Haifeng Yu

9.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
235 papers, 8.1k citations indexed

About

Haifeng Yu is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Mechanical Engineering and Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials. According to data from OpenAlex, Haifeng Yu has authored 235 papers receiving a total of 8.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 118 papers in Materials Chemistry, 78 papers in Mechanical Engineering and 73 papers in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials. Recurrent topics in Haifeng Yu's work include Liquid Crystal Research Advancements (68 papers), Advanced Materials and Mechanics (50 papers) and Photochromic and Fluorescence Chemistry (44 papers). Haifeng Yu is often cited by papers focused on Liquid Crystal Research Advancements (68 papers), Advanced Materials and Mechanics (50 papers) and Photochromic and Fluorescence Chemistry (44 papers). Haifeng Yu collaborates with scholars based in China, Japan and Iran. Haifeng Yu's co-authors include Tomiki Ikeda, Shuai Huang, Tomokazu Iyoda, Jing Hu, Takaomi Kobayashi, Shudeng Ma, Huai Yang, Yihe Zhang, Mingming Yu and Atsushi Shishido and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Physical Review Letters and Advanced Materials.

In The Last Decade

Haifeng Yu

225 papers receiving 8.0k citations

Hit Papers

Photocontrollable Liquid‐Crystalline Actuators 2011 2026 2016 2021 2011 100 200 300 400 500
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. Photocontrollable Liquid‐Crystalline Actuators
    2011 558 citations Haifeng Yu et al. Advanced Materials profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Haifeng Yu China 48 3.6k 2.8k 2.6k 1.9k 1.7k 235 8.1k
Hong Liang United States 46 3.3k 0.9× 2.6k 1.0× 1.5k 0.6× 2.0k 1.0× 653 0.4× 312 8.2k
Ying Hu China 46 2.9k 0.8× 2.0k 0.7× 2.8k 1.1× 4.7k 2.4× 490 0.3× 190 8.8k
Kwang‐Un Jeong South Korea 39 2.2k 0.6× 1.1k 0.4× 2.0k 0.8× 883 0.5× 1.3k 0.8× 253 5.1k
Ryan C. Hayward United States 60 4.1k 1.1× 5.5k 2.0× 1.3k 0.5× 5.6k 2.9× 2.5k 1.4× 180 13.2k
Andreas Fery Germany 61 4.3k 1.2× 1.6k 0.6× 2.8k 1.1× 5.2k 2.7× 1.6k 0.9× 358 13.7k
Youju Huang China 55 3.6k 1.0× 1.4k 0.5× 2.2k 0.8× 4.8k 2.5× 827 0.5× 208 10.3k
Michael B. Cortie Australia 46 4.6k 1.3× 1.3k 0.5× 3.4k 1.3× 2.8k 1.5× 508 0.3× 231 9.4k
Xuechang Zhou China 57 1.7k 0.5× 1.6k 0.6× 1.5k 0.6× 5.3k 2.7× 698 0.4× 237 9.9k
Michaël De Volder United Kingdom 45 4.8k 1.3× 1.6k 0.6× 1.8k 0.7× 4.1k 2.1× 487 0.3× 194 12.2k
Gang Chen China 57 4.3k 1.2× 1.1k 0.4× 1.9k 0.7× 1.5k 0.8× 710 0.4× 273 10.1k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Haifeng Yu

