Ke‐feng Ren

8.0k total citations · 3 hit papers
149 papers, 6.8k citations indexed

About

Ke‐feng Ren is a scholar working on Surfaces, Coatings and Films, Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Ke‐feng Ren has authored 149 papers receiving a total of 6.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 77 papers in Surfaces, Coatings and Films, 54 papers in Biomaterials and 42 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Ke‐feng Ren's work include Polymer Surface Interaction Studies (74 papers), Electrospun Nanofibers in Biomedical Applications (32 papers) and RNA Interference and Gene Delivery (13 papers). Ke‐feng Ren is often cited by papers focused on Polymer Surface Interaction Studies (74 papers), Electrospun Nanofibers in Biomedical Applications (32 papers) and RNA Interference and Gene Delivery (13 papers). Ke‐feng Ren collaborates with scholars based in China, Singapore and France. Ke‐feng Ren's co-authors include Jian Ji, Catherine Picart, Thomas Crouzier, Qiao Jin, Huan Li, Xiangsheng Liu, Hao Chang, Jing Wang, Thomas Boudou and Guillaume Blin and has published in prestigious journals such as Advanced Materials, Nature Communications and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Ke‐feng Ren

145 papers receiving 6.8k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Multiple Functionalities of Polyelectrolyte Multilayer Films: New Biomedical Applications

2009 609 citations Ke‐feng Ren et al. profile →
Mussel-Inspired Polydopamine: A Biocompatible and Ultrastable Coating for Nanoparticles in Vivo

2013 584 citations Huan Li, Qiao Jin et al. ACS Nano profile →
Surface-Adaptive Gold Nanoparticles with Effective Adherence and Enhanced Photothermal Ablation of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Biofilm

2017 505 citations Dengfeng Hu, Huan Li et al. ACS Nano profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Ke‐feng Ren	2.9k	2.4k	2.3k	1.3k	1.2k	149	6.8k
Zhiqiang Cao	2.3k 0.8×	2.6k 1.1×	2.4k 1.0×	1.7k 1.3×	1.5k 1.2×	109	8.7k
Thomas Groth	3.0k 1.0×	2.0k 0.8×	2.7k 1.2×	990 0.8×	525 0.4×	215	7.2k
Ji Hyun Ryu	2.1k 0.7×	2.1k 0.9×	2.3k 1.0×	642 0.5×	900 0.8×	74	6.7k
Helmut Thissen	3.0k 1.0×	1.6k 0.7×	1.2k 0.5×	1.3k 1.0×	846 0.7×	175	6.0k
Peter Kingshott	3.1k 1.1×	2.0k 0.8×	1.9k 0.8×	1.3k 1.0×	1.4k 1.2×	188	7.9k
Wei‐Bor Tsai	3.2k 1.1×	1.9k 0.8×	2.1k 0.9×	957 0.7×	724 0.6×	150	6.6k
Yasuhiko Iwasaki	3.4k 1.2×	3.6k 1.5×	2.6k 1.1×	1.5k 1.1×	1.2k 1.0×	271	9.6k
Dong Keun Han	3.3k 1.1×	1.5k 0.6×	3.9k 1.7×	1.6k 1.3×	1.1k 0.9×	296	9.4k
Takeshi Serizawa	2.1k 0.7×	2.0k 0.8×	2.4k 1.0×	1.6k 1.2×	1.4k 1.1×	272	7.5k
Manfred F. Maitz	2.6k 0.9×	2.0k 0.8×	3.3k 1.4×	791 0.6×	1.7k 1.4×	171	7.6k

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Liu, He, Ke‐feng Ren, Yunfei Du, et al.. (2025). Entropy Regulation Quantified via Solvation Chemistry of Nonaqueous Electrolyte for Robust Lithium‐Metal Batteries. Advanced Functional Materials. 36(1). 2 indexed citations

Li, Tianqi, Yaqi Zhang, Ke‐feng Ren, et al.. (2025). Advances on Emerging Integrated Photocapacitors: Strategies, Design, and Challenges. Small. 21(32). e2504555–e2504555. 1 indexed citations

Yu, Pengcheng, Weiqi Lu, Chengchen Huang, et al.. (2025). Enhanced prevention on postoperative atrial fibrillation by using anti-inflammatory biodegradable drug patch. Regenerative Biomaterials. 12. rbaf040–rbaf040.

