Si Chen

7.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
168 papers, 6.2k citations indexed

About

Si Chen is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, Si Chen has authored 168 papers receiving a total of 6.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 90 papers in Materials Chemistry, 62 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 27 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in Si Chen's work include 2D Materials and Applications (51 papers), Graphene research and applications (33 papers) and MXene and MAX Phase Materials (25 papers). Si Chen is often cited by papers focused on 2D Materials and Applications (51 papers), Graphene research and applications (33 papers) and MXene and MAX Phase Materials (25 papers). Si Chen collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Sweden. Si Chen's co-authors include Zhimei Sun, Jian Zhou, Feng Liu, Wenhui Duan, Chao-Sheng Lian, Zhonglu Guo, Joseph S. Francisco, Dominik Legut, Zhongheng Fu and Timothy C. Germann and has published in prestigious journals such as Chemical Reviews, Physical Review Letters and Advanced Materials.

In The Last Decade

Si Chen

156 papers receiving 6.1k citations

Hit Papers

MXene and MXene-based composites: synthesis, properties a... 2016 2026 2019 2022 2019 2016 250 500 750
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.

  1. MXene and MXene-based composites: synthesis, properties and environment-related applications
    2019 853 citations Si Chen et al. profile →
  2. Strain engineering of graphene: a review
    2016 487 citations Si Chen 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
Si Chen China 35 4.6k 2.1k 1.1k 985 969 168 6.2k
Xiaolei Wang China 35 2.8k 0.6× 1.9k 0.9× 1.1k 1.0× 758 0.8× 1.4k 1.4× 225 5.7k
Yu Jia China 42 4.9k 1.1× 2.3k 1.1× 541 0.5× 1.3k 1.4× 568 0.6× 332 6.7k
Bo Li China 55 5.9k 1.3× 3.5k 1.6× 902 0.8× 1.6k 1.6× 1.0k 1.1× 240 7.6k
Peng He China 44 5.6k 1.2× 2.7k 1.2× 2.0k 1.8× 1.5k 1.5× 1.8k 1.8× 190 8.1k
Yuyang Zhang China 38 3.3k 0.7× 2.1k 1.0× 820 0.7× 521 0.5× 627 0.6× 262 5.4k
Jian Zheng China 39 3.4k 0.7× 3.1k 1.5× 981 0.9× 883 0.9× 858 0.9× 108 5.9k
Chunmei Zhang China 45 3.0k 0.7× 3.1k 1.4× 651 0.6× 1.2k 1.3× 1.5k 1.6× 192 6.2k
Geunsik Lee South Korea 42 5.2k 1.1× 3.0k 1.4× 1.5k 1.3× 1.8k 1.8× 1.3k 1.4× 159 7.8k
Kevin M. Ryan Ireland 49 4.4k 1.0× 5.3k 2.5× 1.4k 1.2× 723 0.7× 1.6k 1.6× 231 8.2k
Jing Zhou China 37 2.4k 0.5× 2.4k 1.1× 969 0.8× 2.1k 2.1× 1.0k 1.0× 215 5.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Si Chen

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Fields of papers citing papers by Si Chen

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Si Chen

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Si Chen. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Si Chen 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 Si Chen. Si Chen is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Jiang, Kaiyue, et al.. (2025). Diverse and Tunable Charge Density Waves, Superconductivity, and Band Topology in Two‐dimensional 1T‐ M 2 S ( M = Zr, Hf). Advanced Functional Materials. 35(37). 1 indexed citations
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Liu, Yang, Wei Wang, Zhengjie Wang, & Si Chen. (2025). Ultrahigh Negative Longitudinal Piezoelectricity in Rhombohedral GeTe and Its Group IV–VI Analogues. Nano Letters. 25(9). 3630–3636. 2 indexed citations
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Wang, Jie, Junjie Feng, Shuangfei Zhao, et al.. (2025). Hydrothermal synthesis of iron foam-supported Co3O4-based sensor electrodes for electrochemical detection of nitrite. Materials Today Communications. 43. 111656–111656. 8 indexed citations
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Liu, Liwei, Yaoyao Chen, Xuan Song, et al.. (2025). Stacking-Dependent Correlated Gap and Kondo Peak in the Heterophase Bilayer with Picometer-Level Interlayer Shift. ACS Nano. 19(10). 10138–10146.
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Xie, Hongtao, Jing Lei, Si Chen, et al.. (2024). Novel coal-based carbon encapsulating Co-N-C derived from ZIF-67 composite as an efficient chainmail electrocatalyst for zinc-air batteries. Journal of Power Sources. 615. 235103–235103. 6 indexed citations
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Chen, Si, Zheng Li, Liying Qian, et al.. (2024). Photo/magneto-thermal assisted superhydrophobic sponge for efficient all-weather and continuous recovery of viscous crude oil. Journal of environmental chemical engineering. 12(6). 114578–114578. 4 indexed citations
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Wang, Zhengjie, et al.. (2024). MoxRe(1−x)S2‐Based Optoelectronic Synapse for Artificial Neural Visual System Application. Advanced Functional Materials. 35(1). 13 indexed citations
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Pan, Dong, Burak Koyutürk, Si Chen, et al.. (2024). High performance water electrolysis using a poly(fluorene phenylpropylammonium) anion-exchange membrane with 2 M aqueous KOH. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 12(21). 12826–12834. 7 indexed citations
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Fontaine, Olivier, et al.. (2024). Vacuum-solvent thermal synthesis of nickel foam-supported CuO-based sensor electrode for good electrochemical detection of nitrite. Microchemical Journal. 200. 110337–110337. 4 indexed citations
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Chen, Si, et al.. (2024). Thermally responsive spatially programmable soft actuators with multiple response states enabled by Grayscale UV light processing. Materials Horizons. 12(5). 1568–1580. 1 indexed citations
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He, Yangkun, et al.. (2024). Large Coercivity and High Remanence in Iron‐Rich 2:17‐Type SmCo Magnets:Effect of Dislocation on Solid‐Solution Precursors. Advanced Functional Materials. 34(33). 6 indexed citations
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Chen, Yujia, et al.. (2024). Wrinkled Rhenium Disulfide for Anisotropic Nonvolatile Memory and Multiple Artificial Neuromorphic Synapses. ACS Nano. 18(44). 30871–30883. 19 indexed citations
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Wang, Wei, Changhua Bao, Fei Wang, et al.. (2023). Selective Control of Phases and Electronic Structures of Monolayer TaTe2. Advanced Materials. 36(3). e2302297–e2302297. 6 indexed citations
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Chen, Yaoyao, Yu Zhang, Wei Wang, et al.. (2023). Visualization of Confined Electrons at Grain Boundaries in a Monolayer Charge‐Density‐Wave Metal. Advanced Science. 11(37). e2306171–e2306171. 4 indexed citations
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Zhang, Ting, Si Chen, Xueling Liu, et al.. (2022). Constructing a Redox-Active Cu(I)-Pyridyltriazine Framework for Catalytic Photoreduction of Nitrobenzenes and Carboxylic Cyclization of Alkynol with CO2. Inorganic Chemistry. 61(50). 20657–20665. 7 indexed citations
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Luo, Nannan, et al.. (2017). Structural and electronic phase transitions in ferromagnetic monolayer VS$_2$ induced by charge doping. Bulletin of the American Physical Society. 2017. 1 indexed citations
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Chen, Si & Steven S. Plotkin. (2012). Statistical mechanics of graph models and their implications for emergent manifolds. arXiv (Cornell University). 14. 1 indexed citations

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