Xiaobo Yin

27.9k total citations · 16 hit papers
161 papers, 22.0k citations indexed

About

Xiaobo Yin is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Xiaobo Yin has authored 161 papers receiving a total of 22.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 74 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 64 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 55 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Xiaobo Yin's work include Plasmonic and Surface Plasmon Research (40 papers), Thermal Radiation and Cooling Technologies (37 papers) and Metamaterials and Metasurfaces Applications (30 papers). Xiaobo Yin is often cited by papers focused on Plasmonic and Surface Plasmon Research (40 papers), Thermal Radiation and Cooling Technologies (37 papers) and Metamaterials and Metasurfaces Applications (30 papers). Xiaobo Yin collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Hong Kong. Xiaobo Yin's co-authors include Xiang Zhang, Ronggui Yang, Ming Liu, Gang Tan, Ziliang Ye, Yuan Wang, Dongliang Zhao, Yao Zhai, Junsuk Rho and Thomas Zentgraf and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Xiaobo Yin

157 papers receiving 21.2k citations

Hit Papers

A graphene-based broadband optical modulator 2010 2026 2015 2020 2011 2017 2019 2013 2014 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k 2.5k
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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. A graphene-based broadband optical modulator
    2011 2.7k citations Xiaobo Yin, Xiang Zhang et al. profile →
  2. Scalable-manufactured randomized glass-polymer hybrid metamaterial for daytime radiative cooling
    2017 1.9k citations Yao Zhai, Yaoguang Ma et al. Science profile →
  3. A radiative cooling structural material
    2019 1.3k citations Tian Li, Yao Zhai et al. Science profile →
  4. Photonic Spin Hall Effect at Metasurfaces
    2013 1.0k citations Xiaobo Yin, Ziliang Ye et al. Science profile →
  5. Probing excitonic dark states in single-layer tungsten disulphide
    2014 810 citations Ziliang Ye, Kevin P. O’Brien et al. profile →
  6. Switching terahertz waves with gate-controlled active graphene metamaterials
    2012 763 citations Xiaobo Yin, Xiang Zhang et al. profile →
  7. Observation of piezoelectricity in free-standing monolayer MoS2
    2014 728 citations Ziliang Ye, Yu Ye et al. profile →
  8. Radiative sky cooling: Fundamental principles, materials, and applications
    2019 687 citations Dongliang Zhao, Ablimit Aili et al. profile →
  9. Terrestrial radiative cooling: Using the cold universe as a renewable and sustainable energy source
    2020 634 citations Xiaobo Yin, Ronggui Yang et al. Science profile →
  10. Edge Nonlinear Optics on a MoS 2 Atomic Monolayer
    2014 630 citations Xiaobo Yin, Ziliang Ye et al. Science profile →
  11. Double-Layer Graphene Optical Modulator
    2012 627 citations Xiaobo Yin, Xiang Zhang et al. Nano Letters profile →
  12. A holey-structured metamaterial for acoustic deep-subwavelength imaging
    2010 549 citations Jie Zhu, Johan Christensen et al. Nature Physics profile →
  13. Subambient Cooling of Water: Toward Real-World Applications of Daytime Radiative Cooling
    2018 490 citations Dongliang Zhao, Ablimit Aili et al. profile →
  14. Photoinduced handedness switching in terahertz chiral metamolecules
    2012 418 citations Junsuk Rho, Xiaobo Yin et al. Nature Communications profile →
  15. Selection of polymers with functional groups for daytime radiative cooling
    2019 261 citations Ablimit Aili, Zhiyuan Wei et al. profile →
  16. Selective directional liquid transport on shoot surfaces of Crassula muscosa
    2024 62 citations Wei Li, Hengjia Zhu et al. Science profile →

