Xiaolin Cai

2.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
67 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Xiaolin Cai is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, Xiaolin Cai has authored 67 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 55 papers in Materials Chemistry, 21 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 13 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in Xiaolin Cai's work include 2D Materials and Applications (44 papers), MXene and MAX Phase Materials (34 papers) and Graphene research and applications (19 papers). Xiaolin Cai is often cited by papers focused on 2D Materials and Applications (44 papers), MXene and MAX Phase Materials (34 papers) and Graphene research and applications (19 papers). Xiaolin Cai collaborates with scholars based in China, United Kingdom and United States. Xiaolin Cai's co-authors include Weiyang Yu, Yu Jia, Liwei Zhang, Chunyao Niu, Baoji Wang, Zhili Zhu, Xiaohua Li, San-Huang Ke, Ruiqi Zhao and Jun‐Hyung Cho and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, Applied Physics Letters and Langmuir.

In The Last Decade

Xiaolin Cai

64 papers receiving 1.8k 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.

Multivalency-Driven Formation of Te-Based Monolayer Materials: A Combined First-Principles and Experimental study

2017 455 citations Zhili Zhu, Xiaolin Cai et al. Physical Review Letters profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Xiaolin Cai China	20	1.6k	677	360	253	202	67	1.8k
Xinlei Zhang China	15	584 0.4×	586 0.9×	361 1.0×	149 0.6×	134 0.7×	38	998
Guangsha Shi United States	16	1.2k 0.7×	722 1.1×	92 0.3×	142 0.6×	288 1.4×	23	1.3k
Kapildeb Dolui United States	21	2.0k 1.2×	951 1.4×	132 0.4×	478 1.9×	320 1.6×	44	2.3k
P. Mallick India	20	820 0.5×	422 0.6×	152 0.4×	63 0.2×	267 1.3×	76	1.1k
A. Mittiga Italy	24	2.0k 1.2×	1.4k 2.0×	166 0.5×	207 0.8×	89 0.4×	64	2.3k
Hyonkwang Choi South Korea	17	532 0.3×	661 1.0×	451 1.3×	271 1.1×	92 0.5×	57	1.2k
E. Bekaroglu Türkiye	5	2.5k 1.5×	691 1.0×	129 0.4×	398 1.6×	332 1.6×	6	2.6k
Patrice Miska France	20	849 0.5×	653 1.0×	94 0.3×	257 1.0×	211 1.0×	67	1.2k
Fazal‐e‐Aleem Pakistan	12	590 0.4×	308 0.5×	279 0.8×	160 0.6×	139 0.7×	47	871
Y. Galvão Gobato Brazil	19	585 0.4×	552 0.8×	134 0.4×	477 1.9×	83 0.4×	116	1.1k

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Cai, Xiaolin, et al.. (2025). Tunable electronic and spin properties in 2D α-tellurene/α-In₂Se₃ bilayer ferroelectric heterostructure. Journal of Physics D Applied Physics. 58(18). 185302–185302. 1 indexed citations

Liu, Yujin, Zhixiang Pan, Guoxing Chen, et al.. (2025). Distinctive Electronic and Spin Properties Driven by Strong Interlayer Hybridization in the α-Tellurene/GaTe Bilayer. Langmuir. 41(9). 6257–6267. 1 indexed citations

Cai, Xiaolin, Zhixiang Pan, Rui Li, et al.. (2025). Switchable Z-scheme charge transfer and tunable electronic properties in ZnI₂/In₂Se₃ bilayer ferroelectric heterostructure. Chinese Journal of Physics. 98. 850–860.

