Yuliang Xia

1.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
10 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Yuliang Xia is a scholar working on Polymers and Plastics, Biomedical Engineering and Mechanical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Yuliang Xia has authored 10 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 6 papers in Polymers and Plastics, 6 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 5 papers in Mechanical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Yuliang Xia's work include Polymer composites and self-healing (6 papers), Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials (5 papers) and Advanced Materials and Mechanics (5 papers). Yuliang Xia is often cited by papers focused on Polymer composites and self-healing (6 papers), Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials (5 papers) and Advanced Materials and Mechanics (5 papers). Yuliang Xia collaborates with scholars based in China. Yuliang Xia's co-authors include Jinsong Leng, Yanju Liu, Fenghua Zhang, Yang He, Fenghua Zhang, Liwu Liu, Linlin Wang, Tong Mu, Cong Wang and Jiarui Wang and has published in prestigious journals such as Advanced Materials, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces and Composites Science and Technology.

In The Last Decade

Yuliang Xia

8 papers receiving 1.1k 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.

A Review of Shape Memory Polymers and Composites: Mechanisms, Materials, and Applications

2020 931 citations Yuliang Xia, Yang He et al. Advanced Materials profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Yuliang Xia China	6	663	559	455	254	184	10	1.1k
Fenghua Zhang China	18	933 1.4×	695 1.2×	593 1.3×	322 1.3×	267 1.5×	36	1.5k
Samuel Ibekwe United States	17	509 0.8×	337 0.6×	429 0.9×	346 1.4×	140 0.8×	35	1.4k
Huijie Song China	8	596 0.9×	477 0.9×	491 1.1×	205 0.8×	140 0.8×	14	966
Hongqiu Wei China	17	634 1.0×	889 1.6×	530 1.2×	196 0.8×	255 1.4×	34	1.4k
Binjie Jin China	19	844 1.3×	904 1.6×	965 2.1×	279 1.1×	195 1.1×	34	1.6k
Keith Hearon United States	16	612 0.9×	411 0.7×	261 0.6×	240 0.9×	228 1.2×	20	1.1k
Ruiqi Jiang China	6	367 0.6×	532 1.0×	540 1.2×	170 0.7×	86 0.5×	9	906
Haibao Lv China	10	1.1k 1.7×	448 0.8×	437 1.0×	549 2.2×	154 0.8×	22	1.4k
Cheng Tang Singapore	8	955 1.4×	481 0.9×	481 1.1×	678 2.7×	229 1.2×	11	1.5k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yuliang Xia

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Yuliang Xia. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Yuliang Xia 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 Yuliang Xia. Yuliang Xia is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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10 of 10 papers shown

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Zhang, Lu, Qianshan Xia, Zhiyuan Huang, et al.. (2025). Lightweight and efficient reduced graphene oxide modified by alumina composites for microwave absorption. Ceramics International. 51(21). 32530–32537.

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Wang, Jiarui, et al.. (2025). Temperature-responsive 4D printing with shape memory polymers: Advancing simulation with a viscoelastic constitutive model. Applied Materials Today. 42. 102604–102604. 3 indexed citations

3.

Xia, Yuliang, et al.. (2025). Bio-based cyclic acetal epoxy vitrimer upcycling: From composite matrix to interface. Composites Science and Technology. 273. 111411–111411.

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Xia, Yuliang, Tong Mu, Jianglong Guo, Yanju Liu, & Jinsong Leng. (2025). Multifunctional Untethered Soft Machines Driven by 4D Printed Electrically Responsive Actuators. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 17(24). 36059–36068. 1 indexed citations

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Xia, Yuliang, Tong Mu, Yanju Liu, & Jinsong Leng. (2024). Carbon fiber reinforced liquid crystalline elastomer composites: a dual exploration in strength augmentation and transformation flexibility through 4D printing. International Journal of Smart and Nano Materials. 15(2). 312–329. 8 indexed citations

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Xia, Yuliang, Tong Mu, Yang He, Yanju Liu, & Jinsong Leng. (2023). Fiber-reinforced liquid crystalline elastomer composite actuators with multi-stimulus response properties and multi-directional morphing capabilities. Composites Part B Engineering. 256. 110640–110640. 14 indexed citations

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Xia, Yuliang, Tong Mu, Yanju Liu, & Jinsong Leng. (2023). Harnessing the power of carbon fiber reinforced liquid crystal elastomer composites for high-performance aerospace materials: A comprehensive investigation on reversible transformation and shape memory deformation. Composites Part A Applied Science and Manufacturing. 177. 107943–107943. 17 indexed citations

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Zhang, Fenghua, Yuliang Xia, Yanju Liu, & Jinsong Leng. (2020). Nano/microstructures of shape memory polymers: from materials to applications. Nanoscale Horizons. 5(8). 1155–1173. 78 indexed citations

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Xia, Yuliang, Yang He, Fenghua Zhang, Yanju Liu, & Jinsong Leng. (2020). A Review of Shape Memory Polymers and Composites: Mechanisms, Materials, and Applications. Advanced Materials. 33(6). e2000713–e2000713. 931 indexed citations breakdown →

10.

Zhang, Fenghua, Yuliang Xia, Linlin Wang, et al.. (2018). Conductive Shape Memory Microfiber Membranes with Core–Shell Structures and Electroactive Performance. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 10(41). 35526–35532. 59 indexed citations

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