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D-Index
39
Citations
3580
World Ranking
7869
National Ranking
1417

Lei Xie publication distribution in Engineering and Technology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Engineering and Technology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Lei Xie sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 804+

This scientist: 75 publications — 3rd percentile

3% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 804 publications or more.

Lei Xie D-index placement in Engineering and Technology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Engineering and Technology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Lei Xie sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 107+

This scientist: 39 D-Index — 24th percentile

24% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 107 D-Index or more.

Overview

Lei Xie is a researcher affiliated with Central South University in China, with a focus on engineering, materials science, and environmental science. Their research spans several subfields including biomedical engineering, water science and technology, materials chemistry, surfaces, coatings and films, and mechanical engineering.

Their main topics of work involve:

  • Minerals flotation and separation techniques
  • Metal extraction and bioleaching
  • Polymer surface interaction studies
  • Extraction and separation processes
  • Iron oxide chemistry and applications
  • Surface modification and superhydrophobicity
  • Pickering emulsions and particle stabilization

Lei Xie has published extensively in notable venues. The most frequent publication outlets include:

  • Journal of Colloid and Interface Science
  • Langmuir
  • Chemical Engineering Journal
  • Separation and Purification Technology
  • Environmental Science & Technology

Key recent papers authored or co-authored by Lei Xie are:

  • Surface interaction mechanisms in mineral flotation: Fundamentals, measurements, and perspectives, 2021, Advances in Colloid and Interface Science
  • Probing the intermolecular interaction mechanisms between humic acid and different substrates with implications for its adsorption and removal in water treatment, 2020, Water Research
  • Recent Advances in the Quantification and Modulation of Hydrophobic Interactions for Interfacial Applications, 2020, Langmuir

Other notable works related to Lei Xie's research collaborations include:

  • Sustainable lithium extraction and magnesium hydroxide co-production from salt-lake brines, 2024, Nature Sustainability (co-authored by M.S. Yong)
  • Molecular Insights into the Interaction Mechanism Underlying the Aggregation of Humic Acid and Its Adsorption on Clay Minerals, 2023, Environmental Science & Technology (co-authored by Qiuyi Lu)

Frequent co-authors who have collaborated with Lei Xie include:

  • Hongbo Zeng
  • Jingyi Wang
  • Zhoujie Wang
  • Qiuyi Lu
  • Qi Liu

Best Publications

  • Measuring Forces and Spatiotemporal Evolution of Thin Water Films between an Air Bubble and Solid Surfaces of Different Hydrophobicity

    Chen Shi;Xin Cui;Lei Xie;Qingxia Liu

  • Interaction Mechanism of Oil-in-Water Emulsions with Asphaltenes Determined Using Droplet Probe AFM

    Chen Shi;Ling Zhang;Lei Xie;Xi Lu

  • Surface Interaction of Water-in-Oil Emulsion Droplets with Interfacially Active Asphaltenes

    Chen Shi;Ling Zhang;Lei Xie;Xi Lu

  • Directed assembly of high molecular weight block copolymers: highly ordered line patterns of perpendicularly oriented lamellae with large periods.

    Eunhye Kim;Hyungju Ahn;Sungmin Park;Hoyeon Lee

  • Long-Range Hydrophilic Attraction between Water and Polyelectrolyte Surfaces in Oil.

    Chen Shi;Bin Yan;Lei Xie;Ling Zhang

  • Surface Forces and Interaction Mechanisms of Emulsion Drops and Gas Bubbles in Complex Fluids.

    Lei Xie;Chen Shi;Xin Cui;Hongbo Zeng

  • Probing the interaction between air bubble and sphalerite mineral surface using atomic force microscope.

    Lei Xie;Chen Shi;Jingyi Wang;Jun Huang

  • Probing the interactions of hydroxamic acid and mineral surfaces: Molecular mechanism underlying the selective separation

    Sheng Liu;Sheng Liu;Lei Xie;Jun Liu;Guangyi Liu

  • A two-step flocculation process on oil sands tailings treatment using oppositely charged polymer flocculants

    Qiuyi Lu;Bin Yan;Lei Xie;Jun Huang

  • Surface interaction mechanisms in mineral flotation: Fundamentals, measurements, and perspectives.

    Lei Xie;Lei Xie;Jingyi Wang;Qiuyi Lu;Wenjihao Hu;Wenjihao Hu

  • Sustainable lithium extraction and magnesium hydroxide co-production from salt-lake brines

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  • Probing the intermolecular interaction mechanisms between humic acid and different substrates with implications for its adsorption and removal in water treatment.

    Lei Xie;Qiuyi Lu;Xiaohui Mao;Jingyi Wang

  • Probing Anisotropic Surface Properties and Surface Forces of Fluorite Crystals.

    Zhiyong Gao;Lei Xie;Xin Cui;Yuehua Hu

  • Novel Fe3O4 based superhydrophilic core-shell microspheres for breaking asphaltenes-stabilized water-in-oil emulsion

    Xiaohui Mao;Lu Gong;Lei Xie;Hui Qian

  • Interaction Mechanisms between Air Bubble and Molybdenite Surface: Impact of Solution Salinity and Polymer Adsorption

    Lei Xie;Jingyi Wang;Duowei Yuan;Chen Shi

  • Modulation of Hydrophobic Interaction by Mediating Surface Nanoscale Structure and Chemistry, not Monotonically by Hydrophobicity

    Xin Cui;Jing Liu;Lei Xie;Jun Huang

  • Visible Light-Induced Degradation of Phenol over Iodine-Doped Titanium Dioxide Modified with Platinum: Role of Platinum and the Reaction Mechanism

    Zhiqiao He;Lei Xie;Jinjun Tu;Shuang Song

  • A wet adhesion strategy via synergistic cation–π and hydrogen bonding interactions of antifouling zwitterions and mussel-inspired binding moieties

    Lei Xie;Lu Gong;Jiawen Zhang;Linbo Han

  • Probing anisotropic surface properties and interaction forces of chrysotile rods by atomic force microscopy and rheology.

    Dingzheng Yang;Lei Xie;Erin Bobicki;Zhenghe Xu

  • Probing Interactions between Air Bubble and Hydrophobic Polymer Surface: Impact of Solution Salinity and Interfacial Nanobubbles

    Xin Cui;Chen Shi;Lei Xie;Jing Liu

  • Mapping the Nanoscale Heterogeneity of Surface Hydrophobicity on the Sphalerite Mineral

    Lei Xie;Jingyi Wang;Chen Shi;Xin Cui

Frequent Co-Authors

Sanglu Lu
Sanglu Lu Nanjing University
Hongbo Zeng
Hongbo Zeng University of Alberta
Qingxia Liu
Qingxia Liu University of Alberta
Jie Wu
Jie Wu Temple University
Qun Li
Qun Li William & Mary
Kun Wang
Kun Wang University of California, Los Angeles
Sheng Zhong
Sheng Zhong Nanjing University
Bin Yan
Bin Yan Sichuan University
Guangyi Liu
Guangyi Liu Central South University
Yingying Chen
Yingying Chen Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

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