Yilu Zhao

8.9k total citations · 9 hit papers
104 papers, 7.3k citations indexed

About

Yilu Zhao is a scholar working on Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Yilu Zhao has authored 104 papers receiving a total of 7.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 74 papers in Mechanical Engineering, 47 papers in Aerospace Engineering and 26 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Yilu Zhao's work include High Entropy Alloys Studies (53 papers), High-Temperature Coating Behaviors (47 papers) and Additive Manufacturing Materials and Processes (18 papers). Yilu Zhao is often cited by papers focused on High Entropy Alloys Studies (53 papers), High-Temperature Coating Behaviors (47 papers) and Additive Manufacturing Materials and Processes (18 papers). Yilu Zhao collaborates with scholars based in China, Hong Kong and Taiwan. Yilu Zhao's co-authors include Ji‐Jung Kai, Tao Yang, C.T. Liu, Zengbao Jiao, Junhua Luan, Da Chen, Yang Tong, Alice Hu, Bin Han and Jun Wei and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Advanced Materials and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Yilu Zhao

101 papers receiving 7.1k citations

Hit Papers

Multicomponent intermetal... 2017 2026 2020 2023 2018 2017 2018 2020 2020 400 800 1.2k
What are hit papers?

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. Multicomponent intermetallic nanoparticles and superb mechanical behaviors of complex alloys
    2018 1.3k citations Tao Yang, Yilu Zhao et al. Science profile →
  2. Heterogeneous precipitation behavior and stacking-fault-mediated deformation in a CoCrNi-based medium-entropy alloy
    2017 767 citations Yilu Zhao, Tao Yang et al. Acta Materialia profile →
  3. Outstanding tensile properties of a precipitation-strengthened FeCoNiCrTi0.2 high-entropy alloy at room and cryogenic temperatures
    2018 540 citations Tao Yang, Yilu Zhao et al. Acta Materialia profile →
  4. Ultrahigh strength and ductility in newly developed materials with coherent nanolamellar architectures
    2020 429 citations Lei Fan, Tao Yang et al. Nature Communications profile →
  5. A Novel Multinary Intermetallic as an Active Electrocatalyst for Hydrogen Evolution
    2020 311 citations Tao Yang, Yilu Zhao et al. profile →
  6. Ultrahigh-strength and ductile superlattice alloys with nanoscale disordered interfaces
    2020 301 citations Tao Yang, Yilu Zhao et al. Science profile →
  7. Control of nanoscale precipitation and elimination of intermediate-temperature embrittlement in multicomponent high-entropy alloys
    2020 206 citations Tao Yang, Yilu Zhao et al. Acta Materialia profile →
  8. Designing nanoparticles-strengthened high-entropy alloys with simultaneously enhanced strength-ductility synergy at both room and elevated temperatures
    2022 126 citations Junhua Hou, Shaofei Liu et al. Acta Materialia profile →
  9. A strong-yet-ductile high-entropy alloy in a broad temperature range from cryogenic to elevated temperatures
    2024 64 citations Yinghao Zhou, Jinyong Zhang et al. Acta Materialia profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Yilu Zhao China 35 6.0k 4.4k 1.4k 671 626 104 7.3k
Yuan Yuan China 40 2.1k 0.3× 856 0.2× 2.8k 2.0× 317 0.5× 1.1k 1.7× 325 6.0k
Ping Huang China 37 2.5k 0.4× 556 0.1× 2.3k 1.7× 139 0.2× 636 1.0× 228 4.5k
Xiao Yang China 35 6.0k 1.0× 4.3k 1.0× 1.4k 1.0× 339 0.5× 497 0.8× 163 7.2k
Carl C. Koch United States 39 4.5k 0.7× 1.1k 0.3× 4.3k 3.1× 104 0.2× 628 1.0× 117 6.4k
Kenji Murakami Japan 34 935 0.2× 423 0.1× 2.0k 1.4× 641 1.0× 701 1.1× 226 3.4k
Dejiang Li China 33 2.2k 0.4× 809 0.2× 2.3k 1.6× 86 0.1× 336 0.5× 160 4.0k
Weiwei Xu China 27 1.3k 0.2× 333 0.1× 1.0k 0.7× 442 0.7× 326 0.5× 151 2.4k
Xiwei Qi China 32 1.3k 0.2× 527 0.1× 2.7k 1.9× 608 0.9× 374 0.6× 186 4.2k
Yoshimi Watanabe Japan 29 2.7k 0.4× 1.2k 0.3× 1.4k 1.0× 57 0.1× 321 0.5× 268 3.7k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Liu, Weihong, Lingyu Zhu, Chaogang Ding, et al.. (2025). Substitutional solute grain boundary segregation enhances resistance to hydrogen embrittlement in compositionally complex alloys. Acta Materialia. 286. 120755–120755. 2 indexed citations
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Wang, Dawei, Weipeng Li, Jun Zhang, et al.. (2025). Highly printable, strong, and ductile ordered intermetallic alloy. Nature Communications. 16(1). 1036–1036. 9 indexed citations
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Hou, Jinxiong, Lijun Jing, Boxuan Cao, et al.. (2025). Heterostructure-enabled creep resistance and deformation mechanisms in a new Ni-Co-based high-entropy alloy. Materials Research Letters. 13(12). 1242–1251.
