Nan Gao

4.9k total citations · 4 hit papers
99 papers, 4.0k citations indexed

About

Nan Gao is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Materials Chemistry and Surfaces, Coatings and Films. According to data from OpenAlex, Nan Gao has authored 99 papers receiving a total of 4.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 39 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 26 papers in Materials Chemistry and 21 papers in Surfaces, Coatings and Films. Recurrent topics in Nan Gao's work include Surface Modification and Superhydrophobicity (21 papers), Electrochemical sensors and biosensors (13 papers) and Fluid Dynamics and Heat Transfer (12 papers). Nan Gao is often cited by papers focused on Surface Modification and Superhydrophobicity (21 papers), Electrochemical sensors and biosensors (13 papers) and Fluid Dynamics and Heat Transfer (12 papers). Nan Gao collaborates with scholars based in China, United Kingdom and Australia. Nan Gao's co-authors include Yuying Yan, Wilhelm Barthlott, Xiaosheng Fang, Hans‐Jürgen Butt, Rüdiger Berger, Linfeng Hu, Doris Vollmer, Florian Geyer, Ahmed A. Al‐Ghamdi and Gang Chang and has published in prestigious journals such as Chemical Reviews, Advanced Materials and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Nan Gao

92 papers receiving 3.9k 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.

Mimicking natural superhydrophobic surfaces and grasping the wetting process: A review on recent progress in preparing superhydrophobic surfaces

2011 842 citations Yuying Yan, Nan Gao et al. profile →
When and how self-cleaning of superhydrophobic surfaces works

2020 328 citations Florian Geyer, Maria D’Acunzi et al. Science Advances profile →
How drops start sliding over solid surfaces

2017 301 citations Nan Gao, Florian Geyer et al. profile →
Self-assembled polyelectrolytes with ion-separation accelerating channels for highly stable Zn-ion batteries

2025 38 citations Nan Gao et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Nan Gao China	28	1.6k	1.4k	1.4k	972	630	99	4.0k
Liangliang Cao China	17	1.8k 1.1×	1.1k 0.7×	1.2k 0.9×	960 1.0×	432 0.7×	38	3.4k
Yannick Coffinier France	40	1.2k 0.8×	1.6k 1.1×	1.5k 1.1×	1.5k 1.6×	498 0.8×	121	4.4k
Colin R. Crick United Kingdom	23	3.0k 1.9×	901 0.6×	1.0k 0.7×	1.7k 1.7×	318 0.5×	58	4.2k
Yongmei Ma China	24	2.5k 1.5×	974 0.7×	1.3k 0.9×	1.9k 1.9×	207 0.3×	73	4.4k
Liehui Ge United States	23	750 0.5×	1.8k 1.2×	3.9k 2.8×	1.3k 1.3×	446 0.7×	35	5.6k
J. P. S. Badyal United Kingdom	41	3.3k 2.1×	1.7k 1.2×	1.8k 1.3×	1.8k 1.9×	360 0.6×	181	6.0k
De‐Quan Yang Canada	33	608 0.4×	1.4k 1.0×	2.1k 1.5×	875 0.9×	825 1.3×	120	4.0k
Kevin Robbie Canada	28	2.2k 1.4×	1.5k 1.0×	2.8k 2.0×	1.9k 1.9×	248 0.4×	58	6.3k
Kenneth K. S. Lau United States	31	1.7k 1.1×	1.7k 1.2×	1.5k 1.1×	1.5k 1.6×	279 0.4×	73	4.5k

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Guo, Meng, Yan Zhang, Ting Pan, et al.. (2025). Effects of acupuncture on brain metabolism in patients with chronic partial sleep deprivation cognitive dysfunction: A case–control study. Medicine. 104(10). e41714–e41714.

Chen, Jie, Zhonghao Li, Xiaoyu Liu, et al.. (2025). Potential common key genes associated with myocardial dysfunction and brain injury following cardiac arrest resuscitation in a rat model. World Journal of Emergency Medicine. 16(3). 231–231.

