Hao Cheng

8.8k total citations · 5 hit papers
133 papers, 7.3k citations indexed

About

Hao Cheng is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Food Science and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. According to data from OpenAlex, Hao Cheng has authored 133 papers receiving a total of 7.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 44 papers in Materials Chemistry, 34 papers in Food Science and 22 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. Recurrent topics in Hao Cheng's work include Proteins in Food Systems (29 papers), Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (19 papers) and Microencapsulation and Drying Processes (16 papers). Hao Cheng is often cited by papers focused on Proteins in Food Systems (29 papers), Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (19 papers) and Microencapsulation and Drying Processes (16 papers). Hao Cheng collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Singapore. Hao Cheng's co-authors include Li Liang, Shiqiang Wei, Yi Xie, Yongfu Sun, Zhihu Sun, Qinghua Liu, Shan Gao, Chi Zhang, Chuanxi Wang and Tao Yao and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Advanced Materials and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

Hao Cheng

125 papers receiving 7.2k citations

Hit Papers

Freestanding Tin Disulfide Single‐Layers Realizing Effici... 2012 2026 2016 2021 2012 2021 2021 2021 2022 100 200 300 400 500
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. Freestanding Tin Disulfide Single‐Layers Realizing Efficient Visible‐Light Water Splitting
    2012 576 citations Yongfu Sun, Hao Cheng et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →
  2. Rational Design of Covalent Heptazine Frameworks with Spatially Separated Redox Centers for High‐Efficiency Photocatalytic Hydrogen Peroxide Production
    2021 324 citations Hao Cheng et al. profile →
  3. Starch-based biodegradable packaging materials: A review of their preparation, characterization and diverse applications in the food industry
    2021 288 citations Hao Cheng, David Julian McClements et al. Trends in Food Science & Technology profile →
  4. Recent advances in intelligent food packaging materials: Principles, preparation and applications
    2021 235 citations Hao Cheng, David Julian McClements et al. profile →
  5. Chemical Stability of Ascorbic Acid Integrated into Commercial Products: A Review on Bioactivity and Delivery Technology
    2022 182 citations Hao Cheng, Xing Chen et al. Antioxidants 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 Cheng China 42 3.9k 2.2k 1.7k 1.1k 864 133 7.3k
Qianqian Song China 37 1.4k 0.4× 1.2k 0.5× 809 0.5× 886 0.8× 317 0.4× 125 5.2k
Long Giang Bạch Vietnam 43 1.9k 0.5× 1.1k 0.5× 781 0.5× 1.1k 1.0× 755 0.9× 297 6.3k
Zhangfa Tong China 46 2.8k 0.7× 1.4k 0.6× 1.5k 0.9× 278 0.3× 465 0.5× 227 6.2k
Lijuan Wang China 32 2.2k 0.6× 1.1k 0.5× 738 0.4× 1.2k 1.1× 330 0.4× 132 4.4k
Zheling Zeng China 46 2.4k 0.6× 898 0.4× 1.6k 0.9× 649 0.6× 214 0.2× 189 7.0k
Junaid Haider Pakistan 43 2.9k 0.7× 1.7k 0.8× 878 0.5× 400 0.4× 392 0.5× 139 5.6k
Cristina Freire Portugal 57 4.8k 1.2× 2.1k 0.9× 2.4k 1.4× 512 0.5× 552 0.6× 305 10.9k
Seied Mahdi Pourmortazavi Iran 50 3.4k 0.9× 1.4k 0.6× 1.5k 0.9× 634 0.6× 497 0.6× 157 7.1k
Mehdi Rahimi‐Nasrabadi Iran 58 4.5k 1.1× 2.5k 1.1× 3.3k 1.9× 504 0.5× 417 0.5× 252 9.7k
Mohammad Rizwan Khan Saudi Arabia 43 1.5k 0.4× 743 0.3× 939 0.6× 748 0.7× 711 0.8× 302 7.6k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Hao Cheng

