Rongkuo Zhao

3.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
42 papers, 2.5k citations indexed

About

Rongkuo Zhao 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, Rongkuo Zhao has authored 42 papers receiving a total of 2.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 30 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 18 papers in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials and 16 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Rongkuo Zhao's work include Metamaterials and Metasurfaces Applications (15 papers), Quantum Electrodynamics and Casimir Effect (12 papers) and Thermal Radiation and Cooling Technologies (9 papers). Rongkuo Zhao is often cited by papers focused on Metamaterials and Metasurfaces Applications (15 papers), Quantum Electrodynamics and Casimir Effect (12 papers) and Thermal Radiation and Cooling Technologies (9 papers). Rongkuo Zhao collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and United Kingdom. Rongkuo Zhao's co-authors include Costas M. Soukoulis, Thomas Koschny, J. B. Pendry, Jiangfeng Zhou, Yu Luo, E. N. Economou, Philippe Tassin, Aditya Jain, Lei Zhang and L. Zhang and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Rongkuo Zhao

40 papers receiving 2.4k citations

Hit Papers

Diatomic Metasurface for Vectorial Holography 2018 2026 2020 2023 2018 100 200 300
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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. Diatomic Metasurface for Vectorial Holography
    2018 324 citations Rongkuo Zhao 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
Rongkuo Zhao United States 22 1.6k 1.3k 982 712 640 42 2.5k
Philippe Tassin Belgium 24 1.9k 1.2× 1.4k 1.1× 1.7k 1.8× 619 0.9× 1.1k 1.7× 64 2.9k
David A. Powell Australia 32 1.7k 1.1× 971 0.8× 1.4k 1.4× 1.0k 1.4× 823 1.3× 122 3.0k
Rasoul Alaee Germany 23 1.6k 1.0× 970 0.8× 1.4k 1.4× 770 1.1× 527 0.8× 52 2.3k
Chaobiao Zhou China 25 1.9k 1.2× 1.1k 0.8× 1.7k 1.7× 866 1.2× 883 1.4× 73 2.7k
Mykhailo Tymchenko United States 23 1.7k 1.0× 1.3k 1.0× 1.6k 1.6× 498 0.7× 818 1.3× 37 2.6k
Dongliang Gao China 18 1.3k 0.8× 1.1k 0.9× 1.0k 1.0× 560 0.8× 374 0.6× 58 2.3k
Muhan Choi South Korea 20 1.2k 0.7× 640 0.5× 954 1.0× 536 0.8× 1.1k 1.7× 70 2.3k
Alexander S. Shalin Russia 29 998 0.6× 1.4k 1.1× 1.4k 1.5× 366 0.5× 643 1.0× 124 2.3k
Sergei V. Zhukovsky Denmark 24 1.1k 0.7× 1.1k 0.8× 764 0.8× 462 0.6× 595 0.9× 69 1.9k
Sergey Lepeshov Russia 16 1.4k 0.9× 1.1k 0.9× 1.5k 1.5× 521 0.7× 969 1.5× 31 2.5k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Rongkuo Zhao

