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Materials Science

D-Index
52
Citations
7972
World Ranking
9682
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Engineering and Technology

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52
Citations
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Hongwen Ren publication distribution in Engineering and Technology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Engineering and Technology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Hongwen Ren sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 804+

This scientist: 174 publications — 37th percentile

37% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 804 publications or more.

Hongwen Ren D-index placement in Engineering and Technology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Engineering and Technology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Hongwen Ren sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index: 59 scientists 31 D-Index: 114 scientists 32 D-Index: 129 scientists 33 D-Index: 189 scientists 34 D-Index: 200 scientists 35 D-Index: 262 scientists 36 D-Index: 311 scientists 37 D-Index: 312 scientists 38 D-Index: 350 scientists 39 D-Index: 385 scientists 40 D-Index: 348 scientists 41 D-Index: 362 scientists 42 D-Index: 426 scientists 43 D-Index: 380 scientists 44 D-Index: 310 scientists 45 D-Index: 341 scientists 46 D-Index: 301 scientists 47 D-Index: 306 scientists 48 D-Index: 271 scientists 49 D-Index: 246 scientists 50 D-Index: 210 scientists 51 D-Index: 253 scientists 52 D-Index: 213 scientists 53 D-Index: 221 scientists 54 D-Index: 195 scientists 55 D-Index: 186 scientists 56 D-Index: 170 scientists 57 D-Index: 167 scientists 58 D-Index: 166 scientists 59 D-Index: 144 scientists 60 D-Index: 152 scientists 61 D-Index: 141 scientists 62 D-Index: 138 scientists 63 D-Index: 131 scientists 64 D-Index: 118 scientists 65 D-Index: 114 scientists 66 D-Index: 119 scientists 67 D-Index: 95 scientists 68 D-Index: 87 scientists 69 D-Index: 77 scientists 70 D-Index: 89 scientists 71 D-Index: 69 scientists 72 D-Index: 54 scientists 73 D-Index: 46 scientists 74 D-Index: 55 scientists 75 D-Index: 54 scientists 76 D-Index: 49 scientists 77 D-Index: 53 scientists 78 D-Index: 46 scientists 79 D-Index: 28 scientists 80 D-Index: 39 scientists 81 D-Index: 36 scientists 82 D-Index: 24 scientists 83 D-Index: 26 scientists 84 D-Index: 36 scientists 85 D-Index: 18 scientists 86 D-Index: 25 scientists 87 D-Index: 19 scientists 88 D-Index: 26 scientists 89 D-Index: 27 scientists 90 D-Index: 23 scientists 91 D-Index: 15 scientists 92 D-Index: 12 scientists 93 D-Index: 9 scientists 94 D-Index: 15 scientists 95 D-Index: 10 scientists 96 D-Index: 13 scientists 97 D-Index: 13 scientists 98 D-Index: 9 scientists 99 D-Index: 7 scientists 100 D-Index: 7 scientists 101 D-Index: 8 scientists 102 D-Index: 7 scientists 103 D-Index: 7 scientists 104 D-Index: 9 scientists 105 D-Index: 6 scientists 106 D-Index: 9 scientists 107+ D-Index: 99 scientists
30 D-Index 107+

This scientist: 52 D-Index — 64th percentile

64% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 107 D-Index or more.

Overview

Hongwen Ren is affiliated with Jeonbuk National University in South Korea. Their research spans multiple areas within engineering and materials science, with a focus on the development and analysis of advanced materials and their properties.

The main fields of study for Hongwen Ren include:

  • Engineering
  • Materials Science

Subfields of their work cover:

  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Mechanics of Materials

Their research topics address key aspects such as:

  • Electromagnetic wave absorption materials
  • Dielectric materials and actuators
  • Tribology and Wear Analysis
  • Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials
  • Microstructure and mechanical properties
  • Aluminum Alloys Composites Properties
  • Aluminum Alloy Microstructure Properties

Hongwen Ren has published several papers on composite materials and their thermal and electromagnetic properties. Selected recent works include:

