Cheng‐Ye Zhu

1.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
41 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Cheng‐Ye Zhu is a scholar working on Water Science and Technology, Biomedical Engineering and Mechanical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Cheng‐Ye Zhu has authored 41 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 30 papers in Water Science and Technology, 22 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 14 papers in Mechanical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Cheng‐Ye Zhu's work include Membrane Separation Technologies (30 papers), Membrane-based Ion Separation Techniques (14 papers) and Membrane Separation and Gas Transport (13 papers). Cheng‐Ye Zhu is often cited by papers focused on Membrane Separation Technologies (30 papers), Membrane-based Ion Separation Techniques (14 papers) and Membrane Separation and Gas Transport (13 papers). Cheng‐Ye Zhu collaborates with scholars based in China, Germany and New Zealand. Cheng‐Ye Zhu's co-authors include Zhi‐Kang Xu, Chang Liu, Jing Yang, Chao Zhang, Hao‐Cheng Yang, Bian‐Bian Guo, Haonan Li, Jia‐Hui Xin, Mengqi Ma and Jian Wu and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, ACS Nano and Applied Physics Letters.

In The Last Decade

Cheng‐Ye Zhu

41 papers receiving 1.2k citations

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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.

Double charge flips of polyamide membrane by ionic liquid-decoupled bulk and interfacial diffusion for on-demand nanofiltration

2024 81 citations Bian‐Bian Guo, Chang Liu et al. Nature Communications profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Cheng‐Ye Zhu China	19	986	754	426	327	203	41	1.3k
Pengrui Jin Belgium	21	1.2k 1.2×	912 1.2×	580 1.4×	243 0.7×	244 1.2×	50	1.5k
Ștefan Baltă Romania	11	1000 1.0×	680 0.9×	374 0.9×	211 0.6×	232 1.1×	15	1.2k
Babak Rajaeian Australia	7	872 0.9×	638 0.8×	262 0.6×	216 0.7×	205 1.0×	7	1.0k
Min Gyu Shin South Korea	19	1.0k 1.1×	799 1.1×	422 1.0×	405 1.2×	134 0.7×	27	1.3k
Jiangnan Shen China	21	881 0.9×	756 1.0×	331 0.8×	317 1.0×	287 1.4×	29	1.2k
Sang-Hee Park South Korea	23	1.2k 1.2×	904 1.2×	524 1.2×	400 1.2×	314 1.5×	26	1.6k
Kar Chun Wong Malaysia	21	800 0.8×	531 0.7×	436 1.0×	317 1.0×	358 1.8×	41	1.2k
Guoyuan Pan China	18	902 0.9×	751 1.0×	377 0.9×	400 1.2×	104 0.5×	32	1.1k
Chun Heng Loh Singapore	16	894 0.9×	625 0.8×	421 1.0×	254 0.8×	100 0.5×	17	1.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Cheng‐Ye Zhu

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Cheng‐Ye Zhu. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Cheng‐Ye Zhu 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‐Ye Zhu. Cheng‐Ye Zhu is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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20 of 20 papers shown

Zhu, Cheng‐Ye, Jinbo Li, Jia‐Hui Xin, et al.. (2025). Deciphering the Maze of Monomer Concentrations for Customizing Ion‐sieving Performance of Polyamide Membranes. Advanced Functional Materials. 35(50). 1 indexed citations

Xin, Jia‐Hui, Cheng‐Ye Zhu, Chao Zhang, et al.. (2025). Fully Aromatic Nonfluorinated Polyurea Membranes for Crude Oil Fractionation. ACS Applied Polymer Materials. 7(14). 9142–9149. 1 indexed citations

Zhu, Cheng‐Ye, Haonan Li, Jia‐Hui Xin, et al.. (2024). Polyamide thin-film composite membranes with enhanced interfacial stability for durable organic solvent nanofiltration. Journal of Membrane Science. 704. 122841–122841. 21 indexed citations

Guo, Bian‐Bian, Chang Liu, Cheng‐Ye Zhu, et al.. (2024). Double charge flips of polyamide membrane by ionic liquid-decoupled bulk and interfacial diffusion for on-demand nanofiltration. Nature Communications. 15(1). 2282–2282. 81 indexed citations breakdown →

