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Materials Science

D-Index
62
Citations
13661
World Ranking
6487
National Ranking
1646

Chemistry

D-Index
62
Citations
13478
World Ranking
8839
National Ranking
2524

Gang-yu Liu publication distribution in Materials Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Materials Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Gang-yu Liu sits on this spectrum.

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50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 178 publications — 23rd percentile

23% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,163 publications or more.

Gang-yu Liu D-index placement in Materials Science in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Materials Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Gang-yu Liu sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 62 D-Index — 51st percentile

51% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 165 D-Index or more.

Overview

Gang-yu Liu is affiliated with the University of California, Davis in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields within engineering and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with a focus on interdisciplinary approaches that integrate materials science and biomedical engineering.

The main fields of study covered by Gang-yu Liu include:

  • Engineering
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Subfields of their research involve more specialized areas such as:

  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Molecular Biology
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  • Materials Chemistry
  • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics

Their work addresses a range of scientific topics, including:

  • Nanofabrication and Lithography Techniques
  • Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior
  • Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications
  • Cellular Mechanics and Interactions
  • 2D Materials and Applications
  • Osteoarthritis Treatment and Mechanisms
  • Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures

Gang-yu Liu has published multiple papers, some recent examples include:

  • "Improving the Sensitivity of Nanofibrous Membrane-Based ELISA for On-Site Antibiotics Detection," 2022, ACS Sensors
  • "Nanoscale Raman Characterization of a 2D Semiconductor Lateral Heterostructure Interface," 2021, ACS Nano
  • "3D nanoprinting via spatially controlled assembly and polymerization," 2022, Nature Communications
  • "Intra-articular injection of flavopiridol-loaded microparticles for treatment of post-traumatic osteoarthritis," 2022, Acta Biomaterialia
  • "New Means to Control Molecular Assembly," 2020, The Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Frequent co-authors who have collaborated often with Gang-yu Liu include:

  • Dominik R. Haudenschild
  • Yuqi Huang
  • Árpád Karsai
  • Ümit Çelik
  • Roland Faller

Their publications have appeared in scientific journals known for their focus on physical chemistry, materials science, and nanotechnology. Common venues for their work are:

  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry B
  • Micromachines
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry C
  • Langmuir

Best Publications

  • Nanofabrication of Self-Assembled Monolayers Using Scanning Probe Lithography

    Gang-yu Liu;Song Xu;Yile Qian

  • High-Resolution Atomic Force Microscopy Studies of the Escherichia coli Outer Membrane: Structural Basis for Permeability

    Nabil A. Amro;Lakshmi P. Kotra;Kapila Wadu-Mesthrige;Alexy Bulychev

  • Nanometer-scale fabrication by simultaneous nanoshaving and molecular self-assembly

    Song Xu;Gang-yu Liu

  • Molecular order at the surface of an organic monolayer studied by low energy helium diffraction

    Christopher E. D. Chidsey;Gang‐Yu Liu;Paul Rowntree;Giacinto Scoles

  • Superlattice structure at the surface of a monolayer of octadecanethiol self‐assembled on Au(111)

    Nicholas Camillone;Christopher E. D. Chidsey;Gang‐yu Liu;Giacinto Scoles

  • New insights for self-assembled monolayers of organothiols on Au(111) revealed by scanning tunneling microscopy

    Guohua Yang;Gang-yu Liu

  • A Nanoengineering Approach for Investigation and Regulation of Protein Immobilization

    Yih Horng Tan;Maozi Liu;Birte Nolting;Joan G. Go

  • Fabrication of Nanometer Scale Patterns within Self-Assembled Monolayers by Nanografting

    Song Xu;Scott Miller;Paul E. Laibinis;Gang-yu Liu

  • In situ studies of thiol self-assembly on gold from solution using atomic force microscopy

    Song Xu;Sylvain J N Cruchon-Dupeyrat;Jayne C. Garno;Gang-yu Liu

  • Surface structure and thermal motion of n‐alkane thiols self‐assembled on Au(111) studied by low energy helium diffraction

    Nicholas Camillone;Christopher E. D. Chidsey;Gang‐yu Liu;T. M. Putvinski

  • The Role of OTS Density on Pentacene and C60 Nucleation, Thin Film Growth, and Transistor Performance

    Ajay Virkar;Stefan Mannsfeld;Joon Hak Oh;Michael F. Toney

  • Fabrication and Imaging of Nanometer-Sized Protein Patterns

    Kapila Wadu-Mesthrige;Song Xu;and Nabil A. Amro;Gang-yu Liu

  • Cell Mechanics Using Atomic Force Microscopy-Based Single-Cell Compression

    Valentin Lulevich;Tiffany Zink;Huan Yuan Chen;Fu-Tong Liu

  • Room temperature solution synthesis of alkyl-capped tetrahedral shaped silicon nanocrystals.

    Richard K. Baldwin;Katherine A. Pettigrew;Jayne C. Garno;Phillip P. Power

  • Positioning protein molecules on surfaces: a nanoengineering approach to supramolecular chemistry.

    Gang-Yu Liu;Nabil A. Amro

  • Self-Assembled Rigid Monolayers of 4‘-Substituted-4-mercaptobiphenyls on Gold and Silver Surfaces

    Jung F. Kang;Jung F. Kang;Abraham Ulman;Abraham Ulman;Sheng Liao;Sheng Liao;Rainer Jordan;Rainer Jordan

  • Fabrication of Nanometer-Sized Protein Patterns Using Atomic Force Microscopy and Selective Immobilization

    Kapila Wadu-Mesthrige;Nabil A. Amro;Jayne C. Garno;Song Xu

  • Substrate dependence of the surface structure and chain packing of docosyl mercaptan self‐assembled on the (111), (110), and (100) faces of single crystal gold

    Nicholas Camillone;Christopher E. D. Chidsey;Gang‐yu Liu;Giacinto Scoles

  • Patterning Surfaces Using Tip-Directed Displacement and Self-Assembly

    Nabil A. Amro;and Song Xu;Gang-yu Liu

  • AN UNEXPECTED PACKING OF FLUORINATED N-ALKANE THIOLS ON AU(111) : A COMBINED ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY AND X-RAY DIFFRACTION STUDY

    Gang‐yu Liu;Paul Fenter;Christopher E. D. Chidsey;D. Frank Ogletree

Frequent Co-Authors

Fu-Tong Liu
Fu-Tong Liu Academia Sinica
Giacinto Scoles
Giacinto Scoles University of Udine
Martin T. Zanni
Martin T. Zanni University of Wisconsin–Madison
Xi Chen
Xi Chen University of California, Davis
Rainer Jordan
Rainer Jordan TU Dresden
Catherine J. Murphy
Catherine J. Murphy University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
George C. Schatz
George C. Schatz Northwestern University
Maria Forsyth
Maria Forsyth Deakin University
John T. Fourkas
John T. Fourkas University of Maryland, College Park
Gregory D. Scholes
Gregory D. Scholes Princeton University

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