Solomon Adera

1.9k total citations · 3 hit papers
38 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

Solomon Adera is a scholar working on Surfaces, Coatings and Films, Computational Mechanics and Mechanical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Solomon Adera has authored 38 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Surfaces, Coatings and Films, 18 papers in Computational Mechanics and 14 papers in Mechanical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Solomon Adera's work include Surface Modification and Superhydrophobicity (18 papers), Fluid Dynamics and Thin Films (13 papers) and Heat Transfer and Boiling Studies (11 papers). Solomon Adera is often cited by papers focused on Surface Modification and Superhydrophobicity (18 papers), Fluid Dynamics and Thin Films (13 papers) and Heat Transfer and Boiling Studies (11 papers). Solomon Adera collaborates with scholars based in United States, India and Singapore. Solomon Adera's co-authors include Evelyn N. Wang, Rishi Raj, Ryan Enright, Xiaoguang Wang, Ufuoma I. Kara, Xiaodi Zhou, Hualiang Lv, Dion S. Antao, Yangying Zhu and Qiuyi Wang 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

Solomon Adera

37 papers receiving 1.5k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Biomass-Derived Carbon Heterostructures Enable Environmentally Adaptive Wideband Electromagnetic Wave Absorbers

2021 264 citations Zhichao Lou, Qiuyi Wang et al. Nano-Micro Letters profile →
Staggered circular nanoporous graphene converts electromagnetic waves into electricity

2023 239 citations Hualiang Lv, Yuxing Yao et al. Nature Communications profile →
Functional nanoporous graphene superlattice

2024 85 citations Hualiang Lv, Yuxing Yao et al. Nature Communications profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Solomon Adera United States	17	580	518	445	423	346	38	1.6k
Xianming Dai United States	26	459 0.8×	1.4k 2.7×	204 0.5×	874 2.1×	884 2.6×	40	2.9k
Yoonjin Won United States	24	194 0.3×	187 0.4×	100 0.2×	303 0.7×	584 1.7×	81	1.5k
Mehdi Keshavarz Hedayati Germany	19	939 1.6×	225 0.4×	343 0.8×	95 0.2×	72 0.2×	33	1.7k
Pu Guo China	19	99 0.2×	476 0.9×	186 0.4×	93 0.2×	208 0.6×	35	1.1k
Guochen Jiang China	15	94 0.2×	611 1.2×	333 0.7×	173 0.4×	130 0.4×	29	933
Qihua Gong China	10	138 0.2×	519 1.0×	187 0.4×	104 0.2×	74 0.2×	24	951
Lie Chen China	22	120 0.2×	331 0.6×	83 0.2×	131 0.3×	354 1.0×	79	1.3k
Nicolas Brodusch Canada	22	125 0.2×	157 0.3×	224 0.5×	93 0.2×	745 2.2×	120	1.6k
Mingyong Cai China	17	70 0.1×	553 1.1×	97 0.2×	267 0.6×	172 0.5×	21	1.0k

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Adera, Solomon, et al.. (2025). Wetting Ridge Growth Dynamics on Textured Lubricant-Infused Surfaces. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 17(21). 31677–31684. 1 indexed citations

Adera, Solomon, et al.. (2025). Pool boiling of water on micro-nanostructured oil-impregnated surfaces. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer. 252. 127342–127342. 1 indexed citations

Huang, Michelle S., et al.. (2025). Drop impact dynamics on hierarchically textured lubricant-infused surfaces. Physical Review Fluids. 10(1). 1 indexed citations

Adera, Solomon, et al.. (2025). Direct Measurement and Modeling of Wrapping Layer on Lubricant-Infused Surfaces. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 17(34). 48895–48903.

Kim, Philseok, Sankara Arunachalam, Rifan Hardian, et al.. (2024). Emergent Collective Motion of Self-Propelled Condensate Droplets. Physical Review Letters. 132(5). 13 indexed citations

Bashirzadeh, Yashar, et al.. (2024). Visualization and Experimental Characterization of Wrapping Layer Using Planar Laser-Induced Fluorescence. ACS Nano. 18(5). 4068–4076. 4 indexed citations

Lv, Hualiang, Yuxing Yao, Mingyue Yuan, et al.. (2024). Functional nanoporous graphene superlattice. Nature Communications. 15(1). 1295–1295. 85 indexed citations breakdown →

Kolle, Stefan, et al.. (2023). Synergistic Benefits of Micro/Nanostructured Oil-Impregnated Surfaces in Reducing Fouling while Enhancing Heat Transfer. Langmuir. 39(19). 6705–6712. 9 indexed citations

Daniel, Dan, et al.. (2023). Droplet attraction and coalescence mechanism on textured oil-impregnated surfaces. Nature Communications. 14(1). 4901–4901. 20 indexed citations

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Adera, Solomon, et al.. (2023). Prediction of hemiwicking dynamics in micropillar arrays. Physics of Fluids. 35(8). 3 indexed citations

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Lv, Hualiang, Yuxing Yao, Shucong Li, et al.. (2023). Staggered circular nanoporous graphene converts electromagnetic waves into electricity. Nature Communications. 14(1). 1982–1982. 239 indexed citations breakdown →

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Yao, Yuxing, Yang Xu, Adil Majeed Rather, et al.. (2022). Wettability-based ultrasensitive detection of amphiphiles through directed concentration at disordered regions in self-assembled monolayers. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 119(43). e2211042119–e2211042119. 16 indexed citations

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Zhang, Chengcheng, Solomon Adera, Joanna Aizenberg, & Zhan Chen. (2021). Why Are Water Droplets Highly Mobile on Nanostructured Oil-Impregnated Surfaces?. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 13(13). 15901–15909. 36 indexed citations

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Xu, Yang, Adil Majeed Rather, Yuxing Yao, et al.. (2021). Liquid crystal–based open surface microfluidics manipulate liquid mobility and chemical composition on demand. Science Advances. 7(40). eabi7607–eabi7607. 56 indexed citations

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Adera, Solomon, et al.. (2021). Enhanced condensation heat transfer using porous silica inverse opal coatings on copper tubes. Scientific Reports. 11(1). 10675–10675. 24 indexed citations

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Lou, Zhichao, Qiuyi Wang, Ufuoma I. Kara, et al.. (2021). Biomass-Derived Carbon Heterostructures Enable Environmentally Adaptive Wideband Electromagnetic Wave Absorbers. Nano-Micro Letters. 14(1). 11–11. 264 indexed citations breakdown →

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Adera, Solomon, et al.. (2020). Depletion of Lubricant from Nanostructured Oil-Infused Surfaces by Pendant Condensate Droplets. ACS Nano. 14(7). 8024–8035. 77 indexed citations

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Somasundaram, Sivanand, Kevin R. Bagnall, Solomon Adera, et al.. (2016). Detailed thermal resistance model for characterization of the overall effective thermal conductivity of a flat heat pipe. 23–29. 4 indexed citations

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Raj, Rishi, Solomon Adera, Ryan Enright, & Evelyn N. Wang. (2014). High-resolution liquid patterns via three-dimensional droplet shape control. Nature Communications. 5(1). 4975–4975. 99 indexed citations

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Adera, Solomon, Rishi Raj, Ryan Enright, & Evelyn N. Wang. (2013). Non-wetting droplets on hot superhydrophilic surfaces. Nature Communications. 4(1). 2518–2518. 136 indexed citations

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