Xuehai Yan

26.2k total citations · 15 hit papers
258 papers, 22.9k citations indexed

About

Xuehai Yan is a scholar working on Biomaterials, Biomedical Engineering and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Xuehai Yan has authored 258 papers receiving a total of 22.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 159 papers in Biomaterials, 112 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 100 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Xuehai Yan's work include Supramolecular Self-Assembly in Materials (132 papers), Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics (77 papers) and Polydiacetylene-based materials and applications (59 papers). Xuehai Yan is often cited by papers focused on Supramolecular Self-Assembly in Materials (132 papers), Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics (77 papers) and Polydiacetylene-based materials and applications (59 papers). Xuehai Yan collaborates with scholars based in China, Germany and United Kingdom. Xuehai Yan's co-authors include Ruirui Xing, Qianli Zou, Junbai Li, Kai Liu, Chengqian Yuan, Shukun Li, Luyang Zhao, Tifeng Jiao, Guanghui Ma and Pengli Zhu and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Chemical Society Reviews and Advanced Materials.

In The Last Decade

Xuehai Yan

254 papers receiving 22.7k 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.

Self-assembly and application of diphenylalanine-based nanostructures

2010 906 citations Xuehai Yan, Junbai Li et al. Chemical Society Reviews profile →
Peptide self-assembly: thermodynamics and kinetics

2016 850 citations Kai Liu, Ruirui Xing et al. Chemical Society Reviews profile →
Biological Photothermal Nanodots Based on Self-Assembly of Peptide–Porphyrin Conjugates for Antitumor Therapy

2017 841 citations Qianli Zou, Luyang Zhao et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
An Injectable Self‐Assembling Collagen–Gold Hybrid Hydrogel for Combinatorial Antitumor Photothermal/Photodynamic Therapy

2016 725 citations Ruirui Xing, Kai Liu et al. Advanced Materials profile →
Controlled Preparation of MnO₂ Hierarchical Hollow Nanostructures and Their Application in Water Treatment

2008 694 citations Xuehai Yan et al. Advanced Materials profile →
Self‐Assembled Peptide‐ and Protein‐Based Nanomaterials for Antitumor Photodynamic and Photothermal Therapy

2017 633 citations Qianli Zou, Shukun Li et al. Advanced Materials profile →
NIR Light‐Driving Barrier‐Free Group Rotation in Nanoparticles with an 88.3% Photothermal Conversion Efficiency for Photothermal Therapy

2020 571 citations Dongmei Xi, Ming Xiao et al. Advanced Materials profile →
Simple Peptide‐Tuned Self‐Assembly of Photosensitizers towards Anticancer Photodynamic Therapy

2016 473 citations Kai Liu, Ruirui Xing et al. profile →
Smart Peptide-Based Supramolecular Photodynamic Metallo-Nanodrugs Designed by Multicomponent Coordination Self-Assembly

2018 432 citations Shukun Li, Qianli Zou et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
Hierarchically oriented organization in supramolecular peptide crystals

2019 382 citations Chengqian Yuan, Wei Ji et al. profile →
Nucleation and Growth of Amino Acid and Peptide Supramolecular Polymers through Liquid–Liquid Phase Separation

2019 352 citations Chengqian Yuan, Ruirui Xing et al. profile →
Recent advances of self-assembling peptide-based hydrogels for biomedical applications

2019 314 citations Jieling Li, Ruirui Xing et al. profile →
Self‐Assembling Endogenous Biliverdin as a Versatile Near‐Infrared Photothermal Nanoagent for Cancer Theranostics

2019 295 citations Ruirui Xing, Qianli Zou et al. Advanced Materials profile →
Hydrogel Nanoarchitectonics of a Flexible and Self‐Adhesive Electrode for Long‐Term Wireless Electroencephalogram Recording and High‐Accuracy Sustained Attention Evaluation

2023 128 citations Qingquan Han, Qi Li et al. Advanced Materials profile →
Peptide Self-assembly: From Ordered to Disordered

2024 82 citations Rui Chang, Chengqian Yuan et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Xuehai Yan	11.1k	8.8k	8.8k	7.2k	5.8k	258	22.9k
Junbai Li	8.6k 0.8×	6.2k 0.7×	6.9k 0.8×	6.2k 0.9×	5.0k 0.9×	373	20.0k
Youqing Shen	10.2k 0.9×	11.8k 1.3×	6.4k 0.7×	8.4k 1.2×	5.0k 0.9×	642	29.1k
Zhigang Xie	5.9k 0.5×	10.2k 1.2×	15.8k 1.8×	4.5k 0.6×	3.2k 0.5×	499	27.7k
Xiangyang Shi	12.6k 1.1×	14.0k 1.6×	8.0k 0.9×	8.9k 1.2×	2.8k 0.5×	605	29.8k
Ying‐Wei Yang	6.8k 0.6×	5.7k 0.6×	12.3k 1.4×	3.1k 0.4×	9.4k 1.6×	345	24.2k
Huan Meng	4.9k 0.4×	6.6k 0.7×	8.1k 0.9×	4.3k 0.6×	1.5k 0.3×	176	17.6k
Wuli Yang	5.1k 0.5×	6.1k 0.7×	5.7k 0.7×	3.0k 0.4×	1.6k 0.3×	227	14.3k
Yijing Liu	4.8k 0.4×	11.8k 1.3×	8.2k 0.9×	4.5k 0.6×	1.4k 0.2×	201	18.0k
Hangrong Chen	5.9k 0.5×	10.4k 1.2×	11.4k 1.3×	2.7k 0.4×	1.4k 0.2×	311	20.5k
Jin Xie	5.9k 0.5×	8.2k 0.9×	6.1k 0.7×	4.8k 0.7×	1.2k 0.2×	232	16.8k

