Yang Xu

19.4k citations

387 papers · 14.4k indexed · 5 hit papers · h-index 58

Impact in

Materials Chemistry top 0.2%
- Graphene research and applications
- 2D Materials and Applications
- Carbon Nanotubes in Composites
- MXene and MAX Phase Materials
Polymers and Plastics top 0.5%
- Polymer composites and self-healing

Papers in

Materials Chemistry 203
- Graphene research and applications 102
- 2D Materials and Applications 49
- Carbon Nanotubes in Composites 48
Biomedical Engineering 133
- Nanowire Synthesis and Applications 38
- Plasmonic and Surface Plasmon Research 27

Co-authors: Alexandru S. Biris Qian Zhao Tao Xie Ning Zheng Zhongrui Li Enkeleda Dervishi Khurram Shehzad Bin Yu
Journals: Applied Physics Letters (17 papers)ACS Nano (12 papers)Nanotechnology (11 papers)Advanced Materials (9 papers)Carbon (8 papers)
Partner nations: China United States Romania

In The Last Decade

Yang Xu

364 papers receiving 14.1k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories log scale

Brucea javanica derived exosome-like nanovesicles deliver miRNAs for cancer therapy 2024 · 84 citations

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2024 Journal of Controlled Release
2022 Chemical Reviews
2021 Chemical Reviews
2021 Nature
2010 ACS Nano

