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Materials Science

D-Index
65
Citations
15236
World Ranking
5630
National Ranking
1715

Chemistry

D-Index
64
Citations
14647
World Ranking
8042
National Ranking
1410

Wai Kin Chan 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 Wai Kin Chan sits on this spectrum.

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50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 271 publications — 53rd percentile

53% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Wai Kin Chan 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 Wai Kin Chan sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 65 D-Index — 57th percentile

57% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Wai Kin Chan is affiliated with the University of Hong Kong in China and works primarily within the fields of Engineering and Medicine. Their research encompasses several subfields, including Materials Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Sociology and Political Science, and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment.

The scientist's work addresses a range of topics, notably in Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques, Perovskite Materials and Applications, Gas Sensing Nanomaterials and Sensors, as well as Traffic Prediction and Management Techniques, Transportation Planning and Optimization, and Traffic Control and Management.

Significant recent publications by Wai Kin Chan include:

  • Femtosecond time-resolved spectroscopic observation of long-lived charge separation in bimetallic sulfide/g-C3N4 for boosting photocatalytic H2 evolution, 2020, Applied Catalysis B: Environmental
  • Towards Green Innovation in Smart Cities: Leveraging Traffic Flow Prediction with Machine Learning Algorithms for Sustainable Transportation Systems, 2023, Sustainability
  • Photoinduced electron transfer processes of single-wall carbon nanotube (SWCNT)-based hybrids, 2020, Nanophotonics
  • Synthesis of Pyrazinopyrazine-Fused Azaacenes through Direct Condensation Reactions between Quinoxalinediamine and Diketones, 2020, The Journal of Organic Chemistry
  • Revealing the Photophysical Dynamics of Selected Rigid Donor-Acceptor Systems: From Ligands to Ruthenium(II) Complexes, 2021, The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Wai Kin Chan has frequently published in venues such as Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, Sustainability, Nanophotonics, Innovation in Aging, and The Journal of Organic Chemistry.

Their collaborative network includes frequent co-authors:

  • Lili Du
  • David Lee Phillips
  • Wenjuan Xiong
  • Wenchao Wang
  • Ying Tao

Best Publications

  • Defects in ZnO nanorods prepared by a hydrothermal method

    K. H. Tam;C. K. Cheung;Y. H. Leung;A. B. Djurišić

  • Metallated conjugated polymers as a new avenue towards high-efficiency polymer solar cells

    Wai Yeung Wong;Xing Zhu Wang;Ze He;Aleksandra B. Djurišić

  • Different origins of visible luminescence in ZnO nanostructures fabricated by the chemical and evaporation methods

    D. Li;Y. H. Leung;A. B. Djurišić;Z. T. Liu

  • Mechanisms of Antibacterial Activity of MgO: Non‐ROS Mediated Toxicity of MgO Nanoparticles Towards Escherichia coli

    Yu Hang Leung;Alan M. C. Ng;Alan M. C. Ng;Xiaoying Xu;Zhiyong Shen

  • Is Excess PbI2 Beneficial for Perovskite Solar Cell Performance

    Fangzhou Liu;Qi Dong;Man Kwong Wong;Aleksandra B. Djurišić

  • Cesium Doped NiOx as an Efficient Hole Extraction Layer for Inverted Planar Perovskite Solar Cells

    Wei Chen;Wei Chen;Fang-Zhou Liu;Xi-Yuan Feng;Aleksandra B. Djurišić

  • Understanding the Doping Effect on NiO: Toward High-Performance Inverted Perovskite Solar Cells

    Wei Chen;Wei Chen;Yinghui Wu;Jing Fan;Aleksandra B. Djurišić

  • Recent advances in transition metal complexes and light-management engineering in organic optoelectronic devices.

    Wallace C. H. Choy;Wai Kin Chan;Yuping Yuan

  • Effect of Native Defects on Photocatalytic Properties of ZnO

    Mu Yao Guo;Alan Man Ching Ng;Fangzhou Liu;Aleksandra B. Djurišić

  • Tuning the absorption, charge transport properties, and solar cell efficiency with the number of thienyl rings in platinum-containing poly(aryleneethynylene)s.

    Wai-Yeung Wong;Xing-Zhu Wang;Ze He;Kwok-Kwan Chan

  • Encapsulation of Perovskite Solar Cells for High Humidity Conditions.

    Qi Dong;Fangzhou Liu;Man Kwong Wong;Ho Won Tam

  • Trifunctional Light‐Emitting Molecules Based on Rhenium and Ruthenium Bipyridine Complexes

    Xiong Gong;Po King Ng;Wai Kin Chan

  • In vivo cancellous bone remodeling on a Strontium-containing hydroxyapatite (Sr-HA) bioactive cement

    C T Wong;W W Lu;W K Chan;K M C Cheung

  • ZnO nanorods for solar cells: Hydrothermal growth versus vapor deposition

    Y. F. Hsu;Y. Y. Xi;A. B. Djurišić;W. K. Chan

  • Visible photoluminescence in ZnO tetrapod and multipod structures

    Aleksandra B. Djurišić;Yu Hang Leung;Wallace C. H. Choy;Kok Wai Cheah

  • Antibacterial activity of ZnO nanoparticles with a modified surface under ambient illumination

    Y H Leung;C M N Chan;A M C Ng;A M C Ng;H T Chan

  • Effect of Oligothienyl Chain Length on Tuning the Solar Cell Performance in Fluorene-Based Polyplatinynes

    Li Liu;Li Liu;Cheuk Lam Ho;Wai Yeung Wong;Kai Yin Cheung

  • Toxicity of ZnO and TiO 2 to Escherichia coli cells.

    Yu Hang Leung;Xiaoying Xu;Angel P. Y. Ma;Fangzhou Liu

  • Photocatalytic activity of metal oxides-The role of holes and OH • radicals

    Mu Yao Guo;Alan Man Ching Ng;Fangzhou Liu;Aleksandra B. Djurišić

  • NiO∕ZnO light emitting diodes by solution-based growth

    Y. Y. Xi;Y. F. Hsu;A. B. Djurišić;A. M.C. Ng

  • Self‐Assembled Electroluminescent Polymers Derived from Terpyridine‐Based Moieties

    Sze-Chit Yu;Chi-Chung Kwok;Wai-Kin Chan;Chi-Ming Che

Frequent Co-Authors

Aleksandra B. Djurišić
Aleksandra B. Djurišić University of Hong Kong
Alan Man Ching Ng
Alan Man Ching Ng Southern University of Science and Technology
Charles Surya
Charles Surya Nazarbayev University
Wai-Yeung Wong
Wai-Yeung Wong Hong Kong Polytechnic University
David Lee Phillips
David Lee Phillips University of Hong Kong
Maohai Xie
Maohai Xie University of Hong Kong
Kaimin Shih
Kaimin Shih University of Hong Kong
Frederick C. Leung
Frederick C. Leung City University of Hong Kong
Hoi Sing Kwok
Hoi Sing Kwok Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Luping Yu
Luping Yu University of Chicago

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