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D-Index
56
Citations
12469
World Ranking
8204
National Ranking
2022

Ying Diao 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 Ying Diao sits on this spectrum.

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50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 137 publications — 10th percentile

10% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Ying Diao 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 Ying Diao sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 56 D-Index — 37th percentile

37% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2018 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Ying Diao is affiliated with the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on materials science and engineering, with particular emphasis on electrical and electronic engineering, materials chemistry, polymers and plastics, biomedical engineering, and organic chemistry.

Their work covers a variety of topics including organic electronics and photovoltaics, conducting polymers and applications, perovskite materials and applications, luminescence and fluorescent materials, crystallization and solubility studies, nanofabrication and lithography techniques, and block copolymer self-assembly.

Diao has contributed multiple papers recently, including:

  • Mechanical properties and peculiarities of molecular crystals, 2023, Chemical Society Reviews
  • Tunable structural color of bottlebrush block copolymers through direct-write 3D printing from solution, 2020, Science Advances
  • From Solution to Thin Film: Molecular Assembly of π-Conjugated Systems and Impact on (Opto)electronic Properties, 2023, Chemical Reviews
  • Three-Dimensional Printable Nanoporous Polymer Matrix Composites for Daytime Radiative Cooling, 2021, Nano Letters
  • Martensitic transition in molecular crystals for dynamic functional materials, 2020, Chemical Society Reviews

Recurring publication venues where Diao's work appears include the Journal of Polymer Science, Chemistry of Materials, The Cambridge Structural Database, Nature Communications, and Macromolecules.

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Diao include Daniel W. Davies, Bijal B. Patel, Justin J. Kwok, Azzaya Khasbaatar, and Sang Kyu Park.

In 2018, Diao was recognized as a Fellow of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.

Best Publications

  • Integrated materials design of organic semiconductors for field-effect transistors

    Jianguo Mei;Ying Diao;Anthony L. Appleton;Lei Fang

  • Solution coating of large-area organic semiconductor thin films with aligned single-crystalline domains

    Ying Diao;Benjamin C. K. Tee;Gaurav Giri;Jie Xu;Jie Xu

  • Morphology control strategies for solution-processed organic semiconductor thin films

    Ying Diao;Ying Diao;Leo Shaw;Zhenan Bao;Stefan C. B. Mannsfeld

  • Chromium(III) Terephthalate Metal Organic Framework (MIL-101): HF-Free Synthesis, Structure, Polyoxometalate Composites, and Catalytic Properties

    Lev Bromberg;Ying Diao;Huimeng Wu;Scott A. Speakman

  • High Performance All-Polymer Solar Cell via Polymer Side-Chain Engineering

    Yan Zhou;Tadanori Kurosawa;Wei Ma;Yikun Guo

  • Mechanical properties and peculiarities of molecular crystals.

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  • From Solution to Thin Film: Molecular Assembly of π-Conjugated Systems and Impact on (Opto)electronic Properties.

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  • Conjugated-Backbone Effect of Organic Small Molecules for n-Type Thermoelectric Materials with ZT over 0.2

    Dazhen Huang;Huiying Yao;Yutao Cui;Ye Zou

  • Flow-enhanced solution printing of all-polymer solar cells

    Ying Diao;Yan Zhou;Tadanori Kurosawa;Leo Shaw

  • Polymorphism as an emerging design strategy for high performance organic electronics

    Hyunjoong Chung;Ying Diao

  • Surface design for controlled crystallization: the role of surface chemistry and nanoscale pores in heterogeneous nucleation.

    Ying Diao;Allan S. Myerson;T. Alan Hatton;Bernhardt L. Trout

  • Understanding Polymorphism in Organic Semiconductor Thin Films through Nanoconfinement

    Ying Diao;Kristina M. Lenn;Wen Ya Lee;Martin A. Blood-Forsythe

  • Selenium-Substituted Diketopyrrolopyrrole Polymer for High-Performance p-Type Organic Thermoelectric Materials

    Jiamin Ding;Zitong Liu;Wenrui Zhao;Wenlong Jin

  • The role of nanopore shape in surface-induced crystallization

    Ying Diao;Takuya Harada;Takuya Harada;Allan S. Myerson;T. Alan Hatton

  • Tunable structural color of bottlebrush block copolymers through direct-write 3D printing from solution

    Bijal B. Patel;Dylan J. Walsh;Do Hoon Kim;Justin Kwok

  • Three-Dimensional Printable Nanoporous Polymer Matrix Composites for Daytime Radiative Cooling

    Kai Zhou;Wei Li;Bijal Bankim Patel;Ran Tao

  • Bulky end-capped [1]benzothieno[3,2-b]benzothiophenes: reaching high-mobility organic semiconductors by fine tuning of the crystalline solid-state order.

    Guillaume Schweicher;Vincent Lemaur;Claude Niebel;Christian Ruzié

  • Gel-Induced Selective Crystallization of Polymorphs

    Ying Diao;Kristen E. Whaley;Matthew E. Helgeson;Mahlet A. Woldeyes

  • Side-Chain Engineering of Isoindigo-Containing Conjugated Polymers Using Polystyrene for High-Performance Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cells

    Lei Fang;Yan Zhou;Yu Xing Yao;Ying Diao;Ying Diao

  • Solution‐Processed Nanoporous Organic Semiconductor Thin Films: Toward Health and Environmental Monitoring of Volatile Markers

    Fengjiao Zhang;Ge Qu;Erfan Mohammadi;Jianguo Mei

  • One-dimensional self-confinement promotes polymorph selection in large-area organic semiconductor thin films

    Gaurav Giri;Ruipeng Li;Detlef M. Smilgies;Er Qiang Li

  • Conjugation-Break Spacers in Semiconducting Polymers: Impact on Polymer Processability and Charge Transport Properties

    Yan Zhao;Xikang Zhao;Yaping Zang;Chong An Di

Frequent Co-Authors

Zhenan Bao
Zhenan Bao Stanford University
Jianguo Mei
Jianguo Mei Purdue University West Lafayette
Wen-Ya Lee
Wen-Ya Lee National Taipei University of Technology
Michael F. Toney
Michael F. Toney University of Colorado Boulder
Christopher R. McNeill
Christopher R. McNeill Monash University
Daoben Zhu
Daoben Zhu Chinese Academy of Sciences
Chong-an Di
Chong-an Di Chinese Academy of Sciences

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