以第一作者/通讯作者在JACS，Nano Letters, Chemical Science, ACS Materials Letters, Nano Research, Macromolecules等国际化学、材料学权威期刊上发表多篇论文，平均影响因子大于10。其中Nano Letters被选为当期的封面文章（Front Cover）。
代表性论著:
W. Cai, D. Xu, L. Qian, J. Wei, C. Xiao, L. Qian, Z. Lu, S. Cui*
Force-induced transition of π−π stacking in a single polystyrene chain
Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2019, 141, 9500−9503.
W. Cai, M. Jäger, J. Bullerjahn, T. Hugel, S. Wolf,* B. Balzer*
Anisotropic friction in a ligand-protein complex
Nano Letters, 2023, 23, 4111–4119.
W. Cai, J. Bullerjahn, K. Kroy, B. Balzer, T. Hugel*
Angle-dependent strength of a single chemical bond by stereographic force spectroscopy
Chemical Science, 2022, 13, 5734-5740.
W. Cai, J. Trefs, T. Hugel, B. Balzer*
Anisotropy of π-π stacking as basis for superlubricity
ACS Materials Letters, 2023, 5, 172-179.
W. Cai, D. Xu, F. Zhang, J. Wei, S. Lu, L. Qian, Z. Lu, S. Cui*
Intramolecular hydrogen bonds in a single macromolecule: Strength in high vacuum versus liquid environments
Nano Research, 2022, 15, 1517-1523.
W. Cai, C. Xiao, L. Qian, S. Cui*
Detecting van der Waals forces between a single polymer repeating unit and a solid surface in high vacuum
Nano Research, 2019, 12, 57-61.
W. Cai, S. Lu, J. Wei, S. Cui*
Single-chain polymer models incorporating the effects of side groups: An approach to general polymer models
Macromolecules, 2019, 52, 7324−7330.