Wang, Xing‐Wang, Jing Wang, Hongmei Yu, et al.. (2024). UV‐Triggered Hydrogel Coating of the Double Network Polyelectrolytes for Enhanced Endothelialization. Advanced Science. 11(23). e2401301–e2401301. 20 indexed citations

Chen, Sheng-Yu, Fan Jia, Jing Wang, et al.. (2023). “Spongy skin” as a robust strategy to deliver 4-octyl itaconate for conducting dual-regulation against in-stent restenosis. Biomaterials. 296. 122069–122069. 22 indexed citations

Zhao, Jing, Shaofei Wu, Mingqi Zhang, et al.. (2023). Adventitial delivery of miR-145 to treat intimal hyperplasia post vascular injuries through injectable and in-situ self-assembling peptide hydrogels. Acta Biomaterialia. 173. 247–260. 7 indexed citations

Ren, Ke‐feng, et al.. (2023). Silane coupling agent in biomedical materials. Biointerphases. 18(3). 13 indexed citations

Hu, Jiaqi, et al.. (2023). Mechanical Enhancement of the Gelatin/Poly(zinc acrylate) Hydrogel Stent in Bile. ACS Applied Bio Materials. 6(12). 5621–5629. 3 indexed citations

Yu, Yan, Jing Wang, Xing‐Wang Wang, et al.. (2022). A Tough, Slippery, and Anticoagulant Double-Network Hydrogel Coating. ACS Applied Polymer Materials. 4(8). 5941–5951. 28 indexed citations

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Sun, Jian, Yi Wu, Jing Wang, et al.. (2022). Tough complex hydrogels transformed from highly swollen polyelectrolyte hydrogels based on Cu²⁺ coordination with anti-bacterial properties. Journal of Materials Chemistry B. 10(34). 6414–6424. 19 indexed citations

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Wang, Jing, Shengyu Chen, Danni Huang, et al.. (2021). miR-22 eluting cardiovascular stent based on a self-healable spongy coating inhibits in-stent restenosis. Bioactive Materials. 6(12). 4686–4696. 36 indexed citations

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Huang, Junjie, Yue Huang, Bo Yu, et al.. (2021). Gradient Porous Structure Templated by Breath Figure Method. Langmuir. 37(19). 6016–6021. 5 indexed citations

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Wang, Jing, et al.. (2021). Periodic Stratified Porous Structures in Dynamic Polyelectrolyte Films Through Standing‐Wave Optical Crosslinking for Structural Color. Advanced Science. 8(15). e2100402–e2100402. 12 indexed citations

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Huang, Junjie, Ping Liu, Yunfan Xue, et al.. (2020). Rapid Buildup Arrays with Orthogonal Biochemistry Gradients via Light-Induced Thiol–Ene “Click” Chemistry for High-Throughput Screening of Peptide Combinations. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 12(18). 20243–20252. 15 indexed citations

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Huang, Danni, Jing Wang, Ke‐feng Ren, & Jian Ji. (2020). Functionalized biomaterials to combat biofilms. Biomaterials Science. 8(15). 4052–4066. 57 indexed citations

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Chen, Xia‐Chao, et al.. (2019). Controlling Structural Transformation of Polyelectrolyte Films for Spatially Encapsulating Functional Species. Small. 15(9). 14 indexed citations

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Yao, Tiantian, Jing Wang, Yunfan Xue, et al.. (2019). A photodynamic antibacterial spray-coating based on the host–guest immobilization of the photosensitizer methylene blue. Journal of Materials Chemistry B. 7(33). 5089–5095. 41 indexed citations

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Fan, Xiaoli, Heyang Li, Mingqi Zhao, et al.. (2019). Magainin-modified polydopamine nanoparticles for photothermal killing of bacteria at low temperature. Colloids and Surfaces B Biointerfaces. 183. 110423–110423. 67 indexed citations

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Fan, Xiaoli, Mi Hu, Zhihui Qin, et al.. (2018). Bactericidal and Hemocompatible Coating via the Mixed-Charged Copolymer. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 10(12). 10428–10436. 74 indexed citations

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Hu, Dengfeng, Huan Li, Bailiang Wang, et al.. (2017). Surface-Adaptive Gold Nanoparticles with Effective Adherence and Enhanced Photothermal Ablation of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Biofilm. ACS Nano. 11(9). 9330–9339. 505 indexed citations breakdown →

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