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64
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World Ranking
7972
National Ranking
1399

Overview

Kun Yang is affiliated with Zhejiang University in China and has contributed extensively to the fields of environmental science, engineering, and materials science. Their research spans multiple subfields, including materials chemistry, biomedical engineering, pollution, health, toxicology and mutagenesis, and water science and technology.

They have focused on a diverse range of topics within their work, such as:

  • Environmental remediation with nanomaterials
  • Toxic organic pollutants impact
  • Adsorption and biosorption for pollutant removal
  • MXene and MAX phase materials
  • Microbial bioremediation and biosurfactants
  • 2D materials and applications
  • Pharmaceutical and antibiotic environmental impacts

Kun Yang's frequent coauthors include Daohui Lin, Wenhao Wu, Jiang Xu, Lizhong Zhu, and Shuyi Shen, who have collaborated on numerous publications.

The scientist has published in several key academic venues with frequent contributions to The Science of The Total Environment, Environmental Science & Technology, Journal of Hazardous Materials, SSRN Electronic Journal, and Water Research.

Some recent publications by Kun Yang include:

  • Experimental study of effect of liquid nitrogen cold soaking on coal pore structure and fractal characteristics, 2023, Energy
  • Effects of biochar aging in the soil on its mechanical property and performance for soil CO2 and N2O emissions, 2021, The Science of The Total Environment
  • Intrinsic defects enhanced biochar/peroxydisulfate oxidation capacity through electron-transfer regime, 2022, Chemical Engineering Journal
  • In situ growth of TiO2 nanoparticles on nitrogen-doped Ti3C2 with isopropyl amine toward enhanced photocatalytic activity, 2020, Journal of Hazardous Materials
  • Dispersibility and Photochemical Stability of Delaminated MXene Flakes in Water, 2020, Small

Best Publications

  • Adsorption of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons by carbon nanomaterials.

    Kun Yang;Lizhong Zhu;Baoshan Xing

  • Adsorption of Organic Compounds by Carbon Nanomaterials in Aqueous Phase: Polanyi Theory and Its Application

    Kun Yang;Baoshan Xing

  • Aqueous adsorption of aniline, phenol, and their substitutes by multi-walled carbon nanotubes.

    Kun Yang;Wenhao Wu;Qingfeng Jing;Lizhong Zhu

  • Interactions of humic acid with nanosized inorganic oxides.

    Kun Yang;Daohui Lin;Baoshan Xing

  • Distribution of organochlorine pesticides in surface water and sediments from Qiantang River, East China.

    Rongbing Zhou;Lizhong Zhu;Kun Yang;Yuyun Chen

  • Adsorption of volatile organic compounds by metal-organic frameworks MIL-101: influence of molecular size and shape.

    Kun Yang;Qian Sun;Feng Xue;Daohui Lin

  • Distributions of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in surface waters, sediments and soils of Hangzhou City, China.

    Baoliang Chen;Xiaodong Xuan;Lizhong Zhu;Jing Wang

  • Adsorptive removal of phosphate by Mg–Al and Zn–Al layered double hydroxides: Kinetics, isotherms and mechanisms

    Kun Yang;Liang-guo Yan;Yan-ming Yang;Shu-jun Yu

  • Desorption of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons from carbon nanomaterials in water.

    Kun Yang;Baoshan Xing

  • Magnetic Fe3O4/MgAl-LDH composite for effective removal of three red dyes from aqueous solution

    Ran-ran Shan;Liang-guo Yan;Kun Yang;Shu-jun Yu

  • Kinetic, isotherm and thermodynamic investigations of phosphate adsorption onto core–shell Fe3O4@LDHs composites with easy magnetic separation assistance

    Liang-guo Yan;Kun Yang;Ran-ran Shan;Tao Yan

  • Competitive sorption of pyrene, phenanthrene, and naphthalene on multiwalled carbon nanotubes.

    Kun Yang;Xilong Wang;Lizhong Zhu;Baoshan Xing

  • Adsorption of Cd(II) by Mg–Al–CO3- and magnetic Fe3O4/Mg–Al–CO3-layered double hydroxides: Kinetic, isothermal, thermodynamic and mechanistic studies

    Ran-ran Shan;Liang-guo Yan;Kun Yang;Yuan-feng Hao

  • Highly efficient removal of three red dyes by adsorption onto Mg–Al-layered double hydroxide

    Ran-ran Shan;Liang-guo Yan;Yan-ming Yang;Kun Yang

  • Adsorption of fulvic acid by carbon nanotubes from water.

    Kun Yang;Kun Yang;Baoshan Xing

  • The influence of dissolved and surface-bound humic acid on the toxicity of TiO₂ nanoparticles to Chlorella sp.

    Daohui Lin;Jing Ji;Zhifeng Long;Kun Yang

  • Systematic and Quantitative Investigation of the Mechanism of Carbon Nanotubes’ Toxicity toward Algae

    Zhifeng Long;Jing Ji;Kun Yang;Daohui Lin

  • Adsorption behaviors of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) on porous clay heterostructures (PCH).

    Fang Qu;Lizhong Zhu;Kun Yang

  • Toxicity of iron-based nanoparticles to green algae: Effects of particle size, crystal phase, oxidation state and environmental aging.

    Cheng Lei;Luqing Zhang;Kun Yang;Lizhong Zhu

  • Toxicity of perfluorooctane sulfonate and perfluorooctanoic acid to Escherichia coli: Membrane disruption, oxidative stress, and DNA damage induced cell inactivation and/or death

    Gesheng Liu;Shuai Zhang;Kun Yang;Lizhong Zhu

  • Enhanced soil washing of phenanthrene by mixed solutions of TX100 and SDBS.

    Kun Yang;Lizhong Zhu;Baoshan Xing

Frequent Co-Authors

Daohui Lin
Daohui Lin Zhejiang University
Lizhong Zhu
Lizhong Zhu Zhejiang University
Baoshan Xing
Baoshan Xing University of Massachusetts Amherst
Fengchang Wu
Fengchang Wu Chinese Academy of Sciences
Baoliang Chen
Baoliang Chen Zhejiang University
Bo Pan
Bo Pan Kunming University of Science and Technology
Xilong Wang
Xilong Wang Peking University
Zhi Dang
Zhi Dang South China University of Technology
Jason C. White
Jason C. White Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station
Shu Tao
Shu Tao Peking University

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