Nicholas X. Fang

33.4k total citations · 16 hit papers
270 papers, 27.0k citations indexed

About

Nicholas X. Fang is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Nicholas X. Fang has authored 270 papers receiving a total of 27.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 179 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 90 papers in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials and 52 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Nicholas X. Fang's work include Metamaterials and Metasurfaces Applications (64 papers), Plasmonic and Surface Plasmon Research (55 papers) and Acoustic Wave Phenomena Research (49 papers). Nicholas X. Fang is often cited by papers focused on Metamaterials and Metasurfaces Applications (64 papers), Plasmonic and Surface Plasmon Research (55 papers) and Acoustic Wave Phenomena Research (49 papers). Nicholas X. Fang collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Hong Kong. Nicholas X. Fang's co-authors include Xiang Zhang, Cheng Sun, Hyesog Lee, Howon Lee, Qi Ge, Werayut Srituravanich, Christopher M. Spadaccini, Chunguang Xia, Kin Hung Fung and Muralidhar Ambati and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Nicholas X. Fang

261 papers receiving 26.0k citations

Hit Papers

Sub-Diffraction-Limited Optical Imaging with a Silver Sup... 2004 2026 2011 2018 2005 2014 2006 2004 2016 1000 2.0k 3.0k
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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. Sub-Diffraction-Limited Optical Imaging with a Silver Superlens
    2005 3.1k citations Nicholas X. Fang et al. profile →
  2. Ultralight, ultrastiff mechanical metamaterials
    2014 1.8k citations Todd H. Weisgraber, Maxim Shusteff et al. profile →
  3. Ultrasonic metamaterials with negative modulus
    2006 1.6k citations Nicholas X. Fang et al. profile →
  4. Terahertz Magnetic Response from Artificial Materials
    2004 1.2k citations Nicholas X. Fang et al. profile →
  5. Polaritons in layered two-dimensional materials
    2016 961 citations Nicholas X. Fang et al. profile →
  6. Multimaterial 4D Printing with Tailorable Shape Memory Polymers
    2016 876 citations Qi Ge, Nicholas X. Fang et al. profile →
  7. Ultrabroadband Light Absorption by a Sawtooth Anisotropic Metamaterial Slab
    2012 851 citations Nicholas X. Fang et al. profile →
  8. Hydraulic hydrogel actuators and robots optically and sonically camouflaged in water
    2017 848 citations Chu Ma, Nicholas X. Fang et al. Nature Communications profile →
  9. Broadband Acoustic Cloak for Ultrasound Waves
    2011 758 citations Chunguang Xia, Nicholas X. Fang et al. Physical Review Letters profile →
  10. Mechanical Metamaterials and Their Engineering Applications
    2019 703 citations Huifeng Du, Xiang Xiong et al. Advanced Engineering Materials profile →
  11. Projection micro-stereolithography using digital micro-mirror dynamic mask
    2005 685 citations Nicholas X. Fang et al. profile →
  12. Multiscale metallic metamaterials
    2016 683 citations Nicholas X. Fang, Todd H. Weisgraber et al. profile →
  13. Focusing Ultrasound with an Acoustic Metamaterial Network
    2009 494 citations Nicholas X. Fang et al. Physical Review Letters profile →
  14. Lightweight Mechanical Metamaterials with Tunable Negative Thermal Expansion
    2016 414 citations Qi Ge, Christopher M. Spadaccini et al. Physical Review Letters profile →
  15. Broadband Light Management with Thermochromic Hydrogel Microparticles for Smart Windows
    2018 359 citations Xin‐Hao Li, Chang Liu et al. Joule profile →
  16. Projection micro stereolithography based 3D printing and its applications
    2020 355 citations Qi Ge, Kavin Kowsari et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Nicholas X. Fang United States 69 15.9k 10.0k 5.6k 4.9k 4.6k 270 27.0k
Huajian Gao United States 115 13.1k 0.8× 2.9k 0.3× 18.1k 3.2× 6.4k 1.3× 5.9k 1.3× 799 57.3k
Xixiang Zhang Saudi Arabia 73 9.5k 0.6× 9.5k 1.0× 1.7k 0.3× 4.0k 0.8× 8.9k 2.0× 509 29.2k
Chengkuo Lee Singapore 100 22.8k 1.4× 5.0k 0.5× 7.5k 1.3× 4.3k 0.9× 15.1k 3.3× 739 35.0k
Daining Fang China 96 7.5k 0.5× 4.6k 0.5× 16.4k 2.9× 780 0.2× 5.3k 1.2× 989 36.6k
Yanlin Song China 103 15.1k 0.9× 3.5k 0.4× 2.7k 0.5× 5.4k 1.1× 17.7k 3.9× 719 43.1k
Paul V. Braun United States 78 7.4k 0.5× 5.1k 0.5× 2.2k 0.4× 5.6k 1.1× 8.9k 2.0× 412 25.7k
Dimos Poulikakos Switzerland 87 9.6k 0.6× 1.3k 0.1× 5.8k 1.0× 1.1k 0.2× 6.4k 1.4× 539 27.4k
Sheng Liu China 70 5.0k 0.3× 2.3k 0.2× 4.0k 0.7× 2.0k 0.4× 8.1k 1.8× 1.2k 20.3k
Yong‐Wei Zhang Singapore 96 6.2k 0.4× 2.8k 0.3× 6.0k 1.1× 3.0k 0.6× 11.6k 2.5× 791 37.2k
Zhigang Suo United States 132 36.8k 2.3× 3.8k 0.4× 16.7k 3.0× 2.6k 0.5× 11.2k 2.4× 510 63.4k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Nicholas X. Fang

