Kyuju Kwak

3.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
28 papers, 2.6k citations indexed

About

Kyuju Kwak is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Kyuju Kwak has authored 28 papers receiving a total of 2.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 23 papers in Materials Chemistry, 10 papers in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials and 7 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Kyuju Kwak's work include Nanocluster Synthesis and Applications (19 papers), Advanced Nanomaterials in Catalysis (12 papers) and Gold and Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis and Applications (8 papers). Kyuju Kwak is often cited by papers focused on Nanocluster Synthesis and Applications (19 papers), Advanced Nanomaterials in Catalysis (12 papers) and Gold and Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis and Applications (8 papers). Kyuju Kwak collaborates with scholars based in South Korea, United States and France. Kyuju Kwak's co-authors include Dongil Lee, G. Ramakrishna, Kyunglim Pyo, Viraj Dhanushka Thanthirige, De‐en Jiang, Qing Tang, Minseok Kim, Woojun Choi, Prabhu Pandurangan and S. Senthil Kumar and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Nature Communications and Accounts of Chemical Research.

In The Last Decade

Kyuju Kwak

27 papers receiving 2.6k 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.

Ultrabright Luminescence from Gold Nanoclusters: Rigidifying the Au(I)–Thiolate Shell

2015 526 citations Kyunglim Pyo, Viraj Dhanushka Thanthirige et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
Electrochemistry of Atomically Precise Metal Nanoclusters

2018 378 citations Kyuju Kwak, Dongil Lee profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Kyuju Kwak South Korea	21	2.3k	1.3k	336	240	167	28	2.6k
Megalamane S. Bootharaju South Korea	25	3.3k 1.4×	2.0k 1.5×	492 1.5×	244 1.0×	99 0.6×	43	3.6k
Yoshiki Niihori Japan	30	2.8k 1.2×	1.7k 1.3×	253 0.8×	93 0.4×	103 0.6×	61	3.0k
Zibao Gan China	23	1.7k 0.7×	1.1k 0.9×	144 0.4×	126 0.5×	148 0.9×	55	2.0k
Sachil Sharma India	21	1.8k 0.8×	892 0.7×	332 1.0×	123 0.5×	97 0.6×	27	2.2k
Yingwei Li United States	28	3.4k 1.5×	1.7k 1.3×	399 1.2×	194 0.8×	190 1.1×	44	3.6k
Wataru Kurashige Japan	34	3.8k 1.6×	2.2k 1.7×	409 1.2×	116 0.5×	136 0.8×	54	3.9k
Niti Garg United States	6	1.2k 0.5×	843 0.6×	181 0.5×	128 0.5×	85 0.5×	9	1.4k
Tokuhisa Kawawaki Japan	31	2.3k 1.0×	877 0.7×	666 2.0×	788 3.3×	110 0.7×	96	2.7k
Igor Dolamic Switzerland	16	1.1k 0.5×	569 0.4×	131 0.4×	112 0.5×	94 0.6×	20	1.3k
Wen Wu Xu China	22	1.8k 0.8×	909 0.7×	157 0.5×	141 0.6×	73 0.4×	69	1.9k

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Choi, Seong Hoon, et al.. (2025). Fluorinated SO2-based inorganic electrolytes for enhanced electrochemical performance in Li-metal anodes. Chemical Engineering Journal. 509. 161438–161438.

Kim, Saehun, et al.. (2024). Unveiling degradation mechanisms of anode-free Li-metal batteries. Energy storage materials. 73. 103826–103826. 22 indexed citations

Sakthivel, Naga Arjun, Chanaka Kumara, Amala Dass, et al.. (2019). Ultrafast Electron Dynamics in Thiolate-Protected Plasmonic Gold Clusters: Size and Ligand Effect. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 123(21). 13344–13353. 26 indexed citations

Kim, Beomil, Hoeun Seong, Jun Tae Song, et al.. (2019). Over a 15.9% Solar-to-CO Conversion from Dilute CO₂ Streams Catalyzed by Gold Nanoclusters Exhibiting a High CO₂ Binding Affinity. ACS Energy Letters. 5(3). 749–757. 129 indexed citations

Choi, Woojun, Guoxiang Hu, Kyuju Kwak, et al.. (2018). Effects of Metal-Doping on Hydrogen Evolution Reaction Catalyzed by MAu₂₄ and M₂Au₃₆ Nanoclusters (M = Pt, Pd). ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 10(51). 44645–44653. 101 indexed citations

