Everything about XZ Utils backdoor

🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path

1. Read the overview: XZ Utils backdoorA 5-minute orientation
2. Skim a recent paper: Development of a novel XZ workpiece vibration generator for cooperative vibration cutting of hierarchical grating structuresInfluential work since 2022
3. Pick up a classic book: Ils ont lapidé GhofraneThe most-reprinted book on the subject
4. Read the landmark paper: Lifting ofxz/yzorbital degeneracy at the structural transition in detwinned FeSeCited 220 times
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🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)

• Lifting ofxz/yzorbital degeneracy at the structural transition in detwinned FeSe

  T. Shimojima, Y. Suzuki, T. Sonobe · 2014 · Physical Review B · 220 citations

• Chemical Bonding in Hypervalent Molecules Revised. Application of the Atoms in Molecules Theory to Y 3 X and Y 3 XZ (Y = H or CH 3 ; X = N, P or As; Z = O or S) Compounds

  J. A. Dobado, Henar Martínez-García, Molina · 1998 · Journal of the American Chemical Society · 166 citations

• π-Acid Ligands in Iron(III) Porphyrinates. Characterization of Low-Spin Bis(tert-butylisocyanide)(porphyrinato)iron(III) Complexes Having (dxz,dyz)4(dxy)1 Ground States

  F. Ann Walker, Habib Nasri, Ilona Turowska-Tyrk · 1996 · Journal of the American Chemical Society · 143 citations

• The usage of rice straw as a major substrate for the production of surfactin by Bacillus amyloliquefaciens XZ-173 in solid-state fermentation

  Zhen Zhu, Fengge Zhang, Zhong Wei · 2013 · Journal of Environmental Management · 87 citations

• Production of lipopeptides by Bacillus amyloliquefaciens XZ-173 in solid state fermentation using soybean flour and rice straw as the substrate

  Zhen Zhu, Guoyi Zhang, Yi Luo · 2012 · Bioresource Technology · 83 citations

• Structural, Magnetic, and Dynamic Characterization of the (dxz,dyz)4(dxy)1 Ground-State Low-Spin Iron(III) Tetraphenylporphyrinate Complex [(p-TTP)Fe(2,6-XylylNC)2]CF3SO3

  Gérard Simonneaux, Volker Schünemann, Christophe Morice · 2000 · Journal of the American Chemical Society · 82 citations

• Spin Distribution in Low-Spin (meso-Tetraalkylporphyrinato)iron(III) Complexes with (dxz,dyz)4(dxy)1 Configuration. Studies by 1H NMR, 13C NMR, and EPR Spectroscopies

  Takahisa Ikeue, Yoshiki Ohgo, Takashi Saitoh · 2000 · Journal of the American Chemical Society · 78 citations

• Proper Motions of the Jets in the Region of HH 30 and HL/XZ Tau: Evidence for a Binary Exciting Source of the HH 30 Jet

  Guillem Anglada, Rosario López, Robert Estalella · 2007 · The Astronomical Journal · 78 citations

🆕 Influential since 2022

• Development of a novel XZ workpiece vibration generator for cooperative vibration cutting of hierarchical grating structures

  Yang Yang, Jian Wen, Yangkun Zhang · 2023 · Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing · 25 citations

• The influence of post-annealing temperatures on XPS, XZ height of nanoparticles, and optical properties of Cu–Al doped ZnO films

  Vali Dalouji, Nasim Rahimi, Seyed Hossein Elahi · 2023 · Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals · 7 citations

• Lactobacillus kefiranofaciens XZ-54 as adjunct culture: Enhancing antioxidant activity and flavor compounds in fresh cheese via peptidomic and metabolomic insights

  Qing Hong, Hanqing Wu, Xiangfei Jia · 2025 · Food Bioscience · 6 citations

• Registration of ‘XZ 14069’ zoysiagrass

  Susana R. Milla‐Lewis, Beatriz T. Gouveia, Esdras M. Carbajal · 2025 · Journal of Plant Registrations · 6 citations

• Targeted Antibacterial Endolysin to Treat Infected Wounds on 3D Full-Thickness Skin Model: XZ.700 Efficacy

  Marisa Meloni, Bob de Rooij, Ferdinand W. Janssen · 2024 · Pharmaceutics · 5 citations

📚 Books worth reading

• 📕Ils ont lapidé GhofraneMonia Haddaoui · 2007

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