Wen Zhao

2.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
40 papers, 2.2k citations indexed

About

Wen Zhao is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Wen Zhao has authored 40 papers receiving a total of 2.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 13 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 12 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Wen Zhao's work include Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials (11 papers), Dielectric materials and actuators (7 papers) and Electromagnetic wave absorption materials (6 papers). Wen Zhao is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials (11 papers), Dielectric materials and actuators (7 papers) and Electromagnetic wave absorption materials (6 papers). Wen Zhao collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Hong Kong. Wen Zhao's co-authors include Yao Lu, Xiaochen Dong, Wei Huang, Qian Wang, Xinyu Qu, Lei Qian, Yanfang Ren, Gang Ge, Rui Yin and Wenjun Wang and has published in prestigious journals such as ACS Nano, Journal of The Electrochemical Society and Chemical Engineering Journal.

In The Last Decade

Wen Zhao

39 papers receiving 2.2k citations

Hit Papers

Muscle-Inspired Self-Healing Hydrogels for Strain and Tem... 2019 2026 2021 2023 2019 200 400 600
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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.

  1. Muscle-Inspired Self-Healing Hydrogels for Strain and Temperature Sensor
    2019 626 citations Yao Lu, Xinyu Qu et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Wen Zhao China 21 1.3k 767 674 520 451 40 2.2k
Xuemei Fu China 25 1.1k 0.8× 599 0.8× 731 1.1× 604 1.2× 593 1.3× 51 2.0k
Jingxia Wu China 13 1.0k 0.8× 558 0.7× 965 1.4× 401 0.8× 503 1.1× 27 2.1k
Sandip Maiti India 20 1.4k 1.0× 973 1.3× 538 0.8× 520 1.0× 604 1.3× 34 2.4k
Youngjin Jeong South Korea 25 866 0.6× 520 0.7× 880 1.3× 753 1.4× 416 0.9× 94 2.1k
Qitao Zhou China 26 1.4k 1.0× 572 0.7× 465 0.7× 425 0.8× 567 1.3× 52 2.0k
Alamusi Alamusi China 21 1.2k 0.9× 656 0.9× 607 0.9× 554 1.1× 291 0.6× 39 2.0k
P. Costa Portugal 34 2.0k 1.5× 1.3k 1.7× 663 1.0× 651 1.3× 244 0.5× 94 3.0k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Wen Zhao

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Wen Zhao

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Wen Zhao. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Wen Zhao 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 Wen Zhao. Wen Zhao 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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Lin, Wenzhu, Wen Zhao, Yawei Feng, et al.. (2025). A dual-function hydrogel-based moisture electricity generation and passive cooling system for electronic devices. Energy Conversion and Management. 345. 120396–120396.
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Zhao, Wen, et al.. (2023). 4D printing of biocompatible, hierarchically porous shape memory polymeric structures. Biomaterials Advances. 153. 213575–213575. 9 indexed citations
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Zhao, Zhi‐Jian, Xiaoxue Yao, Wen Zhao, et al.. (2022). Highly transparent liquid marble in liquid (HT-LMIL) as 3D miniaturized reactor for real-time bio-/chemical assays. Chemical Engineering Journal. 443. 136417–136417. 11 indexed citations
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Zhao, Wen, Zhaoqian Yan, & Lei Qian. (2020). Graphitic Carbon Nitride: Preparation, Properties and Applications in Energy Storage. Engineered Science. 28 indexed citations
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Zhao, Wen, Xinyu Qu, Qian Xu, et al.. (2020). Ultrastretchable, Self‐Healable, and Wearable Epidermal Sensors Based on Ultralong Ag Nanowires Composited Binary‐Networked Hydrogels. Advanced Electronic Materials. 6(7). 63 indexed citations
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Yin, Rui, Wen Zhao, & Lei Qian. (2020). Nitrogen doping effect of graphene nanosheets towards metacomposites with tunable negative permittivity. Composites Communications. 19. 16–19. 20 indexed citations
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Lu, Yao, Xinyu Qu, Wen Zhao, et al.. (2020). Highly Stretchable, Elastic, and Sensitive MXene-Based Hydrogel for Flexible Strain and Pressure Sensors. Research. 2020. 2038560–2038560. 193 indexed citations
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Zhong, Xia, et al.. (2019). Production of Cyanocarboxylic Acid by Acidovorax facilis 72W Nitrilase Displayed on the Spore Surface of Bacillus subtilis. Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology. 29(5). 749–757. 5 indexed citations
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Zhao, Wen, Jun Wang, Rui Yin, et al.. (2019). Single-atom Pt supported on holey ultrathin g-C3N4 nanosheets as efficient catalyst for Li-O2 batteries. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. 564. 28–36. 98 indexed citations
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Li, Xiaomin, Wen Zhao, Rui Yin, Xiaoshuai Huang, & Lei Qian. (2018). A Highly Porous Polyaniline-Graphene Composite Used for Electrochemical Supercapacitors. Engineered Science. 82 indexed citations
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Zhao, Wen, Xiaomin Li, Rui Yin, et al.. (2018). Urchin-like NiO–NiCo2O4 heterostructure microsphere catalysts for enhanced rechargeable non-aqueous Li–O2 batteries. Nanoscale. 11(1). 50–59. 140 indexed citations
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Du, Liqun, et al.. (2017). Research of megasonic electroforming equipment based on the uniformity of electroforming process. Ultrasonics Sonochemistry. 42. 368–375. 20 indexed citations
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Zhao, Wen, et al.. (2017). Freeze-Drying Graphene Aerogels and their Adsorption Ability towards Organic Reagents. Materials science forum. 898. 1923–1928. 4 indexed citations
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Zhang, Yan, Haikun Wu, Wen Zhao, et al.. (2017). Iron (II) phthalocyanine nanoclusters - Graphene sandwich composite for oxygen reduction reaction catalysts. Materials & Design. 130. 366–372. 15 indexed citations
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Wu, Haikun, Yan Zhang, Rui Yin, et al.. (2017). Magnetic negative permittivity with dielectric resonance in random Fe3O4@graphene-phenolic resin composites. Advanced Composites and Hybrid Materials. 1(1). 168–176. 81 indexed citations
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Zhao, Wen, et al.. (2014). Gene expression of proteolytic system of Lactobacillus helveticus H9 during milk fermentation. Annals of Microbiology. 65(2). 1171–1175. 12 indexed citations
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Zhang, Qingyu, et al.. (2003). Microstructure, morphology and their annealing behaviors of alumina films synthesized by ion beam assisted deposition. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms. 206. 357–361. 20 indexed citations
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Zhao, Wen, et al.. (2002). Microstructures and properties of Er-doped Al2O3 thin films synthesized by ion beam assisted deposition. Surface and Coatings Technology. 158-159. 538–543. 1 indexed citations
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Zhao, Wen, et al.. (2000). Ion beam assisted deposition of Al2O3 optical waveguides on silicon. Surface and Coatings Technology. 128-129. 121–125. 8 indexed citations

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