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Rongkuo Zhao

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Tabery, Cyrus, Jiuning Hu, Rongkuo Zhao, et al.. (2024). Computational lithography and patterning evaluation to support EUV high-NA stitching. 28–28. 1 indexed citations
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Yang, Sui, Wei Bao, Xiaoze Liu, et al.. (2021). Subwavelength-scale lasing perovskite with ultrahigh Purcell enhancement. Matter. 4(12). 4042–4050. 27 indexed citations
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Zhao, Rongkuo, Lin Li, Sui Yang, et al.. (2019). Stable Casimir equilibria and quantum trapping. Science. 364(6444). 984–987. 76 indexed citations
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Song, Y. Z., et al.. (2019). Facile Synthesis of Mn3O4@SWCNT Nanoparticles and Their Application in Supercapacitors. Russian Journal of Physical Chemistry A. 93(10). 2072–2078. 1 indexed citations
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Bachelard, Nicolas, Chad Ropp, Marc Dubois, et al.. (2017). Emergence of an enslaved phononic bandgap in a non-equilibrium pseudo-crystal. Nature Materials. 16(8). 808–813. 24 indexed citations
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Pendry, J. B., Yu Luo, & Rongkuo Zhao. (2015). Transforming the optical landscape. Science. 348(6234). 521–524. 90 indexed citations
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Zhao, Rongkuo, Thomas Koschny, E. N. Economou, & Costas M. Soukoulis. (2014). Repulsive Casimir forces with finite-thickness functional slabs. arXiv (Cornell University).
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Kim, Teun-Teun, Sang Soon Oh, Hyunsung Park, et al.. (2014). Optical Activity Enhanced by Strong Inter-molecular Coupling in Planar Chiral Metamaterials. Scientific Reports. 4(1). 5864–5864. 34 indexed citations
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Kenanakis, George, Rongkuo Zhao, N. Katsarakis, et al.. (2014). Optically controllable THz chiral metamaterials. Optics Express. 22(10). 12149–12149. 67 indexed citations
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Luo, Yu, Rongkuo Zhao, & J. B. Pendry. (2014). van der Waals interactions at the nanoscale: The effects of nonlocality. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 111(52). 18422–18427. 99 indexed citations
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Zhao, Rongkuo, Yu Luo, Antonio I. Fernández‐Domínguez, & J. B. Pendry. (2013). Description of van der Waals Interactions Using Transformation Optics. Physical Review Letters. 111(3). 33602–33602. 19 indexed citations
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Tassin, Philippe, Lei Zhang, Rongkuo Zhao, et al.. (2012). Electromagnetically Induced Transparency and Absorption in Metamaterials: The Radiating Two-Oscillator Model and Its Experimental Confirmation. Physical Review Letters. 109(18). 187401–187401. 286 indexed citations
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Zhao, Rongkuo, Alejandro Manjavacas, F. Javier Garcı́a de Abajo, & J. B. Pendry. (2012). Rotational Quantum Friction. Physical Review Letters. 109(12). 123604–123604. 107 indexed citations
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Zhao, Rongkuo, L. Zhang, Jiangfeng Zhou, Thomas Koschny, & Costas M. Soukoulis. (2011). Conjugated gammadion chiral metamaterial with uniaxial optical activity and negative refractive index. Physical Review B. 83(3). 205 indexed citations
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Zhao, Rongkuo, Philippe Tassin, Thomas Koschny, & Costas M. Soukoulis. (2010). Optical forces in nanowire pairs and metamaterials. Optics Express. 18(25). 25665–25665. 54 indexed citations
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Çakmak, Atilla Özgür, et al.. (2010). Transmission enhancement through deep subwavelength apertures using connected split ring resonators. Optics Express. 18(4). 3952–3952. 13 indexed citations
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McCauley, Alexander P., Rongkuo Zhao, M. T. Homer Reid, et al.. (2010). Microstructure effects for Casimir forces in chiral metamaterials. Physical Review B. 82(16). 30 indexed citations
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Zhao, Rongkuo, Jiangfeng Zhou, Thomas Koschny, E. N. Economou, & Costas M. Soukoulis. (2009). Repulsive Casimir Force in Chiral Metamaterials. Physical Review Letters. 103(10). 103602–103602. 190 indexed citations
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Zhao, Rongkuo, Tianrui Zhai, Zhaona Wang, Yan Wang, & Dunyu Liu. (2008). High transmission with narrow bandwidth of metallic defect mode in 1-D dielectric photonic crystals. Applied Physics B. 93(4). 853–857. 2 indexed citations
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Wang, Zhaona, Tianrui Zhai, Rongkuo Zhao, & Dahe Liu. (2008). The influence of asymmetric expansion properties and random fluctuation on the bandwidth of a hologram. Journal of Optics A Pure and Applied Optics. 10(8). 85205–85205. 1 indexed citations

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