Wei Lü

9.9k total citations · 6 hit papers
146 papers, 8.7k citations indexed

About

Wei Lü is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Materials Chemistry and Mechanical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Wei Lü has authored 146 papers receiving a total of 8.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 68 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 67 papers in Materials Chemistry and 45 papers in Mechanical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Wei Lü's work include Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials (49 papers), Advanced Materials and Mechanics (41 papers) and Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials (31 papers). Wei Lü is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials (49 papers), Advanced Materials and Mechanics (41 papers) and Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials (31 papers). Wei Lü collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Germany. Wei Lü's co-authors include Tao Chen, Jiawei Zhang, Xiaoxia Le, Youju Huang, Chunxin Ma, Shuxin Wei, Patrick Théato, Yukun Jian, Jiang He and Peng Xiao and has published in prestigious journals such as Chemical Society Reviews, Advanced Materials and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

Wei Lü

136 papers receiving 8.6k citations

Hit Papers

Recent Progress in Biomimetic Anisotropic Hydrogel Actuators 2017 2026 2020 2023 2019 2017 2020 2017 2018 100 200 300 400 500
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. Recent Progress in Biomimetic Anisotropic Hydrogel Actuators
    2019 506 citations Xiaoxia Le, Wei Lü et al. profile →
  2. Bioinspired Anisotropic Hydrogel Actuators with On–Off Switchable and Color‐Tunable Fluorescence Behaviors
    2017 449 citations Wei Lü, Xiaoxia Le et al. Advanced Functional Materials profile →
  3. Biomimetic anti-freezing polymeric hydrogels: keeping soft-wet materials active in cold environments
    2020 400 citations Yukun Jian, Stephan Handschuh‐Wang et al. Materials Horizons profile →
  4. Supramolecular shape memory hydrogels: a new bridge between stimuli-responsive polymers and supramolecular chemistry
    2017 399 citations Wei Lü, Xiaoxia Le et al. profile →
  5. MXene‐Enabled Electrochemical Microfluidic Biosensor: Applications toward Multicomponent Continuous Monitoring in Whole Blood
    2018 351 citations Wei Lü et al. Advanced Functional Materials profile →
  6. Bioinspired Self‐Healing Human–Machine Interactive Touch Pad with Pressure‐Sensitive Adhesiveness on Targeted Substrates
    2020 300 citations Wei Lü, Tao Chen et al. Advanced Materials profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Wei Lü China 52 4.6k 3.1k 2.7k 1.5k 1.5k 146 8.7k
Michael J. Serpe Canada 48 3.4k 0.7× 1.7k 0.5× 1.5k 0.6× 1.1k 0.7× 2.9k 2.0× 166 8.1k
Xiaoxia Le China 35 2.9k 0.6× 1.8k 0.6× 2.4k 0.9× 1.0k 0.7× 1.5k 1.0× 66 5.5k
Qiang Zheng China 42 2.0k 0.4× 3.0k 1.0× 1.5k 0.6× 1.2k 0.8× 600 0.4× 257 7.0k
Takamasa Sakai Japan 47 3.1k 0.7× 1.1k 0.3× 1.9k 0.7× 1.7k 1.1× 4.2k 2.8× 214 8.5k
Jinhwan Yoon South Korea 43 1.8k 0.4× 1.7k 0.5× 994 0.4× 1.3k 0.9× 530 0.4× 125 4.9k
Jiaxi Cui China 42 2.1k 0.5× 1.6k 0.5× 952 0.4× 1.4k 0.9× 870 0.6× 188 6.4k
Pingchuan Sun China 49 1.8k 0.4× 3.2k 1.0× 834 0.3× 2.0k 1.3× 494 0.3× 202 7.2k
Kenji Urayama Japan 43 2.4k 0.5× 1.2k 0.4× 2.2k 0.8× 1.7k 1.1× 1.2k 0.8× 224 6.3k
Yiyu Feng China 69 3.7k 0.8× 7.5k 2.4× 2.5k 0.9× 2.9k 1.9× 346 0.2× 204 13.7k
Xu‐Ming Xie China 41 2.3k 0.5× 2.1k 0.7× 807 0.3× 2.2k 1.4× 882 0.6× 144 6.5k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Wei Lü

