Hao Bai

20.4k total citations · 10 hit papers
181 papers, 17.4k citations indexed

About

Hao Bai is a scholar working on Mechanical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering and Biomaterials. According to data from OpenAlex, Hao Bai has authored 181 papers receiving a total of 17.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 66 papers in Mechanical Engineering, 55 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 43 papers in Biomaterials. Recurrent topics in Hao Bai's work include Surface Modification and Superhydrophobicity (32 papers), Bone Tissue Engineering Materials (19 papers) and Advanced Materials and Mechanics (18 papers). Hao Bai is often cited by papers focused on Surface Modification and Superhydrophobicity (32 papers), Bone Tissue Engineering Materials (19 papers) and Advanced Materials and Mechanics (18 papers). Hao Bai collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Japan. Hao Bai's co-authors include Antoni P. Tomsia, Robert O. Ritchie, Lei Jiang, Yongmei Zheng, Eduardo Saiz, Ulrike G. K. Wegst, Weiwei Gao, Jie Ju, Xuelin Tian and Yong Zhao and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Hao Bai

170 papers receiving 17.2k citations

Hit Papers

Bioinspired structural materials 2010 2026 2015 2020 2014 2010 2012 2018 2019 1000 2.0k 3.0k
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. Bioinspired structural materials
    2014 3.7k citations Hao Bai et al. profile →
  2. Directional water collection on wetted spider silk
    2010 1.9k citations Hao Bai et al. profile →
  3. A multi-structural and multi-functional integrated fog collection system in cactus
    2012 1.3k citations Hao Bai et al. Nature Communications profile →
  4. A Thermally Insulating Textile Inspired by Polar Bear Hair
    2018 563 citations Dewen Li, Hao Bai et al. Advanced Materials profile →
  5. An Anisotropically High Thermal Conductive Boron Nitride/Epoxy Composite Based on Nacre‐Mimetic 3D Network
    2019 543 citations Weiwei Gao, Hao Bai et al. profile →
  6. Efficient Water Collection on Integrative Bioinspired Surfaces with Star‐Shaped Wettability Patterns
    2014 524 citations Hao Bai et al. Advanced Materials profile →
  7. Bioinspired large-scale aligned porous materials assembled with dual temperature gradients
    2015 421 citations Hao Bai et al. profile →
  8. Ultrafast Digital Printing toward 4D Shape Changing Materials
    2016 416 citations Jingjun Wu, Hao Bai et al. Advanced Materials profile →
  9. Bioinspired Hydroxyapatite/Poly(methyl methacrylate) Composite with a Nacre‐Mimetic Architecture by a Bidirectional Freezing Method
    2015 348 citations Hao Bai et al. Advanced Materials profile →
  10. Biomimetic, knittable aerogel fiber for thermal insulation textile
    2023 259 citations Nifang Zhao, Weiwei Gao et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Hao Bai China 52 6.9k 5.7k 4.1k 3.7k 3.4k 181 17.4k
Yong Zhao China 66 5.2k 0.8× 4.5k 0.8× 3.8k 0.9× 1.7k 0.4× 3.0k 0.9× 256 14.7k
Luquan Ren China 65 6.7k 1.0× 5.3k 0.9× 2.3k 0.6× 6.7k 1.8× 4.5k 1.3× 807 20.1k
Shu Yang United States 76 9.0k 1.3× 4.3k 0.8× 1.4k 0.3× 6.7k 1.8× 3.9k 1.1× 297 18.5k
Shutao Wang China 83 13.7k 2.0× 12.5k 2.2× 4.6k 1.1× 2.2k 0.6× 7.1k 2.1× 489 30.3k
Jan Genzer United States 61 8.7k 1.3× 7.6k 1.4× 2.8k 0.7× 4.0k 1.1× 5.0k 1.5× 311 20.8k
Jarosław Drelich United States 59 3.0k 0.4× 3.2k 0.6× 4.3k 1.0× 3.1k 0.8× 4.2k 1.2× 186 12.4k
Robin H. A. Ras Finland 54 4.4k 0.6× 7.0k 1.2× 2.6k 0.6× 1.1k 0.3× 4.5k 1.3× 179 14.2k
Zhiguang Guo China 81 9.5k 1.4× 17.9k 3.2× 3.7k 0.9× 1.9k 0.5× 5.5k 1.6× 639 25.0k
Xungai Wang Australia 82 10.2k 1.5× 4.0k 0.7× 8.4k 2.1× 2.1k 0.6× 7.0k 2.0× 657 26.9k
Xi Yao China 53 5.3k 0.8× 6.4k 1.1× 1.1k 0.3× 1.2k 0.3× 4.9k 1.4× 294 13.8k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Hao Bai

