致力于高性能纳米复合材料的仿生设计与构筑研究，发现了纳米复合材料性能提升的关键科学问题，开发了绿色低碳制造纳米复合材料的新策略，创制了高性能纳米复合材料，取得原创性成果，为其应用奠定了理论基础。以通讯作者在Science (3篇), Nature (1篇), Nat. Mater. (1篇), Nat. Commun. (4篇), PNAS (5篇)等期刊发表论文100余篇，引用12000余次，H因子62，授权中国发明专利40项，出版专著《仿生层状二维纳米复合材料》。

代表性论文

1.     S. Wan, Y. Chen, C. Huang, Z. Huang, C. Liang, X. Deng*, and Q. Cheng*, Scalable ultrastrong MXene films with superior osteogenesis. Nature 2024, 634, 1103-1110.

2.     W. Li, T. Zhou, Z. Zhang, L. Li, W. Lian, Y. Wang, J. Lu, J. Yan, H. Wang, L. Wei, and Q. Cheng*, Ultrastrong MXene film induced by sequential bridging with liquid metal. Science. 2024. 385, 62-68.

3.     J. Yang, M. Li, S. Fang, Y. Wang, H. He, C. Wang, Z. Zhang, B. Yuan, L. Jiang, R. H. Baughman* and Q. Cheng*, Water-induced strong isotropic MXene-bridged graphene sheets for electrochemical energy strorage. Science. 2024. 383, 771-777.

4.     S. Wan, X. Li, Y. Chen, N. Liu, Y. Du, S. Dou, L. Jiang, and Q. Cheng*, High-strength scalable MXene films through bridging-induced densification. Science 2021. 374, 96-99.

5.     S. Wan, Y. Chen, S. Fang, S. Wang, Z. Xu, L. Jiang, R. H. Baughman* and Q. Cheng*, High-strength scalable graphene sheets by freezing stretch-induced alignment. Nat. Mater. 2021. 20, 624-631.

6.     T. Zhou, Y. Yu, B. He, Z. Wang, T. Xiong, Z. Wang, Y. Liu, J. Xin, M. Qi, H. Zhang, X. Zhou, L. Gao, Q. Cheng*, L. Wei*, Ultra-compact MXene fibers by continuous and controllable synergy of interfacial interactions and thermal drawing-induced stresses. Nat. Commun. 2022. 13, 4564.

7.     S. Wan, X. Li, Y. Chen, N. Liu, S. Wang, Y. Du, Z. Xu, X. Deng, S. Dou, L. Jiang, Q. Cheng*, Ultrastrong MXene films via the synergy of intercalating small flakes and interfacial bridging. Nat. Commun. 2022. 13, 7340.

8.     J. Peng, A. P. Tomsia, L. Jiang, B. Z. Tang*, Q. Cheng*, Stiff and tough PDMS-MMT layered nanocomposites visualized by AIE luminogens. Nat. Commun. 2021. 12, 4539.

9.     T. Zhou, C. Wu, Y. Wang, A. P. Tomsia, M. Li, E. Saiz, S. Fang, R. H. Baughman, L. Jiang and Q. Cheng*, Super-tough MXene-functionalized graphene sheets. Nat. Commun., 2020, 11, 2077.

10.  J. Fu, Y. Li, T. Zhou, S. Fang, M. Zhang, Y. Wang, K. Li, W. Lian, L. Wei, R. Baughman* and Q. Cheng*, Large stroke radially-oriented MXene composite fiber tensile artificial muscles. Sci. Adv. 2024, in press.