Lede Xian

6.9k total citations · 3 hit papers
46 papers, 4.8k citations indexed

About

Lede Xian is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Lede Xian has authored 46 papers receiving a total of 4.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 39 papers in Materials Chemistry, 25 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 12 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Lede Xian's work include Graphene research and applications (26 papers), 2D Materials and Applications (22 papers) and Topological Materials and Phenomena (13 papers). Lede Xian is often cited by papers focused on Graphene research and applications (26 papers), 2D Materials and Applications (22 papers) and Topological Materials and Phenomena (13 papers). Lede Xian collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and China. Lede Xian's co-authors include Ángel Rubio, Seymur Cahangirov, G. Le Lay, M. E. Dávila, M. Y. Chou, Jia-An Yan, Dante M. Kennes, Takashi Taniguchi, Kenji Watanabe and James Hone and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Physical Review Letters.

In The Last Decade

Lede Xian

45 papers receiving 4.7k 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.

Germanene: a novel two-dimensional germanium allotrope akin to graphene and silicene

2014 1.3k citations Lede Xian, Ángel Rubio et al. profile →
Correlated electronic phases in twisted bilayer transition metal dichalcogenides

2020 672 citations Lei Wang, En-Min Shih et al. Nature Materials profile →
Maximized electron interactions at the magic angle in twisted bilayer graphene

2019 650 citations Alexander Kerelsky, L. J. McGilly et al. Nature profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Lede Xian Germany	21	4.0k	2.1k	1.2k	531	511	46	4.8k
Alessandro Molle Italy	30	4.9k 1.2×	2.1k 1.0×	1.9k 1.6×	448 0.8×	596 1.2×	141	5.6k
Zhenhua Qiao China	30	3.8k 1.0×	3.8k 1.8×	1.1k 0.9×	1.1k 2.0×	308 0.6×	127	5.5k
Miguel M. Ugeda Spain	25	3.6k 0.9×	1.8k 0.9×	1.5k 1.2×	641 1.2×	465 0.9×	51	4.4k
Chi‐Te Liang Taiwan	32	3.7k 0.9×	1.4k 0.7×	2.3k 1.8×	564 1.1×	958 1.9×	255	5.1k
Alexander S. Mayorov United Kingdom	17	4.2k 1.0×	2.2k 1.0×	1.4k 1.1×	365 0.7×	789 1.5×	32	4.8k
Jingwei Jiang China	21	1.7k 0.4×	1.3k 0.6×	968 0.8×	523 1.0×	370 0.7×	44	2.6k
Junjie Shi China	38	3.8k 1.0×	1.4k 0.7×	2.2k 1.8×	552 1.0×	730 1.4×	187	5.0k
Alessandro Pecchia Italy	27	1.8k 0.5×	1.2k 0.6×	2.1k 1.7×	308 0.6×	484 0.9×	117	3.2k
Gabriel Bester Germany	36	2.3k 0.6×	2.9k 1.4×	2.3k 1.8×	296 0.6×	678 1.3×	140	4.6k
Pierre Sénéor France	27	1.9k 0.5×	1.7k 0.8×	1.7k 1.3×	750 1.4×	336 0.7×	51	3.2k

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Xu, Qiaoling, et al.. (2025). 2D Covalent Moiré Superlattice from Fluorinating Twisted Bilayer Graphene. Advanced Functional Materials. 35(16).

Li, Qingxin, Majeed Ur Rehman, Kenji Watanabe, et al.. (2025). Valley charge-transfer insulator in twisted double bilayer WSe2. Nature Communications. 16(1). 1185–1185. 1 indexed citations

Wang, Tianming, Lejuan Cai, Cheng-Jun Xia, et al.. (2024). In Situ Growth of MoS₂ Onto Co‐Based MOF Derivatives Toward High‐Efficiency Quantum Dot‐Sensitized Solar Cells. Advanced Science. 11(42). e2406476–e2406476. 5 indexed citations

Xu, Qiaoling, Qingxin Li, Yan Huang, et al.. (2024). Linear resistivity at van Hove singularities in twisted bilayer WSe ₂. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 121(16). e2321665121–e2321665121. 3 indexed citations

