2026 Yadong Yin: 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	139	237	228	96	89	454	90913

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World Ranking

Current World Ranking

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Materials Science

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228

454

90913

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

10782
Citations
Formation of hollow nanocrystals through the nanoscale kirkendall effect

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

3956
Citations
Colloidal nanocrystal synthesis and the organic-inorganic interface

Yadong Yin;A. Paul Alivisatos

3901
Citations
Monodispersed Colloidal Spheres: Old Materials with New Applications

Xia Yn;Gates B;Yin Yd;Lu Y

2911
Citations
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

1970
Citations
Synthesis, Properties, and Applications of Hollow Micro-/Nanostructures

Xiaojing Wang;Ji Feng;Yaocai Bai;Qiao Zhang

1444
Citations
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

1413
Citations
Modifying the Surface Properties of Superparamagnetic Iron Oxide Nanoparticles through A Sol−Gel Approach

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

1410
Citations
Responsive photonic crystals.

Jianping Ge;Yadong Yin

1226
Citations
Superparamagnetic Magnetite Colloidal Nanocrystal Clusters

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

1159
Citations
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

1153
Citations
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

1017
Citations
Templated synthesis of nanostructured materials

Yiding Liu;James Goebl;Yadong Yin

1004
Citations
Metal Sulfides as Excellent Co-catalysts for H2O2 Decomposition in Advanced Oxidation Processes

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

997
Citations
A systematic study of the synthesis of silver nanoplates: is citrate a "magic" reagent?

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

862
Citations
Kinetically controlled synthesis of triangular and hexagonal nanoplates of palladium and their SPR/SERS properties

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

756
Citations
Encapsulated Metal Nanoparticles for Catalysis.

Chuanbo Gao;Fenglei Lyu;Yadong Yin

748
Citations
Composite Titanium Dioxide Nanomaterials

Michael Dahl;Yiding Liu;Yadong Yin

730
Citations
Structural colour printing using a magnetically tunable and lithographically fixable photonic crystal

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

728
Citations
Synthesis and Self-Assembly of Au@SiO2 Core−Shell Colloids

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

715
Citations
Highly tunable superparamagnetic colloidal photonic crystals.

Jianping Ge;Yongxing Hu;Yadong Yin

708
Citations