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D-Index
92
Citations
31471
World Ranking
1523
National Ranking
479

Yan Liu 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 Yan Liu sits on this spectrum.

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50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 208 publications — 33rd percentile

33% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Yan Liu 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 Yan Liu sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 92 D-Index — 88th percentile

88% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Yan Liu is affiliated with Arizona State University in the United States and has contributed extensively to the fields of biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their research spans multiple subfields including molecular biology, electrical and electronic engineering, plant science, organic chemistry, and biomedical engineering. The primary focus involves advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques as well as DNA and nucleic acid chemistry.

The scientist's recent publications demonstrate a diverse range of topics and interdisciplinary approaches. Selected papers include:

  • "Meta-DNA structures" (2020, Nature Chemistry)
  • "PDMS Film-Based Flexible Pressure Sensor Array with Surface Protruding Structure for Human Motion Detection and Wrist Posture Recognition" (2024, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces)
  • "Does fintech inhibit corporate greenwashing behavior?-Evidence from China" (2023, Finance Research Letters)
  • "Plasmonic Ag nanocube enhanced SERS biosensor for sensitive detection of oral cancer DNA based on nicking endonuclease signal amplification and heated electrode" (2021, Sensors and Actuators B Chemical)
  • "DNA Programmable Self-Assembly of Planar, Thin-Layered Chiral Nanoparticle Superstructures with Complex Two-Dimensional Patterns" (2021, ACS Nano)

Yan Liu collaborates frequently with several researchers, highlighting ongoing research partnerships. Frequent coauthors include:

  • Hao Yan
  • Shuoxing Jiang
  • Jingxian Hu
  • Hao Liu
  • Fei Zhang

Their work has been published in multiple venues, with a notable number of publications appearing in:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Angewandte Chemie
  • Calphad

Yan Liu's main research topics encompass:

  • Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques
  • DNA and nucleic acid chemistry
  • Intermetallics and advanced alloy properties
  • Bacteriophages and microbial interactions
  • Bone metabolism and diseases
  • Genomics, phytochemicals, and oxidative stress
  • Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism

Best Publications

  • DNA-Templated Self-Assembly of Protein Arrays and Highly Conductive Nanowires

    Hao Yan;Sung Ha Park;Gleb Finkelstein;John H. Reif

  • A DNA nanorobot functions as a cancer therapeutic in response to a molecular trigger in vivo.

    Suping Li;Qiao Jiang;Shaoli Liu;Yinlong Zhang

  • DNA Origami with Complex Curvatures in Three-Dimensional Space

    Dongran Han;Suchetan Pal;Jeanette Nangreave;Zhengtao Deng

  • DNA Origami: Scaffolds for Creating Higher Order Structures

    Fan Hong;Fei Zhang;Yan Liu;Hao Yan

  • Control of Self-Assembly of DNA Tubules Through Integration of Gold Nanoparticles

    Jaswinder Sharma;Rahul Chhabra;Anchi Cheng;Jonathan Brownell

  • Interenzyme Substrate Diffusion for an Enzyme Cascade Organized on Spatially Addressable DNA Nanostructures

    Jinglin Fu;Minghui Liu;Yan Liu;Neal W. Woodbury

  • Structural DNA Nanotechnology: State of the Art and Future Perspective

    Fei Zhang;Jeanette Nangreave;Yan Liu;Hao Yan

  • Self-assembled DNA nanostructures for distance-dependent multivalent ligand-protein binding.

    Sherri Rinker;Yonggang Ke;Yan Liu;Rahul Chhabra

  • A DNA Nanostructure‐based Biomolecular Probe Carrier Platform for Electrochemical Biosensing

    Hao Pei;Na Lu;Yanli Wen;Shiping Song

  • Self-Assembled Water-Soluble Nucleic Acid Probe Tiles for Label-Free RNA Hybridization Assays

    Yonggang Ke;Stuart Lindsay;Yung Chang;Yan Liu

  • Multi-enzyme complexes on DNA scaffolds capable of substrate channelling with an artificial swinging arm

    Jinglin Fu;Yuhe Renee Yang;Alexander Johnson-Buck;Minghui Liu

  • DNA tile based self-assembly: building complex nanoarchitectures.

    Chenxiang Lin;Yan Liu;Sherri Rinker;Hao Yan

  • Multilayer DNA origami packed on a square lattice.

    Yonggang Ke;Shawn M. Douglas;Minghui Liu;Jaswinder Sharma

  • Complex silica composite nanomaterials templated with DNA origami.

    Xiaoguo Liu;Xiaoguo Liu;Fei Zhang;Fei Zhang;Xinxin Jing;Muchen Pan

  • Nanocaged enzymes with enhanced catalytic activity and increased stability against protease digestion.

    Zhao Zhao;Jinglin Fu;Soma Dhakal;Alexander Johnson-Buck

  • Complex wireframe DNA origami nanostructures with multi-arm junction vertices

    Fei Zhang;Shuoxing Jiang;Siyu Wu;Yulin Li

  • DNA‐Templated Self‐Assembly of Two‐Dimensional and Periodical Gold Nanoparticle Arrays

    Jaswinder Sharma;Rahul Chhabra;Yan Liu;Yonggang Ke

  • Periodic square-like gold nanoparticle arrays templated by self-assembled 2D DNA Nanogrids on a surface.

    Junping Zhang;Yan Liu;Yonggang Ke;Hao Yan

  • Scaffolded DNA origami of a DNA tetrahedron molecular container.

    Yonggang Ke;Jaswinder Sharma;Minghui Liu;Kasper Jahn

  • DNA-Origami-Directed Self-Assembly of Discrete Silver-Nanoparticle Architectures

    Suchetan Pal;Zhengtao Deng;Baoquan Ding;Hao Yan

Frequent Co-Authors

Hao Yan
Hao Yan Arizona State University
Yonggang Ke
Yonggang Ke Georgia Institute of Technology
Zhengtao Deng
Zhengtao Deng Nanjing University
John D. Simon
John D. Simon Duke University
Stuart Lindsay
Stuart Lindsay Arizona State University
Chunhai Fan
Chunhai Fan Chinese Academy of Sciences
Su Lin
Su Lin Arizona State University
Neal W. Woodbury
Neal W. Woodbury Arizona State University
Qiangbin Wang
Qiangbin Wang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Kenneth B. Eisenthal
Kenneth B. Eisenthal Columbia University

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