Zhong Lin

12.1k total citations · 4 hit papers
74 papers, 7.3k citations indexed

About

Zhong Lin is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials. According to data from OpenAlex, Zhong Lin has authored 74 papers receiving a total of 7.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 53 papers in Materials Chemistry, 31 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 23 papers in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials. Recurrent topics in Zhong Lin's work include 2D Materials and Applications (46 papers), MXene and MAX Phase Materials (23 papers) and Perovskite Materials and Applications (19 papers). Zhong Lin is often cited by papers focused on 2D Materials and Applications (46 papers), MXene and MAX Phase Materials (23 papers) and Perovskite Materials and Applications (19 papers). Zhong Lin collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Japan. Zhong Lin's co-authors include Mauricio Terrones, Humberto Terrones, Ana Laura Elías, Pulickel M. Ajayan, Ruitao Lv, Jun Lou, Gang Shi, Róbert Vajtai, Zheng Liu and Yongji Gong and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Advanced Materials.

In The Last Decade

Zhong Lin

74 papers receiving 7.2k 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.

Vertical and in-plane heterostructures from WS2/MoS2 monolayers

2014 1.9k citations Yongji Gong, Junhao Lin et al. Nature Materials profile →
Defect engineering of two-dimensional transition metal dichalcogenides

2016 826 citations Zhong Lin, Bruno R. Carvalho et al. 2D Materials profile →
Band Gap Engineering and Layer-by-Layer Mapping of Selenium-Doped Molybdenum Disulfide

2013 453 citations Yongji Gong, Zheng Liu et al. profile →
Switching 2D magnetic states via pressure tuning of layer stacking

2019 424 citations Tiancheng Song, Zaiyao Fei et al. Nature Materials profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Zhong Lin United States	34	6.3k	3.1k	895	868	864	74	7.3k
Xuedong Ou China	14	6.7k 1.1×	3.1k 1.0×	713 0.8×	877 1.0×	751 0.9×	22	7.5k
Zhe Luo China	10	7.1k 1.1×	3.1k 1.0×	634 0.7×	826 1.0×	579 0.7×	16	7.6k
Joshua D. Wood United States	24	5.5k 0.9×	2.2k 0.7×	648 0.7×	638 0.7×	418 0.5×	46	6.3k
Peng Yu China	37	6.3k 1.0×	4.5k 1.4×	807 0.9×	1.3k 1.4×	1.4k 1.6×	100	8.1k
Likai Li China	9	7.9k 1.2×	3.7k 1.2×	807 0.9×	1.1k 1.3×	679 0.8×	12	8.6k
Koji Matsubara Japan	42	5.0k 0.8×	4.7k 1.5×	571 0.6×	971 1.1×	1.5k 1.7×	240	6.7k
Allen Hsu United States	32	6.4k 1.0×	3.2k 1.0×	354 0.4×	813 0.9×	655 0.8×	62	7.4k
Guo Jun Ye China	6	7.7k 1.2×	3.6k 1.2×	799 0.9×	1.1k 1.3×	664 0.8×	6	8.4k
Thanasis Georgiou United Kingdom	15	6.6k 1.1×	3.0k 1.0×	465 0.5×	1.1k 1.3×	618 0.7×	19	7.5k
Zhaoqiang Zheng China	46	5.1k 0.8×	4.4k 1.4×	817 0.9×	770 0.9×	922 1.1×	201	6.6k

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Wang, Yu‐Xuan, Md. Ariful Islam, Gyanendra Tiwari, et al.. (2025). Configurable antiferromagnetic domains and lateral exchange bias in atomically thin CrPS4. Nature Materials. 24(9). 1414–1423. 3 indexed citations

Lin, Zhong, et al.. (2024). Effect of surface corrosion on the zeta potential of copper in acidic solutions. Surfaces and Interfaces. 54. 105291–105291. 3 indexed citations

Zhang, Tianyi, Cangqi Zhou, Zhong Lin, et al.. (2023). Substrate-Induced Changes on the Optical Properties of Single-Layer WS2. Materials. 16(7). 2591–2591. 2 indexed citations

