Kigook Song

2.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
63 papers, 2.4k citations indexed

About

Kigook Song is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Polymers and Plastics and Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials. According to data from OpenAlex, Kigook Song has authored 63 papers receiving a total of 2.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 26 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 19 papers in Polymers and Plastics and 19 papers in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials. Recurrent topics in Kigook Song's work include Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics (18 papers), Conducting polymers and applications (14 papers) and Liquid Crystal Research Advancements (13 papers). Kigook Song is often cited by papers focused on Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics (18 papers), Conducting polymers and applications (14 papers) and Liquid Crystal Research Advancements (13 papers). Kigook Song collaborates with scholars based in South Korea, United States and United Kingdom. Kigook Song's co-authors include Thomas D. Anthopoulos, Iain McCulloch, Weimin Zhang, Martin Heeney, Scott E. Watkins, Hugo Bronstein, Henning Sirringhaus, Raja Shahid Ashraf, Jeremy Smith and James R. Durrant and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Nature Communications and The Journal of Chemical Physics.

In The Last Decade

Kigook Song

58 papers receiving 2.4k citations

Hit Papers

Thieno[3,2-b]thiophene−Diketopyrrolopyrrole-Containing Po... 2011 2026 2016 2021 2011 2013 250 500 750
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. Thieno[3,2-b]thiophene−Diketopyrrolopyrrole-Containing Polymers for High-Performance Organic Field-Effect Transistors and Organic Photovoltaic Devices
    2011 826 citations Hugo Bronstein, Raja Shahid Ashraf et al. profile →
  2. Molecular origin of high field-effect mobility in an indacenodithiophene–benzothiadiazole copolymer
    2013 493 citations Xinran Zhang, Hugo Bronstein et al. Nature Communications profile →

Peers

Kigook Song
Silvia Janietz Germany
Bogyu Lim South Korea
Alberto Zanelli Italy
Agnieszka Iwan Poland
Fenghong Li China
Linda S. Sapochak United States
Russell Gaudiana United States
Christos L. Chochos Greece
Chien‐Lung Wang Taiwan
Ali Çırpan Türkiye
Silvia Janietz Germany
Kigook Song
Citations per year, relative to Kigook Song Kigook Song (= 1×) peers Silvia Janietz

Countries citing papers authored by Kigook Song

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Fields of papers citing papers by Kigook Song

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kigook Song

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Kigook Song. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Kigook Song based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Kigook Song. Kigook Song is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Song, Kigook, et al.. (2020). Effect of Reactivity Ratio of Photoreactive Acrylate Monomers on Mechanical Properties of Cured Film. Polymer Korea. 44(3). 384–390. 1 indexed citations
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Song, Kigook, et al.. (2018). FTIR Spectroscopic Studies of Photo-Thermal Dual Curing Behaviors of Acrylate Monomers. Polymer Korea. 42(4). 714–719. 1 indexed citations
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Song, Kigook, et al.. (2017). Diffusion Studies of Acrylate Hydrogel Using Raman Spectroscopy. Polymer Korea. 41(6). 998–1003. 2 indexed citations
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Kim, Young‐Ju, et al.. (2017). The effect of surface polarity of glass on liquid crystal alignment. Liquid Crystals. 45(5). 757–764. 12 indexed citations
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Bae, Jin Woo, et al.. (2017). Dual Curing Characteristics of Photo-curable Acrylate Monomers. Polymer Korea. 41(2). 361–361. 1 indexed citations
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Kim, Young‐Ju, et al.. (2017). Optical retardation of UV-curable reactive mesogen with vertical alignment. Optical Materials Express. 7(12). 4225–4225. 2 indexed citations
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Bae, Jin Woo, et al.. (2015). Alignments of Reactive Mesogen Using Rubbed Glass Substrates. Polymer Korea. 39(1). 174–179. 2 indexed citations
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Song, Kigook, et al.. (2015). Enhanced quantum-dot light-emitting diodes using gold nanorods. Journal of the Korean Physical Society. 67(9). 1667–1671. 5 indexed citations
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Zhang, Xinran, Hugo Bronstein, Auke Jisk Kronemeijer, et al.. (2013). Molecular origin of high field-effect mobility in an indacenodithiophene–benzothiadiazole copolymer. Nature Communications. 4(1). 2238–2238. 493 indexed citations breakdown →
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Nielsen, Christian B., Raja Shahid Ashraf, Bob C. Schroeder, et al.. (2012). Random benzotrithiophene-based donor–acceptor copolymers for efficient organic photovoltaic devices. Chemical Communications. 48(47). 5832–5832. 110 indexed citations
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Sohn, Eun‐Ho, Hyo Kang, Dong‐Gyun Kim, Kigook Song, & Jong‐Chan Lee. (2012). Collapse of Homeotropic Liquid‐Crystal Alignment by Increased Molecular Packing on Comb‐Like Polymer Surfaces. ChemPhysChem. 13(8). 2061–2067. 5 indexed citations
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Bronstein, Hugo, Raja Shahid Ashraf, Young-Ju Kim, et al.. (2011). Synthesis of a Novel Fused Thiophene‐thieno[3,2‐b]thiophene‐thiophene Donor Monomer and Co‐polymer for Use in OPV and OFETs. Macromolecular Rapid Communications. 32(20). 1664–1668. 44 indexed citations
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Sohn, Eun‐Ho, et al.. (2011). Surface properties and liquid crystal alignment behavior of poly(2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate) derivatives with alkyl ester side chains. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. 360(2). 623–632. 13 indexed citations
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Lim, Choon Woo, Kigook Song, & Sung Hyun Kim. (2011). Synthesis of PPy/silica nanocomposites with cratered surfaces and their application in heavy metal extraction. Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry. 18(1). 24–28. 56 indexed citations
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Jeong, Yong‐Chul, et al.. (2009). Photochromic optical memory based on non-destructive IR read-out. Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences. 8(11). 1590–1594. 2 indexed citations
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Dhara, Surajit, Fumito Araoka, Khoa V. Le, et al.. (2008). Kerr constant and third-order nonlinear optic susceptibility measurements in a liquid crystal composed of bent-shaped molecules. Physical Review E. 78(5). 50701–50701. 24 indexed citations
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Song, Kigook, et al.. (2006). Photo-Alignment Mechanism Study of Poly(siloxane cinnamate). Polymer Korea. 30(5). 417–421. 1 indexed citations
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Kim, Jin-Ho, et al.. (2006). Structure Variation of Polypropylene Hollow Fiber Membrane with Operation Parameters in Stretching Process. Polymer Korea. 30(2). 175–181. 1 indexed citations
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Song, Kigook, Robert D. Miller, Gregory M. Wallraff, & John F. Rabolt. (1991). Studies of chain conformational kinetics in poly(di-n-alkylsilanes) by spectroscopic methods. 4. Piezochromism in symmetrical poly(di-n-alkylsilanes). Macromolecules. 24(14). 4084–4088. 24 indexed citations
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