发表SCI论文66篇，其中以第一/通讯作者在Nature Communications、Science Advances等上发表34篇，ESI高被引3篇，他引1100余次；合作出版英文专著1章；授权专利10项。

代表性论文：

[1] Xinchun Chen, Chenhui Zhang*, Takahisa Kato, Xin-an Yang, Sudong Wu, Rong Wang, Masataka Nosaka, Jianbin Luo*. Evolution of tribo-induced interfacial nanostructures governing superlubricity in a-C:H and a-C:H:Si films, Nature Communications, 2017, 8(1): 1675.

[2] Xinchun Chen, Xuan Yin, Wei Qi, Chenhui Zhang*, Junho Choi, Sudong Wu, Rong Wang, Jianbin Luo*. Atomic-scale insights into the interfacial instability of superlubricity in hydrogenated amorphous carbon films, Science Advances, 2020, 6(13): eaay1272.

[3] Kang Wang, Jie Zhang, Tianbao Ma*, Yanmin Liu, Aisheng Song, Xinchun Chen*, Yuanzhong Hu, Robert W. Carpick, Jianbin Luo. Unraveling the Friction Evolution Mechanism of Diamond-Like Carbon Film during Nanoscale Running-In Process toward Superlubricity, Small, 2021, 17(1): 2005607.

[4] Xuan Yin, Jie Jin, Xinchun Chen*, Tianbao Ma, Chenhui Zhang. A New Pathway for Superlubricity in a Multilayered MoS2–Ag Film under Cryogenic Environment, Nano Letters, 2021, 21(24): 10165-10171.

[5] Xinchun Chen, Jinjin Li*. Superlubricity of carbon nanostructures, Carbon, 2020, 158: 1-23.

[6] Wenli Deng, Yinhui Wang, Xinchun Chen*, Wei Qi, Xuewu Li, Chenxi Zhang, Qingyuan Yu, Jianxun Xu. Design architecture of colorful Si-DLC/PLC nanostructured multilayer films for robust superlubricity at high contact stress in dry N₂ atmosphere, Applied Surface Science, 2022, 595: 153535.

[7] Chenxi Zhang, Wenli Deng, Jianxun Xu, Qingyuan Yu, Yinhui Wang, Jisen Tian, Xuewu Li, Wei Qi, Xinchun Chen*, Chenhui Zhang. Effect of a-C:H:Si interlayers on the mechanical and superlubricious properties of hydrogenated amorphous carbon films, Thin Solid Films, 2022, 753: 139275.

[8] Qingyuan Yu, Xinchun Chen*, Chenhui Zhang*, Jianxun Xu, Wei Qi, Wenli Deng, Yinhui Wang, Chenxi Zhang, Jisen Tian, Xuewu Li. Influencing mechanisms of deposition bias voltage on superlubricious a-C:H films: Key role of nanoclustering structures in controlling structural evolution of transfer film, Carbon, 2022, 196: 499-509.

[9] Jisen Tian, Xuan Yin, Jinjin Li, Wei Qi, Peng Huang, Xinchun Chen*, Jianbin Luo. Tribo-Induced Interfacial Material Transfer of an Atomic Force Microscopy Probe Assisting Superlubricity in a WS₂/Graphene Heterojunction, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2020, 12(3): 4031-4040.

[10] Yuwei Guo, Xin Sun, Jie Jiang, Baiwei Wang, Xinchun Chen*, Xuan Yin, Wei Qi, Lei Gao*, Lifu Zhang, Zonghuan Lu, Ru Jia, Saloni Pendse, Yang Hu, Zhizhong Chen, Esther Wertz, Daniel Gall, Jing Feng, Toh-Ming Lu, Jian Shi*. A Reconfigurable Remotely Epitaxial VO₂ Electrical Heterostructure, Nano Letters, 2020, 20(1): 33-42

[11] Jianxun Xu, Xinchun Chen*, Philipp Gruetzmacher, Andreas Rosenkranz, Jinjin Li, Jie Jin*, Chenhui Zhang, Jianbin Luo. Tribochemical Behaviors of Onion-like Carbon Films as High-Performance Solid Lubricants with Variable Interfacial Nanostructures, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2019, 11(28): 25535-25546.

[12] Peng Huang, Wei Qi, Xuan Yin, Junho Choi, Xinchun Chen*, Jisen Tian, Jianxun Xu, Huaichao Wu, Jianbin Luo. Ultra-low friction of a-C:H films enabled by lubrication of nanodiamond and graphene in ambient air, Carbon, 2019, 154: 203-210

[13] Pu Wu, Xinming Li, Chenhui Zhang*, Xinchun Chen, Shuyuan Lin, Hongyan Sun, Cheng-Te Lin, Hongwei Zhu*, Jianbin Luo*. Self-assembled graphene film as low friction solid lubricant in macroscale contact, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2017, 9(25): 21554-21562.

[14] Xinchun Chen*, Takahisa Kato, Masataka Nosaka. Origin of superlubricity in a-C:H:Si films: A relation to film bonding structure and environmental molecular characteristic, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2014, 6(16): 13389-13405.

[15] Xinchun Chen*, Takahisa Kato. Growth mechanism and composition of ultrasmooth a-C:H:Si films grown from energetic ions for superlubricity, Journal of Applied Physics, 2014, 115(4): 044908.