Xianghong Liu

16.6k total citations · 6 hit papers
293 papers, 13.9k citations indexed

About

Xianghong Liu is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Materials Chemistry and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Xianghong Liu has authored 293 papers receiving a total of 13.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 141 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 106 papers in Materials Chemistry and 81 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Xianghong Liu's work include Gas Sensing Nanomaterials and Sensors (90 papers), Analytical Chemistry and Sensors (47 papers) and Advanced Chemical Sensor Technologies (41 papers). Xianghong Liu is often cited by papers focused on Gas Sensing Nanomaterials and Sensors (90 papers), Analytical Chemistry and Sensors (47 papers) and Advanced Chemical Sensor Technologies (41 papers). Xianghong Liu collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Germany. Xianghong Liu's co-authors include Jun Zhang, Nicola Pinna, Wei Zheng, G. Neri, Shihua Wu, Shurong Wang, Yongshan Xu, Tiantian Ma, Yang Chen and Lingli Zheng and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Physical Review Letters.

In The Last Decade

Xianghong Liu

266 papers receiving 13.7k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Nanostructured Materials for Room‐Temperature Gas Sensors

2015 1.4k citations Jun Zhang, Xianghong Liu et al. profile →
Two‐Dimensional Nanostructured Materials for Gas Sensing

2017 728 citations Xianghong Liu, Tiantian Ma et al. profile →
ZnO nanorod gas sensor for ethanol detection

2011 453 citations Xianghong Liu et al. Sensors and Actuators B Chemical profile →
Room-Temperature Gas Sensors Under Photoactivation: From Metal Oxides to 2D Materials

2020 319 citations Xianghong Liu, Jun Zhang et al. profile →
Oxygen Vacancies Enabled Porous SnO₂ Thin Films for Highly Sensitive Detection of Triethylamine at Room Temperature

2020 317 citations Yongshan Xu, Lingli Zheng et al. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces profile →
Conducting polymer-based nanostructures for gas sensors

2022 202 citations Xianghong Liu, Wei Zheng et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Xianghong Liu China	61	10.1k	5.2k	5.2k	4.3k	1.6k	293	13.9k
Nosang V. Myung United States	59	6.7k 0.7×	4.9k 1.0×	4.9k 0.9×	2.0k 0.5×	2.3k 1.5×	316	12.7k
Vinay Gupta India	60	8.2k 0.8×	7.3k 1.4×	4.0k 0.8×	2.6k 0.6×	1.6k 1.0×	476	13.3k
Reginald M. Penner United States	70	10.0k 1.0×	6.0k 1.2×	4.5k 0.9×	2.4k 0.6×	2.2k 1.4×	218	16.0k
Wen Zeng China	63	12.6k 1.3×	7.9k 1.5×	4.6k 0.9×	4.3k 1.0×	3.0k 1.9×	496	16.1k
Xinxin Li China	54	6.1k 0.6×	2.9k 0.6×	4.7k 0.9×	1.3k 0.3×	691 0.4×	658	11.3k
M. Willander Sweden	65	11.3k 1.1×	9.6k 1.9×	4.9k 0.9×	1.8k 0.4×	2.9k 1.8×	763	20.2k
U. Hashim Malaysia	47	4.9k 0.5×	4.4k 0.8×	4.4k 0.9×	1.2k 0.3×	1.1k 0.7×	724	11.8k
Roya Maboudian United States	64	8.7k 0.9×	6.4k 1.2×	4.4k 0.9×	809 0.2×	933 0.6×	325	15.1k
H.C. Swart South Africa	67	12.1k 1.2×	18.4k 3.5×	3.2k 0.6×	1.3k 0.3×	1.7k 1.1×	968	23.6k
Tetsuya Ōsaka Japan	66	12.1k 1.2×	5.2k 1.0×	3.0k 0.6×	1.2k 0.3×	2.1k 1.3×	757	18.4k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Xianghong Liu

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Sun, Wenxin, Xiao Chang, Chang Liu, et al.. (2025). Electronic modulation of SnS2 nanoplates via atomic layer deposition of ZnO for enhanced NO2 detection. Sensors and Actuators B Chemical. 444. 138399–138399. 1 indexed citations

Chang, Xiao, et al.. (2025). Synergistic Enhancement of NO ₂ Sensing via Pd-Sensitized Oxygen Vacancy Engineering in WO ₃ Nanoplates. ACS Sensors. 10(10). 7661–7669. 1 indexed citations

Zhang, Xiaoyuan, et al.. (2024). Effect of initial microstructure on hot deformation behavior of TC25G alloy: Comparison between basket-weave and equiaxed microstructure. Materials Today Communications. 42. 111070–111070.

