Kun Luo

4.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
171 papers, 3.6k citations indexed

About

Kun Luo is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics of Materials. According to data from OpenAlex, Kun Luo has authored 171 papers receiving a total of 3.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 106 papers in Materials Chemistry, 33 papers in Mechanical Engineering and 29 papers in Mechanics of Materials. Recurrent topics in Kun Luo's work include Boron and Carbon Nanomaterials Research (45 papers), Diamond and Carbon-based Materials Research (26 papers) and Graphene research and applications (23 papers). Kun Luo is often cited by papers focused on Boron and Carbon Nanomaterials Research (45 papers), Diamond and Carbon-based Materials Research (26 papers) and Graphene research and applications (23 papers). Kun Luo collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and United Kingdom. Kun Luo's co-authors include Dongli Yu, Zhisheng Zhao, Julong He, Yongjun Tian, Bo Xu, Wentao Hu, Zhongyuan Liu, Jingbo Yin, Julong He and Yanbin Wang and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Physical Review Letters.

In The Last Decade

Kun Luo

155 papers receiving 3.5k 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.

Ultrahard nanotwinned cubic boron nitride

2013 666 citations Yongjun Tian, Bo Xu et al. profile →
Coherent interfaces govern direct transformation from graphite to diamond

2022 144 citations Kun Luo, Zhisheng Zhao et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Kun Luo China	29	2.3k	950	603	533	348	171	3.6k
M.H. Abbasi Iran	27	1.6k 0.7×	1.1k 1.2×	231 0.4×	279 0.5×	528 1.5×	77	3.2k
Bing Xue China	35	2.6k 1.2×	974 1.0×	396 0.7×	606 1.1×	606 1.7×	250	4.5k
L. Martı́nez Mexico	29	1.7k 0.7×	653 0.7×	330 0.5×	441 0.8×	375 1.1×	189	3.0k
Zuhair M. Gasem Saudi Arabia	34	3.7k 1.6×	501 0.5×	520 0.9×	474 0.9×	328 0.9×	85	4.5k
Di Wu United States	36	1.8k 0.8×	581 0.6×	222 0.4×	714 1.3×	629 1.8×	154	3.8k
F.J. Gotor Spain	34	2.7k 1.2×	2.1k 2.2×	925 1.5×	423 0.8×	672 1.9×	142	4.7k
Song He China	41	2.0k 0.9×	768 0.8×	312 0.5×	454 0.9×	1.0k 2.9×	149	5.5k
Kang Zheng China	36	1.8k 0.8×	538 0.6×	352 0.6×	440 0.8×	1.1k 3.2×	161	4.0k
C. Real Spain	27	1.3k 0.6×	557 0.6×	318 0.5×	279 0.5×	231 0.7×	89	2.3k
Branko Matović Serbia	35	2.7k 1.2×	946 1.0×	252 0.4×	729 1.4×	528 1.5×	253	4.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Kun Luo

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Fields of papers citing papers by Kun Luo

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kun Luo

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

All Works

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Li, Jun, Qilong Feng, Tianye Jin, et al.. (2025). Unveiling high ductility in boron carbide crystal at room temperature. Science Advances. 11(15). eadr4648–eadr4648.

Wang, Yuanmin, et al.. (2024). Experimental study of the dynamic tensile properties of water-saturated sandstone with different length-to-diameter ratios. Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering. 190. 109191–109191. 6 indexed citations

Li, Jun, Kun Luo, & Qi An. (2024). Temperature‐dependent competition between dislocation motion and phase transition in CdTe. Journal of Material Science and Technology. 226. 109–121. 2 indexed citations

Peng, Kang, et al.. (2024). Influences of arch height and stress sate on tunnel failure: Insights from orthogonal true-triaxial experiment. Theoretical and Applied Fracture Mechanics. 136. 104824–104824. 10 indexed citations

Li, Jun, Kun Luo, & Qi An. (2024). Unraveling the Hall-Petch to inverse Hall-Petch transition in nanocrystalline CdTe. International Journal of Mechanical Sciences. 286. 109852–109852. 2 indexed citations

Chen, Haixin, et al.. (2024). Nanotechnology of carbon dots with their hybrids for biomedical applications: A review. Chemical Engineering Journal. 496. 153915–153915. 35 indexed citations

Liu, Jie, Kun Luo, R. Zhou, & Qi An. (2024). Understanding the Role of 1/2 ⟨110⟩ Dislocations in Deformation Mechanisms of Single-Crystal High-Entropy Carbide Ceramics from Machine Learning Force Field Simulations. ACS Applied Engineering Materials. 2(7). 1857–1865. 2 indexed citations

Zhou, R., Kun Luo, Steve W. Martin, & Qi An. (2024). Insights into Lithium Sulfide Glass Electrolyte Structures and Ionic Conductivity via Machine Learning Force Field Simulations. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 16(15). 18874–18887. 14 indexed citations

Luo, Kun, Xiao Han, Dian Li, et al.. (2024). Hyper‐Elastic Deformation via Martensitic Phase Transformation in Cadmium Telluride. Advanced Engineering Materials. 26(16). 2 indexed citations

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Luo, Kun, R. Zhou, Steve W. Martin, & Qi An. (2024). Flexible doorway controlled Na⁺ ion diffusion in NaPSO glassy electrolytes from machine-learning force field simulations. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 12(48). 33518–33525. 3 indexed citations

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Li, Jun, Kun Luo, & Qi An. (2023). Atomic structure, stability, and dissociation of dislocations in cadmium telluride. International Journal of Plasticity. 163. 103552–103552. 19 indexed citations

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Ge, Yanfeng, Kun Luo, Yong Liu, et al.. (2023). Graphite–hexagonal diamond hybrid with diverse properties. Applied Physics Reviews. 10(2). 10 indexed citations

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Yang, Zhilong, Kun Luo, Dong Zhang, et al.. (2022). Spin-dependent tunneling in 2D MnBi2Te4-based magnetic tunnel junctions. MRS Bulletin. 47(12). 1177–1184. 7 indexed citations

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Pang, Liping, et al.. (2021). Performance of an Integrated Thermal Management System for helicopter. Energy. 239. 122292–122292. 2 indexed citations

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Zhang, Yadong, Jiangtao Liu, Yu Pan, et al.. (2020). The optimization of contact interface between metal/MoS2 FETs by oxygen plasma treatment. Journal of Materials Science Materials in Electronics. 31(12). 9660–9665. 4 indexed citations

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Pang, Liping, et al.. (2020). Study on Heat Transfer Performance of Antifreeze-R134a Heat Exchanger (ARHEx). Energies. 13(22). 6129–6129. 1 indexed citations

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Yang, Ruilong, Xunyong Lei, Xiaoyu Mao, et al.. (2019). Effect of layer and stacking sequence in simultaneously grown 2H and 3R WS ₂ atomic layers. Nanotechnology. 30(34). 345203–345203. 22 indexed citations

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Xiong, Mei, Zhibin Gao, Kun Luo, et al.. (2019). Three metallic BN polymorphs: 1D multi-threaded conduction in a 3D network. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 22(2). 489–496. 5 indexed citations

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Pang, Liping, et al.. (2019). Thermal performance of helicopter air conditioning system with lube oil source (LOS) heat pump. Energy. 190. 116446–116446. 8 indexed citations

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Tian, Fei, Kun Luo, Bing Liu, et al.. (2019). Mechanical properties of boron arsenide single crystal. Applied Physics Letters. 114(13). 37 indexed citations

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