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2026

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Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

D-Index
132
Citations
70513
World Ranking
10
National Ranking
1

Materials Science

D-Index
133
Citations
72505
World Ranking
300
National Ranking
87

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Materials Science in China Leader Award
  • 2026 - Research.com Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in China Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Materials Science in China Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in China Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in Australia Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Materials Science in Australia Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in Australia Leader Award
  • 2011 - Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering (UK)
  • 2008 - Member of the European Academy of Sciences
  • 2008 - Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom
  • 2001 - Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science
  • 1999 - Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers

Overview

Yiu-Wing Mai is affiliated with the Hong Kong Polytechnic University in China, with a significant body of research focusing on engineering and materials science. Their scholarly contributions span multiple subfields, including electrical and electronic engineering, materials chemistry, mechanical engineering, biomedical engineering, and polymers and plastics.

This scientist's research covers advanced battery materials and technologies, advancements in battery materials, advanced sensor and energy harvesting materials, thermal properties of materials, graphene research and applications, advanced battery technologies research, and supercapacitor materials and fabrication.

Frequent co-authors in their work include Yuming Chen, Junxiong Wu, Xiaoyan Li, Xingping Zhou, and Jiefeng Gao, indicating a collaborative research environment.

Yiu-Wing Mai has published several papers in notable venues, reflecting a focus on materials science and engineering:

  • "Li metal deposition and stripping in a solid-state battery via Coble creep" (2020) in Nature
  • "Thermal conductivity of graphene-based polymer nanocomposites" (2020) in Materials Science and Engineering R Reports
  • "Advances on Thermally Conductive Epoxy-Based Composites as Electronic Packaging Underfill Materials-A Review" (2022) in Advanced Materials
  • "Electrospinning-Based Strategies for Battery Materials" (2020) in Advanced Energy Materials
  • "Flexible, Highly Thermally Conductive and Electrically Insulating Phase Change Materials for Advanced Thermal Management of 5G Base Stations and Thermoelectric Generators" (2023) in Nano-Micro Letters

Their publications appear frequently in journals such as Composites Science and Technology, Composites Part B Engineering, Materials Science and Engineering R Reports, Advanced Materials, and ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces.

Throughout their career, Yiu-Wing Mai has received several distinguished awards and honors, including:

  • Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering (UK), 2011
  • Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom, 2008
  • Member of the European Academy of Sciences, 2008
  • Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science, 2001
  • Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 1999

Best Publications

  • Effects of particle size, particle/matrix interface adhesion and particle loading on mechanical properties of particulate–polymer composites

    Shao-Yun Fu;Xi-Qiao Feng;Bernd Lauke;Yiu-Wing Mai

  • Dispersion and alignment of carbon nanotubes in polymer matrix: A review

    Xiao-Lin Xie;Xiao-Lin Xie;Yiu-Wing Mai;Xing-Ping Zhou

  • Sisal fibre and its composites: a review of recent developments

    Yan Li;Yiu-Wing Mai;Lin Ye

  • Laser shock processing and its effects on microstructure and properties of metal alloys: a review

    Charles S. Montross;Tao Wei;Lin Ye;Graham Clark

  • Electrospinning of polymer nanofibers: Effects on oriented morphology, structures and tensile properties

    Avinash Baji;Yiu-Wing Mai;Yiu-Wing Mai;Shing-Chung Wong;Mojtaba Abtahi

  • Elastic and plastic fracture : metals, polymers, ceramics, composites, biological materials

    Anthony G. Atkins;Y. W. Mai

  • Recent developments in the fire retardancy of polymeric materials

    Aravind Dasari;Zhong-Zhen Yu;Gui-Peng Cai;Yiu-Wing Mai

  • Crack-Interface Grain Bridging as a Fracture Resistance I, Mechanism in Ceramics: I, Experimental Study on Alumina

    Peter L. Swanson;Carolyn J. Fairbanks;Brian R. Lawn;Yiu-Wing Mai

  • Improving the delamination resistance of CFRP by stitching—a review

    Kimberley Dransfield;Caroline Baillie;Yiu-Wing Mai

  • Engineered interfaces in fiber reinforced composites

    Jang Kyo Kim;Y.W. Mai

  • Failure mechanisms in toughened epoxy resins—A review

    Amar C. Garg;Yiu-Wing Mai

  • High strength, high fracture toughness fibre composites with interface control—A review

    Jang-Kyo Kim;Yiu-wing Mai

  • Processing-structure-property aspects of particulate- and whisker-reinforced titanium matrix composites

    S.C. Tjong;Yiu-Wing Mai

  • Advances in Fracture Research

    Alberto Carpinteri;Yiu-Wing Mai;Robert O. Ritchie

  • Fracture of fiber-reinforced materials

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  • On the essential work of ductile fracture in polymers

    Yiu-Wing Mai;Brian Cotterell

  • Crack‐Interface Grain Bridging as a Fracture Resistance Mechanism in Ceramics: II, Theoretical Fracture Mechanics Model

    Yiu-Wing Mai;Brian R. Lawn

  • Rheological And Mechanical Properties Of Pvc/Caco3 Nanocomposites Prepared By In Situ Polymerization

    Xiao-Lin Xie;Xiao-Lin Xie;Qing-Xi Liu;Qing-Xi Liu;Robert Kwok-Yiu Li;Xing-Ping Zhou

  • Li metal deposition and stripping in a solid-state battery via Coble creep.

    Yuming Chen;Ziqiang Wang;Xiaoyan Li;Xiahui Yao

  • Hollow carbon-nanotube/carbon-nanofiber hybrid anodes for Li-ion batteries.

    Yuming Chen;Yuming Chen;Xiaoyan Li;Kyusung Park;Jie Song

  • Crystallization And Impact Energy Of Polypropylene/Caco3 Nanocomposites With Nonionic Modifier

    Qing-Xin Zhang;Zhong-Zhen Yu;Xiao-Lin Xie;Xiao-Lin Xie;Yiu-Wing Mai

  • Crack growth resistance curves in strain-softening materials

    Roger M.L. Foote;Yiu-Wing Mai;Brian Cotterell

  • Simultaneous surface functionalization and reduction of graphene oxide with octadecylamine for electrically conductive polystyrene composites

    Wenjuan Li;Xiu-Zhi Tang;Hao-Bin Zhang;Zhi-Guo Jiang

Frequent Co-Authors

Lin Ye
Lin Ye Southern University of Science and Technology
Jang Kyo Kim
Jang Kyo Kim University of New South Wales
Hong-Yuan Liu
Hong-Yuan Liu University of Sydney
Brian Cotterell
Brian Cotterell University of Sydney
Zhong-Zhen Yu
Zhong-Zhen Yu Beijing University of Chemical Technology
Baolin Wang
Baolin Wang Harbin Institute of Technology
Shao-Yun Fu
Shao-Yun Fu Chongqing University
Limin Zhou
Limin Zhou Southern University of Science and Technology
Aravind Dasari
Aravind Dasari Nanyang Technological University
Robert K.Y. Li
Robert K.Y. Li City University of Hong Kong

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