Qingchen Shen

2.1k total citations · 4 hit papers
30 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Qingchen Shen is a scholar working on Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Qingchen Shen has authored 30 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, 7 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 7 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Qingchen Shen's work include Solar-Powered Water Purification Methods (8 papers), Thermal Radiation and Cooling Technologies (6 papers) and Photonic Crystals and Applications (4 papers). Qingchen Shen is often cited by papers focused on Solar-Powered Water Purification Methods (8 papers), Thermal Radiation and Cooling Technologies (6 papers) and Photonic Crystals and Applications (4 papers). Qingchen Shen collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and United Kingdom. Qingchen Shen's co-authors include Tao Deng, Wen Shang, Peng Tao, Chengyi Song, Fangyu Zhang, Nan Yi, Di Zhang, Yanming Liu, Zhen Luo and Zhenhui Wang and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Chemical Reviews and Advanced Materials.

In The Last Decade

Qingchen Shen

29 papers receiving 1.7k 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.

Bio‐Inspired Evaporation Through Plasmonic Film of Nanoparticles at the Air–Water Interface

2014 469 citations Zhenhui Wang, Yanming Liu et al. Small profile →
Liquid metal-based soft, hermetic, and wireless-communicable seals for stretchable systems

2023 146 citations Qingchen Shen, Modi Jiang et al. Science profile →
Structural Color from Cellulose Nanocrystals or Chitin Nanocrystals: Self-Assembly, Optics, and Applications

2023 121 citations Bruno Frka‐Petesic, Thomas G. Parton et al. profile →
Structurally Colored Radiative Cooling Cellulosic Films

2022 120 citations Qingchen Shen, Thomas G. Parton et al. Advanced Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Qingchen Shen China	17	718	443	334	324	311	30	1.7k
Benwei Fu China	25	1.0k 1.4×	603 1.4×	429 1.3×	406 1.3×	266 0.9×	86	2.2k
Yunsong Xie United States	15	222 0.3×	529 1.2×	524 1.6×	261 0.8×	83 0.3×	34	1.9k
Qingchang Liu United States	16	415 0.6×	730 1.6×	279 0.8×	177 0.5×	81 0.3×	36	1.5k
Zheren Cai China	24	916 1.3×	996 2.2×	1.2k 3.7×	513 1.6×	51 0.2×	54	3.1k
Quanqian Lyu China	17	326 0.5×	497 1.1×	192 0.6×	159 0.5×	23 0.1×	29	1.2k
Jun Yao United States	18	439 0.6×	1.0k 2.3×	1.1k 3.4×	95 0.3×	53 0.2×	36	2.1k
Run Wang China	24	358 0.5×	1.3k 2.9×	431 1.3×	109 0.3×	46 0.1×	66	2.1k
Shudong Yu China	20	212 0.3×	187 0.4×	373 1.1×	72 0.2×	88 0.3×	54	1.1k
Wanlin Wang China	18	161 0.2×	303 0.7×	457 1.4×	31 0.1×	175 0.6×	50	1.3k
Shuai Lou China	20	207 0.3×	266 0.6×	419 1.3×	58 0.2×	58 0.2×	42	1.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Qingchen Shen

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Fields of papers citing papers by Qingchen Shen

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Qingchen Shen

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Qingchen Shen. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Qingchen Shen based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Qingchen Shen. Qingchen Shen is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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20 of 20 papers shown

Song, Jia-Ning, Richard Parker, Bruno Frka‐Petesic, et al.. (2025). Spray‐Assisted Fabrication of Cellulose Photonic Pigments on Superhydrophobic Surfaces. Advanced Materials. 37(22). e2416607–e2416607. 3 indexed citations

Hassan, Fathy, Chun Lam Clement Chan, Thomas G. Parton, et al.. (2025). Tuning the Circularly Polarized Reflection from Cholesteric Hydroxypropyl Cellulose Using Molecular Photoswitches. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 65(1). e20839–e20839.