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Liu, Chang, Xiaoyun Yan, Bolei Deng, et al.. (2025). A metre-scale vertical origami hydrogel panel for atmospheric water harvesting in Death Valley. Nature Water. 3(6). 714–722. 9 indexed citations
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Zhang, Tianye, Jinhu Zhang, Sichao Qu, et al.. (2025). Soft Metalens for Broadband Ultrasonic Focusing through Aberration Layers. Nature Communications. 16(1). 308–308. 5 indexed citations
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Chu, Hongchen, Xiang Xiong, Nicholas X. Fang, et al.. (2024). Matte surfaces with broadband transparency enabled by highly asymmetric diffusion of white light. Science Advances. 10(11). eadm8061–eadm8061. 18 indexed citations
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Zhang, Tianye, Jinhu Zhang, Sichao Qu, et al.. (2024). Ultra-broadband Transcranial Ultrasound by Acoustic Phase-only Hologram with a Tungsten Metalens. 6. 1–9. 1 indexed citations
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Zhang, Jinhu, et al.. (2024). Acoustic soft metacollimator by broadband digital phase encoding. Physical Review Applied. 22(1). 2 indexed citations
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Liu, Zhiguang, Minkun Cai, Shenda Hong, et al.. (2024). Data-driven inverse design of flexible pressure sensors. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 121(28). e2320222121–e2320222121. 34 indexed citations
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Liu, Chang, Sijia Wang, Shien‐Ping Feng, & Nicholas X. Fang. (2023). Portable green energy out of the blue: hydrogel-based energy conversion devices. The HKU Scholars Hub (University of Hong Kong). 14 indexed citations
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Qu, Sichao, Min Yang, Yunfei Xu, Songwen Xiao, & Nicholas X. Fang. (2023). Reverberation time control by acoustic metamaterials in a small room. Building and Environment. 244. 110753–110753. 11 indexed citations
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Ichikawa, Atsushi, et al.. (2023). Lightweight stiffness-dominated acoustic metamaterial barrier for low-frequency sound. Journal of Applied Physics. 134(5). 3 indexed citations
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Kim, Woo Young, Sang Hoon Lee, Sin Kwon, et al.. (2023). Quasi-seamless stitching for large-area micropatterned surfaces enabled by Fourier spectral analysis of moiré patterns. Nature Communications. 14(1). 2202–2202. 19 indexed citations
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Shen, Chen, Charles A. Rohde, Junfei Li, et al.. (2022). Anisotropic Metallic Microlattice Structures for Underwater Operations. Advanced Engineering Materials. 25(6). 4 indexed citations
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Kim, Seok, et al.. (2021). Scalable 3D printing of aperiodic cellular structures by rotational stacking of integral image formation. Science Advances. 7(38). eabh1200–eabh1200. 28 indexed citations
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Liu, Chenkai, Jinjie Shi, Wei Zhao, et al.. (2021). Three-Dimensional Soundproof Acoustic Metacage. Physical Review Letters. 127(8). 84301–84301. 74 indexed citations
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Li, Xinhao, et al.. (2019). Projection lithography patterned high-resolution quantum dots/thiol-ene photo-polymer pixels for color down conversion. Optics Express. 27(21). 30864–30864. 28 indexed citations
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Li, Xin‐Hao, Chang Liu, Shien‐Ping Feng, & Nicholas X. Fang. (2018). Broadband Light Management with Thermochromic Hydrogel Microparticles for Smart Windows. Joule. 3(1). 290–302. 359 indexed citations breakdown →
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Liu, Zhiguang, Huifeng Du, Jiafang Li, et al.. (2018). Nano-kirigami with giant optical chirality. Science Advances. 4(7). eaat4436–eaat4436. 255 indexed citations
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Kowsari, Kavin, Saeed Akbari, Dong Wang, Nicholas X. Fang, & Qi Ge. (2018). High-Efficiency High-Resolution Multimaterial Fabrication for Digital Light Processing-Based Three-Dimensional Printing. 3D Printing and Additive Manufacturing. 5(3). 185–193. 132 indexed citations
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Shusteff, Maxim, Allison E. Browar, Brett Kelly, et al.. (2017). One-step volumetric additive manufacturing of complex polymer structures. Science Advances. 3(12). eaao5496–eaao5496. 280 indexed citations
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Klug, Matthew T., Steven E. Kooi, Dong Soo Yun, et al.. (2014). Assembly of a Bacteriophage-Based Template for the Organization of Materials into Nanoporous Networks. DSpace@MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology). 62 indexed citations
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Feng, Liang, Derek J. Milner, Chunguang Xia, et al.. (2010). Xenopus Laevis as a Novel Model to Study Long Bone Critical-Size Defect Repair by Growth Factor-Mediated Regeneration. Tissue Engineering Part A. 17(5-6). 691–701. 10 indexed citations

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