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86
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2019
National Ranking
609

Overview

William W. Yu is affiliated with Louisiana State University in Shreveport in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Materials Science and Engineering, featuring extensive work in several related subfields including Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Polymers and Plastics, Biomedical Engineering, and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment.

The scientist's main research topics include:

  • Perovskite Materials and Applications
  • Quantum Dots Synthesis And Properties
  • Conducting Polymers and Applications
  • Luminescence Properties of Advanced Materials
  • Transition Metal Oxide Nanomaterials
  • Organic Light-Emitting Diodes Research
  • Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques

Frequent publication venues for their work are as follows:

  • Chemical Engineering Journal
  • Advanced Functional Materials
  • Advanced Materials
  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters
  • Advanced Science

Some of the recent papers published include:

  • 0D Perovskites: Unique Properties, Synthesis, and Their Applications (2021) in Advanced Science
  • Recent progress in transition metal selenide electrocatalysts for water splitting (2020) in Nanoscale
  • Lead-Free Halide Perovskites for Light Emission: Recent Advances and Perspectives (2021) in Advanced Science
  • Transparent inorganic multicolour displays enabled by zinc-based electrochromic devices (2020) in Light Science & Applications
  • Bright CsPbI3 Perovskite Quantum Dot Light-Emitting Diodes with Top-Emitting Structure and a Low Efficiency Roll-Off Realized by Applying Zirconium Acetylacetonate Surface Modification (2020) in Nano Letters

The scientist collaborates frequently with co-authors including:

  • Min Lu
  • Xue Bai
  • Yù Zhang
  • Qilin Wei
  • Haizeng Li

Best Publications

  • Experimental Determination of the Extinction Coefficient of CdTe, CdSe, and CdS Nanocrystals

    W. William Yu;Lianhua Qu;and Wenzhuo Guo;Xiaogang Peng

  • ANOMALOUSLY INCREASED EFFECTIVE THERMAL CONDUCTIVITIES OF ETHYLENE GLYCOL-BASED NANOFLUIDS CONTAINING COPPER NANOPARTICLES

    J A Eastman;S. U. S. Choi;S. Li;William W. Yu

  • Formation of High-Quality CdS and Other II–VI Semiconductor Nanocrystals in Noncoordinating Solvents: Tunable Reactivity of Monomers†

    W. William Yu;Xiaogang Peng

  • Low-Field Magnetic Separation of Monodisperse Fe3O4 Nanocrystals

    Cafer T. Yavuz;J. T. Mayo;William W. Yu;Arjun Prakash

  • Formation and stability of size-, shape-, and structure-controlled CdTe nanocrystals: Ligand effects on monomers and nanocrystals

    W. William Yu;and Y. Andrew Wang;Xiaogang Peng

  • Efficient and Stable White LEDs with Silica-Coated Inorganic Perovskite Quantum Dots

    Chun Sun;Yu Zhang;Cheng Ruan;Chunyang Yin

  • Synthesis of monodisperse iron oxide nanocrystals by thermal decomposition of iron carboxylate salts

    William W. Yu;Joshua C. Falkner;Cafer T. Yavuz;Vicki L. Colvin

  • Forming biocompatible and nonaggregated nanocrystals in water using amphiphilic polymers

    William W Yu;Emmanuel Chang;Joshua C Falkner;Junyan Zhang

  • The effect of nanocrystalline magnetite size on arsenic removal

    JT Mayo;Cafer T Yavuz;S Yean;L Cong

  • WATER-SOLUBLE QUANTUM DOTS FOR BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS

    William W. Yu;Emmanuel Chang;Rebekah Drezek;Vicki L. Colvin

  • Two-Photon-Pumped Perovskite Semiconductor Nanocrystal Lasers.

    Yanqing Xu;Qi Chen;Chunfeng Zhang;Rui Wang

  • Preparation and Characterization of Monodisperse PbSe Semiconductor Nanocrystals in a Noncoordinating Solvent

    William W. Yu;Joshua C. Falkner;and Bertram S. Shih;Vicki L. Colvin

  • Color-Switchable Electroluminescence of Carbon Dot Light-Emitting Diodes

    Xiaoyu Zhang;Yu Zhang;Yu Zhang;Yu Wang;Sergii Kalytchuk

  • Effect of magnetite particle size on adsorption and desorption of arsenite and arsenate

    S Yean;L Cong;Cafer T Yavuz;JT Mayo

  • Zn-Alloyed CsPbI3 Nanocrystals for Highly Efficient Perovskite Light-Emitting Devices

    Xinyu Shen;Yu Zhang;Stephen V. Kershaw;Tianshu Li

  • Metal Halide Perovskite Light‐Emitting Devices: Promising Technology for Next‐Generation Displays

    Min Lu;Yu Zhang;Shixun Wang;Jie Guo

  • Evaluation of quantum dot cytotoxicity based on intracellular uptake.

    Emmanuel Chang;Nadhi Thekkek;William W. Yu;Vicki L. Colvin

  • Excitation wavelength independent visible color emission of carbon dots

    Hua Wang;Hua Wang;Chun Sun;Xingru Chen;Xingru Chen;Yu Zhang

  • Phase segregation due to ion migration in all-inorganic mixed-halide perovskite nanocrystals.

    Huichao Zhang;Xu Fu;Ying Tang;Hua Wang

  • One-step reverse precipitation synthesis of water-dispersible superparamagnetic magnetite nanoparticles

    Jieying Jing;Jieying Jing;Yu Zhang;Jiangyu Liang;Qingbo Zhang

  • Preparation and Characterization of Monodisperse PbSe Semiconductor Nanocrystals in a Noncoordinating Solvent.

    William W. Yu;Joshua C. Falkner;Bertram S. Shih;Vicki L. Colvin

Frequent Co-Authors

Vicki L. Colvin
Vicki L. Colvin Brown University
Andrey L. Rogach
Andrey L. Rogach City University of Hong Kong
Bo Zou
Bo Zou Jilin University
Min Xiao
Min Xiao University of Arkansas at Fayetteville
Zhifeng Shi
Zhifeng Shi Zhengzhou University
Chunfeng Zhang
Chunfeng Zhang Nanjing University
Xiaoyong Wang
Xiaoyong Wang Xiamen University
Rebekah A. Drezek
Rebekah A. Drezek Rice University
Bingbing Liu
Bingbing Liu Jilin University
Guangtian Zou
Guangtian Zou Jilin University

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