Zengqian Liu

6.7k total citations · 4 hit papers
137 papers, 5.3k citations indexed

About

Zengqian Liu is a scholar working on Mechanical Engineering, Materials Chemistry and Biomaterials. According to data from OpenAlex, Zengqian Liu has authored 137 papers receiving a total of 5.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 78 papers in Mechanical Engineering, 53 papers in Materials Chemistry and 44 papers in Biomaterials. Recurrent topics in Zengqian Liu's work include Metallic Glasses and Amorphous Alloys (41 papers), Bone Tissue Engineering Materials (39 papers) and Calcium Carbonate Crystallization and Inhibition (32 papers). Zengqian Liu is often cited by papers focused on Metallic Glasses and Amorphous Alloys (41 papers), Bone Tissue Engineering Materials (39 papers) and Calcium Carbonate Crystallization and Inhibition (32 papers). Zengqian Liu collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Germany. Zengqian Liu's co-authors include Robert O. Ritchie, Zhefeng Zhang, Marc A. Meyers, Rui Qu, Da Jiao, Dan Jiao, Tao Zhang, Guoqi Tan, Ran Li and Mingyang Zhang and has published in prestigious journals such as Advanced Materials, Nature Communications and Applied Physics Letters.

In The Last Decade

Zengqian Liu

129 papers receiving 5.2k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Functional gradients and heterogeneities in biological materials: Design principles, functions, and bioinspired applications

2017 687 citations Zengqian Liu, Zhefeng Zhang et al. Progress in Materials Science profile →
Multiscale Toughening Mechanisms in Biological Materials and Bioinspired Designs

2019 496 citations Wei Huang, David Restrepo et al. Advanced Materials profile →
On the damage tolerance of 3-D printed Mg-Ti interpenetrating-phase composites with bioinspired architectures

2022 172 citations Mingyang Zhang, Ning Zhao et al. Nature Communications profile →
Mechanostructures: Rational mechanical design, fabrication, performance evaluation, and industrial application of advanced structures

2022 135 citations Wenwang Wu, Re Xia et al. Progress in Materials Science profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Zengqian Liu China	36	2.8k	1.4k	1.4k	1.3k	665	137	5.3k
Zhefeng Zhang China	34	2.7k 1.0×	1.6k 1.1×	941 0.7×	773 0.6×	383 0.6×	235	4.5k
Maximilien E. Launey United States	20	1.7k 0.6×	1.4k 1.0×	1.1k 0.8×	758 0.6×	215 0.3×	27	3.7k
Sylvain Deville France	37	1.8k 0.7×	2.3k 1.6×	3.5k 2.5×	2.3k 1.8×	600 0.9×	89	8.0k
Lidong Wang China	39	2.8k 1.0×	3.1k 2.1×	720 0.5×	1.3k 1.0×	208 0.3×	253	5.8k
Jamie J. Kruzic Australia	52	4.2k 1.5×	2.3k 1.6×	1.5k 1.1×	567 0.4×	813 1.2×	216	8.3k
W. O. Soboyejo United States	41	2.6k 0.9×	2.2k 1.5×	1.3k 1.0×	515 0.4×	222 0.3×	275	6.0k
Frank A. Müller Germany	40	940 0.3×	1.8k 1.3×	3.2k 2.3×	1.8k 1.4×	568 0.9×	149	6.4k
Shaoxing Qu China	48	3.4k 1.2×	2.1k 1.5×	4.8k 3.5×	770 0.6×	542 0.8×	258	8.8k
Lorraine F. Francis United States	46	1.5k 0.5×	3.1k 2.1×	3.2k 2.3×	591 0.5×	599 0.9×	213	8.2k
Florian Bouville Switzerland	24	648 0.2×	865 0.6×	1.4k 1.0×	1.2k 0.9×	628 0.9×	47	3.3k

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Zhang, Jian, Zengqian Liu, Shaogang Wang, et al.. (2025). Hierarchically structured W-Cu composite with high strength by reactive melt infiltration. Scripta Materialia. 259. 116544–116544. 2 indexed citations

Luo, Rui, Jian Li, Chenglong Hu, et al.. (2025). Exceptionally strong and damage-tolerant carbon aerogel composite with high thermal stability and insulation. Materials Today. 87. 1–10. 4 indexed citations

Chen, Shiqi, Ke Han, Chujun Liu, et al.. (2025). Light responsive chitosan hydrogel incorporated with PCN-224@berberine for antibiotic resistant bacterial infected wound management. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. 333(Pt 2). 148945–148945.

