Sheng Xu

9.6k total citations · 5 hit papers
123 papers, 8.1k citations indexed

About

Sheng Xu is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Materials Chemistry and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Sheng Xu has authored 123 papers receiving a total of 8.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 46 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 45 papers in Materials Chemistry and 41 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Sheng Xu's work include Electrochemical sensors and biosensors (23 papers), Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction (20 papers) and Enzyme Catalysis and Immobilization (19 papers). Sheng Xu is often cited by papers focused on Electrochemical sensors and biosensors (23 papers), Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction (20 papers) and Enzyme Catalysis and Immobilization (19 papers). Sheng Xu collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Australia. Sheng Xu's co-authors include Zhong Lin Wang, Rusen Yang, Yaguang Wei, Chen Xu, Yong Qin, Qing Yang, Benjamin Hansen, Ying Liu, Keon Jae Lee and Kwi‐Il Park and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Advanced Materials and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Sheng Xu

118 papers receiving 8.0k 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.

Self-powered nanowire devices

2010 1.4k citations Sheng Xu, Zhong Lin Wang et al. profile →
One-dimensional ZnO nanostructures: Solution growth and functional properties

2011 1.2k citations Sheng Xu, Zhong Lin Wang profile →
Piezoelectric BaTiO₃Thin Film Nanogenerator on Plastic Substrates

2010 715 citations Sheng Xu, Zhong Lin Wang et al. profile →
Enhancing Sensitivity of a Single ZnO Micro-/Nanowire Photodetector by Piezo-phototronic Effect

2010 469 citations Sheng Xu, Zhong Lin Wang et al. profile →
Piezoelectric-nanowire-enabled power source for driving wireless microelectronics

2010 451 citations Sheng Xu, Zhong Lin Wang et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Sheng Xu China	35	4.3k	4.1k	3.6k	1.3k	1.3k	123	8.1k
Xianping Chen China	51	5.5k 1.3×	1.9k 0.5×	4.6k 1.3×	959 0.7×	736 0.6×	281	8.6k
Qian Li China	44	3.6k 0.8×	2.5k 0.6×	2.1k 0.6×	1.5k 1.2×	771 0.6×	312	7.2k
Jianwei Liu China	59	5.3k 1.3×	3.0k 0.7×	4.9k 1.4×	2.3k 1.7×	1.8k 1.4×	278	11.2k
Benjamin Martin United States	24	3.1k 0.7×	2.5k 0.6×	2.5k 0.7×	1.2k 0.9×	687 0.5×	78	6.0k
Haoshuang Gu China	46	4.4k 1.0×	2.3k 0.6×	4.4k 1.2×	1.1k 0.9×	1.2k 0.9×	247	7.4k
Chang Liu China	45	1.9k 0.4×	3.8k 0.9×	3.8k 1.1×	2.1k 1.6×	2.2k 1.7×	301	8.7k
Qiang Zhang China	47	2.0k 0.5×	3.0k 0.7×	2.7k 0.8×	844 0.6×	1.6k 1.2×	187	6.9k
Philip A. Parilla United States	38	3.2k 0.7×	2.0k 0.5×	2.2k 0.6×	917 0.7×	1.1k 0.8×	120	7.4k
Xinqi Chen China	41	4.8k 1.1×	2.0k 0.5×	4.0k 1.1×	1.8k 1.4×	728 0.6×	131	8.5k
Yue Zhang China	54	3.2k 0.7×	1.9k 0.5×	5.9k 1.7×	3.8k 2.9×	1.4k 1.0×	383	10.4k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sheng Xu

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20 of 20 papers shown

Li, Jincheng, et al.. (2025). Numerical analysis of hydrodynamic response and operability of large moored LNG ships in swell waves. Ocean Engineering. 329. 121162–121162.

Liu, Gang, Sheng Xu, Wenting Li, Zhenxi Wang, & Jinlong Cui. (2024). Efficient visible light catalytic degradation of toxic organic pollution by hollow urchin-like TiO2@g-C3N4/GQDs composite. Ceramics International. 50(16). 28064–28077. 4 indexed citations

Xu, Xiangqun, Shiyong Chu, Sheng Xu, Shaohua Guo, & Haoshen Zhou. (2024). Self-constructing a lattice-oxygen-stabilized interface in Li-rich cathodes to enable high-energy all-solid-state batteries. Energy & Environmental Science. 17(9). 3052–3059. 26 indexed citations

Yue, Xiaoyue, et al.. (2023). Lanthanide bimetallic MOF-based fluorescent sensor for sensitive and visual detection of sulfamerazine and malachite. Food Chemistry. 410. 135390–135390. 57 indexed citations

