Meng Li

4.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
99 papers, 3.3k citations indexed

About

Meng Li is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, Meng Li has authored 99 papers receiving a total of 3.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 51 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 22 papers in Mechanical Engineering and 18 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in Meng Li's work include Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials (29 papers), Advanced Materials and Mechanics (20 papers) and Silk-based biomaterials and applications (11 papers). Meng Li is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials (29 papers), Advanced Materials and Mechanics (20 papers) and Silk-based biomaterials and applications (11 papers). Meng Li collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Germany. Meng Li's co-authors include Metin Sitti, Aniket Pal, Amirreza Aghakhani, Abdon Pena‐Francesch, Fiorenzo G. Omenetto, Yu Wang, Wenyi Li, Guoying Shi, Jian Feng and Rui Liu and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Advanced Materials and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Meng Li

91 papers receiving 3.2k 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.

Soft actuators for real-world applications

2021 596 citations Meng Li, Metin Sitti et al. profile →
Engineering Origami: A Comprehensive Review of Recent Applications, Design Methods, and Tools

2021 261 citations Meng Li et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Meng Li China	29	1.9k	1.1k	473	466	427	99	3.3k
Jungwook Kim South Korea	22	1.4k 0.7×	1.4k 1.2×	333 0.7×	242 0.5×	369 0.9×	74	2.6k
Prashant K. Purohit United States	25	2.0k 1.0×	631 0.6×	375 0.8×	217 0.5×	508 1.2×	122	4.0k
Ramsés V. Martínez United States	34	3.3k 1.7×	1.3k 1.2×	959 2.0×	452 1.0×	598 1.4×	57	4.9k
Jiu‐an Lv China	19	1.3k 0.7×	1.6k 1.4×	238 0.5×	429 0.9×	474 1.1×	33	2.5k
J. William Boley United States	14	2.6k 1.3×	1.5k 1.4×	1.0k 2.2×	240 0.5×	325 0.8×	35	3.4k
Hyun Kim South Korea	30	2.0k 1.0×	1.9k 1.7×	736 1.6×	294 0.6×	1.1k 2.5×	115	3.9k
Teng Zhang United States	22	1.8k 0.9×	1.1k 1.0×	281 0.6×	179 0.4×	209 0.5×	72	3.0k
Zhi‐Zhu He China	33	2.5k 1.3×	1.2k 1.1×	863 1.8×	251 0.5×	829 1.9×	128	4.1k
Xuemin Du China	31	1.8k 0.9×	1.1k 0.9×	366 0.8×	450 1.0×	361 0.8×	66	2.8k
Michael D. Bartlett United States	31	3.6k 1.9×	1.7k 1.5×	907 1.9×	235 0.5×	761 1.8×	84	5.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Meng Li

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Meng Li

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Deng, Rui, Duo Sun, Wei Ye, et al.. (2025). Intelligent microscopic imaging system based on microwell array chip for high-throughput analysis of single-cell heterogeneity. Microchemical Journal. 211. 113136–113136. 1 indexed citations

Qin, Ling, Meng Li, Xingwei Li, et al.. (2025). Study on soliton bunch pulse shaping and characteristics in dual sub cavity nonlinear optical loop mirror mode-locked erbium-doped fiber laser. Optics & Laser Technology. 184. 112480–112480. 1 indexed citations

Zeng, Lei, et al.. (2025). Quantification of Lewis Acidity and Lewis Basicity: A Density‐Based Reactivity Theory Study. Journal of Computational Chemistry. 46(22). e70212–e70212.

Qu, Yang‐Kun, et al.. (2025). Designing spiro-fused chiral frameworks toward high-efficiency deep-blue circularly polarized thermally activated delayed fluorescence emission. Journal of Materials Chemistry C. 13(46). 22979–22983.

