Yue Zhao

24.2k total citations · 7 hit papers
404 papers, 19.3k citations indexed

About

Yue Zhao is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Organic Chemistry and Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials. According to data from OpenAlex, Yue Zhao has authored 404 papers receiving a total of 19.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 129 papers in Materials Chemistry, 122 papers in Organic Chemistry and 118 papers in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials. Recurrent topics in Yue Zhao's work include Liquid Crystal Research Advancements (112 papers), Advanced Materials and Mechanics (91 papers) and Advanced Polymer Synthesis and Characterization (76 papers). Yue Zhao is often cited by papers focused on Liquid Crystal Research Advancements (112 papers), Advanced Materials and Mechanics (91 papers) and Advanced Polymer Synthesis and Characterization (76 papers). Yue Zhao collaborates with scholars based in Canada, China and France. Yue Zhao's co-authors include Xia Tong, Hesheng Xia, Hongji Zhang, Qiang Yan, Jinqiang Jiang, Dehui Han, Zhi‐Chao Jiang, Yao‐Yu Xiao, Jie He and Bin Yan and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Physical Review Letters.

In The Last Decade

Yue Zhao

386 papers receiving 19.0k citations

Hit Papers

Light-triggered self-healing and shape-memory polymers 2012 2026 2016 2021 2013 2013 2012 2012 2022 100 200 300 400 500
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. Light-triggered self-healing and shape-memory polymers
    2013 563 citations Yue Zhao et al. profile →
  2. Photo-responsive block copolymer micelles: design and behavior
    2013 464 citations Yue Zhao et al. profile →
  3. Light-Responsive Block Copolymer Micelles
    2012 454 citations Yue Zhao profile →
  4. Poly(vinyl alcohol) Hydrogel Can Autonomously Self-Heal
    2012 443 citations Yue Zhao et al. profile →
  5. Engineering Single-Atom Active Sites on Covalent Organic Frameworks for Boosting CO2 Photoreduction
    2022 398 citations Yue Zhao et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
  6. Tunable Photocontrolled Motions Using Stored Strain Energy in Malleable Azobenzene Liquid Crystalline Polymer Actuators
    2017 349 citations Xia Tong, Yue Zhao et al. profile →
  7. Bioinspired Multifunctional Self-Sensing Actuated Gradient Hydrogel for Soft-Hard Robot Remote Interaction
    2024 90 citations He Liu, Deliang Li et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Yue Zhao Canada 73 7.5k 6.9k 6.2k 4.8k 4.5k 404 19.3k
Patrick Théato Germany 66 5.4k 0.7× 7.0k 1.0× 3.7k 0.6× 4.2k 0.9× 1.8k 0.4× 351 16.8k
Olli Ikkala Finland 86 8.7k 1.2× 6.0k 0.9× 6.9k 1.1× 5.2k 1.1× 1.9k 0.4× 352 27.0k
Ralph H. Colby United States 73 7.2k 1.0× 5.0k 0.7× 5.1k 0.8× 9.8k 2.1× 1.4k 0.3× 498 23.4k
Mitsuhiro Shibayama Japan 66 4.6k 0.6× 5.7k 0.8× 4.1k 0.7× 4.8k 1.0× 2.5k 0.5× 401 17.4k
Andreas Walther Germany 71 7.9k 1.1× 6.3k 0.9× 4.3k 0.7× 2.1k 0.4× 1.3k 0.3× 279 18.7k
Chaobin He Singapore 75 6.8k 0.9× 2.5k 0.4× 4.6k 0.8× 7.7k 1.6× 2.3k 0.5× 446 18.7k
Kohzo Ito Japan 55 4.2k 0.6× 4.7k 0.7× 3.5k 0.6× 3.4k 0.7× 2.0k 0.4× 308 12.9k
Manfred Stamm Germany 78 9.7k 1.3× 6.7k 1.0× 6.9k 1.1× 6.5k 1.4× 2.4k 0.5× 549 26.8k
Stuart J. Rowan United States 70 7.1k 1.0× 11.1k 1.6× 3.7k 0.6× 8.0k 1.7× 1.4k 0.3× 255 22.7k
Akira Harada Japan 70 7.5k 1.0× 13.5k 2.0× 4.0k 0.7× 4.1k 0.9× 1.6k 0.4× 376 23.5k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yue Zhao

