Suk‐kyun Ahn

4.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
78 papers, 3.4k citations indexed

About

Suk‐kyun Ahn is a scholar working on Polymers and Plastics, Biomedical Engineering and Mechanical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Suk‐kyun Ahn has authored 78 papers receiving a total of 3.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 34 papers in Polymers and Plastics, 28 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 27 papers in Mechanical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Suk‐kyun Ahn's work include Advanced Materials and Mechanics (26 papers), Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials (21 papers) and Polymer composites and self-healing (20 papers). Suk‐kyun Ahn is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Materials and Mechanics (26 papers), Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials (21 papers) and Polymer composites and self-healing (20 papers). Suk‐kyun Ahn collaborates with scholars based in South Korea, United States and France. Suk‐kyun Ahn's co-authors include Rajeswari M. Kasi, Yuxiang Zhou, Nitin Sharma, Seong-Cheol Kim, Prashant Deshmukh, Subi Choi, Kyung Min Lee, Timothy J. White, Il Tae Kim and Sungmin Park and has published in prestigious journals such as Advanced Materials, Nature Communications and ACS Nano.

In The Last Decade

Suk‐kyun Ahn

76 papers receiving 3.3k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Stimuli-responsive polymer gels

2008 554 citations Suk‐kyun Ahn, Rajeswari M. Kasi et al. Soft Matter profile →
Human-muscle-inspired single fibre actuator with reversible percolation

2022 157 citations In Ho Kim, Subi Choi et al. Nature Nanotechnology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Suk‐kyun Ahn South Korea	30	1.4k	1.3k	1.0k	785	705	78	3.4k
Toshikazu Takigawa Japan	32	1.7k 1.2×	1.4k 1.1×	1.4k 1.3×	908 1.2×	519 0.7×	163	4.5k
Gehong Su China	33	1.9k 1.4×	573 0.5×	1.1k 1.1×	1.1k 1.4×	349 0.5×	90	3.7k
Jie Wei China	35	1.9k 1.4×	831 0.7×	443 0.4×	1.5k 1.9×	509 0.7×	126	4.2k
Carlos Sánchez‐Somolinos Spain	31	1.3k 1.0×	1.3k 1.0×	932 0.9×	1.1k 1.4×	788 1.1×	133	3.7k
Jeong Jae Wie South Korea	30	1.9k 1.4×	2.1k 1.7×	1.8k 1.7×	1.1k 1.4×	542 0.8×	106	5.0k
Bing Yu China	33	1.4k 1.0×	591 0.5×	1.4k 1.4×	1.1k 1.4×	1.3k 1.8×	134	3.7k
Jize Liu China	31	1.3k 1.0×	405 0.3×	845 0.8×	808 1.0×	358 0.5×	74	2.7k
Qinfeng Rong China	23	1.8k 1.3×	500 0.4×	1.0k 1.0×	522 0.7×	153 0.2×	40	3.0k
Baoping Lin China	38	1.8k 1.3×	1.6k 1.2×	1.4k 1.3×	1.6k 2.0×	553 0.8×	125	4.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Suk‐kyun Ahn

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20 of 20 papers shown

Choi, Subi & Suk‐kyun Ahn. (2025). Supramolecular Liquid Crystal Elastomer Adhesives: Role of Internal Damping and Hydrogen Bonding. Advanced Functional Materials. 35(48).

Lee, Jae Ah, Gunwoo Noh, Young‐Chul Song, et al.. (2025). Reconfigurable fiber actuators with crystallized liquid crystal elastomer and carbon nanotube composites. Sensors and Actuators B Chemical. 442. 138107–138107. 1 indexed citations

Lee, Dong Hun, et al.. (2025). Data-driven engineering and analysis of polymer composites with high thermal conductivity. Composites Science and Technology. 272. 111400–111400. 1 indexed citations

Lee, Je‐Jun, Changsoon Choi, Jihyun Kim, et al.. (2025). Polarization-sensitive in-sensor computing in chiral organic integrated 2D p-n heterostructures for mixed-multimodal image processing. Nature Communications. 16(1). 4624–4624. 8 indexed citations

