Lian Yu

13.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
208 papers, 11.6k citations indexed

About

Lian Yu is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials and Organic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Lian Yu has authored 208 papers receiving a total of 11.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 142 papers in Materials Chemistry, 60 papers in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials and 39 papers in Organic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Lian Yu's work include Material Dynamics and Properties (92 papers), Liquid Crystal Research Advancements (55 papers) and Crystallization and Solubility Studies (53 papers). Lian Yu is often cited by papers focused on Material Dynamics and Properties (92 papers), Liquid Crystal Research Advancements (55 papers) and Crystallization and Solubility Studies (53 papers). Lian Yu collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Switzerland. Lian Yu's co-authors include M. D. Ediger, Tian Wu, Ye Sun, Kenneth L. Kearns, Stephen F. Swallen, Lei Zhu, Christine A. Mitchell, Geoff G. Z. Zhang, Ting Cai and Ilia A. Guzei and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Lian Yu

207 papers receiving 11.3k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Amorphous pharmaceutical solids: preparation, characterization and stabilization

2001 1.2k citations Lian Yu profile →
Organic Glasses with Exceptional Thermodynamic and Kinetic Stability

2006 627 citations M. D. Ediger, Tian Wu et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Lian Yu United States	57	7.7k	2.7k	2.1k	1.8k	1.7k	208	11.6k
Marc Descamps France	43	3.6k 0.5×	1.4k 0.5×	826 0.4×	821 0.5×	575 0.3×	194	5.5k
George Zografi United States	58	6.6k 0.9×	7.2k 2.7×	1.4k 0.7×	3.0k 1.7×	1.7k 1.0×	169	14.5k
Robin K. Harris United Kingdom	55	6.3k 0.8×	507 0.2×	1.5k 0.7×	7.2k 4.1×	3.7k 2.1×	490	15.3k
Keith C. Gordon New Zealand	63	5.8k 0.8×	2.0k 0.8×	2.0k 1.0×	2.2k 1.2×	2.5k 1.4×	420	15.0k
K. L. Ngai United States	58	13.0k 1.7×	325 0.1×	1.2k 0.6×	574 0.3×	895 0.5×	343	15.9k
William Jones United Kingdom	81	16.1k 2.1×	1.1k 0.4×	10.7k 5.1×	2.9k 1.6×	4.7k 2.7×	477	26.4k
E.V. Boldyreva Russia	51	5.7k 0.7×	467 0.2×	5.4k 2.6×	1.5k 0.9×	2.3k 1.3×	366	10.1k
Klaus Müller Germany	43	1.9k 0.2×	6.4k 2.4×	616 0.3×	1.2k 0.7×	7.9k 4.6×	141	13.2k
Roger J. Davey United Kingdom	58	7.5k 1.0×	489 0.2×	3.7k 1.8×	1.5k 0.9×	1.6k 0.9×	219	10.3k
Thomas Steiner Germany	42	4.7k 0.6×	1.2k 0.5×	7.1k 3.4×	3.7k 2.1×	5.9k 3.4×	156	17.1k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Yu, Lian, et al.. (2024). Generic Behavior of Ultrastability and Anisotropic Molecular Packing in Codeposited Organic Semiconductor Glass Mixtures. Chemistry of Materials. 36(7). 3205–3214. 5 indexed citations

Ju, Jianzhu, et al.. (2024). Nanoscale View of Alignment and Domain Growth in a Hexagonal Columnar Liquid Crystal. ACS Nano. 18(41). 28095–28103. 2 indexed citations

Li, Xiuying, Lian Yu, Hongyan Wang, et al.. (2024). CO-driven electron and carbon flux fuels synergistic microbial reductive dechlorination. Microbiome. 12(1). 154–154. 6 indexed citations

Li, Yuhui, Camille Bishop, Kai Cui, et al.. (2022). Surface diffusion of a glassy discotic organic semiconductor and the surface mobility gradient of molecular glasses. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 156(9). 94710–94710. 13 indexed citations

