Xu Liang

2.5k total citations · 3 hit papers
42 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

About

Xu Liang is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Mechanical Engineering and Inorganic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Xu Liang has authored 42 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 23 papers in Materials Chemistry, 21 papers in Mechanical Engineering and 16 papers in Inorganic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Xu Liang's work include Membrane Separation and Gas Transport (21 papers), Covalent Organic Framework Applications (20 papers) and Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications (16 papers). Xu Liang is often cited by papers focused on Membrane Separation and Gas Transport (21 papers), Covalent Organic Framework Applications (20 papers) and Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications (16 papers). Xu Liang collaborates with scholars based in China, Singapore and France. Xu Liang's co-authors include Zhongyi Jiang, Hong Wu, Yanxiong Ren, Yan Sun, Fusheng Pan, Meidi Wang, Hongjian Wang, Guangwei He, Shao-Yu Wang and Jinqiu Yuan and has published in prestigious journals such as Chemical Society Reviews, Advanced Materials and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

Xu Liang

41 papers receiving 2.0k citations

Hit Papers

Ultrafast seawater desalination with covalent organic fra... 2021 2026 2022 2024 2022 2021 2022 50 100 150 200 250
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. Ultrafast seawater desalination with covalent organic framework membranes
    2022 298 citations Meidi Wang, Xu Liang et al. profile →
  2. Organic molecular sieve membranes for chemical separations
    2021 275 citations Hongjian Wang, Meidi Wang et al. profile →
  3. Assembling covalent organic framework membranes with superior ion exchange capacity
    2022 174 citations Xiaoyao Wang, Benbing Shi et al. Nature Communications profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Xu Liang China 23 1.2k 854 742 597 579 42 2.0k
Chenglong Chi China 12 1.6k 1.4× 736 0.9× 840 1.1× 818 1.4× 692 1.2× 16 2.4k
Clara Casado‐Coterillo Spain 24 594 0.5× 898 1.1× 584 0.8× 432 0.7× 324 0.6× 62 1.6k
Meidi Wang China 25 1.5k 1.3× 863 1.0× 752 1.0× 805 1.3× 522 0.9× 58 2.3k
Mingmin Jia China 17 739 0.6× 414 0.5× 582 0.8× 446 0.7× 187 0.3× 28 1.5k
Nicholaus Prasetya United Kingdom 18 547 0.5× 523 0.6× 517 0.7× 389 0.7× 283 0.5× 35 1.3k
Rhea Verbeke Belgium 21 481 0.4× 612 0.7× 363 0.5× 1.0k 1.8× 812 1.4× 49 1.7k
Juan M. Zamaro Argentina 20 1.1k 1.0× 598 0.7× 929 1.3× 198 0.3× 240 0.4× 44 1.7k
Sara Sorribas Spain 17 801 0.7× 1.2k 1.4× 857 1.2× 854 1.4× 488 0.8× 19 1.8k
Sadiye Velioğlu Türkiye 19 584 0.5× 579 0.7× 503 0.7× 388 0.6× 430 0.7× 41 1.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Xu Liang

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Fields of papers citing papers by Xu Liang

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Xu Liang. 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 Xu Liang. The network helps show where Xu Liang may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Xu Liang

