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D-Index
49
Citations
7664
World Ranking
10637
National Ranking
2975

Ye-Zi You 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 Ye-Zi You sits on this spectrum.

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50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 152 publications — 14th percentile

14% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Ye-Zi You 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 Ye-Zi You sits on this spectrum.

40–41 D-Index: 211 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 450 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 612 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 612 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 598 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 657 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 667 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 621 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 597 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 610 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 587 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 606 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 533 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 490 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 469 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 378 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 421 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 359 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 323 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 299 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 230 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 210 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 195 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 203 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 175 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 175 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 142 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 121 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 117 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 107 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 88 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 85 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 68 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 62 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 57 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 45 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 49 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 50 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 34 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 38 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 37 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 29 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 28 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 24 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 33 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 28 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 21 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 20 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 23 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 17 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 12 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 17 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 21 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 13 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 11 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 14 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 13 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 9 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 10 scientists 158–159 D-Index: 7 scientists 160–161 D-Index: 4 scientists 162–163 D-Index: 4 scientists 164 D-Index: 3 scientists 165+ D-Index: 98 scientists
40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 49 D-Index — 19th percentile

19% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Ye-Zi You is affiliated with the University of Science and Technology of China in China. Their research spans multiple fields primarily related to materials science, biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and chemistry.

Their main fields of study include:

  • Materials Science
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • Chemistry

Within these fields, their subfields of study involve:

  • Organic Chemistry
  • Molecular Biology
  • Materials Chemistry
  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Ye-Zi You has contributed to various topics, such as:

  • Advanced Polymer Synthesis and Characterization
  • Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics
  • RNA Interference and Gene Delivery
  • Polymer Surface Interaction Studies
  • Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques
  • Synthetic Organic Chemistry Methods
  • Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials

The scientist is a frequent contributor to several publication venues, including:

  • Polymer Chemistry
  • Journal of Materials Chemistry B
  • Macromolecular Rapid Communications
  • Chemical Engineering Journal
  • Nature Communications

Their recent papers reflect a broad engagement with polymer chemistry, materials development, and environmental applications:

  • "Simultaneous nanocatalytic surface activation of pollutants and oxidants for highly efficient water decontamination," 2022, Nature Communications
  • "Reaction-Spun Transparent Silica Aerogel Fibers," 2020, ACS Nano
  • "Strong Autonomic Self-Healing Biobased Polyamide Elastomers," 2020, Chemistry of Materials
  • "Degradable PE-Based Copolymer with Controlled Ester Structure Incorporation by Cobalt-Mediated Radical Copolymerization under Mild Condition," 2020, iScience
  • "Rhodanine-based Knoevenagel reaction and ring-opening polymerization for efficiently constructing multicyclic polymers," 2020, Nature Communications

Ye-Zi You frequently collaborates with fellow researchers, notably:

  • Xuan Nie
  • Ze Zhang
  • Guang Chen
  • Chun-Yan Hong
  • Long-Hai Wang

Best Publications

  • Erythrocyte membrane is an alternative coating to polyethylene glycol for prolonging the circulation lifetime of gold nanocages for photothermal therapy.

    Ji-Gang Piao;Limin Wang;Feng Gao;Ye-Zi You

  • Temperature-controlled uptake and release in PNIPAM-modified porous silica nanoparticles

    Ye Zi You;Kennedy K. Kalebaila;Stephanie L. Brock;David Oupický

  • Synthesis of Water-Soluble Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes with Grafted Temperature-Responsive Shells by Surface RAFT Polymerization

    Chun-Yan Hong, ,†;Ye-Zi You, ,‡ and;Cai-Yuan Pan†

  • Amphiphilic multiarm star block copolymer-based multifunctional unimolecular micelles for cancer targeted drug delivery and MR imaging.

    Xiaojie Li;Yinfeng Qian;Tao Liu;Xianglong Hu

  • Reducible poly(2-dimethylaminoethyl methacrylate): Synthesis, cytotoxicity, and gene delivery activity

    Ye Zi You;Devika Soundara Manickam;Qing Hui Zhou;David Oupický

  • Preparation and Characterization of Thermally Responsive and Biodegradable Block Copolymer Comprised of PNIPAAM and PLA by Combination of ROP and RAFT Methods

    Yezi You;Chunyan Hong;Wenping Wang;Weiqi Lu

  • Synthesis of a Dendritic Core–Shell Nanostructure with a Temperature‐Sensitive Shell

