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Nicholas X. Fang

Nicholas X. Fang

D-Index & Metrics

Materials Science

D-Index
78
Citations
38306
World Ranking
2898
National Ranking
934

Nicholas X. Fang publication distribution in Materials Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Materials Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Nicholas X. Fang sits on this spectrum.

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50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 368 publications — 73rd percentile

73% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,163 publications or more.

Nicholas X. Fang D-index placement in Materials Science in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Materials Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Nicholas X. Fang sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 78 D-Index — 77th percentile

77% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 165 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2021 - OSA Fellows Nicholas Xuanlai Fang Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA For fundamental and practical innovations in plasmonic, acoustic, graphene-based and topological metamaterials

Overview

Nicholas X. Fang is affiliated with the University of Hong Kong in China. Their research spans multiple fields with a primary focus on Engineering and Materials Science. Within these areas, they have significant contributions to several subfields, including Biomedical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, and Automotive Engineering.

Their research topics cover a broad range of advanced technological and scientific issues. Notable areas of study include Acoustic Wave Phenomena Research, Metamaterials and Metasurfaces Applications, Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies, Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials, Advanced Materials and Mechanics, Underwater Acoustics Research, and Surface Modification and Superhydrophobicity.

Among frequent collaborators are the following coauthors:

  • Huifeng Du
  • Seok Kim
  • Young Tae Cho
  • Xinhao Li
  • Chang Liu

Frequent publication venues for their work include:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Nature Communications
  • Physical Review Applied
  • ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
  • Science Advances

Some recent papers by Nicholas X. Fang are:

  • Projection micro stereolithography based 3D printing and its applications, 2020, International Journal of Extreme Manufacturing
  • Skin-electrode iontronic interface for mechanosensing, 2021, Nature Communications
  • Computational modelling of process-structure-property-performance relationships in metal additive manufacturing: a review, 2021, International Materials Reviews
  • Electromechanically reconfigurable optical nano-kirigami, 2021, Nature Communications
  • Dynamic thermal camouflage via a liquid-crystal-based radiative metasurface, 2020, Nanophotonics

Nicholas X. Fang was recognized as an OSA Fellow in 2021 for fundamental and practical innovations in plasmonic, acoustic, graphene-based, and topological metamaterials.

Best Publications

  • Sub-Diffraction-Limited Optical Imaging with a Silver Superlens

    Nicholas Fang;Hyesog Lee;Cheng Sun;Xiang Zhang

  • Ultralight, ultrastiff mechanical metamaterials

    Xiaoyu Zheng;Howon Lee;Todd H. Weisgraber;Maxim Shusteff

  • Ultrasonic metamaterials with negative modulus

    Nicholas Fang;Dongjuan Xi;Jianyi Xu;Muralidhar Ambati

  • Terahertz magnetic response from artificial materials.

    T. J. Yen;T. J. Yen;T. J. Yen;W. J. Padilla;W. J. Padilla;W. J. Padilla;N. Fang;N. Fang;N. Fang;D. C. Vier;D. C. Vier;D. C. Vier

  • Polaritons in layered two-dimensional materials

    Tony Low;Andrey Chaves;Joshua D. Caldwell;Anshuman Kumar;Anshuman Kumar

  • Multimaterial 4D Printing with Tailorable Shape Memory Polymers

    Qi Ge;Amir Hosein Sakhaei;Howon Lee;Conner K. Dunn

  • Broadband acoustic cloak for ultrasound waves.

    Shu Zhang;Chunguang Xia;Nicholas Fang

  • Projection micro-stereolithography using digital micro-mirror dynamic mask

    C. Sun;N. Fang;D.M. Wu;X. Zhang

  • Ultrabroadband light absorption by a sawtooth anisotropic metamaterial slab

    Yanxia Cui;Kin Hung Fung;Kin Hung Fung;Jun Xu;Jun Xu;Hyungjin Ma

  • Ultra-broadband Light Absorption by a Sawtooth Anisotropic Metamaterial Slab

    Yanxia Cui;Kin Hung Fung;Jun Xu;Hyungjin Ma

  • Polaritons in layered 2D materials

    Tony Low;Andrey Chaves;Joshua D. Caldwell;Anshuman Kumar

  • Mechanical Metamaterials and Their Engineering Applications

    James Utama Surjadi;Libo Gao;Huifeng Du;Xiang Li

  • Multiscale metallic metamaterials

    Xiaoyu Zheng;William Smith;Julie Jackson;Bryan Moran

  • Focusing ultrasound with an acoustic metamaterial network.

    Shu Zhang;Leilei Yin;Nicholas Fang

  • Lightweight Mechanical Metamaterials with Tunable Negative Thermal Expansion

    Qiming Wang;Julie A. Jackson;Qi Ge;Qi Ge;Jonathan B. Hopkins

  • Imaging properties of a metamaterial superlens

    Nicholas Fang;Xiang Zhang

  • Application of plasmonic bowtie nanoantenna arrays for optical trapping, stacking, and sorting.

    Brian J. Roxworthy;Kaspar D. Ko;Anil Kumar;Kin Hung Fung

  • Ultrasmooth silver thin films deposited with a germanium nucleation layer.

    Logeeswaran Vj;Nobuhiko P. Kobayashi;M. Saif Islam;Wei Wu

  • Projection micro stereolithography based 3D printing and its applications

    Qi Ge;Zhiqin Li;Zhaolong Wang;Kavin Kowsari

  • Broadband Light Management with Thermochromic Hydrogel Microparticles for Smart Windows

    Xin-Hao Li;Chang Liu;Chang Liu;Shien-Ping Feng;Nicholas Xuanlai Fang

  • Tunable Light–Matter Interaction and the Role of Hyperbolicity in Graphene–hBN System

    Anshuman Kumar;Tony Low;Kin Hung Fung;Phaedon Avouris

Frequent Co-Authors

Xiang Zhang
Xiang Zhang University of Hong Kong
Yanxia Cui
Yanxia Cui Taiyuan University of Technology
Cheng Sun
Cheng Sun Northwestern University
Placid Mathew Ferreira
Placid Mathew Ferreira University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Sailing He
Sailing He Zhejiang University
Christopher M. Spadaccini
Christopher M. Spadaccini Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Wei Wu
Wei Wu Wuhan University
Qi Ge
Qi Ge Southern University of Science and Technology

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