Wai‐Leung Yim

2.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
35 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Wai‐Leung Yim is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Organic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Wai‐Leung Yim has authored 35 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Materials Chemistry, 17 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 10 papers in Organic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Wai‐Leung Yim's work include Advanced Chemical Physics Studies (14 papers), Catalytic Processes in Materials Science (7 papers) and nanoparticles nucleation surface interactions (5 papers). Wai‐Leung Yim is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Chemical Physics Studies (14 papers), Catalytic Processes in Materials Science (7 papers) and nanoparticles nucleation surface interactions (5 papers). Wai‐Leung Yim collaborates with scholars based in Singapore, Germany and China. Wai‐Leung Yim's co-authors include Bryan H. R. Suryanto, Xunyu Lu, Chuan Zhao, J. Karl Johnson, Oleg Byl, John T. Yates, Thorsten Klüner, X. G. Gong, Jinchen Liu and Yan Wang and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Physical Review Letters and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

Wai‐Leung Yim

35 papers receiving 1.8k citations

Hit Papers

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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. Electrocatalytic Oxygen Evolution at Surface-Oxidized Multiwall Carbon Nanotubes
    2015 522 citations Xunyu Lu, Wai‐Leung Yim et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Wai‐Leung Yim Singapore 21 940 616 603 300 291 35 1.8k
Glen R. Jenness United States 20 734 0.8× 452 0.7× 530 0.9× 287 1.0× 243 0.8× 34 1.8k
Chang Yan United States 22 901 1.0× 496 0.8× 607 1.0× 326 1.1× 95 0.3× 42 1.6k
Natalia Martsinovich United Kingdom 27 1.7k 1.8× 777 1.3× 1.1k 1.8× 504 1.7× 330 1.1× 75 2.5k
Dirk Rosenthal Germany 20 1.3k 1.4× 416 0.7× 448 0.7× 203 0.7× 287 1.0× 46 2.1k
Dai‐Wei Liao China 26 862 0.9× 388 0.6× 553 0.9× 321 1.1× 180 0.6× 46 1.5k
Chunmei Tang China 29 1.7k 1.8× 990 1.6× 487 0.8× 214 0.7× 281 1.0× 148 2.4k
Javier B. Giorgi Canada 23 1.1k 1.2× 468 0.8× 318 0.5× 217 0.7× 168 0.6× 72 1.7k
Yan Xie China 25 1.1k 1.2× 482 0.8× 567 0.9× 311 1.0× 172 0.6× 83 1.9k
Frédèric Labat France 31 2.2k 2.4× 1.2k 1.9× 1.1k 1.8× 281 0.9× 206 0.7× 88 3.1k
Joseph Dvorak United States 21 1.4k 1.5× 766 1.2× 505 0.8× 202 0.7× 114 0.4× 36 1.9k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Wai‐Leung Yim

