Nan Liu

11.1k total citations · 3 hit papers
191 papers, 7.9k citations indexed

About

Nan Liu is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Materials Chemistry and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Nan Liu has authored 191 papers receiving a total of 7.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 71 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 68 papers in Materials Chemistry and 59 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Nan Liu's work include Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials (47 papers), Conducting polymers and applications (29 papers) and Graphene research and applications (26 papers). Nan Liu is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials (47 papers), Conducting polymers and applications (29 papers) and Graphene research and applications (26 papers). Nan Liu collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and South Korea. Nan Liu's co-authors include Zhongfan Liu, Zhenan Bao, Chaohua Zhang, Lei Fu, Lei Fu, Yayu Wang, Minhao Liu, Boya Dai, Yi Cui and Yan Zhang and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Advanced Materials.

In The Last Decade

Nan Liu

174 papers receiving 7.7k 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.

Synthesis of Nitrogen‐Doped Graphene Using Embedded Carbon and Nitrogen Sources

2011 739 citations Nan Liu et al. Advanced Materials profile →
Ultra-conformal skin electrodes with synergistically enhanced conductivity for long-time and low-motion artifact epidermal electrophysiology

2021 236 citations Yan Zhao, Song Zhang et al. Nature Communications profile →
Ultra-wideband and multi-frequency switchable terahertz absorber based on vanadium dioxide

2025 34 citations Nan Liu, Zhen Cui et al. Solid State Communications profile →

Peers

Nan Liu

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Lei Wei Singapore

Lili Xing China

Jung Woo Lee South Korea

Wan Ru Leow Singapore

Zhengtao Zhu United States

Binghao Wang China

Longfei Wang China

Jong Min Kim South Korea

Bin Su China

Hong-Liang Lü China

Lei Wei Singapore

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Countries citing papers authored by Nan Liu

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Fields of papers citing papers by Nan Liu

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Nan Liu

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Nan Liu. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Nan Liu based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Nan Liu. Nan Liu is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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20 of 20 papers shown

Zhang, Hui, et al.. (2025). Taste-masking mechanism of brivaracetam oral solution using cyclodextrin and sodium carboxymethyl cellulose. International Journal of Pharmaceutics. 675. 125368–125368. 3 indexed citations

Liu, Nan, Zhen Cui, Shuang Zhang, & Lu Wang. (2025). Ultra-wideband and multi-frequency switchable terahertz absorber based on vanadium dioxide. Solid State Communications. 399. 115884–115884. 34 indexed citations breakdown →

Zhao, Zihan, Zejun Luo, Jian Yang, et al.. (2025). Building Bilayer MoS₂ with Versatile Morphologies via Etching‐And‐Growth Coexisting Method. Small. 21(6). e2407728–e2407728.

Liu, Nan, et al.. (2024). Making hydrogels into circuits. 1. 251–254. 1 indexed citations

Du, Mingxi, et al.. (2024). Integrity-centered framework for determining protected areas boundary: An application in the China's national park. Ecological Informatics. 84. 102885–102885. 4 indexed citations

Cui, Zhen, Nan Liu, Yize Zhang, & Mingjun Wang. (2024). Tunable dual-broadband terahertz absorber based on vanadium dioxide stacked with multilayer structures. Optics Communications. 570. 130874–130874. 49 indexed citations

Wang, Shouyong, et al.. (2024). Synthesis and reaction mechanism of high injected electron concentration and low work function [Ca24Al28O64]4+:(4e-) by Sol-gel method combined with spark plasma sintering. Journal of Alloys and Compounds. 1003. 175633–175633. 2 indexed citations

Huang, Haojie, Zihan Zhao, Li Zhou, et al.. (2024). Homo‐Site Nucleation Growth of Twisted Bilayer MoS₂ with Commensurate Angles. Advanced Materials. 36(38). e2408227–e2408227. 12 indexed citations

Wei, Bin, Yuqi Wei, Mohan Liu, et al.. (2023). Climate, not grazing, influences soil microbial diversity through changes in vegetation and abiotic factors on geographical patterns in the Eurasian steppe. Frontiers in Plant Science. 14. 1238077–1238077. 3 indexed citations

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Liu, Nan, Yiling Xie, & Jianping Guo. (2023). A fast transient FVF-based output capacitorless LDO with self-feedback biasing. Microelectronics Journal. 134. 105724–105724. 9 indexed citations

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Wang, Shiyu, Xin Wang, Weifeng Zhang, et al.. (2023). Electronic tattoos based on large-area Mo2C grown by chemical vapor deposition for electrophysiology. Nano Research. 16(3). 4100–4106. 14 indexed citations

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Cui, Juan, Shuo Du, Jianfeng Guo, et al.. (2023). A natural indirect-to-direct band gap transition in artificially fabricated MoS₂ and MoSe₂ flowers. Nanoscale. 15(17). 7792–7802. 8 indexed citations

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Cui, Ying, et al.. (2022). Screening and Identification of Gossypol-degrading Bacteria and Studies on Solid State Fermentation of Cottonseed Meal. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1 indexed citations

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Guo, Ye, Xiaoyu Fang, Tianhao Yu, et al.. (2021). A Lamellibranchia-inspired epidermal electrode for electrophysiology. Materials Horizons. 8(3). 1047–1057. 37 indexed citations

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Zhao, Yan, Song Zhang, Tianhao Yu, et al.. (2021). Ultra-conformal skin electrodes with synergistically enhanced conductivity for long-time and low-motion artifact epidermal electrophysiology. Nature Communications. 12(1). 4880–4880. 236 indexed citations breakdown →

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Zhang, Weifeng, Zihan Zhao, Yating Yang, et al.. (2021). Paraffin-Enabled Compressive Folding of Two-Dimensional Materials with Controllable Broadening of the Electronic Band Gap. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 13(34). 40922–40931. 12 indexed citations

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Zhong, Hui, Nan Liu, Zhihui Yang, et al.. (2021). Visible-Infrared Transparent Coding Metasurface Based on Random Metal Grid for Broadband Microwave Scattering. ACS Applied Electronic Materials. 3(11). 4870–4876. 5 indexed citations

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Zhang, Xingli, Jun Zhou, Shiqi Li, et al.. (2021). Enhanced Valley Polarization of Bilayer MoSe₂ with Variable Stacking Order and Interlayer Coupling. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters. 12(25). 5879–5888. 18 indexed citations

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Liu, Nan. (2012). Study on coordination in service supply chains with incentive mechanism under quantity flexibility contracts. Journal of Zhejiang University(Science Edition).

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Zhu, Yunji, et al.. (2010). Effects of Sulphur Ascorbic Acid and Glutathione Circulatory System in Flag Leaf of Winter Wheat. Xibei zhiwu xuebao. 30(11). 2191–2196. 4 indexed citations

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