Kwak, Kyuju, Woojun Choi, Qing Tang, De‐en Jiang, & Dongil Lee. (2018). Rationally designed metal nanocluster for electrocatalytic hydrogen production from water. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 6(40). 19495–19501. 55 indexed citations

Kim, Min‐Seok, Qing Tang, Alam Venugopal Narendra Kumar, et al.. (2018). Dopant-Dependent Electronic Structures Observed for M₂Au₃₆(SC₆H₁₃)₂₄ Clusters (M = Pt, Pd). The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters. 9(5). 982–989. 61 indexed citations

Kwak, Kyuju, Woojun Choi, Qing Tang, et al.. (2017). A molecule-like PtAu24(SC6H13)18 nanocluster as an electrocatalyst for hydrogen production. Nature Communications. 8(1). 14723–14723. 318 indexed citations

Kwak, Kyuju, Viraj Dhanushka Thanthirige, Kyunglim Pyo, Dongil Lee, & G. Ramakrishna. (2017). Energy Gap Law for Exciton Dynamics in Gold Cluster Molecules. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters. 8(19). 4898–4905. 109 indexed citations

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Kwak, Kyuju, Uday Pratap Azad, Woojun Choi, et al.. (2016). Efficient Oxygen Reduction Electrocatalysts Based on Gold Nanocluster–Graphene Composites. ChemElectroChem. 3(8). 1253–1260. 21 indexed citations

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Pyo, Kyunglim, Viraj Dhanushka Thanthirige, Kyuju Kwak, et al.. (2015). Ultrabright Luminescence from Gold Nanoclusters: Rigidifying the Au(I)–Thiolate Shell. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 137(25). 8244–8250. 526 indexed citations breakdown →

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Weissker, Hans‐Christian, Héctor Barrón, Viraj Dhanushka Thanthirige, et al.. (2014). Information on quantum states pervades the visible spectrum of the ubiquitous Au144(SR)60 gold nanocluster. Nature Communications. 5(1). 3785–3785. 123 indexed citations

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Jana, Atanu, Masatoshi Ishida, Kevin Cho, et al.. (2013). Tetrathiafulvalene-annulated [28]hexaphyrin(1.1.1.1.1.1): a multi-electron donor system subject to conformational control. Chemical Communications. 49(79). 8937–8937. 11 indexed citations

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Kwak, Kyuju, S. Senthil Kumar, Kyunglim Pyo, & Dongil Lee. (2013). Ionic Liquid of a Gold Nanocluster: A Versatile Matrix for Electrochemical Biosensors. ACS Nano. 8(1). 671–679. 126 indexed citations

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Kwak, Kyuju & Dongil Lee. (2012). Electrochemical Characterization of Water-Soluble Au₂₅ Nanoclusters Enabled by Phase-Transfer Reaction. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters. 3(17). 2476–2481. 55 indexed citations

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Kwak, Kyuju, S. Senthil Kumar, & Dongil Lee. (2012). Selective determination of dopamine using quantum-sized gold nanoparticles protected with charge selective ligands. Nanoscale. 4(14). 4240–4240. 58 indexed citations

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Jana, Atanu, Masatoshi Ishida, Kyuju Kwak, et al.. (2012). Comparative Electrochemical and Photophysical Studies of Tetrathiafulvalene‐Annulated Porphyrins and Their Zn^II Complexes: The Effect of Metalation and Structural Variation. Chemistry - A European Journal. 19(1). 338–349. 20 indexed citations

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Kumar, S. Senthil, Kyuju Kwak, & Dongil Lee. (2011). Amperometric Sensing Based on Glutathione Protected Au₂₅ Nanoparticles and Their pH Dependent Electrocatalytic Activity. Electroanalysis. 23(9). 2116–2124. 35 indexed citations

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Devadas, Mary Sajini, Kyuju Kwak, Jung‐Woo Park, et al.. (2010). Directional Electron Transfer in Chromophore-Labeled Quantum-Sized Au₂₅ Clusters: Au₂₅ as an Electron Donor. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters. 1(9). 1497–1503. 113 indexed citations

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Kwak, Kyuju, R. D. King-Smith, & David Vanderbilt. (1993). Column-V acceptors in ZnSe. Physical review. B, Condensed matter. 48(24). 17827–17834. 18 indexed citations

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