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Jia, Fan, Da‐Yong Hou, Han Zhang, et al.. (2025). Synthesis, preclinical evaluation and clinical application of a novel heterodimeric tracer 68Ga-pentixafor-c(RGDfK) for PET-CT imaging. European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging. 53(3). 1593–1607.
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Jiang, Zhiyuan, Zhi Chen, Xiujun Yu, et al.. (2025). Engineering Helical Chirality in Metal-Coordinated Cyclodextrin Nanochannels. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 147(9). 7325–7335. 7 indexed citations
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Xu, Min, Peiyi Xie, Shaoqing Liu, et al.. (2025). LCAT deficiency promotes hepatocellular carcinoma progression and lenvatinib resistance by promoting triglyceride catabolism and fatty acid oxidation. Cancer Letters. 612. 217469–217469. 5 indexed citations
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Liu, Qing, Zhi‐Chao Jiang, Xue Jiang, et al.. (2025). Dynamic Liquid Crystal Elastomers for Body Heat‐ and Sunlight‐ Driven Self‐Sustaining Motion via Material‐Structure Synergy. Angewandte Chemie. 137(18). 4 indexed citations
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Zhao, Yue, Shan Ni, Wenjie Wang, et al.. (2024). Structural and interfacial microenvironment modulation of two-dimensional layered niobium phosphate to enhance uranium adsorption. Desalination. 583. 117623–117623. 4 indexed citations
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Liu, He, Deliang Li, Yong Ding, et al.. (2024). Ultra-stretchable triboelectric touch pad with sandpaper micro-surfaces for Transformer-assisted gesture recognition. Nano Energy. 130. 110110–110110. 37 indexed citations
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Wang, Yangyang, Luis Francisco Villalobos, Lijun Liang, et al.. (2024). Scalable weaving of resilient membranes with on-demand superwettability for high-performance nanoemulsion separations. Science Advances. 10(26). eadn3289–eadn3289. 8 indexed citations
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Lin, Lei, Dongyan Liu, Yueqi Wang, et al.. (2023). Effect of wind on summer chlorophyll-a variability in the Yellow Sea. Frontiers in Marine Science. 9. 9 indexed citations
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Zhao, Yue, Jihua Huang, Shuhai Chen, et al.. (2023). Molecular dynamics and first-principles calculations on the wetting behavior and mechanism of molten Al on nickel-infiltrated steel: A cross-scale simulation. Computational Materials Science. 233. 112719–112719. 3 indexed citations
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Zhao, Yue, et al.. (2023). Genomic alterations dissection revealed MUC4 mutation as a potential driver in lung adenocarcinoma local recurrence. Translational Lung Cancer Research. 12(5). 985–998. 1 indexed citations
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Jiang, Jie, et al.. (2023). A Porous Multi‐Stimuli‐Responsive Liquid Crystal Elastomer Actuator Enabled by Mof Loading. Advanced Functional Materials. 34(14). 19 indexed citations
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Guo, Zongwei, et al.. (2022). Effect of Lymphocyte Subsets on Bone Density in Senile Osteoporosis: A Retrospective Study. Journal of Immunology Research. 2022. 1–11. 6 indexed citations
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Bai, Min, Xiaowen Cao, Feng Chen, et al.. (2021). Bioorthogonal Chemical Signature Enabling Amplified Visualization of Cellular Oxidative Thymines. Analytical Chemistry. 93(30). 10495–10501. 7 indexed citations
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Zhao, Yue, et al.. (2019). Effect of receptor attachment on sensitivity of label free microcantilever based biosensor using malachite green aptamer. Sensors and Actuators B Chemical. 300. 126963–126963. 15 indexed citations
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Qiu, Jikuan, Yue Zhao, Yue Zhao, et al.. (2019). Cu(I)/Ionic Liquids Promote the Conversion of Carbon Dioxide into Oxazolidinones at Room Temperature. Molecules. 24(7). 1241–1241. 16 indexed citations
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Yan, Bin, Jie He, Patrick Ayotte, & Yue Zhao. (2011). Optically Triggered Dissociation of Kinetically Stabilized Block Copolymer Vesicles in Aqueous Solution. Macromolecular Rapid Communications. 32(13). 972–976. 23 indexed citations
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Zhao, Yi, Yi Zhao, Luc Tremblay, Yue Zhao, & Yue Zhao. (2010). Doubly photoresponsive and water‐soluble block copolymers: Synthesis and thermosensitivity. Journal of Polymer Science Part A Polymer Chemistry. 48(18). 4055–4066. 49 indexed citations
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Han, Dehui, et al.. (2010). Block Copolymers Comprising π‐Conjugated and Liquid Crystalline Subunits: Induction of Macroscopic Nanodomain Orientation. Angewandte Chemie. 122(48). 9348–9351. 4 indexed citations

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