X. C. Xie

6.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
187 papers, 5.0k citations indexed

About

X. C. Xie is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Materials Chemistry and Condensed Matter Physics. According to data from OpenAlex, X. C. Xie has authored 187 papers receiving a total of 5.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 137 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 84 papers in Materials Chemistry and 62 papers in Condensed Matter Physics. Recurrent topics in X. C. Xie's work include Topological Materials and Phenomena (85 papers), Quantum and electron transport phenomena (83 papers) and Graphene research and applications (57 papers). X. C. Xie is often cited by papers focused on Topological Materials and Phenomena (85 papers), Quantum and electron transport phenomena (83 papers) and Graphene research and applications (57 papers). X. C. Xie collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Hong Kong. X. C. Xie's co-authors include Qing‐Feng Sun, Song He, Hua Jiang, S. Das Sarma, Haiwen Liu, Ke He, Xi Dai, Zhong Fang, Qi‐Kun Xue and Xu-Cun Ma and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Physical Review Letters.

In The Last Decade

X. C. Xie

171 papers receiving 4.9k citations

Hit Papers

Experimental Demonstration of Topological Surface States ... 2009 2026 2014 2020 2009 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. Experimental Demonstration of Topological Surface States Protected by Time-Reversal Symmetry
    2009 583 citations Peng Cheng, Jinfeng Jia et al. profile →

Peers

X. C. Xie
A. Azevedo Brazil
Koji Ishibashi Japan
J. Barnaś Poland
Spencer Tomarken United States
Zhida Song China
Jongill Hong South Korea
Ch. Heyn Germany
Liang He China
Xiaofeng Jin China
Gen Tatara Japan
A. Azevedo Brazil
X. C. Xie
Citations per year, relative to X. C. Xie X. C. Xie (= 1×) peers A. Azevedo

Countries citing papers authored by X. C. Xie

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Fields of papers citing papers by X. C. Xie

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by X. C. Xie. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by X. C. Xie. The network helps show where X. C. Xie may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of X. C. Xie

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Hu, Bin, et al.. (2025). Fabrication of a composite layer to enhance the tribological performances of AISI 316 L stainless steel. Construction and Building Materials. 471. 140725–140725.
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Xie, X. C., Xinlong Ling, Feng Tian, & Zhongfeng Tang. (2024). Hydrophilicity regulation and microstructure change of Ethylene-tetrafluoroethylene copolymer films grafted acrylic acid by irradiation-induced co-grafting. Colloids and Surfaces A Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects. 700. 134755–134755.
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Cai, Ranran, Zhenhua Zhang, Wenyu Xing, et al.. (2024). Extremely Large Anisotropy of Effective Gilbert Damping in Half-Metallic CrO2. Nano Letters. 24(51). 16436–16442.
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Zhao, Jiali, Yuxiao Chen, Wenyu Xing, et al.. (2024). Observation of quasi-two-dimensional superconductivity at the EuO-BaBiO3 interface. Physical review. B.. 109(5). 2 indexed citations
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Yan, Qing, et al.. (2024). Rules for dissipationless topotronics. Science Advances. 10(23). eado4756–eado4756. 7 indexed citations
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Xie, X. C., et al.. (2023). Simultaneous fabrication of Ti-MoS2 self-lubricating coatings and gradient structures to improve the wear resistance of AZ91D alloys. Surface and Coatings Technology. 477. 130306–130306. 16 indexed citations
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Ma, Nan, Shili Yan, Peipei Wang, et al.. (2023). Perpendicular in-plane negative magnetoresistance in ZrTe5. Science Bulletin. 68(14). 1488–1492. 1 indexed citations
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Wu, Yijia, Shuai Yuan, Xiao Liu, et al.. (2023). Anomalous quantized plateaus in two-dimensional electron gas with gate confinement. Nature Communications. 14(1). 1758–1758. 2 indexed citations
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Xie, X. C., et al.. (2023). Tungsten carbide coating prepared by ultrasonic shot peening to improve the wear properties of magnesium alloys. Journal of Materials Research and Technology. 26. 2451–2464. 27 indexed citations
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Wang, He, Yanzhao Liu, Ming Gong, et al.. (2023). Emergent superconductivity in topological-kagome-magnet/metal heterostructures. Nature Communications. 14(1). 6998–6998. 10 indexed citations
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Gong, Ming, Yijia Wu, Hua Jiang, Jie Liu, & X. C. Xie. (2022). Unveiling non-Abelian statistics of vortex Majorana bound states in iron-based superconductors using fermionic modes. Physical review. B.. 105(1). 4 indexed citations
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Shao, Zhibin, Shaojian Li, Yanzhao Liu, et al.. (2022). Discrete scale invariance of the quasi-bound states at atomic vacancies in a topological material. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 119(42). e2204804119–e2204804119.
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Xie, X. C., et al.. (2021). Tensor network simulation of the (1+1)-dimensional O(3) nonlinear σ-model with θ=π term. Physical review. D. 104(11). 7 indexed citations
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Yao, Yunyan, Ranran Cai, See‐Hun Yang, et al.. (2021). Half-integer Shapiro steps in strong ferromagnetic Josephson junctions. Physical review. B.. 104(10). 9 indexed citations
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Lu, Ming, Jiang Zeng, Haiwen Liu, Jin-Hua Gao, & X. C. Xie. (2021). Valley-selective Floquet Chern flat bands in twisted multilayer graphene. Physical review. B.. 103(19). 16 indexed citations
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Xu, Dong-Hui, et al.. (2020). Hinged quantum spin Hall effect in antiferromagnetic topological insulators. Physical review. B.. 101(4). 19 indexed citations
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Xie, X. C., et al.. (2019). Quantized thermal Hall conductance from edge current calculations in lattice models. Physical review. B.. 100(15). 3 indexed citations
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Chen, Xi, Tong Zhang, Peng Cheng, et al.. (2010). Experimental demonstration of the topological surface states protected by the time-reversal symmetry. Bulletin of the American Physical Society. 2010. 1 indexed citations

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