Kai Yao

1.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
32 papers, 949 citations indexed

About

Kai Yao is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Mechanical Engineering and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Kai Yao has authored 32 papers receiving a total of 949 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Materials Chemistry, 8 papers in Mechanical Engineering and 8 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Kai Yao's work include Titanium Alloys Microstructure and Properties (13 papers), Advanced materials and composites (6 papers) and Microstructure and mechanical properties (5 papers). Kai Yao is often cited by papers focused on Titanium Alloys Microstructure and Properties (13 papers), Advanced materials and composites (6 papers) and Microstructure and mechanical properties (5 papers). Kai Yao collaborates with scholars based in China, Japan and United States. Kai Yao's co-authors include Fenghua Su, Xiaohua Min, Neng Li, Fei Ye, Ming-Jia Li, Koichi Tsuchiya, Satoshi Emura, Guoying Gao, Ping Huang and Cansen Liu and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Applied Physics, Journal of The Electrochemical Society and Acta Materialia.

In The Last Decade

Kai Yao

31 papers receiving 923 citations

Hit Papers

Facile Fabrication of Superhydrophobic Surface with Excel... 2014 2026 2018 2022 2014 100 200 300 400
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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. Facile Fabrication of Superhydrophobic Surface with Excellent Mechanical Abrasion and Corrosion Resistance on Copper Substrate by a Novel Method
    2014 401 citations Fenghua Su, Kai Yao ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Kai Yao China 15 532 367 305 215 214 32 949
Danick Gallant Canada 15 444 0.8× 320 0.9× 204 0.7× 192 0.9× 281 1.3× 24 1000
Cansen Liu China 18 496 0.9× 163 0.4× 305 1.0× 121 0.6× 323 1.5× 35 910
Enshuang Zhang China 13 222 0.4× 658 1.8× 146 0.5× 472 2.2× 189 0.9× 24 1.0k
Zhenjun Peng China 18 702 1.3× 118 0.3× 322 1.1× 161 0.7× 233 1.1× 44 1.1k
Nathalie Younan Switzerland 6 304 0.6× 307 0.8× 48 0.2× 149 0.7× 135 0.6× 7 683
Meiling Yan China 13 220 0.4× 125 0.3× 171 0.6× 160 0.7× 118 0.6× 23 623
Srinivasan Guruvenket United States 17 430 0.8× 182 0.5× 105 0.3× 200 0.9× 258 1.2× 23 790
Lawrence Whitmore Austria 12 260 0.5× 78 0.2× 310 1.0× 238 1.1× 74 0.3× 30 666

