Z. K. Liu

7.6k total citations · 3 hit papers
10 papers, 6.0k citations indexed

About

Z. K. Liu is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Materials Chemistry and Condensed Matter Physics. According to data from OpenAlex, Z. K. Liu has authored 10 papers receiving a total of 6.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 7 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 7 papers in Materials Chemistry and 5 papers in Condensed Matter Physics. Recurrent topics in Z. K. Liu's work include Topological Materials and Phenomena (7 papers), Graphene research and applications (5 papers) and 2D Materials and Applications (4 papers). Z. K. Liu is often cited by papers focused on Topological Materials and Phenomena (7 papers), Graphene research and applications (5 papers) and 2D Materials and Applications (4 papers). Z. K. Liu collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and United Kingdom. Z. K. Liu's co-authors include Sung‐Kwan Mo, Zhi‐Xun Shen, Xi Dai, Dong-Hui Lu, I. R. Fisher, Z. Hussain, James G. Analytis, Y. L. Chen, Shengbai Zhang and Xiang Qi and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Physical Review Letters and Physical Review B.

In The Last Decade

Z. K. Liu

10 papers receiving 5.9k 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.

Experimental Realization of a Three-Dimensional Topological Insulator, Bi ₂ Te ₃

2009 2.8k citations Y. L. Chen, James G. Analytis et al. Science profile →
Discovery of a Three-Dimensional Topological Dirac Semimetal, Na ₃ Bi

2014 1.8k citations Z. K. Liu, Bo Zhou et al. Science profile →
Massive Dirac Fermion on the Surface of a Magnetically Doped Topological Insulator

2010 885 citations Y. L. Chen, Jiun‐Haw Chu et al. Science profile →

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Z. K. Liu

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10 of 10 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Topological Surface Dirac Fermion in BiTeCl-Based Heterostructures 2019 ·SPIN ·Tingwei Zhang, Y. J. Chen, (unknown), Lili Kang, Lexian Yang, Z. K. Liu, Haijun Zhang, (unknown)	1
2	Experimental observation of incoherent-coherent crossover and orbital-dependent band renormalization in iron chalcogenide superconductors 2015 ·Physical Review B ·Z. K. Liu, Ming Yi, Yi Zhang, Jin Hu, Rong Yu, Jian‐Xin Zhu, Ruihua He, Yulin Chen, Makoto Hashimoto, R. G. Moore, Sung‐Kwan Mo, Z. Hussain, Qimiao Si, Zhiqiang Mao, Dong-Hui Lu, (unknown)	39
3	Discovery of a Three-Dimensional Topological Dirac Semimetal, Na ₃ Bi breakdown → 2014 ·Science ·Z. K. Liu, Bo Zhou, Yi Zhang, Zhijun Wang, Hongming Weng, D. Prabhakaran, Sung‐Kwan Mo, Zhi‐Xun Shen, Zhenxing Fang, Xi Dai, Zahid Hussain, (unknown)	1764
4	Observation of Temperature-Induced Crossover to an Orbital-Selective Mott Phase inAxFe2−ySe2(A=K, Rb) Superconductors 2013 ·Physical Review Letters ·Ming Yi, Dong-Hui Lu, Rong Yu, Scott Riggs, J.-H. Chu, Bing Lv, Z. K. Liu, Ming‐Hui Lu, Yong‐Tao Cui, Makoto Hashimoto, Sung‐Kwan Mo, Z. Hussain, C. W. Chu, I. R. Fisher, Qimiao Si, Zhi‐Xun Shen	149
5	Measurement of Coherent Polarons in the Strongly Coupled Antiferromagnetically Ordered Iron-ChalcogenideFe1.02Teusing Angle-Resolved Photoemission Spectroscopy 2013 ·Physical Review Letters ·Z. K. Liu, Ruihua He, Dong-Hui Lu, Ming Yi, Yulin Chen, Makoto Hashimoto, R. G. Moore, Sung‐Kwan Mo, Elizabeth Nowadnick, Jin Hu, T. J. Liu, Zhiqiang Mao, Thomas Devereaux, Z. Hussain, Zhi‐Xun Shen	40
6	Discovery of a single topological Dirac fermion in the strong inversion asymmetric compound BiTeCl 2013 ·Nature Physics ·Yulin Chen, (unknown), Z. K. Liu, Haijun Zhang, Jonathan A. Sobota, D. Leuenberger, Sung‐Kwan Mo, Bo Zhou, Shuolong Yang, P. S. Kirchmann, Dong-Hui Lu, R. G. Moore, Z. Hussain, Zhi‐Xun Shen, Xiao-Liang Qi, T. Sasagawa	74
7	Observing electronic structures on ex‐situ grown topological insulator thin films 2012 ·physica status solidi (RRL) - Rapid Research Letters ·Shu‐Hua Yao, Bo Zhou, Ming‐Hui Lu, Z. K. Liu, Y. B. Chen, (unknown), James G. Analytis, C. Brüne, Wenhui Dang, Sung‐Kwan Mo, Zhi‐Xun Shen, I. R. Fisher, L. W. Molenkamp, Hailin Peng, Z. Hussain, (unknown), (unknown)	9
8	Single Dirac Cone Topological Surface State and Unusual Thermoelectric Property of Compounds from a New Topological Insulator Family 2010 ·Physical Review Letters ·Y. L. Chen, Z. K. Liu, James G. Analytis, Jun Chu, Haijun Zhang, Binghai Yan, Sung‐Kwan Mo, R. G. Moore, Dong-Hui Lu, I. R. Fisher, Shengbai Zhang, Z. Hussain, Zhi‐Xun Shen	171
9	Massive Dirac Fermion on the Surface of a Magnetically Doped Topological Insulator breakdown → 2010 ·Science ·Y. L. Chen, Jiun‐Haw Chu, James G. Analytis, Z. K. Liu, Kyushiro Igarashi, Hsueh-Hui Kuo, Xiang Qi, Sung‐Kwan Mo, R. G. Moore, Dong-Hui Lu, Makoto Hashimoto, T. Sasagawa, Shengbai Zhang, I. R. Fisher, Z. Hussain, Zhi‐Xun Shen	885
10	Experimental Realization of a Three-Dimensional Topological Insulator, Bi ₂ Te ₃ breakdown → 2009 ·Science ·Y. L. Chen, James G. Analytis, Jiun‐Haw Chu, Z. K. Liu, Sung‐Kwan Mo, Xiang Qi, Haijun Zhang, Dong-Hui Lu, Xi Dai, Zhilai Fang, Shengbai Zhang, I. R. Fisher, Z. Hussain, Zhi‐Xun Shen	2841

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