  • Interfacial metallization in segregated structured PEEK composite for enhanced thermal conductivity and electromagnetic interference shielding, 2024, Materials Today Nano
  • Multifunctional PEEK-derived composites with thermal conductivity, electromagnetic shielding and active/passive thermal management properties, 2024, Applied Materials Today
  • Effect and Mechanism of Solidified Microstructure on Deformation Behavior, Mechanical Properties, and Residual Stress of Cu-Ni-Si Alloy, 2022, Materials
  • PEEK-derived composite film combines high thermal conductivity and excellent joule heating properties for smart thermal management electronic sensing floors, 2025, Chemical Engineering Journal
  • Reconfigurable nonlinear optical computing device for retina-inspired computing, 2025, arXiv (Cornell University)

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Hongwen Ren include:

  • Fengyu Wen
  • Yageng Bai
  • Yashu He
  • Haoyuan Tan
  • Jierun Ma

The most common venues for Hongwen Ren's work are:

  • Materials Today Nano
  • Applied Materials Today
  • Materials
  • Chemical Engineering Journal
  • arXiv (Cornell University)

Best Publications

  • Variable focus liquid lens

    Shin-Tson Wu;Hongwen Ren

  • Tunable-focus liquid lens controlled using a servo motor

    Hongwen Ren;David Fox;P. Andrew Anderson;Benjamin Wu

  • Tunable Fresnel lens using nanoscale polymer-dispersed liquid crystals

    Hongwen Ren;Yun-Hsing Fan;Shin-Tson Wu

  • Tunable-focus flat liquid crystal spherical lens

    Hongwen Ren;Yun-Hsing Fan;Sebastian Gauza;Shin-Tson Wu

  • Tunable electronic lens using a gradient polymer network liquid crystal

    Hongwen Ren;Shin-Tson Wu

  • Liquid crystal lens with large focal length tunability and low operating voltage.

    Hongwen Ren;David W. Fox;Benjamin Wu;Shin-Tson Wu

  • Adaptive dielectric liquid lens.

    Hongwen Ren;Haiqing Xianyu;Su Xu;Shin-Tson Wu

  • Variable-focus liquid lens by changing aperture

    Hongwen Ren;Shin-Tson Wu

  • Adaptive liquid crystal lens with large focal length tunability.

    Hongwen Ren;Shin-Tson Wu

  • Switchable Fresnel lens using polymer-stabilized liquid crystals

    Yun-Hsing Fan;Hongwen Ren;Shin-Tson Wu

  • Tunable-focus microlens arrays using nanosized polymer-dispersed liquid crystal droplets

    Hongwen Ren;Yun Hsing Fan;Yi-Hsin Lin;Shin Tson Wu

  • Fast-response and scattering-free polymer network liquid crystals for infrared light modulators

    Yun Hsing Fan;Yi-Hsin Lin;Hongwen Ren;Sebastian Gauza

  • Tunable-focus liquid microlens array using dielectrophoretic effect.

    Hongwen Ren;Shin-Tson Wu

  • Liquid-crystal microlens arrays using patterned polymer networks

    Hongwen Ren;Yun-Hsing Fan;Shin-Tson Wu

  • Polarization-independent phase modulation using a polymer-dispersed liquid crystal

    Hongwen Ren;Yi-Hsin Lin;Yun Hsing Fan;Shin Tson Wu

  • Inhomogeneous nanoscale polymer-dispersed liquid crystals with gradient refractive index

    Hongwen Ren;Shin-Tson Wu

  • Past, present, and future of fringe-field switching-liquid crystal display

    Dae Hyung Kim;Young Jin Lim;Da Eun Kim;Hongwen Ren

  • Reflective reversed-mode polymer stabilized cholesteric texture light switches

    Hongwen Ren;Shin-Tson Wu

  • Refractive-index matching between liquid crystals and photopolymers

    Jun Li;Greg Baird;Yi-Hsin Lin;Hongwen Ren

  • Introduction to Adaptive Lenses: Wu/Introduction to Adaptive Lenses

    Hongwen Ren;Shin-Tson Wu

  • Dielectrophoretically tunable optofluidic devices

    Su Xu;Hongwen Ren;Shin-Tson Wu

Frequent Co-Authors

Shin-Tson Wu
Shin-Tson Wu University of Central Florida
Yi-Hsin Lin
Yi-Hsin Lin National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University
Seung Hee Lee
Seung Hee Lee Jeonbuk National University
Changwoon Nah
Changwoon Nah Jeonbuk National University
Yan-qing Lu
Yan-qing Lu Nanjing University
Han-Ping D. Shieh
Han-Ping D. Shieh National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University
Nelson V. Tabiryan
Nelson V. Tabiryan University of Central Florida

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