Wei Cui

5.5k total citations · 4 hit papers
113 papers, 4.6k citations indexed

About

Wei Cui is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Molecular Medicine and Mechanical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Wei Cui has authored 113 papers receiving a total of 4.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 50 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 26 papers in Molecular Medicine and 26 papers in Mechanical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Wei Cui's work include Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials (29 papers), Hydrogels: synthesis, properties, applications (26 papers) and Advanced Materials and Mechanics (16 papers). Wei Cui is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials (29 papers), Hydrogels: synthesis, properties, applications (26 papers) and Advanced Materials and Mechanics (16 papers). Wei Cui collaborates with scholars based in China, Japan and United States. Wei Cui's co-authors include Jochen Kerres, Rong Ran, Menghan Pi, Zhisen Wang, Xiaoyu Wang, Qunfeng Cheng, Lei Jiang, Yong Zheng, Honglang Lu and Jian Ping Gong and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Advanced Materials.

In The Last Decade

Wei Cui

105 papers receiving 4.6k 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.

A Strong Integrated Strength and Toughness Artificial Nacre Based on Dopamine Cross-Linked Graphene Oxide

2014 366 citations Wei Cui et al. profile →
Architecting a Stable High-Energy Aqueous Al-Ion Battery

2020 282 citations Wei Cui et al. profile →
Strong Tough Conductive Hydrogels via the Synergy of Ion‐Induced Cross‐Linking and Salting‐Out

2022 243 citations Wei Cui, Yong Zheng et al. profile →
Rapid Gelation of Tough and Anti‐Swelling Hydrogels under Mild Conditions for Underwater Communication

2022 196 citations Menghan Pi, Zhisen Wang et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Wei Cui China	37	2.1k	1.3k	1.0k	856	798	113	4.6k
Jiangjiang Duan China	36	2.1k 1.0×	1.3k 1.0×	915 0.9×	843 1.0×	1.5k 1.9×	59	5.6k
Qian Wang China	46	3.2k 1.5×	2.6k 2.0×	1.6k 1.6×	863 1.0×	1.6k 2.0×	178	6.6k
Xiaokong Liu China	41	2.0k 0.9×	1.0k 0.8×	2.0k 2.0×	404 0.5×	1.2k 1.5×	74	5.1k
Changtong Mei China	43	3.0k 1.5×	815 0.6×	2.3k 2.3×	750 0.9×	1.1k 1.4×	156	6.7k
Tianxue Zhu China	29	2.2k 1.1×	748 0.6×	800 0.8×	346 0.4×	641 0.8×	54	4.3k
Yujie Chen China	36	1.8k 0.9×	671 0.5×	1.2k 1.2×	779 0.9×	952 1.2×	146	4.7k
Jie Cao China	38	2.1k 1.0×	1.6k 1.2×	1.9k 1.9×	620 0.7×	1.2k 1.4×	136	4.7k
Karl I. Jacob United States	35	1.3k 0.6×	786 0.6×	1.5k 1.4×	744 0.9×	1.5k 1.9×	117	4.5k
Xuesong Jiang China	38	1.4k 0.7×	528 0.4×	918 0.9×	1.1k 1.3×	1.6k 2.0×	214	4.7k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Wei Cui

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Sun, Jingyi, Wei Cui, Bowen Liu, et al.. (2025). Sulfonated graphene porous nanofiber membrane with ion exchange function for the removal of heavy metal ions from water. Separation and Purification Technology. 377. 134489–134489. 3 indexed citations

Li, Feiyang, Yunting Li, Menghan Pi, et al.. (2025). Solvent‐Free Fabrication of Robust Physical Hydrogels via Bulk Copolymerization for Underwater Acoustics. Advanced Materials. 37(38). e2508162–e2508162.

