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D-Index
92
Citations
35408
World Ranking
1502
National Ranking
473

Litong Zhang publication distribution in Materials Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Materials Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Litong Zhang sits on this spectrum.

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50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 709 publications — 95th percentile

95% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,163 publications or more.

Litong Zhang D-index placement in Materials Science in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Materials Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Litong Zhang sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 92 D-Index — 88th percentile

88% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 165 D-Index or more.

Overview

Litong Zhang is affiliated with Northwestern Polytechnical University in China. Their research primarily focuses on engineering and materials science, with significant contributions in subfields such as electrical and electronic engineering, materials chemistry, mechanical engineering, electronic, optical and magnetic materials, and ceramics and composites.

Their main research topics include:

  • Advanced ceramic materials synthesis
  • Electromagnetic wave absorption materials
  • Advanced antenna and metasurface technologies
  • MXene and MAX phase materials
  • Additive manufacturing and 3D printing technologies
  • Aluminum alloys composites properties
  • Metamaterials and metasurfaces applications

Zhang has published extensively in several academic venues. Their most frequent publication outlets include:

  • Ceramics International
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Journal of the European Ceramic Society
  • Carbon
  • Chemical Engineering Journal

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Zhang are:

  • "Ti3C2Tx/MoS2 Self-Rolling Rod-Based Foam Boosts Interfacial Polarization for Electromagnetic Wave Absorption" (2022, Advanced Science)
  • "Microwave absorption properties of multilayer impedance gradient absorber consisting of Ti3C2TX MXene/polymer films" (2021, Carbon)
  • "Electromagnetic shielding behavior of heat-treated Ti3C2TX MXene accompanied by structural and phase changes" (2020, Carbon)
  • "3D printing "wire-on-sphere" hierarchical SiC nanowires / SiC whiskers foam for efficient high-temperature electromagnetic wave absorption" (2021, Journal of Material Science and Technology)
  • "Persulfate enhanced photocatalytic degradation of bisphenol A over wasted batteries-derived ZnFe2O4 under visible light" (2020, Journal of Cleaner Production)

Zhang collaborates frequently with several researchers, with the most recurrent co-authors including:

  • Laifei Cheng
  • Hui Mei
  • Fang Ye
  • Minggang Zhang

The research contributions by Zhang span experimental materials synthesis, electromagnetic wave absorption mechanisms, advanced additive manufacturing techniques, and the characterization of composite materials, particularly involving MXene-based structures and ceramic composites.

Best Publications

  • Ti3C2 MXenes with Modified Surface for High-Performance Electromagnetic Absorption and Shielding in the X-Band

    Meikang Han;Xiaowei Yin;Heng Wu;Zexin Hou

  • Carbon Nanotube-Multilayered Graphene Edge Plane Core-Shell Hybrid Foams for Ultrahigh-Performance Electromagnetic-Interference Shielding.

    Qiang Song;Fang Ye;Xiaowei Yin;Wei Li

  • Self‐Assembly Core–Shell Graphene‐Bridged Hollow MXenes Spheres 3D Foam with Ultrahigh Specific EM Absorption Performance

    Xinliang Li;Xiaowei Yin;Changqing Song;Meikang Han

  • Electromagnetic properties of Si–C–N based ceramics and composites

    Xiaowei Yin;Luo Kong;Litong Zhang;Laifei Cheng

  • Lightweight Ti2CTx MXene/Poly(vinyl alcohol) Composite Foams for Electromagnetic Wave Shielding with Absorption-Dominated Feature

    Hailong Xu;Xiaowei Yin;Xinliang Li;Minghang Li

  • Graphene-wrapped ZnO hollow spheres with enhanced electromagnetic wave absorption properties

    Meikang Han;Xiaowei Yin;Luo Kong;Mian Li

  • Three-dimensional reduced graphene oxide foam modified with ZnO nanowires for enhanced microwave absorption properties

    Changqing Song;Xiaowei Yin;Meikang Han;Xinliang Li

  • Direct Growth of Edge-Rich Graphene with Tunable Dielectric Properties in Porous Si3N4 Ceramic for Broadband High-Performance Microwave Absorption

    Fang Ye;Qiang Song;Zhenchuang Zhang;Wei Li

  • Ti3C2 MXenes modified with in situ grown carbon nanotubes for enhanced electromagnetic wave absorption properties

    Xinliang Li;Xiaowei Yin;Meikang Han;Changqing Song

  • Electromagnetic wave absorption properties of graphene modified with carbon nanotube/poly(dimethyl siloxane) composites

    Luo Kong;Xiaowei Yin;Xiaoyan Yuan;Yajun Zhang

  • Carbon Hollow Microspheres with a Designable Mesoporous Shell for High-Performance Electromagnetic Wave Absorption

    Hailong Xu;Xiaowei Yin;Meng Zhu;Meikang Han

  • Laminated and Two-Dimensional Carbon-Supported Microwave Absorbers Derived from MXenes

    Meikang Han;Xiaowei Yin;Xinliang Li;Babak Anasori

  • Electromagnetic Wave Absorption Properties of Reduced Graphene Oxide Modified by Maghemite Colloidal Nanoparticle Clusters

    Luo Kong;Xiaowei Yin;Yajun Zhang;Xiaoyan Yuan

  • Fibre-reinforced multifunctional SiC matrix composite materials

    X. W. Yin;L. F. Cheng;L. T. Zhang;N. Travitzky

  • Flexible and Thermostable Graphene/SiC Nanowire Foam Composites with Tunable Electromagnetic Wave Absorption Properties.

    Meikang Han;Xiaowei Yin;Zexin Hou;Changqing Song

  • Mesoporous carbon hollow microspheres with red blood cell like morphology for efficient microwave absorption at elevated temperature

    Hailong Xu;Xiaowei Yin;Minghang Li;Fang Ye

  • Anisotropic MXene Aerogels with a Mechanically Tunable Ratio of Electromagnetic Wave Reflection to Absorption

    Meikang Han;Xiaowei Yin;Kanit Hantanasirisakul;Xinliang Li

  • Constructing hollow graphene nano-spheres confined in porous amorphous carbon particles for achieving full X band microwave absorption

    Hailong Xu;Xiaowei Yin;Meng Zhu;Minghang Li

  • Mechanical and electromagnetic shielding properties of carbon fiber reinforced silicon carbide matrix composites

    Lingqi Chen;Xiaowei Yin;Xiaomeng Fan;Meng Chen

  • Hierarchical graphene/SiC nanowire networks in polymer-derived ceramics with enhanced electromagnetic wave absorbing capability

    Meikang Han;Xiaowei Yin;Wenyan Duan;Sa Ren

  • Synthesis and microwave absorption properties of SiC nanowires reinforced SiOC ceramic

    Wenyan Duan;Xiaowei Yin;Quan Li;Xingmin Liu

Frequent Co-Authors

Laifei Cheng
Laifei Cheng Northwestern Polytechnical University
Xiaowei Yin
Xiaowei Yin Northwestern Polytechnical University
Yongsheng Liu
Yongsheng Liu Northwestern Polytechnical University
Yiguang Wang
Yiguang Wang Beijing Institute of Technology
Artem R. Oganov
Artem R. Oganov Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology
Xinliang Li
Xinliang Li Zhengzhou University
Haiping Xia
Haiping Xia Xiamen University
Bingqing Wei
Bingqing Wei University of Delaware
Nahum Travitzky
Nahum Travitzky University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Wei Zhou
Wei Zhou Genentech

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