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kai Yao

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

All Works

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Wang, Fucheng, et al.. (2025). Enhancement of strength-ductility of Ti-Cu alloy via uncontinuously ultrafine Ti2Cu precipitation prepared by water-cooled laser-direct energy deposition. Journal of Alloys and Compounds. 1013. 178580–178580. 2 indexed citations
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Liu, Shuming, Kai Yao, Jing-Ping Xu, et al.. (2025). Highly solar modulated and robust PNIPAM/HEMC smart windows. Journal of Materials Chemistry C. 13(10). 5248–5258. 5 indexed citations
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Sun, Wanting, Huhu Su, Bin Miao, et al.. (2025). Precipitate-tailored planar slip delivers unprecedented ductility in high-strength β-titanium alloys. Acta Materialia. 304. 121744–121744.
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Wang, Yang, Kai Yao, Jingjing Yang, et al.. (2023). Supercapacitors Based on Resveratrol/Reduced Graphene Oxide Composites. ACS Applied Nano Materials. 6(6). 4162–4169. 12 indexed citations
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Yang, Jingjing, Kai Yao, Yanan Li, et al.. (2023). Synthesis of 3D nitrogen-doped graphene quantum dots and reduced graphene oxide composites by a hydrothermal method for supercapacitors anodes. Ionics. 29(8). 3273–3285. 4 indexed citations
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Wu, Tao, Sha Li, Shoujie Liu, et al.. (2022). Biomass-assisted approach for large-scale construction of multi-functional isolated single-atom site catalysts. Nano Research. 15(5). 3980–3990. 30 indexed citations
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Yao, Kai & Xiaohua Min. (2022). Abnormal strain rate strengthening and strain hardening with constitutive modeling in body-centered cubic {332}<113> TWIP titanium alloy. Acta Materialia. 226. 117641–117641. 29 indexed citations
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Yao, Kai, Shewei Xin, Yi Yang, et al.. (2022). Ultrahigh cryogenic strength and exceptional ductility at 20 K in a TWIP Ti–15Mo alloy. Scripta Materialia. 213. 114595–114595. 33 indexed citations
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Xu, Zhanwei, Xinyue Liu, Kai Yao, et al.. (2021). 1T MoS 2 growth from exfoliated MoS 2 nucleation as high rate anode for sodium storage. Nanotechnology. 33(2). 25602–25602. 4 indexed citations
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Gao, Zhaoqing, Yinbo Chen, Chen Wang, et al.. (2021). Insight into the effect of reorganized chemical short-range orders at Ga-based alloys/Cu interfaces on the nucleation and growth of CuGa2 crystals. Materials Letters. 307. 131029–131029. 4 indexed citations
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Yao, Kai & Xiaohua Min. (2021). Static and dynamic Hall‒Petch relations in {332}<113> TWIP Ti–15Mo alloy. Materials Science and Engineering A. 827. 142044–142044. 57 indexed citations
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Li, Ming-Jia, Xiaohua Min, Kai Yao, & Fei Ye. (2018). Novel insight into the formation of α″-martensite and ω-phase with cluster structure in metastable Ti-Mo alloys. Acta Materialia. 164. 322–333. 89 indexed citations
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Mi, Guangbao, Kai Yao, & Xiaohua Min. (2017). Effect of temperature on wear behavior in a Ti-V-Cr base fireproof titanium alloy. International Journal of Precision Engineering and Manufacturing. 18(11). 1553–1559. 4 indexed citations
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Mi, Guangbao, Kai Yao, Pengfei Bai, Congqian Cheng, & Xiaohua Min. (2017). High Temperature Oxidation and Wear Behaviors of Ti–V–Cr Fireproof Titanium Alloy. Metals. 7(6). 226–226. 15 indexed citations
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Huang, Zeng, et al.. (2017). Novel and practical synthesis of vonoprazan fumarate. Synthetic Communications. 47(12). 1169–1174. 7 indexed citations
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Jiang, Xiang, Wei Hu, Chao Peng, Kai Yao, & Fenghua Su. (2015). Simultaneous fabrication of superhydrophobic cathodic cobalt and anodic copper surfaces by a one-step electrodeposition process. Materials Research Innovations. 19(sup2). S2–83. 2 indexed citations
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Su, Fenghua & Kai Yao. (2014). Facile Fabrication of Superhydrophobic Surface with Excellent Mechanical Abrasion and Corrosion Resistance on Copper Substrate by a Novel Method. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 6(11). 8762–8770. 401 indexed citations breakdown →
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Li, Neng, et al.. (2011). Effect of carbon/hydrogen species incorporation on electronic structure of anatase-TiO2. Journal of Applied Physics. 110(7). 18 indexed citations
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Li, Neng, et al.. (2011). The half-metallic properties and geometrical structures of cubic BaMnO3 and BaTiO3/BaMnO3 superlattice. Journal of Applied Physics. 109(8). 14 indexed citations
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Yao, Kai, et al.. (2009). CLUSTER MOVING MONTE CARLO SIMULATION OF NANO-SIZED MAGNETIC PARTICLE AGGREGATION IN AN APPLIED MAGNETIC FIELD. International Journal of Modern Physics B. 23(27). 5307–5323. 4 indexed citations

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