Lain‐Jong Li

82.4k total citations · 33 hit papers
498 papers, 66.2k citations indexed

About

Lain‐Jong Li is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Lain‐Jong Li has authored 498 papers receiving a total of 66.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 381 papers in Materials Chemistry, 247 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 107 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Lain‐Jong Li's work include 2D Materials and Applications (229 papers), Graphene research and applications (188 papers) and MXene and MAX Phase Materials (85 papers). Lain‐Jong Li is often cited by papers focused on 2D Materials and Applications (229 papers), Graphene research and applications (188 papers) and MXene and MAX Phase Materials (85 papers). Lain‐Jong Li collaborates with scholars based in Taiwan, Saudi Arabia and China. Lain‐Jong Li's co-authors include Yumeng Shi, Hua Zhang, Goki Eda, Manish Chhowalla, Hyeon Suk Shin, Kian Ping Loh, Wenjing Zhang, Chang‐Hsiao Chen, Yi‐Hsien Lee and Jing‐Kai Huang and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Chemical Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Lain‐Jong Li

486 papers receiving 65.0k citations

Hit Papers

The chemistry of two-dimensional layered transition metal... 2009 2026 2014 2020 2013 2012 2017 2012 2019 2.5k 5.0k 7.5k
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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.

  1. The chemistry of two-dimensional layered transition metal dichalcogenide nanosheets
    2013 8.3k citations Lain‐Jong Li et al. profile →
  2. Synthesis of Large‐Area MoS2 Atomic Layers with Chemical Vapor Deposition
    2012 2.9k citations Lain‐Jong Li et al. Advanced Materials profile →
  3. Janus monolayers of transition metal dichalcogenides
    2017 1.9k citations Ang‐Yu Lu, Chih‐Piao Chuu et al. Nature Nanotechnology profile →
  4. Integrated Circuits Based on Bilayer MoS2 Transistors
    2012 1.5k citations Lain‐Jong Li, Jing Kong et al. Nano Letters profile →
  5. Graphene and two-dimensional materials for silicon technology
    2019 1.2k citations Lain‐Jong Li et al. profile →
  6. Monolayer MoS2 Heterojunction Solar Cells
    2014 1.1k citations Chang‐Hsiao Chen, Chih‐I Wu et al. ACS Nano profile →
  7. Synthesis of Few-Layer Hexagonal Boron Nitride Thin Film by Chemical Vapor Deposition
    2010 1.0k citations Lain‐Jong Li, Jing Kong et al. Nano Letters profile →
  8. Epitaxial growth of a monolayer WSe 2 -MoS 2 lateral p-n junction with an atomically sharp interface
    2015 1.0k citations Yung‐Chang Lin, Kung‐Hwa Wei et al. profile →
  9. High‐Gain Phototransistors Based on a CVD MoS2 Monolayer
    2013 908 citations Jing‐Kai Huang, Chang‐Hsiao Chen et al. Advanced Materials profile →
  10. Large-Area Synthesis of Highly Crystalline WSe2 Monolayers and Device Applications
    2013 907 citations Jing‐Kai Huang, Ming‐Hui Chiu et al. ACS Nano profile →
  11. van der Waals Epitaxy of MoS2 Layers Using Graphene As Growth Templates
    2012 861 citations Ang‐Yu Lu, Lain‐Jong Li et al. Nano Letters profile →
  12. High-Quality Thin Graphene Films from Fast Electrochemical Exfoliation
    2011 813 citations Ang‐Yu Lu, Lain‐Jong Li et al. ACS Nano profile →
  13. Ultrahigh-Gain Photodetectors Based on Atomically Thin Graphene-MoS2 Heterostructures
    2014 802 citations Chih‐Piao Chuu, Jing‐Kai Huang et al. profile →
  14. Highly Flexible MoS2 Thin-Film Transistors with Ion Gel Dielectrics
    2012 732 citations Lain‐Jong Li et al. Nano Letters profile →
  15. Recent advances in controlled synthesis of two-dimensional transition metal dichalcogenides via vapour deposition techniques
    2014 725 citations Lain‐Jong Li et al. profile →
  16. Highly Efficient Electrocatalytic Hydrogen Production by MoSx Grown on Graphene‐Protected 3D Ni Foams
    2012 701 citations Kung‐Hwa Wei, Lain‐Jong Li et al. Advanced Materials profile →
  17. Transistors based on two-dimensional materials for future integrated circuits
    2021 650 citations Lain‐Jong Li et al. profile →
  18. Intercorrelated In-Plane and Out-of-Plane Ferroelectricity in Ultrathin Two-Dimensional Layered Semiconductor In2Se3
    2018 649 citations Weijin Hu, Lain‐Jong Li et al. Nano Letters profile →
  19. Wafer-scale MoS2 thin layers prepared by MoO3 sulfurization
    2012 616 citations Jing‐Kai Huang, Lain‐Jong Li et al. profile →
