Cheng Xu

6.1k total citations · 4 hit papers
45 papers, 5.2k citations indexed

About

Cheng Xu is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Polymers and Plastics. According to data from OpenAlex, Cheng Xu has authored 45 papers receiving a total of 5.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 19 papers in Mechanical Engineering and 17 papers in Polymers and Plastics. Recurrent topics in Cheng Xu's work include Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials (18 papers), Conducting polymers and applications (17 papers) and Aluminum Alloys Composites Properties (7 papers). Cheng Xu is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials (18 papers), Conducting polymers and applications (17 papers) and Aluminum Alloys Composites Properties (7 papers). Cheng Xu collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Hong Kong. Cheng Xu's co-authors include Zhong Lin Wang, Haiyang Zou, Peihong Wang, Aurelia Chi Wang, Xu He, Guozhang Dai, Litong Guo, Haiwu Zheng, Yunlong Zi and Chao-Yu Chen and has published in prestigious journals such as Advanced Materials, Nature Communications and ACS Nano.

In The Last Decade

Cheng Xu

43 papers receiving 5.1k citations

Hit Papers

Quantifying the triboelectric series 2017 2026 2020 2023 2019 2018 2020 2017 500 1000 1.5k
What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Quantifying the triboelectric series
    2019 1.5k citations Haiyang Zou, Ying Zhang et al. Nature Communications profile →
  2. On the Electron‐Transfer Mechanism in the Contact‐Electrification Effect
    2018 784 citations Cheng Xu, Yunlong Zi et al. Advanced Materials profile →
  3. Quantifying and understanding the triboelectric series of inorganic non-metallic materials
    2020 444 citations Haiyang Zou, Litong Guo et al. Nature Communications profile →
  4. 3D Orthogonal Woven Triboelectric Nanogenerator for Effective Biomechanical Energy Harvesting and as Self‐Powered Active Motion Sensors
    2017 343 citations Yunlong Zi, Yi‐Cheng Wang et al. Advanced Materials profile →

Peers

Cheng Xu
Chunhua Du China
Jinhui Nie China
Aifang Yu China
Shiquan Lin China
Manoj Kumar Gupta India
Soo Yeong Hong South Korea
Aurelia Chi Wang United States
Jeong Min Baik South Korea
Chang Bao Han China
Guofa Cai Singapore
Chunhua Du China
Cheng Xu
Citations per year, relative to Cheng Xu Cheng Xu (= 1×) peers Chunhua Du

Countries citing papers authored by Cheng Xu

Since Specialization
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Fields of papers citing papers by Cheng Xu

Since Specialization
Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Cheng Xu

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Cheng Xu. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Cheng Xu based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Cheng Xu. Cheng Xu is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Yuan, Xiaolei, et al.. (2025). Fish schooling effect triboelectric nanogenerators array. Nano Energy. 142. 111263–111263.
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Huang, Tao, Lijing Yang, Chunxiang Xu, et al.. (2024). Effect of Extrusion on Mechanical Property, Corrosion Behavior, and In Vitro Biocompatibility of the As-Cast Mg-Zn-Y-Sr Alloy. Materials. 17(6). 1297–1297. 2 indexed citations
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Sun, Beibei, Tao Wang, Lin Pi, et al.. (2024). The influence of duplex-phase structure evolution and second phase on corrosion behavior of Mg–Li–Zn–Y alloys. Materials Today Chemistry. 43. 102487–102487. 3 indexed citations
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Chen, Tao, et al.. (2023). Influences of Cold Rolling and Aging on Microstructure and Property of CuCrSn Alloy. Materials. 16(10). 3780–3780. 2 indexed citations
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Xu, Cheng, X.H. Shao, H.J. Yang, et al.. (2023). Uncovering the hierarchical clusters in the heat-affected zone of an electron beam welded α/β titanium alloy joint. Journal of Material Science and Technology. 174. 120–132. 9 indexed citations
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Chen, Tao, et al.. (2022). Evolutions in precipitates, microstructure and properties of cold-worked CuNiCoSi alloy during short-time solid solution. Materials Today Communications. 30. 103150–103150. 4 indexed citations
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Zou, Haiyang, Litong Guo, Hao Xue, et al.. (2020). Quantifying and understanding the triboelectric series of inorganic non-metallic materials. Nature Communications. 11(1). 2093–2093. 444 indexed citations breakdown →
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Zou, Haiyang, Xiaogan Li, Guozhang Dai, et al.. (2019). Dramatically Enhanced Broadband Photodetection by Dual Inversion Layers and Fowler–Nordheim Tunneling. ACS Nano. 13(2). 2289–2297. 20 indexed citations
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Zou, Haiyang, Ying Zhang, Litong Guo, et al.. (2019). Quantifying the triboelectric series. Nature Communications. 10(1). 1427–1427. 1537 indexed citations breakdown →
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Lin, Shiquan, Liang Xu, Cheng Xu, et al.. (2019). Electron Transfer in Nanoscale Contact Electrification: Effect of Temperature in the Metal–Dielectric Case. Advanced Materials. 31(17). e1808197–e1808197. 247 indexed citations
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Xu, Cheng, Binbin Zhang, Aurelia Chi Wang, et al.. (2019). Effects of Metal Work Function and Contact Potential Difference on Electron Thermionic Emission in Contact Electrification. Advanced Functional Materials. 29(29). 106 indexed citations
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Ma, Ming, et al.. (2019). Preparation of sol-gel ZrO2 films with high laser-induced damage threshold under high temperature. Optics Express. 27(26). 37568–37568. 5 indexed citations
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Xu, Cheng, Yunlong Zi, Aurelia Chi Wang, et al.. (2018). On the Electron‐Transfer Mechanism in the Contact‐Electrification Effect. Advanced Materials. 30(15). e1706790–e1706790. 784 indexed citations breakdown →
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Xu, Cheng, Aurelia Chi Wang, Haiyang Zou, et al.. (2018). Raising the Working Temperature of a Triboelectric Nanogenerator by Quenching Down Electron Thermionic Emission in Contact‐Electrification. Advanced Materials. 30(38). e1803968–e1803968. 268 indexed citations
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Chen, Ying‐Chun, et al.. (2018). Cathodic Protection of X100 Pipeline Steel in Simulated Soil Solution. International Journal of Electrochemical Science. 13(10). 9642–9653. 7 indexed citations
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Fan, Heliang, et al.. (2018). Effects of Na Doping on Structural, Optical, and Electronic Properties of ZnO Thin Films Fabricated by Sol–Gel Technique. Journal of Electronic Materials. 47(7). 3847–3854. 9 indexed citations
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Sun, Zhaohui, Masoumeh Moradi, Yanxia Chen, et al.. (2018). Simulation of the marine environment using bioreactor for investigation of 2507 duplex stainless steel corrosion in the presence of marine isolated Bacillus Vietnamensis bacterium. Materials Chemistry and Physics. 208. 149–156. 25 indexed citations
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Ding, Xiaobin, et al.. (2006). Magnetic separation of polymer hybrid iron oxide nanoparticles triggered by temperature. Chemical Communications. 2765–2765. 74 indexed citations
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Jianting, Guo, Cheng Xu, Xing Du, & Haijiao Fu. (2004). The effect of solidification rate on microstructure and mechanical properties of an eutectic NiAl–Cr(Mo)–Hf alloy. Materials Letters. 58(26). 3233–3236. 10 indexed citations

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