Lay‐Lay Chua

6.1k citations

64 papers · 5.5k · 2 hit papers · h-index 28

Impact in

Polymers and Plastics top 0.5%
- Conducting polymers and applications
Electrical and Electronic Engineering top 0.5%
- Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics
- Organic Light-Emitting Diodes Research
- Thin-Film Transistor Technologies
- Advanced Memory and Neural Computing
- Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures
- Perovskite Materials and Applications

Papers in

Polymers and Plastics 36
- Conducting polymers and applications 34
Electrical and Electronic Engineering 59
- Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics 43
- Organic Light-Emitting Diodes Research 21
- Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures 15
- Semiconductor materials and devices 5
- Thin-Film Transistor Technologies 4

Co-authors: Peter K. H. Ho (50 shared papers)Richard Henry Friend (14 shared papers)Henning Sirringhaus (4 shared papers)Jui-Fen Chang (2 shared papers)Eric C.‐W. Ou (2 shared papers)Jana Zaumseil (1 shared paper)Rui‐Qi Png (41 shared papers)Sankaran Sivaramakrishnan (15 shared papers)
Journals: Applied Physics Letters (12 papers)Nature Communications (7 papers)Advanced Materials (6 papers)Advanced Functional Materials (4 papers)Journal of Materials Chemistry C (3 papers)
Partner nations: Singapore United Kingdom Germany

In The Last Decade

Lay‐Lay Chua

62 papers receiving 5.4k citations

Lay‐Lay Chua's Hit Papers

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Giant broadband nonlinear optical absorption response in dispersed graphene single sheets 2011 · 429 citations

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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 Nature Photonics
2005 Nature

