Young‐Kyun Kwon

7.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
105 papers, 5.6k citations indexed

About

Young‐Kyun Kwon is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, Young‐Kyun Kwon has authored 105 papers receiving a total of 5.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 85 papers in Materials Chemistry, 32 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 24 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in Young‐Kyun Kwon's work include Graphene research and applications (40 papers), Carbon Nanotubes in Composites (28 papers) and 2D Materials and Applications (16 papers). Young‐Kyun Kwon is often cited by papers focused on Graphene research and applications (40 papers), Carbon Nanotubes in Composites (28 papers) and 2D Materials and Applications (16 papers). Young‐Kyun Kwon collaborates with scholars based in South Korea, United States and Japan. Young‐Kyun Kwon's co-authors include David Tománek, Savaş Berber, Seung-Hoon Jhi, Sumio Iijima, Susumu Saito, Seunghun Hong, Colin J. Lambert, Gunn Kim, Stefano Sanvito and Miyoung Kim and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, Nano Letters and Physical review. B, Condensed matter.

In The Last Decade

Young‐Kyun Kwon

100 papers receiving 5.4k 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.

Unusually High Thermal Conductivity of Carbon Nanotubes

2000 2.4k citations Savaş Berber, Young‐Kyun Kwon et al. Physical Review Letters profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Young‐Kyun Kwon South Korea	30	4.5k	1.3k	1.1k	745	543	105	5.6k
Monica Lee Usrey United States	20	4.1k 0.9×	1.2k 1.0×	2.0k 1.7×	632 0.8×	671 1.2×	27	5.0k
Thomas Stöckli Switzerland	22	4.1k 0.9×	737 0.6×	1.4k 1.3×	929 1.2×	471 0.9×	35	4.8k
Lianfeng Sun China	41	3.7k 0.8×	2.0k 1.6×	1.5k 1.3×	454 0.6×	438 0.8×	164	5.3k
Jie Sun China	41	3.1k 0.7×	2.8k 2.3×	1.6k 1.4×	781 1.0×	656 1.2×	351	6.3k
Swastik Kar United States	38	4.0k 0.9×	2.1k 1.6×	1.9k 1.7×	780 1.0×	569 1.0×	105	5.4k
Seong Chu Lim South Korea	36	3.5k 0.8×	2.0k 1.6×	1.4k 1.2×	506 0.7×	570 1.0×	140	4.7k
Changxing Cui China	12	2.0k 0.4×	716 0.6×	1.2k 1.1×	752 1.0×	624 1.1×	26	3.5k
Mark Levendorf United States	12	5.2k 1.2×	2.1k 1.6×	1.3k 1.2×	775 1.0×	262 0.5×	15	5.9k
John Cumings United States	33	4.7k 1.0×	3.0k 2.3×	1.4k 1.2×	1.9k 2.5×	472 0.9×	89	8.1k
Neil R. Wilson United Kingdom	41	4.3k 1.0×	2.5k 2.0×	1.9k 1.6×	815 1.1×	919 1.7×	103	6.5k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Young‐Kyun Kwon

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Kwon, Young‐Kyun, Mi Jin Lee, & Seung Woo Son. (2025). Quantifying traffic patterns with percolation theory: a case study of Seoul roads. Journal of the Korean Physical Society. 86(8). 693–700. 1 indexed citations

Son, Hyukmin, et al.. (2025). Designing Nontrivial Real‐Space Berry Curvature through Non‐Monotonic Bulk Inversion Symmetry Breaking in Self‐Intercalated Cr_1+δTe₂. Small Science. 5(6). 2500028–2500028. 1 indexed citations

Kim, Hwangsun, Juhyun Oh, Young‐Kyun Kwon, et al.. (2024). Atomic-scale characterization of V-shaped interface structure of η1 precipitates in Al–Zn–Mg alloy. Journal of Materials Research and Technology. 29. 5252–5258. 1 indexed citations