Ji, Yuting, Sheng Xu, Cuige Zhang, et al.. (2023). A molecularly imprinted sensor based on thermo-responsive calcium alginate nanohydrogels for lysozyme detection. Colloid & Polymer Science. 301(3). 229–237. 7 indexed citations

Chen, Yanhong, Sheng Xu, Gang Liu, et al.. (2023). An electrochemical sensor based on PEI/CS/GN composite–modified glassy carbon electrode for determination of Pb(II). Ionics. 29(5). 2031–2041. 7 indexed citations

Sun, Yan, Sheng Xu, Shaohua Yang, et al.. (2021). FABRICATION AND PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITY OF TiO2 NANOTUBES BY HYDROTHERMAL TREATMENT. Digest Journal of Nanomaterials and Biostructures. 16(1). 239–246. 4 indexed citations

Xu, Sheng, Wei Zhao, Mengyi Xu, et al.. (2020). Screen-Printed Carbon Electrodes Modified with Polymeric Nanoparticle-Carbon Nanotube Composites for Enzymatic Biosensing. ACS Applied Nano Materials. 3(9). 9158–9166. 14 indexed citations

Li, Mengyang, Hui Li, Sheng Xu, et al.. (2020). Enhanced Cadaverine Production by Engineered Escherichia coli Using Soybean Residue Hydrolysate (SRH) as a Sole Nitrogen Source. Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology. 193(2). 533–543. 3 indexed citations

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Xu, Sheng, Yayuan Liu, Wei Zhao, et al.. (2020). Hierarchical 0D-2D bio-composite film based on enzyme-loaded polymeric nanoparticles decorating graphene nanosheets as a high-performance bio-sensing platform. Biosensors and Bioelectronics. 156. 112134–112134. 28 indexed citations

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Xu, Sheng, Wei Zhao, Geyu Lin, et al.. (2019). Long Conducting and Water-Compatible Polymer/Carbon Nanotubes Nanocomposite with “Beads-on-a-String” Structure as a Highly Effective Electrochemical Sensing Material. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering. 7(3). 3556–3566. 21 indexed citations

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Xu, Sheng, Mei Li, Jing Wang, et al.. (2019). Separation of 5‐aminovalerate from its bioconversion liquid by macroporous adsorption resin: mechanism and dynamic separation. Journal of Chemical Technology & Biotechnology. 95(3). 686–693. 6 indexed citations

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Zhang, Rongli, Ye Zhu, Jing Huang, et al.. (2018). Electrochemical Sensor Coating Based on Electrophoretic Deposition of Au-Doped Self-Assembled Nanoparticles. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 10(6). 5926–5932. 13 indexed citations

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Xu, Sheng, Geyu Lin, Wei Zhao, et al.. (2018). Necklace-like Molecularly Imprinted Nanohybrids Based on Polymeric Nanoparticles Decorated Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes for Highly Sensitive and Selective Melamine Detection. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 10(29). 24850–24859. 49 indexed citations

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Li, Ganlu, Hui Li, Guoguang Wei, et al.. (2018). Hydrodynamics, mass transfer and cell growth characteristics in a novel microbubble stirred bioreactor employing sintered porous metal plate impeller as gas sparger. Chemical Engineering Science. 192. 665–677. 24 indexed citations

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Wang, Xin, Nana Xu, Jianming Yang, et al.. (2017). d-1,2,4-Butanetriol production from renewable biomass with optimization of synthetic pathway in engineered Escherichia coli. Bioresource Technology. 250. 406–412. 37 indexed citations

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Cai, Ping, Lin Xu, Sheng Xu, et al.. (2012). Development of a substrate-coupled biocatalytic process driven by an NADPH-dependent sorbose reductase from Candida albicans for the asymmetric reduction of ethyl 4-chloro-3-oxobutanoate. Biotechnology Letters. 34(12). 2223–2227. 12 indexed citations

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Zhang, Su, Yue Shen, Hao Fang, et al.. (2010). Growth and replication of ordered ZnO nanowire arrays on general flexible substrates. Journal of Materials Chemistry. 20(47). 10606–10606. 60 indexed citations

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Xu, Sheng & Leon F. McGinnis. (2006). Optimistic-conservative synchronization in distributed factory simulation. Winter Simulation Conference. 1069–1074. 6 indexed citations

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Xu, Sheng, et al.. (2005). Time management in distributed factory simulation, a case study using HLA. Winter Simulation Conference. 1781–1786. 7 indexed citations

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