Sheng Mao

2.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
56 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Sheng Mao is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Mechanical Engineering and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Sheng Mao has authored 56 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Materials Chemistry, 18 papers in Mechanical Engineering and 16 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Sheng Mao's work include Numerical methods in engineering (9 papers), Pickering emulsions and particle stabilization (5 papers) and Advanced Materials and Mechanics (5 papers). Sheng Mao is often cited by papers focused on Numerical methods in engineering (9 papers), Pickering emulsions and particle stabilization (5 papers) and Advanced Materials and Mechanics (5 papers). Sheng Mao collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and France. Sheng Mao's co-authors include Prashant Purohit, Andrej Košmrlj, Michael C. McAlpine, Yao‐Wen Yeh, Thanh D. Nguyen, Xiaoying Zhuang, Shuwei Zhou, Mikko Haataja, N. Aravas and Tianju Xue and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Physical Review Letters and Advanced Materials.

In The Last Decade

Sheng Mao

48 papers receiving 1.7k citations

Hit Papers

Nanoscale Flexoelectricity 2013 2026 2017 2021 2013 100 200 300 400
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. Nanoscale Flexoelectricity
    2013 417 citations Thanh D. Nguyen, Sheng Mao et al. Advanced Materials profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Sheng Mao China 19 778 476 378 347 341 56 1.7k
Jizeng Wang China 26 753 1.0× 440 0.9× 128 0.3× 312 0.9× 551 1.6× 150 2.6k
Giuseppe Puglisi Italy 23 351 0.5× 347 0.7× 410 1.1× 109 0.3× 748 2.2× 69 1.6k
Yajun Yin China 19 376 0.5× 288 0.6× 236 0.6× 112 0.3× 393 1.2× 117 1.4k
Cyprien Gay France 22 555 0.7× 349 0.7× 402 1.1× 76 0.2× 621 1.8× 53 1.9k
Fei Jia China 22 560 0.7× 245 0.5× 837 2.2× 63 0.2× 593 1.7× 92 1.9k
Zhengzhi Wang China 29 272 0.3× 450 0.9× 324 0.9× 161 0.5× 522 1.5× 114 2.1k
Daniel L. Blair United States 24 673 0.9× 159 0.3× 238 0.6× 194 0.6× 441 1.3× 41 2.0k
Yuxin Sun China 30 1.6k 2.0× 1.2k 2.5× 815 2.2× 116 0.3× 403 1.2× 148 3.4k
Kaushik Dayal United States 21 664 0.9× 445 0.9× 268 0.7× 46 0.1× 490 1.4× 88 1.5k
Fang Li China 22 245 0.3× 148 0.3× 243 0.6× 158 0.5× 796 2.3× 157 1.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Sheng Mao

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Fields of papers citing papers by Sheng Mao

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Sheng Mao. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Sheng Mao. The network helps show where Sheng Mao may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sheng Mao

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Sheng Mao. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Sheng Mao 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 Sheng Mao. Sheng Mao is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Mao, Sheng, et al.. (2025). Wrinkling of heterogeneous thin films over liquid substrate. Acta Mechanica. 237(2). 791–809.
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Wu, Xinxin, et al.. (2025). Phase-augmented digital image correlation for high-accuracy deformation measurement: Theory, validation, and application to constitutive law learning. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids. 198. 106051–106051.
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Wu, Xinxin, Yin Zhang, & Sheng Mao. (2025). Learning the physics-consistent material behavior from measurable data via PDE-constrained optimization. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering. 437. 117748–117748. 2 indexed citations
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Sun, Xiaohao, et al.. (2025). Machine Learning‐Assisted Inverse Design of 3D Shape Morphing in Liquid Crystal Elastomer Composite Strips. Advanced Functional Materials. 1 indexed citations
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Liu, Jianchuan, et al.. (2025). Structural and mechanical properties of W-Cu compounds characterized by a neural-network-based potential. Computational Materials Science. 253. 113825–113825.
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Xue, Tianju, et al.. (2024). G-code Net: Learning-based rational design and optimization for additively manufactured structures. MRS Communications. 14(4). 511–519. 4 indexed citations
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Zhang, Ruoyao, Sheng Mao, & Mikko Haataja. (2024). Chemically reactive and aging macromolecular mixtures. II. Phase separation and coarsening. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 161(18). 5 indexed citations
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Mao, Sheng, et al.. (2024). Nanopipette dynamic microscopy unveils nano coffee ring. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 121(28). e2314320121–e2314320121. 5 indexed citations
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Zhang, Ruoyao, Sheng Mao, & Mikko Haataja. (2024). Chemically reactive and aging macromolecular mixtures. I. Phase diagrams, spinodals, and gelation. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 160(24). 3 indexed citations
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Mao, Sheng, et al.. (2024). Heterogeneous elasticity drives ripening and controls bursting kinetics of transcriptional condensates. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 121(12). e2316610121–e2316610121. 8 indexed citations
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Zhang, Ruoyao, Sheng Mao, & Mikko Haataja. (2023). Phase separation and gelation of chemically reactive macromolecules. Biophysical Journal. 122(3). 65a–65a.
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Wang, Huan, et al.. (2022). Experimental Guidelines to Image Transient Single-Molecule Events Using Graphene Liquid Cell Electron Microscopy. ACS Nano. 16(11). 18526–18537. 19 indexed citations
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Chen, Wei, et al.. (2022). The creation of raspberry-like droplets and their coalescence dynamics: An ideal model for certain biological processes. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. 615. 752–758. 1 indexed citations
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Liu, Junning, et al.. (2022). Bubble Coarsening Kinetics in Porous Media. Geophysical Research Letters. 50(1). 14 indexed citations
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Fei, Chenyi, Sheng Mao, Jing Yan, et al.. (2020). Nonuniform growth and surface friction determine bacterial biofilm morphology on soft substrates. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 117(14). 7622–7632. 95 indexed citations
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Yan, Jing, Chenyi Fei, Sheng Mao, et al.. (2019). Mechanical instability and interfacial energy drive biofilm morphogenesis. eLife. 8. 73 indexed citations
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Yan, Jing, Sepideh Khodaparast, Antonio Perazzo, et al.. (2018). Bacterial Biofilm Material Properties Enable Removal and Transfer by Capillary Peeling. Advanced Materials. 30(46). e1804153–e1804153. 73 indexed citations
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Nguyen, Thanh D., Sheng Mao, Yao‐Wen Yeh, Prashant Purohit, & Michael C. McAlpine. (2013). Nanoscale Flexoelectricity. Advanced Materials. 25(7). 946–974. 417 indexed citations breakdown →
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Mao, Sheng. (2002). Effect of eliminating the anaerobic fungi on the metabolism and digestibility of rumen. Nanjing Nongye Daxue xuebao. 2 indexed citations

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