Cai, Xiaolin, Guoxing Chen, Rui Li, Zhixiang Pan, & Yu Jia. (2024). Novel valleytronic and piezoelectric properties coexisting in Janus MoAZ₃H (A = Si, or Ge; Z = N, P, or As) monolayers. Journal of Materials Chemistry C. 12(13). 4682–4689. 11 indexed citations

Cai, Xiaolin, et al.. (2023). First-principles calculations on performance of the g-C3N4/LNS-TiO2(Cr+C) heterojunction photocatalyst in water splitting process. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. 48(98). 38742–38748. 10 indexed citations

Yu, Weiyang, Xiaoli Zhang, Wen Luo, et al.. (2023). The reversible and nonvolatile properties of 2D LaBr2/α-In2Se3 heterostructure by strain and electric field modulation. Materials Today Communications. 36. 106400–106400. 5 indexed citations

Yang, Xuefeng, Shuxia Zhang, Baoji Wang, et al.. (2023). Pushing feature size down to 11 nm by hyperbolic metamaterials-based interference photolithography under illumination of UV light source. Applied Physics A. 129(2). 2 indexed citations

Hu, Chencheng, et al.. (2023). High Carrier Mobility and Controllable Electronic Property of the h-BN/SnSe₂ Heterostructure. Langmuir. 39(31). 10769–10778. 23 indexed citations

Zhao, Chunxiang, Xiaolin Cai, Weiguang Chen, et al.. (2022). Formation of stable polonium monolayers with tunable semiconducting properties driven by strong quantum size effects. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 24(12). 7512–7520. 2 indexed citations

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Lin, Long, Shaofei Li, Weiyang Yu, et al.. (2020). Tunable strain effects on the electronic structures and mobility properties of InP/InAs lateral heterostructure. Journal of Physics D Applied Physics. 53(50). 505108–505108. 2 indexed citations

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Jia, Xingtao, Xiaolin Cai, Weiyang Yu, et al.. (2020). Spin Hall effect induced Néel order switching in the tetragonal Mn ₂ Au. Journal of Physics D Applied Physics. 53(24). 245001–245001. 5 indexed citations

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Cai, Xiaolin, Xingtao Jia, Yujin Liu, et al.. (2020). Enhanced carrier mobility and tunable electronic properties in α-tellurene monolayer via an α-tellurene and h-BN heterostructure. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 22(11). 6434–6440. 19 indexed citations

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Jia, Xingtao, Xiaolin Cai, & Yu Jia. (2020). Giant magnetoresistance in antiferromagnetic Mn2Au-based tunnel junction. Science China Physics Mechanics and Astronomy. 63(9). 6 indexed citations

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Li, Xiaohuan, Baoji Wang, Xiaolin Cai, et al.. (2018). Strain-Tunable Electronic Properties and Band Alignments in GaTe/C2N Heterostructure: a First-Principles Calculation. Nanoscale Research Letters. 13(1). 300–300. 36 indexed citations

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Yu, Weiyang, et al.. (2018). Strain Tunable Bandgap and High Carrier Mobility in SiAs and SiAs2 Monolayers from First-Principles Studies. Nanoscale Research Letters. 13(1). 404–404. 22 indexed citations

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Wang, Baoji, Xiaohua Li, Ruiqi Zhao, et al.. (2018). Electronic structures and enhanced photocatalytic properties of blue phosphorene/BSe van der Waals heterostructures. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 6(19). 8923–8929. 233 indexed citations

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Zhu, Zhili, Ping Cui, Xiaolin Cai, et al.. (2018). Red phosphorus in its two-dimensional limit: novel clathrates with varying band gaps and superior chemical stabilities. Nanoscale. 10(29). 13969–13975. 7 indexed citations

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Zhu, Zhili, Xiaolin Cai, Seho Yi, et al.. (2017). Multivalency-Driven Formation of Te-Based Monolayer Materials: A Combined First-Principles and Experimental study. Physical Review Letters. 119(10). 106101–106101. 455 indexed citations breakdown →

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Cai, Xiaolin. (2015). Research Advances on Biological Characteristics and Cultivation Technique of Dictyphora. Anhui nongye kexue. 1 indexed citations

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Wang, Jianjun, et al.. (2015). An atomic scale study of ultralow friction between phosphorus-doped nanocrystalline diamond films. Tribology International. 86. 85–90. 10 indexed citations

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