Yang Lü

15.3k total citations · 7 hit papers
341 papers, 11.3k citations indexed

About

Yang Lü is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Mechanical Engineering and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Yang Lü has authored 341 papers receiving a total of 11.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 150 papers in Materials Chemistry, 141 papers in Mechanical Engineering and 95 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Yang Lü's work include Metal and Thin Film Mechanics (54 papers), Diamond and Carbon-based Materials Research (40 papers) and Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials (32 papers). Yang Lü is often cited by papers focused on Metal and Thin Film Mechanics (54 papers), Diamond and Carbon-based Materials Research (40 papers) and Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials (32 papers). Yang Lü collaborates with scholars based in China, Hong Kong and United States. Yang Lü's co-authors include Libo Gao, Jun Lou, James Utama Surjadi, Ke Cao, Hongti Zhang, Xiaobin Feng, Jianyu Huang, Jian Song, Rong Fan and Meisam K. Habibi and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Chemical Reviews and Physical Review Letters.

In The Last Decade

Yang Lü

326 papers receiving 11.1k citations

Hit Papers

Mechanical Metamaterials and Their En... 2010 2026 2015 2020 2019 2020 2010 2020 2021 200 400 600
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. Mechanical Metamaterials and Their Engineering Applications
    2019 703 citations Yang Lü et al. profile →
  2. Lattice oxygen activation enabled by high-valence metal sites for enhanced water oxidation
    2020 683 citations Xiaobin Feng, Yang Lü et al. profile →
  3. Cold welding of ultrathin gold nanowires
    2010 436 citations Yang Lü, Jun Lou et al. profile →
  4. Elastic straining of free-standing monolayer graphene
    2020 302 citations Ke Cao, Ying Han et al. profile →
  5. Local chemical fluctuation mediated ductility in body-centered-cubic high-entropy alloys
    2021 186 citations Yeqiang Bu, Xiaobin Feng et al. Materials Today profile →
  6. Multimaterial 3D printed self-locking thick-panel origami metamaterials
    2023 121 citations Yang Lü et al. profile →
  7. Unprecedented mechanical wave energy absorption observed in multifunctional bioinspired architected metamaterials
    2024 61 citations Yang Lü et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Yang Lü China 54 4.3k 4.2k 3.0k 2.6k 1.4k 341 11.3k
Jian Xu China 68 4.8k 1.1× 5.2k 1.2× 3.7k 1.2× 3.1k 1.2× 1.1k 0.7× 369 15.4k
Xiaodong He China 63 3.6k 0.8× 5.8k 1.4× 3.3k 1.1× 2.9k 1.1× 1.1k 0.8× 377 13.4k
Tong‐Yi Zhang Hong Kong 51 2.0k 0.5× 4.8k 1.1× 2.2k 0.7× 2.8k 1.1× 2.8k 2.0× 326 9.9k
Jiaqi Zhu China 42 1.5k 0.4× 3.4k 0.8× 2.3k 0.8× 2.1k 0.8× 1.1k 0.7× 481 8.2k
Christopher M. Spadaccini United States 43 3.8k 0.9× 2.0k 0.5× 4.8k 1.6× 2.2k 0.8× 580 0.4× 87 10.9k
Alex A. Volinsky United States 57 4.9k 1.1× 6.8k 1.6× 1.8k 0.6× 2.4k 0.9× 3.2k 2.2× 489 12.3k
Joshua D. Kuntz United States 35 2.7k 0.6× 3.0k 0.7× 2.2k 0.7× 1.4k 0.6× 806 0.6× 96 7.6k
Il‐Kwon Oh South Korea 61 2.0k 0.5× 3.3k 0.8× 6.7k 2.2× 2.8k 1.1× 725 0.5× 278 11.7k
Huaping Wu China 46 1.7k 0.4× 1.8k 0.4× 2.9k 1.0× 1.3k 0.5× 1.3k 0.9× 249 6.9k
Jun Wei Singapore 69 7.7k 1.8× 6.8k 1.6× 5.3k 1.8× 5.6k 2.2× 921 0.6× 356 18.4k

