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Surface Modification and Superhydrophobicity

Last updated June 1, 2026

Rising Stars

New and hot

Rising Stars Researchers

1
Khoon S. Lim
MedTech CoRE
46
2
Monika Brzychczy‐Włoch
Jagiellonian University
39
3
Laura De Laporte
DWI – Leibniz Institute for Interactive Materials
13

Rising Stars Papers

1
Droplet-based microfluidics for engineering shape-controlled hydrogels with stiffness gradient
Biofabrication|2024
13 cit.
2
The Potential of Ruthenium(II) Tris‐Bidentate Complexes as Multifunctional Photo‐Initiators
Macromolecular Materials and Engineering|2025
6 cit.
3
Microgels enable iPSCs to assemble, expand, and differentiate into organoids – from sizable to high throughput
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)|2025
1 cit.
4
Engineering Aging: Approaches to Model and Deconstruct Biological Complexity
Advanced Materials|2025
0 cit.
5
Surface modification of polyurethane biomaterials by ammonia plasma: bacterial adhesion and cellular response
JCIS Open|2026
0 cit.

Emerging Leaders

Gaining momentum

Emerging Leaders Researchers

1
Jun‐Yeop Song
Chungnam National University
99
2
Van Tron Tran
Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology and Education
93
3
Kamil Drożdż
Jagiellonian University
86
4
Zelin Chen
Chinese Academy of Sciences
56
5
Xu Chen
Dalian University of Technology
50
6
Fang Chen
London Centre for Nanotechnology
33
7
Jiabin Liu
Michigan State University
28
8
Bashir Elbousefi
Unknown
11
9
Laura Klasen
RWTH Aachen University
11

Emerging Leaders Papers

1
Femtosecond Laser Fabrication of Wettability-Functional Surfaces: A Review of Materials, Structures, Processing, and Applications
Nanomaterials|2025
18 cit.
2
Environmentally Friendly Plastic Boats – A Facile Strategy for Cleaning Oil Spills on Water with Excellent Efficiency
Environmental Science and Pollution Research|2023
8 cit.
3
Pressure-sensitive in-situ underwater adhesives
Communications Physics|2025
7 cit.
4
An innovative plastic boat utilizing macroscopic openings for efficient oil spill cleanup on water
Scientific Reports|2025
1 cit.
5
Microgels enable iPSCs to assemble, expand, and differentiate into organoids – from sizable to high throughput
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)|2025
1 cit.
6
Synergistic All‐in‐One Electroceutical Platform Utilizing a Plasma–Photodynamic Hybrid Approach for Enhanced Wound Healing
Advanced Functional Materials|2026
1 cit.
7
Investigation of coalescence and pinch-off processes of a self-rewetting drop interacting with a liquid layer
arXiv (Cornell University)|2025
0 cit.
8
Robust, Fluorine-Free Superhydrophobic Films on Glass via Epoxysilane Pretreatment
Langmuir|2025
0 cit.
9
Surface modification of polyurethane biomaterials by ammonia plasma: bacterial adhesion and cellular response
JCIS Open|2026
0 cit.
10
Electrohydrodynamic printed ultra-high performance liquid metal strain sensor
Microsystems & Nanoengineering|2026
0 cit.

All-Time Leaders

The canon

All-Time Leaders Researchers

1
Yanlin Song
China Academy of Printing Technology
99
2
Yuekun Lai
Soochow University
90
3
Joanne Chory
Salk Institute for Biological Studies
83
4
Joanna Aizenberg
Harvard University
82
5
Xiaoguang Wang
Institute of Modern Physics
82
6
Zuankai Wang
City University of Hong Kong
80
7
Anish Tuteja
University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
74
8
Tawfique Hasan
University of Cambridge
73
9
Stefan Seeger
University of Zurich
70
10
Matthias B. Stope
Universitätsmedizin Greifswald
67

All-Time Leaders Papers

1
Hygro-responsive membranes for effective oil–water separation
Nature Communications|2012
1.2k cit.
2
Highly efficient three-dimensional solar evaporator for high salinity desalination by localized crystallization
Nature Communications|2020
764 cit.
3
Superamphiphobic surfaces
Chemical Society Reviews|2014
619 cit.
4
A review on special wettability textiles: theoretical models, fabrication technologies and multifunctional applications
Journal of Materials Chemistry A|2016
615 cit.
5
A Simple, One‐Step Approach to Durable and Robust Superhydrophobic Textiles
Advanced Functional Materials|2008
607 cit.
6
Network Discovery Pipeline Elucidates Conserved Time-of-Day–Specific cis-Regulatory Modules
PLoS Genetics|2008
565 cit.
7
Linking photoreceptor excitation to changes in plant architecture
Genes & Development|2012
546 cit.
8
One‐dimensional TiO<sub>2</sub> Nanotube Photocatalysts for Solar Water Splitting
Advanced Science|2016
544 cit.
9
Bio-inspired reversible underwater adhesive
Nature Communications|2017
485 cit.
10
Transparency and damage tolerance of patternable omniphobic lubricated surfaces based on inverse colloidal monolayers
Nature Communications|2013
433 cit.

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