Yi Lin

20.7k citations

137 papers · 18.5k · 5 hit papers · h-index 52

Impact in

Materials Chemistry top 0.1%
- Carbon and Quantum Dots Applications
- Carbon Nanotubes in Composites
- Nanocluster Synthesis and Applications
- Graphene research and applications
- Quantum Dots Synthesis And Properties
- Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials
Polymers and Plastics top 0.2%

Papers in

Materials Chemistry 85
- Carbon Nanotubes in Composites 54
- Graphene research and applications 23
- Quantum Dots Synthesis And Properties 14
- Carbon and Quantum Dots Applications 11
Biomedical Engineering 56
- Nanotechnology research and applications 14
- Biosensors and Analytical Detection 13

Co-authors: Ya‐Ping Sun (55 shared papers)K. A. Shiral Fernando (13 shared papers)Mohammed J. Meziani (13 shared papers)Weijie Huang (11 shared papers)Lucia Monica Veca (11 shared papers)Kefu Fu (8 shared papers)Su‐Yuan Xie (6 shared papers)Barbara A. Harruff (11 shared papers)
Journals: Analytical Chemistry (10 papers)The Journal of Physical Chemistry B (9 papers)Biosensors and Bioelectronics (7 papers)Journal of the American Chemical Society (7 papers)Macromolecules (5 papers)
Partner nations: China United States United Kingdom

In The Last Decade

Yi Lin

136 papers receiving 18.0k citations

Yi Lin's Hit Papers

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Electrochemical Tuning of Luminescent Carbon Nanodots: From Preparation to Luminescence Mechanism 2011 · 948 citations

What are hit papers?

Paper score: A paper's citations measured against the top-1% bar of its own field and year: the square root of citations ÷ bar, so 1 means right at the bar and 2 means four times its citations. The bar blends the citation counts that enter the top 1% of the paper's subfields in its year (weighted 89.5%), of those subfields over all years (0.5%) and of its year across all fields (10%); a subfield and year with fewer than 400 papers takes its year's bar. Papers from 2026 are not scored yet: in an unfinished year, when a paper appeared matters more than how it is cited.

Hit paper: A paper cited at least 1.5× the top-1% bar of its field and year: a paper score of at least √1.5.

2011 Advanced Materials
2007 Journal of the American Chemical Society
2006 Journal of the American Chemical Society
2004 Journal of Materials Chemistry
2002 Accounts of Chemical Research

