Ming Lu

5.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
269 papers, 4.4k citations indexed

About

Ming Lu is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Materials Chemistry and Mechanics of Materials. According to data from OpenAlex, Ming Lu has authored 269 papers receiving a total of 4.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 137 papers in Organic Chemistry, 136 papers in Materials Chemistry and 126 papers in Mechanics of Materials. Recurrent topics in Ming Lu's work include Energetic Materials and Combustion (126 papers), Thermal and Kinetic Analysis (79 papers) and Chemical Synthesis and Reactions (73 papers). Ming Lu is often cited by papers focused on Energetic Materials and Combustion (126 papers), Thermal and Kinetic Analysis (79 papers) and Chemical Synthesis and Reactions (73 papers). Ming Lu collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Canada. Ming Lu's co-authors include Pengcheng Wang, Qiuhan Lin, Yuangang Xu, Qian Wang, Cheng Shen, Jie Zhu, Qi Sun, Xin Li, Yu Lin Hu and Dongxue Li and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Chemical Society Reviews and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

Ming Lu

251 papers receiving 4.3k 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.

A series of energetic metal pentazolate hydrates

2017 400 citations Yuangang Xu, Cheng Shen et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ming Lu China	34	2.5k	2.3k	1.9k	803	666	269	4.4k
Michael A. Hiskey United States	32	2.6k 1.1×	2.8k 1.2×	1.7k 0.9×	957 1.2×	170 0.3×	59	4.1k
M. B. Talawar India	28	2.7k 1.1×	2.9k 1.3×	1.1k 0.6×	1.3k 1.6×	192 0.3×	86	3.7k
Rufang Peng China	32	2.6k 1.1×	1.7k 0.8×	954 0.5×	635 0.8×	338 0.5×	261	3.9k
Debashis Chakraborty India	34	1.1k 0.4×	646 0.3×	2.0k 1.0×	253 0.3×	496 0.7×	124	3.8k
Jörg Stierstorfer Germany	53	7.0k 2.8×	8.4k 3.7×	3.7k 1.9×	2.9k 3.7×	340 0.5×	238	9.6k
Hongzhen Li China	38	2.6k 1.0×	2.8k 1.2×	791 0.4×	888 1.1×	96 0.1×	125	3.7k
Олег А. Ивашкевич Belarus	28	920 0.4×	453 0.2×	1.8k 0.9×	101 0.1×	322 0.5×	177	2.7k
Qian‐You Wang China	23	2.3k 0.9×	526 0.2×	267 0.1×	144 0.2×	1.1k 1.7×	58	3.0k
David Tudela Spain	20	957 0.4×	356 0.2×	628 0.3×	148 0.2×	367 0.6×	58	1.8k
Duanlin Cao China	24	953 0.4×	288 0.1×	476 0.2×	108 0.1×	155 0.2×	117	1.9k

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Lu, Ming, et al.. (2025). Molecular Assemblies of Pyrazole-Tetrazole-Pyrimidine: Heat-Resistant Energetic Materials Engineered by π-Conjugation Extension and Directional Hydrogen-Bonding Synergy. Crystal Growth & Design. 25(12). 4304–4315. 1 indexed citations

Yang, Feng, et al.. (2025). The Synthesis, Structure, and Properties of a Polynitro Energetic Complex with a Hexaamminecobalt(III) Ion as a Stabilizing Core. Materials. 18(13). 3004–3004.

Du, Kui, et al.. (2025). Support Regulation Strategy Synergistic with Ru Single-Atom Catalyst for Energy-Saving Hydrogen Production Assisted by Green Electrosynthesis of Azotetrazolate. Inorganic Chemistry. 64(9). 4544–4554. 1 indexed citations

Zhang, Kejing, et al.. (2025). Breaking the Density–Thermal Stability Trade-Off: Targeted Design and Construction of an Energetic Co-crystal. Organic Letters. 27(50). 13980–13984.

Zhang, Kejing, et al.. (2024). Solvents effect on morphology of hydrazium pentazolate by antisolvent crystallization. Journal of Molecular Liquids. 419. 126686–126686.