Jiang, Qianni, Morten H. Christensen, Bevin Huang, et al.. (2023). Nematic fluctuations in an orbital selective superconductor Fe1+yTe1−xSex. Communications Physics. 6(1). 4 indexed citations

Cai, Jiaqi, Dmitry Ovchinnikov, Zaiyao Fei, et al.. (2022). Electric control of a canted-antiferromagnetic Chern insulator. Nature Communications. 13(1). 1668–1668. 52 indexed citations

Fujisawa, Kazunori, Bruno R. Carvalho, Tianyi Zhang, et al.. (2021). Quantification and Healing of Defects in Atomically Thin Molybdenum Disulfide: Beyond the Controlled Creation of Atomic Defects. ACS Nano. 15(6). 9658–9669. 57 indexed citations

Song, Tiancheng, Zaiyao Fei, Matthew Yankowitz, et al.. (2019). Switching 2D magnetic states via pressure tuning of layer stacking. Nature Materials. 18(12). 1298–1302. 424 indexed citations breakdown →

Zhang, Fu, Daniel S. Schulman, Tianyi Zhang, et al.. (2019). Carbon doping of WS ₂ monolayers: Bandgap reduction and p-type doping transport. Science Advances. 5(5). eaav5003–eaav5003. 141 indexed citations

Yeh, Yin‐Ting, Tsui-Wen Chou, Bin Zhou, et al.. (2019). A rapid and label-free platform for virus capture and identification from clinical samples. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 117(2). 895–901. 154 indexed citations

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Briggs, Natalie, S. Subramanian, Zhong Lin, et al.. (2019). A roadmap for electronic grade 2D materials. 2D Materials. 6(2). 22001–22001. 243 indexed citations

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Wang, Guorong, et al.. (2019). Effect of Drilling Fluid Contaminated Lubricating Grease on Tribological Properties of Bit Bearings. 44(9). 136–141. 1 indexed citations

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Lei, Yu, Kazunori Fujisawa, Fu Zhang, et al.. (2019). Synthesis of V-MoS₂ Layered Alloys as Stable Li-Ion Battery Anodes. ACS Applied Energy Materials. 2(12). 8625–8632. 24 indexed citations

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Lin, Zhong, et al.. (2019). Dynamic processes in Si and Si/C anodes in lithium-ion batteries during cycling. Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry. 839. 187–194. 18 indexed citations

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Yeh, Yin‐Ting, Yi Tang, Zhong Lin, et al.. (2018). Light‐Emitting Transition Metal Dichalcogenide Monolayers under Cellular Digestion. Advanced Materials. 30(8). 15 indexed citations

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Yeh, Yin‐Ting, Zhong Lin, Si-Yang Zheng, & Mauricio Terrones. (2018). A carbon nanotube integrated microfluidic device for blood plasma extraction. Scientific Reports. 8(1). 13623–13623. 12 indexed citations

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Nguyen, Minh, Arnab Sen Gupta, Hirofumi Akamatsu, et al.. (2018). Random anion distribution in MS_xSe_2−x (M = Mo, W) crystals and nanosheets. RSC Advances. 8(18). 9871–9878. 3 indexed citations

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Kim, Joon‐Seok, Rafia Ahmad, Tribhuwan Pandey, et al.. (2017). Towards band structure and band offset engineering of monolayer Mo _{(1− x )} W _{( x )} S ₂ via Strain. 2D Materials. 5(1). 15008–15008. 29 indexed citations

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Azizi, Amin, Yuanxi Wang, Zhong Lin, et al.. (2016). Observation of a Quasi-ordered Structure in Monolayer W x Mo (1-x) S 2 Alloys. Microscopy and Microanalysis. 22(S3). 1548–1549. 1 indexed citations

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Gong, Yongji, Junhao Lin, Xingli Wang, et al.. (2014). Vertical and in-plane heterostructures from WS2/MoS2 monolayers. Nature Materials. 13(12). 1135–1142. 1939 indexed citations breakdown →

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Terrones, Humberto, Elena del Corro, Simin Feng, et al.. (2014). New First Order Raman-active Modes in Few Layered Transition Metal Dichalcogenides. Scientific Reports. 4(1). 4215–4215. 376 indexed citations

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