Stephen U. S. Choi

21.5k total citations · 10 hit papers
47 papers, 18.6k citations indexed

About

Stephen U. S. Choi is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Stephen U. S. Choi has authored 47 papers receiving a total of 18.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 32 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 24 papers in Mechanical Engineering and 9 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Stephen U. S. Choi's work include Nanofluid Flow and Heat Transfer (31 papers), Heat Transfer and Optimization (20 papers) and Heat Transfer Mechanisms (9 papers). Stephen U. S. Choi is often cited by papers focused on Nanofluid Flow and Heat Transfer (31 papers), Heat Transfer and Optimization (20 papers) and Heat Transfer Mechanisms (9 papers). Stephen U. S. Choi collaborates with scholars based in United States, South Korea and Italy. Stephen U. S. Choi's co-authors include Seok Pil Jang, Xinwei Wang, Xianfan Xu, Sarit K. Das, Hrishikesh Patel, Kyo Sik Hwang, Chan Hee Chon, Kenneth D. Kihm, Wenhua Yu and David M. France and has published in prestigious journals such as Applied Physics Letters, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science and Physical Review A.

In The Last Decade

Stephen U. S. Choi

46 papers receiving 17.8k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Enhancing Thermal Conductivity of Fluids With Nanoparticles

1995 8.1k citations Stephen U. S. Choi profile →
Thermal Conductivity of Nanoparticle - Fluid Mixture

1999 2.0k citations Stephen U. S. Choi et al. profile →
Role of Brownian motion in the enhanced thermal conductivity of nanofluids

2004 1.3k citations Seok Pil Jang, Stephen U. S. Choi Applied Physics Letters profile →
Empirical correlation finding the role of temperature and particle size for nanofluid (Al2O3) thermal conductivity enhancement

2005 1.1k citations Chan Hee Chon, Kenneth D. Kihm et al. Applied Physics Letters profile →
Heat Transfer in Nanofluids—A Review

2006 1.1k citations Sarit K. Das, Stephen U. S. Choi et al. Heat Transfer Engineering profile →
Review and Comparison of Nanofluid Thermal Conductivity and Heat Transfer Enhancements

2008 990 citations Wenhua Yu, Stephen U. S. Choi et al. Heat Transfer Engineering profile →
Effective viscosities and thermal conductivities of aqueous nanofluids containing low volume concentrations of Al2O3 nanoparticles

2008 657 citations Ji-Hwan Lee, Kyo Sik Hwang et al. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer profile →
Nanofluids

2007 646 citations Sarit K. Das, Stephen U. S. Choi et al. profile →
Nanofluids: From Vision to Reality Through Research

2009 566 citations Stephen U. S. Choi profile →
Flow and convective heat transfer characteristics of water-based Al2O3 nanofluids in fully developed laminar flow regime

2008 516 citations Kyo Sik Hwang, Seok Pil Jang et al. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer profile →

Peers

Stephen U. S. Choi

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Soo-Chang Choi United States

M. Sheikholeslami Iran

Jacopo Buongiorno United States

Yimin Xuan China

Ravi Prasher United States

M. Hatami Iran

S. M. Sohel Murshed Portugal

Peixue Jiang China

Patrice Estellé France

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Choi, Stephen U. S.. (2023). Enhanced heat transfer using nanofluids. OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information). 4 indexed citations

Choi, Stephen U. S., Roberto Onofrio, & Bala Sundaram. (2015). Ehrenfest approach to open double-well dynamics. Physical Review E. 92(4). 42907–42907. 6 indexed citations

Lee, Ji‐Hwan, et al.. (2012). Production of aqueous spherical gold nanoparticles using conventional ultrasonic bath. Nanoscale Research Letters. 7(1). 420–420. 48 indexed citations

Kihm, Kenneth D., Chan Hee Chon, Joon Sik Lee, & Stephen U. S. Choi. (2011). A new heat propagation velocity prevails over Brownian particle velocities in determining the thermal conductivities of nanofluids. Nanoscale Research Letters. 6(1). 361–361. 16 indexed citations

