W.-L. Yu

620 total citations · 1 hit paper
11 papers, 525 citations indexed

About

W.-L. Yu is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Polymers and Plastics and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, W.-L. Yu has authored 11 papers receiving a total of 525 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 6 papers in Polymers and Plastics and 3 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in W.-L. Yu's work include Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics (6 papers), Conducting polymers and applications (5 papers) and Organic Light-Emitting Diodes Research (3 papers). W.-L. Yu is often cited by papers focused on Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics (6 papers), Conducting polymers and applications (5 papers) and Organic Light-Emitting Diodes Research (3 papers). W.-L. Yu collaborates with scholars based in Singapore, China and United States. W.-L. Yu's co-authors include Wei Huang, Jian Pei, Alan J. Heeger, S. C. Ng, H. S. O. Chan, Yun‐Ju Lai, Yang Xiao, Meng Ding, Hardy Sze On Chan and K. L. Tan and has published in prestigious journals such as Advanced Materials, Thin Solid Films and Materials Chemistry and Physics.

In The Last Decade

W.-L. Yu

11 papers receiving 516 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.

Spiro-Functionalized Polyfluorene Derivatives as Blue Light-Emitting Materials

2000 397 citations W.-L. Yu, Jian Pei et al. Advanced Materials profile →

Peers

W.-L. Yu

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Peter Pösch Germany

Chi‐Yen Lin Taiwan

Xiaolian Hu China

Frank Dierschke Germany

Yuan‐Li Liao Taiwan

Yunhua Xu China

Chih-Hung Tsai Taiwan

Andrea M. Della Pelle United States

Erika Bellmann United States

Renji R. Reghu Lithuania

Peter Pösch Germany

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251 ×0.8

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122 ×0.7

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101 ×1.2

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18 ×0.7

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Countries citing papers authored by W.-L. Yu

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Citations

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Fields of papers citing papers by W.-L. Yu

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of W.-L. Yu

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

All Works

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11 of 11 papers shown

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Yu, W.-L., et al.. (2025). Fabrication of cellulose-based carboxylate-functionalized materials via cosolubilization-crystallization for reversible Pb2+ adsorption. Environmental Technology & Innovation. 37. 104058–104058. 2 indexed citations

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Wang, Jiexi, et al.. (2025). Fabrication of iodine vacancy-modulated dual S-scheme BiOI/BiSI/BiOBr heterojunction for enhanced tetracycline hydrochloride degradation. Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry. 151. 639–652. 1 indexed citations

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Ng, S. C., Meng Ding, Hardy Sze On Chan, & W.-L. Yu. (2001). The Synthesis and Characterisation of Fluorescent Poly(heteroaromatic oxadiazole)s. Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics. 202(1). 8–13. 19 indexed citations

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Xiao, Yang, et al.. (2000). Synthesis and characterization of a cyano-substituted electroluminescent polymer with well-defined conjugation length. Thin Solid Films. 363(1-2). 110–113. 30 indexed citations

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Liu, Bin, et al.. (2000). Poly [9-methyl-9-(4-cyanobutyl)fluorene] Synthesis towards Water-soluble Polyfluorenes. Thin Solid Films. 363(1-2). 332–335. 9 indexed citations

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Yu, W.-L., Jian Pei, Wei Huang, & Alan J. Heeger. (2000). Spiro-Functionalized Polyfluorene Derivatives as Blue Light-Emitting Materials. Advanced Materials. 12(11). 828–831. 397 indexed citations breakdown →

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Pei, Jian, W.-L. Yu, Huang Wen-ying, & Alan J. Heeger. (1999). Synthesis and properties of polybisthienylphenylene derivatives as electroluminescent materials: improving of the photoluminescent quantum yields. Acta Polymerica. 50(9). 327–331. 10 indexed citations

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Yu, W.-L., et al.. (1997). Formation of CdS nanoparticles in mixed cationic-anionic surfactant vesicle system. Materials Chemistry and Physics. 49(1). 87–92. 16 indexed citations

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Yu, W.-L., et al.. (1997). Preparation of CdS nanoparticles at the monolayer of N-methyl-p-(p-tetradecyloxystyryl)pyridinium iodine. Materials Letters. 33(3-4). 221–223. 2 indexed citations

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Ng, S. C., et al.. (1997). Electrically conducting poly[3-(ω-hydroxyalkyl)thiophenes]. Synthetic Metals. 87(2). 119–122. 20 indexed citations

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Ng, S. C., H. S. O. Chan, & W.-L. Yu. (1997). Synthesis and characterization of electrically conducting copolymers of ethylenedioxythiophene and 1,3-propylenedioxythiophene with ω-functional substituents. Journal of Materials Science Letters. 16(10). 809–811. 19 indexed citations

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