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Materials Science

D-Index
90
Citations
39222
World Ranking
1662
National Ranking
511

Chemistry

D-Index
90
Citations
38979
World Ranking
2033
National Ranking
745

Luping Yu 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 Luping Yu sits on this spectrum.

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50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 283 publications — 56th percentile

56% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Luping Yu 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 Luping Yu sits on this spectrum.

40–41 D-Index: 211 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 450 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 612 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 612 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 598 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 657 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 667 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 621 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 597 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 610 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 587 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 606 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 533 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 490 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 469 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 378 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 421 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 359 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 323 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 299 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 230 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 210 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 195 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 203 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 175 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 175 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 142 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 121 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 117 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 107 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 88 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 85 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 68 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 62 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 57 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 45 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 49 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 50 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 34 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 38 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 37 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 29 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 28 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 24 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 33 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 28 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 21 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 20 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 23 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 17 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 12 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 17 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 21 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 13 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 11 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 14 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 13 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 9 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 10 scientists 158–159 D-Index: 7 scientists 160–161 D-Index: 4 scientists 162–163 D-Index: 4 scientists 164 D-Index: 3 scientists 165+ D-Index: 98 scientists
40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 90 D-Index — 87th percentile

87% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Luping Yu is affiliated with the University of Chicago in the United States and has contributed extensively to the fields of Engineering, Materials Science, and Medicine. Their research spans a variety of interconnected disciplines, focusing primarily on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Molecular Biology, Polymers and Plastics, Materials Chemistry, and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine.

Their work explores several main topics, including:

  • Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics
  • Conducting polymers and applications
  • Organic Light-Emitting Diodes Research
  • RNA Research and Splicing
  • Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials
  • Kidney Stones and Urolithiasis Treatments
  • Perovskite Materials and Applications

Luping Yu has published research in numerous peer-reviewed venues. Frequent publication venues include Chemical Science, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, Development, Chemistry of Materials, and Materials Advances. These venues reflect the interdisciplinary nature of Yu's contributions bridging chemistry, materials science, and biological processes.

Among the recent papers associated with Luping Yu, key publications include:

  • Loss of ESRP1 blocks mouse oocyte development and leads to female infertility, 2020, Development
  • Synergy between Photoluminescence and Charge Transport Achieved by Finely Tuning Polymeric Backbones for Efficient Light-Emitting Transistor, 2021, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Activating intramolecular singlet exciton fission by altering π-bridge flexibility in perylene diimide trimers for organic solar cells, 2020, Chemical Science
  • Foldable semi-ladder polymers: novel aggregation behavior and high-performance solution-processed organic light-emitting transistors, 2020, Chemical Science
  • Highly Emissive Semi-Ladder-Type Copolymers, Aggregation State, and Solution-Processed Organic Light-Emitting Transistor, 2020, Chemistry of Materials

Yu collaborates frequently with several researchers, including Xunshan Liu, Dafei Yuan, Mohammad A. Awais, Valerii Sharapov, and Andriy Neshchadin. The collaborations suggest a multidisciplinary approach spanning chemistry, materials science, and engineering.

Best Publications

  • For the Bright Future—Bulk Heterojunction Polymer Solar Cells with Power Conversion Efficiency of 7.4%

    Yongye Liang;Zheng Xu;Jiangbin Xia;Szu-Ting Tsai

  • Polymer solar cells with enhanced open-circuit voltage and efficiency

    Hsiang-Yu Chen;Hsiang-Yu Chen;Jianhui Hou;Shaoqing Zhang;Yongye Liang

  • Recent Advances in Bulk Heterojunction Polymer Solar Cells

    Luyao Lu;Tianyue Zheng;Qinghe Wu;Alexander M. Schneider

  • Highly efficient solar cell polymers developed via fine-tuning of structural and electronic properties.

    Yongye Liang;Danqin Feng;Yue Wu;Szu Ting Tsai

  • Development of New Semiconducting Polymers for High Performance Solar Cells

    Yongye Liang;Yue Wu;Danqin Feng;Szu-Ting Tsai

  • Stille polycondensation for synthesis of functional materials.

    Bridget Carsten;Feng He;Hae Jung Son;Tao Xu

  • A New Class of Semiconducting Polymers for Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cells with Exceptionally High Performance

    Yongye Liang;Luping Yu

  • Ternary blend polymer solar cells with enhanced power conversion efficiency

    Luyao Lu;Tao Xu;Wei Chen;Wei Chen;Erik S. Landry;Erik S. Landry

  • Rectification and stability of a single molecular diode with controlled orientation

    Ismael Díez-Pérez;Joshua Hihath;Youngu Lee;Youngu Lee;Luping Yu

  • Synthesis of fluorinated polythienothiophene-co-benzodithiophenes and effect of fluorination on the photovoltaic properties.

    Hae Jung Son;Wei Wang;Tao Xu;Yongye Liang

  • Cooperative Plasmonic Effect of Ag and Au Nanoparticles on Enhancing Performance of Polymer Solar Cells

    Luyao Lu;Zhiqiang Luo;Tao Xu;Luping P. Yu

  • Effects of Additives on the Morphology of Solution Phase Aggregates Formed by Active Layer Components of High-Efficiency Organic Solar Cells

    Sylvia J. Lou;Jodi M. Szarko;Tao Xu;Luping Yu;Luping Yu

  • Status and prospects for ternary organic photovoltaics

    Luyao Lu;Mary Allison Kelly;Wei You;Luping Yu

  • Understanding Low Bandgap Polymer PTB7 and Optimizing Polymer Solar Cells Based on It

    Luyao Lu;Luping P. Yu

  • Examining the Effect of the Dipole Moment on Charge Separation in Donor–Acceptor Polymers for Organic Photovoltaic Applications

    Bridget Carsten;Jodi M. Szarko;Hae Jung Son;Wei Wang

  • Hierarchical nanomorphologies promote exciton dissociation in polymer/fullerene bulk heterojunction solar cells.

    Wei Chen;Tao Xu;Feng He;Wei Wang

  • High-performance ternary blend polymer solar cells involving both energy transfer and hole relay processes

    Luyao Lu;Wei Chen;Tao Xu;Luping Yu

  • Rational Design of Porous Conjugated Polymers and Roles of Residual Palladium for Photocatalytic Hydrogen Production

    Lianwei Li;Zhengxu Cai;Qinghe Wu;Wai Yip Lo

  • Covalently Bound Clusters of Alpha-Substituted PDI—Rival Electron Acceptors to Fullerene for Organic Solar Cells

    Qinghe Wu;Donglin Zhao;Alexander M. Schneider;Wei Chen

  • Metal Oxide Nanoparticles as an Electron‐Transport Layer in High‐Performance and Stable Inverted Polymer Solar Cells

    Jingbi You;Chun-Chao Chen;Letian Dou;Seiichiro Murase

  • Exploration of the Stille Coupling Reaction for the Synthesis of Functional Polymers

    Zhenan Bao;Wai Kin Chan;Luping Yu

Frequent Co-Authors

Lin X. Chen
Lin X. Chen Northwestern University
Zhengxu Cai
Zhengxu Cai Beijing Institute of Technology
Yongye Liang
Yongye Liang Southern University of Science and Technology
Zhenan Bao
Zhenan Bao Stanford University
Wei You
Wei You University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Feng He
Feng He Southern University of Science and Technology
Wai Kin Chan
Wai Kin Chan University of Hong Kong
Tobin J. Marks
Tobin J. Marks Northwestern University
Theodore Goodson
Theodore Goodson University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
William H. Steier
William H. Steier University of Southern California

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