Bon‐Cheol Ku

8.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
176 papers, 6.7k citations indexed

About

Bon‐Cheol Ku is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Polymers and Plastics. According to data from OpenAlex, Bon‐Cheol Ku has authored 176 papers receiving a total of 6.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 110 papers in Materials Chemistry, 61 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 60 papers in Polymers and Plastics. Recurrent topics in Bon‐Cheol Ku's work include Graphene research and applications (71 papers), Carbon Nanotubes in Composites (38 papers) and Fiber-reinforced polymer composites (37 papers). Bon‐Cheol Ku is often cited by papers focused on Graphene research and applications (71 papers), Carbon Nanotubes in Composites (38 papers) and Fiber-reinforced polymer composites (37 papers). Bon‐Cheol Ku collaborates with scholars based in South Korea, United States and India. Bon‐Cheol Ku's co-authors include Joong Hee Lee, Nam Hoon Kim, Tapas Kuila, Nam‐Ho You, Changhwan Choi, Ok‐Kyung Park, A.S. Sokolov, Munju Goh, Yawar Abbas and Sungho Lee and has published in prestigious journals such as Advanced Materials, Angewandte Chemie International Edition and Nano Letters.

In The Last Decade

Bon‐Cheol Ku

167 papers receiving 6.6k citations

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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.

Stability and thermal conductivity characteristics of nanofluids

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Bon‐Cheol Ku South Korea	42	3.1k	2.4k	2.2k	2.2k	1.6k	176	6.7k
Yang Li China	40	1.3k 0.4×	1.6k 0.7×	1.1k 0.5×	1.6k 0.7×	1.4k 0.9×	213	5.0k
Kyoung‐sik Moon United States	48	4.2k 1.4×	4.1k 1.7×	2.1k 0.9×	3.7k 1.7×	1.3k 0.8×	246	9.4k
Bingjie Wang China	43	1.5k 0.5×	3.5k 1.4×	1.6k 0.7×	2.7k 1.3×	1.3k 0.8×	176	7.3k
Xiaolin Xie China	56	4.6k 1.5×	4.9k 2.0×	3.7k 1.6×	2.3k 1.1×	1.3k 0.8×	263	12.9k
Hassan Algadi Saudi Arabia	46	2.1k 0.7×	2.6k 1.1×	1.8k 0.8×	2.6k 1.2×	687 0.4×	184	7.0k
Kay-Hyeok An South Korea	49	4.8k 1.6×	3.4k 1.4×	2.4k 1.1×	2.3k 1.1×	1.2k 0.7×	163	9.3k
Yong‐Ho Choa South Korea	36	2.8k 0.9×	2.2k 0.9×	860 0.4×	2.0k 0.9×	865 0.5×	307	5.7k
Huilin Li China	40	1.3k 0.4×	2.0k 0.8×	1.6k 0.7×	751 0.3×	391 0.2×	166	4.8k
Krisztián Kordás Finland	48	3.4k 1.1×	2.5k 1.0×	740 0.3×	2.5k 1.2×	775 0.5×	217	6.8k
Der‐Jang Liaw Taiwan	48	3.7k 1.2×	3.1k 1.3×	7.6k 3.4×	1.7k 0.8×	3.3k 2.1×	305	11.1k

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Mikhalchan, Anastasiia, Seo Gyun Kim, Seung Min Kim, et al.. (2025). Highly conductive hybrid carbon nanotube fibers: Strategies and future directions for replacing copper with next-generation conductors. Composites Part B Engineering. 300. 112471–112471. 6 indexed citations

Ku, Bon‐Cheol, Bonkee Koo, Woo-Yeon Kim, et al.. (2023). Room-temperature stable CsPbI3 perovskite quantum dots prepared by layer-by-layer assembly for photonic synapse. Journal of Alloys and Compounds. 960. 170459–170459. 10 indexed citations

Lee, Dongju, Seo Gyun Kim, Ki Hyun Ryu, et al.. (2023). Highly conductive and mechanically strong metal-free carbon nanotube composite fibers with self-doped polyaniline. Carbon. 213. 118308–118308. 18 indexed citations

Kim, Seo Gyun, Sungyong Kim, Dongju Lee, et al.. (2022). Ultrahigh strength and modulus of polyimide-carbon nanotube based carbon and graphitic fibers with superior electrical and thermal conductivities for advanced composite applications. Composites Part B Engineering. 247. 110342–110342. 39 indexed citations

