Lixin Xue

4.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
107 papers, 4.2k citations indexed

About

Lixin Xue is a scholar working on Water Science and Technology, Biomedical Engineering and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Lixin Xue has authored 107 papers receiving a total of 4.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 54 papers in Water Science and Technology, 53 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 34 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Lixin Xue's work include Membrane Separation Technologies (54 papers), Membrane-based Ion Separation Techniques (27 papers) and Surface Modification and Superhydrophobicity (24 papers). Lixin Xue is often cited by papers focused on Membrane Separation Technologies (54 papers), Membrane-based Ion Separation Techniques (27 papers) and Surface Modification and Superhydrophobicity (24 papers). Lixin Xue collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Belgium. Lixin Xue's co-authors include Mimi Tao, Fu Liu, Lei Jiang, Lijing Zhu, Fu Liu, Congjie Gao, Fu Liu, Darryl D. DesMarteau, Ailin Gao and Dong Zhou and has published in prestigious journals such as Advanced Materials, Nature Communications and Nano Letters.

In The Last Decade

Lixin Xue

101 papers receiving 4.2k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

An Intelligent Superwetting PVDF Membrane Showing Switchable Transport Performance for Oil/Water Separation

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Lixin Xue China	36	1.9k	1.9k	1.2k	1.1k	750	107	4.2k
Lijing Zhu China	33	1.9k 1.0×	2.0k 1.1×	905 0.8×	1.5k 1.4×	504 0.7×	93	4.2k
Jianqiang Meng China	37	1.8k 1.0×	1.9k 1.0×	1.0k 0.9×	712 0.6×	816 1.1×	138	4.2k
N. Awanis Hashim Malaysia	27	2.3k 1.2×	2.5k 1.3×	911 0.8×	581 0.5×	1.0k 1.3×	66	4.2k
Hu Yang China	33	1.7k 0.9×	2.2k 1.2×	927 0.8×	525 0.5×	939 1.3×	108	4.0k
Zhenyu Cui China	33	1.9k 1.0×	2.1k 1.2×	1.1k 1.0×	604 0.5×	1.2k 1.6×	118	4.0k
Boor Singh Lalia United Arab Emirates	30	2.2k 1.2×	2.3k 1.2×	1.7k 1.5×	560 0.5×	558 0.7×	57	4.6k
Yuan Liao China	33	2.2k 1.2×	2.6k 1.4×	1.3k 1.1×	899 0.8×	493 0.7×	99	4.4k
Mohd Sohaimi Abdullah Malaysia	29	1.6k 0.8×	2.4k 1.3×	811 0.7×	680 0.6×	1.0k 1.4×	84	3.9k
Nurasyikin Misdan Malaysia	20	2.0k 1.1×	2.7k 1.5×	1.0k 0.9×	725 0.6×	1.1k 1.5×	45	3.8k
Zhaoliang Cui China	33	2.0k 1.1×	2.3k 1.2×	769 0.7×	402 0.4×	1.4k 1.9×	100	3.7k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Lixin Xue

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Shi, Ke, Lixin Xue, Yu Zhang, et al.. (2025). Characterization and molecular docking study of umami peptides from Agaricus bisporus and Volvariella volvacea by sensory analysis combined with UPLC–ESI-Q-TOF MS. Journal of Food Composition and Analysis. 140. 107200–107200. 2 indexed citations

Zhang, Liang, Chenchao Xu, Ximing Wang, et al.. (2025). H ₂ O‐Induced Transformation of Superstructured MOFs into Self‐Standing, Superprotonic Conducting Membranes for Hydrogen Fuel Cells. Advanced Functional Materials. 35(45). 2 indexed citations

Wang, Juexin, et al.. (2025). Nanofiltration membranes with high Mg2+/Li+ separation performance under high Mg2+/Li+ ratios prepared from polyethylenimide and benzoyl dichlorides. Separation and Purification Technology. 367. 132871–132871. 4 indexed citations

Chen, Chao, Yan Chen, Mingjie Ma, et al.. (2025). Comb-shaped cationic bridges in phosphoric acid-doped PBI gel membranes: A pathway to flexible and efficient fuel cell operation from −20 °C to 200 °C. Chemical Engineering Journal. 522. 168166–168166.

