King Hang Aaron Lau

3.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
58 papers, 3.3k citations indexed

About

King Hang Aaron Lau is a scholar working on Surfaces, Coatings and Films, Molecular Biology and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, King Hang Aaron Lau has authored 58 papers receiving a total of 3.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 25 papers in Surfaces, Coatings and Films, 22 papers in Molecular Biology and 19 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in King Hang Aaron Lau's work include Polymer Surface Interaction Studies (21 papers), Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (11 papers) and Supramolecular Self-Assembly in Materials (8 papers). King Hang Aaron Lau is often cited by papers focused on Polymer Surface Interaction Studies (21 papers), Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (11 papers) and Supramolecular Self-Assembly in Materials (8 papers). King Hang Aaron Lau collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Germany. King Hang Aaron Lau's co-authors include Phillip B. Messersmith, Tadas S. Sileika, Devin G. Barrett, Ran Zhang, Wolfgang Knoll, Dong Ha Kim, Igal Szleifer, Sung Hyun Park, Haeshin Lee and Hyun Ok Ham and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Advanced Materials and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

King Hang Aaron Lau

57 papers receiving 3.3k 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.

Colorless Multifunctional Coatings Inspired by Polyphenols Found in Tea, Chocolate, and Wine

2013 787 citations Tadas S. Sileika, Devin G. Barrett et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
King Hang Aaron Lau United States	29	1.1k	998	882	794	713	58	3.3k
Markus Biesalski Germany	35	1.2k 1.1×	1.1k 1.2×	857 1.0×	610 0.8×	1.1k 1.5×	122	3.7k
Eva Blomberg Sweden	35	1.1k 1.0×	965 1.0×	487 0.6×	1.1k 1.4×	440 0.6×	89	3.6k
Sally L. McArthur Australia	34	737 0.7×	1.4k 1.4×	552 0.6×	654 0.8×	895 1.3×	92	3.7k
Younjin Min United States	23	630 0.6×	894 0.9×	850 1.0×	868 1.1×	535 0.8×	61	3.5k
Wuge H. Briscoe United Kingdom	28	971 0.9×	949 1.0×	816 0.9×	737 0.9×	473 0.7×	87	3.7k
Jing Xie China	31	895 0.8×	1.1k 1.1×	449 0.5×	536 0.7×	790 1.1×	104	3.5k
Ognen Pop‐Georgievski Czechia	30	966 0.9×	853 0.9×	391 0.4×	690 0.9×	427 0.6×	100	2.6k
Ihor Tokarev United States	30	1.2k 1.1×	1.3k 1.3×	386 0.4×	785 1.0×	737 1.0×	37	3.4k
Guangzhao Mao United States	38	605 0.6×	1.2k 1.2×	1.3k 1.4×	933 1.2×	771 1.1×	149	4.3k
John Tsibouklis United Kingdom	34	560 0.5×	697 0.7×	540 0.6×	636 0.8×	681 1.0×	117	3.6k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of King Hang Aaron Lau

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Li, Tai‐De, et al.. (2025). 2D Interfacial Crystallization Stabilized by Short-Chain Aliphatic Interfaces. Langmuir. 41(11). 7376–7385. 1 indexed citations

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Lau, King Hang Aaron, et al.. (2024). Martinoid: the peptoid martini force field. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 26(6). 4939–4953. 4 indexed citations

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Lau, King Hang Aaron, et al.. (2022). Constant pH Coarse-Grained Molecular Dynamics with Stochastic Charge Neutralization. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters. 13(18). 4046–4051. 15 indexed citations

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Hasan, Abshar, Kyueui Lee, Lalit M. Pandey, et al.. (2020). Surface Design for Immobilization of an Antimicrobial Peptide Mimic for Efficient Anti‐Biofouling. Chemistry - A European Journal. 26(26). 5789–5793. 22 indexed citations

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Pan, Fang, King Hang Aaron Lau, Phillip B. Messersmith, Jian R. Lu, & Xiubo Zhao. (2020). Interfacial Assembly Inspired by Marine Mussels and Antifouling Effects of Polypeptoids: A Neutron Reflection Study. Langmuir. 36(41). 12309–12318. 9 indexed citations

