Yang Chai

28.3k total citations · 17 hit papers
339 papers, 22.6k citations indexed

About

Yang Chai is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Materials Chemistry and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Yang Chai has authored 339 papers receiving a total of 22.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 184 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 180 papers in Materials Chemistry and 49 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Yang Chai's work include 2D Materials and Applications (93 papers), Advanced Memory and Neural Computing (75 papers) and Graphene research and applications (65 papers). Yang Chai is often cited by papers focused on 2D Materials and Applications (93 papers), Advanced Memory and Neural Computing (75 papers) and Graphene research and applications (65 papers). Yang Chai collaborates with scholars based in Hong Kong, China and United States. Yang Chai's co-authors include Feichi Zhou, Ning Zhang, Yuda Zhao, Lejuan Cai, Shu Ping Lau, Ziyuan Lin, Bocheng Qiu, Yuen Hong Tsang, Jiewei Chen and Jingli Wang and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Physical Review Letters and Advanced Materials.

In The Last Decade

Yang Chai

323 papers receiving 22.2k 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.

Optoelectronic resistive random access memory for neuromorphic vision sensors

2019 1.1k citations Jiewei Chen, Ziyuan Lin et al. profile →
Near-sensor and in-sensor computing

2020 714 citations Yang Chai et al. Nature Electronics profile →
Lattice oxygen activation enabled by high-valence metal sites for enhanced water oxidation

2020 683 citations Lejuan Cai, Bocheng Qiu et al. profile →
Smart Textile‐Integrated Microelectronic Systems for Wearable Applications

2019 635 citations Jiewei Chen, Yang Chai et al. Advanced Materials profile →
Permeable superelastic liquid-metal fibre mat enables biocompatible and monolithic stretchable electronics

2021 621 citations Yang Chai et al. profile →
High‐Electron‐Mobility and Air‐Stable 2D Layered PtSe₂ FETs

2016 569 citations Shu Ping Lau, Xinran Wang et al. Advanced Materials profile →
Lattice oxygen redox chemistry in solid-state electrocatalysts for water oxidation

2021 497 citations Yang Chai et al. profile →
Extraordinarily Strong Interlayer Interaction in 2D Layered PtS₂

2016 451 citations Ziyuan Lin, Shu Ping Lau et al. Advanced Materials profile →
Bioinspired in-sensor visual adaptation for accurate perception

2022 450 citations Jiewei Chen, Tianqing Wan et al. Nature Electronics profile →
Controlled Synthesis of 2D Palladium Diselenide for Sensitive Photodetector Applications

2018 438 citations Shu Ping Lau, Yang Chai et al. profile →
Fast, Self‐Driven, Air‐Stable, and Broadband Photodetector Based on Vertically Aligned PtSe₂/GaAs Heterojunction

2018 402 citations Yang Chai, Shu Ping Lau et al. profile →
Van der Waals Epitaxial Growth of Mosaic‐Like 2D Platinum Ditelluride Layers for Room‐Temperature Mid‐Infrared Photodetection up to 10.6 µm

2020 327 citations Shu Ping Lau, Yang Chai et al. Advanced Materials profile →
Optoelectronic graded neurons for bioinspired in-sensor motion perception

2023 273 citations Jiewei Chen, Tianqing Wan et al. profile →
In‐Sensor Computing: Materials, Devices, and Integration Technologies

2022 184 citations Tianqing Wan, Sijie Ma et al. Advanced Materials profile →
Computational event-driven vision sensors for in-sensor spiking neural networks

2023 149 citations Jian‐Min Yan, Sijie Ma et al. Nature Electronics profile →
Bioinspired in-sensor spectral adaptation for perceiving spectrally distinctive features

2024 68 citations Jian‐Min Yan, Yang Chai et al. Nature Electronics profile →
Van Der Waals Hybrid Integration of 2D Semimetals for Broadband Photodetection

2025 23 citations Yang Chai, Shu Ping Lau et al. Advanced Materials profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Yang Chai	12.9k	9.9k	4.7k	4.2k	2.6k	339	22.6k
Tae‐Woo Lee	25.0k 1.9×	14.4k 1.4×	1.3k 0.3×	6.2k 1.5×	9.1k 3.5×	481	30.8k
Kai Liu	6.9k 0.5×	8.4k 0.8×	1.9k 0.4×	3.5k 0.8×	3.0k 1.2×	435	15.6k
Xudong Wang	12.5k 1.0×	12.9k 1.3×	6.5k 1.4×	11.7k 2.8×	5.1k 2.0×	436	29.2k
Jeong Ho Cho	13.2k 1.0×	8.4k 0.8×	656 0.1×	7.5k 1.8×	5.6k 2.2×	411	19.7k
Ki Tae Nam	6.0k 0.5×	6.4k 0.6×	6.7k 1.4×	3.6k 0.9×	968 0.4×	271	18.2k
PingAn Hu	8.7k 0.7×	11.9k 1.2×	2.9k 0.6×	3.8k 0.9×	1.4k 0.5×	388	17.8k
Jun He	6.0k 0.5×	5.6k 0.6×	973 0.2×	3.2k 0.8×	1.1k 0.4×	349	11.5k
Guozhen Shen	24.6k 1.9×	15.7k 1.6×	4.0k 0.9×	14.6k 3.5×	8.1k 3.1×	572	38.7k
Tianyou Zhai	31.9k 2.5×	31.8k 3.2×	8.7k 1.9×	7.1k 1.7×	3.7k 1.4×	656	48.8k
Caofeng Pan	12.9k 1.0×	9.7k 1.0×	1.4k 0.3×	20.1k 4.8×	9.6k 3.7×	383	29.8k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yang Chai

