Nanfang Yu

22.6k total citations · 15 hit papers
103 papers, 17.3k citations indexed

About

Nanfang Yu is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Nanfang Yu has authored 103 papers receiving a total of 17.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 43 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 41 papers in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials and 36 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Nanfang Yu's work include Metamaterials and Metasurfaces Applications (38 papers), Plasmonic and Surface Plasmon Research (30 papers) and Photonic and Optical Devices (22 papers). Nanfang Yu is often cited by papers focused on Metamaterials and Metasurfaces Applications (38 papers), Plasmonic and Surface Plasmon Research (30 papers) and Photonic and Optical Devices (22 papers). Nanfang Yu collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and France. Nanfang Yu's co-authors include Federico Capasso, Adam Overvig, Antoinette J. Taylor, Hou‐Tong Chen, Yuan Yang, Jyotirmoy Mandal, Sajan Shrestha, Bozhi Tian, Jinlin Huang and Ying Fang and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Nanfang Yu

99 papers receiving 16.6k citations

Hit Papers

Flat optics with designer metasurfaces 2007 2026 2013 2019 2014 2007 2016 2018 2015 1000 2.0k 3.0k 4.0k
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. Flat optics with designer metasurfaces
    2014 4.3k citations Nanfang Yu, Federico Capasso Nature Materials profile →
  2. Coaxial silicon nanowires as solar cells and nanoelectronic power sources
    2007 2.5k citations Nanfang Yu et al. profile →
  3. A review of metasurfaces: physics and applications
    2016 1.7k citations Nanfang Yu et al. profile →
  4. Hierarchically porous polymer coatings for highly efficient passive daytime radiative cooling
    2018 1.7k citations Jyotirmoy Mandal, Yanke Fu et al. Science profile →
  5. Keeping cool: Enhanced optical reflection and radiative heat dissipation in Saharan silver ants
    2015 614 citations Norman Nan Shi, Cheng‐Chia Tsai et al. Science profile →
  6. Broadband achromatic dielectric metalenses
    2018 543 citations Sajan Shrestha, Adam Overvig et al. profile →
  7. Paints as a Scalable and Effective Radiative Cooling Technology for Buildings
    2020 451 citations Jyotirmoy Mandal, Yuan Yang et al. Joule profile →
  8. Ultra-thin plasmonic optical vortex plate based on phase discontinuities
    2012 434 citations Nanfang Yu, Federico Capasso et al. profile →
  9. Dielectric Metasurfaces for Complete and Independent Control of Optical Amplitude and Phase
    2019 366 citations Adam Overvig, Sajan Shrestha et al. arXiv (Cornell University) profile →
  10. Controlling propagation and coupling of waveguide modes using phase-gradient metasurfaces
    2017 346 citations Zhaoyi Li, Sajan Shrestha et al. profile →
  11. Colored and paintable bilayer coatings with high solar-infrared reflectance for efficient cooling
    2020 292 citations Jyotirmoy Mandal, Cheng‐Chia Tsai et al. profile →
  12. Chiral Quasi-Bound States in the Continuum
    2021 291 citations Adam Overvig, Nanfang Yu et al. Physical Review Letters profile →
  13. Porous Polymers with Switchable Optical Transmittance for Optical and Thermal Regulation
    2019 288 citations Jyotirmoy Mandal, Adam Overvig et al. Joule profile →
  14. Designing Mesoporous Photonic Structures for High-Performance Passive Daytime Radiative Cooling
    2021 189 citations Jyotirmoy Mandal, Nanfang Yu et al. profile →
  15. Multifunctional resonant wavefront-shaping meta-optics based on multilayer and multi-perturbation nonlocal metasurfaces
    2022 142 citations Stephanie C. Malek, Adam Overvig et al. profile →

Peers

Nanfang Yu
Xiaobo Yin United States
Min Qiu China
Junsuk Rho South Korea
Miṅ Gu Australia
Zongfu Yu United States
Mikhail A. Kats United States
Shining Zhu China
Baohua Jia Australia
Heon Lee South Korea
Xiangang Luo China
Xiaobo Yin United States
Nanfang Yu
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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Nanfang Yu