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Cheng, Hao, et al.. (2025). Tailoring the microstructure and mechanical properties of WC-10CoCrFeNiCu cemented carbide by vacuum and micropressure sintering. Ceramics International. 51(22). 37634–37644. 1 indexed citations
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Cheng, Hao, David Julian McClements, Hao Xu, et al.. (2025). Effect of various natural cross-linking agents on the properties of corn starch/soy protein isolate composite films. Carbohydrate Polymers. 366. 123850–123850. 8 indexed citations
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Wang, Jing, Jiahui Zhao, Jinxin Liu, et al.. (2025). Engineering the Interfacial Charge Transfer Dynamics by Plasmonic S-Scheme Heterojunctions for Machine-Learning-Assisted Dual-Mode Immunoassays. Analytical Chemistry. 97(32). 17882–17890. 1 indexed citations
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Gray, Elmer, Weining Huang, Zhongkai Zhou, Hao Cheng, & Li Liang. (2025). A Comparative Study of Soy Protein Isolate-κ-Carrageenan Emulsion Gels and Bigels for the Encapsulation, Protection, and Delivery of Curcumin. Gels. 11(10). 782–782. 1 indexed citations
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Li, Chuanping, Jing Wang, Hao Cheng, et al.. (2025). Nanoconfinement‐Enhanced Aggregation‐Induced Electrochemiluminescence for Smartphone‐Adopted Imaging Analysis of cTnI. Advanced Functional Materials. 35(35). 12 indexed citations
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Yin, Xin, Wusigale, Hao Cheng, Paul Van der Meeren, & Li Liang. (2024). The mechanism of resveratrol stabilization and degradation by synergistic interactions between constituent proteins of whey protein. Food Research International. 188. 114485–114485. 6 indexed citations
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Jiang, Yunpeng, et al.. (2024). High-performance honeycomb porous microwave absorbers: Gelatin-based carbon nanotube/nickel nanowire aerogels. Journal of Alloys and Compounds. 1010. 177341–177341. 3 indexed citations
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Cheng, Hao, David Julian McClements, Zipei Zhang, et al.. (2024). Pearl-inspired functional biomaterials: Review of their preparation, characterization, and application in food packaging. Trends in Food Science & Technology. 154. 104774–104774. 4 indexed citations
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Cheng, Hao, et al.. (2024). New Flavan Derivatives from the Leaves and Stems of Cassia Nodosa. Chemistry & Biodiversity. 21(11). e202401431–e202401431.
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Cheng, Hao, Wanwen Chen, Jiang Jiang, et al.. (2023). A comprehensive review of protein‐based carriers with simple structures for the co‐encapsulation of bioactive agents. Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety. 22(3). 2017–2042. 38 indexed citations
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Cheng, Hao, Yongqiang Yang, Xiong Jiao, et al.. (2023). The enhanced visible light driven photocatalytic activity of zinc porphyrin/g-C3N4 nanosheet for efficient bacterial infected wound healing. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. 643. 183–195. 19 indexed citations
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Cheng, Hao, et al.. (2023). Encapsulation of Folic Acid and α-Tocopherol in Lysozyme Particles and Their Bioaccessibility in the Presence of DNA. Antioxidants. 12(3). 564–564. 4 indexed citations
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Dong, Huanhuan, Xin Yin, Wusigale, et al.. (2020). Antioxidant activity and stability of α‐tocopherol, resveratrol and epigallocatechin‐3‐gallate in mixture and complexation with bovine serum albumin. International Journal of Food Science & Technology. 56(4). 1788–1800. 15 indexed citations
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Zhu, Xiaojiao, Yuqiao Guo, Hao Cheng, et al.. (2016). Signature of coexistence of superconductivity and ferromagnetism in two-dimensional NbSe2 triggered by surface molecular adsorption. Nature Communications. 7(1). 11210–11210. 89 indexed citations
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Liang, Liang, Hao Cheng, Fengcai Lei, et al.. (2015). Metallic Single‐Unit‐Cell Orthorhombic Cobalt Diselenide Atomic Layers: Robust Water‐Electrolysis Catalysts. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 54(41). 12004–12008. 171 indexed citations
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Wang, Chuanxi, Lin Xu, Xiaowei Xu, et al.. (2013). Near infrared Ag/Au alloy nanoclusters: Tunable photoluminescence and cellular imaging. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. 416. 274–279. 57 indexed citations
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Li, Yuanyuan, Shoujie Liu, Tao Yao, et al.. (2012). Controllable synthesis of gold nanoparticles with ultrasmall size and high monodispersity via continuous supplement of precursor. Dalton Transactions. 41(38). 11725–11725. 25 indexed citations

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