Maolin Zhou

898 total citations · 1 hit paper
39 papers, 663 citations indexed

About

Maolin Zhou is a scholar working on Surfaces, Coatings and Films, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Maolin Zhou has authored 39 papers receiving a total of 663 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Surfaces, Coatings and Films, 11 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and 8 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Maolin Zhou's work include Surface Modification and Superhydrophobicity (15 papers), Solar-Powered Water Purification Methods (11 papers) and Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials (6 papers). Maolin Zhou is often cited by papers focused on Surface Modification and Superhydrophobicity (15 papers), Solar-Powered Water Purification Methods (11 papers) and Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials (6 papers). Maolin Zhou collaborates with scholars based in China, Malaysia and Australia. Maolin Zhou's co-authors include Yongping Hou, Yongmei Zheng, Lieshuang Zhong, Lingmei Zhu, Lei Zhang, Lin Xiao, Yabin Zhang, Xiaoxuan Tang, Zehang Cui and Dongdong Yu and has published in prestigious journals such as Advanced Materials, ACS Nano and Advanced Functional Materials.

In The Last Decade

Maolin Zhou

37 papers receiving 650 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.

Robust Photothermal Icephobic Surface with Mechanical Durability of Multi‐Bioinspired Structures

2023 126 citations Maolin Zhou, Lei Zhang et al. Advanced Materials profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Maolin Zhou China	14	381	161	149	135	103	39	663
Xueshan Jing China	11	498 1.3×	263 1.6×	77 0.5×	93 0.7×	92 0.9×	15	614
Guang Liu China	16	277 0.7×	182 1.1×	43 0.3×	155 1.1×	81 0.8×	47	662
Behrouz Mohammadian United States	11	218 0.6×	163 1.0×	37 0.2×	150 1.1×	55 0.5×	16	598
Yan Xue China	15	471 1.2×	215 1.3×	83 0.6×	30 0.2×	127 1.2×	27	651
T. Bharathidasan India	8	450 1.2×	186 1.2×	57 0.4×	156 1.2×	43 0.4×	11	670
Janne Haapanen Finland	18	497 1.3×	353 2.2×	78 0.5×	113 0.8×	113 1.1×	40	927
Jun Ki Hong Australia	12	373 1.0×	159 1.0×	69 0.5×	41 0.3×	117 1.1×	17	624
Zongqi Guo United States	13	711 1.9×	264 1.6×	76 0.5×	132 1.0×	220 2.1×	15	843
Ziai Liu China	14	568 1.5×	285 1.8×	46 0.3×	51 0.4×	166 1.6×	26	760
C. Elif Cansoy Türkiye	15	489 1.3×	274 1.7×	45 0.3×	47 0.3×	116 1.1×	22	879

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Gao, Chang, Dongdong Yu, Lingmei Zhu, et al.. (2025). Robust Bioinspired Microcellular and Micro-Nanochannel Photothermal Aerogels for High-Efficiency Atmospheric Water Harvesting. ACS Nano. 19(45). 39292–39302. 1 indexed citations

Wei, Huijie, Lingmei Zhu, Maolin Zhou, et al.. (2025). Bioinspired Superwettable Surfaces and Materials for Liquid Motion Control. ACS Nano. 19(6). 5897–5912. 6 indexed citations

Zhu, Lingmei, Hengyu Pan, Huijie Wei, et al.. (2025). Bioinspired network of MOF-nanofibril-humped fibers as high-efficiency water harvester. Separation and Purification Technology. 379. 134800–134800. 1 indexed citations

Pan, Hengyu, Lingmei Zhu, Huijie Wei, et al.. (2025). Bioinspired Spider Silk Fiber of MOF‐Based Zwitterionic Hydrogel for Low‐Humidity Atmospheric Water Harvesting. Advanced Materials Interfaces. 12(15). 1 indexed citations

