Wancheng Gu

541 total citations · 1 hit paper
25 papers, 346 citations indexed

About

Wancheng Gu is a scholar working on Surfaces, Coatings and Films, Biomedical Engineering and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Wancheng Gu has authored 25 papers receiving a total of 346 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Surfaces, Coatings and Films, 9 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 7 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Wancheng Gu's work include Surface Modification and Superhydrophobicity (15 papers), Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials (6 papers) and Adhesion, Friction, and Surface Interactions (4 papers). Wancheng Gu is often cited by papers focused on Surface Modification and Superhydrophobicity (15 papers), Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials (6 papers) and Adhesion, Friction, and Surface Interactions (4 papers). Wancheng Gu collaborates with scholars based in China, Hong Kong and Australia. Wancheng Gu's co-authors include Xinquan Yu, Youfa Zhang, Zuankai Wang, Qiaoling Wang, Wei Wang, Weilin Deng, Miaomiao Cui, Xu Deng, Wei Liu and Ping Liu and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, Advanced Functional Materials and Journal of Hazardous Materials.

In The Last Decade

Wancheng Gu

23 papers receiving 343 citations

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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.

Ultra-durable superhydrophobic cellular coatings

2023 137 citations Wancheng Gu, Wanbo Li et al. Nature Communications profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Wancheng Gu China	10	224	103	85	57	57	25	346
Zeming Ren China	8	165 0.7×	98 1.0×	115 1.4×	35 0.6×	62 1.1×	13	341
Lingang Hou China	12	300 1.3×	133 1.3×	104 1.2×	152 2.7×	53 0.9×	15	427
Debasis Nanda India	10	329 1.5×	146 1.4×	69 0.8×	69 1.2×	106 1.9×	12	434
Yadong Yu China	10	237 1.1×	122 1.2×	59 0.7×	40 0.7×	62 1.1×	17	328
Hossein Pakzad Iran	9	339 1.5×	112 1.1×	81 1.0×	104 1.8×	104 1.8×	15	451
Jian Qin China	9	283 1.3×	181 1.8×	44 0.5×	54 0.9×	76 1.3×	18	372
Shiqi Wu China	7	318 1.4×	158 1.5×	190 2.2×	128 2.2×	78 1.4×	8	479
Jingwei Lu China	9	365 1.6×	165 1.6×	80 0.9×	47 0.8×	120 2.1×	11	441
Siyang Zhao China	11	207 0.9×	119 1.2×	86 1.0×	22 0.4×	65 1.1×	19	330

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Wancheng Gu

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Xiao, Wei, Haidi Wu, Qin Su, et al.. (2025). MXene initiated in situ construction of superhydrophobic and electrically conductive nanofibrous composites for wearable multifunctional sensing. Chemical Engineering Journal. 508. 161074–161074. 12 indexed citations

Wu, Binrui, et al.. (2025). Ultra‐Durable, Internally Self‐Sliding Superhydrophobic Coating for Underwater Protection Performance Evaluation. Small. 21(20). e2501873–e2501873. 1 indexed citations

Su, Qin, Haidi Wu, Liping Ye, et al.. (2025). Natural Fiber@MXene‐Engineered Chitosan Aerogels: Thermodynamic‐Transport Synergy for Solar‐Driven Hypersaline Interfacial Evaporation. Advanced Science. 12(30). e05944–e05944. 8 indexed citations

Liu, Zhanqi, Yuqing Wang, Haidi Wu, et al.. (2025). Highly Oriented Bio‐Mimetic Hydrogels by Calendering. Advanced Science. 12(30). e04778–e04778. 3 indexed citations

Su, Qin, Liping Ye, Wancheng Gu, et al.. (2025). Hierarchical architectures for synergistic thermal-hydraulic management in robust solar desalination. Desalination. 620. 119632–119632.

Ye, Liping, Jun Yan, Qin Su, et al.. (2025). Sodium alginate hydrogel–conductive fabric architecture enables electro-solar dual-driven interfacial evaporation for all-day steam generation. Carbohydrate Polymers. 369. 124333–124333.

Deng, Weilin, Wei Wang, Wancheng Gu, et al.. (2024). Fabrication of water-resistant and abrasion- resistant superhydrophilic coatings. Colloids and Surfaces A Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects. 702. 135085–135085. 2 indexed citations

Gu, Wancheng, L. Li, Yanzheng Ji, et al.. (2024). Damage Tolerance of Superhydrophobic Coatings with Binary Cooperative Cells for Water Harvesting (Small 13/2024). Small. 20(13). 1 indexed citations

Deng, Weilin, Wei Wang, Junxu Chen, et al.. (2024). Negative expansion induced anti-abrasive self-cleaning coatings for enhancing output of solar panels. Chemical Engineering Journal. 499. 156153–156153. 3 indexed citations

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Gu, Wancheng, Qiang Zhang, Yanzheng Ji, et al.. (2024). Enhancing Resistance to Corrosion and Fouling Using Epoxy Coatings with Superhydrophobic Cells. Advanced Functional Materials. 35(2). 27 indexed citations

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Ji, Yanzheng, Chunhui Liu, Wancheng Gu, et al.. (2024). High-efficient nanoemulsions separation by surface manipulation of sands. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 482. 136557–136557. 1 indexed citations

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Gu, Wancheng, Weilin Deng, Wei Wang, et al.. (2024). Framework bridging-induced densified icephobic coatings coupling high mechanical strength and flexibility. Chemical Engineering Journal. 504. 158776–158776. 3 indexed citations

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Gu, Wancheng, L. Li, Yu Shrike Zhang, et al.. (2023). Damage Tolerance of Superhydrophobic Coatings with Binary Cooperative Cells for Water Harvesting. Small. 20(13). e2307561–e2307561. 11 indexed citations

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Gu, Wancheng, Li Shao, Yanzheng Ji, et al.. (2023). Flexibility and abrasion tolerance of superamphiphobic coatings with rigid core–shell particles. Chemical Engineering Journal. 476. 146746–146746. 23 indexed citations

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Gu, Wancheng, Yuxin Zhang, Xinquan Yu, et al.. (2023). Robust water-borne multi-layered superhydrophobic coating on concrete with ultra-low permeability. Construction and Building Materials. 411. 134573–134573. 9 indexed citations

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Gu, Wancheng, Wanbo Li, Yu Shrike Zhang, et al.. (2023). Ultra-durable superhydrophobic cellular coatings. Nature Communications. 14(1). 5953–5953. 137 indexed citations breakdown →

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Wang, Wei, Weilin Deng, Wancheng Gu, Xinquan Yu, & Youfa Zhang. (2023). Transparent anti-fingerprint glass surfaces: comprehensive insights into theory, design, and prospects. Nanoscale. 16(6). 2695–2712. 2 indexed citations

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Gu, Wancheng, et al.. (2022). Waterborne superamphiphobic coatings with network structure for enhancing mechanical durability. RSC Advances. 12(26). 16510–16516. 3 indexed citations

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Wang, Wei, Wancheng Gu, Ping Liu, et al.. (2021). Heterogeneously-wetting glass with enhanced anti-fingerprint properties. Chemical Engineering Journal. 430. 132902–132902. 12 indexed citations

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Gu, Wancheng, Zhen Cheng, Qiaoling Wang, et al.. (2020). Water‐Based Robust Transparent Superamphiphobic Coatings for Resistance to Condensation, Frosting, Icing, and Fouling. Advanced Materials Interfaces. 7(10). 38 indexed citations

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