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D-Index
139
Citations
90913
World Ranking
237
National Ranking
96

Yadong Yin 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 Yadong Yin sits on this spectrum.

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50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 454 publications — 83rd percentile

83% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Yadong Yin 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 Yadong Yin sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 139 D-Index — 98th percentile

98% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Materials Science in United States Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Materials Science in United States Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Materials Science in United States Leader Award

Overview

Yadong Yin is affiliated with the University of California, Riverside in the United States, focusing their research primarily in the fields of Materials Science and Engineering. Their work spans a significant number of publications, addressing topics and subfields that include materials chemistry, renewable energy, sustainability, electronic and optical materials, and biomedical engineering.

The scientist has contributed extensively to several research topics such as:

  • Gold and Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis and Applications
  • Pickering Emulsions and Particle Stabilization
  • Photonic Crystals and Applications
  • Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques
  • Metamaterials and Metasurfaces Applications
  • Advanced Materials and Mechanics
  • Solar-Powered Water Purification Methods

Frequent research collaborators include:

  • Zhiwei Li
  • Zuyang Ye
  • Jinxing Chen
  • Qingsong Fan
  • Ji Feng

Their research has been published in various prominent scientific journals, with notable recurring venues being:

  • ACS Nano
  • Advanced Functional Materials
  • Nano Letters
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Angewandte Chemie

Among their recent papers are:

  • "Encapsulated Metal Nanoparticles for Catalysis," 2020, Chemical Reviews
  • "Mastering the surface strain of platinum catalysts for efficient electrocatalysis," 2021, Nature
  • "From colloidal particles to photonic crystals: advances in self-assembly and their emerging applications," 2021, Chemical Society Reviews
  • "Colloidal Self-Assembly Approaches to Smart Nanostructured Materials," 2021, Chemical Reviews
  • "Janus Evaporators with Self-Recovering Hydrophobicity for Salt-Rejecting Interfacial Solar Desalination," 2020, ACS Nano

Yadong Yin has also authored book material published by World Scientific, including a title focused on nanomaterials protocols: "Handbook of Synthetic Methodologies and Protocols of Nanomaterials," released in 2020.

Best Publications

  • One‐Dimensional Nanostructures: Synthesis, Characterization, and Applications

    Younan Xia;Peidong Yang;Yugang Sun;Yiying Wu

  • Formation of hollow nanocrystals through the nanoscale kirkendall effect

    Yadong Yin;Robert M. Rioux;Can K. Erdonmez;Steven Hughes

  • Colloidal nanocrystal synthesis and the organic-inorganic interface

    Yadong Yin;A. Paul Alivisatos

  • Monodispersed Colloidal Spheres: Old Materials with New Applications

    Xia Yn;Gates B;Yin Yd;Lu Y

  • Uniform silver nanowires synthesis by reducing AgNO3 with ethylene glycol in the presence of seeds and poly(vinyl pyrrolidone)

    Yugang Sun;Yadong Yin;Brian T. Mayers;Thurston Herricks

  • Synthesis, Properties, and Applications of Hollow Micro-/Nanostructures

    Xiaojing Wang;Ji Feng;Yaocai Bai;Qiao Zhang

  • Cation exchange reactions in ionic nanocrystals.

    Dong Hee Son;Steven M. Hughes;Steven M. Hughes;Yadong Yin;Yadong Yin;A. Paul Alivisatos;A. Paul Alivisatos

  • Modifying the Surface Properties of Superparamagnetic Iron Oxide Nanoparticles through A Sol−Gel Approach

    Yu Lu;Yadong Yin;and Brian T. Mayers;Younan Xia

  • Responsive photonic crystals.

    Jianping Ge;Yadong Yin

  • Superparamagnetic Magnetite Colloidal Nanocrystal Clusters

    Jianping Ge;Yongxing Hu;Maurizio Biasini;Ward P. Beyermann

  • Template-assisted self-assembly: a practical route to complex aggregates of monodispersed colloids with well-defined sizes, shapes, and structures.

    Yadong Yin;Yu Lu;Byron Gates;Younan Xia

  • Preparation of Mesoscale Hollow Spheres of TiO2 and SnO2 by Templating Against Crystalline Arrays of Polystyrene Beads

    Zhong Zy;Yin Yd;Gates B;Xia Yn

  • Templated synthesis of nanostructured materials

    Yiding Liu;James Goebl;Yadong Yin

  • Metal Sulfides as Excellent Co-catalysts for H2O2 Decomposition in Advanced Oxidation Processes

    Mingyang Xing;Mingyang Xing;Wenjing Xu;Chencheng Dong;Yaocai Bai

  • A systematic study of the synthesis of silver nanoplates: is citrate a "magic" reagent?

    Qiao Zhang;Na Li;Na Li;James Goebl;Zhenda Lu

  • Kinetically controlled synthesis of triangular and hexagonal nanoplates of palladium and their SPR/SERS properties

    Yujie Xiong;Joseph M McLellan;Jingyi Chen;Yadong Yin

  • Encapsulated Metal Nanoparticles for Catalysis.

    Chuanbo Gao;Fenglei Lyu;Yadong Yin

  • Composite Titanium Dioxide Nanomaterials

    Michael Dahl;Yiding Liu;Yadong Yin

  • Structural colour printing using a magnetically tunable and lithographically fixable photonic crystal

    Hyoki Kim;Jianping Ge;Junhoi Kim;Sung-eun Choi

  • Synthesis and Self-Assembly of Au@SiO2 Core−Shell Colloids

    Yu Lu;Yadong Yin;‡ and Zhi-Yuan Li;Younan Xia

  • Highly tunable superparamagnetic colloidal photonic crystals.

    Jianping Ge;Yongxing Hu;Yadong Yin

Frequent Co-Authors

Jianping Ge
Jianping Ge East China Normal University
Younan Xia
Younan Xia Johns Hopkins University
Qiao Zhang
Qiao Zhang Soochow University
Le He
Le He Soochow University
Chuanbo Gao
Chuanbo Gao Xi'an Jiaotong University
Zhenda Lu
Zhenda Lu Nanjing University
Tierui Zhang
Tierui Zhang Chinese Academy of Sciences
A. Paul Alivisatos
A. Paul Alivisatos University of Chicago
Francisco Zaera
Francisco Zaera University of California, Riverside
Byron D. Gates
Byron D. Gates Simon Fraser University

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