Luo, Qiang, Chang Gao, Guo Li, et al.. (2025). Freshwater Harvester with Ultra‐High Yield by Super‐Hygroscopic Composite Under Extremely Low Humidity Environment. Small. 21(29). e2503948–e2503948. 1 indexed citations

Zhou, Maolin, et al.. (2024). High-speed imaging of supersaturated cavitation clouds and the vibration modes of the radiation surface of high-power transducers. Ultrasonics Sonochemistry. 104. 106837–106837. 4 indexed citations

Zhou, Maolin, et al.. (2024). Characteristics of evolution and collapse in spark-induced cavitation bubbles. Physics of Fluids. 36(4). 9 indexed citations

Zhou, Maolin, et al.. (2024). Collapsing behavior of spark-induced cavitation bubble in rigid tube. Ultrasonics Sonochemistry. 103. 106791–106791. 8 indexed citations

Zhou, Maolin, et al.. (2023). Flow measurement by vegetated weirs: An investigation on discharge coefficient reduction by crest vegetation. Journal of Hydrology. 620. 129552–129552. 2 indexed citations

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Han, Xuefeng, Lieshuang Zhong, Lei Zhang, et al.. (2023). Efficient Atmospheric Water Harvesting of Superhydrophilic Photothermic Nanocapsule. Small. 19(47). e2303358–e2303358. 39 indexed citations

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Zhou, Maolin, Lei Zhang, Lieshuang Zhong, et al.. (2023). Robust Photothermal Icephobic Surface with Mechanical Durability of Multi‐Bioinspired Structures. Advanced Materials. 36(3). e2305322–e2305322. 126 indexed citations breakdown →

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Zhang, Lei, Kun Fu, Chunlei Gao, et al.. (2023). Highly Efficient Photothermal Icephobic/de‐Icing MOF‐Based Micro and Nanostructured Surface. Advanced Science. 10(34). 73 indexed citations

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Zhou, Maolin, et al.. (2023). Local hydraulic jump effects on sediment deposition in open-channel flume experiments. Journal of Hydrodynamics. 35(2). 268–277. 1 indexed citations

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Han, Xuefeng, Lieshuang Zhong, Lei Zhang, et al.. (2023). Efficient Atmospheric Water Harvesting of Superhydrophilic Photothermic Nanocapsule (Small 47/2023). Small. 19(47). 1 indexed citations

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Zhou, Maolin, Jianmin Zhang, Weilin Xu, & Xin Li. (2022). Hydraulics of Wedge-shaped Flip Bucket to Investigate Flow Pattern with Retracted Bottom Plate. KSCE Journal of Civil Engineering. 26(11). 4552–4562. 1 indexed citations

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Gong, Jing, Maolin Zhou, Jun Deng, & Wangru Wei. (2022). Characteristics of air flow driven by the water free surface in a free-flow spillway tunnel. Physics of Fluids. 35(1). 3 indexed citations

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Zhong, Lieshuang, Huan Chen, Lingmei Zhu, et al.. (2022). Liquid Confine‐Induced Gradient‐Janus Wires for Droplet Self‐Propelling Performances in High Efficiency. Advanced Functional Materials. 32(46). 11 indexed citations

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Liang, Zhaoxia, et al.. (2022). Methotrexate for the Placenta in Situ in Advanced Abdominal Pregnancy: A Case of Remaining Intra-Abdominal Infection and Myelosuppression after Methotrexate Treatment. International Journal of Science and Research (IJSR). 11(3). 664–667. 1 indexed citations

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Zhou, Maolin, Lin Xiao, Zehang Cui, et al.. (2020). Self-pumping and scalable fog collector with diode-like micro-hole arrays inspired by natural asymmetric wettability. Applied Materials Today. 21. 100851–100851. 35 indexed citations

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Zhuang, Jian, et al.. (2019). A circuit model for SECCM and topographic imaging method in AC mode. Micron. 126. 102738–102738. 13 indexed citations

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