Lili Cong

2.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
46 papers, 2.3k citations indexed

About

Lili Cong is a scholar working on Aerospace Engineering, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Lili Cong has authored 46 papers receiving a total of 2.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Aerospace Engineering, 20 papers in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials and 13 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Lili Cong's work include Advanced Antenna and Metasurface Technologies (19 papers), Antenna Design and Analysis (18 papers) and Metamaterials and Metasurfaces Applications (14 papers). Lili Cong is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Antenna and Metasurface Technologies (19 papers), Antenna Design and Analysis (18 papers) and Metamaterials and Metasurfaces Applications (14 papers). Lili Cong collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Australia. Lili Cong's co-authors include Sujin Yean, John T. Mayo, Cafer T. Yavuz, Amy T. Kan, Mason B. Tomson, Joshua C. Falkner, William W. Yu, Vicki L. Colvin, Heather J. Shipley and Douglas Natelson and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Analytical Chemistry and ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces.

In The Last Decade

Lili Cong

43 papers receiving 2.2k citations

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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.

Low-Field Magnetic Separation of Monodisperse Fe ₃ O ₄ Nanocrystals

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Lili Cong China	14	818	624	609	562	539	46	2.3k
Haoran Wei United States	26	963 1.2×	765 1.2×	323 0.5×	249 0.4×	285 0.5×	66	3.0k
Yuan He China	26	354 0.4×	385 0.6×	332 0.5×	226 0.4×	211 0.4×	94	2.0k
Libor Machala Czechia	23	550 0.7×	1.0k 1.6×	716 1.2×	1.1k 2.0×	269 0.5×	78	2.5k
Mirian Elizabeth Casco Spain	24	338 0.4×	964 1.5×	108 0.2×	132 0.2×	641 1.2×	36	2.4k
Heather J. Shipley United States	21	874 1.1×	857 1.4×	1.0k 1.7×	604 1.1×	496 0.9×	37	2.7k
Megan C. Wasson United States	31	358 0.4×	2.5k 4.1×	195 0.3×	448 0.8×	164 0.3×	47	3.8k
Radha Kishan Motkuri United States	34	536 0.7×	2.6k 4.2×	132 0.2×	464 0.8×	184 0.3×	96	4.7k
Arturo I. Martı́nez Mexico	23	257 0.3×	870 1.4×	485 0.8×	461 0.8×	127 0.2×	64	1.9k
Zhen Fang China	35	336 0.4×	1.6k 2.6×	313 0.5×	853 1.5×	367 0.7×	129	3.8k
Sergey I. Nikitenko France	30	662 0.8×	2.0k 3.3×	211 0.3×	354 0.6×	59 0.1×	138	2.9k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Lili Cong

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Yang, Huanhuan, Tong Li, Kun Gao, et al.. (2025). An Efficient Design Method for Metasurface Antenna With Low In-Band RCS and Reconfigurable Scattering Fields. IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation. 73(11). 9553–9558.

Li, Tong, Huanhuan Yang, Kun Gao, et al.. (2024). An Ultrawideband Low-Loss Reconfigurable Metasurface Element With 1-Bit Resolution. IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters. 23(4). 1206–1210. 17 indexed citations

Fang, Shuai, Lili Cong, Lu Dai, et al.. (2024). An economical, high-throughput protein-protein interaction modulator drug screening technique based on surface-enhanced Raman scattering. Sensors and Actuators B Chemical. 410. 135683–135683. 2 indexed citations

Zhang, Zhiyun, Sijia Li, Yulong Zhou, et al.. (2024). 4-bit millimeter-wave Janus metasurface enabled polarization-spatial multiplexing holography. Optics Express. 32(14). 24469–24469. 8 indexed citations

Cong, Lili, et al.. (2022). Fluorescent Imaging Probe Targeting Mitochondria Based on Supramolecular Host–Guest Assembly and Disassembly. ACS Omega. 7(38). 34268–34277. 9 indexed citations

Cong, Lili, Jiaqi Wang, Xinli Li, et al.. (2022). Microfluidic Droplet-SERS Platform for Single-Cell Cytokine Analysis via a Cell Surface Bioconjugation Strategy. Analytical Chemistry. 94(29). 10375–10383. 45 indexed citations

Tian, Yu, Weiqing Xu, Kongshuo Ma, et al.. (2021). Label-Free Analysis of Cell Membrane Proteins via Evanescent Field Excited Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters. 12(43). 10720–10727. 4 indexed citations

Yue, Jing, Yanting Shen, Lijia Liang, et al.. (2020). Revealing Mitochondrial Microenvironmental Evolution Triggered by Photodynamic Therapy. Analytical Chemistry. 92(8). 6081–6087. 30 indexed citations

Cong, Lili, Yijia Geng, Yu Tian, et al.. (2020). Plasmon-Enhanced Four-Wave Mixing Imaging for Microdroplet-Based Single-Cell Analysis. Analytical Chemistry. 92(14). 9459–9464. 4 indexed citations

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Huo, Zepeng, Gang Chen, Yijia Geng, et al.. (2020). A two-photon fluorescence, carbonized polymer dot (CPD)-based, wide range pH nanosensor: a view from the surface state. Nanoscale. 12(16). 9094–9103. 29 indexed citations

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Li, Tong, Huanhuan Yang, Chen Zhang, et al.. (2019). Active metasurface for broadband radiation and integrated low radar cross section. Optical Materials Express. 9(3). 1161–1161. 25 indexed citations

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Cong, Lili, Lijia Liang, Fanghao Cao, et al.. (2019). Distinguishing cancer cell lines at a single living cell level via detection of sialic acid by dual-channel plasmonic imaging and by using a SERS-microfluidic droplet platform. Microchimica Acta. 186(6). 367–367. 25 indexed citations

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Cao, Fanghao, Lili Cong, Weiqing Xu, et al.. (2018). Cellular heterogeneity identified by single-cell alkaline phosphatase (ALP) via a SERRS-microfluidic droplet platform. Lab on a Chip. 19(2). 335–342. 61 indexed citations

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Tong, Chuangming, et al.. (2018). Hybrid method of FG-FFT and PO for radiation calculation from antennas around an electrically large conducting platform. International Journal of RF and Microwave Computer-Aided Engineering. 29(2). e21520–e21520. 1 indexed citations

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Tong, Chuangming, et al.. (2018). Numerical Analysis of Influences From Internal Waves on Electromagnetic Scattering From Sea Surface. IEEE Access. 6. 42014–42021. 2 indexed citations

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Cong, Lili, et al.. (2018). Ultra-Wideband Low-RCS Circularly-Polarized Metasurface-Based Array Antenna Using Tightly-Coupled Anisotropic Element. IEEE Access. 6. 41738–41744. 15 indexed citations

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Cong, Lili, et al.. (2018). Polarization-independent wide-angle ultrathin double-layered metamaterial absorber for broadband application. Applied Physics A. 124(6). 9 indexed citations

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Zhao, Yi, Xiangyu Cao, Jun Gao, et al.. (2017). Broadband Low-RCS Circularly Polarized Array Using Metasurface-based element. IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters. 1–1. 53 indexed citations

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Zheng, Yuejun, Jun Gao, Huanhuan Yang, Yulong Zhou, & Lili Cong. (2017). A wideband gain enhancement and RCS reduction patch antenna using improved loading method. 2 indexed citations

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Zhao, Yi, Jun Gao, Xiangyu Cao, et al.. (2016). In-Band RCS Reduction of Waveguide Slot Array Using Metasurface Bars. IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation. 65(2). 943–947. 41 indexed citations

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