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All Works

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Ge, Liang, Wen Zheng, Lu Zhang, et al.. (2025). Nanometabolomics elucidated biological response of 3D printed vascular stents: Towards metabolic reprogramming of metabolome and lipidome. Chemical Engineering Journal. 508. 161051–161051.
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Yu, Jun, Duan Wu, Jing Zhang, et al.. (2025). Superhydrophobic ROS biocatalytic metal coatings for the rapid healing of diabetic wounds. Materials Today Bio. 32. 101840–101840.
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Wang, Liqiang, Shuo Qu, Xin Zhou, et al.. (2024). Additively manufactured copper alloy with heterogeneous nanoprecipitates-dislocation architecture for superior strength-ductility-conductivity synergy. Additive manufacturing. 84. 104100–104100. 11 indexed citations
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Xiao, Ran, Yingxin Zhu, Liqiang Wang, et al.. (2024). Enhancing detection accuracy via controlled release of 3D-printed microlattice nasopharyngeal swabs. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3(1).
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Hou, Yuan, Jingzhuo Zhou, Minmin Xue, et al.. (2024). Strain Engineering of Twisted Bilayer Graphene: The Rise of Strain‐Twistronics. Small. 21(28). e2311185–e2311185. 19 indexed citations
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Wang, Liqiang, Shuo Qu, Xin Zhou, et al.. (2023). High-precision Cu alloy microlattices with superior energy absorption capacity enabled by nanoprecipitation engineering. Scripta Materialia. 239. 115801–115801. 11 indexed citations
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Jia, Zhe, Xinyue Zhang, Yujing Liu, et al.. (2023). Chemical short-range order in multi-principal element alloy with ordering effects on water electrolysis performance. Materials Today. 72. 97–108. 23 indexed citations
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Zhang, Jinyu, Yang Yang, Y.Q. Wang, et al.. (2023). Symbiotically engineered crystalline-amorphous nanostructure in a strong-yet-stable Al alloy with large twinning-induced plasticity. Acta Materialia. 257. 119192–119192. 4 indexed citations
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Li, Fucheng, Zhibo Zhang, Huanrong Liu, et al.. (2023). Oxidation-induced superelasticity in metallic glass nanotubes. Nature Materials. 23(1). 52–57. 12 indexed citations
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Zhang, Guangjie, Zhuo Kang, Xin Zheng, et al.. (2023). Natural overlaying behaviors push the limit of planar cyclic deformation performance in few‐layer MoS2 nanosheets. InfoMat. 5(9). 3 indexed citations
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Wang, Heyi, Hong Wu, Weitong Lin, et al.. (2022). Orientation-dependent large plasticity of single-crystalline gallium selenide. Cell Reports Physical Science. 3(4). 100816–100816. 26 indexed citations
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Song, Jian, Wenzhao Zhou, Yuejiao Wang, et al.. (2019). Octet-truss cellular materials for improved mechanical properties and specific energy absorption. Materials & Design. 173. 107773–107773. 85 indexed citations
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Li, Song, Jyh‐Pin Chou, Hongti Zhang, Yang Lü, & Alice Hu. (2018). A study of strain-induced indirect-direct bandgap transition for silicon nanowire applications. Journal of Applied Physics. 125(8). 16 indexed citations
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Banerjee, Amit, Daniel Bernoulli, Hongti Zhang, et al.. (2018). Ultralarge elastic deformation of nanoscale diamond. Science. 360(6386). 300–302. 259 indexed citations
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Song, Jian, Yuejiao Chen, Ke Cao, et al.. (2018). Fully Controllable Design and Fabrication of Three-Dimensional Lattice Supercapacitors. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 10(46). 39839–39850. 53 indexed citations
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Banerjee, Amit, et al.. (2016). Fracto-emission in lanthanum-based metallic glass microwires under quasi-static tensile loading. Journal of Applied Physics. 119(15). 9 indexed citations
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Peng, Cheng, Yuan Zhong, Yang Lü, et al.. (2013). Strain rate dependent mechanical properties in single crystal nickel nanowires. Applied Physics Letters. 102(8). 43 indexed citations

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