2026 William W. 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	86	2019	1948	609	572	286	41692

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World Ranking

Current World Ranking

National Ranking

Current National Ranking

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Materials Science

2019

1948

609

572

286

41692

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

6503
Citations
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

5249
Citations
Formation of High-Quality CdS and Other II–VI Semiconductor Nanocrystals in Noncoordinating Solvents: Tunable Reactivity of Monomers†

W. William Yu;Xiaogang Peng

1740
Citations
Low-Field Magnetic Separation of Monodisperse Fe3O4 Nanocrystals

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

1543
Citations
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

1039
Citations
Efficient and Stable White LEDs with Silica-Coated Inorganic Perovskite Quantum Dots

Chun Sun;Yu Zhang;Cheng Ruan;Chunyang Yin

925
Citations
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

683
Citations
Forming biocompatible and nonaggregated nanocrystals in water using amphiphilic polymers

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

651
Citations
The effect of nanocrystalline magnetite size on arsenic removal

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

624
Citations
WATER-SOLUBLE QUANTUM DOTS FOR BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS

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

603
Citations
Two-Photon-Pumped Perovskite Semiconductor Nanocrystal Lasers.

Yanqing Xu;Qi Chen;Chunfeng Zhang;Rui Wang

581
Citations
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

565
Citations
Color-Switchable Electroluminescence of Carbon Dot Light-Emitting Diodes

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

555
Citations
Effect of magnetite particle size on adsorption and desorption of arsenite and arsenate

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

544
Citations
Zn-Alloyed CsPbI3 Nanocrystals for Highly Efficient Perovskite Light-Emitting Devices

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

508
Citations
Metal Halide Perovskite Light‐Emitting Devices: Promising Technology for Next‐Generation Displays

Min Lu;Yu Zhang;Shixun Wang;Jie Guo

471
Citations
Evaluation of quantum dot cytotoxicity based on intracellular uptake.

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

456
Citations
Excitation wavelength independent visible color emission of carbon dots

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

438
Citations
Phase segregation due to ion migration in all-inorganic mixed-halide perovskite nanocrystals.

Huichao Zhang;Xu Fu;Ying Tang;Hua Wang

413
Citations
One-step reverse precipitation synthesis of water-dispersible superparamagnetic magnetite nanoparticles

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

356
Citations
Preparation and Characterization of Monodisperse PbSe Semiconductor Nanocrystals in a Noncoordinating Solvent.

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

23
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