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1	Quantum-Sized Carbon Dots for Bright and Colorful Photoluminescence Journal of the American Chemical Society ·Ya‐Ping Sun, Bing Qin Zhou, Yi Lin, Wei Wang, K. A. Shiral Fernando, Pankaj Pathak, Mohammed J. Meziani, Barbara A. Harruff Hit paper breakdown →	2006	4601
2	Carbon Dots for Multiphoton Bioimaging Journal of the American Chemical Society ·Li Cao, Xin Wang, Mohammed J. Meziani, Fushen Lu, Haifang Wang, Pengju George Luo, Yi Lin, Barbara A. Harruff Hit paper breakdown →	2007	2033
3	Functionalized Carbon Nanotubes: Properties and Applications Accounts of Chemical Research ·Ya‐Ping Sun, Kefu Fu, Yi Lin, Weijie Huang Hit paper breakdown →	2002	1443
4	Electrochemical Tuning of Luminescent Carbon Nanodots: From Preparation to Luminescence Mechanism Advanced Materials ·Lei Bao, Zhiling Zhang, Zhi‐Quan Tian, Li Zhang, Cui Liu, Yi Lin, Bao‐Ping Qi, Dai‐Wen Pang Hit paper breakdown →	2011	948
5	Advances toward bioapplications of carbon nanotubes Journal of Materials Chemistry ·Yi Lin, Shelby Taylor, Huaping Li, K. A. Shiral Fernando, Liangwei Qu, Wei Wang, Lingrong Gu, Bing Qin Zhou Hit paper breakdown →	2004	751
6	Attaching Proteins to Carbon Nanotubes via Diimide-Activated Amidation Nano Letters ·Weijie Huang, Shelby Taylor, Kefu Fu, Yi Lin, Donghui Zhang, Timothy W. Hanks, Apparao M. Rao, Ya‐Ping Sun	2002	453
7	Polymeric Carbon Nanocomposites from Carbon Nanotubes Functionalized with Matrix Polymer Macromolecules ·Yi Lin, Bing Zhou, K. A. Shiral Fernando, Ping Liu, Lawrence F. Allard, Ya‐Ping Sun	2003	396
8	Selective Interactions of Porphyrins with Semiconducting Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes Journal of the American Chemical Society ·Huaping Li, Bing Qin Zhou, Yi Lin, Lingrong Gu, Wei Wang, K. A. Shiral Fernando, Satish Kumar, Lawrence F. Allard	2004	368
9	Functionalization of Carbon Nanotubes with Polystyrene Macromolecules ·Darron E. Hill, Yi Lin, Apparao M. Rao, Lawrence F. Allard, Ya‐Ping Sun	2002	346
10	Carbon Nanosheets for Polymeric Nanocomposites with High Thermal Conductivity Advanced Materials ·Lucia Monica Veca, Mohammed J. Meziani, Wei Wang, Xin Wang, Fushen Lu, Puyu Zhang, Yi Lin, Robert J. Fee	2009	331
11	Soluble Dendron-Functionalized Carbon Nanotubes: Preparation, Characterization, and Properties, Chemistry of Materials ·Ya‐Ping Sun, Weijie Huang, Yi Lin, Kefu Fu, Alex Kitaygorodskiy, Lance A. Riddle, Yang Yu, David Carroll	2001	296
12	Mechanical and morphological characterization of polymer–carbon nanocomposites from functionalized carbon nanotubes Carbon ·María C. Paiva, Bing Zhou, Kurt Fernando, Yi Lin, Julia Kennedy, Ya‐Ping Sun	2004	273
13	Functionalizing Multiple-Walled Carbon Nanotubes with Aminopolymers The Journal of Physical Chemistry B ·Yi Lin, Apparao M. Rao, Bindu Sadanadan, Edward A. Kenik, Ya‐Ping Sun	2002	240
14	Sonication-Assisted Functionalization and Solubilization of Carbon Nanotubes Nano Letters ·Weijie Huang, Yi Lin, Shelby Taylor, Jay B. Gaillard, Apparao M. Rao, Ya‐Ping Sun	2002	230
15	Solubilization of boron nitride nanotubes Chemical Communications ·Su‐Yuan Xie, Wei Wang, K. A. Shiral Fernando, Xin WANG, Yi Lin, Ya‐Ping Sun	2005	194
16	Shifting and non-shifting fluorescence emitted by carbon nanodots Journal of Materials Chemistry ·Yanmin Long, Chuan‐Hua Zhou, Zhiling Zhang, Zhi‐Quan Tian, Lei Bao, Yi Lin, Dai‐Wen Pang	2012	179
17	Polyimide-Functionalized Carbon Nanotubes: Synthesis and Dispersion in Nanocomposite Films Macromolecules ·Liangwei Qu, Yi Lin, Darron E. Hill, Bing Zhou, Wei Wang, Xianfeng Sun, Alex Kitaygorodskiy, Myra Suarez	2004	172
18	Defunctionalization of Functionalized Carbon Nanotubes Nano Letters ·Kefu Fu, Weijie Huang, Yi Lin, Lance A. Riddle, David Carroll, Ya‐Ping Sun	2001	166
19	Detection of SARS-CoV-2 by CRISPR/Cas12a-Enhanced Colorimetry ACS Sensors ·Yongzhong Jiang, Menglu Hu, An-An Liu, Yi Lin, Linlin Liu, Bo Yu, Xiaoming Zhou, Dai‐Wen Pang	2021	160
20	Carbon dots and chitosan composite film based biosensor for the sensitive and selective determination of dopamine The Analyst ·Qitong Huang, Shirong Hu, Hanqiang Zhang, Jianhua Chen, Yasan He, Feiming Li, Wen Jian Weng, Jiancong Ni	2013	155

About Yi Lin

Yi Lin is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Biomedical Engineering, Polymers and Plastics, Molecular Biology and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, having authored 137 papers that have together received 18.5k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Carbon Nanotubes in Composites (54 papers), Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (24 papers), Graphene research and applications (23 papers), Nanotechnology research and applications (14 papers), Quantum Dots Synthesis And Properties (14 papers), Biosensors and Analytical Detection (13 papers), Carbon and Quantum Dots Applications (11 papers) and Conducting polymers and applications (10 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Materials Chemistry (14.5k citations), Polymers and Plastics (2.8k citations), Biomedical Engineering (5.5k citations), Electrochemistry (584 citations) and Biomaterials (805 citations). Yi Lin has collaborated with scholars based in China, United States and United Kingdom. Frequent co-authors include Ya‐Ping Sun, K. A. Shiral Fernando, Mohammed J. Meziani, Weijie Huang, Lucia Monica Veca, Kefu Fu, Su‐Yuan Xie, Barbara A. Harruff, Pengju George Luo and Haifang Wang. Their work appears in journals such as Analytical Chemistry, The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, Biosensors and Bioelectronics, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Macromolecules.

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