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Knoll, Wolfgang, Omar Azzaroni, Hatïce Duran, et al.. (2020). Nanoporous thin films in optical waveguide spectroscopy for chemical analytics. Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry. 412(14). 3299–3315. 10 indexed citations

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Hasan, Abshar, Varun Saxena, Valeria Castelletto, et al.. (2020). Chain-End Modifications and Sequence Arrangements of Antimicrobial Peptoids for Mediating Activity and Nano-Assembly. Frontiers in Chemistry. 8. 416–416. 17 indexed citations

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Castelletto, Valeria, Jani Seitsonen, Abshar Hasan, et al.. (2020). Correction to “Self-Assembly of Minimal Peptoid Sequences”. ACS Macro Letters. 9(10). 1415–1416. 3 indexed citations

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Cai, Yukui, Zongwei Xu, Hong Wang, et al.. (2019). A Sequential Process for Manufacturing Nature-Inspired Anisotropic Superhydrophobic Structures on AISI 316L Stainless Steel. Nanomanufacturing and Metrology. 2(3). 148–159. 14 indexed citations

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Amin, Devang, Caroline Sugnaux, King Hang Aaron Lau, & Phillip B. Messersmith. (2017). Size Control and Fluorescence Labeling of Polydopamine Melanin-Mimetic Nanoparticles for Intracellular Imaging. Biomimetics. 2(3). 17–17. 39 indexed citations

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Lau, King Hang Aaron, Valeria Castelletto, Thomas Kendall, et al.. (2017). Self-assembly of ultra-small micelles from amphiphilic lipopeptoids. Chemical Communications. 53(13). 2178–2181. 31 indexed citations

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Sileika, Tadas S., Devin G. Barrett, Ran Zhang, King Hang Aaron Lau, & Phillip B. Messersmith. (2013). Colorless Multifunctional Coatings Inspired by Polyphenols Found in Tea, Chocolate, and Wine. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 52(41). 10766–10770. 787 indexed citations breakdown →

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Sileika, Tadas S., Devin G. Barrett, Ran Zhang, King Hang Aaron Lau, & Phillip B. Messersmith. (2013). Colorless Multifunctional Coatings Inspired by Polyphenols Found in Tea, Chocolate, and Wine. Angewandte Chemie. 125(41). 10966–10970. 128 indexed citations

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Fullenkamp, Dominic E., José G. Rivera, Yong‐Kuan Gong, et al.. (2012). Mussel-inspired silver-releasing antibacterial hydrogels. Biomaterials. 33(15). 3783–3791. 217 indexed citations

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Lazzara, Thomas D., King Hang Aaron Lau, Wolfgang Knoll, Andreas Janshoff, & Claudia Steinem. (2012). Macromolecular shape and interactions in layer-by-layer assemblies within cylindrical nanopores. Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology. 3. 475–484. 15 indexed citations

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Lau, King Hang Aaron, Chun‐lai Ren, Sung Hyun Park, Igal Szleifer, & Phillip B. Messersmith. (2011). An Experimental–Theoretical Analysis of Protein Adsorption on Peptidomimetic Polymer Brushes. Langmuir. 28(4). 2288–2298. 60 indexed citations

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Lazzara, Thomas D., King Hang Aaron Lau, & Wolfgang Knoll. (2010). Mounted Nanoporous Anodic Alumina Thin Films as Planar Optical Waveguides. Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology. 10(7). 4293–4299. 18 indexed citations

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Lim, Roderick Y. H., Ning‐Ping Huang, Joachim Köser, et al.. (2006). Flexible phenylalanine-glycine nucleoporins as entropic barriers to nucleocytoplasmic transport. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 103(25). 9512–9517. 214 indexed citations

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Lau, King Hang Aaron, Chun Huang, N.L. Yakovlev, Zhi Kuan Chen, & S. J. O’Shea. (2006). Direct Adsorption and Monolayer Self-Assembly of Acetyl-Protected Dithiols. Langmuir. 22(7). 2968–2971. 41 indexed citations

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Steingart, A., King Hang Aaron Lau, Allan J. Fox, et al.. (1986). The Significance of White Matter Lucencies on CT Scan in Relation to Cognitive Impairment. Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences / Journal Canadien des Sciences Neurologiques. 13(S4). 383–384. 14 indexed citations

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