Meng Cai

4.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
104 papers, 3.6k citations indexed

About

Meng Cai is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Mechanics of Materials and Mechanical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Meng Cai has authored 104 papers receiving a total of 3.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 44 papers in Materials Chemistry, 30 papers in Mechanics of Materials and 28 papers in Mechanical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Meng Cai's work include MXene and MAX Phase Materials (17 papers), Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications (14 papers) and Metal and Thin Film Mechanics (11 papers). Meng Cai is often cited by papers focused on MXene and MAX Phase Materials (17 papers), Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications (14 papers) and Metal and Thin Film Mechanics (11 papers). Meng Cai collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and France. Meng Cai's co-authors include Xiaoqiang Fan, Minhao Zhu, Han Yan, Shijie Song, Wen Li, Amanda J. Morris, Hao Li, Yu Huang, Xinhua Lu and Yuanli Cai and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Angewandte Chemie International Edition and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Meng Cai

95 papers receiving 3.6k citations

Hit Papers

Amino-functionalized Ti3C2T with anti-corrosive/wear func... 2020 2026 2022 2024 2020 50 100 150 200
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. Amino-functionalized Ti3C2T with anti-corrosive/wear function for waterborne epoxy coating
    2020 245 citations Meng Cai, Wen Li 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
Meng Cai China 33 2.2k 754 646 614 532 104 3.6k
Mei Yan China 33 1.7k 0.8× 290 0.4× 988 1.5× 977 1.6× 225 0.4× 86 3.4k
Junjie Zhao China 29 1.6k 0.7× 1.1k 1.5× 719 1.1× 311 0.5× 112 0.2× 103 3.4k
Pingping Wu China 31 1.7k 0.8× 442 0.6× 471 0.7× 377 0.6× 93 0.2× 116 3.0k
Takahiro Gunji Japan 28 2.2k 1.0× 277 0.4× 828 1.3× 1.2k 1.9× 162 0.3× 202 3.4k
Hongyu Guan China 31 1.2k 0.6× 346 0.5× 1.1k 1.7× 463 0.8× 127 0.2× 91 3.0k
Ji‐Ming Hu China 39 2.7k 1.3× 156 0.2× 1.1k 1.6× 607 1.0× 525 1.0× 109 4.2k
Cuiyan Li China 31 2.1k 0.9× 655 0.9× 797 1.2× 1.2k 2.0× 138 0.3× 86 3.0k
Ying Song China 32 2.3k 1.1× 390 0.5× 812 1.3× 697 1.1× 74 0.1× 152 3.6k
Songnan Zhang China 26 1.1k 0.5× 414 0.5× 789 1.2× 1.5k 2.4× 244 0.5× 57 4.5k
Mark J. Styles Australia 28 2.5k 1.1× 2.2k 2.9× 830 1.3× 233 0.4× 264 0.5× 54 5.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Meng Cai

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Hua, Guoqiang, Meng Cai, Xiaoqiang Fan, & Minhao Zhu. (2025). Correlation between wear and thermal/mechanical parameters of Ti3C2Tx enhanced polyimide coating. Surface and Coatings Technology. 511. 132264–132264. 3 indexed citations
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Yang, Ying, et al.. (2024). Effect of wettability on fracturing fluid microscale flow in shale oil reservoirs. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. 67. 500–505.
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Wang, Peng, et al.. (2024). Research on key technology of packer rubber barrel for integrated fracturing and completion of gas well. Journal of Petroleum Exploration and Production Technology. 14(3). 825–838. 6 indexed citations
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Zhang, Tian, et al.. (2024). Self-assembled Ti3C2Tx membrane driven by Marangoni effect for anti-corrosive and anti-wear applications. Applied Surface Science. 670. 160674–160674. 8 indexed citations
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Cai, Meng, et al.. (2024). The Influence of CO2 Physical Properties on Casing and Its Prediction Method. Processes. 12(4). 768–768.
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Zhang, Yihan, Xiaoqiang Fan, Wenxing Zhu, et al.. (2023). Probing photothermal superhydrophobic behaviors of graphene&SiO2 hybrid coating for anti-freeze application. Ceramics International. 49(20). 33020–33028. 17 indexed citations
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Fan, Xiaoqiang, Shijie Song, Meng Cai, et al.. (2023). Mechanochemical stable superhydrophobic coating toward lasting corrosion protection. Progress in Organic Coatings. 178. 107478–107478. 36 indexed citations
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Huang, Yu, et al.. (2023). Basalt fiber as a skeleton to enhance the multi-conditional tribological properties of epoxy coating. Tribology International. 183. 108390–108390. 14 indexed citations
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Li, Wen, et al.. (2023). Ti3C2@ZnO-reinforced interpenetrating polymer network coating toward harsh wear/corrosion protection. Tribology International. 188. 108877–108877. 17 indexed citations
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Lin, Bo, Meng Cai, Jingfen Lu, et al.. (2023). Synergistic anti-wear performance of zinc-rich epoxy coating on shot peening strengthened Q345 steel. Surface Topography Metrology and Properties. 11(4). 45006–45006. 2 indexed citations
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Liu, Zhaoyi, Ligang Zhang, Fengshan Wang, et al.. (2020). Study on Optimization Design of Permanent Packer Slip Structure. Journal of Failure Analysis and Prevention. 21(1). 50–60. 10 indexed citations
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Zheng, Xuerong, Yanhui Cao, Meng Cai, et al.. (2019). Engineering Interface and Oxygen Vacancies of NixCo1–xSe2 to Boost Oxygen Catalysis for Flexible Zn–Air Batteries. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 11(31). 27964–27972. 31 indexed citations
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Cai, Meng, Yi Ding, Lei Wang, et al.. (2018). Synthesis of One-Component Nanostructured Polyion Complexes via Polymerization-Induced Electrostatic Self-Assembly. ACS Macro Letters. 7(2). 208–212. 75 indexed citations
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Ding, Yi, Meng Cai, Zhigang Cui, et al.. (2017). Synthesis of Low‐Dimensional Polyion Complex Nanomaterials via Polymerization‐Induced Electrostatic Self‐Assembly. Angewandte Chemie. 130(4). 1065–1068. 18 indexed citations
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Ding, Yi, Meng Cai, Zhigang Cui, et al.. (2017). Synthesis of Low‐Dimensional Polyion Complex Nanomaterials via Polymerization‐Induced Electrostatic Self‐Assembly. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 57(4). 1053–1056. 183 indexed citations
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Zhu, Jie, Pavel M. Usov, Wenqian Xu, et al.. (2017). A New Class of Metal-Cyclam-Based Zirconium Metal–Organic Frameworks for CO2 Adsorption and Chemical Fixation. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 140(3). 993–1003. 190 indexed citations
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Gao, Pan, Hui Cao, Yi Ding, et al.. (2016). Synthesis of Hydrogen-Bonded Pore-Switchable Cylindrical Vesicles via Visible-Light-Mediated RAFT Room-Temperature Aqueous Dispersion Polymerization. ACS Macro Letters. 5(12). 1327–1331. 119 indexed citations
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Cai, Meng. (2007). Normal stress distribution on the inner cylinder forced by power law fluid flowing in annulus with inner cylinder executing a planetary motion. Zhongguo Shiyou Daxue xuebao. Ziran kexue ban. 2 indexed citations

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