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Haifeng Yu

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Haifeng Yu. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Haifeng Yu 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 Haifeng Yu. Haifeng Yu is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Zhang, Hujun, Haifeng Yu, Ling Chen, et al.. (2025). Limiting cationic mixing and lattice oxygen loss of single-crystalline Ni-rich Co-poor cathodes for high-voltage Li-ion batteries. Green Energy & Environment. 10(8). 1789–1796. 2 indexed citations
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Yu, Haifeng, et al.. (2025). Oxygen Defects Enriched Cerium Oxide Nanozyme for Sensitive Colorimetric Detection of Tannic Acid. Particle & Particle Systems Characterization. 42(7).
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Ye, Hebo, et al.. (2025). Precise assembly/disassembly of homo-type and hetero-type macrocycles with photoresponsive and non-photoresponsive dynamic covalent bonds. Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry. 23(10). 2498–2509. 1 indexed citations
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Yu, Haifeng, et al.. (2024). Experimental study on mechanical properties of pin-trunnion connection nodes of temporary steel brackets for elevated bridges. Structures. 69. 107329–107329. 1 indexed citations
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Yu, Haifeng, et al.. (2024). Enhanced performance of conjugated polymer-based ternary memory devices by embedding Pt nanoparticles. Synthetic Metals. 302. 117544–117544. 1 indexed citations
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Zhou, Yijia, et al.. (2024). Fluorinated benzimidazole-based conjugated polymers for ternary memory devices. Organic Electronics. 128. 107017–107017. 1 indexed citations
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Zhang, Yan, Zhibin He, Zhenzhong Wang, et al.. (2024). Preparation and Characterization of Amide-Containing Polyimide Films with Enhanced Tribopositivity for Triboelectric Nanogenerators to Harvest Energy at Elevated Temperatures. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4(3). 284–299. 2 indexed citations
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Chen, Kun, Meng Li, Ding Zhang, et al.. (2024). Ultra‐Large Stress and Strain Polymer Nanocomposite Actuators Incorporating a Mutually‐Interpenetrated, Collective‐Deformation Carbon Nanotube Network. Advanced Materials. 36(23). e2313354–e2313354. 14 indexed citations
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Hu, Jing & Haifeng Yu. (2024). Photoinduced solid-to-liquid transition of an N-benzylideneaniline derivative towards smart glass. New Journal of Chemistry. 48(11). 4690–4698. 2 indexed citations
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Zhang, Maoxin, Ruijuan Liao, Ao Zhang, et al.. (2024). Optoelectronic properties of ambipolar transport triphenylene-perylene donor–acceptor discotic liquid crystals. New Journal of Chemistry. 48(24). 11173–11182. 1 indexed citations
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Xu, Xingtang, Jie Feng, Wenying Li, et al.. (2023). Azobenzene-containing polymer for solar thermal energy storage and release: Advances, challenges, and opportunities. Progress in Polymer Science. 149. 101782–101782. 38 indexed citations
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Xue, Lulu, Ying Pan, Yinjie Chen, et al.. (2021). Fluorescent Azobenzene-Containing Compounds: From Structure to Mechanism. Crystals. 11(7). 840–840. 18 indexed citations
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Chen, Yinjie, Luhai Li, Yonggang Yang, et al.. (2020). Organic–inorganic hybrid liquid crystals of azopyridine-enabled halogen-bonding towards sensing in aquatic environment. RSC Advances. 10(59). 35873–35877. 9 indexed citations
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Chen, Yinjie, Xing Feng, Zhicheng Sun, et al.. (2018). Azopyridine‐Containing Three‐arm Star Compounds with Aggregation‐induced Fluorescence. Chemistry - An Asian Journal. 13(19). 2781–2785. 9 indexed citations
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Yang, Bowen, et al.. (2018). Simultaneous Microscopic Structure Characteristics of Shape-Memory Effects of Thermo-Responsive Poly(vinylidene fluoride-co-hexafluoropropylene) Inverse Opals. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 10(4). 4243–4249. 50 indexed citations
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Yu, Haifeng. (2010). Enhancing Antifouling Property of Polysulfone Ultrafiltration Membrane by Grafting Poly(ethylene glycol) Methyl Ether Methacrylate(PEGMA) via UV-initiated Polymerization. Gaodeng xuexiao huaxue xuebao. 4 indexed citations
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Yu, Haifeng. (2001). Investigation of slab cavity cleanliness of high power laser amplifiers. High Power Laser and Particle Beams. 1 indexed citations

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