Liangwei Qu

2.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
24 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

About

Liangwei Qu is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Biomedical Engineering and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, Liangwei Qu has authored 24 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Materials Chemistry, 10 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 4 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in Liangwei Qu's work include Carbon Nanotubes in Composites (11 papers), Graphene research and applications (6 papers) and Listeria monocytogenes in Food Safety (3 papers). Liangwei Qu is often cited by papers focused on Carbon Nanotubes in Composites (11 papers), Graphene research and applications (6 papers) and Listeria monocytogenes in Food Safety (3 papers). Liangwei Qu collaborates with scholars based in United States and Hong Kong. Liangwei Qu's co-authors include Ya‐Ping Sun, Yi Lin, Wei Wang, Lingrong Gu, Huaping Li, Shelby Taylor, K. A. Shiral Fernando, Bing Zhou, Xiuping Jiang and Alex Kitaygorodskiy and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, The Journal of Chemical Physics and The Journal of Physical Chemistry B.

In The Last Decade

Liangwei Qu

24 papers receiving 1.9k citations

Hit Papers

Advances toward bioapplications of carbon nanotubes 2004 2026 2011 2018 2004 200 400 600
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. Advances toward bioapplications of carbon nanotubes
    2004 690 citations Yi Lin, Shelby Taylor et al. Journal of Materials Chemistry profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Liangwei Qu United States 15 1.2k 794 456 364 337 24 2.0k
Shelby Taylor United States 11 1.0k 0.8× 660 0.8× 268 0.6× 354 1.0× 256 0.8× 13 1.5k
Einat Nativ‐Roth Israel 16 986 0.8× 639 0.8× 350 0.8× 180 0.5× 130 0.4× 32 1.5k
Xia Hong China 22 806 0.7× 657 0.8× 213 0.5× 667 1.8× 219 0.6× 82 2.1k
Jingjing Xu China 30 605 0.5× 1.4k 1.7× 245 0.5× 962 2.6× 589 1.7× 58 2.9k
Dieter Trau Singapore 23 348 0.3× 920 1.2× 242 0.5× 490 1.3× 570 1.7× 59 2.1k
Yun Kyung Jung South Korea 28 809 0.7× 655 0.8× 509 1.1× 751 2.1× 395 1.2× 71 2.1k
Jianjun Miao United States 26 684 0.6× 681 0.9× 270 0.6× 310 0.9× 189 0.6× 41 1.9k
Long Jiang China 23 501 0.4× 685 0.9× 241 0.5× 382 1.0× 515 1.5× 51 1.7k
Yinyin Bao Switzerland 30 1.1k 1.0× 563 0.7× 272 0.6× 233 0.6× 423 1.3× 67 2.5k
Saju Pillai India 24 576 0.5× 491 0.6× 248 0.5× 421 1.2× 225 0.7× 79 1.6k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Liangwei Qu

