Ching‐Hwa Kiang

10.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
54 papers, 8.0k citations indexed

About

Ching‐Hwa Kiang is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Organic Chemistry and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, Ching‐Hwa Kiang has authored 54 papers receiving a total of 8.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 31 papers in Materials Chemistry, 19 papers in Organic Chemistry and 18 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in Ching‐Hwa Kiang's work include Carbon Nanotubes in Composites (25 papers), Graphene research and applications (24 papers) and Fullerene Chemistry and Applications (18 papers). Ching‐Hwa Kiang is often cited by papers focused on Carbon Nanotubes in Composites (25 papers), Graphene research and applications (24 papers) and Fullerene Chemistry and Applications (18 papers). Ching‐Hwa Kiang collaborates with scholars based in United States, Taiwan and Japan. Ching‐Hwa Kiang's co-authors include Donald S. Bethune, K. M. Jones, Anne C. Dillon, Michael J. Heben, R. Beyers, Mattanjah S. de Vries, G. Gorman, R. Savoy, J. E. Vazquez and William A. Goddard and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Physical Review Letters and The Journal of Chemical Physics.

In The Last Decade

Ching‐Hwa Kiang

54 papers receiving 7.7k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Storage of hydrogen in single-walled carbon nanotubes

1997 3.1k citations Ching‐Hwa Kiang, Donald S. Bethune et al. profile →
Cobalt-catalysed growth of carbon nanotubes with single-atomic-layer walls

1993 2.9k citations Donald S. Bethune, Ching‐Hwa Kiang et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ching‐Hwa Kiang United States	27	6.8k	1.5k	1.5k	1.4k	929	54	8.0k
Raúl Arenal Spain	50	7.3k 1.1×	1.0k 0.7×	1.4k 0.9×	2.5k 1.8×	682 0.7×	285	9.7k
Michael J. Bronikowski United States	32	5.4k 0.8×	1.0k 0.7×	1.9k 1.3×	1.5k 1.1×	1.6k 1.7×	52	7.3k
Hua Jiang Finland	58	7.0k 1.0×	1.4k 0.9×	2.3k 1.6×	3.2k 2.3×	799 0.9×	241	10.3k
Toshinari Ichihashi Japan	30	7.9k 1.2×	1.9k 1.3×	2.5k 1.7×	2.0k 1.5×	1.4k 1.5×	85	10.3k
Arno P. M. Kentgens Netherlands	52	4.9k 0.7×	680 0.5×	719 0.5×	2.5k 1.8×	717 0.8×	217	9.5k
Annick Loiseau France	50	10.3k 1.5×	1.2k 0.8×	2.0k 1.3×	2.3k 1.6×	1.5k 1.6×	192	12.0k
Stuart Turner Belgium	55	6.0k 0.9×	651 0.4×	1.3k 0.8×	1.8k 1.3×	575 0.6×	190	8.7k
Andrei N. Khlobystov United Kingdom	51	7.2k 1.1×	3.0k 2.0×	1.5k 1.0×	2.7k 2.0×	831 0.9×	252	11.4k
X.‐D. Xiang United States	41	3.2k 0.5×	590 0.4×	1.4k 0.9×	2.0k 1.5×	699 0.8×	147	5.7k
Shunji Bandow Japan	48	9.5k 1.4×	2.9k 1.9×	2.2k 1.5×	1.9k 1.4×	1.5k 1.6×	150	11.3k

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Tian, Fang, Liang Wang, Sidong Chen, et al.. (2020). Mechanical Responses of Breast Cancer Cells to Substrates of Varying Stiffness Revealed by Single-Cell Measurements. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters. 11(18). 7643–7649. 18 indexed citations

Li, Jingqiang, Tyler Nelson, Xin He, et al.. (2020). Dependence of Membrane Tether Strength on Substrate Rigidity Probed by Single-Cell Force Spectroscopy. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters. 11(10). 4173–4178. 3 indexed citations

Penev, Evgeni S., Wei Lu, Jingqiang Li, et al.. (2016). Detecting the Biopolymer Behavior of Graphene Nanoribbons in Aqueous Solution. Scientific Reports. 6(1). 31174–31174. 4 indexed citations

