P. L. Niu

665 total citations · 1 hit paper
18 papers, 515 citations indexed

About

P. L. Niu is a scholar working on Mechanical Engineering, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, P. L. Niu has authored 18 papers receiving a total of 515 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Mechanical Engineering, 8 papers in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials and 5 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in P. L. Niu's work include Magnetic Properties of Alloys (5 papers), Magnetic properties of thin films (5 papers) and Aluminum Alloys Composites Properties (5 papers). P. L. Niu is often cited by papers focused on Magnetic Properties of Alloys (5 papers), Magnetic properties of thin films (5 papers) and Aluminum Alloys Composites Properties (5 papers). P. L. Niu collaborates with scholars based in China, Canada and Greece. P. L. Niu's co-authors include Wenya Li, D.L. Chen, Li Zhou, Yaxin Xu, Wei Xing, Lina Ge, Yan Sun, Wen Qian, Vivek Patel and Bingyu Li and has published in prestigious journals such as ACS Nano, Journal of Applied Physics and Carbon.

In The Last Decade

P. L. Niu

18 papers receiving 502 citations

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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.

Elaborating the Crystal Water of Prussian Blue for Outstanding Performance of Sodium Ion Batteries

2024 101 citations Lina Ge, Yijun Song et al. ACS Nano profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
P. L. Niu China	11	269	159	123	119	114	18	515
Lili Chen China	6	252 0.9×	314 2.0×	125 1.0×	105 0.9×	129 1.1×	12	587
A.A. Ghilarducci Argentina	11	140 0.5×	77 0.5×	78 0.6×	61 0.5×	254 2.2×	56	393
Riccardo Carlini Italy	13	169 0.6×	224 1.4×	94 0.8×	84 0.7×	350 3.1×	42	521
Jubo Peng China	13	166 0.6×	276 1.7×	157 1.3×	53 0.4×	125 1.1×	53	488
Anna Wierzbicka-Miernik Poland	14	366 1.4×	226 1.4×	45 0.4×	104 0.9×	287 2.5×	66	602
Yongzhong Zhan China	11	229 0.9×	69 0.4×	36 0.3×	46 0.4×	223 2.0×	30	382
Francesco Gucci United Kingdom	12	233 0.9×	289 1.8×	68 0.6×	92 0.8×	465 4.1×	22	673
Kazunari Maki Japan	11	202 0.8×	148 0.9×	95 0.8×	83 0.7×	344 3.0×	28	450
Yunpeng Su China	10	206 0.8×	148 0.9×	48 0.4×	89 0.7×	156 1.4×	24	415
Zhengxin Lu China	13	274 1.0×	66 0.4×	171 1.4×	97 0.8×	284 2.5×	40	512

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18 of 18 papers shown

Zou, Yiwei, Chonghao Chen, P. L. Niu, et al.. (2025). Concentric ice-templating of ultracompressible tough hydrogels with bioinspired circumferentially aligned architecture. Science Advances. 11(25). eadv7786–eadv7786. 2 indexed citations

Zhou, Li, et al.. (2024). Biomass-derived hard carbon material for high-capacity sodium-ion battery anode through structure regulation. Carbon. 231. 119733–119733. 56 indexed citations

Ge, Lina, Yijun Song, P. L. Niu, et al.. (2024). Elaborating the Crystal Water of Prussian Blue for Outstanding Performance of Sodium Ion Batteries. ACS Nano. 18(4). 3542–3552. 101 indexed citations breakdown →

Niu, P. L., Wenya Li, & D.L. Chen. (2020). Tensile and cyclic deformation response of friction-stir-welded dissimilar aluminum alloy joints: Strain localization effect. Journal of Material Science and Technology. 73. 91–100. 12 indexed citations

Niu, P. L., Wenya Li, & D.L. Chen. (2018). Strain hardening behavior and mechanisms of friction stir welded dissimilar joints of aluminum alloys. Materials Letters. 231. 68–71. 34 indexed citations

Li, Wenya, P. L. Niu, Yan Sun, Vivek Patel, & Wen Qian. (2018). Improving microstructural and tensile properties of AZ31B magnesium alloy joints by stationary shoulder friction stir welding. Journal of Manufacturing Processes. 37. 159–167. 69 indexed citations

Niu, P. L., Wenya Li, Achilles Vairis, & D.L. Chen. (2018). Cyclic deformation behavior of friction-stir-welded dissimilar AA5083-to-AA2024 joints: Effect of microstructure and loading history. Materials Science and Engineering A. 744. 145–153. 30 indexed citations

Niu, P. L., et al.. (2018). Exfoliation corrosion of friction stir welded dissimilar 2024-to-7075 aluminum alloys. Materials Characterization. 147. 93–100. 79 indexed citations

Alexopoulos, Nikolaos D., et al.. (2016). Effect of powder size on the long‐term corrosion performance of pure aluminium coatings on mild steel by cold spraying. Materials and Corrosion. 68(5). 546–551. 6 indexed citations

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Niu, P. L., et al.. (2013). Role of hydroxyl (OH) on structural and ferrimagnetism of annealed CoFe₂O₄nanoparticles. Materials Technology. 28(6). 347–352. 2 indexed citations

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Gao, Ruifeng, et al.. (2010). Morphology-controlled growth of tetrapod ZnO nanostructures by direct arc discharge. Applied Physics A. 99(1). 9–13. 5 indexed citations

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Niu, P. L., et al.. (2010). Arc Discharge Synthesis and Photoluminescence of 3D Feather-like AlN Nanostructures. Nanoscale Research Letters. 6(1). 12–12. 10 indexed citations

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Yang, Shuzhen, Ruifeng Gao, P. L. Niu, & Rongmei Yu. (2009). Room-temperature ferromagnetic behavior of cobalt-doped AlN nanorod arrays. Applied Physics A. 96(3). 769–774. 27 indexed citations

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Yue, Ming, P. L. Niu, Dongtao Zhang, et al.. (2008). Structure and magnetic properties of bulk isotropic and anisotropic Nd2Fe14B∕α-Fe nanocomposite permanent magnets with different α-Fe contents. Journal of Applied Physics. 103(7). 42 indexed citations

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Niu, P. L., et al.. (2007). Effect of heat treatment on magnetic properties and microstructure of bulk Fe₃B/Nd₂Fe₁₄B nanocomposite permanent magnets. Powder Metallurgy. 50(3). 219–222. 1 indexed citations

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Yue, Ming, et al.. (2006). Microstructure and magnetic properties of anisotropic Nd–Fe–B magnets produced by spark plasma sintering technique. Materials Science and Engineering B. 131(1-3). 18–21. 34 indexed citations

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Yue, Ming, et al.. (2006). Spark Plasma Sintering Fe$_3$B–(Pr,Tb)$_2$Fe$_14$B Bulk Nanocomposite Permanent Magnets. IEEE Transactions on Magnetics. 42(10). 2894–2896. 4 indexed citations

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Yue, Ming, et al.. (2006). Spark Plasma Sintering Fe B-(Pr,Tb) Fe B Bulk Nanocomposite Permanent Magnets. 1 indexed citations

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