Choi, Subi, et al.. (2024). Harnessing Extreme Internal Damping in Polyrotaxane‐Incorporated Liquid Crystal Elastomers for Pressure‐Sensitive Adhesives. Advanced Functional Materials. 35(3). 6 indexed citations

Ahn, Suk‐kyun, et al.. (2024). Photo-annealed electrospun TiO2 nanofibers as ion-storage layer for self-rechargeable Zn-based electrochromic energy storage device. Journal of Power Sources. 621. 235308–235308. 6 indexed citations

Lee, Seungjae, Min Chan Kim, S. Devaraju, et al.. (2024). Better together: integrating adhesion and ion conductivity in composite binders for high-performance silicon anodes. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 13(12). 8355–8367. 3 indexed citations

Kim, Kitae, et al.. (2023). Rapid and spatially programmed electrostatic actuation of anisotropic polymers. Chemical Engineering Journal. 475. 146237–146237. 8 indexed citations

Zhang, Weijin, Yong‐Zhu Yan, Sung Soo Park, et al.. (2023). ROS/GSH dual-responsive selenium-containing mesoporous silica nanoparticles for drug delivery. Journal of Porous Materials. 30(5). 1469–1484. 2 indexed citations

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Gu, Boram, et al.. (2023). Engineered multi-scale roughness of carbon nanofiller-embedded 3D printed spacers for membrane distillation. Water Research. 231. 119649–119649. 23 indexed citations

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Vo, Thuan Ngoc, et al.. (2023). Unique two-dimensional Prussian blue nanoplates for high-performance sodium-ion battery cathode. Journal of Alloys and Compounds. 939. 168773–168773. 6 indexed citations

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Yan, Yong‐Zhu, et al.. (2022). A Novel Diamine Containing Ester and Diphenylethane Groups for Colorless Polyimide with a Low Dielectric Constant and Low Water Absorption. Polymers. 14(21). 4504–4504. 15 indexed citations

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Zhang, Weijin, Shuwei Li, Sung Soo Park, et al.. (2022). ROS- and pH-Responsive Polydopamine Functionalized Ti3C2Tx MXene-Based Nanoparticles as Drug Delivery Nanocarriers with High Antibacterial Activity. Nanomaterials. 12(24). 4392–4392. 31 indexed citations

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Zhang, Weijin, Shuwei Li, Yong‐Zhu Yan, et al.. (2022). Dual (pH- and ROS-) Responsive Antibacterial MXene-Based Nanocarrier for Drug Delivery. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 23(23). 14925–14925. 23 indexed citations

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Kim, In Ho, Subi Choi, Jieun Lee, et al.. (2022). Human-muscle-inspired single fibre actuator with reversible percolation. Nature Nanotechnology. 17(11). 1198–1205. 157 indexed citations breakdown →

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Park, Sung Soo, et al.. (2019). Polyimide nanohybrid films with electrochemically functionalized graphene. Polymer International. 68(8). 1441–1449. 6 indexed citations

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Guo, Yuanhang, et al.. (2019). Decoding Liquid Crystal Oligomer Phase Transitions: Toward Molecularly Engineered Shape Changing Materials. Macromolecules. 52(18). 6878–6888. 19 indexed citations

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Ahn, Suk‐kyun, Jan‐Michael Y. Carrillo, Jong K. Keum, et al.. (2017). Nanoporous poly(3-hexylthiophene) thin film structures from self-organization of a tunable molecular bottlebrush scaffold. Nanoscale. 9(21). 7071–7080. 21 indexed citations

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Deshmukh, Prashant, Sook Young Yoon, Taeyoon Kim, et al.. (2017). Impact of poly(ɛ‐caprolactone) architecture on the thermomechanical and shape memory properties. Journal of Polymer Science Part A Polymer Chemistry. 55(20). 3424–3433. 21 indexed citations

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Ahn, Suk‐kyun, Rajeswari M. Kasi, Seong-Cheol Kim, Nitin Sharma, & Yuxiang Zhou. (2008). Stimuli-responsive polymer gels. Soft Matter. 4(6). 1151–1151. 554 indexed citations breakdown →

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