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Kui Yao is affiliated with the Agency for Science, Technology and Research in Singapore. Their research predominantly lies within the fields of engineering and materials science, with a significant focus on biomedical engineering and materials chemistry. Additional subfields include mechanics of materials, electrical and electronic engineering, and electronic, optical, and magnetic materials.

Their work extensively covers topics such as acoustic wave resonator technologies, ferroelectric and piezoelectric materials, ultrasonics and acoustic wave propagation, multiferroics and related materials, advanced sensor and energy harvesting materials, non-destructive testing techniques, and perovskite materials and applications.

Kui Yao has published in various scientific venues, frequently contributing to journals including:

  • Nature Communications
  • IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics Ferroelectrics and Frequency Control
  • Advanced Functional Materials
  • Sensors
  • Nano Energy

Notable recent papers authored or coauthored by Kui Yao include:

  • "Evolution from Lead-Based to Lead-Free Piezoelectrics: Engineering of Lattices, Domains, Boundaries, and Defects Leading to Giant Response" (2021, Advanced Materials)
  • "Giant piezoelectricity in oxide thin films with nanopillar structure" (2020, Science)
  • "Theoretical Model and Outstanding Performance from Constructive Piezoelectric and Triboelectric Mechanism in Electrospun PVDF Fiber Film" (2020, Advanced Functional Materials)
  • "High-performance potassium sodium niobate piezoceramics for ultrasonic transducer" (2020, Nano Energy)
  • "Bond engineering of molecular ferroelectrics renders soft and high-performance piezoelectric energy harvesting materials" (2022, Nature Communications)

Frequent collaborators in their research include:

  • Weng Heng Liew
  • Voon-Kean Wong
  • Yasmin Mohamed Yousry
  • Shuting Chen
  • David Boon Kiang Lim

Best Publications

  • Bulk Photovoltaic Effect at Visible Wavelength in Epitaxial Ferroelectric BiFeO3 Thin Films

    Wei Ji;Kui Yao;Yung C. Liang

  • Bright Aggregation-Induced-Emission Dots for Targeted Synergetic NIR-II Fluorescence and NIR-I Photoacoustic Imaging of Orthotopic Brain Tumors

    Zonghai Sheng;Bing Guo;Dehong Hu;Shidang Xu

  • Gate-controlled non-volatile graphene-ferroelectric memory

    Yi Zheng;Guang-Xin Ni;Chee-Tat Toh;Ming-Gang Zeng

  • High efficient photovoltaics in nanoscaled ferroelectric thin films

    Meng Qin;Kui Yao;Yung C. Liang

  • Gate-controlled nonvolatile graphene-ferroelectric memory

    Yi Zheng;Guang-Xin Ni;Chee-Tat Toh;Ming-Gang Zeng

  • Graphene field-effect transistors with ferroelectric gating.

    Yi Zheng;Guang-Xin Ni;Chee-Tat Toh;Chin-Yaw Tan

  • Nonlinear dielectric thin films for high-power electric storage with energy density comparable with electrochemical supercapacitors

    Kui Yao;Shuting Chen;M. Rahimabady;M. S. Mirshekarloo

  • Dielectric behaviors and high energy storage density of nanocomposites with core-shell BaTiO3@TiO2 in poly(vinylidene fluoride-hexafluoropropylene).

    Mojtaba Rahimabady;Mojtaba Rahimabady;Meysam Sharifzadeh Mirshekarloo;Kui Yao;Li Lu

  • Graphene-ferroelectric hybrid structure for flexible transparent electrodes.

    Guang-Xin Ni;Yi Zheng;Sukang Bae;Sukang Bae;Chin Yaw Tan

  • Crystallization mechanism and piezoelectric properties of solution-derived ferroelectric poly(vinylidene fluoride) thin films

    Xujiang He;Kui Yao

  • Evolution from Lead-Based to Lead-Free Piezoelectrics: Engineering of Lattices, Domains, Boundaries, and Defects Leading to Giant Response

    Moaz Waqar;Moaz Waqar;Haijun Wu;Jingsheng Chen;Kui Yao

  • Large strain and high energy storage density in orthorhombic perovskite (Pb0.97La0.02)(Zr1−x−ySnxTiy)O3 antiferroelectric thin films

    Meysam Sharifzadeh Mirshekarloo;Meysam Sharifzadeh Mirshekarloo;Kui Yao;Thirumany Sritharan

  • Ferroelectric poly(vinylidene fluoride) thin films on Si substrate with the β phase promoted by hydrated magnesium nitrate

    Shuting Chen;Kui Yao;Francis Eng Hock Tay;Chung Lee Liow

  • Photovoltaic mechanisms in ferroelectric thin films with the effects of the electrodes and interfaces

    Meng Qin;Kui Yao;Yung C. Liang

  • Giant piezoelectricity in oxide thin films with nanopillar structure.

    Huajun Liu;Haijun Wu;Khuong Phuong Ong;Tiannan Yang

  • Epitaxial ferroelectric BiFeO3 thin films for unassisted photocatalytic water splitting

    Wei Ji;Kui Yao;Yee-Fun Lim;Yung C. Liang

  • Evidence of bulk photovoltaic effect and large tensor coefficient in ferroelectric BiFeO 3 thin films

    Wei Ji;Wei Ji;Kui Yao;Yung C. Liang

  • Phase transition and properties of a ferroelectric poly(vinylidene fluoride-hexafluoropropylene) copolymer

    Xujiang He;Kui Yao;Bee Keen Gan

  • Self-polarized ferroelectric PVDF homopolymer ultra-thin films derived from Langmuir–Blodgett deposition

    Shuting Chen;Shuting Chen;Xue Li;Xue Li;Kui Yao;Francis Eng Hock Tay

  • Measurement of longitudinal piezoelectric coefficient of thin films by a laser-scanning vibrometer

    Kui Yao;F.E.H. Tay

  • Piezoelectric K0.5Na0.5NbO3 thick films derived from polyvinylpyrrolidone-modified chemical solution deposition

    Lingyan Wang;Kui Yao;Wei Ren

  • Influence of oxygen pressure on the ferroelectric properties of epitaxial BiFeO3 thin films by pulsed laser deposition

    Lu You;Ngeah Theng Chua;Kui Yao;Lang Chen

Frequent Co-Authors

Francis E. H. Tay
Francis E. H. Tay National University of Singapore
Lei Zhang
Lei Zhang South China University of Technology
John Wang
John Wang National University of Singapore
Yung C. Liang
Yung C. Liang National University of Singapore
Wei Ji
Wei Ji Renmin University of China
Xi Yao
Xi Yao Xi'an Jiaotong University
Barbaros Özyilmaz
Barbaros Özyilmaz National University of Singapore
Junling Wang
Junling Wang Southern University of Science and Technology
Stephen J. Pennycook
Stephen J. Pennycook University of Tennessee at Knoxville
Bin Liu
Bin Liu National University of Singapore

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