Sonny Ly

1.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
28 papers, 977 citations indexed

About

Sonny Ly is a scholar working on Computational Mechanics, Mechanics of Materials and Biophysics. According to data from OpenAlex, Sonny Ly has authored 28 papers receiving a total of 977 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Computational Mechanics, 11 papers in Mechanics of Materials and 6 papers in Biophysics. Recurrent topics in Sonny Ly's work include Laser Material Processing Techniques (11 papers), Laser-induced spectroscopy and plasma (10 papers) and Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques (6 papers). Sonny Ly is often cited by papers focused on Laser Material Processing Techniques (11 papers), Laser-induced spectroscopy and plasma (10 papers) and Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques (6 papers). Sonny Ly collaborates with scholars based in United States, Hungary and Taiwan. Sonny Ly's co-authors include Gabe Guss, Manyalibo J. Matthews, Saad A. Khairallah, Alexander M. Rubenchik, Ted A. Laurence, J. Bude, Nan Shen, Nicholas P. Calta, Philip J. Depond and Michael D. Feit and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, Environmental Science & Technology and Journal of Applied Physics.

In The Last Decade

Sonny Ly

27 papers receiving 946 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.

Metal vapor micro-jet controls material redistribution in laser powder bed fusion additive manufacturing

2017 383 citations Sonny Ly, Alexander M. Rubenchik et al. Scientific Reports profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Sonny Ly United States	15	540	354	285	178	130	28	977
Matt Clark United Kingdom	18	332 0.6×	60 0.2×	76 0.3×	636 3.6×	441 3.4×	80	1.1k
Jingdong Chen China	17	142 0.3×	37 0.1×	175 0.6×	388 2.2×	23 0.2×	64	883
Robert M. Panas United States	15	220 0.4×	252 0.7×	41 0.1×	538 3.0×	32 0.2×	34	1.0k
Alex F. Kaplan United States	13	290 0.5×	63 0.2×	221 0.8×	329 1.8×	89 0.7×	22	1.1k
Yuhang Li China	11	189 0.3×	65 0.2×	36 0.1×	258 1.4×	47 0.4×	37	494
Neil Y. C. Lin United States	15	130 0.2×	68 0.2×	221 0.8×	361 2.0×	130 1.0×	37	1.1k
Shangquan Wu China	18	72 0.1×	153 0.4×	34 0.1×	280 1.6×	23 0.2×	61	946
João M. P. Coelho Portugal	14	89 0.2×	19 0.1×	106 0.4×	221 1.2×	44 0.3×	73	643
A. Salvadori Italy	18	88 0.2×	265 0.7×	74 0.3×	74 0.4×	435 3.3×	71	897
Marcus Ardron United Kingdom	10	91 0.2×	84 0.2×	142 0.5×	216 1.2×	55 0.4×	24	527

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Crowhurst, Jonathan C., et al.. (2024). Using double pulse laser ablation in air to enhance the strength of laser-driven shocks. Optics Express. 32(5). 7053–7053. 1 indexed citations

Ly, Sonny, et al.. (2023). Tamper performance for confined laser drive applications. Optics Express. 31(14). 22532–22532. 5 indexed citations

Hestrin, Rachel, Erin Nuccio, Keith D. Morrison, et al.. (2022). Label-Free Multiphoton Imaging of Microbes in Root, Mineral, and Soil Matrices with Time-Gated Coherent Raman and Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging. Environmental Science & Technology. 56(3). 1994–2008. 18 indexed citations

Crowhurst, Jonathan C., Aric C. Rousso, Sonny Ly, et al.. (2022). Investigating laser ablated plume dynamics of carbon and aluminum targets. Physics of Plasmas. 29(8). 4 indexed citations

Shen, Nan, Alexander M. Rubenchik, Sonny Ly, et al.. (2019). Physics of picosecond pulse laser ablation. Journal of Applied Physics. 125(8). 26 indexed citations

