Wei Liu

7.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
244 papers, 6.0k citations indexed

About

Wei Liu is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials and Inorganic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Wei Liu has authored 244 papers receiving a total of 6.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 145 papers in Materials Chemistry, 96 papers in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials and 64 papers in Inorganic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Wei Liu's work include Magnetism in coordination complexes (43 papers), Lanthanide and Transition Metal Complexes (39 papers) and Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications (39 papers). Wei Liu is often cited by papers focused on Magnetism in coordination complexes (43 papers), Lanthanide and Transition Metal Complexes (39 papers) and Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications (39 papers). Wei Liu collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and United Kingdom. Wei Liu's co-authors include Shuao Wang, Lanhua Chen, Juan Diwu, Zhifang Chai, Yanlong Wang, Yaxing Wang, Zhuanling Bai, Yuxiang Li, Thomas E. Albrecht‐Schmitt and Yonggang Yang and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Angewandte Chemie International Edition and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Wei Liu

230 papers receiving 5.9k 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.

Three Mechanisms in One Material: Uranium Capture by a Polyoxometalate–Organic Framework through Combined Complexation, Chemical Reduction, and Photocatalytic Reduction

2019 421 citations Wei Liu, Fuwan Zhai et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Wei Liu China	37	3.5k	2.8k	1.3k	925	623	244	6.0k
Todd M. Alam United States	43	3.8k 1.1×	2.1k 0.8×	682 0.5×	1.2k 1.3×	432 0.7×	232	6.9k
Yasuhiro Sakamoto Japan	45	7.5k 2.1×	4.2k 1.5×	1.2k 0.9×	678 0.7×	552 0.9×	225	10.5k
E. Reguera Mexico	39	3.0k 0.8×	1.8k 0.6×	1.9k 1.5×	713 0.8×	230 0.4×	291	6.3k
Jing Su China	37	2.1k 0.6×	2.0k 0.7×	888 0.7×	545 0.6×	489 0.8×	130	4.6k
Zhi Yu China	39	2.3k 0.7×	1.4k 0.5×	1.5k 1.2×	352 0.4×	273 0.4×	125	4.6k
Wenjing Wang China	45	4.6k 1.3×	2.8k 1.0×	692 0.5×	988 1.1×	167 0.3×	291	7.5k
Christine E. A. Kirschhock Belgium	57	7.3k 2.1×	7.4k 2.7×	958 0.8×	727 0.8×	977 1.6×	235	10.6k
Daliang Zhang China	44	6.0k 1.7×	4.4k 1.6×	1.1k 0.9×	602 0.7×	382 0.6×	143	9.5k
Xiang Lin China	42	4.9k 1.4×	5.0k 1.8×	2.7k 2.1×	694 0.8×	196 0.3×	120	7.9k
Jeong‐Yong Lee South Korea	18	5.1k 1.4×	6.6k 2.4×	2.0k 1.6×	956 1.0×	236 0.4×	78	8.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Wei Liu

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Jiang, Tao, J. Qin, Jie Lin, et al.. (2025). Structure-Dependent Pyrene[4,5-d]imidazole-Based Deep Blue-Emitters with High-Performance OLEDs. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 17(30). 43339–43351. 1 indexed citations

Liu, Wei, et al.. (2025). Robust Redox-Active Tetrathiafulvalene–Cobalt Metal–Organic Frameworks for Supercapatteries with Promoting Electrochemical Performances. Inorganic Chemistry. 64(12). 6023–6031.

Ma, Zhuang, et al.. (2025). Cholesteric Liquid Crystal Polymer Network Patterns Formed by the Photoisomerization of an Azobenzene Derivative. Journal of Polymer Science. 63(11). 2490–2499.

Lin, Jie, Wei Liu, Wenxuan Cai, et al.. (2025). Achieving controllable packing mode and broad colour-tunable emission via the end group effect in pyrene-based aggregation-induced emission luminogens. Chemical Science. 16(36). 16719–16728.

