Wenjie Liang

11.2k total citations · 3 hit papers
113 papers, 9.1k citations indexed

About

Wenjie Liang is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Wenjie Liang has authored 113 papers receiving a total of 9.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 64 papers in Materials Chemistry, 36 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 25 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Wenjie Liang's work include Graphene research and applications (17 papers), Carbon Nanotubes in Composites (12 papers) and Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures (12 papers). Wenjie Liang is often cited by papers focused on Graphene research and applications (17 papers), Carbon Nanotubes in Composites (12 papers) and Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures (12 papers). Wenjie Liang collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Czechia. Wenjie Liang's co-authors include Peidong Yang, Hongkun Park, Marc Bockrath, Erik C. Garnett, Allon I. Hochbaum, Arun Majumdar, Renkun Chen, Mengtao Sun, Matthew P. Shores and Jeffrey R. Long and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Wenjie Liang

103 papers receiving 8.9k 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.

Enhanced thermoelectric performance of rough silicon nanowires

2008 3.3k citations Wenjie Liang et al. profile →
Kondo resonance in a single-molecule transistor

2002 1.2k citations Wenjie Liang, Marc Bockrath et al. profile →
Fabry - Perot interference in a nanotube electron waveguide

2001 706 citations Wenjie Liang, Marc Bockrath et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Wenjie Liang China	32	5.9k	3.6k	2.5k	2.4k	1.3k	113	9.1k
Wenjuan Zhu China	44	5.6k 0.9×	4.3k 1.2×	1.9k 0.8×	3.4k 1.4×	2.0k 1.6×	167	9.4k
Alexander S. Urban Germany	38	5.6k 1.0×	4.8k 1.3×	1.3k 0.5×	2.2k 0.9×	1.8k 1.4×	84	9.1k
Lukas M. Eng Germany	47	5.8k 1.0×	4.0k 1.1×	4.2k 1.7×	4.5k 1.8×	3.6k 2.9×	338	11.1k
Xiaosong Wu China	33	7.9k 1.3×	3.8k 1.1×	2.6k 1.0×	2.5k 1.0×	1.2k 1.0×	136	9.8k
Mark W. Knight United States	33	3.6k 0.6×	3.3k 0.9×	1.6k 0.6×	5.4k 2.2×	5.2k 4.1×	47	9.9k
Jianhao Chen China	30	6.3k 1.1×	3.3k 0.9×	2.5k 1.0×	1.7k 0.7×	762 0.6×	131	8.2k
Zheyu Fang China	48	6.3k 1.1×	4.2k 1.2×	2.1k 0.8×	5.1k 2.1×	4.8k 3.8×	170	12.1k
Deep Jariwala United States	47	11.6k 1.9×	6.9k 1.9×	1.4k 0.6×	2.7k 1.1×	1.4k 1.1×	169	14.1k
Han Wang United States	50	14.1k 2.4×	10.0k 2.8×	2.8k 1.1×	3.7k 1.5×	2.8k 2.3×	227	18.7k
Jun He China	55	5.6k 0.9×	6.0k 1.7×	1.9k 0.8×	3.2k 1.3×	1.4k 1.1×	349	11.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Wenjie Liang

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Fields of papers citing papers by Wenjie Liang

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Wenjie Liang

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

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Zhao, Yuxin, et al.. (2025). Quantum correlation behaviour in single-molecule junctions. Nature Reviews Physics. 8(1). 9–26.

Wang, Ning, Fengmin Wu, Sajid Mahmood, et al.. (2025). Cobalt nanoparticle catalyzed synthesis of α-thio-β-diketones via aerobic oxidative C S Cross-Coupling. Inorganica Chimica Acta. 579. 122558–122558.

Wang, Quan, Lili Yang, Xiaoyu Xing, et al.. (2025). Regio-isomerization Optimization Strategy for Photosensitizers: Achieving Ultrahigh Type I Reactive Oxygen Species Generation to Enhance Cancer Photoimmunotherapy. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 68(6). 6431–6449. 1 indexed citations

Zhao, Yuxin, Wei Wang, Wang Juan, et al.. (2025). In-situ deciphering the plasmon-boosted gas sensing behavior of orthogonally self-organized 3D cross-stacked Au/WO3 nanowire arrays on microchips. Science Bulletin. 70(17). 2797–2811. 1 indexed citations

Xin, Chao, Minhua Huang, Linhan Wang, et al.. (2025). In Situ Measurement of Full‐Spectrum Emissivity for Thermoelectric Materials below Room Temperature. Advanced Energy Materials. 16(1).