Weigl, Leonard, Neeraj Mishra, Stiven Forti, et al.. (2023). Link between interlayer hybridization and ultrafast charge transfer in WS₂-graphene heterostructures. 2D Materials. 10(3). 35025–35025. 6 indexed citations

Wu, Fanfan, Lü Li, Qiaoling Xu, et al.. (2023). Coupled Ferroelectricity and Correlated States in a Twisted Quadrilayer MoS₂ Moiré Superlattice. Chinese Physics Letters. 40(4). 47303–47303. 6 indexed citations

Farooq, M. Umar, Lede Xian, & Li Huang. (2022). Spin Hall effect in two-dimensional InSe: Interplay between Rashba and Dresselhaus spin-orbit couplings. Physical review. B.. 105(24). 9 indexed citations

Chen, Yiwei, Qingxin Li, Yan Huang, et al.. (2022). Tunable multi-bands in twisted double bilayer graphene. 2D Materials. 9(3). 34001–34001. 4 indexed citations

Claassen, Martin, Lede Xian, Dante M. Kennes, & Ángel Rubio. (2022). Ultra-strong spin–orbit coupling and topological moiré engineering in twisted ZrS2 bilayers. Nature Communications. 13(1). 4915–4915. 25 indexed citations

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Li, Minghua, Mingyue Han, Shih‐Chi Yang, et al.. (2022). Passivation of positively charged cationic defects in perovskite with nitrogen-donor crown ether enabling efficient perovskite solar cells. Chemical Engineering Journal. 451. 138962–138962. 35 indexed citations

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Yao, Kaiyuan, Nathan Finney, Jin Zhang, et al.. (2021). Enhanced Tunable Second Harmonic Generation from Twistable Interfaces and Vertical Superlattices in Boron Nitride Homostructures. MPG.PuRe (Max Planck Society). 7 indexed citations

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Ji, Yiru, Yanbang Chu, Lede Xian, Wei Yang, & Guangyu Zhang. (2021). From magic angle twisted bilayer graphene to moiré superlattice quantum simulator. Acta Physica Sinica. 70(11). 118101–118101. 5 indexed citations

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Zhu, Li, Qiyuan Li, Qiwei Wang, et al.. (2021). Moiré enhanced charge density wave state in twisted 1T-TiTe2/1T-TiSe2 heterostructures. Nature Materials. 21(3). 284–289. 58 indexed citations

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Ghiotto, Augusto, Lei Wang, En-Min Shih, et al.. (2020). Magic continuum in twisted bilayer WSe 2 : critical phenomena and phase transitions. Bulletin of the American Physical Society. 1 indexed citations

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Gatti, G., A. Crepaldi, Michele Puppin, et al.. (2020). Light-Induced Renormalization of the Dirac Quasiparticles in the Nodal-Line Semimetal ZrSiSe. Physical Review Letters. 125(7). 76401–76401. 32 indexed citations

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Jornada, Felipe H. da, Lede Xian, Ángel Rubio, & Steven G. Louie. (2020). Universal slow plasmons and giant field enhancement in atomically thin quasi-two-dimensional metals. Nature Communications. 11(1). 1013–1013. 60 indexed citations

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Kerelsky, Alexander, L. J. McGilly, Dante M. Kennes, et al.. (2019). Maximized electron interactions at the magic angle in twisted bilayer graphene. Nature. 572(7767). 95–100. 650 indexed citations breakdown →

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Wegkamp, Daniel, Marc Herzog, Lede Xian, et al.. (2014). Instantaneous Band Gap Collapse in Photoexcited MonoclinicVO2due to Photocarrier Doping. Physical Review Letters. 113(21). 216401–216401. 195 indexed citations

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Xian, Lede, Zhengfei Wang, & M. Y. Chou. (2013). Coupled Dirac Fermions and Neutrino-like Oscillations in Twisted Bilayer Graphene. Nano Letters. 13(11). 5159–5164. 15 indexed citations

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Yan, Jia-An, Lede Xian, & M. Y. Chou. (2009). Structural and Electronic Properties of Oxidized Graphene. Physical Review Letters. 103(8). 86802–86802. 456 indexed citations

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