Zi‐Kui Liu

37.8k total citations · 3 hit papers
717 papers, 28.8k citations indexed

About

Zi‐Kui Liu is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Mechanical Engineering and Condensed Matter Physics. According to data from OpenAlex, Zi‐Kui Liu has authored 717 papers receiving a total of 28.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 399 papers in Materials Chemistry, 367 papers in Mechanical Engineering and 107 papers in Condensed Matter Physics. Recurrent topics in Zi‐Kui Liu's work include Intermetallics and Advanced Alloy Properties (153 papers), Metallurgical and Alloy Processes (73 papers) and High Temperature Alloys and Creep (68 papers). Zi‐Kui Liu is often cited by papers focused on Intermetallics and Advanced Alloy Properties (153 papers), Metallurgical and Alloy Processes (73 papers) and High Temperature Alloys and Creep (68 papers). Zi‐Kui Liu collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Germany. Zi‐Kui Liu's co-authors include Shun‐Li Shang, Yi Wang, Long‐Qing Chen, Raymundo Arróyave, Dongwon Shin, Yulan Li, Richard Otis, William Yi Wang, Shenyang Hu and Yong Du and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Physical Review Letters and Advanced Materials.

In The Last Decade

Zi‐Kui Liu

698 papers receiving 28.0k 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.

Efficient stochastic generation of special quasirandom structures

2013 1.2k citations Long‐Qing Chen, Zi‐Kui Liu et al. Calphad profile →
Functionally graded material of 304L stainless steel and inconel 625 fabricated by directed energy deposition: Characterization and thermodynamic modeling

2016 486 citations Zi‐Kui Liu, Allison M. Beese et al. Acta Materialia profile →
First-principles thermodynamics from phonon and Debye model: Application to Ni and Ni3Al

2009 388 citations Shun‐Li Shang, Zi‐Kui Liu et al. profile →

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All Works

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	ZENN: A thermodynamics-inspired computational framework for heterogeneous data–driven modeling 2026 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·(unknown), Shun‐Li Shang, Zi‐Kui Liu, Wenrui Hao	1
2	Computational investigations of the formation of intermetallic compounds in Al/Cu joints 2025 ·Journal of Manufacturing Processes ·Hui Sun, (unknown), Shun‐Li Shang, Allison M. Beese, Jingjing Li, Zi‐Kui Liu	1
3	Spherical Architecture of Bamboo Lignocellulosic Aerogels for Enhanced Solar‐Driven Evaporation and Antisalt Accumulation 2025 ·Advanced Functional Materials ·(unknown), Zi‐Kui Liu, H. Qin, (unknown), Sicong Tan, (unknown), Chuchu Chen, (unknown), Junfeng Wang, Zhaoyang Xu	0
4	Effect of hydrogen on surface energy of fcc Fe alloys: A first-principles study 2024 ·Materials Today Communications ·Shun‐Li Shang, Michael C. Gao, David E. Alman, Zi‐Kui Liu	2
5	Revisiting first-principles thermodynamics by quasiharmonic approach: Application to study thermal expansion of additively-manufactured Inconel 625 2024 ·Scripta Materialia ·Shun‐Li Shang, (unknown), Michael C. Gao, Darren C. Pagan, Zi‐Kui Liu	6
6	Circumventing cracking in grading 316L stainless steel to Monel400 through compositional modifications in directed energy deposition 2024 ·Materialia ·(unknown), (unknown), Hui Sun, Zi‐Kui Liu, Allison M. Beese	3
7	Effect of heat treatment on functionally graded 304L stainless steel to Inconel 625 fabricated by directed energy deposition 2024 ·Materialia ·(unknown), Hui Sun, Shun‐Li Shang, Zi‐Kui Liu, Allison M. Beese	7
8	Tailoring the coefficient of thermal expansion in a functionally graded material: Al alloyed with Ti-6Al-4V using additive manufacturing 2024 ·Journal of Alloys and Compounds ·(unknown), Hui Sun, Zi‐Kui Liu, Jayme Keist, Allison M. Beese	5
9	Influence of pre-stretching and annealing on microstructure and mechanical properties evolution of twin-roll cast Mg-2Al-1Zn-1Ca (wt.%) plates 2024 ·Journal of Material Science and Technology ·Hui Yu, Shuai Niu, Chenhan Liu, (unknown), Quan Li, Zi‐Kui Liu, (unknown), Lixin Huang, Kwang Seon Shin, Wei Yu, Bin Jiang	6
10	Zentropy theory for accurate prediction of free energy, volume, and thermal expansion without fitting parameters 2024 ·Microstructures ·Zi‐Kui Liu, (unknown), Shun‐Li Shang	7
11	Discovering novel γ-γ′ Pt-Al superalloys via lattice stability in Pt3Al induced by local atomic environment distortion 2024 ·Acta Materialia ·Wei Yu, Xiaoyu Chong, (unknown), Xingyu Gao, (unknown), Shun‐Li Shang, Mengdi Gan, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Li Chen, Jing Feng, Zi‐Kui Liu, Haifeng Song	62
12	Suboxides and subselenides: intermediate reaction products to form Ga₂O₃, Ga₂Se₃, In₂O₃, In₂Se₃, SnO₂, and SnSe₂ during molecular-beam epitaxy 2024 ·Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics ·Patrick Vogt, Shun‐Li Shang, Zi‐Kui Liu	2
13	Quantitative understanding of the initial stage of liquid to crystalline or amorphous phase transitions 2024 ·(unknown), P. Zhang, Mingyang Qin, Jian Hui, Hong Wang, Zi‐Kui Liu, X.‐D. Xiang	1
14	Synergetic influence of nitrogen-doped species and hollow microporous structure on surface active sites of carbonaceous catalysts for oxygen reduction reaction of Zn-air battery 2023 ·Journal of Alloys and Compounds ·Kaixin Liang, Hui Zhang, Yongfeng Liang, Shun‐Li Shang, Zi‐Kui Liu, Junpin Lin	4
15	Machine learning-enabled identification of micromechanical stress and strain hotspots predicted via dislocation density-based crystal plasticity simulations 2023 ·International Journal of Plasticity ·Adnan Eghtesad, (unknown), Shun‐Li Shang, Ricardo A. Lebensohn, Marko Knežević, Zi‐Kui Liu, Allison M. Beese	24
16	Design methodology for functionally graded materials: Framework for considering cracking 2023 ·Additive manufacturing ·(unknown), Hui Sun, Zi‐Kui Liu, Allison M. Beese	21
17	Genomic materials design: CALculation of PHAse Dynamics 2023 ·Calphad ·Gregory B. Olson, Zi‐Kui Liu	17
18	Thermodynamic Modeling of the Nb-Ni System with Uncertainty Quantification Using Pycalphad and Espei 2023 ·SSRN Electronic Journal ·Hui Sun, Shun‐Li Shang, (unknown), Brandon Bocklund, Allison M. Beese, Zi‐Kui Liu	1
19	Ni₃N compound layers produced by gaseous nitriding of nickel substrates; layer growth, macrostresses and intrinsic elastic anisotropy 2012 ·Journal of materials research/Pratt's guide to venture capital sources ·Andreas Leineweber, (unknown), Shun‐Li Shang, Zi‐Kui Liu, E. J. Mittemeijer	17
20	A Fourier Spectral Moving Mesh Method for the Cahn-Hilliard Equation with Elasticity 2009 ·Communications in Computational Physics ·Wenqiang Feng, Peng Yu, Shenyang Hu, Zi‐Kui Liu, Qiang Du, Long‐Qing Chen	31

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