Allen Yang

2.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
16 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

Allen Yang is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Allen Yang has authored 16 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 8 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 8 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Allen Yang's work include Microfluidic and Bio-sensing Technologies (8 papers), Orbital Angular Momentum in Optics (6 papers) and Electrowetting and Microfluidic Technologies (5 papers). Allen Yang is often cited by papers focused on Microfluidic and Bio-sensing Technologies (8 papers), Orbital Angular Momentum in Optics (6 papers) and Electrowetting and Microfluidic Technologies (5 papers). Allen Yang collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Denmark. Allen Yang's co-authors include David Erickson, Bradley S. Schmidt, David Erickson, Michal Lipson, Sean D. Moore, Matthew T. Klug, H. Tom Soh, Michal Lipson, Sudeep Mandal and Bernardo Cordovez and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

Allen Yang

16 papers receiving 1.5k citations

Hit Papers

Optical manipulation of nanoparticles and biomolecules in... 2008 2026 2014 2020 2008 200 400 600
What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Optical manipulation of nanoparticles and biomolecules in sub-wavelength slot waveguides
    2008 629 citations Allen Yang, Sean D. Moore et al. Nature profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Allen Yang United States 12 1.2k 876 617 124 119 16 1.6k
G. Carlson United States 8 505 0.4× 531 0.6× 412 0.7× 147 1.2× 175 1.5× 14 1.1k
U. C. Fischer Germany 17 897 0.8× 572 0.7× 498 0.8× 76 0.6× 182 1.5× 28 1.2k
I‐Kao Chiang United States 11 1.3k 1.1× 288 0.3× 421 0.7× 84 0.7× 144 1.2× 12 1.5k
Klas Lindfors Germany 18 783 0.7× 581 0.7× 400 0.6× 135 1.1× 304 2.6× 42 1.3k
Ian B. Burgess United States 20 471 0.4× 954 1.1× 590 1.0× 107 0.9× 397 3.3× 36 1.5k
Andreas E. Vasdekis United States 18 386 0.3× 240 0.3× 523 0.8× 173 1.4× 126 1.1× 66 1.1k
Marco Francardi Italy 25 624 0.5× 660 0.8× 629 1.0× 166 1.3× 199 1.7× 62 1.4k
Daniel Ramos Spain 23 660 0.6× 1.4k 1.6× 1.0k 1.6× 189 1.5× 267 2.2× 43 1.8k
Ritwick Das India 22 798 0.7× 606 0.7× 813 1.3× 188 1.5× 256 2.2× 86 1.4k
Piotr Wróbel Poland 14 584 0.5× 264 0.3× 378 0.6× 128 1.0× 181 1.5× 61 920

Countries citing papers authored by Allen Yang

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Fields of papers citing papers by Allen Yang

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Allen Yang

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Allen Yang. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Allen Yang based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Allen Yang. Allen Yang is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

16 of 16 papers shown
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Yang, Allen, Kuangwen Hsieh, Adriana S. Patterson, et al.. (2014). Accurate Zygote‐Specific Discrimination of Single‐Nucleotide Polymorphisms Using Microfluidic Electrochemical DNA Melting Curves. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 53(12). 3163–3167. 34 indexed citations
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Yang, Allen, Kuangwen Hsieh, Adriana S. Patterson, et al.. (2014). Accurate Zygote‐Specific Discrimination of Single‐Nucleotide Polymorphisms Using Microfluidic Electrochemical DNA Melting Curves. Angewandte Chemie. 126(12). 3227–3231. 11 indexed citations
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Jain, Aadhar, Allen Yang, & David Erickson. (2012). Gel-based optical waveguides with live cell encapsulation and integrated microfluidics. Optics Letters. 37(9). 1472–1472. 73 indexed citations
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Yang, Allen & H. Tom Soh. (2012). Acoustophoretic Sorting of Viable Mammalian Cells in a Microfluidic Device. Analytical Chemistry. 84(24). 10756–10762. 85 indexed citations
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Adams, Jonathan D., Christian L. Ebbesen, Rune Barnkob, et al.. (2012). High-throughput, temperature-controlled microchannel acoustophoresis device made with rapid prototyping. Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering. 22(7). 75017–75017. 64 indexed citations
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Yang, Allen, et al.. (2011). A Simplified Model of Human Alcohol Metabolism That Integrates Biotechnology and Human Health into a Mass Balance Team Project.. Chemical Engineering Education. 45(1). 21–29. 1 indexed citations
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Yang, Allen & David Erickson. (2010). Optofluidic ring resonator switch for optical particle transport. Lab on a Chip. 10(6). 769–769. 77 indexed citations
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Yang, Allen, et al.. (2009). Forces and Transport Velocities for a Particle in a Slot Waveguide. Nano Letters. 9(3). 1182–1188. 99 indexed citations
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Yang, Allen, Sean D. Moore, Bradley S. Schmidt, et al.. (2008). Optical manipulation of nanoparticles and biomolecules in sub-wavelength slot waveguides. Nature. 457(7225). 71–75. 629 indexed citations breakdown →
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Yang, Allen & David Erickson. (2008). Stability analysis of optofluidic transport on solid-core waveguiding structures. Nanotechnology. 19(4). 45704–45704. 56 indexed citations
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Liu, Xiaohua, Yuejin Zhao, Allen Yang, & Wenjie Xie. (2007). Super-Gaussian pumping profiles for solid state lasers. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 6451. 645120–645120. 3 indexed citations
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Erickson, David, Sudeep Mandal, Allen Yang, & Bernardo Cordovez. (2007). Nanobiosensors: optofluidic, electrical and mechanical approaches to biomolecular detection at the nanoscale. Microfluidics and Nanofluidics. 4(1-2). 33–52. 150 indexed citations
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Yang, Allen, Bradley S. Schmidt, Sudeep Mandal, Michal Lipson, & David Erickson. (2007). Optofluidic Transport: Optical Waveguides as Microfluidic “Train Tracks”. 815–819. 1 indexed citations
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Schmidt, Bradley S., Allen Yang, David Erickson, & Michal Lipson. (2007). Optofluidic trapping and transport on solid core waveguides within a microfluidic device. Optics Express. 15(22). 14322–14322. 174 indexed citations
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Badaire, Stéphane, et al.. (2006). Shape Selectivity in the Assembly of Lithographically Designed Colloidal Particles. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 129(1). 40–41. 102 indexed citations
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Yang, Allen, Sudeep Mandal, & David Erickson. (2006). Micro and Nanofluidic Transport Using Advanced Photonic Devices. Fluids Engineering. 117–121. 1 indexed citations

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