Ly, Sonny, Gabe Guss, Alexander M. Rubenchik, et al.. (2019). Resonance excitation of surface capillary waves to enhance material removal for laser material processing. Scientific Reports. 9(1). 8152–8152. 18 indexed citations

Shen, Nan, J. Bude, Sonny Ly, et al.. (2019). Enhancement of laser material drilling using high-impulse multi-laser melt ejection. Optics Express. 27(14). 19864–19864. 18 indexed citations

Depond, Philip J., Gabe Guss, Sonny Ly, et al.. (2018). In situ measurements of layer roughness during laser powder bed fusion additive manufacturing using low coherence scanning interferometry. Materials & Design. 154. 347–359. 168 indexed citations

Ly, Sonny, Alexander M. Rubenchik, Saad A. Khairallah, Gabe Guss, & Manyalibo J. Matthews. (2017). Metal vapor micro-jet controls material redistribution in laser powder bed fusion additive manufacturing. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 4085–4085. 383 indexed citations breakdown →

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Calta, Nicholas P., Gabe Guss, Sheldon Wu, et al.. (2017). High Speed Hyperspectral Thermal Imaging of the Melt Pool Dynamics During Metal Additive Manufacturing. Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics. 54. ATh4B.2–ATh4B.2. 4 indexed citations

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Laurence, Ted A., Sonny Ly, J. Bude, et al.. (2017). Energy transfer networks: Quasicontinuum photoluminescence linked to high densities of defects. Physical Review Materials. 1(6). 8 indexed citations

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Ly, Sonny, Alexander M. Rubenchik, Gabe Guss, et al.. (2016). Probing melt pool dynamics and particle ejection using high speed optical diagnostics. Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics. 214. AW4J.2–AW4J.2. 1 indexed citations

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Altman, Robin, Sonny Ly, Jitka Petrlová, et al.. (2015). Protective spin-labeled fluorenes maintain amyloid beta peptide in small oligomers and limit transitions in secondary structure. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Proteins and Proteomics. 1854(12). 1860–1870. 8 indexed citations

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Ly, Sonny, et al.. (2014). Quantifying Interactions of a Membrane Protein Embedded in a Lipid Nanodisc using Fluorescence Correlation Spectroscopy. Biophysical Journal. 106(2). L05–L08. 15 indexed citations

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Laurence, Ted A., et al.. (2014). Fluorescence Correlation Spectroscopy at Micromolar Concentrations without Optical Nanoconfinement. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B. 118(32). 9662–9667. 19 indexed citations

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Qian, Fang, Andrew J. Pascall, Mihail Bora, et al.. (2014). On-Demand and Location Selective Particle Assembly via Electrophoretic Deposition for Fabricating Structures with Particle-to-Particle Precision. Langmuir. 31(12). 3563–3568. 32 indexed citations

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Dertinger, Thomas, Alessia Pallaoro, Gary B. Braun, et al.. (2013). Advances in superresolution optical fluctuation imaging (SOFI). Quarterly Reviews of Biophysics. 46(2). 210–221. 40 indexed citations

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Laurence, Ted A., J. Bude, Sonny Ly, Nan Shen, & Michael D. Feit. (2012). Extracting the distribution of laser damage precursors on fused silica surfaces for 351 nm, 3 ns laser pulses at high fluences (20-150 J/cm^2). Optics Express. 20(10). 11561–11561. 83 indexed citations

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Ly, Sonny, Jitka Petrlová, Thomas Huser, et al.. (2011). Stoichiometry of Reconstituted High-Density Lipoproteins in the Hydrated State Determined by Photon Antibunching. Biophysical Journal. 101(4). 970–975. 4 indexed citations

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Gao, Tingjuan, Craig Blanchette, Wei He, et al.. (2010). Characterizing diffusion dynamics of a membrane protein associated with nanolipoproteins using fluorescence correlation spectroscopy. Protein Science. 20(2). 437–447. 25 indexed citations

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