Sunae So

3.3k total citations · 4 hit papers
43 papers, 2.5k citations indexed

About

Sunae So is a scholar working on Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, Biomedical Engineering and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, Sunae So has authored 43 papers receiving a total of 2.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 28 papers in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, 16 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 15 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in Sunae So's work include Metamaterials and Metasurfaces Applications (25 papers), Advanced Antenna and Metasurface Technologies (15 papers) and Plasmonic and Surface Plasmon Research (10 papers). Sunae So is often cited by papers focused on Metamaterials and Metasurfaces Applications (25 papers), Advanced Antenna and Metasurface Technologies (15 papers) and Plasmonic and Surface Plasmon Research (10 papers). Sunae So collaborates with scholars based in South Korea, United States and Pakistan. Sunae So's co-authors include Junsuk Rho, Trevon Badloe, Jungho Mun, Jaebum Noh, Jorge Bravo‐Abad, Minkyung Kim, Dasol Lee, Younghwan Yang, Hanlyun Cho and Inki Kim and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Advanced Materials and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Sunae So

41 papers receiving 2.4k 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.

Deep learning enabled inverse design in nanophotonics

2020 399 citations Sunae So, Trevon Badloe et al. profile →
Hyperbolic metamaterials: fusing artificial structures to natural 2D materials

2022 251 citations Dasol Lee, Sunae So et al. profile →
Multicolor and 3D Holography Generated by Inverse‐Designed Single‐Cell Metasurfaces

2022 181 citations Sunae So, Joohoon Kim et al. Advanced Materials profile →
Radiative Cooling for Energy Sustainability: From Fundamentals to Fabrication Methods Toward Commercialization

2023 98 citations Sunae So, Jooyeong Yun et al. Advanced Science profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Sunae So	1.4k	883	744	706	653	43	2.5k
Sajan Shrestha	1.4k 1.1×	959 1.1×	744 1.0×	688 1.0×	816 1.2×	28	2.4k
Younghwan Yang	1.9k 1.4×	1.3k 1.5×	1.0k 1.4×	794 1.1×	831 1.3×	59	3.2k
Dasol Lee	1.6k 1.2×	1.3k 1.4×	1.1k 1.4×	693 1.0×	827 1.3×	98	3.3k
Yurui Qu	908 0.7×	541 0.6×	543 0.7×	545 0.8×	379 0.6×	38	2.1k
Yungui Ma	2.4k 1.7×	1.0k 1.2×	1.0k 1.3×	1.1k 1.5×	1.3k 2.0×	119	3.7k
Wei Ma	1.8k 1.3×	851 1.0×	1.1k 1.4×	1.4k 2.0×	967 1.5×	89	3.5k
Kai Guo	1.3k 1.0×	1.1k 1.2×	1.2k 1.6×	795 1.1×	783 1.2×	163	2.7k
Feng Wu	1.5k 1.1×	1.8k 2.0×	1.3k 1.7×	1.4k 2.0×	489 0.7×	186	3.4k
Shanhui Fan	430 0.3×	1.1k 1.2×	308 0.4×	854 1.2×	103 0.2×	23	1.8k
Bo Zhao	1.2k 0.9×	1.7k 1.9×	862 1.2×	745 1.1×	236 0.4×	108	3.5k

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Ha, Ji‐Hwan, Won Joon Lee, Soon Hyoung Hwang, et al.. (2025). SERS Sensor Integrated in Stretchable and Antimicrobial Wrapper for Food Quality Monitoring and Preservation. Small. 21(38). e2501808–e2501808.

