Zhi Zeng

4.6k total citations · 3 hit papers
22 papers, 3.7k citations indexed

About

Zhi Zeng is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Mechanical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Zhi Zeng has authored 22 papers receiving a total of 3.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Materials Chemistry, 6 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 6 papers in Mechanical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Zhi Zeng's work include Microstructure and mechanical properties (6 papers), Metal and Thin Film Mechanics (5 papers) and Structural Analysis and Optimization (3 papers). Zhi Zeng is often cited by papers focused on Microstructure and mechanical properties (6 papers), Metal and Thin Film Mechanics (5 papers) and Structural Analysis and Optimization (3 papers). Zhi Zeng collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Hong Kong. Zhi Zeng's co-authors include Ting Zhu, Yin Zhang, Jianchao Ye, Thomas Voisin, Wen Chen, Alex V. Hamza, Nicholas P. Calta, Tien T. Roehling, Joseph T. McKeown and Philip J. Depond and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Nature Communications and Nature Materials.

In The Last Decade

Zhi Zeng

21 papers receiving 3.6k 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.

Additively manufactured hierarchical stainless steels with high strength and ductility

2017 2.0k citations Yinmin Wang, Thomas Voisin et al. Nature Materials profile →
Fracture toughness of graphene

2014 606 citations Peng Zhang, Lulu Ma et al. Nature Communications profile →
Tracking the sliding of grain boundaries at the atomic scale

2022 192 citations Lihua Wang, Yin Zhang et al. Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Zhi Zeng China	13	2.6k	1.8k	786	461	402	22	3.7k
Uta Klement Sweden	27	2.6k 1.0×	1.2k 0.7×	423 0.5×	636 1.4×	425 1.1×	143	3.3k
Ryan Ott United States	32	4.9k 1.9×	2.8k 1.6×	1.1k 1.4×	427 0.9×	243 0.6×	91	5.8k
Robert F. Cochrane United Kingdom	29	3.0k 1.2×	1.8k 1.0×	1.2k 1.5×	196 0.4×	259 0.6×	101	3.8k
V. Ocelı́k Netherlands	37	4.1k 1.6×	1.2k 0.7×	489 0.6×	861 1.9×	261 0.6×	172	4.7k
S. Van Petegem Switzerland	41	3.1k 1.2×	3.3k 1.8×	372 0.5×	1.4k 3.1×	430 1.1×	145	4.7k
Sophie Primig Australia	38	3.7k 1.4×	1.7k 1.0×	726 0.9×	837 1.8×	495 1.2×	170	4.2k
Thomas Voisin United States	23	4.2k 1.6×	1.2k 0.7×	1.4k 1.8×	277 0.6×	214 0.5×	44	4.6k
Andreas Stark Germany	34	4.1k 1.6×	3.0k 1.7×	224 0.3×	739 1.6×	365 0.9×	240	4.6k
Melissa K. Santala United States	13	2.0k 0.8×	763 0.4×	772 1.0×	154 0.3×	173 0.4×	45	2.5k
L. Weber Switzerland	31	2.3k 0.9×	2.1k 1.2×	187 0.2×	652 1.4×	236 0.6×	99	3.6k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Zhi Zeng

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20 of 20 papers shown

Zou, Yi, et al.. (2025). Human gait recognition based on frontal-view sequence using discriminative optical flow feature representations and learning. Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence. 145. 110213–110213.

