Le Cheng

2.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
54 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

Le Cheng is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials. According to data from OpenAlex, Le Cheng has authored 54 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 14 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 14 papers in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials. Recurrent topics in Le Cheng's work include Metamaterials and Metasurfaces Applications (10 papers), Plasmonic and Surface Plasmon Research (9 papers) and CO2 Reduction Techniques and Catalysts (7 papers). Le Cheng is often cited by papers focused on Metamaterials and Metasurfaces Applications (10 papers), Plasmonic and Surface Plasmon Research (9 papers) and CO2 Reduction Techniques and Catalysts (7 papers). Le Cheng collaborates with scholars based in China, Hong Kong and United States. Le Cheng's co-authors include Jiachun Feng, Ruquan Ye, Libei Huang, Xiaoyun Jiang, Weihua Guo, Shuyuan Xiao, Yun Mi Song, Ben Zhong Tang, Xicheng Yan and Tao Wang and has published in prestigious journals such as Advanced Materials, Angewandte Chemie International Edition and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Le Cheng

52 papers receiving 1.5k citations

Hit Papers

Direct Synthesis of Ammonia from Nitrate on Amorphous Gra... 2023 2026 2024 2025 2023 2024 40 80 120
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.

  1. Direct Synthesis of Ammonia from Nitrate on Amorphous Graphene with Near 100% Efficiency
    2023 139 citations Libei Huang, Le Cheng et al. Advanced Materials profile →
  2. Flash healing of laser-induced graphene
    2024 88 citations Le Cheng, Chi Shun Yeung 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
Le Cheng China 23 518 449 398 369 363 54 1.6k
Fengyi Wang China 20 200 0.4× 187 0.4× 518 1.3× 569 1.5× 369 1.0× 91 1.6k
Alia Lubers United States 12 126 0.2× 301 0.7× 539 1.4× 480 1.3× 725 2.0× 13 1.5k
Ce Zhang China 28 238 0.5× 444 1.0× 546 1.4× 449 1.2× 1.5k 4.1× 90 2.3k
Yun Fan China 25 231 0.4× 669 1.5× 979 2.5× 762 2.1× 727 2.0× 56 2.0k
Lei Mao China 31 197 0.4× 545 1.2× 745 1.9× 741 2.0× 1.7k 4.6× 152 3.0k
Miao Wang China 24 247 0.5× 467 1.0× 550 1.4× 1.1k 2.9× 1.5k 4.0× 98 2.3k
Lulu Yang China 23 734 1.4× 309 0.7× 418 1.1× 136 0.4× 247 0.7× 79 1.7k
Mingrui Wang China 21 350 0.7× 182 0.4× 399 1.0× 66 0.2× 316 0.9× 86 1.4k
Jianxin Kang China 23 229 0.4× 1.2k 2.7× 838 2.1× 258 0.7× 992 2.7× 46 2.2k
Shiyu Zhang China 29 702 1.4× 533 1.2× 798 2.0× 598 1.6× 869 2.4× 134 2.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Le Cheng

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Fields of papers citing papers by Le Cheng

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Le Cheng

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

All Works

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Cheng, Lin, Kai Xia, Le Cheng, et al.. (2025). Effects of alloying elements on hydrogen adsorption behaviors at low-indexed surfaces of pure iron. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. 140. 653–665. 1 indexed citations
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Guo, Chuan, Zhen Xu, Gan Li, et al.. (2024). Printability, microstructures and mechanical properties of a novel Co-based superalloy fabricated via laser powder bed fusion. Journal of Material Science and Technology. 189. 96–109. 14 indexed citations
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Zhang, Qiang, Charles B. Musgrave, Yun Mi Song, et al.. (2024). A covalent molecular design enabling efficient CO2 reduction in strong acids. Nature Synthesis. 3(10). 1231–1242. 65 indexed citations
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Cheng, Le, Chi Shun Yeung, Libei Huang, et al.. (2024). Flash healing of laser-induced graphene. Nature Communications. 15(1). 2925–2925. 88 indexed citations breakdown →
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Li, Zihao, Libei Huang, Le Cheng, Weihua Guo, & Ruquan Ye. (2024). Laser‐Induced Graphene‐Based Sensors in Health Monitoring: Progress, Sensing Mechanisms, and Applications. Small Methods. 8(11). e2400118–e2400118. 41 indexed citations
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Li, Gan, et al.. (2023). Predicting temperature of semi-solid 7075 aluminum alloy slurry prepared by a novel rheocasting route via neural network. Materials Letters. 349. 134753–134753. 2 indexed citations
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Guo, Weihua, Siwei Zhang, Jun‐Jie Zhang, et al.. (2023). Accelerating multielectron reduction at CuxO nanograins interfaces with controlled local electric field. Nature Communications. 14(1). 7383–7383. 82 indexed citations
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Huang, Libei, Yong Liu, Geng Li, et al.. (2023). Ultrasensitive, Fast-Responsive, Directional Airflow Sensing by Bioinspired Suspended Graphene Fibers. Nano Letters. 23(2). 597–605. 48 indexed citations
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Zhang, Ju, Le Cheng, Liqing Huang, et al.. (2023). In situ generation of highly localized chlorine by laser-induced graphene electrodes during electrochemical disinfection. Chemosphere. 335. 139123–139123. 2 indexed citations
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Huang, Libei, Le Cheng, Tinghao Ma, et al.. (2023). Direct Synthesis of Ammonia from Nitrate on Amorphous Graphene with Near 100% Efficiency. Advanced Materials. 35(24). e2211856–e2211856. 139 indexed citations breakdown →
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Cheng, Le, Tinghao Ma, Binghao Zhang, et al.. (2022). Steering the Topological Defects in Amorphous Laser-Induced Graphene for Direct Nitrate-to-Ammonia Electroreduction. ACS Catalysis. 12(19). 11639–11650. 86 indexed citations
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Li, Gan, Yuhe Huang, Zhen Xu, et al.. (2022). Facile and cost-effective approach to additively manufacture crack-free 7075 aluminum alloy by laser powder bed fusion. Journal of Alloys and Compounds. 928. 167097–167097. 27 indexed citations
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Song, Yun Mi, Jun‐Jie Zhang, Yubing Dou, et al.. (2022). Atomically Thin, Ionic–Covalent Organic Nanosheets for Stable, High‐Performance Carbon Dioxide Electroreduction. Advanced Materials. 34(42). e2110496–e2110496. 52 indexed citations
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Liu, Jianwei, Yinghui He, Chaowei Xiao, et al.. (2022). Physical-World Attack towards WiFi-based Behavior Recognition. IEEE INFOCOM 2022 - IEEE Conference on Computer Communications. 400–409. 16 indexed citations
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Gu, Meijia, Libei Huang, Zhaoyu Wang, et al.. (2021). Molecular Engineering of Laser‐Induced Graphene for Potential‐Driven Broad‐Spectrum Antimicrobial and Antiviral Applications. Small. 17(51). e2102841–e2102841. 24 indexed citations
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Yan, Xicheng, Tao Wang, Shuyuan Xiao, et al.. (2017). Dynamically controllable plasmon induced transparency based on hybrid metal-graphene metamaterials. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 13917–13917. 48 indexed citations
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Cheng, Le. (2014). Legal sentencing as knowledge processing. WIT transactions on information and communication technologies. 1. 1481–1488. 1 indexed citations

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