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D-Index
58
Citations
10910
World Ranking
7757
National Ranking
2255

Liwu Liu 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 Liwu Liu sits on this spectrum.

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50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 223 publications — 38th percentile

38% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Liwu Liu 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 Liwu Liu sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 58 D-Index — 41st percentile

41% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Liwu Liu is affiliated with the Harbin Institute of Technology in China and has contributed extensively to engineering and materials science research. Their work predominantly involves the fields of mechanical engineering, biomedical engineering, polymers and plastics, materials chemistry, and civil and structural engineering.

The primary areas of Liwu Liu's research focus on advanced materials and mechanics, polymer composites and self-healing, advanced sensor and energy harvesting materials, cellular and composite structures, structural analysis and optimization, silicone and siloxane chemistry, as well as modular robots and swarm intelligence.

Liu has published significant work in a variety of scientific venues, with notable recurring publications in:

  • Composite Structures
  • Smart Materials and Structures
  • Composites Part B Engineering
  • Advanced Functional Materials
  • Composites Part A Applied Science and Manufacturing

Frequent collaborators in their scholarly output include Jinsong Leng, Yanju Liu, Chengjun Zeng, Wei Zhao, and Xin Lan.

Some recent papers authored or co-authored by Liwu Liu are:

  • "4D Printing Auxetic Metamaterials with Tunable, Programmable, and Reconfigurable Mechanical Properties," 2020, Advanced Functional Materials
  • "Review of Dielectric Elastomer Actuators and Their Applications in Soft Robots," 2021, Advanced Intelligent Systems
  • "4D printed electro-induced continuous carbon fiber reinforced shape memory polymer composites with excellent bending resistance," 2020, Composites Part B Engineering
  • "Compression behavior and energy absorption of 3D printed continuous fiber reinforced composite honeycomb structures with shape memory effects," 2021, Additive Manufacturing
  • "4D printed multi-stable metamaterials with mechanically tunable performance," 2020, Composite Structures

Best Publications

  • Shape memory polymers and their composites in aerospace applications: a review

    Yanju Liu;Haiyang Du;Liwu Liu;Jinsong Leng

  • Direct-Write Fabrication of 4D Active Shape-Changing Structures Based on a Shape Memory Polymer and Its Nanocomposite

    Hongqiu Wei;Qiwei Zhang;Yongtao Yao;Liwu Liu

  • Shape memory polymers for composites

    Tong Mu;Liwu Liu;Xin Lan;Yanju Liu

  • Shape memory polymers and their composites in biomedical applications.

    Wei Zhao;Liwu Liu;Fenghua Zhang;Jinsong Leng

  • 4D Printing Auxetic Metamaterials with Tunable, Programmable, and Reconfigurable Mechanical Properties

    Xiaozhou Xin;Liwu Liu;Yanju Liu;Jinsong Leng

  • Review of Dielectric Elastomer Actuators and Their Applications in Soft Robots

    Yaguang Guo;Liwu Liu;Yanju Liu;Jinsong Leng

  • 4D-Printed Biodegradable and Remotely Controllable Shape Memory Occlusion Devices

    Cheng Lin;Jinxin Lv;Yuanshi Li;Fenghua Zhang

  • Stimulus methods of multi-functional shape memory polymer nanocomposites: A review

    Tianzhen Liu;Tianyang Zhou;Yongtao Yao;Fenghua Zhang

  • Shape-Memory Polymers with Adjustable High Glass Transition Temperatures

    Xinli Xiao;Deyan Kong;Xueying Qiu;Wenbo Zhang

  • Ultrasonic treatment of aramid fiber surface and its effect on the interface of aramid/epoxy composites

    L. Liu;Y.D. Huang;Z.Q. Zhang;Z.X. Jiang

  • Compression behavior and energy absorption of 3D printed continuous fiber reinforced composite honeycomb structures with shape memory effects

    Chengjun Zeng;Liwu Liu;Wenfeng Bian;Jinsong Leng

  • 4D printed electro-induced continuous carbon fiber reinforced shape memory polymer composites with excellent bending resistance

    Chengjun Zeng;Liwu Liu;Wenfeng Bian;Yanju Liu

  • Thermal stability of POSS/methylsilicone nanocomposites

    Y.R. Liu;Y.D. Huang;L. Liu

  • Porous bone tissue scaffold concept based on shape memory PLA/Fe3O4

    Wei Zhao;Zhipeng Huang;Liwu Liu;Wenbo Wang

  • 4D printing of personalized shape memory polymer vascular stents with negative Poisson’s ratio structure: A preliminary study

    Cheng Lin;LiJin Zhang;YanJu Liu;LiWu Liu

  • Dielectric elastomer film actuators: characterization, experiment and analysis*

    Yanju Liu;Liwu Liu;Zhen Zhang;Jinsong Leng

  • 4D printed multi-stable metamaterials with mechanically tunable performance

    Ran Tao;Li Xi;Wenwang Wu;Ying Li

  • Influence of ultrasonic treatment on the characteristics of epoxy resin and the interfacial property of its carbon fiber composites

    Y.D Huang;L Liu;J.H Qiu;L Shao

  • Electromechanical stability of dielectric elastomer

    Jinsong Leng;Liwu Liu;Yanju Liu;Kai Yu

  • Effects of TriSilanolIsobutyl-POSS on thermal stability of methylsilicone resin

    Y.R. Liu;Y.D. Huang;L. Liu

  • Bending performance and failure behavior of 3D printed continuous fiber reinforced composite corrugated sandwich structures with shape memory capability

    Chengjun Zeng;Liwu Liu;Wenfeng Bian;Jinsong Leng

  • Analysis and manufacture of an energy harvester based on a Mooney-Rivlin–type dielectric elastomer

    Yanju Liu;Liwu Liu;Zhen Zhang;Yang Jiao

  • 4D printing of shape memory polybutylene succinate/polylactic acid (PBS/PLA) and its potential applications

    Cheng Lin;Liwu Liu;Yanju Liu;Jinsong Leng

  • Mechanical Models, Structures, and Applications of Shape-Memory Polymers and Their Composites

    Xiaozhou Xin;Liwu Liu;Yanju Liu;Jinsong Leng

Frequent Co-Authors

Jinsong Leng
Jinsong Leng Harbin Institute of Technology
Yanju Liu
Yanju Liu Harbin Institute of Technology
Kai Yu
Kai Yu University of Colorado Denver
Fabrizio Scarpa
Fabrizio Scarpa University of Bristol
Ligang Wu
Ligang Wu Harbin Institute of Technology
Shanyi Du
Shanyi Du Harbin Institute of Technology
Daining Fang
Daining Fang Beijing Institute of Technology
Kin-tak Lau
Kin-tak Lau Swinburne University of Technology
Lei Jiang
Lei Jiang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Shengqiang Cai
Shengqiang Cai University of California, San Diego

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