Lu Cao

2.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
53 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

About

Lu Cao is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, Lu Cao has authored 53 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 31 papers in Materials Chemistry, 25 papers in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials and 13 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in Lu Cao's work include Ferroelectric and Piezoelectric Materials (12 papers), Multiferroics and related materials (12 papers) and Iron-based superconductors research (9 papers). Lu Cao is often cited by papers focused on Ferroelectric and Piezoelectric Materials (12 papers), Multiferroics and related materials (12 papers) and Iron-based superconductors research (9 papers). Lu Cao collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Australia. Lu Cao's co-authors include Rachel A. Caruso, Dehong Chen, Shiyu Zhu, Hong‐Jun Gao, Shixuan Du, Haiming Huang, Bing Li, Wenyao Liu, Hong Ding and Lingyuan Kong and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Lu Cao

51 papers receiving 1.9k 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.

Evidence for Majorana bound states in an iron-based superconductor

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Lu Cao China	23	872	768	560	467	285	53	2.0k
Ivo Heinmaa Estonia	29	791 0.9×	277 0.4×	567 1.0×	528 1.1×	57 0.2×	123	2.5k
Jeroen Spooren Belgium	24	703 0.8×	184 0.2×	205 0.4×	184 0.4×	270 0.9×	62	2.1k
Yaning Wang China	16	694 0.8×	199 0.3×	171 0.3×	159 0.3×	516 1.8×	68	1.7k
Hiroyuki Hidaka Japan	22	772 0.9×	87 0.1×	823 1.5×	672 1.4×	287 1.0×	89	2.3k
Cristian E. Botez United States	24	1.5k 1.7×	149 0.2×	298 0.5×	799 1.7×	60 0.2×	68	2.4k
Z. Klencsár Hungary	20	539 0.6×	82 0.1×	286 0.5×	460 1.0×	131 0.5×	101	1.5k
Angela Möller Germany	23	733 0.8×	153 0.2×	569 1.0×	705 1.5×	47 0.2×	134	1.9k
Roberto Boada Spain	20	612 0.7×	139 0.2×	101 0.2×	211 0.5×	113 0.4×	68	1.2k
Liying Zhang China	21	708 0.8×	122 0.2×	106 0.2×	140 0.3×	56 0.2×	82	1.4k
G. L. Aranovich United States	20	871 1.0×	94 0.1×	211 0.4×	119 0.3×	200 0.7×	60	2.0k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Lu Cao

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20 of 20 papers shown

Tang, Xiaohui, Lu Cao, Shaojie Sun, et al.. (2025). Sintering and enhanced ferroelectric properties of textured Bi₅Ti₃FeO₁₅ ceramics with high Curie temperature. Journal of Materials Chemistry C. 13(14). 7358–7367. 1 indexed citations

Tang, Xiaohui, et al.. (2025). Enhanced piezoelectricity and stability by reducing oxygen vacancies in W-modified Bi4Ti3O12 textured ceramics. Journal of Alloys and Compounds. 1034. 181433–181433.

Tang, Xiaohui, Lu Cao, Qiang Liu, et al.. (2025). Enhanced electrical properties in textured Bi4Ti3O12 ceramics with negative strain. Ceramics International. 51(11). 15049–15054. 2 indexed citations

Cao, Lu, et al.. (2024). Optimal balance of organic detritus and feed for fish growth and water quality improvement through regulating nutrients cycling. Environmental Research. 262(Pt 2). 119882–119882. 3 indexed citations

Cao, Lu, Geng Li, Wenyao Liu, et al.. (2024). Observation of Zero-Energy Modes with Possible Time-Reversal Symmetry Breaking on Step Edge of CaKFe₄As₄. Chinese Physics Letters. 41(11). 117401–117401.

Song, Chunlei, Yang Xia, Lu Cao, et al.. (2023). Hydrological regimes and water quality variations in the Yangtze River basin from 1998 to 2018. Water Research. 249. 120910–120910. 19 indexed citations

Cao, Lu, Xudong Zhang, & Feng Wang. (2023). Structural, elastic, anisotropic, electronic, thermal properties and tensile strength of AlTM2Ti (TM = Ni, Fe, Cu, Co, Au) studied by first-principles calculations. Chemical Physics Letters. 830. 140796–140796. 4 indexed citations

Li, Geng, Lu Cao, Xingtai Zhou, et al.. (2022). Ordered and tunable Majorana-zero-mode lattice in naturally strained LiFeAs. Nature. 606(7916). 890–895. 59 indexed citations

Liu, Wenyao, Xiancheng Wang, Fazhi Yang, et al.. (2022). Tunable vortex Majorana modes controlled by strain in homogeneous LiFeAs. 1(1). 14 indexed citations

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Cao, Lu, Zhu Ouyang, Tao Chen, et al.. (2022). Phosphate removal from aqueous solution using calcium-rich biochar prepared by the pyrolysis of crab shells. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 29(59). 89570–89584. 13 indexed citations

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Cao, Lu, Wenyao Liu, Geng Li, et al.. (2021). Two distinct superconducting states controlled by orientations of local wrinkles in LiFeAs. Nature Communications. 12(1). 6312–6312. 22 indexed citations

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Cao, Lu, et al.. (2021). Selenium-agarose hybrid hydrogel as a recyclable natural substrate for selenium-enriched cultivation of mung bean sprouts. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. 194. 17–23. 17 indexed citations

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Li, Jing, Bing Li, Haiming Huang, et al.. (2020). Investigation into lanthanum-coated biochar obtained from urban dewatered sewage sludge for enhanced phosphate adsorption. The Science of The Total Environment. 714. 136839–136839. 174 indexed citations

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Zhu, Shiyu, Yan Shao, En Wang, et al.. (2019). Evidence of Topological Edge States in Buckled Antimonene Monolayers. Nano Letters. 19(9). 6323–6329. 62 indexed citations

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Wei, Zhongxia, Peng Mao, Lu Cao, & Fengqi Song. (2018). Probing plasmon resonances of individual aluminum nanoparticles. Modern Physics Letters B. 32(3). 1850032–1850032. 2 indexed citations

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Wan, Lingling, Lu Cao, Xiuyun Cao, Yiyong Zhou, & Chunlei Song. (2018). Optimized Parameters and Mechanisms for Simultaneous Nitrogen and Phosphorus Removal in Stormwater Biofilters: A Pilot Study. Environmental Engineering Science. 36(3). 372–383. 3 indexed citations

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Zhang, Liwei, Hua Ke, Hongjun Zhang, et al.. (2018). Effects of morphotropic phase boundary on the electric behavior of Er/Ti co-doped BiFeO3 ceramics. Scripta Materialia. 158. 71–76. 22 indexed citations

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Shao, Dan, Wei Yan, Lu Cao, Xiaoliang Li, & Hao Xu. (2014). High-performance Ti/Sb–SnO2/Pb3O4 electrodes for chlorine evolution: Preparation and characteristics. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 267. 238–244. 59 indexed citations

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Cao, Lu, Dehong Chen, & Rachel A. Caruso. (2013). Surface‐Metastable Phase‐Initiated Seeding and Ostwald Ripening: A Facile Fluorine‐Free Process towards Spherical Fluffy Core/Shell, Yolk/Shell, and Hollow Anatase Nanostructures. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 52(42). 10986–10991. 104 indexed citations

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Du, Wenchao, Yuanyuan Sun, Lu Cao, et al.. (2011). Environmental fate of phenanthrene in lysimeter planted with wheat and rice in rotation. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 188(1-3). 408–413. 13 indexed citations

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