Li, Pengcheng, et al.. (2024). Second-sphere interactions promote antenna effects for selective sensing of DPA in TbIII-based organic frameworks. Microchemical Journal. 206. 111457–111457. 3 indexed citations

Yu, Zhi, et al.. (2024). A H₂@C₆₀¹H NMR probe for sensitively detecting the supramolecular interactions between a molecular tweezer and C₆₀. Chemical Communications. 60(66). 8716–8719. 2 indexed citations

Wu, Xiaoyan, Huan Zhang, Wei Wang, et al.. (2024). Structurally Divergent Synthesis of Azetidines, 5,6‐Dihydro‐1,3‐oxazines and 2,3‐Dihydro‐1,4‐oxazines through Palladium‐Catalyzed Tandem Allylic Substitution Reaction. Chinese Journal of Chemistry. 42(22). 2773–2778. 2 indexed citations

Chen, Xiaohuan, et al.. (2024). A bimetal MOF by solvent-exchanged: Converting pH sensing to “Turn-on” fluorescent receptors for amino acid. Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A Chemistry. 453. 115685–115685. 3 indexed citations

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Liang, Wenjie, et al.. (2023). A ratiometric hypochlorite-specific nanoprobe constructed by rationally designed AIE luminogen for fluorescence imaging of alcoholic liver disease. Sensors and Actuators B Chemical. 384. 133648–133648. 22 indexed citations

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Guo, Wen, Tao Yang, Hongyan Zhang, et al.. (2023). Charge-counterbalance modulated amorphous nickel oxide for efficient alkaline hydrogen and oxygen evolution. Chemical Engineering Journal. 470. 144241–144241. 8 indexed citations

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Zhao, Yuxin, Yue Su, Mengya Guo, et al.. (2021). Schottky Contacts Regularized Linear Regression for Signal Inconsistency Circumvent in Resistive Gas Micro‐Nanosensors. Small Methods. 5(12). e2101194–e2101194. 7 indexed citations

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Xu, Kai, Wen Guo, Hongyan Zhang, et al.. (2021). Cerium oxide modified iridium nanorods for highly efficient electrochemical water splitting. Chemical Communications. 57(70). 8798–8801. 11 indexed citations

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Tian, Chen, et al.. (2020). Formaldehyde Gas Adsorption in High‐Capacity Silver‐Nanoparticle‐Loaded ZIF‐8 and UiO‐66 Frameworks. ChemistrySelect. 5(20). 5987–5992. 7 indexed citations

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Yang, Xianzhong, Hua Yu, Xiao Guo, et al.. (2017). Plasmon-exciton coupling of monolayer MoS2-Ag nanoparticles hybrids for surface catalytic reaction. Materials Today Energy. 5. 72–78. 172 indexed citations

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Li, Shunxing, Wenjie Liang, Fengying Zheng, Xiaofeng Lin, & Jiabai Cai. (2014). Ascorbic acid surface modified TiO₂-thin layers as a fully integrated analysis system for visual simultaneous detection of organophosphorus pesticides. Nanoscale. 6(23). 14254–14261. 16 indexed citations

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Fu, Wangyang, Shengyong Qin, Lei Liu, et al.. (2011). Ferroelectric Gated Electrical Transport in CdS Nanotetrapods. Nano Letters. 11(5). 1913–1918. 20 indexed citations

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Ngothai, Yung, et al.. (2009). A literature survey on synthetic polymeric reagents used in sulfide minerals flotation. Adelaide Research & Scholarship (AR&S) (University of Adelaide). 1 indexed citations

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Liang, Wenjie, Marc Bockrath, & Hongkun Park. (2005). TRANSPORT SPECTROSCOPY OF CHEMICAL NANOSTRUCTURES: The Case of Metallic Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes. Annual Review of Physical Chemistry. 56(1). 475–490. 10 indexed citations

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Shan, Baoen, et al.. (2004). Study about Anti-tumor Effect of Rhizoma Menispermi Extracts in Vitro. 16(5). 1 indexed citations

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