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61
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17001
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6675
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1992

Overview

George K. Wong is affiliated with the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology in China and specializes in the field of Physics and Astronomy. Their research covers a range of topics within this broad domain, with significant contributions to Astronomy and Astrophysics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, and Modeling and Simulation. Additional interests extend into General Health Professions and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health.

The scientist's main areas of work include Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations, Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research, and Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena. They have also engaged in studies related to COVID-19 epidemiology and Mathematical and Theoretical Epidemiology and Ecology Models, alongside explorations of Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena, and Hermeneutics and Narrative Identity.

George K. Wong has published extensively in a variety of venues, with the most frequent being:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • The Astrophysical Journal
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
  • The Astrophysical Journal Letters

Their published recent papers include:

  • "Photon ring autocorrelations" (2021), Physical review. D/Physical review. D.
  • "PATOKA: Simulating Electromagnetic Observables of Black Hole Accretion" (2022), Radboud Repository (Radboud University)
  • "Stochastic social behavior coupled to COVID-19 dynamics leads to waves, plateaus, and an endemic state" (2021), eLife
  • "Decomposing the internal faraday rotation of black hole accretion flows" (2020), Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
  • "A Universal Power-law Prescription for Variability from Synthetic Images of Black Hole Accretion Flows" (2022), The Astrophysical Journal Letters

Frequent research collaborators include:

  • Charles F. Gammie
  • Angelo Ricarte
  • Ben Prather
  • Andrew Chael
  • Richard Anantua

The scope of George K. Wong's work spans theoretical and computational aspects of astrophysics, including black hole accretion modeling and electromagnetic signatures. Their interdisciplinary reach integrates astrophysical research with public health-related epidemiological modeling, reflecting a diverse scientific approach across multiple complex systems and phenomena.

Best Publications

  • Room-temperature ultraviolet laser emission from self-assembled ZnO microcrystallite thin films

    Z. K. Tang;G. K. L. Wong;P. Yu;M. Kawasaki

  • Photoluminescence and ultraviolet lasing of polycrystalline ZnO thin films prepared by the oxidation of the metallic Zn

    Sunglae Cho;Jing Ma;Yunki Kim;Yi Sun

  • Crystal Engineering of Acentric Diamondoid Metal–Organic Coordination Networks

    Owen R. Evans;Ren-Gen Xiong;Zhiyong Wang;George K. Wong

  • Highly monodisperse polymer-capped ZnO nanoparticles: Preparation and optical properties

    Lin Guo;Shihe Yang;Chunlei Yang;Ping Yu.

  • Impurity effect on weak antilocalization in the topological insulator Bi 2 Te 3

    Hong-Tao He;Gan Wang;Tao Zhang;Iam Keong Sou

  • Large third-order optical nonlinearity in Au:SiO2 composite films near the percolation threshold

    Hongbo Liao;Rongfu Xiao;Jishi Fu;Ping Yu

  • Chromophoric Self-Assembled Multilayers. Organic Superlattice Approaches to Thin-Film Nonlinear Optical Materials

    De Quan Li;Mark A. Ratner;Tobin J. Marks;Chong Hua Zhang

  • The vacuum ultraviolet phase‐matching characteristics of nonlinear optical KBe2BO3F2 crystal

    Chuangtian Chen;Zuyan Xu;Daoqun Deng;Jingyuan Zhang

  • Room-temperature stimulated emission of excitons in ZnO/(Mg, Zn)O superlattices

    A. Ohtomo;K. Tamura;M. Kawasaki;T. Makino

  • Semimetal-to-semiconductor transition in bismuth thin films.

    C. A. Hoffman;J. R. Meyer;F. J. Bartoli;A. Di Venere

  • Synthesis and Characterization of Poly(vinylpyrrolidone)-Modified Zinc Oxide Nanoparticles

    Lin Guo;Shihe Yang;Chunlei Yang;Ping Yu.

  • Growth of ZnO Thin Film by Laser MBE: Lasing of Exciton at Room Temperature.

    Y. Segawa;A. Ohtomo;M. Kawasaki;H. Koinuma

  • Large third-order optical nonlinearity in Au:TiO2 composite films measured on a femtosecond time scale

    H. B. Liao;R. F. Xiao;H. Wang;K. S. Wong

  • Excitonic ultraviolet laser emission at room temperature from naturally made cavity in ZnO nanocrytal thin films

    M. Kawasaki;A. Ohtomo;I. Ohkubo;H. Koinuma

  • Room-temperature gain spectra and lasing in microcrystalline ZnO thin films

    P. Yu;Z.K. Tang;G.K.L. Wong;M. Kawasaki

  • Orientation and second-harmonic generation in doped polystyrene and poly(methyl methacrylate) films

    Hilary L. Hampsch;Jian Yang;George K. Wong;John M. Torkelson

  • Supramolecular approaches to second-order nonlinear optical materials. Self-assembly and microstructural characterization of intrinsically acentric [(aminophenyl)azo]pyridinium superlattices

    Wenbin Lin;Weiping Lin;George K. Wong;Tobin Jay Marks

  • Rotational reorientation dynamics of disperse red 1 in polystyrene: α ‐relaxation dynamics probed by second harmonic generation and dielectric relaxation

    Ali Dhinojwala;George K. Wong;John M. Torkelson

  • Antisite defects of Bi2Te3 thin films

    Sunglae Cho;Yunki Kim;Antonio DiVenere;George K. Wong;George K. Wong

  • Dopant Orientation Dynamics in Doped Second-Order Nonlinear Optical Amorphous Polymers. 1. Effects of Temperature Above and Below Tg in Corona-Poled Films

    Hilary L. Hampsch;Jian Yang;George K. Wong;John M. Torkelson

Frequent Co-Authors

John B Ketterson
John B Ketterson Northwestern University
Tobin J. Marks
Tobin J. Marks Northwestern University
Wenbin Lin
Wenbin Lin Westlake University
Kam Sing Wong
Kam Sing Wong Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Jerry R. Meyer
Jerry R. Meyer United States Naval Research Laboratory
Zikang Tang
Zikang Tang University of Macau
Akira Ohtomo
Akira Ohtomo Tokyo Institute of Technology
Robert P. H. Chang
Robert P. H. Chang Northwestern University
Masashi Kawasaki
Masashi Kawasaki University of Tokyo

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