Li, Yuhui, et al.. (2021). Factors correlating to enhanced surface diffusion in metallic glasses. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 154(10). 104502–104502. 10 indexed citations

Málek, Jiřı́, et al.. (2021). Surface mobility in amorphous selenium and comparison with organic molecular glasses. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 154(7). 74703–74703. 12 indexed citations

Bagchi, Kushal, Camille Bishop, Yuhui Li, et al.. (2020). Over What Length Scale Does an Inorganic Substrate Perturb the Structure of a Glassy Organic Semiconductor?. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 12(23). 26717–26726. 25 indexed citations

Li, Xizhen, Xiao Ou, Bingquan Wang, et al.. (2020). Rich polymorphism in nicotinamide revealed by melt crystallization and crystal structure prediction. Communications Chemistry. 3(1). 152–152. 41 indexed citations

Ediger, M. D., Juan Pablo, & Lian Yu. (2019). Anisotropic Vapor-Deposited Glasses: Hybrid Organic Solids. Accounts of Chemical Research. 52(2). 407–414. 75 indexed citations

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Bishop, Camille, Ankit Gujral, Michael F. Toney, Lian Yu, & M. D. Ediger. (2019). Vapor-Deposited Glass Structure Determined by Deposition Rate–Substrate Temperature Superposition Principle. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters. 10(13). 3536–3542. 41 indexed citations

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Bagchi, Kushal, Nicholas E. Jackson, Ankit Gujral, et al.. (2018). Origin of Anisotropic Molecular Packing in Vapor-Deposited Alq3 Glasses. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters. 10(2). 164–170. 57 indexed citations

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Yang, Xiaotong, Ye‐Feng Yao, Baohua Guo, et al.. (2018). Solvent-polymer guest exchange in a carbamazepine inclusion complex: structure, kinetics and implication for guest selection. CrystEngComm. 21(13). 2164–2173. 5 indexed citations

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Shi, Chenyang, et al.. (2017). Pair distribution functions of amorphous organic thin films from synchrotron X-ray scattering in transmission mode. IUCrJ. 4(5). 555–559. 10 indexed citations

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Wang, Junqiang, et al.. (2016). Possible Existence of Two Amorphous Phases of D-Mannitol Related by a First-Order Transition. Bulletin of the American Physical Society. 2016. 6 indexed citations

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Sun, Ye, Lei Zhu, Tian Wu, et al.. (2012). Stability of Amorphous Pharmaceutical Solids: Crystal Growth Mechanisms and Effect of Polymer Additives. The AAPS Journal. 14(3). 380–388. 141 indexed citations

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Höhne, Aileen, Lian Yu, Linjing Mu, et al.. (2009). Organofluorosilanes as Model Compounds for ¹⁸F‐Labeled Silicon‐Based PET Tracers and their Hydrolytic Stability: Experimental Data and Theoretical Calculations (PET=Positron Emission Tomography). Chemistry - A European Journal. 15(15). 3736–3743. 43 indexed citations

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Tao, Jing, Ye Sun, Geoff G. Z. Zhang, & Lian Yu. (2008). Solubility of Small-Molecule Crystals in Polymers: d-Mannitol in PVP, Indomethacin in PVP/VA, and Nifedipine in PVP/VA. Pharmaceutical Research. 26(4). 855–864. 173 indexed citations

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Yu, Lian. (2007). Determination of Gaseous Components in Fluid Inclusion Samples by Two-dimensional Gas Chromatography. Rock and Mineral Analysis. 10 indexed citations

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Yu, Lian, et al.. (2002). Glycine Crystallization during Spray Drying: The pH Effect on Salt and Polymorphic Forms. Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences. 91(11). 2367–2375. 60 indexed citations

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Yu, Lian, et al.. (1987). ACTIVITY COEFFICIENT OF BENZENE AND n-HEXANE IN METHANOL SALT SOLUTIONS AT 298 K. Acta Physico-Chimica Sinica. 3(3). 326–329. 2 indexed citations

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