  20. Few-Layer MoS2 with High Broadband Photogain and Fast Optical Switching for Use in Harsh Environments
    2013 589 citations Lain‐Jong Li et al. ACS Nano profile →
  21. Synthesis and Transfer of Single-Layer Transition Metal Disulfides on Diverse Surfaces
    2013 572 citations Jing‐Kai Huang, Tomás Palacios et al. Nano Letters profile →
  22. Exceptional Tunability of Band Energy in a Compressively Strained Trilayer MoS2 Sheet
    2013 567 citations Lain‐Jong Li et al. ACS Nano profile →
  23. Graphene-modified LiFePO4 cathode for lithium ion battery beyond theoretical capacity
    2013 548 citations Lain‐Jong Li et al. Nature Communications profile →
  24. Monolayer MoSe2 Grown by Chemical Vapor Deposition for Fast Photodetection
    2014 544 citations Jing‐Kai Huang, Ming‐Hui Chiu et al. ACS Nano profile →
  25. Determination of band alignment in the single-layer MoS2/WSe2 heterojunction
    2015 543 citations Ming‐Hui Chiu, Chendong Zhang et al. Nature Communications profile →
  26. Wafer-scale single-crystal hexagonal boron nitride monolayers on Cu (111)
    2020 531 citations Chih‐Piao Chuu, Wen‐Hao Chang et al. profile →
  27. Doping Single‐Layer Graphene with Aromatic Molecules
    2009 515 citations Lain‐Jong Li et al. Small profile →
  28. Heterostructures based on two-dimensional layered materials and their potential applications
    2015 508 citations Ming‐Yang Li, Chang‐Hsiao Chen et al. profile →
  29. Electrical Detection of DNA Hybridization with Single‐Base Specificity Using Transistors Based on CVD‐Grown Graphene Sheets
    2010 476 citations Lain‐Jong Li et al. Advanced Materials profile →
  30. Interlayer couplings, Moiré patterns, and 2D electronic superlattices in MoS 2 /WSe 2 hetero-bilayers
    2017 427 citations Chendong Zhang, Chih‐Piao Chuu et al. profile →
  31. Intrinsic homogeneous linewidth and broadening mechanisms of excitons in monolayer transition metal dichalcogenides
    2015 417 citations Galan Moody, Chandriker Kavir Dass et al. Nature Communications profile →
  32. Heterostructured WS2/CH3NH3PbI3 Photoconductors with Suppressed Dark Current and Enhanced Photodetectivity
    2016 409 citations Weijin Hu, Ming‐Hui Chiu et al. Advanced Materials profile →
  33. Atomically thin resonant tunnel diodes built from synthetic van der Waals heterostructures
    2015 360 citations Ming‐Yang Li, Lain‐Jong Li et al. Nature Communications profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Lain‐Jong Li Taiwan 121 52.0k 33.2k 11.8k 9.0k 7.6k 498 66.2k
Zhongfan Liu China 130 38.0k 0.7× 26.5k 0.8× 14.3k 1.2× 6.9k 0.8× 12.3k 1.6× 941 59.6k
Yu Huang United States 125 39.0k 0.7× 38.1k 1.1× 15.8k 1.3× 16.5k 1.8× 10.5k 1.4× 392 66.9k
Vinayak P. Dravid United States 113 42.5k 0.8× 27.1k 0.8× 7.2k 0.6× 4.2k 0.5× 9.7k 1.3× 753 56.3k
Mauricio Terrones United States 114 42.0k 0.8× 20.5k 0.6× 11.3k 1.0× 5.7k 0.6× 7.4k 1.0× 736 54.3k
Manish Chhowalla United States 101 52.2k 1.0× 32.0k 1.0× 14.1k 1.2× 15.8k 1.8× 8.1k 1.1× 277 69.6k
Xiangfeng Duan United States 135 52.3k 1.0× 45.2k 1.4× 21.9k 1.9× 17.1k 1.9× 14.0k 1.8× 449 82.3k
Mark C. Hersam United States 111 35.5k 0.7× 24.1k 0.7× 15.6k 1.3× 3.6k 0.4× 5.0k 0.7× 654 52.7k
Andrey L. Rogach Hong Kong 128 46.6k 0.9× 31.6k 1.0× 8.1k 0.7× 5.7k 0.6× 8.2k 1.1× 624 59.0k
Tianyou Zhai China 124 31.8k 0.6× 31.9k 1.0× 7.1k 0.6× 8.7k 1.0× 10.6k 1.4× 656 48.8k
Jun Lou United States 104 35.8k 0.7× 21.7k 0.7× 7.3k 0.6× 10.0k 1.1× 5.9k 0.8× 387 48.7k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Jiang, Yuxuan, Xingkun Ning, Renhui Liu, et al.. (2025). 2D ferroelectric narrow-bandgap semiconductor Wurtzite’ type α-In2Se3 and its silicon-compatible growth. Nature Communications. 16(1). 7364–7364. 3 indexed citations
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Liu, Yu, Byung Ku Jung, Yang Ni, et al.. (2025). Ligand-exchange-assisted printing of colloidal nanocrystals to enable all-printed sub-micron optoelectronics. Nature Communications. 16(1). 9173–9173. 2 indexed citations
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Meng, Wanqing, et al.. (2025). Continue the Scaling of Electronic Devices with Transition Metal Dichalcogenide Semiconductors. Nano Letters. 25(10). 3683–3691. 11 indexed citations
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Wang, Jiangtao, Xudong Zheng, Gregory Pitner, et al.. (2024). Remote-Contact Catalysis for Target-Diameter Semiconducting Carbon Nanotube Arrays. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 146(48). 33064–33074. 2 indexed citations