Zhu, Cheng‐Ye, et al.. (2024). Green fabrication of polyamide nanofiltration membranes with ultra-low chemical consumption by vacuum filtration-spraying assisted interfacial polymerization. Desalination. 596. 118334–118334. 7 indexed citations

Liu, Chang, Zhaoyu Ma, Cheng‐Ye Zhu, et al.. (2024). Harmonic amide bond density as a game-changer for deciphering the crosslinking puzzle of polyamide. Nature Communications. 15(1). 1539–1539. 31 indexed citations

Liu, Chang, Cheng‐Ye Zhu, Chao Zhang, Hao‐Cheng Yang, & Zhi‐Kang Xu. (2024). Thermodynamic and kinetic understanding for managing the controllability of interfacial polymerization. Progress in Polymer Science. 152. 101815–101815. 55 indexed citations

Xin, Jia‐Hui, Bian‐Bian Guo, Chang Liu, et al.. (2023). AIE-Enabled In Situ and Real-Time Visualization of Polymer Growth during Interfacial Polymerization. Macromolecules. 56(14). 5415–5423. 13 indexed citations

Lin, Wan-Ting, Cheng‐Ye Zhu, Ping Fu, et al.. (2023). High-performance thin film composite nanofiltration membranes with MoS2 nanosheet interlayer. Journal of Membrane Science. 685. 121956–121956. 38 indexed citations

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Zhu, Cheng‐Ye, Bian‐Bian Guo, Chang Liu, et al.. (2023). Ultrahigh-permeance polyamide thin-film composite membranes enabled by interfacial polymerization on a macro-porous substrate toward organic solvent nanofiltration. Journal of Membrane Science. 693. 122342–122342. 29 indexed citations

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Zhu, Cheng‐Ye, Bian‐Bian Guo, Chang Liu, et al.. (2023). Sub-5 nm polyamide nanofilms combined with transfer-printing compositing for ultrafast nanofiltration. Journal of Membrane Science. 683. 121858–121858. 12 indexed citations

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Lin, Wan-Ting, Cheng‐Ye Zhu, Di Zhou, et al.. (2023). Functionalized g-C3N4 nanosheet interlayer enables enhanced separation performance of nanofiltration membranes. Separation and Purification Technology. 324. 124543–124543. 38 indexed citations

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Fu, Ping, Cheng‐Ye Zhu, Di Zhou, et al.. (2023). Interface Engineering of Microporous Polypropylene Membranes for Polyamide Thin-Film Composite Nanofiltration Membranes with Robust Structure and Superior Performance. ACS Applied Polymer Materials. 5(7). 5544–5554. 9 indexed citations

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Ma, Zhaoyu, et al.. (2023). Polyamide nanofilms synthesized by a sequential process of blade coating-spraying-interfacial polymerization toward reverse osmosis. Separation and Purification Technology. 310. 123122–123122. 11 indexed citations

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Zhu, Cheng‐Ye, et al.. (2023). Polyamide nanofiltration membranes by vacuum-assisted interfacial polymerization: Broad universality of Substrate, wide window of monomer concentration and high reproducibility of performance. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. 655. 327–334. 18 indexed citations

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Wang, Yixin, Cheng‐Ye Zhu, Jingliang Huang, Hao‐Cheng Yang, & Zhi‐Kang Xu. (2022). Cu2+/alginate nanofiltration membranes fabricated at the aqueous contra-diffusion “interface” for salt/dye rejection. Desalination. 535. 115806–115806. 18 indexed citations

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Zhang, Xian, Haonan Li, Cheng‐Ye Zhu, et al.. (2022). Biomimetic gill-inspired membranes with direct-through micropores for water remediation by efficiently removing microplastic particles. Chemical Engineering Journal. 434. 134758–134758. 36 indexed citations

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Yang, Jing, et al.. (2021). Janus membranes for fast-mass-transfer separation of viscous ionic liquids from emulsions. Journal of Membrane Science. 637. 119643–119643. 13 indexed citations

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Niu, Junfeng, et al.. (2021). Visualization of Bulk Polymerization by Fluorescent Probe with Aggregation-induced Emission Characteristics. Chemical Research in Chinese Universities. 38(2). 500–504. 2 indexed citations

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Chen, Wei, et al.. (2002). Thermosetting polyurethanes with water‐swollen and shape memory properties. Journal of Applied Polymer Science. 84(8). 1504–1512. 26 indexed citations

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