Yi Liu

5.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
146 papers, 4.7k citations indexed

About

Yi Liu is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Yi Liu has authored 146 papers receiving a total of 4.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 85 papers in Materials Chemistry, 43 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 33 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Yi Liu's work include Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials (38 papers), Molecular Sensors and Ion Detection (21 papers) and Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics (10 papers). Yi Liu is often cited by papers focused on Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials (38 papers), Molecular Sensors and Ion Detection (21 papers) and Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics (10 papers). Yi Liu collaborates with scholars based in China, Hong Kong and United States. Yi Liu's co-authors include Ben Zhong Tang, Anjun Qin, Jing Zhi Sun, Rongrong Hu, Xiao Shen, Li Tang, Chunmei Deng, Ping Lü, Yuguang Ma and Lei Wang and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Advanced Materials and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

Yi Liu

130 papers receiving 4.6k citations

Hit Papers

Specific Detection of d-Glucose by a Tetraphenylethene-Ba... 2010 2026 2015 2020 2010 2013 100 200 300 400 500
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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.

  1. Specific Detection of d-Glucose by a Tetraphenylethene-Based Fluorescent Sensor
    2010 545 citations Yi Liu, Ben Zhong Tang et al. profile →
  2. Effects of Substitution with Donor–Acceptor Groups on the Properties of Tetraphenylethene Trimer: Aggregation-Induced Emission, Solvatochromism, and Mechanochromism
    2013 399 citations Wang Zhang Yuan, Yi Liu et al. profile →

Peers

Yi Liu
Jianyu Zhang China
Guoqing Zhang China
Xiaoyan Zheng China
Xue Zhang China
Xuan Wang China
Ting Han China
Zhangjun Hu China
Yi Zeng China
Xueqian Kong China
Shinsuke Ishihara Japan
Jianyu Zhang China
Yi Liu
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Fields of papers citing papers by Yi Liu

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yi Liu

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Yi Liu. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Yi Liu based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Yi Liu. Yi Liu is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Zheng, Ping, Jun Zhu, Yi Liu, et al.. (2025). Molecularly manipulating pyrazinoquinoxaline derivatives to construct NIR-II AIEgens for multimodal phototheranostics of breast cancer bone metastases. Biomaterials. 317. 123105–123105. 7 indexed citations
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Li, Le, Tian Xia, Lei Ye, et al.. (2025). Low threshold voltage and high phase transition performance of ITO/VO₂:W composite films deposited by reactive magnetron sputtering. Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing. 189. 109274–109274.
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Wang, Jia, Chen Wang, Xujia Zhang, et al.. (2024). Photolysis of dinotefuran and nitenpyram in water and ice phase: Influence mechanism of temperature over photolysis. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety. 284. 116895–116895. 2 indexed citations
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Liu, Yi, et al.. (2024). Fabrication of a novel 3D cadmium−organic framework doped with europium as multifunctional fluorescence probes for enhancing detectability. Journal of Solid State Chemistry. 337. 124814–124814. 1 indexed citations
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Wang, Wenxin, Hang Zhou, Shikun Chen, et al.. (2024). Study on the blast mitigation behavior of metakaolin-based foam geopolymer (MKFG) as tunnel cushioning layer against external blasts. Thin-Walled Structures. 207. 112752–112752. 2 indexed citations
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Wang, Wenxin, Yajun Zhang, Hang Zhou, et al.. (2024). Mechanical behaviors of metakaolin-based foamed geopolymer (MKFG) under dynamics loading. International Journal of Impact Engineering. 195. 105106–105106. 7 indexed citations
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Liu, Sheng, et al.. (2024). TPE[2]arenes: Luminescent macrocyclic arenes with aggregation-induced emission and Al3+ detection. Dyes and Pigments. 225. 112105–112105. 9 indexed citations
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Li, Yang, Xiaoyu Song, Guang Zhang, et al.. (2022). 2D Covalent Organic Frameworks Toward Efficient Photocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution. ChemSusChem. 15(15). e202200901–e202200901. 69 indexed citations
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Chen, Weiben, Pei Chen, Dan Chen, et al.. (2022). Triangular Topological 2D Covalent Organic Frameworks Constructed via Symmetric or Asymmetric “Two‐in‐One” Type Monomers. Advanced Science. 9(19). e2105517–e2105517. 30 indexed citations
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Liu, Yi, et al.. (2021). Plasmonic Saturable Absorbers. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2(8). 22 indexed citations
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Ren, Shuai, Jiejing Zhang, Huiqing Lu, et al.. (2021). 3D Carambola‐Like CuO/TiO2 Nanotube Heterostructures via Low‐Temperature Solution Process for Photocatalytic Activity. European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry. 2021(19). 1852–1857. 7 indexed citations
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Zhou, Houbo, Xinxin Li, Chunmei Gao, et al.. (2020). The ameliorative thermoelectric performance induced by heteroatom for dithiophene cyclopentadiene-based polymers and carbon nanotubes composite films. Composites Science and Technology. 201. 108518–108518. 22 indexed citations
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Hinaut, Antoine, Rémy Pawlak, J. G. Vilhena, et al.. (2020). Giant thermal expansion of a two-dimensional supramolecular network triggered by alkyl chain motion. Communications Materials. 1(1). 8–8. 25 indexed citations
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Zhang, Xiaowen, Simin Liu, Dezhi Tan, et al.. (2020). Photochemically Derived Plasmonic Semiconductor Nanocrystals as an Optical Switch for Ultrafast Photonics. Chemistry of Materials. 32(7). 3180–3187. 29 indexed citations
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Liu, Yi, Feng Yang, Xiaoqing Liu, et al.. (2019). Shape-Persistent π-Conjugated Macrocycles with Aggregation-Induced Emission Property: Synthesis, Mechanofluorochromism, and Mercury(II) Detection. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 11(37). 34232–34240. 55 indexed citations
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Liu, Yi, You Li, Kuo Fu, et al.. (2018). Highly Efficient Luminescent Liquid Crystal with Aggregation-Induced Energy Transfer. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 11(3). 3516–3523. 34 indexed citations
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Liu, Yi. (2011). First-Principles Calculation on the Band Structure of Co-Doped Anatase TiO_2. Guisuanyan xuebao. 1 indexed citations

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