Sung‐Kwan Mo

27.8k citations

204 papers · 18.1k · 9 hit papers · h-index 51

Impact in

Condensed Matter Physics top 0.1%
- Advanced Condensed Matter Physics
- Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics top 0.05%
- Topological Materials and Phenomena
- Quantum and electron transport phenomena

Papers in

Materials Chemistry 129
- 2D Materials and Applications 72
- Graphene research and applications 60
- Electronic and Structural Properties of Oxides 31
Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials 86
- Iron-based superconductors research 42

Co-authors: Zhi‐Xun Shen (69 shared papers)Z. Hussain (39 shared papers)Yi Zhang (22 shared papers)Z. K. Liu (9 shared papers)Xi Dai (3 shared papers)Dong-Hui Lu (39 shared papers)I. R. Fisher (15 shared papers)Bo Zhou (11 shared papers)
Journals: Physical Review B (23 papers)Physical review. B. (19 papers)Physical Review Letters (17 papers)Nano Letters (16 papers)Nature Communications (15 papers)
Partner nations: United States China South Korea

In The Last Decade

Sung‐Kwan Mo

194 papers receiving 17.9k citations

Sung‐Kwan Mo's Hit Papers

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Magnetic Weyl semimetal phase in a Kagomé crystal 2019 · 601 citations

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2019 Science
2017 Nature Communications
2015 Nature Physics
2015 Nature Physics
2014 Science
2014 Nature Materials
2013 Nature Nanotechnology
2010 Science
2009 Science