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1	General observation of n-type field-effect behaviour in organic semiconductors Nature ·Lay‐Lay Chua, Jana Zaumseil, Jui-Fen Chang, Eric C.‐W. Ou, Peter K. H. Ho, Henning Sirringhaus, Richard Henry Friend Hit paper breakdown →	2005	2039
2	Giant broadband nonlinear optical absorption response in dispersed graphene single sheets Nature Photonics ·Geok-Kieng Lim, Zhili Chen, Jenny Clark, Roland Goh, Wee Hao Ng, H. W. Tan, Richard Henry Friend, Peter K. H. Ho, Lay‐Lay Chua Hit paper breakdown →	2011	429
3	Band‐like Transport in Surface‐Functionalized Highly Solution‐Processable Graphene Nanosheets Advanced Materials ·Shuai Wang, Perq‐Jon Chia, Lay‐Lay Chua, Li‐Hong Zhao, Rui‐Qi Png, Sankaran Sivaramakrishnan, Mi Zhou, Roland Goh, Richard Henry Friend, Andrew T. S. Wee, Peter K. H. Ho	2008	298
4	A general method for transferring graphene onto soft surfaces Nature Nanotechnology ·Jie Song, Fong-Yu Kam, Rui‐Qi Png, W.K.H. Seah, Jing‐Mei Zhuo, Geok-Kieng Lim, Peter K. H. Ho, Lay‐Lay Chua	2013	256
5	High-performance polymer semiconducting heterostructure devices by nitrene-mediated photocrosslinking of alkyl side chains Nature Materials ·Rui‐Qi Png, Perq‐Jon Chia, Jiecong Tang, Bo Liu, Sankaran Sivaramakrishnan, Mi Zhou, Siong-Hee Khong, Hardy Sze On Chan, J. H. Burroughes, Lay‐Lay Chua, Richard Henry Friend, Peter K. H. Ho	2009	248
6	Doped polymer semiconductors with ultrahigh and ultralow work functions for ohmic contacts Nature ·Cindy Guanyu Tang, Mervin Chun‐Yi Ang, Kim‐Kian Choo, Venu Keerthi, Jun‐Kai Tan, Mazlan Nur Syafiqah, Thomas Kugler, J. H. Burroughes, Rui‐Qi Png, Lay‐Lay Chua, Peter K. H. Ho	2016	234
7	High-stability ultrathin spin-on benzocyclobutene gate dielectric for polymer field-effect transistors Applied Physics Letters ·Lay‐Lay Chua, Peter K. H. Ho, Henning Sirringhaus, Richard Henry Friend	2004	192
8	Observation of Field‐Effect Transistor Behavior at Self‐Organized Interfaces Advanced Materials ·Lay‐Lay Chua, Pei Ho, Henning Sirringhaus, Richard Henry Friend	2004	158
9	Controlled insulator-to-metal transformation in printable polymer composites with nanometal clusters Nature Materials ·Sankaran Sivaramakrishnan, Perq‐Jon Chia, Yee‐Chia Yeo, Lay‐Lay Chua, Peter K. H. Ho	2006	154
10	Solvent Effects on Chain Orientation and Interchain π‐Interaction in Conjugated Polymer Thin Films: Direct Measurements of the Air and Substrate Interfaces by Near‐Edge X‐ray Absorption Spectroscopy Advanced Materials ·Peter K. H. Ho, Lay‐Lay Chua, (unknown), Xingyu Gao, Dongchen Qi, Andrew T. S. Wee, Jui-Fen Chang, Richard Henry Friend	2007	96
11	High internal quantum efficiency in fullerene solar cells based on crosslinked polymer donor networks Nature Communications ·Bo Liu, Rui‐Qi Png, Lihong Zhao, Lay‐Lay Chua, Richard Henry Friend, Peter K. H. Ho	2012	89
12	Direct Spectroscopic Evidence for a Photodoping Mechanism in Polythiophene and Poly(bithiophene‐alt‐thienothiophene) Organic Semiconductor Thin Films Involving Oxygen and Sorbed Moisture Advanced Materials ·Jing‐Mei Zhuo, Li‐Hong Zhao, Rui‐Qi Png, Loke‐Yuen Wong, Perq‐Jon Chia, Jiecong Tang, Sankaran Sivaramakrishnan, Mi Zhou, Eric C.‐W. Ou, S. J. Chua, Wee‐Sun Sim, Lay‐Lay Chua, Peter K. H. Ho	2009	84
13	Madelung and Hubbard interactions in polaron band model of doped organic semiconductors Nature Communications ·Rui‐Qi Png, Mervin Chun‐Yi Ang, M.L.S. Teo, Kim‐Kian Choo, Cindy Guanyu Tang, Dagmawi Belaineh, Lay‐Lay Chua, Peter K. H. Ho	2016	77
14	Multivalent anions as universal latent electron donors Nature ·Cindy Guanyu Tang, Mazlan Nur Syafiqah, Qi‐Mian Koh, Chao Zhao, Zaini Jamal, Qiu‐Jing Seah, Michael J. Cass, Martin James Humphries, Ilaria Grizzi, J. H. Burroughes, Rui‐Qi Png, Lay‐Lay Chua, Peter K. H. Ho	2019	63
15	Large Damage Threshold and Small Electron Escape Depth in X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy of a Conjugated Polymer Thin Film Langmuir ·Lay‐Lay Chua, (unknown), Sankaran Sivaramakrishnan, Xingyu Gao, Dongchen Qi, Andrew T. S. Wee, Peter K. H. Ho	2006	57
16	Suppressing Recombination in Polymer Photovoltaic Devices via Energy‐Level Cascades Advanced Materials ·Zhi‐Kuang Tan, Kerr Johnson, Yana Vaynzof, Artem Bakulin, Lay‐Lay Chua, Peter K. H. Ho, Richard Henry Friend	2013	57
17	Hydrophilic Sparse Ionic Monolayer‐Protected Metal Nanoparticles: Highly Concentrated Nano‐Au and Nano‐Ag “Inks” that can be Sintered to Near‐Bulk Conductivity at 150 °C Advanced Functional Materials ·Bibin T. Anto, Sankaran Sivaramakrishnan, Lay‐Lay Chua, Peter K. H. Ho	2009	56
18	Injection‐induced De‐doping in a Conducting Polymer during Device Operation: Asymmetry in the Hole Injection and Extraction Rates Advanced Materials ·Perq‐Jon Chia, Lay‐Lay Chua, Sankaran Sivaramakrishnan, Jing‐Mei Zhuo, Lingrong Zhao, W. Sim, Yee‐Chia Yeo, Pei Ho	2007	55
19	Furan substituted diketopyrrolopyrrole and thienylenevinylene based low band gap copolymer for high mobility organic thin film transistors Journal of Materials Chemistry ·Prashant Murlidhar Sonar, Jing-Mei Zhuo, Li-Hong Zhao, Kai-Ming Lim, Jihua Chen, Adam Justin Rondinone, Samarendra Pratap Singh, Lay‐Lay Chua, Peter K. H. Ho, Ananth Dodabalapur	2012	52
20	General Photo‐Patterning of Polyelectrolyte Thin Films via Efficient Ionic Bis(Fluorinated Phenyl Azide) Photo‐Crosslinkers and their Post‐Deposition Modification Advanced Functional Materials ·Siong-Hee Khong, Sankaran Sivaramakrishnan, Rui‐Qi Png, Loke‐Yuen Wong, Perq‐Jon Chia, Lay‐Lay Chua, Peter K. H. Ho	2007	50

About Lay‐Lay Chua

Lay‐Lay Chua is a scholar working on Polymers and Plastics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Surfaces, Coatings and Films, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Biomedical Engineering, having authored 64 papers that have together received 5.5k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics (43 papers), Conducting polymers and applications (34 papers), Organic Light-Emitting Diodes Research (21 papers), Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures (15 papers), Graphene research and applications (6 papers), Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials (5 papers), Semiconductor materials and devices (5 papers) and Thin-Film Transistor Technologies (4 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Polymers and Plastics (2.3k citations), Electrical and Electronic Engineering (4.3k citations), Materials Chemistry (1.6k citations), Biomedical Engineering (1.3k citations) and Bioengineering (150 citations). Lay‐Lay Chua has collaborated with scholars based in Singapore, United Kingdom and Germany. Frequent co-authors include Peter K. H. Ho, Richard Henry Friend, Henning Sirringhaus, Jui-Fen Chang, Eric C.‐W. Ou, Jana Zaumseil, Rui‐Qi Png, Sankaran Sivaramakrishnan, Perq‐Jon Chia and Roland Goh. Their work appears in journals such as Applied Physics Letters, Nature Communications, Advanced Materials, Advanced Functional Materials and Journal of Materials Chemistry C.

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