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D-Index
78
Citations
21592
World Ranking
2979
National Ranking
836

Yang-Tse Cheng 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 Yang-Tse Cheng sits on this spectrum.

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50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 299 publications — 60th percentile

60% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Yang-Tse Cheng 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 Yang-Tse Cheng sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 78 D-Index — 77th percentile

77% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Yang-Tse Cheng is affiliated with the University of Kentucky in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Engineering and Materials Science, with a focus on subfields such as Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Automotive Engineering, Materials Chemistry, Biomedical Engineering, and Polymers and Plastics.

The scientist's work addresses key topics including Advancements in Battery Materials, Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies, Advanced Battery Technologies Research, Conducting Polymers and Applications, Thermal Expansion and Ionic Conductivity, Metal and Thin Film Mechanics, and Supercapacitor Materials and Fabrication.

Their publication record includes several recent papers, among which are:

  • High Depth-of-Discharge Zinc Rechargeability Enabled by a Self-Assembled Polymeric Coating, 2021, Advanced Energy Materials
  • Lithium Ion Battery Electrodes Made Using Dimethyl Sulfoxide (DMSO)-A Green Solvent, 2020, ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering
  • Effects of the Mixing Sequence on Making Lithium Ion Battery Electrodes, 2020, Journal of The Electrochemical Society
  • Correlation among porosity, mechanical properties, morphology, electronic conductivity and electrochemical kinetics of dry-processed electrodes, 2023, Journal of Power Sources
  • Microstructure and properties of Mo doped DLC nanocomposite films deposited by a hybrid sputtering system, 2022, Vacuum

Frequently collaborating with other researchers, Yang-Tse Cheng has coauthored numerous papers with colleagues such as Kübra Uzun, Haidar Alolaywi, Ryan C. Hill, Ming Wang, and Santosh Thapa.

Their papers are often published in venues including ECS Meeting Abstracts, Journal of The Electrochemical Society, ACS Applied Energy Materials, ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, and Journal of Power Sources.

Best Publications

  • Scaling, dimensional analysis, and indentation measurements

    Yang-Tse Cheng;Che-Min Cheng

  • Relationships between hardness, elastic modulus, and the work of indentation

    Yang-Tse Cheng;Che-Min Cheng

  • Is the lotus leaf superhydrophobic

    Yang-Tse Cheng;Daniel E. Rodak

  • Effects of micro- and nano-structures on the self-cleaning behaviour of lotus leaves

    Y T Cheng;D E Rodak;C A Wong;C A Hayden

  • Evolution of stress within a spherical insertion electrode particle under potentiostatic and galvanostatic operation

    Yang-Tse Cheng;Mark W. Verbrugge

  • Synergetic Effects of Inorganic Components in Solid Electrolyte Interphase on High Cycle Efficiency of Lithium Ion Batteries

    Qinglin Zhang;Jie Pan;Peng Lu;Zhongyi Liu

  • Scaling approach to conical indentation in elastic-plastic solids with work hardening

    Yang-Tse Cheng;Che-Min Cheng

  • When is thermodynamics relevant to ion-induced atomic rearrangements in metals?

    W. L. Johnson;Y. T. Cheng;M. Van Rossum;M. A. Nicolet

  • Battery Cycle Life Prediction with Coupled Chemical Degradation and Fatigue Mechanics

    Rutooj Deshpande;Mark Verbrugge;Yang-Tse Cheng;John Wang

  • Modeling diffusion-induced stress in nanowire electrode structures

    Rutooj Deshpande;Yang-Tse Cheng;Mark W. Verbrugge

  • Can stress-strain relationships be obtained from indentation curves using conical and pyramidal indenters?

    Yang-Tse Cheng;Che-Min Cheng

  • The influence of surface mechanics on diffusion induced stresses within spherical nanoparticles

    Yang-Tse Cheng;Mark W. Verbrugge

  • Crack Pattern Formation in Thin Film Lithium-Ion Battery Electrodes

    Juchuan Li;Alan K. Dozier;Yunchao Li;Fuqian Yang

  • Thermodynamic and fractal geometric aspects of ion-solid interactions

    Yang-Tse Cheng

  • Scaling relationships in conical indentation of elastic-perfectly plastic solids

    Yang-Tse Cheng;Che-Min Cheng

  • Revealing Triple-Shape Memory Effect by Polymer Bilayers

    Tao Xie;Xingcheng Xiao;Yang-Tse Cheng

  • Diffusion-Induced Stress, Interfacial Charge Transfer, and Criteria for Avoiding Crack Initiation of Electrode Particles

    Yang-Tse Cheng;Mark W. Verbrugge

  • Effects of the ratio of hardness to Young’s modulus on the friction and wear behavior of bilayer coatings

    Wangyang Ni;Yang-Tse Cheng;Michael J. Lukitsch;Anita M. Weiner

  • Microscopic observations of condensation of water on lotus leaves

    Yang-Tse Cheng;Daniel E. Rodak;Anastasios Angelopoulos;Ted Gacek

  • Electrode Side Reactions, Capacity Loss and Mechanical Degradation in Lithium-Ion Batteries

    Jiagang Xu;Rutooj D. Deshpande;Jie Pan;Yang-Tse Cheng

  • Remote Controlled Multishape Polymer Nanocomposites with Selective Radiofrequency Actuations

    Zhengwang He;Nitin Satarkar;Tao Xie;Yang-Tse Cheng

Frequent Co-Authors

Mark W. Verbrugge
Mark W. Verbrugge General Motors (United States)
Xingcheng Xiao
Xingcheng Xiao General Motors (United States)
Ahmet T. Alpas
Ahmet T. Alpas University of Windsor
Yue Qi
Yue Qi Brown University
William L. Johnson
William L. Johnson California Institute of Technology
Fuqian Yang
Fuqian Yang University of Kentucky
Peter R. Norton
Peter R. Norton University of Western Ontario
Bruce M. Clemens
Bruce M. Clemens Stanford University
Yanfei Gao
Yanfei Gao University of Tennessee at Knoxville
M.-A. Nicolet
M.-A. Nicolet California Institute of Technology

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