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Wang, Mingkui, Wai‐Leung Yim, Peizhe Liao, & Yan Shen. (2017). Temperature Dependent Characteristics of Perovskite Solar Cells. ChemistrySelect. 2(16). 4469–4477. 28 indexed citations
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Yim, Wai‐Leung, et al.. (2015). Synthesis of an N-Heterocyclic-Carbene-Stabilized Siladiimide. Inorganic Chemistry. 55(1). 4–6. 8 indexed citations
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Lu, Xunyu, Wai‐Leung Yim, Bryan H. R. Suryanto, & Chuan Zhao. (2015). Electrocatalytic Oxygen Evolution at Surface-Oxidized Multiwall Carbon Nanotubes. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 137(8). 2901–2907. 522 indexed citations breakdown →
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Yim, Wai‐Leung, et al.. (2014). An N‐Heterocyclic Silylene‐Stabilized Digermanium(0) Complex. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 53(48). 13155–13158. 45 indexed citations
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Yim, Wai‐Leung & Thorsten Klüner. (2013). Substrate Mediated Short- and Long-Range Adsorption Patterns of CO on Ag(110). Physical Review Letters. 110(19). 196101–196101. 5 indexed citations
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Yang, Jianhui, Bo Li, Qiuju Zhang, Wai‐Leung Yim, & Liang Chen. (2012). Catalytic Oxygen Activation on Helical Gold Nanowires. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 116(20). 11189–11194. 14 indexed citations
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Shi, Hongliang, et al.. (2012). Electron band structure of the high pressure cubic phase of AlH3. Journal of Physics Conference Series. 377. 12093–12093. 8 indexed citations
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Zhao, Yi, Wai‐Leung Yim, Chong Kiat Tan, & Ying‐Yeung Yeung. (2011). An Unexpected Oxidation of Unactivated Methylene C–H Using DIB/TBHP Protocol. Organic Letters. 13(16). 4308–4311. 48 indexed citations
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Yim, Wai‐Leung, John S. Tse, & Toshiaki Iitaka. (2010). Pressure-Induced Intermolecular Interactions in Crystalline Silane-Hydrogen. Physical Review Letters. 105(21). 215501–215501. 20 indexed citations
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Li, Baihai, Wai‐Leung Yim, Qiuju Zhang, & Liang Chen. (2010). A Comparative Study of Hydrogen Spillover on Pd and Pt Decorated MoO3(010) Surfaces from First Principles. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 114(7). 3052–3058. 27 indexed citations
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Wang, Haoyang, Wai‐Leung Yim, Thorsten Klüner, & Jürgen O. Metzger. (2009). ESIMS Studies and Calculations on Alkali‐Metal Adduct Ions of Ruthenium Olefin Metathesis Catalysts and Their Catalytic Activity in Metathesis Reactions. Chemistry - A European Journal. 15(41). 10948–10959. 32 indexed citations
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Yim, Wai‐Leung & J. Karl Johnson. (2009). Ozone Oxidation of Single Walled Carbon Nanotubes from Density Functional Theory. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 113(41). 17636–17642. 46 indexed citations
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Yim, Wai‐Leung & Thorsten Klüner. (2008). Atoms‐in‐molecules analysis for planewave DFT calculations—A numerical approach on a successively interpolated charge density grid. Journal of Computational Chemistry. 29(8). 1306–1315. 12 indexed citations
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Fenske, Daniela, et al.. (2007). Pitfalls in Interpreting Temperature Programmed Desorption Spectra of Alloys: The CO/CoPt Puzzle. ChemPhysChem. 8(5). 654–656. 13 indexed citations
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Byl, Oleg, Jinchen Liu, Yan Wang, et al.. (2006). Unusual Hydrogen Bonding in Water-Filled Carbon Nanotubes. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 128(37). 12090–12097. 253 indexed citations
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Yim, Wai‐Leung, Oleg Byl, John T. Yates, & J. Karl Johnson. (2005). Dimensional Effects on the LO−TO Splitting in CF4:  First-Principles and Infrared Absorption Studies. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 127(9). 3198–3206. 12 indexed citations
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Yim, Wai‐Leung, et al.. (2004). A reexamination of the chemisorption and desorption of ozone on the exterior of a (5,5) single-walled carbon nanotube. Chemical Physics Letters. 398(4-6). 297–303. 62 indexed citations
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Yim, Wai‐Leung, Oleg Byl, John T. Yates, & J. Karl Johnson. (2004). Vibrational behavior of adsorbed CO2 on single-walled carbon nanotubes. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 120(11). 5377–5386. 66 indexed citations
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Yim, Wai‐Leung, X. G. Gong, & Zhifeng Liu. (2003). Chemisorption of NO2 on Carbon Nanotubes. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B. 107(35). 9363–9369. 103 indexed citations
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Yim, Wai‐Leung, et al.. (2000). Ab initio molecular dynamics study on Ag (n = 4, 5, 6). The European Physical Journal D. 10(1). 105–114. 20 indexed citations

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