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Zhi-Min Liao

Zhi-Min Liao

D-Index & Metrics

Materials Science

D-Index
53
Citations
9924
World Ranking
9243
National Ranking
2634

Zhi-Min Liao 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 Zhi-Min Liao sits on this spectrum.

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50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 213 publications — 35th percentile

35% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Zhi-Min Liao 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 Zhi-Min Liao sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 53 D-Index — 30th percentile

30% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Zhi-Min Liao is affiliated with Peking University in China and has a substantial body of research primarily situated within the fields of Physics and Astronomy as well as Materials Science. Their work spans several subfields including Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics; Materials Chemistry; Condensed Matter Physics; Electrical and Electronic Engineering; and Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials.

Their main research themes encompass topics such as Topological Materials and Phenomena, Graphene research and applications, 2D Materials and Applications, Magnetic properties of thin films, Quantum and electron transport phenomena, Advanced Condensed Matter Physics, and Magneto-Optical Properties and Applications.

Frequent publication venues for Zhi-Min Liao include Physical Review B, Physical Review Letters, arXiv (Cornell University), Nano Letters, and Chinese Physics B. These venues reflect a focus on condensed matter and materials physics as well as emerging topics within nanoscience and quantum materials.

Among the recent papers authored or co-authored by Zhi-Min Liao are:

  • "Single-crystalline van der Waals layered dielectric with high dielectric constant," 2023, Nature Materials
  • "Topological Semimetal Nanostructures: From Properties to Topotronics," 2020, ACS Nano
  • "Room-temperature sub-100 nm Néel-type skyrmions in non-stoichiometric van der Waals ferromagnet Fe3-xGaTe2 with ultrafast laser writability," 2024, Nature Communications
  • "Electric Control of Fermi Arc Spin Transport in Individual Topological Semimetal Nanowires," 2020, Physical Review Letters
  • "Reducing Electronic Transport Dimension to Topological Hinge States by Increasing Geometry Size of Dirac Semimetal Josephson Junctions," 2020, Physical Review Letters

Zhi-Min Liao frequently collaborates with a group of co-authors including An-Qi Wang, Dapeng Yu, Xingguo Ye, Zhen-Cun Pan, and Xin Liao. These collaborators have contributed to a range of projects yielding numerous publications.

The main topics of study in Liao's research reflect significant engagement with theoretical and experimental aspects of topological quantum materials, 2D layered systems, and nanoscale magnetic phenomena.

Best Publications

  • Giant negative magnetoresistance induced by the chiral anomaly in individual Cd3As2 nanowires.

    Cai-Zhen Li;Li-Xian Wang;Haiwen Liu;Jian Wang

  • Self-powered, ultrafast, visible-blind UV detection and optical logical operation based on ZnO/GaN nanoscale p-n junctions.

    Ya-Qing Bie;Zhi-Min Liao;Hong-Zhou Zhang;Guang-Ru Li

  • Ultrafast growth of single-crystal graphene assisted by a continuous oxygen supply

    Xiaozhi Xu;Zhihong Zhang;Lu Qiu;Jianing Zhuang

  • Strong Second-Harmonic Generation in Atomic Layered GaSe.

    Xu Zhou;Jingxin Cheng;Yubing Zhou;Ting Cao

  • Strain dependent resistance in chemical vapor deposition grown graphene

    Xue-Wen Fu;Zhi-Min Liao;Jian-Xin Zhou;Yang-Bo Zhou

  • Long-distance propagation of short-wavelength spin waves.

    Chuanpu Liu;Chuanpu Liu;Jilei Chen;Tao Liu;Florian Heimbach

  • Ultrafast Broadband Photodetectors Based on Three-Dimensional Dirac Semimetal Cd 3 AS 2

    Jiawei Lai;Qinsheng Wang;Cai-Zhen Li;Shaofeng Ge

  • Surface effects on photoluminescence of single ZnO nanowires

    Zhi-Min Liao;Hong-Zhou Zhang;Yang-Bo Zhou;Jun Xu

  • Graphene/ZnO nanowire/graphene vertical structure based fast-response ultraviolet photodetector

    Xue-Wen Fu;Zhi-Min Liao;Yang-Bo Zhou;Han-Chun Wu

  • Effect of surface states on electron transport in individual ZnO nanowires

    Zhi-Min Liao;Kai-Jian Liu;Jing-Min Zhang;Jun Xu

  • Quantum transport in Dirac and Weyl semimetals: a review

    Shuo Wang;Ben-Chuan Lin;An-Qi Wang;Da-Peng Yu

  • Aharonov-Bohm oscillations in Dirac semimetal Cd3As2 nanowires.

    Li-Xian Wang;Cai-Zhen Li;Da-Peng Yu;Da-Peng Yu;Zhi-Min Liao

  • Memory and threshold resistance switching in Ni/NiO core-shell nanowires.

    Li He;Zhi-Min Liao;Han-Chun Wu;Xiao-Xue Tian

  • Electronic and Mechanical Coupling in Bent ZnO Nanowires

    Xiaobing Han;Liangzhi Kou;Xiaoli Lang;Jianbai Xia

  • Ultralong Single‐Crystalline Ag2S Nanowires: Promising Candidates for Photoswitches and Room‐Temperature Oxygen Sensors

    Dingsheng Wang;Chenhui Hao;Wen Zheng;Qing Peng

  • MoS 2 Memtransistors Fabricated by Localized Helium Ion Beam Irradiation

    Jakub Jadwiszczak;Darragh Keane;Pierce Maguire;Conor P Cullen

  • Electrical and Photoresponse Properties of an Intramolecular p-n Homojunction in Single Phosphorus-Doped ZnO Nanowires

    Ping-Jian Li;Zhi-Min Liao;Xin-Zheng Zhang;Xue-Jin Zhang

  • Spin-filter effect in magnetite nanowire.

    Zhi-Min Liao;Ya-Dong Li;Jun Xu;Jing-Min Zhang

  • Synthesis and Quantum Transport Properties of Bi2Se3 Topological Insulator Nanostructures

    Yuan Yan;Zhi-Min Liao;Yang-Bo Zhou;Han-Chun Wu

  • Hysteresis reversion in graphene field-effect transistors.

    Zhi-Min Liao;Bing-Hong Han;Yang-Bo Zhou;Da-Peng Yu

  • Layer-by-layer assembly of vertically conducting graphene devices

    Jing-Jing Chen;Jie Meng;Yang-Bo Zhou;Han-Chun Wu

  • Stretch-induced stiffness enhancement of graphene grown by chemical vapor deposition.

    Qing-Yuan Lin;Guangyin Jing;Yang-Bo Zhou;Yi-Fan Wang

Frequent Co-Authors

Dapeng Yu
Dapeng Yu Peking University
Qing Zhao
Qing Zhao Cornell University
Jun Xu
Jun Xu Chinese Academy of Sciences
Wanlin Guo
Wanlin Guo Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Igor V. Shvets
Igor V. Shvets Trinity College Dublin
Shuo Wang
Shuo Wang Nankai University
Georg S. Duesberg
Georg S. Duesberg Bundeswehr University Munich
Hongzhou Zhang
Hongzhou Zhang Trinity College Dublin
Rui Zhu
Rui Zhu Peking University
Kaihui Liu
Kaihui Liu Peking University

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