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Yinan Xu

Materials Science · Purdue University West Lafayette

Mid career · publishing since 2007Rising activity

Publications

28

Citations

224

Est. group size

~1

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

20

Publishing since 2007

Research summary
AI-generated

Yinan Xu's work uses computer simulations and machine learning to study how molecules behave and react on surfaces and inside porous materials, such as metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) and catalysts used for reactions like methane activation and CO oxidation. This research combines methods from chemistry, materials science, and computational modeling to understand chemical processes at the molecular level, with some additional work on drug-target prediction and organic chemistry.

Machine learning for materials simulationCatalysis on metal and metal-oxide surfacesPorous materials (MOFs and zeolites)Free-energy and enhanced sampling methodsComputational chemistry tools and software

Publication output has grown over the last decade, rising from no recorded output before 2020 to a peak of several papers per year by 2025, averaging about 4 publications annually over the last 5 years.

Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 4.0/year recently
1718192020: 1 publication202021: 4 publications212022: 3 publications222023: 4 publications232024: 4 publications242025: 7 publications7252026: 2 publications26
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • ChemRxiv×7
  • Nature Communications×2
  • ACS Catalysis×2
  • Chemical Engineering Journal×1
  • npj Computational Materials×1
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Last updated Jul 20, 2026.

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