Chang, Xiao, et al.. (2024). Electronic Modulation of Doped MoS₂ Nanosheets for Improved CO₂ Sensing and Capture. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters. 15(34). 8660–8666. 2 indexed citations

Liu, Xianghong, Xinglong An, Yu Chen, et al.. (2024). The effects of forging strategies on microstructures and mechanical properties of a Ti–5Al–5Mo–5V–1Cr–1Fe near β-titanium alloy. Journal of Materials Research and Technology. 32. 3258–3268. 4 indexed citations

Li, Zhiping, Tao He, Xianghong Liu, et al.. (2024). In-situ observation of solidification process in β-solidifying γ-TiAl-based alloy. Materials Letters. 378. 137638–137638.

Guo, Qiang, Pingxiang Zhang, Zijing Zhou, et al.. (2024). Study on the property and microstructure of NbTiTa superconducting wire. The European Physical Journal Special Topics.

Liu, Xianghong, et al.. (2023). Analytical behavior and bearing capacity research on out-of-code tapered CFDST members under pure torsion and compression-torsion combination. Ocean Engineering. 284. 115324–115324. 24 indexed citations

Wang, Chenyu, Jiayue Xie, Xiao Chang, et al.. (2023). ZnO single nanowire gas sensor: A platform to investigate the sensitization of Pt. Chemical Engineering Journal. 473. 145481–145481. 59 indexed citations

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Pan, Hongyin, et al.. (2023). Atomic layer deposition to heterostructures for application in gas sensors. International Journal of Extreme Manufacturing. 5(2). 22008–22008. 44 indexed citations

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Zhang, Jun, et al.. (2023). Fe and Co containing N-doped graphene sulfur cathode for high performance Li–S batteries and in situ Raman investigation. Applied Physics Letters. 123(11). 5 indexed citations

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Liu, Xianghong, et al.. (2023). Hot Workability and Microstructural Evolution of Ti-5.5Al-5Mo-5V-2Nb-1Fe-1Zr Titanium Alloy Based on the Different Phase Zones during Plastic Deformation at High Temperatures. Metals. 13(1). 92–92. 3 indexed citations

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Pan, Hongyin, Chenyu Wang, Zexu Zhang, et al.. (2022). Oxygen vacancy-enriched ALD NiO sub-50 nm thin films for enhanced triethylamine detection. Applied Physics Letters. 121(11). 23 indexed citations

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Xie, Jiayue, et al.. (2021). Chemical and Electronic Modulation via Atomic Layer Deposition of NiO on Porous In₂O₃ Films to Boost NO₂ Detection. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 13(33). 39621–39632. 70 indexed citations

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Lou, Chengming, et al.. (2021). Fe2O3-sensitized SnO2 nanosheets via atomic layer deposition for sensitive formaldehyde detection. Sensors and Actuators B Chemical. 345. 130429–130429. 70 indexed citations

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Lou, Chengming, Kai Wang, Jiayue Xie, et al.. (2021). ZnO nanoarrays via a thermal decomposition–deposition method for sensitive and selective NO₂ detection. CrystEngComm. 23(20). 3654–3663. 49 indexed citations

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Xu, Yongshan, Tiantian Ma, Yingqiang Zhao, et al.. (2019). Multi-metal functionalized tungsten oxide nanowires enabling ultra-sensitive detection of triethylamine. Sensors and Actuators B Chemical. 300. 127042–127042. 49 indexed citations

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Xu, Yongshan, Chengming Lou, Lingli Zheng, et al.. (2019). Highly sensitive and selective detection of acetone based on platinum sensitized porous tungsten oxide nanospheres. Sensors and Actuators B Chemical. 307. 127616–127616. 68 indexed citations

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Ma, Tiantian, Lingli Zheng, Yingqiang Zhao, et al.. (2019). Highly Porous Double-Shelled Hollow Hematite Nanoparticles for Gas Sensing. ACS Applied Nano Materials. 2(4). 2347–2357. 44 indexed citations

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Liu, Xianghong. (2011). Rare Earth Element Fractionation Between Groundwater and Wall Rock in Limestone Aquifer: Sample from Taiyuan Formation Limestone Aquifer in Renlou Coal Mine,Northern Anhui Province. Geoscience. 4 indexed citations

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