2026 Xiuling Li: Materials Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Materials Science	62	6391	6179	1622	1509	332	17109

Research.com Recognitions

2020 - OSA Fellows Xiuling Li University of Illinois, USA For pioneering contributions to nanostructured semiconductor materials growth and fabrication innovation for device applications
2020 - Fellow, National Academy of Inventors
2018 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For seminal contributions to the fundamental understanding and technical innovations to epitaxial growth, fabrication, and applications of semiconductor nanowires and nanomembranes, towards making electronic and photonic devices smaller, faster, and cheaper

Overview

Xiuling Li is affiliated with the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in the United States. Their research spans a range of topics primarily situated within engineering and materials science, with a particular focus on semiconductor materials and device fabrication.

The main fields of study in which Li has conducted extensive work include:

Engineering
Materials Science

Their subfields of specialization cover:

Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Materials Chemistry
Biomedical Engineering
Mechanical Engineering
Civil and Structural Engineering

Li's research topics demonstrate a concentration on the development and application of advanced materials, notably involving:

Perovskite Materials and Applications
Nanowire Synthesis and Applications
Ga2O3 and related materials
Semiconductor materials and devices
ZnO doping and properties
Chalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films
Advanced Materials and Mechanics

The scientist has contributed to several papers, including those published recently, such as:

"Vibration feature extraction using signal processing techniques for structural health monitoring: A review" (2022) in Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing
"Solution-Grown Chloride Perovskite Crystal of Red Afterglow" (2021) in Angewandte Chemie International Edition
"Near-Infrared Afterglow and Related Photochromism from Solution-Grown Perovskite Crystal" (2021) in Advanced Functional Materials
"Simultaneous removal of aqueous same ionic type heavy metals and dyes by a magnetic chitosan/polyethyleneimine embedded hydrophobic sodium alginate composite: Performance, interaction and mechanism" (2023) in Chemosphere
"Upcycling of waste concrete in eco-friendly strain-hardening cementitious composites: Mixture design, structural performance, and life-cycle assessment" (2021) in Journal of Cleaner Production

Frequent coauthors in Li's work include:

Hsien-Chih Huang
Clarence Chan
Yuhai Zhang
Zhendong Yang
Xihang Wu

The scientist has published in several recurring venues, among which are:

Advanced Functional Materials
Applied Physics Reviews
Journal of Physics Conference Series
Applied Physics Letters
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Recognition received by Xiuling Li includes the following distinctions:

Fellow, National Academy of Inventors (2020)
OSA Fellows (2020) for contributions to nanostructured semiconductor materials growth and fabrication innovation for device applications
Fellow of American Physical Society (2018) for seminal contributions to epitaxial growth, fabrication, and applications of semiconductor nanowires and nanomembranes

Best Publications

Metal-assisted chemical etching in HF/H 2 O 2 produces porous silicon

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1373
Citations
Printed assemblies of inorganic light-emitting diodes for deformable and semitransparent displays.

Sang-Il Park;Yujie Xiong;Rak-Hwan Kim;Paulius Elvikis

1024
Citations
Assembly of micro/nanomaterials into complex, three-dimensional architectures by compressive buckling

Sheng Xu;Zheng Yan;Kyung In Jang;Wen Huang

964
Citations
Anomalous modulation of a zero-bias peak in a hybrid nanowire-superconductor device.

A. D. K. Finck;D. J. Van Harlingen;P. K. Mohseni;K. Jung

890
Citations
GaAs photovoltaics and optoelectronics using releasable multilayer epitaxial assemblies

Jongseung Yoon;Sungjin Jo;Sungjin Jo;Ik Su Chun;Inhwa Jung

829
Citations
Printing, folding and assembly methods for forming 3D mesostructures in advanced materials

Yihui Zhang;Fan Zhang;Zheng Yan;Qiang Ma

649
Citations
Alkylation of Si Surfaces Using a Two-Step Halogenation/Grignard Route

Ashish Bansal;Xiuling Li;Iver Lauermann;Nathan S. Lewis

588
Citations
Metal assisted chemical etching for high aspect ratio nanostructures: A review of characteristics and applications in photovoltaics

Xiuling Li

490
Citations
Morphable 3D mesostructures and microelectronic devices by multistable buckling mechanics

Haoran Fu;Kewang Nan;Wubin Bai;Wen Huang

398
Citations
Enhancement-mode Ga2O3 wrap-gate fin field-effect transistors on native (100) β-Ga2O3 substrate with high breakdown voltage

Kelson D. Chabak;Neil Moser;Andrew J. Green;Dennis E. Walker

390
Citations
Metal-catalyzed semiconductor nanowires: a review on the control of growth directions

Seth A Fortuna;Xiuling Li

326
Citations
Nonlithographic patterning and metal-assisted chemical etching for manufacturing of tunable light-emitting silicon nanowire arrays

Winston Chern;Keng Hao Hsu;Ik Su Chun;Bruno P.D. Azeredo

269
Citations
Spectroscopic Studies of the Modification of Crystalline Si(111) Surfaces with Covalently-Attached Alkyl Chains Using a Chlorination/Alkylation Method

Ashish Bansal;Xiuling Li;Sang I. Yi;W. H. Weinberg

234
Citations
Planar GaAs Nanowires on GaAs (100) Substrates: Self-Aligned, Nearly Twin-Defect Free, and Transfer-Printable

Seth A. Fortuna;Jianguo Wen;Ik Su Chun;Xiuling Li

232
Citations
Voltammetric studies of the oxygen-titanium binary system in molten calcium chloride

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223
Citations
In-plane control of morphology and tunable photoluminescence in porous silicon produced by metal-assisted electroless chemical etching

Soma Chattopadhyay;Xiuling Li;Paul W. Bohn

218
Citations
Strain induced semiconductor nanotubes: from formation process to device applications

Xiuling Li

183
Citations
Formation of High Aspect Ratio GaAs Nanostructures with Metal-Assisted Chemical Etching

Matt DeJarld;Jae Cheol Shin;Winston Chern;Debashis Chanda

174
Citations
In x Ga1-x As Nanowires on Silicon: One-Dimensional Heterogeneous Epitaxy, Bandgap Engineering, and Photovoltaics

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173
Citations
Experimental Factors Controlling Analyte Ion Generation in Laser Desorption/Ionization Mass Spectrometry on Porous Silicon

Rebecca A. Kruse;Xiuling Li;Paul W. Bohn;Jonathan V. Sweedler

171
Citations
Geometry effect on the strain-induced self-rolling of semiconductor membranes.

Ik Su Chun;Archana Challa;Brad Derickson;K. Jimmy Hsia

171
Citations
Structure and Ionic-Transport Properties of Lithium-Containing Garnets Li3Ln3Te2O12 (Ln= Y, Pr, Nd, Sm-Lu)

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160
Citations
Porosity control in metal-assisted chemical etching of degenerately doped silicon nanowires

Karthik Balasundaram;Jyothi S Sadhu;Jae Cheol Shin;Bruno Azeredo

159
Citations