    Ye-Zi You;Chun-Yan Hong;Cai-Yuan Pan;Ping-Hua Wang

  • A new approach to functionalize multi-walled carbon nanotubes by the use of functional polymers

    Chun-Yan Hong;Ye-Zi You;Cai-Yuan Pan

  • Photo‐Initiated Living Free Radical Polymerization in the Presence of Dibenzyl Trithiocarbonate

    Ye-Zi You;Chun-Yan Hong;Ru-Ke Bai;Cai-Yuan Pan

  • Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes Grafted with Hyperbranched Polymer Shell via SCVP

    Chun-Yan Hong;Ye-Zi You;Decheng Wu;Ye Liu

  • Synthesis and characterization of well‐defined diblock and triblock copolymers of poly(N‐isopropylacrylamide) and poly(ethylene oxide)

    Chun‐Yan Hong;Ye‐Zi You;Cai‐Yuan Pan

  • Nanoclustered Cascaded Enzymes for Targeted Tumor Starvation and Deoxygenation-Activated Chemotherapy without Systemic Toxicity.

    Yinchu Ma;Yangyang Zhao;Naveen Kumar Bejjanki;Xinfeng Tang

  • 60Co γ‐Irradiation‐Initiated “Living” Free‐Radical Polymerization in the Presence of Dibenzyl Trithiocarbonate

    Ru-Ke Bai;Ye-Zi You;Cai-Yuan Pan

  • Gene delivery in vitro and in vivo from bioreducible multilayered polyelectrolyte films of plasmid DNA.

    Jenifer Blacklock;Ye Zi You;Qing Hui Zhou;Guangzhao Mao

  • High DNA‐Binding Affinity and Gene‐Transfection Efficacy of Bioreducible Cationic Nanomicelles with a Fluorinated Core

    Long-Hai Wang;De-Cheng Wu;Hang-Xun Xu;Ye-Zi You

  • Photothermal Therapy Nanomaterials Boosting Transformation of Fe(III) into Fe(II) in Tumor Cells for Highly Improving Chemodynamic Therapy.

    Xuan Nie;Lei Xia;Hai-Li Wang;Guang Chen

  • Functionalization of multiwalled carbon nanotubes by reversible addition fragmentation chain-transfer polymerization

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  • Thermal control over the topology of cleavable polymers: from linear to hyperbranched structures.

    Chun-Yan Hong;Ye-Zi You;De-Cheng Wu;Ye Liu

  • Syntheses of Sequence-Controlled Polymers via Consecutive Multicomponent Reactions

    Ze Zhang;Ye-Zi You;De-Cheng Wu;Chun-Yan Hong

  • Synthesis of polymers with on-demand sequence structures via dually switchable and interconvertible polymerizations.

    Ze Zhang;Tian-You Zeng;Lei Xia;Chun-Yan Hong

  • Bioinspired Design of Nanostructured Elastomers with Cross-Linked Soft Matrix Grafting on the Oriented Rigid Nanofibers To Mimic Mechanical Properties of Human Skin

    Zhongkai Wang;Feng Jiang;Yaqiong Zhang;Yezi You

  • Polymerizing nonfluorescent monomers without incorporating any fluorescent agent produces strong fluorescent polymers.

    Jun-Jie Yan;Zhong-Kai Wang;Xiang-Song Lin;Chun-Yan Hong

  • Synthesis of temperature-responsive heterobifunctional block copolymers of poly(ethylene glycol) and poly(N-isopropylacrylamide).

    Ye Zi You;David Oupický

  • Functionalized multi‐walled carbon nanotubes with poly(N‐(2‐hydroxypropyl)methacrylamide) by RAFT polymerization

    Chun-Yan Hong;Ye-Zi You;Cai-Yuan Pan

Frequent Co-Authors

Chun-Yan Hong
Chun-Yan Hong University of Science and Technology of China
Decheng Wu
Decheng Wu Southern University of Science and Technology
Cai-Yuan Pan
Cai-Yuan Pan University of Science and Technology of China
Hong Shen
Hong Shen Sun Yat-sen University
Xing Wang
Xing Wang Beijing University of Chemical Technology
Weibang Lu
Weibang Lu University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
Chun-Yan Hong
Chun-Yan Hong University of Science and Technology of China
Mingdong Dong
Mingdong Dong Aarhus University
Chuanbing Tang
Chuanbing Tang University of South Carolina
Helmuth Möhwald
Helmuth Möhwald Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces

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