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Liangwei Qu

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Veca, L. Monica, Fushen Lu, Mohammed J. Meziani, et al.. (2009). Polymer functionalization and solubilization of carbon nanosheets. Chemical Communications. 2565–2565. 175 indexed citations
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Cheng, Jinping, et al.. (2008). Acute and long-term effects after single loading of functionalized multi-walled carbon nanotubes into zebrafish (Danio rerio). Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology. 235(2). 216–225. 104 indexed citations
3.
Yang, Hua, et al.. (2007). Enhancing Antimicrobial Activity of Lysozyme against Listeria monocytogenes Using Immunonanoparticles. Journal of Food Protection. 70(8). 1844–1849. 14 indexed citations
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Yang, Hua, et al.. (2007). Rapid detection of Listeria monocytogenes by nanoparticle-based immunomagnetic separation and real-time PCR. International Journal of Food Microbiology. 118(2). 132–138. 149 indexed citations
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Yang, Hua, et al.. (2007). Detection of <I>Listeria monocytogenes</I> in Biofilms Using Immunonanoparticles. Journal of Biomedical Nanotechnology. 3(2). 131–138. 12 indexed citations
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Qu, Liangwei, Yi Lin, Ya‐Ping Sun, et al.. (2006). <I>In Vitro</I> and <I>In Vivo</I> Biocompatibility of Mannosylated Polystyrene Nanoparticles. Journal of Biomedical Nanotechnology. 2(1). 1–10. 14 indexed citations
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Sun, Ya‐Ping, Mohammed J. Meziani, Pankaj Pathak, & Liangwei Qu. (2006). Polymeric Nanoparticles from Rapid Expansion of Supercritical Fluid Solution. ChemInform. 37(10). 3 indexed citations
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Li, Huaping, Muhammet E. Köse, Liangwei Qu, et al.. (2006). Excited-state energy transfers in single-walled carbon nanotubes functionalized with tethered pyrenes. Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A Chemistry. 185(1). 94–100. 12 indexed citations
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Zhou, Bing, Yi Lin, Darron E. Hill, et al.. (2006). Polymeric nanocomposite films from functionalized vs suspended single-walled carbon nanotubes. Polymer. 47(15). 5323–5329. 24 indexed citations
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Qu, Liangwei, Pengju G. Luo, Shelby Taylor, et al.. (2005). Visualizing Adhesion-Induced Agglutination of Escherichia coli with Mannosylated Nanoparticles. Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology. 5(2). 319–322. 32 indexed citations
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Kitaygorodskiy, Alex, Wei Wang, Su‐Yuan Xie, et al.. (2005). NMR Detection of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes in Solution. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 127(20). 7517–7520. 54 indexed citations
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Luo, Pengju G., Tzuen‐Rong Tzeng, Liangwei Qu, et al.. (2005). Quantitative Analysis of Bacterial Aggregation Mediated by Bioactive Nanoparticles. Journal of Biomedical Nanotechnology. 1(3). 291–296. 13 indexed citations
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Sun, Ya‐Ping, Mohammed J. Meziani, Pankaj Pathak, & Liangwei Qu. (2004). Polymeric Nanoparticles from Rapid Expansion of Supercritical Fluid Solution. Chemistry - A European Journal. 11(5). 1366–1373. 55 indexed citations
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Gu, Lingrong, Xiuping Jiang, Huaping Li, et al.. (2004). Single-walled carbon nanotubes displaying multivalent ligands for capturing pathogens. Chemical Communications. 874–874. 109 indexed citations
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Lin, Yi, Shelby Taylor, Huaping Li, et al.. (2004). Advances toward bioapplications of carbon nanotubes. Journal of Materials Chemistry. 14(4). 527–527. 690 indexed citations breakdown →
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Martin, Robert B., Liangwei Qu, Yi Lin, et al.. (2004). Functionalized Carbon Nanotubes with Tethered Pyrenes:  Synthesis and Photophysical Properties. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B. 108(31). 11447–11453. 67 indexed citations
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Qu, Liangwei, Yi Lin, Darron E. Hill, et al.. (2004). Polyimide-Functionalized Carbon Nanotubes:  Synthesis and Dispersion in Nanocomposite Films. Macromolecules. 37(16). 6055–6060. 161 indexed citations
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Taylor, Shelby, Liangwei Qu, Alex Kitaygorodskiy, et al.. (2003). Synthesis and Characterization of Peptide-Functionalized Polymeric Nanoparticles. Biomacromolecules. 5(1). 245–248. 22 indexed citations
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Qu, Liangwei, Robert B. Martin, Weijie Huang, et al.. (2002). Interactions of functionalized carbon nanotubes with tethered pyrenes in solution. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 117(17). 8089–8094. 63 indexed citations
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Sun, Wenxiu, Xianbo Hu, Liangwei Qu, et al.. (2000). Study on the Interaction between Polyamide and Lanthanide Ions. 58(12). 1602. 6 indexed citations

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