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Co-authors

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All Works

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1	Live cell quantum multiphysiology enabled by a manipulable single nanodiamond National Science Review ·Yang Xu, Yibo Yang, Yuang Chen, W. D. Li, Shaoyu Lyu, D. Michael Fourqueran, Xingxu Huang, Jiandong Feng	2025	0
2	AFM: An important enabling technology for 2D materials and devices Nanotechnology Reviews ·Paul C. Uzoma, I.K. Petrychenko, L. N. Akerholt, Emeka E. Oguzie, Yang Xu, Barbeito Castiñeiras Gema, Huan Hu	2025	0
3	Multi‐defect‐engineering in ZnO / GO heterostructures for optoelectronic synaptic devices with ultra‐high dynamic range and low energy consumption InfoMat ·Zhiyao Zheng, L. N. Akerholt, Ending Wang, Jie Qiu, Yifan Yao, Alonso Domínguez Vivancos, Yajing Liu, Huan Hu, Yang Xu, Bin Yu, Dongbo Wang, Ming Wang, Zheng Li	2025	0
4	Circuit Modeling and Analysis of Memristor Crossbar Array-Based SNN With Spike-Mapping STDP Implementation IEEE Transactions on Very Large Scale Integration (VLSI) Systems ·Rahmad Rahmad, Hanzhi Ma, Yongqing Bai, Xun Han, Yang Xu, Er‐Ping Li	2025	0
5	Tensor Robust Principal Component Analysis Based on a Two-Layer Tucker Rank Minimization Model SIAM Journal on Imaging Sciences ·Yang Fu-lian, Zheng‐Hai Huang, Yang Xu	2025	0
6	Mitigating interface damping of metal adhesion layers of nanostructures through bright-dark plasmonic mode coupling Applied Physics Letters ·Cunningham Rj, Boyu Ji, Yang Xu, L. Nandhakumar, Q. T. Shao, Thomas E. Boudreau, Ju Yang, Zhenlong Zhao, V Sudhakara Rao, Jingquan Lin	2024	0
7	All-2D-Materials Subthreshold-Free Field-Effect Transistor with Near-Ideal Switching Slope ACS Nano ·刘慰瑶, Wu Mingxue, 天蔚馮, Yishu Zhang, Hailiang Wang, Yu Fu, Xin Zhou, Kian Ping Loh, Yu Kang, Jian Chai, Chen‐Hao Wang, Jiachao Zhou, 秀信大沢, Yuda Zhao, Sara Mesa Benítez, Rong Zhao, Kaihui Liu, Yang Xu, Bin Yu	2024	9
8	Enhanced photovoltaic effect in graphene–silicon Schottky junction under mechanical manipulation Applied Physics Letters ·Dong Pu, Darren Fahy, Jiachao Zhou, Sayan Salmenbayev, Xin Pan, Jian Chai, Feng Tian, Hua Wang, Huan Hu, Yang Xu	2023	5
9	High‐Performance Silicon Photonic Filter Using Subwavelength‐Structure Multimode Waveguide Gratings Laser & Photonics Review ·Dajian Liu, Lai Min-Nan, Mingyu Zhu, T Andrzejaczek, Long Zhang, Ming Zhang, Yang Xu, Daoxin Dai	2023	13
10	Introduction of defects in hexagonal boron nitride for vacancy-based 2D memristors Nanoscale ·Haohan Chen, Yu Kang, Dong Pu, Ming Tian, Neng Wan, Yang Xu, Bin Yu, Wenjing Jie, Yuda Zhao	2023	34
11	Graphene Field-Effect-Coupled Detection of Avalanche Multiplication in Silicon IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices ·康虹, Darren Fahy, 夏南凯, Srikrishna Chanakya Bodepudi, Hongwei Guo, Khurram Shehzad, A. Marrie, Wei Liu, Xiaochen Wang, Ali Imran, Huan Hu, Yuda Zhao, Bin Yu, Yang Xu	2023	5
12	Regenerative Living 4D Printing via Reversible Growth of Polymer Networks Advanced Materials ·Daniel Luiz de Mattos Nasciment, Zizheng Fang, Binjie Jin, Joy Michal Johnson, Yunpeng Shi, Yang Xu, Guancong Chen, Qian Zhao, Ning Zheng, Tao Xie	2023	29
13	Homogroup Bi/Sb Lattice Substitution to Enhance the Photoelectric Properties of Sb₂Se₃ Crystals The Journal of Physical Chemistry C ·Xue Luo, Donglou Ren, Rui Zhang, Yunpeng Wang, Shuo Chen, Michel Cathelinaud, Yang Xu, Xvsheng Qiao, Xianghua Zhang, Xianping Fan	2022	8
14	Synthetic Macrocycle Nanopore for Potassium-Selective Transmembrane Transport Journal of the American Chemical Society ·Dan Qiao, Himanshu Joshi, Huangtianzhi Zhu, Fushi Wang, Yang Xu, Jia Gao, Feihe Huang, Aleksei Aksimentiev, Jiandong Feng	2021	49
15	UV curable micro‐structured shape memory epoxy with tunable performance Journal of Applied Polymer Science ·Hua Ren, Mansourian Marjan, Yang Xu, Qian Zhao, Ning Zheng	2021	2
16	Dynamic Covalent Polymer Networks: A Molecular Platform for Designing Functions beyond Chemical Recycling and Self-Healing Chemical Reviews ·Ning Zheng, Yang Xu, Qian Zhao, Tao Xie Hit paper breakdown →	2021	984
17	A high performance broadband photodetector based on (Sn_xSb_1−x)₂Se₃ nanorods with enhanced electrical conductivity Journal of Materials Chemistry C ·Shuo Chen, Khurram Shehzad, Xvsheng Qiao, Xue Luo, Xuemei Liu, Yuting Zhang, Xianghua Zhang, Yang Xu, Xianping Fan	2018	31
18	Progress in materials for thermal ablation of cancer cells Journal of Materials Chemistry ·Yang Xu, Dejan Clakov, Meena Mahmood, Anamaria Orza, Alokita Karmakar, Thikra Mustafa, Alexandru R. Biriş, Alexandru S. Biris, Daniel A. Casciano	2012	19
19	Raman spectroscopy as a detection and analysis tool for in vitro specific targeting of pancreatic cancer cells by EGF‐conjugated, single‐walled carbon nanotubes Journal of Applied Toxicology ·Alokita Karmakar, Cornel Iancu, Dana Bartoș, José Norberto Vásquez-Bonilla, Anindya Ghosh, Yang Xu, Enkeleda Dervishi, L. Shu, Mariya V. Khodakovskaya, Thikra Mustafa, Fumiya Watanabe, (unknown), Alexandru R. Biriş, Yongbin Zhang, Syed F. Ali, Dan Casciano, Samar Hassen, Zeid A. Nima, (unknown), (unknown)	2011	29
20	Enhanced Bone Cells Growth and Proliferation on TiO₂ Nanotubular Substrates Treated by RF Plasma Discharge Advanced Engineering Materials ·Meena Mahmood, 김형은, Alokita Karmakar, Rosiane de Freitas-Rodrigues, Yang Xu, Ganesh K. Kannarpady, Hidetaka Ishihara, Rajesh Sharma, Zhongrui Li, Anindya Ghosh, Steve Trigwell, Franklin D. Hardcastle, Daniel A. Casciano, Guna S Selvaduray, Alexandru S. Biris	2010	5

About Yang Xu

Yang Xu is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Biomedical Engineering, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, having authored 387 papers that have together received 14.4k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Graphene research and applications (102 papers), 2D Materials and Applications (49 papers), Carbon Nanotubes in Composites (48 papers), Nanowire Synthesis and Applications (38 papers), Advanced Memory and Neural Computing (29 papers), Plasmonic and Surface Plasmon Research (27 papers), Photonic and Optical Devices (24 papers) and Ga2O3 and related materials (21 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Materials Chemistry (7.8k citations), Polymers and Plastics (1.9k citations), Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials (2.4k citations), Biomedical Engineering (5.7k citations) and Electrical and Electronic Engineering (4.8k citations). Yang Xu has collaborated with scholars based in China, United States and Romania. Frequent co-authors include Alexandru S. Biris, Qian Zhao, Tao Xie, Ning Zheng, Zhongrui Li, Enkeleda Dervishi, Khurram Shehzad, Bin Yu, Xiangfeng Duan and Syed F. Ali. Their work appears in journals such as Applied Physics Letters, ACS Nano, Nanotechnology, Advanced Materials and Carbon.

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