Yadong Yin

78.9k total citations · 32 hit papers
501 papers, 69.7k citations indexed

About

Yadong Yin is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials. According to data from OpenAlex, Yadong Yin has authored 501 papers receiving a total of 69.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 296 papers in Materials Chemistry, 153 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and 144 papers in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials. Recurrent topics in Yadong Yin's work include Gold and Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis and Applications (102 papers), Photonic Crystals and Applications (77 papers) and Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (73 papers). Yadong Yin is often cited by papers focused on Gold and Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis and Applications (102 papers), Photonic Crystals and Applications (77 papers) and Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (73 papers). Yadong Yin collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and United Kingdom. Yadong Yin's co-authors include Younan Xia, Jianping Ge, Qiao Zhang, Byron D. Gates, Yongxing Hu, Yugang Sun, A. Paul Alivisatos, James Goebl, Zhenda Lu and Steven M. Hughes and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Chemical Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Yadong Yin

492 papers receiving 68.9k citations

Hit Papers

One‐Dimensional Nanostruc... 2000 2026 2008 2017 2003 2004 2000 2002 2016 2.5k 5.0k 7.5k
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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. One‐Dimensional Nanostructures: Synthesis, Characterization, and Applications
    2003 7.5k citations Yadong Yin et al. Advanced Materials profile →
  2. Formation of hollow nanocrystals through the nanoscale kirkendall \neffect
    2004 3.2k citations Yadong Yin et al. profile →
  3. Monodispersed Colloidal Spheres: Old Materials with New Applications
    2000 1.7k citations Yadong Yin et al. Advanced Materials profile →
  4. Uniform Silver Nanowires Synthesis by Reducing AgNO3 with Ethylene Glycol in the Presence of Seeds and Poly(Vinyl Pyrrolidone)
    2002 1.3k citations Yadong Yin et al. profile →
  5. Synthesis, Properties, and Applications of Hollow Micro-/Nanostructures
    2016 1.3k citations Xiaojing Wang, Ji Feng et al. profile →
  6. Cation Exchange Reactions in Ionic Nanocrystals
    2004 1.1k citations Yadong Yin et al. profile →
  7. Responsive Photonic Crystals
    2011 1.0k citations Yadong Yin et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →
  8. Superparamagnetic Magnetite Colloidal Nanocrystal Clusters
    2007 910 citations Yongxing Hu, Yadong Yin et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →
  9. Metal Sulfides as Excellent Co-catalysts for H2O2 Decomposition in Advanced Oxidation Processes
    2018 903 citations Yaocai Bai, Yadong Yin et al. profile →
  10. Modifying the Surface Properties of Superparamagnetic Iron Oxide Nanoparticles through A Sol−Gel Approach
    2002 895 citations Yadong Yin et al. Nano Letters profile →
  11. Templated synthesis of nanostructured materials
    2012 816 citations Yiding Liu, Yadong Yin et al. profile →
  12. Preparation of Mesoscale Hollow Spheres of TiO2 and SnO2 by Templating Against Crystalline Arrays of Polystyrene Beads
    2000 760 citations Yadong Yin et al. Advanced Materials profile →
  13. Template-Assisted Self-Assembly:  A Practical Route to Complex Aggregates of Monodispersed Colloids with Well-Defined Sizes, Shapes, and Structures
    2001 751 citations Yadong Yin et al. profile →
  14. A Systematic Study of the Synthesis of Silver Nanoplates: Is Citrate a “Magic” Reagent?
    2011 690 citations Qiao Zhang, Yadong Yin et al. profile →
  15. Encapsulated Metal Nanoparticles for Catalysis
    2020 629 citations Chuanbo Gao, Yadong Yin et al. profile →
  16. Kinetically Controlled Synthesis of Triangular and Hexagonal Nanoplates of Palladium and Their SPR/SERS Properties
    2005 612 citations Yadong Yin et al. profile →
  17. Structural colour printing using a magnetically tunable and lithographically fixable photonic crystal
