Qun Wei

5.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
243 papers, 4.8k citations indexed

About

Qun Wei is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Mechanics of Materials and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, Qun Wei has authored 243 papers receiving a total of 4.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 181 papers in Materials Chemistry, 61 papers in Mechanics of Materials and 42 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in Qun Wei's work include Boron and Carbon Nanomaterials Research (133 papers), MXene and MAX Phase Materials (82 papers) and Metal and Thin Film Mechanics (52 papers). Qun Wei is often cited by papers focused on Boron and Carbon Nanomaterials Research (133 papers), MXene and MAX Phase Materials (82 papers) and Metal and Thin Film Mechanics (52 papers). Qun Wei collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and France. Qun Wei's co-authors include Xihong Peng, Andrew Copple, Haiyan Yan, Meiguang Zhang, Qingyang Fan, Changchun Chai, Dongyun Zhang, Yintang Yang, Ruike Yang and Junqin Zhang and has published in prestigious journals such as The Journal of Chemical Physics, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Applied Physics Letters.

In The Last Decade

Qun Wei

222 papers receiving 4.6k 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.

Superior mechanical flexibility of phosphorene and few-layer black phosphorus

2014 907 citations Qun Wei et al. profile →
Strain-engineered direct-indirect band gap transition and its mechanism in two-dimensional phosphorene

2014 807 citations Qun Wei et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Qun Wei China	31	4.0k	1.1k	733	540	346	243	4.8k
Cristian V. Ciobanu United States	32	2.0k 0.5×	865 0.8×	326 0.4×	936 1.7×	654 1.9×	100	3.1k
Reinhard Schneider Germany	30	1.8k 0.5×	785 0.7×	328 0.4×	285 0.5×	538 1.6×	131	3.5k
W. Paszkowicz Poland	30	2.7k 0.7×	1.8k 1.6×	300 0.4×	588 1.1×	399 1.2×	265	4.0k
Jörg Rottler Canada	31	2.6k 0.7×	305 0.3×	420 0.6×	399 0.7×	446 1.3×	115	3.9k
Yasushi Shibuta Japan	43	4.2k 1.1×	644 0.6×	472 0.6×	460 0.9×	463 1.3×	196	5.5k
Xiaofeng Gu China	28	1.5k 0.4×	1.4k 1.3×	145 0.2×	227 0.4×	465 1.3×	217	2.8k
Scott G. Walton United States	30	1.4k 0.4×	1.8k 1.6×	733 1.0×	373 0.7×	451 1.3×	131	2.9k
Jae‐Hyeon Ko South Korea	30	3.3k 0.8×	1.7k 1.5×	256 0.3×	968 1.8×	1.4k 4.2×	258	4.1k
Nicolas G. Wright United Kingdom	33	1.5k 0.4×	2.4k 2.2×	219 0.3×	878 1.6×	533 1.5×	238	3.7k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Qun Wei

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Wei, Qun, et al.. (2025). Crystal structures, mechanical properties, and electronic structure analysis of ternary FeCrAl alloys. Physics Letters A. 533. 130228–130228. 8 indexed citations

Wei, Qun, D. Wang, Jing Yang, et al.. (2025). Metal chloride mediated choline chloride-lactic acid deep eutectic solvent pretreatment of bamboo for improved cellulose saccharification and lignin recovery. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. 305(Pt 1). 141107–141107. 5 indexed citations

Li, Wenhui, et al.. (2025). Structural, Mechanical, Electronic, and Optical Properties of Hydrogen-Storage Magnesium-Based Mg2XH9 (X = Cs, Rb). Materials. 18(16). 3829–3829.

Wei, Qun, et al.. (2025). Pressure-Induced Phase Transitions and Electronic Structure Evolution of Ba4Au. Materials. 18(16). 3728–3728. 2 indexed citations

Xu, Lei, et al.. (2024). Porous-multilayered Ti3C2Tx MXene hybrid carbon foams for tunable and efficient electromagnetic wave absorption. Carbon. 229. 119477–119477. 28 indexed citations

Wei, Qun, et al.. (2024). Four new tetragonal superhard sp3 carbon allotropes with wide direct band gaps. Results in Physics. 64. 107942–107942. 1 indexed citations

Wei, Qun, et al.. (2024). Structural stability, mechanical and electronic properties of TM5Si3B (TM = Zr, Mo, Ta, W) MAB phases. Physics Letters A. 519. 129724–129724.

Wei, Qun, et al.. (2024). Pressure-induced phase transitions of ZrAl2 from first-principles calculations. Solid State Communications. 391. 115643–115643. 1 indexed citations

Wang, Peng, Nong Zhang, Jiaguang Kan, et al.. (2024). Accumulated damage failure mechanism of anchoring structures under cyclic impact disturbance. International Journal of Mining Science and Technology. 34(12). 1693–1709. 13 indexed citations

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Li, Mengyang, Yuqi Zhou, Bei Liu, et al.. (2024). A wide-bandgap graphene-like structure C₆BN with ultra-low dielectric constant. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 26(26). 18302–18310. 1 indexed citations

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Wei, Qun, Qing Wang, Xiao‐Liang Xie, et al.. (2024). First-Principles Studies of Three Pristine and BN-Doped Graphyne Allotropes. Acta Physica Polonica A. 145(1). 71–80.

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Chen, Lei, et al.. (2024). Theoretical exploring superior stiffness and strength of ternary carbosilicides TM0.5Si0.5C (TM=Cr, Mo, W) with excellent stability for extreme conditions. Journal of Materials Research and Technology. 33. 9979–9991.

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Ge, Xiaoli, et al.. (2023). Effect of the oxygenic groups on activated carbon on its hemocompatibility. Colloids and Surfaces B Biointerfaces. 233. 113655–113655.

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Yan, Haiyan, Lei Chen, Rui Yin, et al.. (2023). Ultra-incompressibility and anomalous shear deformation resistance of transition metal polynitrides TMN8 (TM = Ti, Zr, Hf). Ceramics International. 49(18). 30230–30239. 2 indexed citations

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Zhang, Meiguang, et al.. (2022). Pressure-induced phase transitions of CsSnBr ₃ perovskite from first-principles calculations. Physica Scripta. 97(11). 115811–115811. 2 indexed citations

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Yan, Haiyan, Lei Chen, Zhiting Wei, Meiguang Zhang, & Qun Wei. (2020). Superhard high-pressure structures of beryllium diborocarbides. Vacuum. 180. 109617–109617. 3 indexed citations

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Wei, Qun, Bing Wei, Ruike Yang, et al.. (2019). Structural, elastic and electronic properties of new superhard orthorhombic C28. International Journal of Modern Physics B. 33(20). 1950227–1950227. 1 indexed citations

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Zhang, Meiguang, Haiyan Yan, & Qun Wei. (2018). Unexpected ground-state crystal structures and mechanical properties of transition metal pernitrides MN2 (M= Ti, Zr, and Hf). Journal of Alloys and Compounds. 774. 918–925. 36 indexed citations

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Zhang, Meiguang, Haiyan Yan, Qun Wei, & Baobing Zheng. (2017). Reinvestigation of Mechanical Properties and Shear-Induced Atomic Deformation of Tetragonal Superhard Semiconducting OsB₄. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 121(11). 6290–6299. 6 indexed citations

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Zhang, Meiguang, Ke Cheng, Haiyan Yan, Qun Wei, & Baobing Zheng. (2016). Electronic bonding analyses and mechanical strengths of incompressible tetragonal transition metal dinitrides TMN2 (TM = Ti, Zr, and Hf). Scientific Reports. 6(1). 36911–36911. 31 indexed citations

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