Lang Xu

3.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
64 papers, 2.5k citations indexed

About

Lang Xu is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Organic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Lang Xu has authored 64 papers receiving a total of 2.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 32 papers in Materials Chemistry, 13 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 12 papers in Organic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Lang Xu's work include Catalytic Processes in Materials Science (19 papers), Nanomaterials for catalytic reactions (12 papers) and Advanced Chemical Physics Studies (11 papers). Lang Xu is often cited by papers focused on Catalytic Processes in Materials Science (19 papers), Nanomaterials for catalytic reactions (12 papers) and Advanced Chemical Physics Studies (11 papers). Lang Xu collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Japan. Lang Xu's co-authors include Manos Mavrikakis, Benjamin W. J. Chen, Jun‐Jie Zhu, T.Α. Lipo, D.W. Novotny, X. Xu, Yunhai Bai, Xingcai Wu, Eric E. Stangland and Younan Xia and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Chemical Reviews and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Lang Xu

58 papers receiving 2.4k citations

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Formation of active sites on transition metals through reaction-driven migration of surface atoms

2023 148 citations Lang Xu, Konstantinos G. Papanikolaou et al. Science profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Understanding and Characterizing Communication Characteristics for Distributed Transformer Models 2025 ·IEEE Micro ·Quentin Anthony, (unknown), (unknown), Lang Xu, (unknown), Aamir Shafi, (unknown), Dhabaleswar K. Panda	1
2	Cetyltrimethylammonium Bromide/Chloride on Gold Nanocrystals Can Be Directly Replaced with Tri-Citrate 2025 ·ACS Nano ·(unknown), (unknown), Lang Xu, Yong Ding, Manos Mavrikakis, Younan Xia	0
3	Spray‐Assisted Fabrication of Cellulose Photonic Pigments on Superhydrophobic Surfaces 2025 ·Advanced Materials ·Jia-Ning Song, Richard Parker, Bruno Frka‐Petesic, Tao Deng, Lang Xu, Xu Deng, Silvia Vignolini, Qingchen Shen	3
4	How surface charges affect interdroplet freezing 2025 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Siyan Yang, Bingqiang Ji, Yawei Feng, Yuankai Jin, Wanghuai Xu, Jingyi Lu, (unknown), Huanhuan Zhang, Mingyu Li, (unknown), Xiaonan Liu, Lang Xu, Dehui Wang, Rongfu Wen, Zhenying Wang, (unknown), S. Wang, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown)	2
5	Structure sensitivity in adsorbate-induced adatom formation on FCC transition-metal surfaces 2024 ·Journal of Catalysis ·Lang Xu, Manos Mavrikakis	9
6	Line identification of extreme ultraviolet spectra from aluminum ions in EAST Tokamak plasmas 2024 ·Physica Scripta ·Fengling Zhang, Ling Zhang, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Xiaobin Ding, S. Morita, (unknown), (unknown), Yiming Cao, (unknown), (unknown), Lang Xu, (unknown), (unknown), D. M. Mitnik	2
7	Origins of enhanced oxygen reduction activity of transition metal nitrides 2024 ·Nature Materials ·Rui Zeng, Huiqi Li, Zixiao Shi, Lang Xu, Jinhui Meng, Weixuan Xu, Hongsen Wang, Qihao Li, Christopher J. Pollock, Tianquan Lian, Manos Mavrikakis, David A. Muller, Héctor D. Abruña	60
8	Adsorbate-induced adatom formation on Au-Cu bimetallic alloys and its possible consequences for CO2 electroreduction 2024 ·Surface Science ·Lang Xu, (unknown), Saurabh Bhandari, Manos Mavrikakis	4
9	Adsorption Properties of Au−Ni Surface Alloys with a Nonstoichiometric Moiré Structure: A Density Functional Theory Study 2024 ·The Journal of Physical Chemistry C ·Lang Xu, Manos Mavrikakis	0
10	Levee monitoring: DFOS Applications for understanding Levee Seepage 2024 ·Procedia Structural Integrity ·(unknown), (unknown), Paolo Simonini, (unknown), Luca Schenato, Lang Xu, Simonetta Cola	1
11	CO–induced roughening of Cu(111): formation and detection of reactive nanoclusters on metal surfaces 2024 ·Surface Science ·Konstantinos G. Papanikolaou, Lang Xu, (unknown), Manos Mavrikakis	3
12	Adsorbate-Induced Adatom Formation on Lithium, Iron, Cobalt, Ruthenium, and Rhenium Surfaces 2023 ·SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·Lang Xu, Manos Mavrikakis	11
13	Mechanistic Study of 1,2-Dichloroethane Hydrodechlorination on Cu-Rich Pt–Cu Alloys: Combining Reaction Kinetics Experiments with DFT Calculations and Microkinetic Modeling 2022 ·ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering ·Lang Xu, Eric E. Stangland, James A. Dumesic, Manos Mavrikakis	7
14	Steam-created grain boundaries for methane C–H activation in palladium catalysts 2021 ·Science ·Weixin Huang, Aaron C. Johnston‐Peck, (unknown), Wei‐Chang Yang, Lang Xu, Jinwon Oh, (unknown), Chengshuang Zhou, Megan E. Holtz, Andrew A. Herzing, Aaron M. Lindenberg, Manos Mavrikakis, Matteo Cargnello	169
15	Facile Synthesis of Palladium‐Based Nanocrystals with Different Crystal Phases and a Comparison of Their Catalytic Properties 2021 ·Advanced Materials ·Annemieke Janssen, (unknown), (unknown), Lang Xu, Chenxiao Wang, Manos Mavrikakis, Younan Xia	28
16	Study on Propagation Characteristics of Refracted Longitudinal Waves in Carbon Fiber Composites 2021 ·Qinxue Pan, (unknown), Lang Xu, Rui Luo, Shuangyang Li, Wei Li, Sa Li	1
17	Computational Methods in Heterogeneous Catalysis 2020 ·Chemical Reviews ·Benjamin W. J. Chen, Lang Xu, Manos Mavrikakis	332
18	Quantum chemical calculations to determine partitioning coefficients for HgCl2 on iron-oxide aerosols 2018 ·The Science of The Total Environment ·Sean A. Tacey, Lang Xu, Tibor Szilvási, James J. Schauer, Manos Mavrikakis	10
19	Sonochemical synthesis and photocatalysis of porous Cu₂O nanospheres with controllable structures 2008 ·Nanotechnology ·Lang Xu, Liping Jiang, Jun‐Jie Zhu	57
20	Green preparation and catalytic application of Pd nanoparticles 2008 ·Nanotechnology ·Lang Xu, Xingcai Wu, Jun‐Jie Zhu	144

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