Ke Xu

13.0k total citations · 4 hit papers
196 papers, 9.5k citations indexed

About

Ke Xu is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Ke Xu has authored 196 papers receiving a total of 9.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 58 papers in Materials Chemistry, 47 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 45 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Ke Xu's work include Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques (41 papers), Graphene research and applications (19 papers) and Advanced Electron Microscopy Techniques and Applications (14 papers). Ke Xu is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques (41 papers), Graphene research and applications (19 papers) and Advanced Electron Microscopy Techniques and Applications (14 papers). Ke Xu collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and United Kingdom. Ke Xu's co-authors include James R. Heath, Xiaowei Zhuang, Guisheng Zhong, Peigen Cao, Samuel J. Kenny, Wan Li, Rui Yan, Seonah Moon, Akram Boukai and Hazen P. Babcock and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Chemical Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Ke Xu

186 papers receiving 9.3k 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.

A 160-kilobit molecular electronic memory patterned at 1011 bits per square centimetre

2007 1.0k citations Ke Xu et al. profile →
Actin, Spectrin, and Associated Proteins Form a Periodic Cytoskeletal Structure in Axons

2012 903 citations Ke Xu, Guisheng Zhong et al. Science profile →
Mitochondrial stress is relayed to the cytosol by an OMA1–DELE1–HRI pathway

2020 408 citations Ke Xu et al. profile →
Genome-wide CRISPRi/a screens in human neurons link lysosomal failure to ferroptosis

2021 229 citations Rui Yan, Ke Xu et al. profile →

Peers

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Clemens F. Kaminski United Kingdom

Thomas Schmidt Netherlands

Katharina Gaus Australia

Vinod Subramaniam Netherlands

Laurent Cognet France

Rachid Sougrat Saudi Arabia

Alberto Diaspro Italy

Yoshie Harada Japan

Hiroyuki Noji Japan

Giovanni Dietler Switzerland

Clemens F. Kaminski United Kingdom

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Countries citing papers authored by Ke Xu

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ke Xu

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ke Xu

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Ke Xu. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Ke 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 Ke Xu. Ke Xu 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

Said, Amir, Binbin Qian, Ruiqian Zhang, et al.. (2025). Synthesis of a highly durable and efficient Ir-functionalized OAPS-GMA dendrimer for an all-pH hydrogen evolution reaction. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 13(9). 6469–6481. 4 indexed citations

Xu, Ke, et al.. (2024). FeP nanoparticle embedded in N,P-doped 3D porous wood-derived carbon aerogel for oxygen reduction reaction. Carbon. 228. 119408–119408. 8 indexed citations

Xu, Ke, Qian Wang, Ying Zhang, et al.. (2024). Benzo(a)pyrene exposure impacts cerebrovascular development in zebrafish embryos and the antagonistic effect of berberine. The Science of The Total Environment. 949. 174980–174980. 2 indexed citations

Du, Jifu, Ke Xu, Xin Yang, Zhen Dong, & Long Zhao. (2024). Removal of diclofenac sodium from aqueous solution using different ionic liquids functionalized tragacanth gum hydrogel prepared by radiation technique. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. 265(Pt 1). 130758–130758. 13 indexed citations

Wei, Caixia, et al.. (2024). Achieving preeminent stability and reproducibility in an ion-selective electrode for copper ion via introducing a hydrophobic NiCo2S4/PFOA solid-contact. Microchemical Journal. 200. 110324–110324. 2 indexed citations

Lin, Shiru, Cong Wang, & Ke Xu. (2023). PtS2/WSe2 heterostructure for thermoelectric and Li-ion battery Applications: A First-Principles study. Chemical Physics. 574. 112041–112041. 10 indexed citations

Xu, Ke, et al.. (2023). Hollow multi-shelled structural SnO2 with multiple spatial confinement for ethanol gas sensing. Materials Letters. 338. 134070–134070. 12 indexed citations

Wang, Bowen, et al.. (2023). Machine-learning-powered extraction of molecular diffusivity from single-molecule images for super-resolution mapping. Communications Biology. 6(1). 336–336. 9 indexed citations

Liu, Zekun, Zhenhua Wu, Shuai Zhang, et al.. (2022). Recognitions of colored fabrics/laser-patterned metals based on photothermoelectric effects. Science Advances. 8(33). eabo7500–eabo7500. 14 indexed citations

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Wang, Bowen, et al.. (2021). Transforming Rhodamine Dyes for (d)STORM Super‐Resolution Microscopy via 1,3‐Disubstituted Imidazolium Substitution. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 61(9). e202113612–e202113612. 23 indexed citations

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Chen, Kun, Rui Yan, Limin Xiang, & Ke Xu. (2021). Excitation spectral microscopy for highly multiplexed fluorescence imaging and quantitative biosensing. Light Science & Applications. 10(1). 43 indexed citations

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Li, Shulin, Rui Yan, Jialu Xu, et al.. (2021). A new type of ERGIC–ERES membrane contact mediated by TMED9 and SEC12 is required for autophagosome biogenesis. Cell Research. 32(2). 119–138. 59 indexed citations

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Wolf, Kayla J., Stacey Lee, Jason D. Coombes, et al.. (2020). A mode of cell adhesion and migration facilitated by CD44-dependent microtentacles. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 117(21). 11432–11443. 69 indexed citations

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Moon, Seonah, et al.. (2020). Graphene-Enabled, Spatially Controlled Electroporation of Adherent Cells for Live-Cell Super-resolution Microscopy. ACS Nano. 14(5). 5609–5617. 16 indexed citations

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Li, Wan, Yunqi Li, & Ke Xu. (2019). Azidated Graphene: Direct Azidation from Monolayers, Click Chemistry, and Bulk Production from Graphite. Nano Letters. 20(1). 534–539. 23 indexed citations

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Xu, Ke, Yuanfeng Xu, Hao Zhang, et al.. (2018). The role of Anderson’s rule in determining electronic, optical and transport properties of transition metal dichalcogenide heterostructures. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 20(48). 30351–30364. 54 indexed citations

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Veber, Gregory, et al.. (2018). Super-Resolution Imaging of Clickable Graphene Nanoribbons Decorated with Fluorescent Dyes. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 140(30). 9574–9580. 27 indexed citations

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Jorgens, Danielle M., Jamie L. Inman, Michal Wojcik, et al.. (2016). Deep nuclear invaginations linked to cytoskeletal filaments: Integrated bioimaging of epithelial cells in 3D culture. Journal of Cell Science. 130(1). 177–189. 67 indexed citations

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Akbergenova, Yulia, Richard W. Cho, Jihye Lee, et al.. (2014). Postsynaptic actin regulates active zone spacing and glutamate receptor apposition at the Drosophila neuromuscular junction. Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience. 61. 241–254. 28 indexed citations

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Xu, Ke, Guisheng Zhong, & Xiaowei Zhuang. (2012). Actin, Spectrin, and Associated Proteins Form a Periodic Cytoskeletal Structure in Axons. Science. 339(6118). 452–456. 903 indexed citations breakdown →

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