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Wang, Yin, Xinyu Chen, Xinyu Wang, et al.. (2025). A biologically inspired artificial neuron with intrinsic plasticity based on monolayer molybdenum disulfide. Nature Electronics. 8(8). 680–688. 5 indexed citations

Yang, Tong, Ke Yang, Wei Han, et al.. (2025). High-Throughput Computational Design of Inorganic Molecular Crystal-Based High-κ Dielectrics for Two-Dimensional Electronics. ACS Nano. 19(40). 35812–35824. 1 indexed citations

Zeng, Guang, Sijie Ma, Tianqing Wan, et al.. (2025). Fabrication and characterization of optoelectronic in-sensor computing devices. Nature Protocols.

Guo, Jianmiao, Ziyuan Lin, Xiangli Che, et al.. (2025). Capacitorless Dynamic Random Access Memory with 2D Transistors by One-Step Transfer of van der Waals Dielectrics and Electrodes. ACS Nano. 19(2). 2848–2856. 1 indexed citations

Zuo, Yunpeng, Mingzi Sun, Tingting Li, et al.. (2025). Capturing Copper Single Atom in Proton Donor Stimulated O‐End Nitrate Reduction. Advanced Materials. 37(12). e2415632–e2415632. 21 indexed citations

Kang, Zhi‐Hui, et al.. (2025). State Recognition Method of Power Equipment in Smart Grid Based on Machine Learning. International Journal of Pattern Recognition and Artificial Intelligence. 39(5).

Guo, Hao, Sebastián Pazos, Mengzhen Xu, et al.. (2024). 7D High‐Dynamic Spin‐Multiplexing. Advanced Science. 11(33). e2402378–e2402378. 1 indexed citations

Wang, Yicheng, Jian Chen, Jixiang Jing, et al.. (2024). Rapid, non-contact identification of organic solvents: Monolithic GaN chips incorporating PDMS/PS photonic crystals. Sensors and Actuators B Chemical. 420. 136511–136511.

Hu, Lingxiang, Zong-Xiao Li, Jingrui Wang, et al.. (2024). Electronically Reconfigurable Memristive Neuron Capable of Operating in Both Excitation and Inhibition Modes. Nano Letters. 24(35). 10865–10873. 12 indexed citations

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Guo, Xuyun, Wenfang Yuan, Wenxuan Chen, et al.. (2023). Realization of electron-deficient Ru sites via Co₄N coupling for synergistically enhanced alkaline hydrogen evolution. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 11(41). 22147–22153. 10 indexed citations

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Du, Mengmeng, Yu Zhang, Sailei Kang, et al.. (2023). Electrochemical Production of Glycolate Fuelled By Polyethylene Terephthalate Plastics with Improved Techno‐Economics. Small. 19(39). e2303693–e2303693. 87 indexed citations

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Yan, Mingyuan, Shuangshuang Li, Jian‐Min Yan, et al.. (2022). Reversible and Nonvolatile Manipulation of the Spin-Orbit Interaction in Ferroelectric Field-Effect Transistors Based on a Two-Dimensional Bismuth Oxychalcogenide. Physical Review Applied. 18(4). 2 indexed citations

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Ma, Shunli, Tianxiang Wu, Yin Wang, et al.. (2022). A 619-pixel machine vision enhancement chip based on two-dimensional semiconductors. Science Advances. 8(31). eabn9328–eabn9328. 55 indexed citations

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Zhu, Jingting, Yudi Tu, Lejuan Cai, et al.. (2021). Defect‐Assisted Anchoring of Pt Single Atoms on MoS₂ Nanosheets Produces High‐Performance Catalyst for Industrial Hydrogen Evolution Reaction. Small. 18(4). e2104824–e2104824. 61 indexed citations

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Qin, Jing‐Kai, et al.. (2021). Van der Waals heterostructures with one-dimensional atomic crystals. Progress in Materials Science. 122. 100856–100856. 46 indexed citations

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Wu, Jin, Jian‐Min Yan, Lei Chen, et al.. (2020). Magnetotransport and magnetic properties of the layered noncollinear antiferromagnetic Cr₂Se₃ single crystals. Journal of Physics Condensed Matter. 32(47). 475801–475801. 14 indexed citations

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Xu, Chao, Yan‐Cong Chen, Xiangbin Cai, et al.. (2020). Two-Dimensional Antiferroelectricity in Nanostripe-Ordered In2Se3. Physical Review Letters. 125(4). 47601–47601. 79 indexed citations

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Xu, Meng, Jian‐Min Yan, Lei Guo, et al.. (2019). Nonvolatile Control of the Electronic Properties of In_2–xCr_xO₃ Semiconductor Films by Ferroelectric Polarization Charge. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 11(35). 32449–32459. 6 indexed citations

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Shim, Hyunseok, Kyoseung Sim, Faheem Ershad, et al.. (2019). Stretchable elastic synaptic transistors for neurologically integrated soft engineering systems. Science Advances. 5(10). eaax4961–eaax4961. 256 indexed citations

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Feng, Jifan, Junjun Jing, Jingyuan Li, et al.. (2017). BMP signaling orchestrates a transcriptional network to control the fate of mesenchymal stem cells in mice. Development. 144(14). 2560–2569. 69 indexed citations

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