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Hao Bai. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Hao Bai 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 Hao Bai. Hao Bai 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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Xu, Yang, M.P. Wang, Wenxin Zhang, et al.. (2025). Mechanisms of integrated porous biochar and Fe3O4 in modulating carbon emissions and humification in co-composting of cattle manure and wheat stalk. Chemical Engineering Journal. 518. 164730–164730. 3 indexed citations
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Zhao, Nifang, et al.. (2025). Horn‐Inspired Hierarchical Tubular Composites for Recoverable High‐Energy Absorption. Advanced Materials. 38(3). e13573–e13573.
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Bai, Hao, et al.. (2024). Regulation of physicochemical properties of alginate-based hydrogels and preliminary applications in wound healing. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. 283(Pt 1). 137617–137617. 6 indexed citations
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Li, Meng, Nifang Zhao, Anran Mao, et al.. (2023). Preferential ice growth on grooved surface for crisscross-aligned graphene aerogel with large negative Poisson’s ratio. Nature Communications. 14(1). 7855–7855. 15 indexed citations
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Nagasaka, Tetsuya, et al.. (2023). CO2 Adsorption Properties of Amine-Modified Zeolites Synthesized Using Different Types of Solid Waste. Sustainability. 15(13). 10144–10144. 12 indexed citations
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Tian, Weijian, Xin Lü, Huanmei Yuan, et al.. (2023). Boosting the CO2 adsorption performance by defect-rich hierarchical porous Mg-MOF-74. Chemical Engineering Journal. 469. 144052–144052. 75 indexed citations
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Chen, Hao, et al.. (2023). Preparation of Slow-Release Fertilizer from Fly Ash and Its Slow-Release and Metal Immobilization Properties. Sustainability. 15(14). 11346–11346. 1 indexed citations
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Zhao, Nifang, Jintao Li, Wanjie Wang, Weiwei Gao, & Hao Bai. (2022). Isotropically Ultrahigh Thermal Conductive Polymer Composites by Assembling Anisotropic Boron Nitride Nanosheets into a Biaxially Oriented Network. ACS Nano. 16(11). 18959–18967. 142 indexed citations
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Li, Shen, Yin Wang, Peifeng Li, et al.. (2021). Patterned vascularization in a directional ice‐templated scaffold of decellularized matrix. Engineering in Life Sciences. 21(10). 683–692. 6 indexed citations
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Xu, Weizhong, Yun Xing, Jian Liu, et al.. (2019). Efficient Water Transport and Solar Steam Generation via Radially, Hierarchically Structured Aerogels. ACS Nano. 13(7). 7930–7938. 310 indexed citations
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Wu, Huaping, Kunpeng Jiang, Xiang Peng, et al.. (2019). Theoretical and Experimental Studies on the Controllable Pancake Bouncing Behavior of Droplets. Langmuir. 35(52). 17000–17008. 26 indexed citations
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Yang, Liyun, et al.. (2019). Effect of basic oxygen furnace slag on succession of the bacterial community and immobilization of various metal ions in acidic contaminated mine soil. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 388. 121784–121784. 29 indexed citations
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Wang, Xin, et al.. (2017). Morphology Analysis and Process Research on Novel Metal Fused-coating Additive Manufacturing. IOP Conference Series Materials Science and Engineering. 272. 12017–12017. 5 indexed citations
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Du, Jun, Xin Wang, Hao Bai, Guangxi Zhao, & Yubin Zhang. (2017). Numerical analysis of fused-coating metal additive manufacturing. International Journal of Thermal Sciences. 114. 342–351. 28 indexed citations
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Wang, Haiyun, Aihua Fu, Haoxiang Zhu, et al.. (2016). CD82 suppresses CD44 alternative splicing-dependent melanoma metastasis by mediating U2AF2 ubiquitination and degradation. Oncogene. 35(38). 5056–5069. 29 indexed citations
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Miao, Yang, Jingjun Wu, Hao Bai, et al.. (2016). Controlling three‐dimensional ice template via two‐dimensional surface wetting. AIChE Journal. 62(12). 4186–4192. 28 indexed citations
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Lu, Xin, et al.. (2012). Relationship between the energy consumption and CO_2 emission reduction of iron and steel plants. Journal of University of Science and Technology Beijing. 34(12). 1445–1452. 6 indexed citations

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