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Overview

Yang Gao is affiliated with Nanjing University in China. Their research primarily spans the fields of Engineering and Materials Science, with a significant focus on the subfields of Materials Chemistry, Biomedical Engineering, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Pollution, and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment.

Their main research topics cover:

  • Environmental remediation with nanomaterials
  • Catalytic Processes in Materials Science
  • Adsorption and biosorption for pollutant removal
  • Graphene and Nanomaterials Applications
  • Heavy metals in environment
  • Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques
  • Catalysis and Oxidation Reactions

Yang Gao has contributed to numerous publications, including these recent papers:

  • "Efficient heavy metal removal from water by alginate-based porous nanocomposite hydrogels: The enhanced removal mechanism and influencing factor insight" (2021) published in Journal of Hazardous Materials
  • "Bacterial infection microenvironment-responsive porous microspheres by microfluidics for promoting anti-infective therapy" (2022) published in Smart Medicine
  • "A comprehensive review of recent progresses in cathode materials for Proton-conducting SOFCs" (2023) published in Energy Reviews
  • "Functional nano-systems for transdermal drug delivery and skin therapy" (2023) published in Nanoscale Advances
  • "Affecting factors and mechanism of removing antibiotics and antibiotic resistance genes by nano zero-valent iron (nZVI) and modified nZVI: A critical review" (2024) published in Water Research

Frequent co-authors include:

  • Lean Zhou
  • Wenjing Xue
  • Shiquan Sun
  • Wei Zhang
  • Qingming Ma

Yang Gao has published extensively in several venues with multiple publications, notably:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Chemical Engineering Journal
  • Environmental Science and Pollution Research
  • Chemosphere
  • International Journal of Biological Macromolecules

Best Publications

  • Large-area synthesis of high-quality and uniform monolayer WS2 on reusable Au foils.

    Yang Gao;Zhibo Liu;Dong-Ming Sun;Le Huang

  • Highly Stretchable and Self-Healable MXene/Polyvinyl Alcohol Hydrogel Electrode for Wearable Capacitive Electronic Skin

    Jiaqi Zhang;Lijia Wan;Yang Gao;Xiaoliang Fang

  • Electrosorptive desalination by carbon nanotubes and nanofibres electrodes and ion-exchange membranes.

    Haibo Li;Yang Gao;Likun Pan;Yanping Zhang

  • Chemical activation of carbon nano-onions for high-rate supercapacitor electrodes

    Yang Gao;Yun Shen Zhou;Min Qian;Xiang Nan He

  • Cr(VI) Reduction and Immobilization by Core-Double-Shell Structured Magnetic Polydopamine@Zeolitic Idazolate Frameworks-8 Microspheres

    Kairuo Zhu;Changlun Chen;Huan Xu;Yang Gao

  • Polyaniline-Modified Mg/Al Layered Double Hydroxide Composites and Their Application in Efficient Removal of Cr(VI)

    Kairuo Zhu;Kairuo Zhu;Yang Gao;Xiaoli Tan;Changlun Chen;Changlun Chen

  • Graphdiyne Interface Engineering: Highly Active and Selective Ammonia Synthesis.

    Yan Fang;Yurui Xue;Yongjun Li;Huidi Yu

  • Carbon storage in China's terrestrial ecosystems: A synthesis.

    Li Xu;Guirui Yu;Nianpeng He;Qiufeng Wang

  • Ultrafast Growth of High-Quality Monolayer WSe2 on Au

    Yang Gao;Yi-Lun Hong;Yi-Lun Hong;Li-Chang Yin;Zhangting Wu

  • Simultaneous additive and subtractive three-dimensional nanofabrication using integrated two-photon polymerization and multiphoton ablation

    Wei Xiong;Yun Shen Zhou;Xiang Nan He;Yang Gao

  • Asymmetric elastoplasticity of stacked graphene assembly actualizes programmable untethered soft robotics.

    Shuai Wang;Yang Gao;Anran Wei;Peng Xiao

  • Laser Direct Writing of Ultrahigh Sensitive SiC-Based Strain Sensor Arrays on Elastomer toward Electronic Skins

    Yang Gao;Qi Li;Rongyao Wu;Jin Sha

  • Highly efficient and recyclable carbon soot sponge for oil cleanup.

    Yang Gao;Yun Shen Zhou;Wei Xiong;Mengmeng Wang

  • Electrosorption of anions with carbon nanotube and nanofibre composite film electrodes

    Likun Pan;Xinzheng Wang;Yang Gao;Yanping Zhang

  • Fast growth of graphene patterns by laser direct writing

    Jongbok Park;Wei Xiong;Yang Gao;Min Qian

  • Electrosorption behavior of cations with carbon nanotubes and carbon nanofibres composite film electrodes

    Yang Gao;Likun Pan;HaiBo Li;Yanping Zhang

  • Surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy using gold-coated horizontally aligned carbon nanotubes.

    X N He;Y Gao;M Mahjouri-Samani;P N Black

  • Moisture-triggered physically transient electronics

    Yang Gao;Ying Zhang;Xu Wang;Kyoseung Sim

  • Quantitative Analysis of Temperature Dependence of Raman shift of monolayer WS2.

    Xiaoting Huang;Yang Gao;Tianqi Yang;Wencai Ren

  • Formation of graphene sheets through laser exfoliation of highly ordered pyrolytic graphite

    Min Qian;Min Qian;Yun Shen Zhou;Yang Gao;Jong Bok Park

  • Engineering of carbon nanotube/polydimethylsiloxane nanocomposites with enhanced sensitivity for wearable motion sensors

    Qi Li;Jin Li;Danhquang Tran;Chengqiang Luo

Frequent Co-Authors

Yongfeng Lu
Yongfeng Lu University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Lan Jiang
Lan Jiang Beijing Institute of Technology
Changlun Chen
Changlun Chen Chinese Academy of Sciences
Seokheun Choi
Seokheun Choi Binghamton University
Fu-Zhen Xuan
Fu-Zhen Xuan East China University of Science and Technology
Likun Pan
Likun Pan East China Normal University
Nianpeng He
Nianpeng He Chinese Academy of Sciences
Tasawar Hayat
Tasawar Hayat Quaid-i-Azam University
Xuefa Wen
Xuefa Wen Chinese Academy of Sciences
Cunjiang Yu
Cunjiang Yu University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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