Kock-Yee Law

3.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
70 papers, 3.0k citations indexed

About

Kock-Yee Law is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Organic Chemistry and Physical and Theoretical Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Kock-Yee Law has authored 70 papers receiving a total of 3.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 30 papers in Materials Chemistry, 23 papers in Organic Chemistry and 23 papers in Physical and Theoretical Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Kock-Yee Law's work include Porphyrin and Phthalocyanine Chemistry (21 papers), Photochemistry and Electron Transfer Studies (20 papers) and Surface Modification and Superhydrophobicity (16 papers). Kock-Yee Law is often cited by papers focused on Porphyrin and Phthalocyanine Chemistry (21 papers), Photochemistry and Electron Transfer Studies (20 papers) and Surface Modification and Superhydrophobicity (16 papers). Kock-Yee Law collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and France. Kock-Yee Law's co-authors include Hong Zhao, David G. Whitten, Huijuan Chen, Varun Sambhy, Mohammad S. Farahat, Kangning Liang, F. C. Bailey, Rafik O. Loutfy, Jerry Perlstein and Kang Liang and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Applied Physics Letters and Journal of Applied Physics.

In The Last Decade

Kock-Yee Law

66 papers receiving 2.8k citations

Hit Papers

Definitions for Hydrophilicity, Hydrophobicity, and Super... 2014 2026 2018 2022 2014 250 500 750
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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.

  1. Definitions for Hydrophilicity, Hydrophobicity, and Superhydrophobicity: Getting the Basics Right
    2014 777 citations Kock-Yee Law The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters profile →

Peers

Kock-Yee Law
Hanna Dodiuk Israel
K. L. Mittal United States
Kenneth J. Wynne United States
David G. Bucknall United Kingdom
Frank D. Blum United States
K. L. Mittal United States
Claus D. Eisenbach Germany
Jean‐Paul Chapel France
Jürgen Springer Germany
Giancarlo Galli Italy
Hanna Dodiuk Israel
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Fields of papers citing papers by Kock-Yee Law

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kock-Yee Law

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All Works

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Chen, H., Tian Tang, Hong Zhao, Kock-Yee Law, & Alidad Amirfazli. (2016). How pinning and contact angle hysteresis govern quasi-static liquid drop transfer. Soft Matter. 12(7). 1998–2008. 50 indexed citations
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Law, Kock-Yee. (2014). Definitions for Hydrophilicity, Hydrophobicity, and Superhydrophobicity: Getting the Basics Right. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters. 5(4). 686–688. 777 indexed citations breakdown →
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Law, Kock-Yee. (2013). Nanostructured coatings, surfaces and films. Surface Innovations. 1(2). 69–70. 3 indexed citations
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Kanungo, Mandakini, et al.. (2011). Electric Field Induced Electron Transfer between a Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube and a Molecularly Doped Hole Transport Layer. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 115(48). 23964–23969.
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Law, Kock-Yee, Haitao Zhao, & Varun Sambhy. (2009). Effects of Surface Texture and Chemistry on Surface Hydrophobicity and Oleophobicity. TechConnect Briefs. 3(2009). 177–179.
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Law, Kock-Yee. (2009). Nanotechnology and Opportunities in Digital Color Printing. Technical programs and proceedings. 25(1). 428–429. 1 indexed citations
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Law, Kock-Yee, et al.. (1997). Effect of Counterion on the Tribocharging of Molecular-Salt Charge Control Agents in Xerographic Toners. Journal of Imaging Science and Technology. 41(6). 618–628. 2 indexed citations
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Liang, Kangning, Kock-Yee Law, & David G. Whitten. (1997). Synthesis, Characterization, Photophysics, and Photosensitization Studies of Squaraine−Bipyridinium Diads. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B. 101(4). 540–546. 20 indexed citations
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Law, Kock-Yee. (1997). Application of fluorescence to elucidate the ground state electronic structure of boron, zinc and aluminum complexes of 3,5-di-tert-butylsalicylic acid. Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A Chemistry. 107(1-3). 115–120. 3 indexed citations
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Law, Kock-Yee, et al.. (1995). Investigation of the Contact Charging Mechanism between an Organic Salt Doped Polymer Surface and Polymer-Coated Metal Beads. Chemistry of Materials. 7(11). 2090–2095. 19 indexed citations
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Law, Kock-Yee, et al.. (1994). Photoinduced Proton Transfers in Methyl Salicylate and Methyl 2-Hydroxy-3-Naphthoate. The Journal of Physical Chemistry. 98(12). 3114–3120. 50 indexed citations
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Law, Kock-Yee, et al.. (1990). Squaraine chemistry: solution electrochemistry and its use in assessing the relative photosensitivity of squaraines in bilayer xerographic devices. 34(2). 31–38. 1 indexed citations
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Law, Kock-Yee. (1988). Fluorescence lifetime and electron transfer in cyclobutenediylic dyes. Chemical Physics Letters. 150(3-4). 357–360. 6 indexed citations
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Law, Kock-Yee, et al.. (1986). Squaraine chemistry. On the anomalous mass spectra of bis(4-dimethylaminophenyl)squaraine and its derivatives. Canadian Journal of Chemistry. 64(8). 1607–1619. 40 indexed citations
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Law, Kock-Yee & F. C. Bailey. (1986). Squaraine chemistry. Synthesis of bis(4-dimethylaminophenyl)squaraine from dialkyl squarates. Mechanism and scope of the synthesis. Canadian Journal of Chemistry. 64(12). 2267–2273. 35 indexed citations
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Law, Kock-Yee & Gordon E. Johnson. (1983). Ablative optical recording using organic dye-in-polymer thin films: Some mechanistic aspects. Journal of Applied Physics. 54(9). 4799–4805. 11 indexed citations
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Law, Kock-Yee, P.S. Vincett, Rafik O. Loutfy, et al.. (1980). Ablative optical recording using organic dye-in-polymer films. Applied Physics Letters. 36(11). 884–885. 13 indexed citations
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