Peers

Xiaobo Yin
Comparison fields: 5 of 133
  • Biomedical Engineering 8.1k
  • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 7.8k
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering 6.6k
  • Civil and Structural Engineering 6.3k
  • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials 6.2k
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Dangyuan Lei Hong Kong
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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
# Work Indexed citations
1
Scattering‐Enhanced Light Extraction for Radiative Thermal Load Mitigation in Fluorescent Films
2025 ·Advanced Science ·(unknown), Yi Zhang, Minghao Dong, Xiaopeng Bai, (unknown), Fan Yang, Xiaobo Yin
1
2
Atomic-shell engineering in manganese-doped palladium@iridium nanozymes: d-Band optimization for enhanced peroxidase-like activity in ultrasensitive lateral flow immunoassays
2025 ·Chemical Engineering Journal ·Ting Tan, (unknown), Minghui Duan, Junmin Li, Yafeng Xie, (unknown), Xiaobo Yin, Junqiang Wang, (unknown)
0
3
Sound-controlled fluidic processor
2025 ·Science Advances ·Hengjia Zhu, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Hegeng Li, (unknown), Zuochen Wang, (unknown), (unknown), Vincent Chi‐Hang Lui, Wei Li, Xiaobo Yin, Liqiu Wang
2
4
Linear magnet with fluid-solid-switchable cells for flexible devices
2025 ·Nature Communications ·(unknown), Hengjia Zhu, Zhipeng Zhao, Hegeng Li, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Peng Yu, Xin Tang, Wei Li, Xiaobo Yin, Liqiu Wang
2
5
Ultrabroadband Directional Tunable Thermal Emission Control Based on Vanadium Dioxide Photonic Structures
2025 ·Advanced Science ·Qixiang Chen, (unknown), Xuemei Huang, Yuehui Lu, Hua Xu, Yang An, Longnan Li, Wei Li, Xiaobo Yin, Xun Cao, Dongliang Zhao
4
6
Passive daytime radiative cooling: Moving beyond materials towards real-world applications
2024 ·SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·Ablimit Aili, Tengyao Jiang, Jingjing Chen, Yonggang Wen, Ronggui Yang, Xiaobo Yin, Gang Tan
29
7
Microstructure Engineered Photon‐Managing Films for Solar Energy to Biomass Conversion
2023 ·Advanced Energy Materials ·Lihua Shen, (unknown), Ablimit Aili, (unknown), Xiaobo Yin
9
8
Temperature reduction and energy-saving analysis in grain storage: Field application of radiative cooling technology to grain storage warehouse
2023 ·Renewable Energy ·(unknown), (unknown), Wang Ning-sheng, Wenbo Zhao, (unknown), Ronggui Yang, Xiaobo Yin, Gang Tan
9
9
Single-Shot Compressed Photoacoustic Tomographic Imaging with a Single Detector in a Scattering Medium
2020 ·Physical Review Applied ·Yuning Guo, Baowen Li, Xiaobo Yin
10
10
Layer-specific arterial micromechanics and microstructure: Influences of age, anatomical location, and processing technique
2019 ·Journal of Biomechanics ·(unknown), Xin Xu, Kurt R. Stenmark, Corey P. Neu, Xiaobo Yin, Wei Tan
12
11
Tunable surface wrinkling on shape memory polymers with application in smart micromirror
2019 ·Applied Physics Letters ·(unknown), (unknown), Yao Zhai, Zhanan Zou, Yizhou Chen, Xiaobo Yin, Jianliang Xiao
16
12
A radiative cooling structural material breakdown →
2019 ·Science ·Tian Li, Yao Zhai, Shuaiming He, Wentao Gan, Zhiyuan Wei, Mohammad Heidarinejad, Daniel Dalgo, Ruiyu Mi, Xinpeng Zhao, Jianwei Song, Jiaqi Dai, Chaoji Chen, Ablimit Aili, Azhar Vellore, Ashlie Martini, Ronggui Yang, Jelena Srebric, Xiaobo Yin, Liangbing Hu
1251
13
Programmable localized wrinkling of thin films on shape memory polymers with application in nonuniform optical gratings
2018 ·Applied Physics Letters ·(unknown), Yao Zhai, (unknown), Sabrina N. David, Xiaobo Yin, Jianliang Xiao
12
14
Sensing coherent phonons with two-photon interference
2017 ·New Journal of Physics ·(unknown), Xiaobo Yin, Baowen Li
2
15
Scalable-manufactured randomized glass-polymer hybrid metamaterial for daytime radiative cooling breakdown →
2017 ·Science ·Yao Zhai, Yaoguang Ma, Sabrina N. David, Dongliang Zhao, (unknown), Gang Tan, Ronggui Yang, Xiaobo Yin
1854
16
Edge Nonlinear Optics on a MoS2 Atomic Monolayer
2014 ·Bulletin of the American Physical Society ·Xiaobo Yin, Ziliang Ye, Daniel Chenet, Yu Ye, Kevin P. O’Brien, James Hone, Xiang Zhang
11
17
Ultrafast acousto-plasmonic control and sensing in complex nanostructures
2014 ·Nature Communications ·Kevin O’Brien, N. D. Lanzillotti‐Kimura, Junsuk Rho, Haim Suchowski, Xiaobo Yin, Xiang Zhang
85
18
Optical Forces in Hybrid Plasmonic Waveguides
2011 ·Nano Letters ·Xiaodong Yang, Yongmin Liu, Rupert F. Oulton, Xiaobo Yin, Xiang Zhang
191
19
A holey-structured metamaterial for acoustic deep-subwavelength imaging breakdown →
2010 ·Nature Physics ·Jie Zhu, Johan Christensen, Jesper Jung, L. Martı́n-Moreno, Xiaobo Yin, (unknown), Xiang Zhang, F. J. Garcı́a-Vidal
549
20
Spherical hyperlens for two-dimensional sub-diffractional imaging at visible frequencies
2010 ·Nature Communications ·Junsuk Rho, Ziliang Ye, Yi Xiong, Xiaobo Yin, Zhaowei Liu, Hyeunseok Choi, Guy Bartal, Xiang Zhang
340

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