Yang Yao

1.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
44 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Yang Yao is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Molecular Biology and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Yang Yao has authored 44 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Materials Chemistry, 13 papers in Molecular Biology and 13 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Yang Yao's work include Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials (9 papers), Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior (7 papers) and Dielectric materials and actuators (7 papers). Yang Yao is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials (9 papers), Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior (7 papers) and Dielectric materials and actuators (7 papers). Yang Yao collaborates with scholars based in China, Switzerland and Germany. Yang Yao's co-authors include Liqun Zhang, Nanying Ning, Ming Tian, Toshio Nishi, Bingyue Yan, George Floudas, Hans‐Jürgen Butt, Suting Liu, Raffaele Mezzenga and Zhi‐Guo Gu and has published in prestigious journals such as Advanced Materials, Angewandte Chemie International Edition and The Journal of Chemical Physics.

In The Last Decade

Yang Yao

41 papers receiving 1.0k 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.

Plant Protein Amyloid Fibrils for Multifunctional Sustainable Materials

2023 85 citations Ting Li, Jiangtao Zhou et al. Advanced Sustainable Systems profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Yang Yao China	21	470	403	221	122	122	44	1.1k
J. A. Balderas‐López Mexico	20	543 1.2×	324 0.8×	132 0.6×	59 0.5×	215 1.8×	68	1.1k
S. S. Abramchuk Russia	16	432 0.9×	340 0.8×	206 0.9×	114 0.9×	89 0.7×	72	1.3k
Mohamed M. Eissa Egypt	16	354 0.8×	491 1.2×	277 1.3×	148 1.2×	210 1.7×	49	1.2k
Xueping Yu China	20	176 0.4×	342 0.8×	127 0.6×	65 0.5×	192 1.6×	32	761
Hervé Dietsch Switzerland	21	432 0.9×	499 1.2×	194 0.9×	148 1.2×	173 1.4×	40	1.2k
Daisaku Kaneko Japan	18	350 0.7×	158 0.4×	243 1.1×	102 0.8×	142 1.2×	55	1.1k
Jason J. Benkoski United States	17	269 0.6×	254 0.6×	170 0.8×	180 1.5×	84 0.7×	38	817
Ferencz S. Denes United States	21	308 0.7×	425 1.1×	143 0.6×	142 1.2×	247 2.0×	36	1.3k
Pengfei Zhang China	18	224 0.5×	338 0.8×	98 0.4×	151 1.2×	143 1.2×	70	1.2k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yang Yao

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20 of 20 papers shown

Yao, Yang, et al.. (2025). Structure and dynamics of phytantriol-glycerol mesophases: insights into the reverse micelle to lamellar phase transition. Journal of Physics Condensed Matter. 37(18). 185401–185401.

Mao, Yang, et al.. (2025). l-cysteine rescues radiation induced ferroptosis and boosts wound healing through fibroblasts proliferation and migration. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 784. 152599–152599.

Moulis, Claire, et al.. (2023). Expanding the Enzymatic Polymerization Landscape by Lipid Mesophase Soft Nanoconfinement. Angewandte Chemie. 136(1). 2 indexed citations

Moulis, Claire, et al.. (2023). Expanding the Enzymatic Polymerization Landscape by Lipid Mesophase Soft Nanoconfinement. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 63(1). e202312880–e202312880. 6 indexed citations

Zhang, Zhe, Bing Liu, Yang Yao, et al.. (2023). Mott-Schottky heterojunctions of ultrafine Ni3Fe confined in amorphous molybdenum oxide for efficient and durable overall water electrolysis. Applied Surface Science. 640. 158344–158344. 2 indexed citations

Yao, Yang, et al.. (2023). Water–lipid interface in lipidic mesophases with excess water. Faraday Discussions. 249(0). 469–484. 2 indexed citations

Han, Yangyang, Yiping Cao, Jiangtao Zhou, et al.. (2023). Interfacial Electrostatic Self‐Assembly of Amyloid Fibrils into Multifunctional Protein Films. Advanced Science. 10(9). e2206867–e2206867. 24 indexed citations

Li, Ting, Jiangtao Zhou, Mohammad Peydayesh, et al.. (2023). Plant Protein Amyloid Fibrils for Multifunctional Sustainable Materials. Advanced Sustainable Systems. 7(4). 85 indexed citations breakdown →

Li, Pengcheng, et al.. (2022). A Microfluidic Cell Co-Culture Chip for the Monitoring of Interactions between Macrophages and Fibroblasts. Biosensors. 13(1). 70–70. 5 indexed citations

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Yan, Xiaodong, Xiang Li, Wenda Zhang, et al.. (2022). Metal organic framework-assisted in-situ synthesis of β-NiMnOOH nanosheets with abundant NiOOH active sites for efficient electro-oxidation of urea. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. 629(Pt B). 370–378. 22 indexed citations

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Xu, Hanwen, Bing Liu, Jiangyong Liu, et al.. (2022). Revealing the surface structure-performance relationship of interface-engineered NiFe alloys for oxygen evolution reaction. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. 622. 986–994. 39 indexed citations

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Xu, Hanwen, Wenda Zhang, Yang Yao, et al.. (2022). Amorphous chromium oxide confined Ni/NiO nanoparticles-assembled nanosheets for highly efficient and stable overall urea splitting. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. 629(Pt B). 501–510. 20 indexed citations

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Jin, Tonghui, Mohammad Peydayesh, Mingqin Li, et al.. (2022). Functional Coating from Amyloid Superwetting Films. Advanced Materials. 34(51). e2205072–e2205072. 29 indexed citations

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Yao, Yang, et al.. (2021). Probing Water State during Lipidic Mesophases Phase Transitions. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 60(48). 25274–25280. 16 indexed citations

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Yao, Yang, et al.. (2021). Probing Water State during Lipidic Mesophases Phase Transitions. Angewandte Chemie. 133(48). 25478–25484. 2 indexed citations

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Liao, Wen, Yoshiya Hashimoto, Yoshitomo Honda, et al.. (2019). Accelerated construction of an in vitro model of human periodontal ligament tissue: vacuum plasma combined with fibronectin coating and a polydimethylsiloxane matrix. PeerJ. 7. e7036–e7036. 2 indexed citations

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Zhang, Min, et al.. (2017). Differential proteomic analysis revealing the ovule abortion in the female-sterile line of Pinus tabulaeformis Carr.. Plant Science. 260. 31–49. 9 indexed citations

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Ning, Nanying, Zhifei Wang, Yang Yao, Liqun Zhang, & Ming Tian. (2015). Enhanced electromechanical performance of bio-based gelatin/glycerin dielectric elastomer by cellulose nanocrystals. Carbohydrate Polymers. 130. 262–267. 28 indexed citations

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Li, Xiaorong, Xuan Liu, Guangfei Wang, et al.. (2009). Non-receptor Tyrosine Kinases c-Abl and Arg Regulate the Activity of C/EBPβ. Journal of Molecular Biology. 391(4). 729–743. 10 indexed citations

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Fukushima, Tatsuya, et al.. (2007). Characterization of new l,d-endopeptidase gene product CwlK (previous YcdD) that hydrolyzes peptidoglycan in Bacillus subtilis. Molecular Genetics and Genomics. 278(4). 371–383. 42 indexed citations

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