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Nanfang Yu. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Nanfang Yu 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 Nanfang Yu. Nanfang Yu 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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Valencia‐Montoya, Wendy A., Marjorie A. Liénard, Neil Rosser, et al.. (2025). Infrared radiation is an ancient pollination signal. Science. 390(6778). 1164–1170. 1 indexed citations
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Kahn, Jason S., Brian Minevich, Aaron Michelson, et al.. (2025). Encoding hierarchical 3D architecture through inverse design of programmable bonds. Nature Materials. 24(8). 1273–1282. 6 indexed citations
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Wu, Zhicheng, Xiaoyan Huang, Nanfang Yu, & Zongfu Yu. (2024). Inverse Design of a Dielectric Metasurface by the Spatial Coupled Mode Theory. ACS Photonics. 11(8). 3019–3025. 6 indexed citations
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Liénard, Marjorie A., David Báez-Nieto, Cheng‐Chia Tsai, et al.. (2024). TRPA5 encodes a thermosensitive ankyrin ion channel receptor in a triatomine insect. iScience. 27(4). 109541–109541. 2 indexed citations
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Huang, Xiaoyan, Weijun Yuan, Minho Kwon, et al.. (2023). Metasurface holographic optical traps for ultracold atoms. Progress in Quantum Electronics. 89. 100470–100470. 26 indexed citations
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Childers, Richard Rabideau, Gary D. Bernard, Cheng‐Chia Tsai, et al.. (2023). A hypothesis for robust polarization vision: an example from the Australian imperial blue butterfly,Jalmenus evagoras. Journal of Experimental Biology. 226(7). 1 indexed citations
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Yu, Nanfang. (2023). Systems and methods for radiative cooling and heating. OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information). 4 indexed citations
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Liénard, Marjorie A., Gary D. Bernard, Jean‐Marc Lassance, et al.. (2021). The evolution of red color vision is linked to coordinated rhodopsin tuning in lycaenid butterflies. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 118(6). 34 indexed citations
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Malek, Stephanie C., Adam Overvig, Sajan Shrestha, & Nanfang Yu. (2020). Resonant Wavefront-Shaping Metasurfaces Based on QuasiBound States in the Continuum. Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics. FTu4Q.2–FTu4Q.2. 2 indexed citations
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Mandal, Jyotirmoy, Yuan Yang, Nanfang Yu, & Aaswath P. Raman. (2020). Paints as a Scalable and Effective Radiative Cooling Technology for Buildings. Joule. 4(7). 1350–1356. 451 indexed citations breakdown →
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Overvig, Adam, Stephanie C. Malek, Sajan Shrestha, & Nanfang Yu. (2019). Symmetry-Broken High Contrast Gratings. Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics. FF2A.5–FF2A.5. 1 indexed citations
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Shrestha, Sajan, Adam Overvig, & Nanfang Yu. (2019). Multi-Element Meta-Lens Systems for Imaging. Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics. 2 indexed citations
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Li, Zhaoyi, Yibo Zhu, Yufeng Hao, et al.. (2019). Hybrid Metasurface-Based Mid-Infrared Biosensor for Simultaneous Quantification and Identification of Monolayer Protein. ACS Photonics. 6(2). 501–509. 58 indexed citations
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Overvig, Adam, Stephanie C. Malek, Michael J. Carter, Sajan Shrestha, & Nanfang Yu. (2019). Selection Rules for Symmetry-Protected Bound States in the Continuum. arXiv (Cornell University). 4 indexed citations
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Overvig, Adam, et al.. (2019). Enhancement of Harmonic Generation in Gases Using an all-Dielectric Metasurface. Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics. 1 indexed citations
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Overvig, Adam, Sajan Shrestha, Stephanie C. Malek, et al.. (2019). Dielectric Metasurfaces for Complete and Independent Control of Optical Amplitude and Phase. arXiv (Cornell University). 366 indexed citations breakdown →
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Shrestha, Sajan, Aseema Mohanty, Xingchen Ji, et al.. (2019). Micron-Scale. Efficient, Robust Phase Modulators in the Visible. Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics. 2 indexed citations
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Mandal, Jyotirmoy, Yanke Fu, Adam Overvig, et al.. (2018). Hierarchically porous polymer coatings for highly efficient passive daytime radiative cooling. Science. 362(6412). 315–319. 1662 indexed citations breakdown →
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Wu, Chongzhao, et al.. (2017). Variable Emissivity Coatings Based on Plasmonic Metasurfaces Integrated with Phase-Transition Materials. Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics. FM1H.5–FM1H.5. 1 indexed citations
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Yu, Nanfang, Laurent Diehl, Ertugrul Cubukcu, et al.. (2009). Coherent Coupling of Multiple Transverse Modes in Quantum Cascade Lasers. Physical Review Letters. 102(1). 13901–13901. 43 indexed citations

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