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Xu Liang. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Xu Liang 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 Xu Liang. Xu Liang 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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Ren, Yanxiong, Shaoyu Wang, Hanze Ma, et al.. (2025). Highly proton-conductive and stable sulfonated covalent organic framework hybrid membrane for vanadium redox flow battery. Journal of Membrane Science. 722. 123863–123863. 11 indexed citations
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Liu, Heyang, Zhenyang Li, Da Zhang, et al.. (2025). Ionic liquid functionalized covalent organic framework membranes for efficient CO2/N2 separation. Journal of Membrane Science. 729. 124167–124167. 8 indexed citations
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Xiao, Xiao, Jie Han, Xiaomei Su, et al.. (2025). Enhancing operational stability and pollutants removal in dynamic membrane bioreactors via granular activated carbon for landfill leachate treatment. Journal of Membrane Science. 736. 124726–124726. 2 indexed citations
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Zang, Yu, Yangyang Yu, Yanlin Chen, et al.. (2024). Synthesis of conjugated microporous polymers rich in sulfonic acid groups for the highly efficient adsorption of Cs+. Chemical Engineering Journal. 484. 149709–149709. 39 indexed citations
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Wang, Shao-Yu, Yuhan Yang, Xu Liang, et al.. (2023). Ultrathin ionic COF Membrane via Polyelectrolyte‐Mediated Assembly for Efficient CO2 Separation. Advanced Functional Materials. 33(24). 70 indexed citations
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Wang, Meidi, Yutong Wang, Junyi Zhao, et al.. (2023). Electrochemical Interfacial Polymerization toward Ultrathin COF Membranes for Brine Desalination. Angewandte Chemie. 135(13).
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Pei, Congcong, Rui Su, Xiaonan Chen, et al.. (2023). Hollow multishelled heterostructures with enhanced performance for laser desorption/ionization mass spectrometry based metabolic diagnosis. Journal of Materials Chemistry B. 11(34). 8206–8215. 5 indexed citations
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Ren, Yanxiong, Zhengqing Zhang, Lin Liu, et al.. (2022). Coordination-driven structure reconstruction in polymer of intrinsic microporosity membranes for efficient propylene/propane separation. The Innovation. 3(6). 100334–100334. 18 indexed citations
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Wang, Xiaoyao, Benbing Shi, Hao Yang, et al.. (2022). Assembling covalent organic framework membranes with superior ion exchange capacity. Nature Communications. 13(1). 1020–1020. 174 indexed citations breakdown →
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Liang, Xu, Hong Wu, Hongliang Huang, et al.. (2022). Efficient ethylene/ethane separation through ionic liquid-confined covalent organic framework membranes. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 10(10). 5420–5429. 50 indexed citations
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Guo, Zheyuan, Hong Wu, Yu Chen, et al.. (2022). Missing‐linker Defects in Covalent Organic Framework Membranes for Efficient CO2 Separation. Angewandte Chemie. 134(41). 8 indexed citations
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Wang, Jianyu, Yan Wang, Yutao Liu, et al.. (2022). Ultrathin ZIF‐8 Membrane through Inhibited Ostwald Ripening for High‐Flux C3H6/C3H8 Separation. Advanced Functional Materials. 32(47). 50 indexed citations
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You, Xinda, Ke Xiao, Hong Wu, et al.. (2021). Electrostatic-modulated interfacial polymerization toward ultra-permselective nanofiltration membranes. iScience. 24(4). 102369–102369. 101 indexed citations
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Qu, Zihan, Rui Zhao, Hong Wu, et al.. (2020). Polyelectrolyte membranes with tunable hollow CO2-philic clusters via sacrificial template for biogas upgrading. Journal of Membrane Science. 612. 118445–118445. 3 indexed citations
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Ren, Yanxiong, Xu Liang, Haozhen Dou, et al.. (2020). Membrane‐Based Olefin/Paraffin Separations. Advanced Science. 7(19). 2001398–2001398. 153 indexed citations
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Liang, Xu, Xiaoyan Dong, & Yan Sun. (2009). Novel negatively charged tentacle‐type polymer coating for on‐line preconcentration of proteins in CE. Electrophoresis. 30(4). 689–695. 22 indexed citations
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Wang, Dongmei, et al.. (2009). Protein adsorption in two-dimensional electrochromatography packed with superporous and microporous cellulose beads. Frontiers of Chemical Engineering in China. 3(3). 229–234. 9 indexed citations
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Liang, Xu & Yan Sun. (2007). Fabrication and characterization of open‐tubular CEC modified with tentacle‐type metal‐chelating polymer chains. Electrophoresis. 28(11). 1658–1667. 20 indexed citations

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