    2009 593 citations Yadong Yin et al. profile →
  18. Composite Titanium Dioxide Nanomaterials
    2014 584 citations Michael Dahl, Yiding Liu et al. profile →
  19. Hollow Nanocrystals through the Nanoscale Kirkendall Effect
    2012 565 citations Michael Dahl, Yadong Yin et al. profile →
  20. Permeable Silica Shell through Surface-Protected Etching
    2008 557 citations Qiao Zhang, Yadong Yin et al. Nano Letters profile →
  21. CoP‐Doped MOF‐Based Electrocatalyst for pH‐Universal Hydrogen Evolution Reaction
    2019 544 citations Yadong Yin et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →
  22. Synthesis and Self-Assembly of Au@SiO2 Core−Shell Colloids
    2002 505 citations Yadong Yin et al. Nano Letters profile →
  23. Core–Shell Nanostructured Catalysts
    2012 499 citations Qiao Zhang, Ji Bong Joo et al. profile →
  24. Highly Tunable Superparamagnetic Colloidal Photonic Crystals
    2007 493 citations Yongxing Hu, Yadong Yin et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →
  25. Noble‐Metal‐Free Electrocatalysts for Oxygen Evolution
    2018 479 citations Yadong Yin et al. Small profile →
  26. Porous cobalt oxide nanoplates enriched with oxygen vacancies for oxygen evolution reaction
    2017 473 citations Yaocai Bai, Ji Feng et al. profile →
  27. Mastering the surface strain of platinum catalysts for efficient electrocatalysis
    2021 447 citations Yadong Yin et al. profile →
  28. Graphene‐Supported Ultrafine Metal Nanoparticles Encapsulated by Mesoporous Silica: Robust Catalysts for Oxidation and Reduction Reactions
    2013 410 citations Yadong Yin et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →
  29. From Nonluminescent Cs4PbX6 (X = Cl, Br, I) Nanocrystals to Highly Luminescent CsPbX3 Nanocrystals: Water-Triggered Transformation through a CsX-Stripping Mechanism
    2017 404 citations Qiao Zhang, Yadong Yin et al. Nano Letters profile →
  30. From colloidal particles to photonic crystals: advances in self-assembly and their emerging applications
    2021 382 citations Zhiwei Li, Yadong Yin et al. profile →
  31. Colloidal Self-Assembly Approaches to Smart Nanostructured Materials
    2021 328 citations Zhiwei Li, Qingsong Fan et al. profile →
  32. Light-powered soft steam engines for self-adaptive oscillation and biomimetic swimming
    2021 166 citations Zhiwei Li, Yadong Yin et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Yadong Yin United States 129 41.9k 21.5k 20.0k 16.6k 16.1k 501 69.7k
Shouheng Sun United States 135 33.3k 0.8× 17.5k 0.8× 25.9k 1.3× 13.0k 0.8× 13.7k 0.9× 350 64.2k
Dongyuan Zhao China 164 71.3k 1.7× 28.2k 1.3× 17.5k 0.9× 24.9k 1.5× 16.2k 1.0× 799 109.1k
Yoshio Bando Japan 158 62.3k 1.5× 32.3k 1.5× 14.2k 0.7× 18.3k 1.1× 16.0k 1.0× 1.2k 88.6k
Kian Ping Loh Singapore 127 47.3k 1.1× 34.3k 1.6× 11.7k 0.6× 10.7k 0.6× 16.5k 1.0× 704 73.8k
James M. Tour United States 150 52.4k 1.3× 49.1k 2.3× 11.7k 0.6× 17.8k 1.1× 30.2k 1.9× 802 102.2k
Yugang Sun United States 77 27.8k 0.7× 15.9k 0.7× 8.6k 0.4× 16.8k 1.0× 16.4k 1.0× 250 47.3k
Zhiyong Tang China 131 31.9k 0.8× 21.8k 1.0× 18.7k 0.9× 10.8k 0.7× 9.7k 0.6× 604 58.9k
Xinliang Feng Germany 169 58.4k 1.4× 59.8k 2.8× 33.3k 1.7× 28.5k 1.7× 19.8k 1.2× 1.2k 114.0k
Shuit‐Tong Lee China 121 38.6k 0.9× 23.4k 1.1× 11.8k 0.6× 6.9k 0.4× 18.1k 1.1× 526 57.5k
Peidong Yang United States 179 88.6k 2.1× 57.5k 2.7× 35.7k 1.8× 23.1k 1.4× 32.4k 2.0× 499 133.0k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Rao, Joseph Sushil, Zonghu Han, Michael L. Etheridge, et al.. (2025). Scalable Purification of Iron Oxide Nanoparticles for Organ Cryopreservation and Transplantation. Small. 21(44). e04910–e04910.
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Wang, Zhongxiang, Hwangsun Kim, Yushun Zeng, et al.. (2025). Controllable Doping for Tunable and Multimodal Emission in ZnS-Based Mechanoluminescent Nanocrystals. Nano Letters. 25(30). 11747–11755. 2 indexed citations
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Yin, Yadong, et al.. (2024). Mitochondrial‐Derived Peptide MOTS‐c Suppresses Ovarian Cancer Progression by Attenuating USP7‐Mediated LARS1 Deubiquitination. Advanced Science. 11(43). e2405620–e2405620. 5 indexed citations