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Yu, Chao, Xuehai Yan, Weiqiu Li, et al.. (2025). Excellent Energy Storage and Charge–Discharge Performance in (Pb_1–xCa_x)(Zr_0.55Sn_0.45)O₃ Antiferroelectric Ceramics. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 17(3). 5066–5077. 3 indexed citations

Zhu, Zhen, Tong Zhao, Qing Zhou, et al.. (2025). Data-Driven Design of Random Heteropolypeptides as Synthetic Polyclonal Antibodies. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 147(24). 21077–21088. 3 indexed citations

Li, Guangle, et al.. (2025). Entropy-Driven Amino Acid-Based Coacervates with Enzyme-Free Metabolism and Prebiotic Robustness. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 147(49). 45324–45336.

Li, Shukun, Yudong Li, Guizhi Shen, et al.. (2025). Flexible Morphological Regulation of Photothermal Nanodrugs: Understanding the Relationship between the Structure, Photothermal Effect, and Tumoral Biodistribution. ACS Nano. 19(2). 2799–2808. 6 indexed citations

Sun, Haifeng, et al.. (2024). Self-assembled amphiphilic peptide hydrogels for antimicrobial application. Current Opinion in Colloid & Interface Science. 73. 101828–101828. 10 indexed citations

Xing, Ruirui, et al.. (2024). A tough bioadhesive based on co-assembly of polypeptide and polysaccharide for adhesion of soft tissues. Colloids and Surfaces A Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects. 689. 133719–133719. 1 indexed citations

Fu, Yue, Lian Zhang, Xuehai Yan, & Kai Liu. (2024). Supramolecular Systems Chemistry Based on the Interplay Between Peptides and Porphyrins. ChemSystemsChem. 7(2). 1 indexed citations

Ren, Xiaokang, et al.. (2023). Tyrosine Derivative Regulated Enzyme Catalytic Pathway for Controllable Synthesis of Functional Melanin^★. Acta Chimica Sinica. 81(11). 1486–1486. 3 indexed citations

Xue, Yan, et al.. (2023). Biomimetic Conductive Hydrogel Scaffolds with Anisotropy and Electrical Stimulation for In Vivo Skeletal Muscle Reconstruction. Advanced Healthcare Materials. 13(4). e2302180–e2302180. 25 indexed citations

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Li, Shukun, Yamei Liu, Ruirui Xing, et al.. (2023). Immunosuppressive microenvironment improvement and treatment of aggressive malignancy pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma based on local administration of injectable hydrogel. Nano Today. 50. 101832–101832. 31 indexed citations

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Ren, Xiaokang, et al.. (2023). Water-modulated low-wavelength fluorescence emission of PSmOrange. Colloids and Surfaces A Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects. 683. 133029–133029. 1 indexed citations

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Chang, Rui, Luyang Zhao, Ruirui Xing, Junbai Li, & Xuehai Yan. (2023). Functional chromopeptide nanoarchitectonics: molecular design, self-assembly and biological applications. Chemical Society Reviews. 52(8). 2688–2712. 104 indexed citations

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Xing, Ruirui, Qianli Zou, & Xuehai Yan. (2020). Peptide-based Supramolecular Colloids. CAS OpenIR (Chinese Academy of Sciences). 10 indexed citations

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Ji, Wei, Chengqian Yuan, Priyadarshi Chakraborty, et al.. (2020). Coassembly-Induced Transformation of Dipeptide Amyloid-Like Structures into Stimuli-Responsive Supramolecular Materials. ACS Nano. 14(6). 7181–7190. 80 indexed citations

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Li, Yongxin, Roy C. H. Wong, Xuehai Yan, Dennis K. P. Ng, & Pui‐Chi Lo. (2020). Self-Assembled Nanophotosensitizing Systems with Zinc(II) Phthalocyanine-Peptide Conjugates as Building Blocks for Targeted Chemo-Photodynamic Therapy. ACS Applied Bio Materials. 3(9). 5463–5473. 26 indexed citations

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Xi, Dongmei, Ming Xiao, Jianfang Cao, et al.. (2020). NIR Light‐Driving Barrier‐Free Group Rotation in Nanoparticles with an 88.3% Photothermal Conversion Efficiency for Photothermal Therapy. Advanced Materials. 32(11). e1907855–e1907855. 571 indexed citations breakdown →

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Ji, Wei, Bin Xue, Santu Bera, et al.. (2020). Tunable Mechanical and Optoelectronic Properties of Organic Cocrystals by Unexpected Stacking Transformation from H- to J- and X-Aggregation. ACS Nano. 14(8). 10704–10715. 80 indexed citations

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Ren, Peng, Jingtao Li, Jingtao Li, et al.. (2020). Dipeptide Self-assembled Hydrogels with Shear-Thinning and Instantaneous Self-healing Properties Determined by Peptide Sequences. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 12(19). 21433–21440. 84 indexed citations

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Sun, Bingbing, Kai Tao, Yi Jia, et al.. (2019). Photoactive properties of supramolecular assembled short peptides. Chemical Society Reviews. 48(16). 4387–4400. 159 indexed citations

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Shao, Jingxin, Imke A. B. Pijpers, Shoupeng Cao, et al.. (2019). Biomorphic Engineering of Multifunctional Polylactide Stomatocytes toward Therapeutic Nano‐Red Blood Cells. Advanced Science. 6(5). 1801678–1801678. 42 indexed citations

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