Choi, Stephen U. S., Yogesh Jaluria, Oronzio Manca, & Liqiu Wang. (2011). Special issue on nanofluids. Nanoscale Research Letters. 6(1). 99–99. 2 indexed citations

Choi, Chul Jin, Seok Pil Jang, & Stephen U. S. Choi. (2011). Electrokinetic effects of charged nanoparticles in microfluidic Couette flow. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. 363(1). 59–63. 13 indexed citations

Rhee, Chang‐Kyu, Junemo Koo, Jae-Keun Lee, et al.. (2011). Round-robin test on thermal conductivity measurement of ZnO nanofluids and comparison of experimental results with theoretical bounds. Nanoscale Research Letters. 6(1). 258–258. 14 indexed citations

Lee, Ji-Hwan, Seung‐Hyun Lee, Chul Jin Choi, Seok Pil Jang, & Stephen U. S. Choi. (2010). A Review of Thermal Conductivity Data, Mechanisms and Models for Nanofluids. 1(4). 269–322. 189 indexed citations

Lee, Ji-Hwan, Kyo Sik Hwang, Seok Pil Jang, et al.. (2008). Effective viscosities and thermal conductivities of aqueous nanofluids containing low volume concentrations of Al2O3 nanoparticles. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer. 51(11-12). 2651–2656. 657 indexed citations breakdown →

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Jang, Seok Pil, Ji-Hwan Lee, Kyo Sik Hwang, & Stephen U. S. Choi. (2007). Particle concentration and tube size dependence of viscosities of Al2O3-water nanofluids flowing through micro- and minitubes. Applied Physics Letters. 91(24). 89 indexed citations

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Das, Sarit K., Stephen U. S. Choi, & Hrishikesh Patel. (2006). Heat Transfer in Nanofluids—A Review. Heat Transfer Engineering. 27(10). 3–19. 1061 indexed citations breakdown →

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Yu, Wenhua & Stephen U. S. Choi. (2006). Influence of insulation coating on thermal conductivity measurement by transient hot-wire method. Review of Scientific Instruments. 77(7). 24 indexed citations

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Jang, Seok Pil, et al.. (2005). Motion of Nanoparticles in Nanofluids Under an Electric Field. 497–501. 14 indexed citations

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Chon, Chan Hee, et al.. (2005). Empirical correlation finding the role of temperature and particle size for nanofluid (Al2O3) thermal conductivity enhancement. Applied Physics Letters. 87(15). 1094 indexed citations breakdown →

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Jang, Seok Pil & Stephen U. S. Choi. (2004). Role of Brownian motion in the enhanced thermal conductivity of nanofluids. Applied Physics Letters. 84(21). 4316–4318. 1321 indexed citations breakdown →

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Yu, Wenhua, J.R. Hull, & Stephen U. S. Choi. (2003). TED-AJ03-384 STABLE AND HIGHLY CONDUCTIVE NANOFLUIDS-EXPERIMENTAL AND THEORETICAL STUDIES. 2003(6). 30. 6 indexed citations

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Yu, Wenhua & Stephen U. S. Choi. (2002). Analysis of Thermal Conductivity and Convective Heat Transfer in Nanotube Suspensions. 205–206. 2 indexed citations

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Choi, Stephen U. S., et al.. (1996). Application of Metallic Nanoparticle Suspensions in Advanced Cooling Systems. 227–234. 179 indexed citations

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Choi, Stephen U. S.. (1995). Enhancing Thermal Conductivity of Fluids With Nanoparticles. 99–105. 8087 indexed citations breakdown →

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Cho, Young I., et al.. (1991). A study of turbulent heat transfer in a sudden-expansion pipe with drag-reducing viscoelastic fluid. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer. 34(4-5). 1195–1208. 10 indexed citations

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