Hu, Longyu, Hongmei Luo, Jing Xie, et al.. (2025). Mixed‐Solvent‐Induced Phase Separation Enables Anisotropy and Strengthening of Hydrogels Composed of Flexible Network Chains. Small. 21(13). e2410734–e2410734. 6 indexed citations

Yan, Bin, Min Li, Honglang Lu, et al.. (2024). Composite aerogel incorporating low temperature phase change microcapsules for enhanced thermal insulation. Chemical Engineering Journal. 481. 148540–148540. 19 indexed citations

Lu, Honglang, et al.. (2024). Physical hydrogel evaporators with uniformly dispersed hydrophobic components for freshwater and electricity cogeneration. Chemical Engineering Journal. 503. 158431–158431. 8 indexed citations

Pi, Menghan, Honglin Wu, Wenhao Li, et al.. (2024). Facile Preparation of Polymerizable Deep Eutectic Solvents Under Mild Conditions for Multisensory Ionic Skins. Small. 21(4). e2409754–e2409754. 9 indexed citations

Tan, Yujia, Yashan Huo, Hao Ren, et al.. (2024). Molybdenum disulfide modified silicon carbide ceramic nanofiber: Phase engineering for tuning microwave absorption properties of absorbers. Synthetic Metals. 307. 117655–117655. 4 indexed citations

Chen, Dandan, Wei Cui, Yanfei Chen, et al.. (2024). Micro–Nanofiber Three-Dimensional Antibacterial Sponge with Wetting/Pore Dual Gradient for Rapid Liquid Infiltration and Uniform Retention in Diapers. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 17(8). 12565–12577. 4 indexed citations

Huo, Yashan, et al.. (2023). Carbon–ceramic nanofiber embedded with LDHs-derived composites for enhanced electromagnetic wave absorption. Ceramics International. 49(20). 33039–33050. 12 indexed citations

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Lu, Honglang, Hui Zhou, Menghan Pi, et al.. (2023). Hydrogel-based intelligent greenhouse films for simultaneous fogging prevention and indoor environmental monitoring. Chemical Engineering Journal. 475. 146204–146204. 16 indexed citations

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Zhu, Ruijie, Huijun Yang, Wei Cui, et al.. (2022). High strength hydrogels enable dendrite-free Zn metal anodes and high-capacity Zn–MnO₂ batteries via a modified mechanical suppression effect. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 10(6). 3122–3133. 39 indexed citations

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Wang, Zhisen, Shuaibing Wang, Menghan Pi, et al.. (2022). Cellulose nanocrystal/phytic acid reinforced conductive hydrogels for antifreezing and antibacterial wearable sensors. Carbohydrate Polymers. 298. 120128–120128. 79 indexed citations

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Zheng, Yong, Takahiro Matsuda, Tasuku Nakajima, et al.. (2021). How chain dynamics affects crack initiation in double-network gels. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 118(49). 33 indexed citations

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Dai, Wei, Zhifang Yang, Juan Yu, et al.. (2021). Economic dispatch of interconnected networks considering hidden flexibility. Energy. 223. 120054–120054. 20 indexed citations

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Cui, Wei, Menghan Pi, Ruijie Zhu, Zetao Xiong, & Rong Ran. (2021). Strong anisotropic hydrogels with ion transport capability via reswelling contrast of two oriented polymer networks. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 9(36). 20362–20370. 28 indexed citations

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Zheng, Yong, Ryuji Kiyama, Takahiro Matsuda, et al.. (2021). Nanophase Separation in Immiscible Double Network Elastomers Induces Synergetic Strengthening, Toughening, and Fatigue Resistance. Chemistry of Materials. 33(9). 3321–3334. 64 indexed citations

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Cui, Wei, Lin Zhao, Shuyang Cao, & Yaojun Ge. (2021). Generating unconventional wind flow in an activelycontrolled multi-fan wind tunnel. Wind and Structures. 33(2). 115. 8 indexed citations

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Cui, Wei, et al.. (2021). Linear Convergence of Gradient Methods for Estimating Structured Transition Matrices in High-dimensional Vector Autoregressive Models. Neural Information Processing Systems. 34.

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Liu, Lin, Wei Cui, Cong Lü, et al.. (2020). Analyzing the adsorptive behavior of Amoxicillin on four Zr-MOFs nanoparticles: Functional groups dependence of adsorption performance and mechanisms. Journal of Environmental Management. 268. 110630–110630. 109 indexed citations

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Cui, Wei. (2000). An Algorithm to Improve the Consistency of a Comparison Matrix. Systems Engineering - Theory & Practice. 10 indexed citations

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