2026 Kui Yu: Materials Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Materials Science	62	6593	6375	1969	1962	191	11595

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World Ranking

Current World Ranking

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Materials Science

6593

6375

1969

1962

191

11595

Overview

Kui Yu is affiliated with Sichuan University in China and conducts research predominantly in the fields of Materials Science and Engineering. Their work spans multiple subfields, including Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, and Molecular Biology.

The scientist's main research topics cover:

Quantum Dots Synthesis And Properties
Chalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films
Nanocluster Synthesis and Applications
Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques
Copper-based nanomaterials and applications
Gold and Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis and Applications
Machine Learning in Materials Science

Their recent published papers include:

"The Future of Colloidal Semiconductor Magic-Size Clusters" (2020), published in ACS Nano
"Metal-Based Nanoparticle Magnetic Resonance Imaging Contrast Agents: Classifications, Issues, and Countermeasures toward their Clinical Translation" (2022), published in Advanced Materials Interfaces
"Fragmentation of Magic-Size Cluster Precursor Compounds into Ultrasmall CdS Quantum Dots with Enhanced Particle Yield at Low Temperatures" (2020), published in Angewandte Chemie International Edition
"Transformations Among Colloidal Semiconductor Magic-Size Clusters" (2021), published in Accounts of Chemical Research
"A Two-Pathway Model for the Evolution of Colloidal Compound Semiconductor Quantum Dots and Magic-Size Clusters" (2022), published in Advanced Materials

Kui Yu frequently collaborates with coauthors including Chaoran Luan, Xiaoqin Chen, Meng Zhang, N. L. Rowell, and Chunchun Zhang.

The scientist publishes frequently in the following venues:

Angewandte Chemie International Edition
Angewandte Chemie
Nano Research
The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters
Small

Best Publications

Ion-Induced Morphological Changes in “Crew-Cut” Aggregates of Amphiphilic Block Copolymers

Lifeng Zhang;Kui Yu;Adi Eisenberg

1282
Citations
Bilayer Morphologies of Self-Assembled Crew-Cut Aggregates of Amphiphilic PS-b-PEO Diblock Copolymers in Solution

Kui Yu;Adi Eisenberg

629
Citations
Soluble Stoichiometric Complexes from Poly(N-ethyl-4-vinylpyridinium) Cations and Poly(ethylene oxide)-block-polymethacrylate Anions

Alexander Victorovich Kabanov;Tatiana K. Bronich;Victor A. Kabanov;Kui Yu

516
Citations
Multiple Morphologies in Aqueous Solutions of Aggregates of Polystyrene-block-poly(ethylene oxide) Diblock Copolymers

Kui Yu;Adi Eisenberg

444
Citations
Novel morphologies of crew-cut aggregates of amphiphilic diblock copolymers in dilute solution

Kui Yu;Lifeng Zhang;Adi Eisenberg

375
Citations
Soluble complexes from poly(ethylene oxide)-block-polymethacrylate anions and N-alkylpyridinium cations

Tatiana K. Bronich;Alexander Victorovich Kabanov;Victor A. Kabanov;Kui Yu

269
Citations
pH- and Temperature-Sensitive Hydrogel Nanoparticles with Dual Photoluminescence for Bioprobes

Yue Zhao;Ce Shi;Xudong Yang;Bowen Shen

234
Citations
Polystyrene−Poly(ethylene oxide) Diblock Copolymers Form Well-Defined Surface Aggregates at the Air/Water Interface

Juliet K. Cox;Kui Yu;Bruce Constantine;and Adi Eisenberg

199
Citations
Multiple Families of Magic-Sized CdSe Nanocrystals with Strong Bandgap Photoluminescence via Noninjection One-Pot Syntheses

Jianying Ouyang;Md. Badruz Zaman;Fu Jian Yan;Dennis Johnston

198
Citations
Self-Directed Assembly of Photoactive Hybrid Silicates Derived from an Azobenzene-Bridged Silsesquioxane

Nanguo Liu;Kui Yu;Bernd Smarsly;Darren R. Dunphy

171
Citations
Syntheses of Silica/Polystyrene-block-Poly(ethylene oxide) Films with Regular and Reverse Mesostructures of Large Characteristic Length Scales by Solvent Evaporation-Induced Self-Assembly

Kui Yu;Alan J. Hurd;and Adi Eisenberg;C. Jeffrey Brinker

170
Citations
Gradiently Alloyed ZnxCd1-xS Colloidal Photoluminescent Quantum Dots Synthesized via a Noninjection One-Pot Approach

Jianying Ouyang;Christopher I. Ratcliffe;David Kingston;Baptiste Wilkinson

166
Citations
Sequential synthesis of type II colloidal CdTe/CdSe core-shell nanocrystals.

Kui Yu;Badruz Zaman;Svetlana Romanova;Da-shan Wang

163
Citations
Noninjection, One-Pot Synthesis of Photoluminescent Colloidal Homogeneously Alloyed CdSeS Quantum Dots

Jianying Ouyang;Maxime Vincent;David Kingston;Pierre Descours

140
Citations
Self-Assembly and Characterization of Mesostructured Silica Films with a 3D Arrangement of Isolated Spherical Mesopores

K. Yu;B. Smarsly;C.J. Brinker

137
Citations
CdSe magic-sized nuclei, magic-sized nanoclusters and regular nanocrystals: monomer effects on nucleation and growth.

Kui Yu

136
Citations
Unusual sculpting of dipeptide particles by ultrasound induces gelation.

David Bardelang;Franck Camerel;James C. Margeson;Donald M. Leek

125
Citations
Probing intermediates of the induction period prior to nucleation and growth of semiconductor quantum dots.

Mingyang Liu;Kun Wang;Linxi Wang;Shuo Han

123
Citations
Facile Fabrication of Monodisperse Polymer Hollow Spheres

Hui Lv;Quan Lin;Kai Zhang;Kui Yu

119
Citations
Low-Temperature Approach to Highly Emissive Copper Indium Sulfide Colloidal Nanocrystals and Their Bioimaging Applications

Kui Yu;Peter Ng;Jianying Ouyang;Md. Badruz Zaman

111
Citations
Trapping of Intermediate Structures of the Morphological Transition of Vesicles to Inverted Hexagonally Packed Rods in Dilute Solutions of PS-b-PEO

Kui Yu;Carl Bartels;Adi Eisenberg

108
Citations