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D-Index
42
Citations
6733
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12572
National Ranking
2880

Yong Lak Joo 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 Yong Lak Joo sits on this spectrum.

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50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 180 publications — 24th percentile

24% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Yong Lak Joo 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 Yong Lak Joo sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 42 D-Index — 3rd percentile

3% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Yong Lak Joo is affiliated with Cornell University in the United States and has made substantial contributions to the fields of engineering and materials science. Their research work spans a broad spectrum of advanced battery technologies and materials engineering, with a primary focus on innovative energy storage solutions.

The main fields of study for Yong Lak Joo include:

  • Engineering
  • Materials Science

Their subfields of expertise involve:

  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  • Materials Chemistry
  • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Automotive Engineering

Yong Lak Joo's research emphasizes topics such as:

  • Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies
  • Advancements in Battery Materials
  • Supercapacitor Materials and Fabrication
  • Graphene research and applications
  • Advanced Battery Technologies Research
  • Solid-state spectroscopy and crystallography

Their recent publications demonstrate a focus on zinc-based and lithium battery technologies as well as polymer electrolytes. Sample papers include:

  • Production of fast-charge Zn-based aqueous batteries via interfacial adsorption of ion-oligomer complexes, 2022, Nature Communications
  • Zwitterionic Polymer Gradient Interphases for Reversible Zinc Electrochemistry in Aqueous Alkaline Electrolytes, 2022, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Fast-charge, long-duration storage in lithium batteries, 2024, Joule
  • Designing interphases for practical aqueous zinc flow batteries with high power density and high areal capacity, 2022, Science Advances
  • Solid-state polymer-particle hybrid electrolytes: Structure and electrochemical properties, 2024, Science Advances

Yong Lak Joo frequently publishes in venues such as:

  • ECS Meeting Abstracts
  • Science Advances
  • Scientific Reports
  • ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society

The scientist's frequent collaborators include Shuo Jin, Xiaosi Gao, Lynden A. Archer, Shifeng Hong, and Somayeh Zamani. These collaborations reflect a network of research in battery materials and electrochemistry.

Best Publications

  • The thermal effects on electrospinning of polylactic acid melts

    Huajun Zhou;Thomas B. Green;Yong Lak Joo

  • Structural studies of electrospun cellulose nanofibers

    Choo-Won Kim;Dae-Sik Kim;Seung-Yeon Kang;Manuel Marquez

  • Silica nanofibers from electrospinning/sol-gel process

    Sung-Seen Choi;Seung Goo Lee;Seung Soon Im;Seong Hun Kim

  • Poly(ethylene terephthalate) nanocomposites by in situ interlayer polymerization: the thermo-mechanical properties and morphology of the hybrid fibers

    Jin-Hae Chang;Sung Jong Kim;Yong Lak Joo;Seungsoon Im

  • Characterization of nanofibrous membranes with capillary flow porometry

    Dapeng Li;Margaret W. Frey;Yong L. Joo

  • Nanofibers from gas-assisted polymer melt electrospinning

    Eduard Zhmayev;Daehwan Cho;Yong Lak Joo

  • Electrospinning of viscoelastic Boger fluids: Modeling and experiments

    Colman P. Carroll;Yong Lak Joo

  • Preparation of submicron-scale, electrospun cellulose fibers via direct dissolution

    Choo-Won Kim;Margaret W. Frey;Manuel Marquez;Manuel Marquez;Yong Lak Joo

  • Production of fast-charge Zn-based aqueous batteries via interfacial adsorption of ion-oligomer complexes

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  • Modeling of non-isothermal polymer jets in melt electrospinning

    Eduard Zhmayev;Huajun Zhou;Yong Lak Joo

  • Characterization of ultra high molecular weight polyethyelene nascent reactor powders by X-ray diffraction and solid state NMR

    Y.L Joo;O.H Han;H.-K Lee;J.K Song

  • Structural properties and superhydrophobicity of electrospun polypropylene fibers from solution and melt

    Daehwan Cho;Huajun Zhou;Youngjin Cho;Debra Audus

  • Further improvement of air filtration efficiency of cellulose filters coated with nanofibers via inclusion of electrostatically active nanoparticles

    Daehwan Cho;Alexander Naydich;Margaret W. Frey;Yong Lak Joo

  • Modeling of melt electrospinning for semi-crystalline polymers

    Eduard Zhmayev;Daehwan Cho;Yong Lak Joo

  • Confined assembly of asymmetric block-copolymer nanofibers via multiaxial jet electrospinning.

    Vibha Kalra;Jung Hun Lee;Jay Hoon Park;Manuel Marquez

  • Axisymmetric instabilities of electrically driven viscoelastic jets

    Colman P. Carroll;Yong Lak Joo

  • Mechanical properties and biodegradability of electrospun soy protein Isolate/PVA hybrid nanofibers

    Daehwan Cho;Anil N. Netravali;Yong Lak Joo

  • Preparation of SiO2/TiO2 composite fibers by sol–gel reaction and electrospinning

    Sung Wook Lee;Young Un Kim;Sung-Seen Choi;Tae Young Park

  • Confined Assembly in Coaxially Electrospun Block Copolymer Fibers

    Vibha Kalra;Sergio Mendez;Jung Hun Lee;Huy Nguyen

  • A general approach to fabricate free-standing metal sulfide@carbon nanofiber networks as lithium ion battery anodes.

    Ling Fei;Brian Patrick Williams;Sang Ha Yoo;Joseph Michael Carlin

  • Electrospun Hybrid Soy Protein/PVA Fibers

    Daehwan Cho;Olivia Nnadi;Anil Netravali;Yong Lak Joo

  • Controlling nanoparticle location via confined assembly in electrospun block copolymer nanofibers.

    Vibha Kalra;Jinwoo Lee;Jung Hun Lee;Seung Goo Lee

Frequent Co-Authors

Manuel Marquez
Manuel Marquez Arizona State University
Ulrich Wiesner
Ulrich Wiesner Cornell University
Robert C. Armstrong
Robert C. Armstrong Sandia National Laboratories
Robert S. Brown
Robert S. Brown Cornell University
Fernando A. Escobedo
Fernando A. Escobedo Cornell University
Eric S. G. Shaqfeh
Eric S. G. Shaqfeh Stanford University
Anil N. Netravali
Anil N. Netravali Cornell University
Jinwoo Lee
Jinwoo Lee Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
Seung Soon Im
Seung Soon Im Hanyang University
Christopher K. Ober
Christopher K. Ober Cornell University

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