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D-Index
70
Citations
20129
World Ranking
4382
National Ranking
93

Joel K. W. Yang 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 Joel K. W. Yang sits on this spectrum.

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50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 216 publications — 36th percentile

36% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Joel K. W. Yang 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 Joel K. W. Yang sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 70 D-Index — 66th percentile

66% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2020 - OSA Fellows Joel Yang Singapore University of Technology & Design, Singapore For pioneering contributions in plasmonic color printing and sub-10-nm resolution patterning for nanophotonics

Overview

Joel K. W. Yang is affiliated with the Singapore University of Technology and Design in Singapore. Their research primarily spans the fields of Engineering, Materials Science, and Physics and Astronomy, contributing extensively to subfields such as Biomedical Engineering, Atomic and Molecular Physics and Optics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, and Materials Chemistry.

Their work covers a range of topics including Photonic Crystals and Applications, Metamaterials and Metasurfaces Applications, Plasmonic and Surface Plasmon Research, Photonic and Optical Devices, Optical Coatings and Gratings, Nonlinear Optical Materials Studies, and Nanofabrication and Lithography Techniques.

Joel K. W. Yang has coauthored numerous publications with frequent collaborators such as Hao Wang, Hongtao Wang, Qifeng Ruan, Zhaogang Dong, and Cheng-Wei Qiu. These collaborative efforts have appeared across various prominent venues.

The scientist has published extensively in several key journals and platforms, notably:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Nano Letters
  • Science Advances
  • ACS Nano
  • Nanophotonics

Recent papers include:

  • Nanophotonic Structural Colors (2020) in ACS Photonics
  • Two-Photon Polymerization Lithography for Optics and Photonics: Fundamentals, Materials, Technologies, and Applications (2023) in Advanced Functional Materials
  • Roadmap for Optical Metasurfaces (2024) in ACS Photonics
  • Metasurface-Driven Optically Variable Devices (2021) in Chemical Reviews
  • Single-shot isotropic differential interference contrast microscopy (2023) in Nature Communications

In 2020, Joel K. W. Yang was recognized as an OSA Fellow with a citation for pioneering contributions in plasmonic color printing and sub-10-nm resolution patterning for nanophotonics.

Best Publications

  • Printing colour at the optical diffraction limit

    Karthik Kumar;Huigao Duan;Ravi S. Hegde;Samuel C. W. Koh

  • Graphoepitaxy of self-assembled block copolymers on two-dimensional periodic patterned templates.

    Ion Bita;Joel K. W. Yang;Yeon Sik Jung;Caroline A. Ross

  • Plasmonic colour generation

    Anders Kristensen;Joel K. W. Yang;Sergey I. Bozhevolnyi;Stephan Link

  • Plasmonic Color Palettes for Photorealistic Printing with Aluminum Nanostructures

    Shawn J. Tan;Lei Zhang;Di Zhu;Xiao Ming Goh

  • Kinetic-inductance-limited reset time of superconducting nanowire photon counters

    Andrew J. Kerman;Eric A. Dauler;William E. Keicher;Joel K. W. Yang

  • Nanowire single-photon detector with an integrated optical cavity and anti-reflection coating

    Kristine M. Rosfjord;Joel K. W. Yang;Eric A. Dauler;Andrew J. Kerman

  • Nanoplasmonics: classical down to the nanometer scale

    Huigao Duan;Antonio I. Fernández-Domínguez;Michel Bosman;Stefan A. Maier

  • Quantum plasmon resonances controlled by molecular tunnel junctions.

    Shu Fen Tan;Lin Wu;Joel K.W. Yang;Joel K.W. Yang;Ping Bai

  • Giant photoluminescence enhancement in tungsten-diselenide-gold plasmonic hybrid structures.

    Zhuo Wang;Zhaogang Dong;Yinghong Gu;Yung-Huang Chang

  • High-Resolution Mapping of Electron-Beam-Excited Plasmon Modes in Lithographically Defined Gold Nanostructures

    Ai Leen Koh;Antonio I. Fernández-Domínguez;David W. McComb;Stefan A. Maier

  • Printing Beyond sRGB Color Gamut by Mimicking Silicon Nanostructures in Free-Space.

    Zhaogang Dong;Jinfa Ho;Ye Feng Yu;Yuan Hsing Fu

  • Color generation via subwavelength plasmonic nanostructures

    Yinghong Gu;Lei Zhang;Joel K. W. Yang;Joel K. W. Yang;Swee Ping Yeo

  • Holographic colour prints for enhanced optical security by combined phase and amplitude control

    Kevin T. P. Lim;Hailong Liu;Yejing Liu;Joel K. W. Yang

  • Three-dimensional plasmonic stereoscopic prints in full colour

    Xiao Ming Goh;Yihan Zheng;Shawn J. Tan;Lei Zhang

  • Wide Bandgap Phase Change Material Tuned Visible Photonics

    Weiling Dong;Hailong Liu;Jitendra K. Behera;Li Lu

  • Nanophotonic Structural Colors

    Soroosh Daqiqeh Rezaei;Zhaogang Dong;John You En Chan;Jonathan Trisno

  • Complex self-assembled patterns using sparse commensurate templates with locally varying motifs

    Joel K. W. Yang;Joel K. W. Yang;Yeon Sik Jung;Yeon Sik Jung;Jae-Byum Chang;R. A. Mickiewicz

  • Using high-contrast salty development of hydrogen silsesquioxane for sub-10‐nm half-pitch lithography

    Joel K. W. Yang;Karl K. Berggren

  • Modeling the Electrical and Thermal Response of Superconducting Nanowire Single-Photon Detectors

    J.K.W. Yang;A.J. Kerman;E.A. Dauler;V. Anant

  • Direct and Reliable Patterning of Plasmonic Nanostructures with Sub-10-nm Gaps

    Huigao Duan;Hailong Hu;Karthik Kumar;Zexiang Shen

  • Structural color three-dimensional printing by shrinking photonic crystals.

    Yejing Liu;Hao Wang;Jinfa Ho;Ryan C. Ng

Frequent Co-Authors

Huigao Duan
Huigao Duan Hunan University
Cheng-Wei Qiu
Cheng-Wei Qiu National University of Singapore
Michel Bosman
Michel Bosman National University of Singapore
Zexiang Shen
Zexiang Shen Nanyang Technological University
Stefan A. Maier
Stefan A. Maier Monash University
Yeon Sik Jung
Yeon Sik Jung Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
Yong-Wei Zhang
Yong-Wei Zhang Institute of High Performance Computing

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