Hong, Seungki, Dongju Lee, José Manuel Guevara‐Vela, et al.. (2022). Continuous intercalation compound fibers of bromine wires and aligned CNTs for high-performance conductors. Carbon. 204. 211–218. 12 indexed citations

Hong, Seungki, Jungtae Nam, Dongju Lee, et al.. (2021). Carbon nanotube fibers with high specific electrical conductivity: Synergistic effect of heteroatom doping and densification. Carbon. 184. 207–213. 31 indexed citations

Hwang, Minsik, Hyunwoo Kim, Heejoun Yoo, et al.. (2021). Structural control of crumpled sulfur‐assisted reduced graphene oxide with elemental sulfur for supercapacitor. International Journal of Energy Research. 45(15). 21209–21218. 2 indexed citations

Yeo, Hyeonuk, et al.. (2020). Multifunctional aminoethylpiperazine-modified graphene oxide with high dispersion stability in polar solvents for mercury ion adsorption. Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry. 90. 224–231. 8 indexed citations

Kim, Seo Gyun, Nam‐Ho You, Bon‐Cheol Ku, & Heon Sang Lee. (2020). Polyvinylidene Fluoride/Reduced Graphene Oxide Layers on SiO_xN_y/Poly(ethylene terephthalate) Films as Transparent Coatings for Organic Electronic Devices and Packaging Materials. ACS Applied Nano Materials. 3(9). 8972–8981. 11 indexed citations

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Abbas, Haider, Yawar Abbas, Gul Hassan, et al.. (2020). The coexistence of threshold and memory switching characteristics of ALD HfO₂ memristor synaptic arrays for energy-efficient neuromorphic computing. Nanoscale. 12(26). 14120–14134. 123 indexed citations

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Ku, Bon‐Cheol, Yawar Abbas, Sohyeon Kim, et al.. (2019). Improved resistive switching and synaptic characteristics using Ar plasma irradiation on the Ti/HfO2 interface. Journal of Alloys and Compounds. 797. 277–283. 33 indexed citations

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Jeon, Yu-Rim, Yawar Abbas, A.S. Sokolov, et al.. (2019). Study of in Situ Silver Migration in Amorphous Boron Nitride CBRAM Device. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 11(26). 23329–23336. 61 indexed citations

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Ku, Bon‐Cheol, et al.. (2019). Synergistic Effect of Sulfur and Chalcogen Atoms on the Enhanced Refractive Indices of Polyimides in the Visible and Near-Infrared Regions. Macromolecules. 52(3). 827–834. 40 indexed citations

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Nam, Ki‐Ho, Jaesang Yu, Nam‐Ho You, et al.. (2019). Green, fast, and scalable production of reduced graphene oxide via Taylor vortex flow. Chemical Engineering Journal. 391. 123482–123482. 19 indexed citations

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Oh, Nuri, Ki‐Ho Nam, Munju Goh, et al.. (2019). Synthesis of colorless and highly refractive Poly(phenylene thioether ether) derived from 2,7-(4,4′-diphenol)thiothianthrene. Polymer. 165. 191–197. 15 indexed citations

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Abbas, Yawar, A.S. Sokolov, Yu-Rim Jeon, et al.. (2018). Structural engineering of tantalum oxide based memristor and its electrical switching responses using rapid thermal annealing. Journal of Alloys and Compounds. 759. 44–51. 41 indexed citations

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Abbas, Yawar, Yu‐Rim Jeon, A.S. Sokolov, et al.. (2018). Compliance-Free, Digital SET and Analog RESET Synaptic Characteristics of Sub-Tantalum Oxide Based Neuromorphic Device. Scientific Reports. 8(1). 1228–1228. 108 indexed citations

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Kim, Sohyeon, Yawar Abbas, Yu‐Rim Jeon, et al.. (2018). Engineering synaptic characteristics of TaO_x/HfO₂ bi-layered resistive switching device. Nanotechnology. 29(41). 415204–415204. 61 indexed citations

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Jung, Chan‐Hee, Wan‐Joong Kim, Changhee Jung, et al.. (2015). A simple PAN-based fabrication method for microstructured carbon electrodes for organic field-effect transistors. Carbon. 87. 257–268. 24 indexed citations

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Lee, Sungho, et al.. (2013). Effect of Curing Poly(<i>p</i>-Phenylene Sulfide) on Thermal Properties and Crystalline Morphologies. Advances in Chemical Engineering and Science. 3(2). 145–149. 24 indexed citations

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