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Yan-qing Lu publication distribution in Physics in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Physics in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Yan-qing Lu sits on this spectrum.

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103 publications 1,469+

This scientist: 568 publications — 65th percentile

65% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,469 publications or more.

Yan-qing Lu D-index placement in Physics in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Physics scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Yan-qing Lu sits on this spectrum.

70–71 D-Index: 76 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 110 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 143 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 153 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 144 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 167 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 167 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 166 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 132 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 155 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 134 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 137 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 102 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 112 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 110 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 116 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 97 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 103 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 87 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 90 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 67 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 78 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 75 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 67 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 69 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 60 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 59 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 53 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 42 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 41 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 33 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 32 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 45 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 19 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 24 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 28 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 31 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 22 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 20 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 12 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 16 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 24 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 23 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 15 scientists 158–159 D-Index: 15 scientists 160–161 D-Index: 11 scientists 162–163 D-Index: 17 scientists 164–165 D-Index: 12 scientists 166–167 D-Index: 11 scientists 168–169 D-Index: 9 scientists 170–171 D-Index: 9 scientists 172–173 D-Index: 11 scientists 174–175 D-Index: 4 scientists 176–177 D-Index: 8 scientists 178–179 D-Index: 5 scientists 180–181 D-Index: 3 scientists 182–183 D-Index: 4 scientists 184 D-Index: 4 scientists 185+ D-Index: 99 scientists
70 D-Index 185+

This scientist: 92 D-Index — 44th percentile

44% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 185 D-Index or more.

Overview

Yan-qing Lu is affiliated with Nanjing University in China and has made contributions in various areas of engineering, physics, and materials science. Their research covers mainly subfields such as atomic and molecular physics, optics, electrical and electronic engineering, electronic and optical materials, biomedical engineering, and materials chemistry.

Their work prominently addresses themes within liquid crystal research advancements, orbital angular momentum in optics, metamaterials and metasurfaces applications, photonic and optical devices, photonic crystals and applications, plasmonic and surface plasmon research, and advanced materials and mechanics.

Yan-qing Lu has published extensively, with numerous papers appearing in notable venues. Frequent publication venues include Laser & Photonics Review, Advanced Optical Materials, arXiv (Cornell University), Nature Communications, and Advanced Materials.

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Yan-qing Lu focus on metasurfaces and photonic applications. Selected recent works include:

  • Multifunctional metasurfaces enabled by simultaneous and independent control of phase and amplitude for orthogonal polarization states (2021) in Light Science & Applications
  • Photonic Spin-Multiplexing Metasurface for Switchable Spiral Phase Contrast Imaging (2020) in Nano Letters
  • Liquid crystal programmable metasurface for terahertz beam steering (2020) in Applied Physics Letters
  • Independent Amplitude Control of Arbitrary Orthogonal States of Polarization via Dielectric Metasurfaces (2020) in Physical Review Letters
  • Broadband generation of perfect Poincaré beams via dielectric spin-multiplexed metasurface (2021) in Nature Communications

Collaborations with other researchers have been a significant aspect of Yan-qing Lu's work. Frequent coauthors include Wei Hu, Peng Chen, Bingxiang Li, Lingling Ma, and Ting Xu.

Best Publications

  • Light-Driven Liquid Crystalline Materials: From Photo-Induced Phase Transitions and Property Modulations to Applications.

    Hari Krishna Bisoyi;Quan Li

  • Photochromism into nanosystems: towards lighting up the future nanoworld.

    Ling Wang;Quan Li

  • Light-driven chiral molecular switches or motors in liquid crystals.

    Yan Wang;Quan Li

  • Three-dimensional control of the helical axis of a chiral nematic liquid crystal by light

    Zhi-gang Zheng;Yannian Li;Hari Krishna Bisoyi;Ling Wang

  • Light-Directing Chiral Liquid Crystal Nanostructures: From 1D to 3D

    Hari Krishna Bisoyi;Quan Li

  • Nature-Inspired Emerging Chiral Liquid Crystal Nanostructures: From Molecular Self-Assembly to DNA Mesophase and Nanocolloids.

    Ling Wang;Augustine M. Urbas;Quan Li

  • Electrically tunable liquid-crystal photonic crystal fiber

    Fang Du;Yan-Qing Lu;Shin-Tson Wu

  • Beyond the Visible: Bioinspired Infrared Adaptive Materials.

    Jiajia Yang;Xinfang Zhang;Xinfang Zhang;Xuan Zhang;Ling Wang

  • Electrically Tunable Selective Reflection of Light from Ultraviolet to Visible and Infrared by Heliconical Cholesterics

    Jie Xiang;Yannian Li;Quan Li;Daniel Alexander Paterson

  • Near-Infrared Light-Driven Shape-Morphing of Programmable Anisotropic Hydrogels Enabled by MXene Nanosheets

    Pan Xue;Hari Krishna Bisoyi;Yuanhao Chen;Hao Zeng

  • Liquid Crystals Beyond Displays: Chemistry, Physics, and Applications

    Quan Li

  • Stimuli-Directing Self-Organized 3D Liquid-Crystalline Nanostructures: From Materials Design to Photonic Applications

    Ling Wang;Quan Li

  • Light-Directed Dynamic Chirality Inversion in Functional Self-Organized Helical Superstructures.

    Hari Krishna Bisoyi;Quan Li

  • Reversible Near-Infrared Light Directed Reflection in a Self-Organized Helical Superstructure Loaded with Upconversion Nanoparticles

    Ling Wang;Hao Dong;Yannian Li;Chenming Xue

  • Vertically Aligned N-Doped Coral-like Carbon Fiber Arrays as Efficient Air Electrodes for High-Performance Nonaqueous Li–O2 Batteries

    Jianglan Shui;Feng Du;Chenming Xue;Quan Li

  • Liquid crystal programmable metasurface for terahertz beam steering

    Jingbo Wu;Ze Shen;Shijun Ge;Benwen Chen

  • Photonic Spin-Multiplexing Metasurface for Switchable Spiral Phase Contrast Imaging

    Pengcheng Huo;Cheng Zhang;Wenqi Zhu;Wenqi Zhu;Mingze Liu

  • Multifunctional metasurfaces enabled by simultaneous and independent control of phase and amplitude for orthogonal polarization states.

    Mingze Liu;Wenqi Zhu;Pengcheng Huo;Lei Feng

  • Intelligent stimuli-responsive materials : from well-defined nanostructures to applications

    Quan Li

  • Luminescence‐Driven Reversible Handedness Inversion of Self‐Organized Helical Superstructures Enabled by a Novel Near‐Infrared Light Nanotransducer

    Ling Wang;Hao Dong;Yannian Li;Rui Liu

Frequent Co-Authors

Fei Xu
Fei Xu Nanjing University
Wei Hu
Wei Hu Nanjing University
Nai-Ben Ming
Nai-Ben Ming Nanjing University
Karl Matthew Ecklund
Karl Matthew Ecklund Rice University

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