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Yang, Mujin, D.Q. Zhang, Hai‐Chen Wu, et al.. (2024). Effect of Ni and Nb concentration on microstructural evolution in a 20Cr ferritic alloy strengthened by Ni16Nb6Si7-G phase. Journal of Materials Research and Technology. 32. 2234–2243. 1 indexed citations
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Yang, Chen, Qianqian Zhang, Jiajia Han, et al.. (2024). L12 nanoparticle-strengthened CoNi-based superalloy with ultrahigh yield stress developed using CALPHAD method. Journal of Alloys and Compounds. 1001. 175076–175076. 2 indexed citations
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Cao, Boxuan, Lijun Jing, Yilu Zhao, et al.. (2024). Heterostructure high-entropy alloys with exceptional thermal stability and resistance towards intermediate temperature embrittlement. Journal of Material Science and Technology. 188. 228–233. 9 indexed citations
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Chou, T.H., Yinghao Zhou, Jie Zhang, et al.. (2024). A novel Widmanstätten-patterned multicomponent alloy: κ-strengthened VCoNi medium-entropy alloy. Scripta Materialia. 258. 116495–116495. 2 indexed citations
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Li, Zhuang, Yilu Zhao, Ling Yang, et al.. (2024). Harnessing bioinformatics for the development of a promising multi-epitope vaccine against tuberculosis: The ZL9810L vaccine. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2. 100026–100026. 8 indexed citations
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Liu, Shaofei, Jinxiong Hou, Yilu Zhao, et al.. (2024). Evading the intermediate-temperature embrittlement of L12-strengthened high entropy alloys by alleviating intergranular oxidation. Corrosion Science. 230. 111948–111948. 6 indexed citations
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Zhou, Yinghao, Jinyong Zhang, Jingyang Zhang, et al.. (2024). A strong-yet-ductile high-entropy alloy in a broad temperature range from cryogenic to elevated temperatures. Acta Materialia. 268. 119770–119770. 64 indexed citations breakdown →
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Xiao, Bo, Jixun Zhang, Shaofei Liu, et al.. (2023). Off-stoichiometry-guided design of high-strength chemically complex intermetallic-based alloys with outstanding ductility. Journal of Material Science and Technology. 160. 28–33. 12 indexed citations
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Yang, Mujin, Chao Huang, Zhou Li, et al.. (2023). An ultra-high-strength 12Mn maraging steel realized via nanoscale heterostructure engineering. Materials Letters. 349. 134770–134770. 1 indexed citations
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Yang, Mujin, Junhua Luan, Cuiping Wang, et al.. (2023). Precipitation behavior of the G-phase strengthened 7Ni maraging steels. Journal of Materials Research and Technology. 26. 9261–9275. 4 indexed citations
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Ju, Jiang, Hongyao Yu, Yilu Zhao, et al.. (2023). Understanding the oxidation behaviors of a Ni-Co-based superalloy at elevated temperatures through multiscale characterization. Corrosion Science. 227. 111800–111800. 49 indexed citations
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Xiao, Bo, Jun Zhang, Shaofei Liu, et al.. (2023). Ultrahigh intermediate-temperature strength and good tensile plasticity in chemically complex intermetallic alloys via lamellar architectures. Acta Materialia. 262. 119459–119459. 32 indexed citations
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Hou, Junhua, Shaofei Liu, Boxuan Cao, et al.. (2022). Designing nanoparticles-strengthened high-entropy alloys with simultaneously enhanced strength-ductility synergy at both room and elevated temperatures. Acta Materialia. 238. 118216–118216. 126 indexed citations breakdown →
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Xiao, Bo, Shaofei Liu, Jianyang Zhang, et al.. (2022). Environmental embrittlement behavior of high-entropy alloys. Microstructures. 3(1). 5–5. 2 indexed citations
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Yang, Tao, Yilu Zhao, Wanpeng Li, et al.. (2020). Ultrahigh-strength and ductile superlattice alloys with nanoscale disordered interfaces. Science. 369(6502). 427–432. 301 indexed citations breakdown →
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Yang, Tao, Yilu Zhao, Lei Fan, et al.. (2020). Control of nanoscale precipitation and elimination of intermediate-temperature embrittlement in multicomponent high-entropy alloys. Acta Materialia. 189. 47–59. 206 indexed citations breakdown →

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