X. Lai

5.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
16 papers, 4.9k citations indexed

About

X. Lai is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Atmospheric Science and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, X. Lai has authored 16 papers receiving a total of 4.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Materials Chemistry, 9 papers in Atmospheric Science and 5 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in X. Lai's work include Catalytic Processes in Materials Science (12 papers), nanoparticles nucleation surface interactions (9 papers) and Electronic and Structural Properties of Oxides (4 papers). X. Lai is often cited by papers focused on Catalytic Processes in Materials Science (12 papers), nanoparticles nucleation surface interactions (9 papers) and Electronic and Structural Properties of Oxides (4 papers). X. Lai collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Bulgaria. X. Lai's co-authors include D. Wayne Goodman, Mika Valden, Todd P. St. Clair, Sergei Pak, Chen Xu, Charles C. Chusuei, G. Zając, Kun Luo, Quanmin Guo and Byoung Koun Min and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Physical review. B, Condensed matter and Langmuir.

In The Last Decade

X. Lai

14 papers receiving 4.8k 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.

Onset of Catalytic Activity of Gold Clusters on Titania with the Appearance of Nonmetallic Properties

1998 3.7k citations Mika Valden, X. Lai et al. Science profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
X. Lai United States	13	4.3k	1.4k	1.2k	877	855	16	4.9k
Stéphane Abbet Germany	26	4.6k 1.1×	1.4k 1.1×	1.1k 0.9×	1.6k 1.8×	730 0.9×	34	5.2k
Derek R. Butcher United States	16	3.0k 0.7×	933 0.7×	1.6k 1.3×	445 0.5×	851 1.0×	19	3.9k
Mintcho S. Tikhov United Kingdom	33	3.3k 0.8×	1.2k 0.9×	1.4k 1.2×	888 1.0×	595 0.7×	84	4.6k
Poul L. Hansen Denmark	16	3.3k 0.8×	1.5k 1.1×	832 0.7×	374 0.4×	650 0.8×	21	4.1k
L. M. Molina Spain	25	3.3k 0.8×	884 0.7×	893 0.7×	874 1.0×	510 0.6×	52	4.0k
Jason F. Weaver United States	41	4.2k 1.0×	2.3k 1.7×	1.1k 0.9×	1.1k 1.2×	310 0.4×	132	5.0k
Ioannis N. Remediakis Greece	23	2.7k 0.6×	1.6k 1.2×	994 0.8×	540 0.6×	501 0.6×	49	3.5k
Niklas Nilius Germany	44	5.3k 1.3×	1.2k 0.9×	1.1k 1.0×	2.2k 2.5×	460 0.5×	192	7.1k
Bernhard Klötzer Austria	46	5.0k 1.2×	2.9k 2.2×	1.3k 1.0×	726 0.8×	308 0.4×	149	5.9k
Pratibha L. Gai United Kingdom	38	2.9k 0.7×	771 0.6×	938 0.8×	451 0.5×	616 0.7×	156	4.9k

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16 of 16 papers shown

Liu, Haiyan, et al.. (2025). Potential Catalytic Mechanism of Copper Foil-Supported Borophene-Loaded 4d Transition-Metal Single-Atom Catalysts in Hydrogen/Oxygen Electrode Reactions. Langmuir. 41(43). 29088–29097.

Borman, V. D., et al.. (2002). The Coster-Kronig process used to study the transition of metal nanoclusters into a nonmetallic state. Journal of Experimental and Theoretical Physics Letters. 76(7). 444–449. 1 indexed citations

Meier, Douglas C., Gian Andrea Rizzi, Gaetano Granozzi, X. Lai, & D. Wayne Goodman. (2002). Ru₃(CO)₁₂ Adsorption and Decomposition on TiO₂. Langmuir. 18(3). 698–705. 25 indexed citations

Chusuei, Charles C., et al.. (2001). A Nanoscale Model Catalyst Preparation: Solution Deposition of Phosphine-Stabilized Gold Clusters onto a Planar TiO₂(110) Support. Langmuir. 17(13). 4113–4117. 38 indexed citations

Lai, X., Quanmin Guo, Byoung Koun Min, & D. Wayne Goodman. (2001). Synthesis and characterization of titania films on Mo(110). Surface Science. 487(1-3). 1–8. 44 indexed citations

Stultz, J., Andrei Kolmakov, X. Lai, Young Dok Kim, & D. Wayne Goodman. (2000). Surface defects on MgO thin films: Their detection using metastable impact electron spectroscopy and interaction with probe molecules. MRS Proceedings. 648.

Chusuei, Charles C., X. Lai, Kun Luo, & D. Wayne Goodman. (2000). Modeling heterogeneous catalysts: metal clusters on planar oxide supports. Topics in Catalysis. 14(1-4). 71–83. 144 indexed citations

Lai, X., et al.. (2000). Imaging ultrathin Al2O3 films with scanning tunneling microscopy. Chemical Physics Letters. 330(3-4). 226–230. 18 indexed citations

Lai, X. & D. Wayne Goodman. (2000). Structure–reactivity correlations for oxide-supported metal catalysts: new perspectives from STM. Journal of Molecular Catalysis A Chemical. 162(1-2). 33–50. 138 indexed citations

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Lai, X., Todd P. St. Clair, & D. Wayne Goodman. (1999). Oxygen-induced morphological changes of Ag nanoclusters supported on TiO2(110). Faraday Discussions. 114. 279–284. 73 indexed citations

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Lai, X., Chen Xu, & D. Wayne Goodman. (1998). Synthesis and structure of Al clusters supported on TiO2(110): A scanning tunneling microscopy study. Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology A Vacuum Surfaces and Films. 16(4). 2562–2566. 26 indexed citations

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Valden, Mika, Sergei Pak, X. Lai, & D. Wayne Goodman. (1998). Structure sensitivity of CO oxidation over model Au/TiO22 catalysts. Catalysis Letters. 56(1). 7–10. 300 indexed citations

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Valden, Mika, X. Lai, & D. Wayne Goodman. (1998). Onset of Catalytic Activity of Gold Clusters on Titania with the Appearance of Nonmetallic Properties. Science. 281(5383). 1647–1650. 3654 indexed citations breakdown →

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Lai, X., Todd P. St. Clair, Mika Valden, & D. Wayne Goodman. (1998). Scanning tunneling microscopy studies of metal clusters supported on TiO2 (110): Morphology and electronic structure. Progress in Surface Science. 59(1-4). 25–52. 229 indexed citations

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Xu, Chen, X. Lai, G. Zając, & D. Wayne Goodman. (1997). Scanning tunneling microscopy studies of theTiO2(110)surface: Structure and the nucleation growth of Pd. Physical review. B, Condensed matter. 56(20). 13464–13482. 178 indexed citations

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Xu, Chen, X. Lai, & D. Wayne Goodman. (1996). Local electronic structure of metal particles on metal oxide surfaces: Ni on alumina. Faraday Discussions. 105. 247–247. 15 indexed citations

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