Li, Meng, et al.. (2025). Study on characteristics of noise-like pulses and dissipative soliton resonance pulses in nonlinear multimode interference mode-locked fiber lasers. Optics & Laser Technology. 187. 112799–112799. 2 indexed citations

Shen, Zhizhong, et al.. (2024). Effects of TET2-mediated methylation reconstruction on A2058 melanoma cell sensitivity to matrix stiffness in a 3D culture system. Experimental Cell Research. 442(1). 114224–114224.

Yang, Xiaoning, Zixian Liu, Yanyan Cao, et al.. (2024). Advancing knee cartilage repair with 3D printed GelMA/SF/Haps composite hydrogels for enhanced chondrocyte regeneration. Journal of Materials Science. 59(11). 4636–4648. 2 indexed citations

Ji, Xiaohua, Junqing Chang, Zanhong Deng, et al.. (2024). Boosting acetone response of p-type Co3O4 sensor via Sn and Ni co-doping for diabetes diagnosis. Sensors and Actuators B Chemical. 410. 135705–135705. 17 indexed citations

Song, Jie, Meng Li, Fuqiang Li, et al.. (2024). Study of Optical Rogue Waves in Two-Dimensional Disordered Lattices. Photonics. 11(4). 373–373. 1 indexed citations

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Li, Meng, et al.. (2023). Effect of degumming degree on the structure and tensile properties of RSF/RSS composite films prepared by one-step extraction. Scientific Reports. 13(1). 6689–6689. 6 indexed citations

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Li, Geng, Shuguang Li, Jianshe Li, et al.. (2023). Switching and vector characteristics of bound-state solitons in a graphene-based mode-locked fiber laser. Journal of the Optical Society of America B. 40(12). 3156–3156. 3 indexed citations

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Wang, Gang, Meng Li, Jiapeng Zhang, et al.. (2022). Flexible, stable and durable polydopamine@lead zirconate titanate/polyimide composite membranes for piezoelectric pressure sensors and limb motion monitoring. Composites Part C Open Access. 8. 100292–100292. 6 indexed citations

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Ma, Churong, Meng Li, Feng Zhao, et al.. (2022). Mass Fabrication of WS₂ Nanodisks and their Scattering Properties. Advanced Materials Technologies. 7(12). 3 indexed citations

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Soon, Ren Hao, Ziyu Ren, Wenqi Hu, et al.. (2022). On-demand anchoring of wireless soft miniature robots on soft surfaces. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 119(34). e2207767119–e2207767119. 18 indexed citations

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Wang, Tianlu, Mingtong Li, Meng Li, et al.. (2022). Adaptive wireless millirobotic locomotion into distal vasculature. Nature Communications. 13(1). 4465–4465. 106 indexed citations

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Liu, Mingchen, et al.. (2021). Diffraction Separation With Plane-Wave Destruction Filer for the Lunar Penetrating Radar Sensor Data. IEEE Sensors Journal. 21(22). 25198–25205. 6 indexed citations

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Wang, Yu, Meng Li, Jan‐Kai Chang, et al.. (2021). Light-activated shape morphing and light-tracking materials using biopolymer-based programmable photonic nanostructures. Nature Communications. 12(1). 1651–1651. 64 indexed citations

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Li, Meng, Taehoon Kim, Giulia Guidetti, Yu Wang, & Fiorenzo G. Omenetto. (2020). Optomechanically Actuated Microcilia for Locally Reconfigurable Surfaces. Advanced Materials. 32(40). e2004147–e2004147. 29 indexed citations

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Li, Wenyi, et al.. (2019). Inkjet Printing of Patterned, Multispectral, and Biocompatible Photonic Crystals. Advanced Materials. 31(36). e1901036–e1901036. 106 indexed citations

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Wang, Yu, Wenyi Li, Meng Li, et al.. (2018). Biomaterial‐Based “Structured Opals” with Programmable Combination of Diffractive Optical Elements and Photonic Bandgap Effects. Advanced Materials. 31(5). e1805312–e1805312. 50 indexed citations

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