Kui Yu

10.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
202 papers, 8.9k citations indexed

About

Kui Yu is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Organic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Kui Yu has authored 202 papers receiving a total of 8.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 164 papers in Materials Chemistry, 121 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 24 papers in Organic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Kui Yu's work include Quantum Dots Synthesis And Properties (132 papers), Chalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films (113 papers) and Nanocluster Synthesis and Applications (81 papers). Kui Yu is often cited by papers focused on Quantum Dots Synthesis And Properties (132 papers), Chalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films (113 papers) and Nanocluster Synthesis and Applications (81 papers). Kui Yu collaborates with scholars based in Canada, China and United States. Kui Yu's co-authors include Adi Eisenberg, Lifeng Zhang, Jianying Ouyang, John A. Ripmeester, Alexander V. Kabanov, Tatiana K. Bronich, V.A. Kabanov, N. L. Rowell, Md. Badruz Zaman and Xiaohua Wu and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Advanced Materials.

In The Last Decade

Kui Yu

193 papers receiving 8.7k citations

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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.

Ion-Induced Morphological Changes in “Crew-Cut” Aggregates of Amphiphilic Block Copolymers

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Kui Yu Canada	53	6.0k	3.2k	2.9k	1.2k	1.1k	202	8.9k
Hironori Kaji Japan	50	6.3k 1.1×	5.5k 1.7×	2.0k 0.7×	1.2k 1.1×	671 0.6×	258	10.8k
Lyudmila M. Bronstein United States	51	4.0k 0.7×	1.6k 0.5×	2.4k 0.8×	531 0.5×	1.3k 1.2×	181	7.7k
Lixin Wu China	54	7.9k 1.3×	1.3k 0.4×	3.0k 1.0×	413 0.4×	2.1k 1.9×	390	10.7k
Serge Ravaine France	42	4.0k 0.7×	1.2k 0.4×	2.0k 0.7×	771 0.7×	535 0.5×	176	6.6k
Yao Lin United States	38	3.1k 0.5×	806 0.3×	2.5k 0.9×	883 0.8×	1.5k 1.3×	91	6.4k
Stephanie Hoeppener Germany	42	1.8k 0.3×	1.8k 0.6×	2.3k 0.8×	747 0.6×	1.3k 1.1×	222	6.5k
Taizo Mori Japan	42	3.0k 0.5×	1.3k 0.4×	1.7k 0.6×	439 0.4×	1.5k 1.3×	107	6.4k
Jean‐François Gohy Belgium	55	3.3k 0.6×	2.6k 0.8×	6.0k 2.1×	2.3k 2.0×	2.3k 2.0×	265	11.6k
James D. Wuest Canada	50	4.2k 0.7×	1.5k 0.5×	3.5k 1.2×	272 0.2×	829 0.7×	197	9.8k
Bernd Tieke Germany	46	1.9k 0.3×	2.3k 0.7×	2.0k 0.7×	1.2k 1.0×	824 0.7×	199	6.8k

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Wang, Wenting, Qiu Shen, Andrei Sapelkin, et al.. (2025). Formation of prenucleation clusters and transformation to ZnSe quantum dots and magic-size clusters. Nanoscale. 17(13). 8101–8110.

Ming, Yue, Qilong Zhou, Zeliang Wei, et al.. (2025). Famciclovir Ameliorates Platelet Activation and Thrombosis by AhR-Regulated Autophagy. Cardiovascular Toxicology. 25(3). 486–497.

Yu, Jiali, Zhe Wang, Shasha Wang, et al.. (2025). Formation of CdTeS Prenucleation Clusters at Elevated Temperatures and Transformation to Magic‐Size Clusters at Room Temperature. Small. 21(9). e2410293–e2410293. 3 indexed citations

Wang, Shasha, Zhe Wang, Jiawei Xue, et al.. (2024). A Prenucleation‐Stage Sample of ZnSe Assisting Lower‐Temperature Shell Growth on CdSe Magic‐Size Clusters via Monomer Addition. Small. 21(1). e2408285–e2408285. 1 indexed citations