Jiang, S.M., Chengxiang Yang, Riming Hu, et al.. (2025). Interstitial‐Li Induced Oxygen Defect in Self‐Activated BaAl ₂ B ₂ O ₇ for Enhancing Near‐Infrared Luminescence and Thermal Stability. Laser & Photonics Review. 20(2). 1 indexed citations

Zhao, Jinghua, et al.. (2024). Control the handedness of CPL using a cholesteric liquid crystal elastomer film. Dyes and Pigments. 230. 112341–112341. 3 indexed citations

Xing, Yun, et al.. (2024). Transition Metal Based Spin‐Tuned Charge Transfer in Single‐Molecule Junctions. Chemistry - A European Journal. 31(15). e202404271–e202404271. 1 indexed citations

Liu, Wei, et al.. (2024). Divergent asymmetric synthesis of heterohelicenes via sequential organocatalyzed Povarov reaction and aromatization. Cell Reports Physical Science. 5(6). 101993–101993. 14 indexed citations

Liu, Wei, Sheng Zhang, Xiaohui Wang, et al.. (2024). Narrow‐Band Emission of Asymmetric 1,3‐Substituted Pyrene‐Based Deep‐Blue Emitters and Application in OLEDs. Advanced Optical Materials. 13(2). 2 indexed citations

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You, Qi, Xuan Zhou, Chengxiang Yang, et al.. (2024). Preparation and Luminescence Property Study of Red-Emitting Na3.6Y1.8(PO4)3:Eu3+,Li+/K+ Phosphors with Excellent Thermal Stability for Light-Conversion Application. Nanomaterials. 14(21). 1721–1721. 3 indexed citations

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Liu, Wei, Yiwei Liu, Xinyi Song, et al.. (2024). Influence of Steric Effects on the Emission Behavior of Pyrene-Based Blue Luminogens. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 89(3). 1681–1691. 4 indexed citations

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Zhang, Yugang, Lanhua Chen, Xia Wang, Wei Liu, & Shuao Wang. (2023). Europium-bearing organic framework with excellent X-ray scintillating luminescence. Journal of Rare Earths. 42(2). 251–255. 23 indexed citations

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Song, Xinyi, Min Wang, Wei Liu, et al.. (2023). A pyrene-based platform for studying the relationship of steric effects on optical properties. Dyes and Pigments. 219. 111532–111532. 13 indexed citations

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Liu, Wei, et al.. (2023). New pyrrolo[3,2‐b]pyrroles with AIE characteristics for detection of dichloromethane and chloroform. Luminescence. 39(2). 3 indexed citations

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Wang, Yaxing, Yumin Wang, Xing Dai, et al.. (2019). Inorganic X-ray Scintillators Based on a Previously Unnoticed but Intrinsically Advantageous Metal Center. Inorganic Chemistry. 58(4). 2807–2812. 14 indexed citations

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Zhao, Yang, et al.. (2019). Mechanistic insights into intermolecular cyclization of ring-fused benzocyclobutenols with alkynes catalyzed by [{Ir(OMe)COD}₂]. Organic Chemistry Frontiers. 6(6). 791–795. 5 indexed citations

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Wang, Yaxing, Xuemiao Yin, Wei Liu, et al.. (2018). Emergence of Uranium as a Distinct Metal Center for Building Intrinsic X‐ray Scintillators. Angewandte Chemie. 130(26). 8009–8013. 38 indexed citations

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Yin, Hang, Frédéric Dumur, Yiming Niu, et al.. (2017). Chameleonic Dye Adapts to Various Environments Shining on Macrocycles or Peptide and Polysaccharide Aggregates. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 9(38). 33220–33228. 16 indexed citations

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Lin, Jian, Xiaomei Wang, Yue‐Jian Lin, et al.. (2017). Probing the Influence of Acidity and Temperature to Th(IV) on Hydrolysis, Nucleation, and Structural Topology. Inorganic Chemistry. 56(22). 14198–14205. 15 indexed citations

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Zhang, Chun‐Lian, Xuemei Zhang, Wei Liu, et al.. (2017). Synthesis, crystal structures and DNA/human serum albumin binding of ternary Cu(II) complexes containing amino acids and 6‐(pyrazin‐2‐yl)‐1,3,5‐triazine‐2,4‐diamino. Applied Organometallic Chemistry. 32(2). 8 indexed citations

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