主要从事材料表面相关的物理及化学基础原理研究，包括界面化学反应、表面防污以及界面传热传质(结冰、凝结、沸腾)等表界面科学问题。开发新型仿生功能界面材料，应用于强化传热传质、防结冰以及生物医学工程等领域。
代表性研究论文：
1. Dehui Wang, Qiangqiang Sun, Matti J. Hokkanen, Chenglin Zhang, Fan-Yen Lin, Qiang Liu, Shun-Peng Zhu, Tianfeng Zhou, Qing Chang, Bo He, Quan Zhou, Longquan Chen, Zuankai Wang, Robin H. A. Ras* & Xu Deng*. Design of robust superhydrophobic surfaces. Nature, 582, 55–59(2020)
2. Dehui Wang, Yuan Ha, Jin Gu, Qian Li, Liangliang Zhang, Peng Yang*. 2D protein supramolecular nanofilm with exceptionally large area and emergent functions. Advanced Materials, 28, 7414-7423(2016)
3. Jinlong Yang#, Yong Li#, Dehui Wang#, Yue Fan, Yuanyuan Ma, Fanfei Yu, Junchang Guo, Longquan Chen, Zuankai Wang, Xu Deng*.A standing Leidenfrost drop with Sufi whirling. PNAS, 120 (32), e2305567120 (2023)
4. Huijuan Shao, Dehui Wang*, Jianing Song, Zhenxu Shi, Kun Yin, Yang Shen, Bowen Zhang, Luqing Xu, Junchang Guo, Jinlong Yang, Xu Deng*.Advanced Materials, 2412702(2024)
5. Chenglin Zhang, Jinlong Yang, Yong Li, Jianing Song, Junchang Guo, Yuanlai Fang, Xiao Yang, Qichang Yang, Dehui Wang*, Xu Deng*. Vapor–Liquid Transition‐Based Broadband Light Modulation for Self‐Adaptive Thermal Management. Advanced Functional Materials, 2208144(2022)
6.Zhenda Liu, Dagui Wang, Wei Zhang, Shan Gao, Yang Shen, Zhenxu Shi, Binyang Lu, Dehui Wang*, Xu Deng. Long‐Term Resistance to Phase Change‐Induced Wetting Transition on Biphilic Armored Superhydrophobic Surfaces. Small, 2406072 (2024)
7. Jing Luo, Huali Yu, Binyang Lu, Dehui Wang*, Xu Deng*. Superhydrophobic Biological Fluid‐Repellent Surfaces: Mechanisms and Applications. Small Methods, 2201106(2022)
8. Qiangqiang Sun,Dehui Wang, Yanan Li, Jiahui Zhang, Shuji Ye, Jiaxi Cui, Longquan Chen, Zuankai Wang*, Hans-Jürgen Butt*, Doris Vollmer, Xu Deng*.Surface charge printing for programmed droplet transport. Nature materials, 18, 936-941(2019)
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