Xu, Yuangang, et al.. (2024). Syntheses, crystal structures, and energetic properties of four cyclo-pentazolate salts [NH (CH3)4-]+N5− (n = 0∼3). Journal of Molecular Structure. 1303. 137500–137500. 3 indexed citations

Shan, Zhen, Miaomiao Wu, Jinjian Wang, et al.. (2024). Topologically Tunable Conjugated Metal–Organic Frameworks for Modulating Conductivity and Chemiresistive Properties for NH₃ Sensing. Angewandte Chemie. 136(16).

Xu, Ze, et al.. (2024). Experimental detection of the diamino-pentazolium cation and theoretical exploration of derived high energy materials. Scientific Reports. 14(1). 10120–10120. 2 indexed citations

Yang, Feng, et al.. (2024). Revealing the Electro-oxidation Mechanism of 5-Aminotetrazole on Nickel-Based Oxides and Synthesizing 5,5′-Azotetrazolate Salts. Inorganic Chemistry. 63(26). 12299–12308. 3 indexed citations

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Chen, Haiying, Zhang Fei, Wenxi Li, et al.. (2023). Sorption Behavior and Prediction of Tetracycline on Sediments from the Yangtze Estuary and Its Coastal Areas. Water. 15(4). 671–671. 2 indexed citations

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Liu, Yang, Boqian Yang, Shangbiao Feng, et al.. (2023). Noncovalent modification induced 2D planar stacking: A promising strategy for high-energy insensitive materials. Journal of Molecular Structure. 1297. 136959–136959. 4 indexed citations

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Liu, Yang, Qianjin Guo, Shangbiao Feng, et al.. (2023). Tailoring energy performance and stability by self-assembly of explosive and oxidants: Facile synthesis, self-assembled structures and energetic properties. Journal of Molecular Structure. 1288. 135767–135767. 12 indexed citations

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Xu, Yuangang, et al.. (2023). Enhancing Stability in Polynitrogen Compounds: Mechanisms and Strategies. Crystal Growth & Design. 23(11). 8076–8086. 5 indexed citations

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Xu, Yuangang, Feng Yang, Pengcheng Wang, et al.. (2023). Synthesis, characterization and properties of new heat resistant energetic materials based on two C–C bridged pyrazole and benzene skeletons. CrystEngComm. 25(41). 5827–5833. 3 indexed citations

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Yang, Feng, Yuangang Xu, Pengcheng Wang, Qiuhan Lin, & Ming Lu. (2021). Novel metal–organic frameworks assembled from the combination of polynitro-pyrazole and 5-nitroamine-1,2,4-oxadiazole: synthesis, structure and thermal properties. Dalton Transactions. 50(37). 12906–12912. 18 indexed citations

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Yang, Feng, Yuangang Xu, Pengcheng Wang, Qiuhan Lin, & Ming Lu. (2021). Oxygen-Enriched Metal–Organic Frameworks Based on 1-(Trinitromethyl)-1H-1,2,4-Triazole-3-Carboxylic Acid and Their Thermal Decomposition and Effects on the Decomposition of Ammonium Perchlorate. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 13(18). 21516–21526. 51 indexed citations

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Sun, Qi, Pengcheng Wang, Qiuhan Lin, & Ming Lu. (2020). All-nitrogen ion-based compounds as energetic oxidizers: a theoretical study on [N₅⁺][NO₃⁻], [N₅⁺][N(NO₂)₂⁻], [NO₂⁺][N₅⁻] and NO₂–N₃. New Journal of Chemistry. 44(26). 11188–11195. 4 indexed citations

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Xu, Yuangang, et al.. (2018). In situ Synthesized Energetic Salts Based on the C−N Fused Tricyclic 3,9‐Diamine‐6,7‐Dihydro‐Bis(triazolo)‐Tetrazepine Cation: A Family of High‐Performance Energetic Materials. Propellants Explosives Pyrotechnics. 43(6). 595–601. 13 indexed citations

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Xu, Yuangang, Pengcheng Wang, Qiuhan Lin, & Ming Lu. (2017). A carbon-free inorganic–metal complex consisting of an all-nitrogen pentazole anion, a Zn(ii) cation and H₂O. Dalton Transactions. 46(41). 14088–14093. 79 indexed citations

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Wei, Yunyang, Chunxu Lü, Ming Lu, Yu Wang, & Zhiping Li. (1994). Products of Cyclisation and Mannich Condensation of Methylenedinitramine. Chinese Journal of Applied Chemistry. 11(5). 104–106. 1 indexed citations

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