Wang, Juexin, et al.. (2024). Polyethylene based nanofiltration membranes with internally confined polyamide separating layers from cross substrate interface polymerization. Journal of Membrane Science. 717. 123628–123628. 2 indexed citations

Wang, Huimin, et al.. (2024). Liquid-solid interface polymerization: A simple approach for efficient polyamide/polyethylene thin film composite total heat exchange membranes construction. Journal of Membrane Science. 709. 123098–123098.

Li, Shiyang, et al.. (2024). Construction of PDA-PEI/ZIF-L@PE tight ultra-filtration (TUF) membranes on porous polyethylene (PE) substrates for efficient dye/salt separation. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 468. 133727–133727. 13 indexed citations

Chen, Chao, Yan Chen, Juexin Wang, et al.. (2024). Self-assembled nanoflower-mediated interfacial polymerization through tunable intra- and inter-layer channels to boost total heat exchange performance. Journal of Membrane Science. 715. 123448–123448.

Lu, Yeqiang, Yawen Zhao, Zheng Li, et al.. (2024). Bioinspired superhydrophobic polysulfone foams with micro/nano hierarchical structures for highly efficient solar-assisted cleanup of viscous crude oil. Applied Surface Science. 682. 161702–161702. 2 indexed citations

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Zhang, Liang, et al.. (2024). Double cross-linked 3D layered PBI proton exchange membranes for stable fuel cell performance above 200 °C. Nature Communications. 15(1). 3409–3409. 45 indexed citations

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Wang, Qingyi, Yuyang Wang, Huimin Wang, et al.. (2023). Polyethyleneimine (PEI) based positively charged thin film composite polyamide (TFC-PA) nanofiltration (NF) membranes for effective Mg2+/Li+ separation. Desalination. 565. 116814–116814. 70 indexed citations

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Wang, Qingyi, Yongping Dong, Huimin Wang, et al.. (2023). Polyamide/polyethylene thin film composite (PA/PE-TFC) NF membranes prepared from reverse-phase interface polymerization (RIP) for improved Mg(II)/Li(I) separation. Desalination. 553. 116463–116463. 44 indexed citations

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Benicewicz, Brian C., Tianyu Zhu, Jiazhen Liang, et al.. (2023). Anisotropic Polybenzimidazole Ion‐Solvating Membranes Composed of Aligned Nano‐Sheets for Efficient Acid‐Alkaline Amphoteric Water Electrolysis. Advanced Energy Materials. 14(11). 14 indexed citations

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Li, Shiyang, et al.. (2023). Polyethyleneimine (PEI) based thin film nanocomposite (TFN) total heat exchange membranes (THEMs) composed of shaped ZIF-8 crystalline Micro-leaves (ZIF-L). Separation and Purification Technology. 324. 124435–124435. 15 indexed citations

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Jia, Yuxin, Ke Sun, Zhong Zheng, et al.. (2021). Polydimethylsiloxane‐functionalized polyacrylonitrile nanofibrous aerogels for efficient oil absorption and oil/water separation. Journal of Applied Polymer Science. 138(45). 16 indexed citations

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Shi, Yuxin, Yong Xu, Fei Jiang, et al.. (2021). On-site marine oil spillage monitoring probes formed by fixing oxygen sensors into hydrophobic/oleophilic porous materials for early-stage spotty pollution warning. RSC Advances. 11(35). 21279–21290. 7 indexed citations

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Gao, Ailin, et al.. (2016). Facile preparation of patterned petal-like PLA surfaces with tunable water micro-droplet adhesion properties based on stereo-complex co-crystallization from non-solvent induced phase separation processes. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 4(31). 12058–12064. 53 indexed citations

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Wang, Yunze, et al.. (2015). A pH-responsive PVDF membrane with superwetting properties for the separation of oil and water. RSC Advances. 5(30). 23530–23539. 50 indexed citations

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Liu, Fu, et al.. (2014). Morphology evolution of poly(vinylidene fluoride) membranes during supercritical CO2 assisted phase inversion. Chinese Journal of Polymer Science. 32(12). 1628–1638. 3 indexed citations

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Liu, Fu, et al.. (2013). Breaking through tradeoff of Polysulfone ultrafiltration membranes by zeolite 4A. Microporous and Mesoporous Materials. 186. 113–120. 38 indexed citations

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