2026 Nicholas X. Fang: Materials Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Materials Science	78	2900	2805	933	928	368	38306

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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

4978
Citations
Ultralight, ultrastiff mechanical metamaterials

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

2426
Citations
Ultrasonic metamaterials with negative modulus

Nicholas Fang;Dongjuan Xi;Jianyi Xu;Muralidhar Ambati

2268
Citations
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

2049
Citations
Polaritons in layered two-dimensional materials

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

1296
Citations
Multimaterial 4D Printing with Tailorable Shape Memory Polymers

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

1153
Citations
Broadband acoustic cloak for ultrasound waves.

Shu Zhang;Chunguang Xia;Nicholas Fang

1112
Citations
Projection micro-stereolithography using digital micro-mirror dynamic mask

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

1097
Citations
Ultrabroadband light absorption by a sawtooth anisotropic metamaterial slab

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

1076
Citations
Ultra-broadband Light Absorption by a Sawtooth Anisotropic Metamaterial Slab

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

932
Citations
Polaritons in layered 2D materials

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

931
Citations
Mechanical Metamaterials and Their Engineering Applications

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

888
Citations
Multiscale metallic metamaterials

Xiaoyu Zheng;William Smith;Julie Jackson;Bryan Moran

887
Citations
Focusing ultrasound with an acoustic metamaterial network.

Shu Zhang;Leilei Yin;Nicholas Fang

742
Citations
Lightweight Mechanical Metamaterials with Tunable Negative Thermal Expansion

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

494
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Imaging properties of a metamaterial superlens

Nicholas Fang;Xiang Zhang

464
Citations
Application of plasmonic bowtie nanoantenna arrays for optical trapping, stacking, and sorting.

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

451
Citations
Ultrasmooth silver thin films deposited with a germanium nucleation layer.

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

415
Citations
Projection micro stereolithography based 3D printing and its applications

Qi Ge;Zhiqin Li;Zhaolong Wang;Kavin Kowsari

405
Citations
Broadband Light Management with Thermochromic Hydrogel Microparticles for Smart Windows

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

403
Citations
Tunable Light–Matter Interaction and the Role of Hyperbolicity in Graphene–hBN System

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

341
Citations