Zeng, Zhi, Dongbo Wang, Xuan Fang, et al.. (2024). Review of 2D Bi ₂ X ₃ (X = S, Se, Te): from preparation to photodetector. Rare Metals. 43(6). 2349–2370. 6 indexed citations

Zhao, Chenchen, Dongbo Wang, Wen He, et al.. (2024). Self-powered broadband RGB imaging photodetector based on air-stabilized Bi2Te3 nanosheets. Materials Today Nano. 25. 100455–100455. 6 indexed citations

Zeng, Zhi, Xiang Fu, Q. Hu, et al.. (2023). The influence of residual plural scattering after deconvolution in electron magnetic chiral dichroism. Ultramicroscopy. 253. 113806–113806. 2 indexed citations

Wang, Lihua, Yin Zhang, Zhi Zeng, et al.. (2022). Tracking the sliding of grain boundaries at the atomic scale. Science. 375(6586). 1261–1265. 192 indexed citations breakdown →

Zeng, Zhi, et al.. (2020). The microstructure and mechanical properties of copper in electrically assisted tension. Materials & Design. 196. 109171–109171. 25 indexed citations

Wang, Jiangwei, Zhi Zeng, Minru Wen, et al.. (2020). Anti-twinning in nanoscale tungsten. Science Advances. 6(23). eaay2792–eaay2792. 72 indexed citations

Zeng, Zhi, et al.. (2020). Effect of lattice defects on the plastic Poisson's ratio of nanoporous gold. Scripta Materialia. 185. 175–180. 2 indexed citations

Liu, Xingyu, Min Zeng, Jinwei Gao, et al.. (2019). Controllable synthesis of novel luminescent CuFeS2 quantum dots with magnetic properties and cation sensing features. Journal of Nanoparticle Research. 21(12). 14 indexed citations

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Fan, Feifei, Hui Yang, & Zhi Zeng. (2018). An atomistic perspective on lithiation-induced stress in silicon nanopillars. Scripta Materialia. 152. 74–78. 21 indexed citations

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Liu, Xingyu, Yiping Tang, Jinwei Gao, et al.. (2018). Room-temperature synthesis of novel polymeric nanoclusterwith emissions and its Cu2+ recognition performance. Journal of Luminescence. 205. 142–147. 5 indexed citations

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Wang, Yinmin, Thomas Voisin, Joseph T. McKeown, et al.. (2017). Additively manufactured hierarchical stainless steels with high strength and ductility. Nature Materials. 17(1). 63–71. 2011 indexed citations breakdown →

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Zeng, Zhi, Xiaoyan Li, Dongsheng Xu, et al.. (2015). Gradient plasticity in gradient nano-grained metals. Extreme Mechanics Letters. 8. 213–219. 216 indexed citations

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Wang, Jiangwei, Zhi Zeng, Christopher R. Weinberger, et al.. (2015). In situ atomic-scale observation of twinning-dominated deformation in nanoscale body-centred cubic tungsten. Nature Materials. 14(6). 594–600. 280 indexed citations

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Narayanan, Shankar, Guangming Cheng, Zhi Zeng, Yong Zhu, & Ting Zhu. (2015). Strain Hardening and Size Effect in Five-fold Twinned Ag Nanowires. Nano Letters. 15(6). 4037–4044. 129 indexed citations

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Zhang, Peng, Lulu Ma, Feifei Fan, et al.. (2014). Fracture toughness of graphene. Nature Communications. 5(1). 3782–3782. 606 indexed citations breakdown →

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Lin, Jintai, et al.. (2013). Effects of multiple irradiations on luminescent materials and energy savings – A case study for the synthesis of BaMO 4 : Ln 3+ (M = W, Mo; Ln = Eu, Tb) phosphors. Energy. 64. 551–556. 28 indexed citations

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Zeng, Zhi, et al.. (2012). Biaxial loading of neo-classical liquid crystal elastomers: constitutive relations and soft behavior. Acta Mechanica Solida Sinica. 25(5). 493–509. 1 indexed citations

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Zeng, Zhi, et al.. (2010). Thermomechanical modeling of the thermo-order–mechanical coupling behaviors in liquid crystal elastomers. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids. 58(11). 1907–1927. 45 indexed citations

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Zeng, Zhi, Lei Jin, & Yongzhong Huo. (2010). Strongly anisotropic elastic moduli of nematic elastomers: Analytical expressions and nonlinear temperature dependence. The European Physical Journal E. 32(1). 71–79. 8 indexed citations

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