Xiao Yan

5.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
165 papers, 4.0k citations indexed

About

Xiao Yan is a scholar working on Computational Mechanics, Surfaces, Coatings and Films and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Xiao Yan has authored 165 papers receiving a total of 4.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 70 papers in Computational Mechanics, 53 papers in Surfaces, Coatings and Films and 42 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Xiao Yan's work include Surface Modification and Superhydrophobicity (52 papers), Fluid Dynamics and Heat Transfer (39 papers) and Heat Transfer and Boiling Studies (25 papers). Xiao Yan is often cited by papers focused on Surface Modification and Superhydrophobicity (52 papers), Fluid Dynamics and Heat Transfer (39 papers) and Heat Transfer and Boiling Studies (25 papers). Xiao Yan collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Japan. Xiao Yan's co-authors include Nenad Miljkovic, Soumyadip Sett, Longnan Li, Yanping Huang, Kazi Fazle Rabbi, Hyeongyun Cha, Zejun Xiao, Muhammad Jahidul Hoque, Lezhou Feng and Chongyan Zhao and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Communications and Nano Letters.

In The Last Decade

Xiao Yan

152 papers receiving 4.0k citations

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Interfacial ice sprouting during salty water droplet freezing

2024 71 citations Fuqiang Chu, Shuxin Li et al. Nature Communications profile →

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Flow and heat transfer of He-Xe mixture in different ultra-compact heat exchangers 2025 ·Applied Thermal Engineering ·(unknown), Yuan Zhou, Xiao Yan, (unknown), Jie Li, (unknown)	5
2	Enhancing liquid–vapor phase behavior through multiscale anisotropic wettability gradient in dandelion-inspired nanostructures 2025 ·Materials Horizons ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Xiong Wang, (unknown), Xiao Yan, Wei Han, Qiong Wu, Michael Kappl, Youmin Hou, Hans‐Jürgen Butt, King Lun Yeung	1
3	Adhesion Behavior Driven by Temperature Difference between Impinging Droplets and Superhydrophobic Surfaces 2025 ·Langmuir ·(unknown), Xin Zhou, Hong Wang, Xiao Yan, Xun Zhu, Yudong Ding, Rong Chen, Qiang Liao	0
4	The role of surface microstructures in particle-droplet coalescence and jumping from superhydrophobic surfaces 2025 ·Surfaces and Interfaces ·(unknown), (unknown), Andreas Mark, Xiao Yan, Nenad Miljkovic, Srdjan Sasic	0
5	Triaxial hybrid simulation and cyclic tests of full-scale circular steel tube columns 2024 ·Thin-Walled Structures ·Baofeng Huang, (unknown), Yurong Guo, Xiao Yan	2
6	Forced capillary wetting of viscoelastic fluids 2024 ·Journal of Colloid and Interface Science ·Xiong Wang, Yijun Zeng, (unknown), Feipeng Chen, (unknown), Yongjiu Yuan, Tong Li, Xiao Yan, Steven Wang	2
7	Unraveling the role of vaporization momentum in self-jumping dynamics of freezing supercooled droplets at reduced pressures 2024 ·Nature Communications ·Xiao Yan, Samuel Au, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Guanlei Zhao, (unknown), Mei Mei, (unknown), Huihe Qiu, Shuhuai Yao	16
8	Interfacial ice sprouting during salty water droplet freezing breakdown → 2024 ·Nature Communications ·Fuqiang Chu, Shuxin Li, (unknown), Yanhui Feng, Yukai Lin, Xiaomin Wu, Xiao Yan, Nenad Miljkovic	71
9	Nickel–silicon interfacial adhesion strength measured by laser spallation 2024 ·Journal of Applied Physics ·Xiao Yan, (unknown), (unknown), S. Matsuo, Kazi Fazle Rabbi, (unknown), Nenad Miljkovic, Paul V. Braun, Nancy R. Sottos	1
10	A Multiscale Analysis of Adjacent Fault Dislocation Mechanism Induced by Tunnel Excavation Based on Continuous-Discrete Coupling Method 2023 ·SSRN Electronic Journal ·Xiao Yan, Haitao Yu, Zhiwei Chen, Wei Jiang, Tingting Li	1
11	Perspectives on superhydrophobic surface durability 2023 ·Applied Physics Letters ·Muhammad Jahidul Hoque, Jingcheng Ma, Kazi Fazle Rabbi, Xiao Yan, (unknown), (unknown), Wuchen Fu, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Nenad Miljkovic	28
12	Ni-Based Hydrotalcite (HT)-Derived Cu Catalysts for Catalytic Conversion of Bioethanol to Butanol 2023 ·International Journal of Molecular Sciences ·Xiao Yan, Jie Li, (unknown), Xingkun Chen, Fenghua Bai, Wenhao Luo, Yunjie Ding	2
13	Hierarchically Patterned Self-Cleaning Polymer Composites for Daytime Radiative Cooling 2023 ·Nano Letters ·Kai Zhou, Xiao Yan, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Donald M. Cropek, Nenad Miljkovic, Lili Cai	39
14	Highly Selective and Stable Cu Catalysts Based on Ni–Al Catalytic Systems for Bioethanol Upgrading to n-Butanol 2023 ·Molecules ·Xiao Yan, (unknown), Jie Li, (unknown), Yunjie Ding	2
15	Biphilic jumping-droplet condensation 2022 ·Cell Reports Physical Science ·Muhammad Jahidul Hoque, Shreyas Chavan, Ross Lundy, Longnan Li, Jingcheng Ma, Xiao Yan, (unknown), Nenad Miljkovic, Ryan Enright	21
16	Exploring the limits of condensation heat transfer: A numerical study of microscale-confined condensation between parallel surfaces having wetting contrast 2022 ·International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer ·Chongyan Zhao, Xiao Yan, He Wen, Zhiyong Huang, Hanliang Bo, (unknown), Nenad Miljkovic	10
17	Ag substituted Au clusters supported on Mg-Al-hydrotalcite for highly efficient base-free aerobic oxidation of 5-hydroxymethylfurfural to 2,5-furandicarboxylic acid 2022 ·Green Chemistry ·Zongyang Liu, (unknown), Jie Li, Xiuli Li, Xiao Yan, (unknown), Xingkun Chen, Botao Qiao, Yunjie Ding	23
18	Liquid film–induced critical heat flux enhancement on structured surfaces 2021 ·Science Advances ·Jiaqi Li, (unknown), Kazi Fazle Rabbi, Wuchen Fu, Xiao Yan, Xiaolong Fang, Li‐Wu Fan, Nenad Miljkovic	80
19	Application of droplet motion and phase change model in containment spray system 2019 ·Annals of Nuclear Energy ·Fulong Zhao, Xiao Yan, Hanliang Bo, Tao Meng, (unknown), Sichao Tan	9
20	RESEARCH ON THE INFLUENCING FACTOR OF GAS-PHASE TURBULENCE NEAR THE NOZZLE IN TWO-PHASE JETS 2008 ·Journal of Engineering Thermophysics ·Xiao Yan	1

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