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Pan, Fei, Lixin Song, Xiang Zhang, et al.. (2025). Neat and precise tuning of electronic structures with versatile strain engineering. Science Bulletin. 71(2). 324–334.
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Zhu, Min, et al.. (2025). Optimization of filter media parameters and backwashing scheme for carbon-sand filter in treating micro-polluted water. Desalination and Water Treatment. 322. 101191–101191.
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Xu, Lu, et al.. (2025). From Tens of Hours to Tens of Thousands: Scaling Back-Translation for Speech Recognition. 12461–12475. 1 indexed citations
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Wu, Tingting, G.H. Zhou, Zhiwei Zhang, et al.. (2025). Single-Crystalline Mesoporous Alloy Family with Large Tunable Mesopores for High-Efficient Peroxide-like Enzyme Catalysis. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 17(28). 40630–40638.
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Wang, Guifang, et al.. (2024). Electrical and optical dielectric constants of β-phase poly(vinylidene fluoride-trifluoroethylene) ferroelectric films. Materials Science and Engineering B. 307. 117522–117522.
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Li, Pan, Zhenyi Jiang, Kailei Xu, et al.. (2024). Complexation-induced mechanically stiff and reprocessable supramolecular polymeric materials with facile surface patterning. Materials Today Chemistry. 42. 102365–102365. 2 indexed citations
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Wu, Tingting, Zhiwei Zhang, Wei Lü, et al.. (2024). Nucleus‐Spike 3D Hierarchical Superstructures via a Lecithin‐Mediated Biomineralization Approach. Small Methods. 9(4). e2401251–e2401251. 1 indexed citations
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Chen, Meng, Tingting Wu, Wei Lü, et al.. (2024). 3D Superstructures Consisting of Intersecting Gold Lamellae Formed by a Micelle‐Mediated Anisotropic Growth Approach. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 5(9). 2 indexed citations
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Zhang, Xiaoyi, Muqing Si, Huihui Shi, et al.. (2023). Self-healing, tough, red-to-near-infrared (NIR) luminescent organohydrogels derived from supramolecular assemblies of common aggregation-induced emissive luminogens. Chemical Engineering Journal. 463. 142307–142307. 5 indexed citations
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Wei, Shuxin, Wei Lü, Huihui Shi, et al.. (2023). Light‐Writing and Projecting Multicolor Fluorescent Hydrogels for On‐Demand Information Display. Advanced Materials. 35(25). e2300615–e2300615. 62 indexed citations
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Lü, Wei, Ruijia Wang, Muqing Si, et al.. (2023). Synergistic fluorescent hydrogel actuators with selective spatial shape/color‐changing behaviors via interfacial supramolecular assembly. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 5(2). 18 indexed citations
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Zhang, Yi, Ruijia Wang, Wei Lü, et al.. (2022). Mechanical tough and multicolor aggregation-induced emissive polymeric hydrogels for fluorescent patterning. Nanoscale Advances. 5(3). 725–732. 7 indexed citations
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Jian, Yukun, Stephan Handschuh‐Wang, Jiawei Zhang, et al.. (2020). Biomimetic anti-freezing polymeric hydrogels: keeping soft-wet materials active in cold environments. Materials Horizons. 8(2). 351–369. 400 indexed citations breakdown →
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Wei, Shuxin, Zhao Li, Wei Lü, et al.. (2020). Multicolor Fluorescent Polymeric Hydrogels. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 60(16). 8608–8624. 225 indexed citations
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Zhang, Yan, Jianqiang Yu, Deshuang Yu, Xiaochen Zhou, & Wei Lü. (2011). Enhancement in the photocatalytic and photoelectrochemical properties of visible‐light driven BiVO 4 photocatalyst. Rare Metals. 30(S1). 192–198. 16 indexed citations
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Zhou, Xiaochen, Jianqiang Yu, Yan Zhang, Deshuang Yu, & Wei Lü. (2011). Enhancement in the photo‐to‐current efficiency by fabrication of CNT‐BiVO 4 composites. Rare Metals. 30(S1). 199–202. 9 indexed citations
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Lü, Wei, Jianqiang Yu, Yan Zhang, Deshuang Yu, & Xiaochen Zhou. (2011). Synthesis and photocatalytic properties of BiVO 4 by a citric acid complexation process. Rare Metals. 30(S1). 203–207. 6 indexed citations

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