heterojunction composites and their gas-sensing properties. Sensors and Actuators B Chemical. 422. 136655–136655. 7 indexed citations

Lu, Kathy, et al.. (2024). Understanding thermodynamic stability and carbothermal reduction in SiOC. Materials Chemistry and Physics. 316. 129123–129123. 4 indexed citations

Madhavi, V., et al.. (2024). Effect of boron on phase, nanostructure, and thermal stability of polycarbosilane-derived SiC ceramics. Ceramics International. 50(24). 53701–53711. 2 indexed citations

Li, Wei, Siyuan Zhang, Kathy Lu, et al.. (2024). In-situ polymer-derived SiC/Si(B)OC ceramic nanocomposites: A sustainable potential candidate for high-temperature thermoelectric applications. Chemical Engineering Journal. 503. 158420–158420. 4 indexed citations

Lu, Kathy, et al.. (2024). Machine learning approach for predicting optical and photothermal properties of gold nanoparticle/polymer hybrid films: Effect of synthetic data. Nano Research. 18(3). 94907216–94907216. 1 indexed citations

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Lu, Kathy, et al.. (2024). Polysilazane-derived SiON coating on stainless steel weld for corrosion resistance. Materials Chemistry and Physics. 315. 128988–128988. 8 indexed citations

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Zhou, Yue, et al.. (2023). Understanding SiOC atomic structures via synchrotron X-ray and reactive force field potential studies. Materials Today Chemistry. 29. 101429–101429. 4 indexed citations

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Hossain, Sk S. & Kathy Lu. (2023). Recent progress of alumina ceramics by direct ink writing: Ink design, printing and post-processing. Ceramics International. 49(7). 10199–10212. 61 indexed citations

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Mujib, Shakir Bin, et al.. (2022). Enhancing organosilicon polymer-derived ceramic properties. Journal of Applied Physics. 132(7). 8 indexed citations

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Zhang, Xiaoli, et al.. (2019). The preparation of in-situ MoSi2-SiC-MoB three-phase composite completely eliminating the PEST phenomena. Materials Chemistry and Physics. 235. 121730–121730. 6 indexed citations

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Shen, Fengyu & Kathy Lu. (2017). Co₃O₄/Sm-Doped CeO₂/Co₃O₄ Trilayer Coating on AISI 441 Interconnect for Solid Oxide Fuel Cells. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 9(7). 6022–6029. 19 indexed citations

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Lu, Kathy & Fengyu Shen. (2014). Effect of stoichiometry on (La0.6Sr0.4)xCo0.2Fe0.8O3 cathode evolution in solid oxide fuel cells. Journal of Power Sources. 267. 421–429. 9 indexed citations

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Lu, Kathy. (2009). A Study of Engineering Freshmen Regarding Nanotechnology Understanding.. Journal of STEM education. 10(1). 7–16. 8 indexed citations

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Lu, Kathy. (2007). Theoretical analysis of colloidal interaction energy in nanoparticle suspensions. Ceramics International. 34(6). 1353–1360. 35 indexed citations

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Zhang, Hui, et al.. (2007). Synthesis and characterization of mesoporous c-ZrO2 microspheres consisting of peanut-like nano-grains. Journal of Alloys and Compounds. 464(1-2). 569–574. 14 indexed citations

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Lu, Kathy, et al.. (2000). Crystallization kinetics of amorphous Ni80P20 alloy investigated by electrical resistance measurements. Zeitschrift für Metallkunde. 91(4). 285–290. 4 indexed citations

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