Gao, Qingwei, Zongde Kou, Xiaoming Liu, et al.. (2024). Exceptional strength-ductility synergy in a casting multi-principal element alloy with a hierarchically heterogeneous structure. Materials Today. 81. 70–83. 29 indexed citations

Li, S.J., Zengqian Liu, Dongxin Liu, et al.. (2024). Tensile properties and damage mechanisms of 3D printed Ti-24Nb-4Zr-8Sn alloy and polyurea interpenetrating phase composites. Journal of Alloys and Compounds. 1007. 176472–176472.

Hou, J.P., et al.. (2024). Strengthening mechanisms and strength prediction of directionally solidified Cu wire processed by cold-drawing. Materials Today Communications. 42. 111421–111421. 1 indexed citations

Hou, J.P., Shuo Wang, Zengqian Liu, et al.. (2024). Achieving extraordinary strength and conductivity in copper wire by constructing highly consistent hard texture and ultra-high aspect ratio. Journal of Material Science and Technology. 220. 14–22. 13 indexed citations

Liu, Xiaoming, Kaikai Song, Zongde Kou, et al.. (2024). Synergistic grain boundary engineering for achieving strength-ductility balance in ultrafine-grained high-Cr-bearing multicomponent alloys. International Journal of Plasticity. 177. 103992–103992. 49 indexed citations

Li, Xiaotao, Zengqian Liu, Z. J. Zhang, Peng Zhang, & Zhefeng Zhang. (2024). Ductile-to-brittle transition criterion of metallic glasses. Physical Review Materials. 8(9).

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Tan, Guoqi, Yanyan Liu, Qian Tang, et al.. (2023). Compression fatigue properties of bioinspired nacre-like composites compared with natural nacre: Effects of architectures and orientations. International Journal of Fatigue. 179. 108062–108062. 5 indexed citations

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Liu, Yanyan, Xi Xie, Zengqian Liu, et al.. (2023). Strong and tough magnesium-MAX phase composites with nacre-like lamellar and brick-and-mortar architectures. Communications Materials. 4(1). 16 indexed citations

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Liu, Zengqian, et al.. (2023). Significantly improved mechanical and corrosion-resistant properties of NiTi alloy fabricated by selective laser melting through heat treatments. Materials Letters. 347. 134622–134622. 8 indexed citations

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Liu, Yanyan, et al.. (2023). Metal Matrix Composites Reinforced by MAX Phase Ceramics: Fabrication, Properties and Bioinspired Designs. Journal of Inorganic Materials. 39(2). 145–145. 1 indexed citations

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Zhang, Mingyang, Qin Yu, Huamiao Wang, et al.. (2022). Phase-transforming Ag-NiTi 3-D interpenetrating-phase composite with high recoverable strain, strength and electrical conductivity. Applied Materials Today. 29. 101639–101639. 16 indexed citations

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Zhang, Mingyang, Ning Zhao, Qin Yu, et al.. (2022). On the damage tolerance of 3-D printed Mg-Ti interpenetrating-phase composites with bioinspired architectures. Nature Communications. 13(1). 3247–3247. 172 indexed citations breakdown →

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Wu, Wenwang, Re Xia, Guian Qian, et al.. (2022). Mechanostructures: Rational mechanical design, fabrication, performance evaluation, and industrial application of advanced structures. Progress in Materials Science. 131. 101021–101021. 135 indexed citations breakdown →

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Zhang, Mingyang, Qin Yu, Zengqian Liu, et al.. (2021). Compressive properties of 3-D printed Mg–NiTi interpenetrating-phase composite: Effects of strain rate and temperature. Composites Part B Engineering. 215. 108783–108783. 37 indexed citations

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Tan, Guoqi, Qin Yu, Zengqian Liu, et al.. (2021). Compression fatigue properties and damage mechanisms of a bioinspired nacre-like ceramic-polymer composite. Scripta Materialia. 203. 114089–114089. 21 indexed citations

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Huang, Wei, David Restrepo, Jae‐Young Jung, et al.. (2019). Multiscale Toughening Mechanisms in Biological Materials and Bioinspired Designs. Advanced Materials. 31(43). e1901561–e1901561. 496 indexed citations breakdown →

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Zhang, Zhefeng, Rui Qu, & Zengqian Liu. (2016). ADVANCES IN FRACTURE BEHAVIOR AND STRENGTH THEORY OF METALLIC GLASSES. Acta Metallurgica Sinica. 52(10). 1171–1182. 5 indexed citations

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