Yanyan Cai

2.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
77 papers, 2.3k citations indexed

About

Yanyan Cai is a scholar working on Civil and Structural Engineering, Mechanics of Materials and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Yanyan Cai has authored 77 papers receiving a total of 2.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 35 papers in Civil and Structural Engineering, 25 papers in Mechanics of Materials and 17 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Yanyan Cai's work include Rock Mechanics and Modeling (23 papers), Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (15 papers) and Grouting, Rheology, and Soil Mechanics (14 papers). Yanyan Cai is often cited by papers focused on Rock Mechanics and Modeling (23 papers), Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (15 papers) and Grouting, Rheology, and Soil Mechanics (14 papers). Yanyan Cai collaborates with scholars based in China, Australia and Montenegro. Yanyan Cai's co-authors include Jin Yu, Qin Wei, Bin Du, Dan Wu, He Li, Yanfang Zhao, Shiyu Liu, Minghui Yang, Xueying Liu and Wei Yao and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Biomaterials and Advanced Functional Materials.

In The Last Decade

Yanyan Cai

74 papers receiving 2.3k citations

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Stress relaxation behaviour of marble under cyclic weak disturbance and confining pressures

2021 125 citations Jin Yu, Yaoliang Zhu et al. profile →

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Yanyan Cai

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Pushpendra Kumar Sharma India

Noriaki Watanabe Japan

Liu Guang China

Hongsheng Li China

D. Coelho Brazil

Xuejiao Liu China

Qiang Xu China

Siqi Zhang China

Yuchao Li China

Christos D. Tsakiroglou Greece

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20 of 20 papers shown

Cai, Yanyan, et al.. (2025). Characteristics and modelling of coral sand particle breakage under principal stress axis rotation. SOILS AND FOUNDATIONS. 65(5). 101666–101666.

Liu, Xiyao, Zhida Han, Jiajun Zhang, et al.. (2025). Synthesis, Bioevaluation and Structure-Activity Relationships of Novel N-Aryl Carbamate Derivatives as Potential Fungicidal Agents. Agronomy. 15(12). 2741–2741.

Cai, Yanyan, et al.. (2025). Phosphate-modified biochar- mineral-based composites for heavy metal removal in acidic environments: Development and efficiency. Applied Clay Science. 276. 107924–107924. 1 indexed citations

Cai, Yanyan, et al.. (2025). Immobilization and stabilization of heavy metals in coastal sediments using polycrystalline silicon-aluminum biochar-based material GBMSS: Mechanisms and performance. Chemical Engineering Journal. 519. 165510–165510. 1 indexed citations

Cai, Yanyan, et al.. (2024). Chitosan composite alkali-activated geopolymer for solidification/stabilization of copper and chromium contaminated mudflat sediment. Journal of environmental chemical engineering. 12(5). 113408–113408. 17 indexed citations

Zhu, Yaoliang, Yanyan Cai, Qiyu Huang, et al.. (2024). Mechanical properties and constitutive model of deep marble under alternating creep-fatigue action. Engineering Fracture Mechanics. 312. 110611–110611. 1 indexed citations

Cai, Yanyan, et al.. (2024). Development and optimization of a polysilicon-aluminum alkali mineral-enhanced biochar composite for effective heavy metal removal in acidic environments. Journal of Cleaner Production. 460. 142568–142568. 16 indexed citations

Cai, Yanyan, et al.. (2023). Development and applications of the quasi‐dynamic triaxial apparatus for deep rocks. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3(1). 70–90. 4 indexed citations

Liu, Shiyu, et al.. (2023). Reinforcement of Different Sands by Low-pH Bio-Mineralization. Materials. 16(18). 6211–6211. 5 indexed citations

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Liu, Shiyu, et al.. (2023). Treatment of engineering waste slurries by microbially induced struvite precipitation mechanisms. Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology. 11. 1109265–1109265. 6 indexed citations

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Cai, Yanyan, et al.. (2023). Mechanism of the pore and molecular structure evolution of coal exposed to acid mine drainage (AMD). The Science of The Total Environment. 906. 167836–167836. 11 indexed citations

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Cai, Yanyan, et al.. (2023). Progressive microstructural evolution characteristics and weakening mechanism of coal exposed to acid mine drainage (AMD). Journal of Molecular Liquids. 393. 123381–123381. 3 indexed citations

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Liu, Shiyu, et al.. (2023). Physicochemical Characterization of the Render Layer of a Rammed Earth Wall in Fuyulou, China. Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering. 35(6). 3 indexed citations

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Zeng, Danyi, Su Lin, Xuan Dong, et al.. (2021). Global burden of acute viral hepatitis and its association with socioeconomic development status, 1990–2019. Journal of Hepatology. 75(3). 547–556. 98 indexed citations

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Li, Yuyang, Caixia Xu, He Li, et al.. (2014). Nonenzymatic immunosensor for detection of carbohydrate antigen 15-3 based on hierarchical nanoporous PtFe alloy. Biosensors and Bioelectronics. 56. 295–299. 38 indexed citations

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Dai, Yuxue, Yanyan Cai, Yanfang Zhao, et al.. (2011). Sensitive sandwich electrochemical immunosensor for alpha fetoprotein based on prussian blue modified hydroxyapatite. Biosensors and Bioelectronics. 28(1). 112–116. 57 indexed citations

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Wei, Qin, Yanfang Zhao, Caixia Xu, et al.. (2011). Nanoporous gold film based immunosensor for label-free detection of cancer biomarker. Biosensors and Bioelectronics. 26(8). 3714–3718. 90 indexed citations

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Wei, Qin, Xiaodong Xin, Bin Du, et al.. (2010). Electrochemical immunosensor for norethisterone based on signal amplification strategy of graphene sheets and multienzyme functionalized mesoporous silica nanoparticles. Biosensors and Bioelectronics. 26(2). 723–729. 64 indexed citations

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Cai, Yanyan, He Li, Bin Du, et al.. (2010). Ultrasensitive electrochemical immunoassay for BRCA1 using BMIM·BF4-coated SBA-15 as labels and functionalized graphene as enhancer. Biomaterials. 32(8). 2117–2123. 100 indexed citations

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Wei, Qin, et al.. (2009). Determination of ultra trace amounts of protein by 4-chlorosulfo-(2′-hyaroxylphenylazo)-rhodanine-Ti(IV) complex [ClSARP-Ti(IV)] as the fluorescence spectral probe in AOT microemulsion. Spectrochimica Acta Part A Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy. 72(5). 1047–1053. 6 indexed citations

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