Grindel, Brian J., et al.. (2015). Single molecule force measurements of perlecan/HSPG2: A key component of the osteocyte pericellular matrix. Matrix Biology. 50. 27–38. 35 indexed citations

Li, Jingqiang, et al.. (2015). Reconstructing Multiple Free Energy Pathways of DNA Stretching from Single Molecule Experiments. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B. 119(16). 5132–5135. 6 indexed citations

Chen, Wei‐Hung, et al.. (2010). Direct Observation of Multiple Pathways of Single-Stranded DNA Stretching. Physical Review Letters. 105(21). 218104–218104. 28 indexed citations

Harris, Nolan C. & Ching‐Hwa Kiang. (2009). Velocity convergence of free energy surfaces from single-molecule measurements using Jarzynski’s equality. Physical Review E. 79(4). 41912–41912. 11 indexed citations

Calderon, Christopher P., Nolan C. Harris, Ching‐Hwa Kiang, & Dennis D. Cox. (2009). Analyzing single‐molecule manipulation experiments. Journal of Molecular Recognition. 22(5). 356–362. 14 indexed citations

Harris, Nolan C., Yang Song, & Ching‐Hwa Kiang. (2008). Harris, Song, and Kiang Reply:. Physical Review Letters. 100(1). 2 indexed citations

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Calderon, Christopher P., Wei‐Hung Chen, Kuan‐Jiuh Lin, Nolan C. Harris, & Ching‐Hwa Kiang. (2008). Quantifying DNA melting transitions using single-molecule force spectroscopy. Journal of Physics Condensed Matter. 21(3). 34114–34114. 41 indexed citations

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Sun, Young, Nolan C. Harris, & Ching‐Hwa Kiang. (2007). Phase Transition and Optical Properties of DNA–Gold Nanoparticle Assemblies. Plasmonics. 2(4). 193–199. 14 indexed citations

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Harris, Nolan C., Yang Song, & Ching‐Hwa Kiang. (2007). Experimental Free Energy Surface Reconstruction from Single-Molecule Force Spectroscopy using Jarzynski’s Equality. Physical Review Letters. 99(6). 68101–68101. 142 indexed citations

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Harris, Nolan C. & Ching‐Hwa Kiang. (2005). Disorder in DNA-Linked Gold Nanoparticle Assemblies. Physical Review Letters. 95(4). 46101–46101. 28 indexed citations

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Kiang, Ching‐Hwa. (2001). Single-particle study of protein assembly. Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics. 64(4). 41911–41911. 3 indexed citations

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Kiang, Ching‐Hwa. (2000). Electron irradiation induced dimensional change in bismuth filled carbon nanotubes. Carbon. 38(11-12). 1699–1701. 19 indexed citations

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Kiang, Ching‐Hwa, Morinobu Endo, Pulickel M. Ajayan, G. Dresselhaus, & M. S. Dresselhaus. (1998). Size Effects in Carbon Nanotubes. Physical Review Letters. 81(9). 1869–1872. 267 indexed citations

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Kiang, Ching‐Hwa & William A. Goddard. (1996). Polyyne Ring Nucleus Growth Model for Single-Layer Carbon Nanotubes. Physical Review Letters. 76(14). 2515–2518. 99 indexed citations

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Kiang, Ching‐Hwa, M. S. Dresselhaus, R. Beyers, & Donald S. Bethune. (1996). Vapor-phase self-assembly of carbon nanomaterials. Chemical Physics Letters. 259(1-2). 41–47. 29 indexed citations

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Dorn, Harry C., P. Burbank, Zhixiang Sun, et al.. (1994). Endohedral Metallofullerenes: Isolation and Characterization. MRS Proceedings. 359. 3 indexed citations

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Kiang, Ching‐Hwa, William A. Goddard, R. Beyers, J. Salem, & Donald S. Bethune. (1994). Catalytic Synthesis of Single-Layer Carbon Nanotubes with a Wide Range of Diameters. The Journal of Physical Chemistry. 98(26). 6612–6618. 121 indexed citations

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