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China
2026

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Materials Science

D-Index
142
Citations
72996
World Ranking
222
National Ranking
61

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Materials Science in China Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Materials Science in China Leader Award

Overview

Yen Wei is a researcher affiliated with Tsinghua University in China, focusing primarily on the fields of Materials Science and Engineering. Their work spans several subfields including Materials Chemistry, Biomedical Engineering, Polymers and Plastics, Organic Chemistry, and Electrical and Electronic Engineering.

Their research covers a range of topics with an emphasis on the development and application of advanced materials. Key areas include:

  • Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials
  • Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials
  • Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics
  • Molecular Sensors and Ion Detection
  • Polymer composites and self-healing
  • Conducting polymers and applications
  • Advanced Materials and Mechanics

Yen Wei has contributed to numerous scientific publications, often collaborating closely with several frequent co-authors such as Meiying Liu, Xiaoyong Zhang, Lei Tao, Yang Yang, and Yan Ji.

Their work appears regularly in prominent journals within the materials and chemical engineering domains. Frequent venues for publication include:

  • Chemical Engineering Journal
  • ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
  • Dyes and Pigments
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Advanced Functional Materials

Among their recent papers are significant contributions such as:

  • "3D printing of bone tissue engineering scaffolds" (2020) published in Bioactive Materials
  • "Functional epoxy vitrimers and composites" (2020) published in Progress in Materials Science
  • "Naturally sourced hydrogels: emerging fundamental materials for next-generation healthcare sensing" (2023) published in Chemical Society Reviews
  • "Recent progress and advances in the environmental applications of MXene related materials" (2020) published in Nanoscale
  • "Polydopamine-based functional materials and their applications in energy, environmental, and catalytic fields: State-of-the-art review" (2020) published in Chemical Engineering Journal

Yen Wei has also authored scholarly books, with one noted publication titled Functional and Sustainable Epoxy Vitrimers, released in 2022 by Springer Nature.

Best Publications

  • One-Dimensional Composite Nanomaterials: Synthesis by Electrospinning and Their Applications

    Xiaofeng Lu;Ce Wang;Yen Wei

  • Electrospinning polyaniline-contained gelatin nanofibers for tissue engineering applications.

    Mengyan Li;Yi Guo;Yen Wei;Alan G. MacDiarmid

  • Mouldable liquid-crystalline elastomer actuators with exchangeable covalent bonds

    Zhiqiang Pei;Yang Yang;Qiaomei Chen;Eugene M. Terentjev

  • One-dimensional conducting polymer nanocomposites: Synthesis, properties and applications

    Xiaofeng Lu;Wanjin Zhang;Ce Wang;Ten-Chin Wen

  • Redox-responsive polymers for drug delivery: from molecular design to applications

    Meng Huo;Jinying Yuan;Lei Tao;Yen Wei

  • Synthesis of multiresponsive and dynamic chitosan-based hydrogels for controlled release of bioactive molecules.

    Yaling Zhang;Lei Tao;Li Shuxi;Yen Wei

  • Influence of oxidation state, pH, and counterion on the conductivity of polyaniline

    Walter W. Focke;Gary E. Wnek;Yen. Wei

  • 3D printing of bone tissue engineering scaffolds.

    Chong Wang;Wei Huang;Yu Zhou;Libing He

  • Recent developments in polydopamine: an emerging soft matter for surface modification and biomedical applications

    Meiying Liu;Guangjian Zeng;Ke Wang;Qing Wan

  • An Injectable, Self‐Healing Hydrogel to Repair the Central Nervous System

    Ting-Chen Tseng;Lei Tao;Fu-Yu Hsieh;Yen Wei

  • Synthesis and electrochemistry of alkyl ring-substituted polyanilines

    Yen Wei;Walter W. Focke;Gary E. Wnek;Anjan Ray

  • Biocompatible polydopamine fluorescent organic nanoparticles: facile preparation and cell imaging

    Xiaoyong Zhang;Shiqi Wang;Liangxin Xu;Lin Feng

  • Polymeric AIE-based nanoprobes for biomedical applications: recent advances and perspectives.

    Xiaoyong Zhang;Xiaoyong Zhang;Ke Wang;Meiying Liu;Xiqi Zhang

  • A comparative study of cellular uptake and cytotoxicity of multi-walled carbon nanotubes, graphene oxide, and nanodiamond

    Xiaoyong Zhang;Wenbing Hu;Jing Li;Lei Tao

  • Electrospinning of Porous Silica Nanofibers Containing Silver Nanoparticles for Catalytic Applications

    Alpa C. Patel;Shuxi Li;Ce Wang;Wanjin Zhang

  • Osmotic Power Generation with Positively and Negatively Charged 2D Nanofluidic Membrane Pairs

    Jinzhao Ji;Qian Kang;Qian Kang;Qian Kang;Yi Zhou;Yi Zhou;Yaping Feng

  • Highly sensitive and stable humidity nanosensors based on LiCl doped TiO2 electrospun nanofibers.

    Zhenyu Li;Hongnan Zhang;Wei Zheng;Wei Wang

  • Influence of solvents on the formation of ultrathin uniform poly(vinyl pyrrolidone) nanofibers with electrospinning

    Qingbiao Yang;Zhenyu Li;Youliang Hong;Yiyang Zhao

  • Room-temperature cured hydrophobic epoxy/graphene composites as corrosion inhibitor for cold-rolled steel

    Kung-Chin Chang;Min-Hsiang Hsu;Hsin-I Lu;Mei-Chun Lai

  • Polyaniline, an electroactive polymer, supports adhesion and proliferation of cardiac myoblasts

    Paul R. Bidez;Shuxi Li;Alan G. MacDiarmid;Everaldo C. Venancio

Frequent Co-Authors

Meiying Liu
Meiying Liu Chinese Academy of Sciences
Hongye Huang
Hongye Huang Nanchang University
Fengjie Deng
Fengjie Deng Nanchang University
Lei Tao
Lei Tao Tsinghua University
Xiqi Zhang
Xiqi Zhang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Bin Yang
Bin Yang Tsinghua University
Ke Wang
Ke Wang Tsinghua University
Jinying Yuan
Jinying Yuan Tsinghua University
Xuesi Chen
Xuesi Chen Chinese Academy of Sciences
Jui-Ming Yeh
Jui-Ming Yeh Chung Yuan Christian University

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