Hu, Shiqi, et al.. (2025). Hybrid Frameworks Integrating Deep Learning and Optimization Methods for Inverse Design in Nanophotonics. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 17(23). 33259–33270. 8 indexed citations

Noh, Jaebum, Minjeong Kim, Donghee Son, et al.. (2023). Functional Radiative Cooling: Basic Concepts, Materials, and Best Practices in Measurements. ACS Applied Electronic Materials. 5(11). 5755–5776. 20 indexed citations

So, Sunae, Jooyeong Yun, Byoungsu Ko, et al.. (2023). Radiative Cooling for Energy Sustainability: From Fundamentals to Fabrication Methods Toward Commercialization. Advanced Science. 11(2). e2305067–e2305067. 98 indexed citations breakdown →

Yun, Jooyeong, Seokwoo Kim, Sunae So, Minkyung Kim, & Junsuk Rho. (2022). Deep learning for topological photonics. Advances in Physics X. 7(1). 19 indexed citations

Lee, Eunsil, Sejin Byun, Jaegyeom Kim, et al.. (2022). r-BN: A fine hyperbolic dispersion modulator for bulk metamaterials consisting of heterostructured nanohybrids of h-BN and graphene. Journal of Solid State Chemistry. 309. 122937–122937. 4 indexed citations

So, Sunae, Joohoon Kim, Trevon Badloe, et al.. (2022). Multicolor and 3D Holography Generated by Inverse‐Designed Single‐Cell Metasurfaces. Advanced Materials. 35(17). e2208520–e2208520. 181 indexed citations breakdown →

So, Sunae, Jungho Mun, Junghyun Park, & Junsuk Rho. (2022). Revisiting the Design Strategies for Metasurfaces: Fundamental Physics, Optimization, and Beyond. Advanced Materials. 35(43). e2206399–e2206399. 132 indexed citations

Lee, Chihun, Jae‐Kyung Kim, Gayea Hyun, et al.. (2022). Concurrent Optimization of Diffraction Fields from Binary Phase Mask for Three-Dimensional Nanopatterning. ACS Photonics. 13 indexed citations

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Lee, Eunsil, Sunae So, Sejin Byun, et al.. (2021). Bulk Metamaterials Exhibiting Chemically Tunable Hyperbolic Responses. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 143(49). 20725–20734. 15 indexed citations

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Chae, Dongwoo, Hangyu Lim, Sunae So, et al.. (2021). Spectrally Selective Nanoparticle Mixture Coating for Passive Daytime Radiative Cooling. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 13(18). 21119–21126. 109 indexed citations

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So, Sunae & Junsuk Rho. (2019). Geometrically flat hyperlens designed by transformation optics. Journal of Physics D Applied Physics. 52(19). 194003–194003. 24 indexed citations

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So, Sunae, et al.. (2019). Realization of broadband negative refraction in visible range using vertically stacked hyperbolic metamaterials. Scientific Reports. 9(1). 14093–14093. 36 indexed citations

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So, Sunae, et al.. (2019). Noninvasive monitoring of x-ray beam at a windowless undulator beamline using x-ray induced drain current of a focusing mirror. AIP conference proceedings.

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So, Sunae, Jungho Mun, & Junsuk Rho. (2019). Simultaneous Inverse Design of Materials and Structures via Deep Learning: Demonstration of Dipole Resonance Engineering Using Core–Shell Nanoparticles. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 11(27). 24264–24268. 215 indexed citations

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Mun, Jungho, Sunae So, & Junsuk Rho. (2019). Spectrally Sharp Plasmon Resonances in the Near Infrared: Subwavelength Core-shell Nanoparticles. Physical Review Applied. 12(4). 8 indexed citations

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Yoon, Gwanho, Inki Kim, Sunae So, et al.. (2017). Fabrication of three-dimensional suspended, interlayered and hierarchical nanostructures by accuracy-improved electron beam lithography overlay. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 6668–6668. 67 indexed citations

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Lee, Dasol, Minkyung Kim, Sunae So, et al.. (2017). Demonstration of a Hyperlens-integrated Microscope and Super-resolution Imaging. Journal of Visualized Experiments. 7 indexed citations

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Yoon, Gwanho, Sunae So, Minkyung Kim, et al.. (2017). Electrically tunable metasurface perfect absorber for infrared frequencies. Nano Convergence. 4(1). 36–36. 48 indexed citations

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Kim, Minkyung, Sunae So, Kan Yao, Yongmin Liu, & Junsuk Rho. (2016). Deep sub-wavelength nanofocusing of UV-visible light by hyperbolic metamaterials. Scientific Reports. 6(1). 38645–38645. 34 indexed citations

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