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Huang, Jing‐Kai, et al.. (2024). Projected performance of Si- and 2D-material-based SRAM circuits ranging from 16 nm to 1 nm technology nodes. Nature Nanotechnology. 19(7). 1066–1072. 23 indexed citations
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Zheng, Fangyuan & Lain‐Jong Li. (2024). Microscopic characterizations for 2D material-based advanced electronics. Micron. 187. 103707–103707. 2 indexed citations
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Li, Lain‐Jong, et al.. (2023). Effects of Corn Straw Biochar, Soil Bulk Density and Soil Water Content on Thermal Properties of a Light Sierozem Soil. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 22(2). 895–903. 2 indexed citations
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Zhang, Kenan, Xiangbin Cai, Mei Zhao, et al.. (2023). Epitaxial substitution of metal iodides for low-temperature growth of two-dimensional metal chalcogenides. Nature Nanotechnology. 18(5). 448–455. 50 indexed citations
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Wan, Yi, et al.. (2021). 2D Materials‐Based Static Random‐Access Memory. Advanced Materials. 34(48). 51–e2107894. 21 indexed citations
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Ji, Xiang, Jiayuan Zhao, Sung Mi Jung, et al.. (2021). Bottom-Up Synthesized All-Thermal-Catalyst Aerogels for Heat-Regenerative Air Filtration. Nano Letters. 21(19). 8160–8165. 10 indexed citations
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Wu, Po‐Hsien, Cheng‐Chieh Lin, Chia‐Shuo Li, et al.. (2021). Atomic-Layer Controlled Interfacial Band Engineering at Two-Dimensional Layered PtSe2/Si Heterojunctions for Efficient Photoelectrochemical Hydrogen Production. ACS Nano. 15(3). 4627–4635. 41 indexed citations
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Chen, Zhen, Michal Odstrčil, Yi Jiang, et al.. (2020). Mixed-state electron ptychography enables sub-angstrom resolution imaging with picometer precision at low dose. Nature Communications. 11(1). 2994–2994. 99 indexed citations
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Gogoi, Pranjal Kumar, Yung‐Chang Lin, Ryosuke Senga, et al.. (2019). Layer Rotation-Angle-Dependent Excitonic Absorption in van der Waals Heterostructures Revealed by Electron Energy Loss Spectroscopy. ACS Nano. 13(8). 9541–9550. 30 indexed citations
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Aljarb, Areej, Zhen Cao, Hao‐Ling Tang, et al.. (2017). Substrate Lattice-Guided Seed Formation Controls the Orientation of 2D Transition-Metal Dichalcogenides. ACS Nano. 11(9). 9215–9222. 120 indexed citations
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Son, Young‐Woo, Kung‐Hwa Wei, Pingwei Liu, et al.. (2016). Observation of switchable photoresponse of a monolayer WSe2-mos2 lateral heterostructure via photocurrent spectral atomic force microscopic imaging. Abstracts of papers - American Chemical Society. 252. 2 indexed citations
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Hao, Kai, Galan Moody, Chandriker Kavir Dass, et al.. (2015). Intrinsic Exciton Linewidth in Monolayer Transition Metal Dichalcogenides. Bulletin of the American Physical Society. 2015. 2 indexed citations
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Chiu, Ming‐Hui, Chendong Zhang, Hung Wei Shiu, et al.. (2014). Determination of band alignment in transition metal dichalcogenides heterojunctions. arXiv (Cornell University). 9 indexed citations
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Zhang, Chendong, Yuxuan Chen, Amber M. Johnson, et al.. (2014). Measuring Critical Point Energies in Transition Metal Dichalcogenides. arXiv (Cornell University). 2 indexed citations
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Tan, Alvin T. L., et al.. (2013). Seeing Two‐Dimensional Sheets on Arbitrary Substrates by Fluorescence Quenching Microscopy. Small. 9(19). 3253–3258. 14 indexed citations
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Tan, Alvin T. L., Jaemyung Kim, Jing‐Kai Huang, Lain‐Jong Li, & Jiaxing Huang. (2013). Fluorescence Quenching: Seeing Two‐Dimensional Sheets on Arbitrary Substrates by Fluorescence Quenching Microscopy (Small 19/2013). Small. 9(19). 3252–3252. 14 indexed citations

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