Kwon, Young‐Kyun, et al.. (2024). Novel Polytype of III–VI Metal Chalcogenides Nano Crystals Realized in Epitaxially Grown InTe. Small. 20(25). e2308925–e2308925. 4 indexed citations

Kwon, Young‐Kyun, et al.. (2024). Unveiling Trigonal Anti‐Prismatic Structure and Stacking Sequences in InTe. Small. 21(4). e2408560–e2408560. 3 indexed citations

Park, Sohee, Young‐Kyun Kwon, & Changwon Park. (2023). Mechanism for the Enhancement of the Oxygen Diffusivity by Cation Substitution in La_2–xSr_xCuO₄. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 127(36). 17987–17993. 1 indexed citations

Kim, Jong Hun, Sojung Kang, Jae Hwan Jeong, et al.. (2021). Modulation of optical and electrical properties in hexagonal boron nitride by defects induced via oxygen plasma treatment. 2D Materials. 8(4). 45041–45041. 14 indexed citations

Lee, Seungjun, et al.. (2021). Oxidation-enhanced thermoelectric efficiency in a two-dimensional phosphorene oxide. Scientific Reports. 11(1). 18525–18525. 4 indexed citations

Mayangsari, Tirta Rona, et al.. (2020). Reactivity of different nitriding agents with chlorine-terminated surface during atomic layer deposition of silicon nitride. Applied Surface Science. 535. 147727–147727. 11 indexed citations

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Kim, Hyo Won, Hyun‐Jung Kim, Suyeon Cho, et al.. (2020). Symmetry Dictated Grain Boundary State in a Two-Dimensional Topological Insulator. Nano Letters. 20(8). 5837–5843. 25 indexed citations

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Kim, Dasol, et al.. (2020). Phase-change mechanism and role of each element in Ag-In-Sb-Te: Chemical bond evolution. Applied Surface Science. 544. 148838–148838. 8 indexed citations

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Lee, Hyunsoo, Kyoungsoo Kim, Seoung‐Hun Kang, et al.. (2017). Extremely high electrical conductance of microporous 3D graphene-like zeolite-templated carbon framework. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 11460–11460. 30 indexed citations

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Kang, Seoung‐Hun, et al.. (2015). The determining factor of a preferred orientation of GaN domains grown on m-plane sapphire substrates. Scientific Reports. 5(1). 16236–16236. 4 indexed citations

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Kim, Jinkyu, Gunn Kim, Sungbae An, Young‐Kyun Kwon, & Sungroh Yoon. (2013). Entropy-Based Analysis and Bioinformatics-Inspired Integration of Global Economic Information Transfer. PLoS ONE. 8(1). e51986–e51986. 42 indexed citations

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Kang, Seounghun, Gunn Kim, & Young‐Kyun Kwon. (2011). Adsorption properties of chalcogen atoms on a golden buckyball Au₁₆⁻from first principles. Journal of Physics Condensed Matter. 23(50). 505301–505301. 8 indexed citations

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Kwon, Young‐Kyun, Savaş Berber, & David Tománek. (2004). Thermal Contraction of Carbon Fullerenes and Nanotubes. Physical Review Letters. 92(1). 15901–15901. 191 indexed citations

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Berber, Savaş, Young‐Kyun Kwon, & David Tománek. (2003). Bonding and Energy Dissipation in a Nanohook Assembly. Physical Review Letters. 91(16). 165503–165503. 27 indexed citations

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Berber, Savaş, Young‐Kyun Kwon, & David Tománek. (2002). Microscopic Formation Mechanism of Nanotube Peapods. Physical Review Letters. 88(18). 185502–185502. 88 indexed citations

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Rao, Apparao M., Jin Chen, Ernst Richter, et al.. (2001). Effect of van der Waals Interactions on the Raman Modes in Single Walled Carbon Nanotubes. Physical Review Letters. 86(17). 3895–3898. 294 indexed citations

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Tománek, David & Young‐Kyun Kwon. (1998). Electronic and structural properties of multi-wall carbon nanotubes.. APS March Meeting Abstracts. 2 indexed citations

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