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Zhao, Shuhua, Xiaohong Zhang, Yuan Shi, et al.. (2024). MARCH5-mediated downregulation of ACC2 promotes fatty acid oxidation and tumor progression in ovarian cancer. Free Radical Biology and Medicine. 212. 464–476. 11 indexed citations
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Chen, Chen, et al.. (2024). Colorimetric Pressure Sensing by Plasmonic Decoupling of Silver Nanoparticles Confined within Polymeric Nanoshells. Nano Letters. 24(12). 3737–3743. 6 indexed citations
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Wang, Zhongxiang, et al.. (2024). Magnetic Assembly of Eu-Doped NaYF4 Nanorods for Field-Responsive Linearly and Circularly Polarized Luminescence. ACS Nano. 18(6). 5122–5131. 12 indexed citations
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Li, Zhiwei, Xiaojing Wang, Lili Han, et al.. (2021). Multicolor Photonic Pigments for Rotation‐Asymmetric Mechanochromic Devices. Advanced Materials. 34(4). e2107398–e2107398. 56 indexed citations
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Si, Yanmei, Lulu Li, Xiaojie Qin, et al.. (2019). Porous SiO2-coated Au-Ag alloy nanoparticles for the alkyne-mediated ratiometric Raman imaging analysis of hydrogen peroxide in live cells. Analytica Chimica Acta. 1057. 1–10. 26 indexed citations
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Zhang, Xiaoliang, Zhiwei Li, Ji Feng, et al.. (2019). Dynamic Tuning of Optical Transmittance of 1D Colloidal Assemblies of Magnetic Nanostructures. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1(8). 16 indexed citations
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Qin, Xiaojie, Yanmei Si, Dawei Wang, et al.. (2019). Nanoconjugates of Ag/Au/Carbon Nanotube for Alkyne-Meditated Ratiometric SERS Imaging of Hypoxia in Hepatic Ischemia. Analytical Chemistry. 91(7). 4529–4536. 48 indexed citations
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Li, Zhiwei & Yadong Yin. (2019). Creating Chameleon-like Smart Actuators. Matter. 1(3). 550–551. 13 indexed citations
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Qin, Xiaojie, Yanmei Si, Zhaoyang Wu, et al.. (2019). Alkyne/Ruthenium(II) Complex-Based Ratiometric Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering Nanoprobe for In Vitro and Ex Vivo Tracking of Carbon Monoxide. Analytical Chemistry. 92(1). 924–931. 26 indexed citations
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Si, Yanmei, Yaocai Bai, Xiaojie Qin, et al.. (2018). Alkyne–DNA-Functionalized Alloyed Au/Ag Nanospheres for Ratiometric Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering Imaging Assay of Endonuclease Activity in Live Cells. Analytical Chemistry. 90(6). 3898–3905. 65 indexed citations
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Zhang, Shumeng, Lei Zhang, Kai Liu, et al.. (2018). Digestive ripening in the formation of monodisperse silver nanospheres. Materials Chemistry Frontiers. 2(7). 1328–1333. 17 indexed citations
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Zhang, Lei, et al.. (2017). Gold nanoshurikens with uniform sharp tips for chemical sensing by the localized surface plasmon resonance. Nanoscale. 9(43). 17037–17043. 28 indexed citations
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Liu, Yiding, Xiaogang Han, Le He, & Yadong Yin. (2012). Thermoresponsive Assembly of Charged Gold Nanoparticles and Their Reversible Tuning of Plasmon Coupling. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 51(26). 6373–6377. 157 indexed citations
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Joo, Ji Bong, Qiao Zhang, Michael Dahl, Francisco Zaera, & Yadong Yin. (2012). Synthesis, crystallinity control, and photocatalysis of nanostructured titanium dioxide shells. Journal of materials research/Pratt's guide to venture capital sources. 28(3). 362–368. 44 indexed citations
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Hu, Yongxing, Le He, & Yadong Yin. (2011). Magnetically Responsive Photonic Nanochains. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 50(16). 3747–3750. 145 indexed citations

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