Nianbei Li

3.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
53 papers, 2.7k citations indexed

About

Nianbei Li is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Civil and Structural Engineering and Mechanics of Materials. According to data from OpenAlex, Nianbei Li has authored 53 papers receiving a total of 2.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 36 papers in Materials Chemistry, 21 papers in Civil and Structural Engineering and 14 papers in Mechanics of Materials. Recurrent topics in Nianbei Li's work include Thermal properties of materials (31 papers), Thermal Radiation and Cooling Technologies (21 papers) and Advanced ceramic materials synthesis (7 papers). Nianbei Li is often cited by papers focused on Thermal properties of materials (31 papers), Thermal Radiation and Cooling Technologies (21 papers) and Advanced ceramic materials synthesis (7 papers). Nianbei Li collaborates with scholars based in China, Singapore and Germany. Nianbei Li's co-authors include Baowen Li, Peter Hänggi, Lei Wang, Gang Zhang, Jie Ren, Nuo Yang, Zhongwei Zhang, Jie Chen, Yulou Ouyang and Yuan Cheng and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, Reviews of Modern Physics and Physical Review B.

In The Last Decade

Nianbei Li

50 papers receiving 2.6k citations

Hit Papers

Colloquium: Phononics: Manipulating heat flow with electr... 2012 2026 2016 2021 2012 2020 250 500 750 1000
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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.

  1. Colloquium: Phononics: Manipulating heat flow with electronic analogs and beyond
    2012 1.1k citations Nianbei Li, Lei Wang et al. profile →
  2. Size-dependent phononic thermal transport in low-dimensional nanomaterials
    2020 262 citations Nianbei Li et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Nianbei Li China 20 1.9k 1.2k 582 567 307 53 2.7k
Bai Song China 21 1.5k 0.8× 1.4k 1.2× 950 1.6× 348 0.6× 318 1.0× 67 2.7k
Jun Pei China 28 2.6k 1.4× 798 0.7× 218 0.4× 228 0.4× 165 0.5× 78 2.9k
Jivtesh Garg United States 21 2.1k 1.1× 788 0.7× 310 0.5× 78 0.1× 548 1.8× 50 2.9k
Zhiwei Ding China 30 2.2k 1.1× 468 0.4× 340 0.6× 89 0.2× 294 1.0× 61 2.8k
Scott T. Huxtable United States 19 1.8k 1.0× 590 0.5× 150 0.3× 88 0.2× 498 1.6× 51 2.4k
Julia A. Baimova Russia 29 1.8k 1.0× 136 0.1× 463 0.8× 335 0.6× 371 1.2× 124 2.4k
Daniel P. Sellan United States 13 1.8k 0.9× 631 0.5× 295 0.5× 47 0.1× 236 0.8× 14 2.3k
Dario Narducci Italy 25 2.1k 1.1× 570 0.5× 254 0.4× 106 0.2× 438 1.4× 133 2.6k
Alain Giani France 24 1.0k 0.5× 163 0.1× 531 0.9× 143 0.3× 534 1.7× 88 1.9k
Teruyuki Ikeda Japan 26 1.7k 0.9× 267 0.2× 209 0.4× 124 0.2× 138 0.4× 105 2.3k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Nianbei Li

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All Works

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Li, Nianbei. (2020). Diffusion behaviors of energy and momentum for 1D single-walled carbon nanotubes. Journal of Physics D Applied Physics. 53(14). 145302–145302.
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Wang, Jian, et al.. (2020). Anomalous energy diffusion in two-dimensional nonlinear lattices. Physical review. E. 101(1). 12126–12126. 13 indexed citations
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Li, Nianbei, et al.. (2019). Energy and momentum diffusion in one-dimensional periodic and asymmetric nonlinear lattices with momentum conservation. Physical review. E. 99(6). 62125–62125. 3 indexed citations
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Wang, Huan, et al.. (2019). Thermal rectification induced by geometrical asymmetry: A two-dimensional multiparticle Lorentz gas model. Physical review. E. 99(6). 62111–62111. 12 indexed citations
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Li, Nianbei, et al.. (2018). Renormalized vibrations and normal energy transport in 1d FPU-like discrete nonlinear Schrödinger equations. Scientific Reports. 8(1). 5329–5329. 3 indexed citations
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Chen, Hong‐Yuan, et al.. (2018). Optimal thermal rectification of heterojunctions under Fourier law. Physical review. E. 98(4). 38 indexed citations
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Li, Yunyun, Nianbei Li, Uǧur Tırnaklı, Baowen Li, & Constantino Tsallis. (2017). Thermal conductance of the coupled-rotator chain: Influence of temperature and size. Europhysics Letters (EPL). 117(6). 60004–60004. 7 indexed citations
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Gao, Zhibin, Nianbei Li, & Baowen Li. (2016). Stretch diffusion and heat conduction in one-dimensional nonlinear lattices. Physical review. E. 93(3). 32130–32130. 8 indexed citations
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Gao, Zhibin, Nianbei Li, & Baowen Li. (2016). Heat conduction and energy diffusion in momentum-conserving one-dimensional full-lattice ding-a-ling model. Physical review. E. 93(2). 22102–22102. 9 indexed citations
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Liu, Junjie, Sha Liu, Nianbei Li, Baowen Li, & Chang-Qin Wu. (2015). Renormalized phonons in nonlinear lattices: A variational approach. Physical Review E. 91(4). 42910–42910. 18 indexed citations
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Li, Nianbei & Baowen Li. (2013). Scaling of temperature-dependent thermal conductivities for one-dimensional nonlinear lattices. Physical Review E. 87(4). 42125–42125. 21 indexed citations
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Li, Nianbei, Baowen Li, & Sergej Flach. (2010). Energy Carriers in the Fermi-Pasta-UlamβLattice: Solitons or Phonons?. Physical Review Letters. 105(5). 54102–54102. 69 indexed citations
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Li, Nianbei, Fei Zhan, Peter Hänggi, & Baowen Li. (2009). Shuttling heat across one-dimensional homogenous nonlinear lattices with a Brownian heat motor. Physical Review E. 80(1). 11125–11125. 56 indexed citations
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Zhan, Fei, Nianbei Li, Sigmund Kohler, & Peter Hänggi. (2009). Molecular wires acting as quantum heat ratchets. Physical Review E. 80(6). 61115–61115. 30 indexed citations
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Yan, Wen, Nianbei Li, & Bingqiang Han. (2009). Effects of microsilica content on microstructure and strength of lightweight castable refractories containing porous corundum-spinel aggregate. Science of Sintering. 41(3). 275–281. 12 indexed citations
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Li, Nianbei & Baowen Li. (2007). Parameter-dependent thermal conductivity of one-dimensionalϕ4lattice. Physical Review E. 76(1). 11108–11108. 23 indexed citations
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Yang, Nuo, Nianbei Li, Lei Wang, & Baowen Li. (2007). Thermal rectification and negative differential thermal resistance in lattices with mass gradient. Physical Review B. 76(2). 222 indexed citations

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