Wang, Shasha, et al.. (2024). Lower-Temperature Nucleation and Growth of Colloidal CdTe Quantum Dots Enabled by Prenucleation Clusters with Cd–Te Bond Conservation. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 146(22). 15587–15595. 14 indexed citations

Wang, Shasha, Jiawei Xue, Chunchun Zhang, et al.. (2024). Formation of ZnSe magic-size clusters displaying optical absorption doublets from prenucleation clusters. Nano Research. 17(7). 6741–6748. 2 indexed citations

Zhang, Chunchun, N. L. Rowell, Meng Zhang, et al.. (2023). Direct and Indirect Pathways of CdTeSe Magic-Size Cluster Isomerization Induced by Surface Ligands at Room Temperature. ACS Central Science. 9(3). 519–530. 18 indexed citations

Wang, Shanling, et al.. (2023). Thermally‐Induced Isomerization of Prenucleation Clusters During the Prenucleation Stage of CdTe Quantum Dots. Angewandte Chemie. 135(43). 2 indexed citations

Xin, Guang, Yue Ming, Chengjie Ji, et al.. (2020). Novel potent antiplatelet thrombotic agent derived from biguanide for ischemic stroke. European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 200. 112462–112462. 11 indexed citations

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Liu, Mingyang, Kun Wang, Linxi Wang, et al.. (2017). Probing intermediates of the induction period prior to nucleation and growth of semiconductor quantum dots. Nature Communications. 8(1). 15467–15467. 113 indexed citations

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Yu, Kui, Xiangyang Liu, Hua‐Qing Yang, et al.. (2014). Mechanistic Study of the Role of Primary Amines in Precursor Conversions to Semiconductor Nanocrystals at Low Temperature. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 53(27). 6898–6904. 24 indexed citations

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Yu, Kui, Xiangyang Liu, Qun Zeng, et al.. (2013). Effect of Tertiary and Secondary Phosphines on Low‐Temperature Formation of Quantum Dots. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 52(18). 4823–4828. 55 indexed citations

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Yu, Kui, Xiangyang Liu, Qun Zeng, et al.. (2013). The Formation Mechanism of Binary Semiconductor Nanomaterials: Shared by Single‐Source and Dual‐Source Precursor Approaches. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 52(42). 11034–11039. 32 indexed citations

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Zaman, Md. Badruz, Toya Nath Baral, Zygmunt J. Jakubek, et al.. (2011). Single-Domain Antibody Bioconjugated Near-IR Quantum Dots for Targeted Cellular Imaging of Pancreatic Cancer. Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology. 11(5). 3757–3763. 29 indexed citations

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Yu, Kui, Jianying Ouyang, & Donald M. Leek. (2011). In‐Situ Observation of Nucleation and Growth of PbSe Magic‐Sized Nanoclusters and Regular Nanocrystals. Small. 7(15). 2250–2262. 50 indexed citations

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Ouyang, Jianying, Carl C. L. Schuurmans, Yanguang Zhang, et al.. (2011). Low-Temperature Approach to High-Yield and Reproducible Syntheses of High-Quality Small-Sized PbSe Colloidal Nanocrystals for Photovoltaic Applications. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 3(2). 553–565. 53 indexed citations

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Jiang, Yingnan, Xudong Yang, Cheng Ma, et al.. (2010). Photoluminescent Smart Hydrogels with Reversible and Linear Thermoresponses. Small. 6(23). 2673–2677. 58 indexed citations

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Yao, Tongjie, Chuanxi Wang, Jie Wu, et al.. (2009). Preparation of raspberry-like polypyrrole composites with applications in catalysis. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. 338(2). 573–577. 65 indexed citations

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Wang, Ruibing, David Bardelang, K.A. Udachin, et al.. (2009). Inclusion complexes of coumarin in cucurbiturils. Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry. 7(11). 2435–2435. 55 indexed citations

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Yu, Kui, et al.. (2005). Colloidal CdSe Nanocrystals from Tri-n-Octylphosphine: Part II: Control of Growth Rate for High Quality and Large-Scale Production by Tuning Cd-to-Se Stoichiometry. Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology. 5(4). 669–681. 20 indexed citations

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