Xianming Dai

3.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
40 papers, 2.9k citations indexed

About

Xianming Dai is a scholar working on Computational Mechanics, Surfaces, Coatings and Films and Mechanical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Xianming Dai has authored 40 papers receiving a total of 2.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 23 papers in Computational Mechanics, 22 papers in Surfaces, Coatings and Films and 16 papers in Mechanical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Xianming Dai's work include Surface Modification and Superhydrophobicity (21 papers), Fluid Dynamics and Heat Transfer (14 papers) and Heat Transfer and Boiling Studies (13 papers). Xianming Dai is often cited by papers focused on Surface Modification and Superhydrophobicity (21 papers), Fluid Dynamics and Heat Transfer (14 papers) and Heat Transfer and Boiling Studies (13 papers). Xianming Dai collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Iraq. Xianming Dai's co-authors include Shikuan Yang, Tak‐Sing Wong, Birgitt Boschitsch Stogin, Zongqi Guo, Chen Li, Fanghao Yang, Jyotirmoy Sarma, Steven O. Nielsen, Lei Zhang and Jing Wang and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and ACS Nano.

In The Last Decade

Xianming Dai

37 papers receiving 2.9k 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.

Ultrasensitive surface-enhanced Raman scattering detection in common fluids

2015 609 citations Shikuan Yang, Xianming Dai et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
Hydrophilic directional slippery rough surfaces for water harvesting

2018 452 citations Xianming Dai, Nan Sun et al. Science Advances profile →

Peers

Xianming Dai

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Birgitt Boschitsch Stogin United States

Rafael Tadmor United States

Thomas M. Schutzius Switzerland

Guangqing Du China

Roman Pogreb Israel

Cunjing Lv China

Duyang Zang China

David Seveno Belgium

Angeliki Tserepi Greece

Aurélie Lafuma France

Birgitt Boschitsch Stogin United States

Xianming Dai

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800 ×0.8

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362 ×0.7

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Citations per year, relative to Xianming Dai Xianming Dai (= 1×) peers Birgitt Boschitsch Stogin

Countries citing papers authored by Xianming Dai

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Fields of papers citing papers by Xianming Dai

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Xianming Dai

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Sarma, Jyotirmoy, et al.. (2025). Dynamic condensation model of rolling droplets for high-performance heat transfer. OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information). 1(2). 100033–100033. 4 indexed citations

Dai, Xianming, et al.. (2025). Comprehensive considerations for the co-decontamination and recycling of radioactively contaminated steels. Nuclear Engineering and Design. 435. 113945–113945.

Guo, Feng, et al.. (2025). High-efficiency frost and ice control via sensing-assisted nanovibrational slippery surfaces. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 13(22). 16797–16806.

Zhu, Xiangyu, Qingxiao Wang, Byung Oh Jung, et al.. (2025). Direct observation of the interface reaction dynamics of the NdCeFeB phase via in situ annealing & quenching STEM. RSC Advances. 15(1). 593–601. 1 indexed citations

Wang, Pengtao, et al.. (2025). Designing slippery rough surfaces to enhance dropwise condensation of low surface tension fluid. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer. 247. 127105–127105. 2 indexed citations

Jiang, Xiaoning, et al.. (2025). Sustainable vaporization for electronics cooling via dynamic fluid delivery. Device. 3(9). 100812–100812.

Sarma, Jyotirmoy, et al.. (2024). Coarsening droplets for frosting delay on hydrophilic slippery liquid‐infused porous surfaces. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3(2). 13 indexed citations

Guo, Zongqi, et al.. (2024). Patterned Quasi‐Liquid Surfaces for Condensation of Low Surface Tension Fluids. Advanced Functional Materials. 34(33). 17 indexed citations

Guo, Zongqi, et al.. (2023). Pushing the Limit of Beetle‐Inspired Condensation on Biphilic Quasi‐Liquid Surfaces. Advanced Functional Materials. 33(11). 62 indexed citations

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Guo, Zongqi, et al.. (2022). Coarsening‐induced disappearing droplets contribute to condensation. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1(2). 170–181. 38 indexed citations

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Guo, Zongqi, et al.. (2022). Hydrophilic reentrant SLIPS enabled flow separation for rapid water harvesting. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 119(36). e2209662119–e2209662119. 37 indexed citations

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Sarma, Jyotirmoy, Lei Zhang, Zongqi Guo, & Xianming Dai. (2021). Sustainable icephobicity on durable quasi-liquid surface. Chemical Engineering Journal. 431. 133475–133475. 74 indexed citations

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Dai, Xianming, et al.. (2020). Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Water Condensation on Surfaces with Tunable Wettability. Langmuir. 36(26). 7383–7391. 46 indexed citations

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Egab, Karim, Mohammad Alwazzan, Benli Peng, et al.. (2020). Enhancing filmwise and dropwise condensation using a hybrid wettability contrast mechanism: Circular patterns. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer. 154. 119640–119640. 50 indexed citations

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Dai, Xianming, Nan Sun, Steven O. Nielsen, et al.. (2018). Hydrophilic directional slippery rough surfaces for water harvesting. Science Advances. 4(3). eaaq0919–eaaq0919. 452 indexed citations breakdown →

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Dai, Xianming, Birgitt Boschitsch Stogin, Shikuan Yang, & Tak‐Sing Wong. (2015). Slippery Wenzel State. ACS Nano. 9(9). 9260–9267. 202 indexed citations

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Yang, Shikuan, Xianming Dai, Birgitt Boschitsch Stogin, & Tak‐Sing Wong. (2015). Ultrasensitive surface-enhanced Raman scattering detection in common fluids. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 113(2). 268–273. 609 indexed citations breakdown →

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Yang, Fanghao, Wenming Li, Xianming Dai, & Chen Li. (2015). Flow boiling heat transfer of HFE-7000 in nanowire-coated microchannels. Applied Thermal Engineering. 93. 260–268. 88 indexed citations

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Dai, Xianming, Fanghao Yang, Ronggui Yang, et al.. (2014). Biphilic nanoporous surfaces enabled exceptional drag reduction and capillary evaporation enhancement. Applied Physics Letters. 105(19). 33 indexed citations

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Dai, Xianming, M. Famouri, А. И. Абдулагатов, et al.. (2013). Capillary evaporation on micromembrane-enhanced microchannel wicks with atomic layer deposited silica. Applied Physics Letters. 103(15). 46 indexed citations

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