Zhu, Hanrui, Zhen Luo, Lifu Zhang, et al.. (2024). Manipulation of Convection Using Infrared Light Emitted from Human Hands. Advanced Science. 11(12). e2307020–e2307020. 3 indexed citations

Zheng, Feiyu, Qingchen Shen, Zhiying Wang, et al.. (2023). Lightweight All Graphene‐Based Two‐Phase Heat Transport Devices. Advanced Materials Interfaces. 10(12). 2 indexed citations

Jiang, Modi, Wanying Zhang, Shun An, et al.. (2023). Enhancing electricity generation during water evaporation through a symmetric double Schottky-junction design. Nano Energy. 117. 108916–108916. 7 indexed citations

Song, Jia-Ning, et al.. (2023). Anti‐Environmental Aging Passive Daytime Radiative Cooling. Advanced Science. 11(10). e2305664–e2305664. 43 indexed citations

Jiang, Modi, Rui Chen, Qingchen Shen, et al.. (2023). Liquid Metal–Elastomer Seals for Stretchable Organic Electrolyte‐Based Lithium‐Ion Batteries. Advanced Functional Materials. 34(31). 6 indexed citations

Shen, Qingchen, Modi Jiang, Ruitong Wang, et al.. (2023). Liquid metal-based soft, hermetic, and wireless-communicable seals for stretchable systems. Science. 379(6631). 488–493. 146 indexed citations breakdown →

Yang, Jiayi, Ki Yoon Kwon, Ruizhe Xing, et al.. (2021). Skin‐Inspired Capacitive Stress Sensor with Large Dynamic Range via Bilayer Liquid Metal Elastomers. Advanced Materials Technologies. 7(5). 40 indexed citations

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Shen, Qingchen, Modi Jiang, Benwei Fu, et al.. (2021). Vapor bubble induced electric current generation. Pure and Applied Chemistry. 93(11). 1247–1254. 1 indexed citations

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Jiang, Modi, Qingchen Shen, Jingyi Zhang, et al.. (2020). Bioinspired Temperature Regulation in Interfacial Evaporation. Advanced Functional Materials. 30(14). 71 indexed citations

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Luo, Zhen, Qingchen Shen, Shun An, et al.. (2019). Vapor detection through dynamic process of molecule desorption from butterfly wings. Pure and Applied Chemistry. 92(2). 223–232. 4 indexed citations

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Shen, Qingchen, Zhen Luo, Shuai Ma, et al.. (2018). Bioinspired Infrared Sensing Materials and Systems. Advanced Materials. 30(28). e1707632–e1707632. 49 indexed citations

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Luo, Zhen, Shun An, Qingchen Shen, et al.. (2018). Integrating plasmonic nanostructures with natural photonic architectures in Pd-modified Morpho butterfly wings for sensitive hydrogen gas sensing. RSC Advances. 8(57). 32395–32400. 33 indexed citations

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Shen, Qingchen, Gufeng He, Peng Tao, et al.. (2017). Coupling effects in 3D plasmonic structures templated by Morpho butterfly wings. Nanoscale. 10(2). 533–537. 9 indexed citations

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Shen, Qingchen, Chengyi Song, Hang Hu, et al.. (2015). Subtractive Structural Modification ofMorphoButterfly Wings. Small. 11(42). 5705–5711. 19 indexed citations

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Luo, Zhen, Jun Chen, Qingchen Shen, et al.. (2015). Bioinspired infrared detection using thermoresponsive hydrogel nanoparticles. Pure and Applied Chemistry. 87(9-10). 1029–1038. 3 indexed citations

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Wang, Zhenhui, Yanming Liu, Peng Tao, et al.. (2014). Bio‐Inspired Evaporation Through Plasmonic Film of Nanoparticles at the Air–Water Interface. Small. 10(16). 3234–3239. 469 indexed citations breakdown →

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Tao, Peng, Wen Shang, Chengyi Song, et al.. (2014). Bioinspired Engineering of Thermal Materials. Advanced Materials. 27(3). 428–463. 261 indexed citations

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Wang, Zhenhui, Yanming Liu, Peng Tao, et al.. (2014). Evaporation: Bio‐Inspired Evaporation Through Plasmonic Film of Nanoparticles at the Air–Water Interface (Small 16/2014). Small. 10(16). 3233–3233. 17 indexed citations

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