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Wenguang Liu

Wenguang Liu

D-Index & Metrics

Materials Science

D-Index
90
Citations
23614
World Ranking
1732
National Ranking
557

Wenguang 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 Wenguang Liu sits on this spectrum.

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50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 250 publications — 47th percentile

47% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Wenguang 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 Wenguang Liu sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 90 D-Index — 87th percentile

87% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Wenguang Liu is affiliated with Tianjin University in China and focuses on interdisciplinary research spanning Medicine, Engineering, and Materials Science. Their scholarly output includes significant work in Surgery, Biomaterials, Biomedical Engineering, Molecular Biology, and Electrical and Electronic Engineering.

The scientist's research emphasizes key topics such as Electrospun Nanofibers in Biomedical Applications, Polymer Surface Interaction Studies, Hydrogels including their synthesis, properties, and applications, Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials, 3D Printing within Biomedical Research, Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine, as well as Surgical Sutures and Adhesives.

Frequent collaboration forms a notable part of their work, with coauthors including:

  • Ziyang Xu
  • Chunyan Cui
  • Jianhai Yang
  • Tengling Wu
  • Chuanchuan Fan

The venues where Wenguang Liu most often publishes comprise Advanced Functional Materials, Bioactive Materials, Biomaterials Science, Science China Technological Sciences, and Chemical Engineering Journal. These journals reflect their focus on materials innovation and biomedical applications.

The following recent papers illustrate the scope and focus of their research:

  • Recent advances in wet adhesives: Adhesion mechanism, design principle and applications, 2021, Progress in Polymer Science
  • A Janus Hydrogel Wet Adhesive for Internal Tissue Repair and Anti-Postoperative Adhesion, 2020, Advanced Functional Materials
  • Mechanically and biologically skin-like elastomers for bio-integrated electronics, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Multiple H-Bonding Chain Extender-Based Ultrastiff Thermoplastic Polyurethanes with Autonomous Self-Healability, Solvent-Free Adhesiveness, and AIE Fluorescence, 2020, Advanced Functional Materials
  • An Ultrasoft Self-Fused Supramolecular Polymer Hydrogel for Completely Preventing Postoperative Tissue Adhesion, 2021, Advanced Materials

Best Publications

  • Highly luminescent carbon nanodots by microwave-assisted pyrolysis

    Xinyun Zhai;Peng Zhang;Peng Zhang;Changjun Liu;Changjun Liu;Tao Bai

  • A Mechanically Strong, Highly Stable, Thermoplastic, and Self‐Healable Supramolecular Polymer Hydrogel

    Xiyang Dai;Yinyu Zhang;Lina Gao;Tao Bai

  • Nano-carrier for gene delivery and bioimaging based on carbon dots with PEI-passivation enhanced fluorescence.

    Changjun Liu;Peng Zhang;Xinyun Zhai;Feng Tian

  • Water-Triggered Hyperbranched Polymer Universal Adhesives: From Strong Underwater Adhesion to Rapid Sealing Hemostasis.

    Chunyan Cui;Chuanchuan Fan;Yuanhao Wu;Meng Xiao

  • Bioinspired fabrication of high strength hydrogels from non-covalent interactions

    Wei Wang;Yinyu Zhang;Wenguang Liu

  • Recent advances in wet adhesives: Adhesion mechanism, design principle and applications

    Chunyan Cui;Wenguang Liu

  • Paintable and Rapidly Bondable Conductive Hydrogels as Therapeutic Cardiac Patches

    Shuang Liang;Yinyu Zhang;Hongbo Wang;Ziyang Xu

  • One-step synthesis of surface passivated carbon nanodots by microwave assisted pyrolysis for enhanced multicolor photoluminescence and bioimaging

    Changjun Liu;Changjun Liu;Peng Zhang;Feng Tian;Wenchen Li

  • Dipole–Dipole and H‐Bonding Interactions Significantly Enhance the Multifaceted Mechanical Properties of Thermoresponsive Shape Memory Hydrogels

    Yinyu Zhang;Yongmao Li;Wenguang Liu

  • Osteochondral Regeneration with 3D-Printed Biodegradable High-Strength Supramolecular Polymer Reinforced-Gelatin Hydrogel Scaffolds.

    Fei Gao;Ziyang Xu;Qingfei Liang;Haofei Li

  • Direct 3D Printing of High Strength Biohybrid Gradient Hydrogel Scaffolds for Efficient Repair of Osteochondral Defect

    Fei Gao;Ziyang Xu;Qingfei Liang;Bo Liu

  • An investigation on the physicochemical properties of chitosan/DNA polyelectrolyte complexes.

    Wenguang Liu;Shujun Sun;Zhiqiang Cao;Xin Zhang

  • A Janus Hydrogel Wet Adhesive for Internal Tissue Repair and Anti-Postoperative Adhesion

    Chunyan Cui;Tengling Wu;Xinyu Chen;Yang Liu

  • Mechanically and biologically skin-like elastomers for bio-integrated electronics

    Shuo Chen;Lijie Sun;Xiaojun Zhou;Yifan Guo

  • Multiple H‐Bonding Chain Extender‐Based Ultrastiff Thermoplastic Polyurethanes with Autonomous Self‐Healability, Solvent‐Free Adhesiveness, and AIE Fluorescence

    Yuan Yao;Ziyang Xu;Bo Liu;Meng Xiao

  • Recombinant human collagen for tissue engineered corneal substitutes.

    Wenguang Liu;Kimberley Merrett;May Griffith;Per Fagerholm

  • A hybrid injectable hydrogel from hyperbranched PEG macromer as a stem cell delivery and retention platform for diabetic wound healing.

    Qian Xu;Sigen A;Yongsheng Gao;Linru Guo

  • Water-soluble and phosphorus-containing carbon dots with strong green fluorescence for cell labeling

    Wei Wang;Wei Wang;Yongmao Li;Lu Cheng;Zhiqiang Cao

  • N-alkylated chitosan as a potential nonviral vector for gene transfection

    Wen Guang Liu;Xin Zhang;Shu Jun Sun;Guang Jie Sun

  • Biomedical polymers: synthesis, properties, and applications

    Unknown

  • Biomimetic surface modification of poly(L-lactic acid) with chitosan and its effects on articular chondrocytes in vitro.

    Yuan Lu Cui;Ai Di Qi;Wen Guang Liu;Xiang Hui Wang

  • Collagen-phosphorylcholine interpenetrating network hydrogels as corneal substitutes.

    Wenguang Liu;Chao Deng;Christopher R. McLaughlin;Per Fagerholm

Frequent Co-Authors

William W. Lu
William W. Lu University of Hong Kong
Kangde Yao
Kangde Yao Tianjin University
Xiaoli Zhao
Xiaoli Zhao Tongji University
Chang-jun Liu
Chang-jun Liu Tianjin University
Wenxin Wang
Wenxin Wang University College Dublin
May Griffith
May Griffith University of Montreal
Liming Dai
Liming Dai University of New South Wales
Shaoyi Jiang
Shaoyi Jiang Cornell University
Yong Hu
Yong Hu University of Hong Kong
Qigang Wang
Qigang Wang Tongji University

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