Liang, Xiao, et al.. (2025). Enhanced acetone gas sensing performance of SnO2/Zn2SnO4 heterojunctions incorporated with MXene: Experimental and theoretical insights. Journal of Alloys and Compounds. 1020. 179489–179489. 6 indexed citations

Saal, Alexander, et al.. (2024). Wettability and Bactericidal Properties of Bioinspired ZnO Nanopillar Surfaces. Langmuir. 40(14). 7353–7363. 7 indexed citations

Wang, Peng, Tianyi Wang, Qiliang Wang, et al.. (2024). Oxygen‐Terminated Polycrystalline Boron‐Doped Diamond Superhydrophobic Surface with Excellent Mechanical and Thermal Stabilities. Small. 20(43). e2402481–e2402481. 4 indexed citations

Gao, Nan, Lei Wang, Zhiwei Cai, et al.. (2023). Novel graphene electrochemical transistors incorporating zirconia inorganic molecular imprinted layer：Design, construction and application for highly sensitive and selective detection of acetaminophen. Analytica Chimica Acta. 1269. 341405–341405. 8 indexed citations

Cui, Zheng, Yaofeng Liu, Yiming Zhang, et al.. (2023). Electrodeposition ZnO/BDD film as a supercapacitor electrode. Diamond and Related Materials. 140. 110527–110527. 12 indexed citations

Liu, L., et al.. (2023). Risk factors of disturbed sleep phases to posterior circulation cerebral infarctions: A single-center retrospective study. Medicine. 102(41). e35479–e35479. 1 indexed citations

Naga, Abhinav, Chirag Hinduja, Alexander Saal, et al.. (2023). Tuning static drop friction. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2(1). 14 indexed citations

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Wang, Peng, Zheng Cui, Yaofeng Liu, et al.. (2023). Effect of Boron Doping Concentration on the Wettability and Surface Free Energy of Polycrystalline Boron-Doped Diamond Film. Coatings. 13(2). 305–305.

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McHale, Glen, et al.. (2022). Friction Coefficients for Droplets on Solids: The Liquid–Solid Amontons’ Laws. Langmuir. 38(14). 4425–4433. 46 indexed citations

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Wang, Shaokun, Xingliang Li, Wei Li, et al.. (2021). Prognostic nomogram for the severity of acute organophosphate insecticide self-poisoning: a retrospective observational cohort study. BMJ Open. 11(5). e042765–e042765. 14 indexed citations

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Tian, Tao, Nan Gao, Hanping He, et al.. (2021). Au-PEDOT/rGO nanocomposites functionalized graphene electrochemical transistor for ultra-sensitive detection of acetaminophen in human urine. Analytica Chimica Acta. 1191. 339306–339306. 21 indexed citations

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Tian, Tao, Yang Zhou, Mingyu Ma, et al.. (2020). Novel graphene electrochemical transistor with ZrO2/rGO nanocomposites functionalized gate electrode for ultrasensitive recognition of methyl parathion. Sensors and Actuators B Chemical. 328. 128936–128936. 42 indexed citations

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Geyer, Florian, Maria D’Acunzi, Alexander Saal, et al.. (2020). When and how self-cleaning of superhydrophobic surfaces works. Science Advances. 6(3). eaaw9727–eaaw9727. 328 indexed citations breakdown →

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Tian, Tao, Yang Zhou, Chaohui He, et al.. (2020). Highly sensitive methyl parathion sensor based on Au-ZrO2 nanocomposites modified graphene electrochemical transistor. Electrochimica Acta. 357. 136836–136836. 27 indexed citations

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Gao, Nan, Chaohui He, Mingyu Ma, et al.. (2019). Electrochemical co-deposition synthesis of Au-ZrO2-graphene nanocomposite for a nonenzymatic methyl parathion sensor. Analytica Chimica Acta. 1072. 25–34. 76 indexed citations

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Su, Xin, Nan Gao, Meng Chen, et al.. (2019). Silicon on Insulator with Highly Uniform Top Si Fabricated by H/He Coimplantation*. Chinese Physics Letters. 36(6). 68501–68501. 1 indexed citations

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Wei, Xing, et al.. (2018). Investigation of radiation hardened SOI wafer fabricated by ion-cut technique. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms. 426. 1–4. 1 indexed citations

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Gao, Nan, et al.. (2010). Superhydrophobic Composite Films Based on THS and Nanoparticles. Journal of Bionic Engineering. 7(S4). S59–S66. 30 indexed citations

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