X. Zhang

21.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
461 papers, 18.5k citations indexed

About

X. Zhang is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Mechanical Engineering and Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials. According to data from OpenAlex, X. Zhang has authored 461 papers receiving a total of 18.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 326 papers in Materials Chemistry, 165 papers in Mechanical Engineering and 120 papers in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials. Recurrent topics in X. Zhang's work include Microstructure and mechanical properties (153 papers), Metal and Thin Film Mechanics (105 papers) and Fusion materials and technologies (76 papers). X. Zhang is often cited by papers focused on Microstructure and mechanical properties (153 papers), Metal and Thin Film Mechanics (105 papers) and Fusion materials and technologies (76 papers). X. Zhang collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and United Kingdom. X. Zhang's co-authors include Haiyan Wang, Amit Misra, Jian Wang, Yue Liu, R.G. Hoagland, O. Anderoglu, Nan Li, Y. Chen, Kaiyuan Yu and Cheng Sun and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Physical Review Letters and Advanced Materials.

In The Last Decade

X. Zhang

446 papers receiving 18.1k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Detwinning mechanisms for growth twins in face-centered cubic metals

2010 523 citations Jian Wang, X. Zhang et al. Acta Materialia profile →

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Author						Papers	Cites
X. Zhang	13.9k	8.4k	4.4k	2.7k	2.0k	461	18.5k
Amit Misra	17.7k 1.3×	12.2k 1.5×	7.4k 1.7×	1.7k 0.6×	1.8k 0.9×	400	22.0k
J. Th. M. De Hosson	13.2k 1.0×	13.0k 1.6×	6.8k 1.6×	1.8k 0.6×	2.9k 1.5×	820	23.7k
Christopher A. Schuh	14.8k 1.1×	16.5k 2.0×	5.6k 1.3×	1.3k 0.5×	2.1k 1.0×	344	23.8k
E. J. Mittemeijer	13.1k 0.9×	10.9k 1.3×	6.9k 1.6×	2.2k 0.8×	4.6k 2.3×	670	21.3k
Alexander Stukowski	13.3k 1.0×	8.3k 1.0×	4.3k 1.0×	631 0.2×	1.9k 1.0×	55	19.2k
Gregory S. Rohrer	10.1k 0.7×	5.5k 0.7×	2.1k 0.5×	1.7k 0.6×	2.5k 1.3×	332	14.3k
H. Gleiter	21.9k 1.6×	15.4k 1.8×	5.9k 1.3×	2.1k 0.8×	3.3k 1.6×	347	28.9k
Peter Gumbsch	10.0k 0.7×	6.4k 0.8×	5.1k 1.2×	757 0.3×	1.6k 0.8×	306	15.2k
F. Spaepen	10.8k 0.8×	8.6k 1.0×	2.2k 0.5×	1.8k 0.7×	3.2k 1.6×	246	17.1k
Andrew M. Minor	9.7k 0.7×	5.3k 0.6×	2.8k 0.6×	1.4k 0.5×	4.7k 2.4×	343	16.3k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Zhang, Yizhi, Andrew Neal, Ping Lu, et al.. (2025). Integrating magnetic Co-nanopillars in a NbN-based VAN thin film as a multifunctional hybrid metamaterial. Materials Horizons. 12(13). 4740–4748. 1 indexed citations

Zhang, X., Jian-Qiang Liu, Lukáš Krmíček, et al.. (2025). Iron isotope fractionation during silicate‑carbonatite liquid immiscibility processes. Chemical Geology. 681. 122732–122732.

AlMotasem, A.T., N. Daghbouj, Teodor Huminiuc, et al.. (2025). Exploring solute segregation in sputtered W-10 at. % M (M=Ti, Ag, and Ta): Experimental insights and atomistic modeling. Materialia. 39. 102346–102346. 1 indexed citations

Xu, Ke, et al.. (2025). Improving deformability of brittle intermetallics via introducing mobile dislocations across coherent interfaces. Scripta Materialia. 262. 116638–116638. 3 indexed citations

Song, Jiawei, Zihao He, Chao Shen, et al.. (2024). Design of All‐Oxide Multilayers with High‐Temperature Stability Toward Future Thermophotovoltaic Applications. Advanced Materials Interfaces. 11(5). 2 indexed citations

Shang, Zhongxia, Nicholas A. Richter, Bo Yang, et al.. (2024). Metastable phases in sputtered stoichiometric Co3Al. Scripta Materialia. 250. 116184–116184. 1 indexed citations

Zhang, Y.F., et al.. (2024). High-temperature tensile behaviors of an ultra-strong aluminum alloy fabricated by additive manufacturing. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 11. 100234–100234. 5 indexed citations

Shang, Zhongxia, et al.. (2024). Grain boundary and twin boundary solute segregations in nanocrystalline Al-Mg alloy. Scripta Materialia. 245. 116053–116053. 15 indexed citations

Zhang, Yizhi, et al.. (2024). Large Area Transfer of Bismuth‐Based Layered Oxide Thin Films Using a Flexible Polymer Transfer Method. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4(9). 2400114–2400114. 2 indexed citations

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Niu, Tongjun, et al.. (2024). Additive manufacturing of an ultrastrong, deformable Al alloy with nanoscale intermetallics. Nature Communications. 15(1). 5122–5122. 28 indexed citations

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Richter, Nicholas A., et al.. (2023). Twin density and twin thickness evolution in sputtered Al–Mg alloys. Journal of Applied Physics. 133(20). 2 indexed citations

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Wang, Hairong, Yixiang Ou, X. Zhang, et al.. (2023). Structure, mechanical properties and tribocorrosion behaviours of superhard TiSiCN nanocomposite coatings. Surface and Coatings Technology. 470. 129857–129857. 4 indexed citations

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Abdel‐Khalik, Hany S., et al.. (2023). Predicting mechanical properties from co-axial melt pool monitoring signals in laser powder bed fusion. Journal of Manufacturing Processes. 101. 181–194. 7 indexed citations

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Huang, Dongli, et al.. (2023). Modeling spatial variations in co-axial melt pool monitoring signals in laser powder bed fusion. Journal of Manufacturing Processes. 89. 24–38. 7 indexed citations

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Richter, Nicholas A., Mingyu Gong, Tongjun Niu, et al.. (2022). Exploring the deformation behavior of nanotwinned Al–Zr alloy via in situ compression. Journal of Applied Physics. 132(6). 9 indexed citations

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Cho, Jaehun, Qiang Li, Han Wang, et al.. (2018). High temperature deformability of ductile flash-sintered ceramics via in-situ compression. Nature Communications. 9(1). 2063–2063. 113 indexed citations

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Xue, Sichuang, Qiang Li, Dongyue Xie, et al.. (2018). High strength, deformable nanotwinned Al–Co alloys. Materials Research Letters. 7(1). 33–39. 36 indexed citations

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Xue, Sichuang, Winson Kuo, Qiang Li, et al.. (2017). Texture-directed twin formation propensity in Al with high stacking fault energy. Acta Materialia. 144. 226–234. 41 indexed citations

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Wang, Jian & X. Zhang. (2016). Twinning effects on strength and plasticity of metallic materials. MRS Bulletin. 41(4). 274–281. 97 indexed citations

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Zhang, X., et al.. (2013). Giant electrocaloric effect of PbTiO3 thin film tuned in a wide temperature range by the anisotropic misfit strain. Mechanics Research Communications. 55. 40–44. 10 indexed citations

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