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1	Experimental Realization of a Three-Dimensional Topological Insulator, Bi ₂ Te ₃ Science ·Y. L. Chen, James G. Analytis, Jiun‐Haw Chu, Z. K. Liu, Sung‐Kwan Mo, Xiang Qi, Haijun Zhang, Dong-Hui Lu, Xi Dai, Zhilai Fang, Shengbai Zhang, I. R. Fisher, Z. Hussain, Zhi‐Xun Shen Hit paper breakdown →	2009	2880
2	Discovery of a Three-Dimensional Topological Dirac Semimetal, Na ₃ Bi Science ·Z. K. Liu, Bo Zhou, Yi Zhang, Zhijun Wang, Hongming Weng, D. Prabhakaran, Sung‐Kwan Mo, Zhi‐Xun Shen, Zhenxing Fang, Xi Dai, Zahid Hussain, Y. L. Chen Hit paper breakdown →	2014	1782
3	A stable three-dimensional topological Dirac semimetal Cd3As2 Nature Materials ·Zhongkai Liu, Jingwei Jiang, Bo Zhou, Zhijun Wang, Yi Zhang, Hongming Weng, D. Prabhakaran, Sung‐Kwan Mo, Han Peng, Pavel Dudin, T. K. Kim, Moritz Hoesch, Zhenxing Fang, Xi Dai, Zhi‐Xun Shen, Donglai Feng, Z. Hussain, Y. L. Chen Hit paper breakdown →	2014	1157
4	Direct observation of the transition from indirect to direct bandgap in atomically thin epitaxial MoSe2 Nature Nanotechnology ·Yi Zhang, Tay‐Rong Chang, Bo Zhou, Yong‐Tao Cui, Hao Yan, Zhongkai Liu, F. Schmitt, James Lee, R. G. Moore, Yulin Chen, Hsin Lin, Horng‐Tay Jeng, Sung‐Kwan Mo, Z. Hussain, Arun Bansil, Zhi‐Xun Shen Hit paper breakdown →	2013	1127
5	Massive Dirac Fermion on the Surface of a Magnetically Doped Topological Insulator Science ·Y. L. Chen, Jiun‐Haw Chu, James G. Analytis, Z. K. Liu, Kyushiro Igarashi, Hsueh-Hui Kuo, Xiang Qi, Sung‐Kwan Mo, R. G. Moore, Dong-Hui Lu, Makoto Hashimoto, T. Sasagawa, Shengbai Zhang, I. R. Fisher, Z. Hussain, Zhi‐Xun Shen Hit paper breakdown →	2010	891
6	Weyl semimetal phase in the non-centrosymmetric compound TaAs Nature Physics ·Lexian Yang, Zhongkai Liu, Yan Sun, Han Peng, Haifeng Yang, Tingwei Zhang, Bo Zhou, Yi Zhang, Yanfeng Guo, M. C. Rahn, D. Prabhakaran, Z. Hussain, Sung‐Kwan Mo, Claudia Felser, Binghai Yan, Yulin Chen Hit paper breakdown →	2015	716
7	Magnetic Weyl semimetal phase in a Kagomé crystal Science ·Defa Liu, Aiji Liang, Enke Liu, Qiunan Xu, Yiwei Li, Cheng Chen, Ding Pei, Wujun Shi, Sung‐Kwan Mo, Pavel Dudin, T. K. Kim, Céphise Cacho, Gang Li, Yan Sun, Lexian Yang, Zhongkai Liu, S. Parkin, Claudia Felser, Yulin Chen Hit paper breakdown →	2019	601
8	Characterization of collective ground states in single-layer NbSe2 Nature Physics ·Miguel M. Ugeda, Aaron J. Bradley, Yi Zhang, Seita Onishi, Yi Chen, Wei Ruan, Claudia Ojeda‐Aristizabal, Hyejin Ryu, Mark T. Edmonds, Hsin‐Zon Tsai, Alexander Riss, Sung‐Kwan Mo, Dung‐Hai Lee, Alex Zettl, Z. Hussain, Zhi‐Xun Shen, Michael F. Crommie Hit paper breakdown →	2015	567
9	Creation and control of a two-dimensional electron liquid at the bare SrTiO3 surface Nature Materials ·W. Meevasana, P. D. C. King, Ruihua He, Sung‐Kwan Mo, Makoto Hashimoto, A. Tamai, Prayoon Songsiriritthigul, F. Baumberger, Z-X Shen	2011	423
10	Symmetry-breaking orbital anisotropy observed for detwinned Ba(Fe _{1- x} Co _x ) ₂ As ₂ above the spin density wave transition Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Ming Yi, Dong-Hui Lu, Jiun‐Haw Chu, James G. Analytis, A. P. Sorini, A. F. Kemper, Brian Moritz, Sung‐Kwan Mo, R. G. Moore, Makoto Hashimoto, Wei-Sheng Lee, Zahid Hussain, Thomas Devereaux, I. R. Fisher, Zhi‐Xun Shen	2011	376
11	Signature of type-II Weyl semimetal phase in MoTe2 Nature Communications ·Juan Jiang, Zhongkai Liu, Yan Sun, Haifeng Yang, Catherine R. Rajamathi, Yanpeng Qi, Lexian Yang, C. Chen, Han Peng, C-C. Hwang, Shuzhan Sun, Sung‐Kwan Mo, I. Vobornik, Jun Fujii, S. Parkin, Claudia Felser, Binghai Yan, Y. L. Chen Hit paper breakdown →	2017	350
12	Fermi velocity engineering in graphene by substrate modification Scientific Reports ·Choongyu Hwang, David A. Siegel, Sung‐Kwan Mo, William Regan, Ariel Ismach, Yuegang Zhang, Alex Zettl, Alessandra Lanzara	2012	332
13	Electronic structure of the iron-based superconductor LaOFeP Nature ·Dong-Hui Lu, Ming Yi, Sung‐Kwan Mo, A. S. Erickson, James G. Analytis, J.-H. Chu, David J. Singh, Z. Hussain, T. H. Geballe, I. R. Fisher, Zhi‐Xun Shen	2008	249
14	Full orbital calculation scheme for materials with strongly correlated electrons Physical Review B ·В. И. Анисимов, D. E. Kondakov, Anton Kozhevnikov, I. A. Nekrasov, Z. V. Pchelkina, J. W. Allen, Sung‐Kwan Mo, H.-D. Kim, P. Metcalf, S. Suga, A. Sekiyama, G. Keller, I. Leonov, Xinguo Ren, D. Vollhardt	2005	249
15	Identifying substitutional oxygen as a prolific point defect in monolayer transition metal dichalcogenides Nature Communications ·Sara Barja, Sivan Refaely‐Abramson, Bruno Schuler, Diana Y. Qiu, Artem Pulkin, Sebastian Wickenburg, Hyejin Ryu, Miguel M. Ugeda, Christoph Kastl, Christopher S. Chen, Choongyu Hwang, Adam Schwartzberg, Shaul Aloni, Sung‐Kwan Mo, D. Frank Ogletree, Michael F. Crommie, Oleg V. Yazyev, Steven G. Louie, Jeffrey B. Neaton, Alexander Weber‐Bargioni	2019	238
16	Evolution of the Fermi surface of Weyl semimetals in the transition metal pnictide family Nature Materials ·Zhongkai Liu, Lun Yang, Yan Sun, Tingwei Zhang, Han Peng, Hao Yang, Cheng Chen, Yi Zhang, Yanfeng Guo, D. Prabhakaran, Marcus Schmidt, Z. Hussain, Sung‐Kwan Mo, Claudia Felser, Binghai Yan, Y. L. Chen	2015	213
17	Charge density wave order in 1D mirror twin boundaries of single-layer MoSe2 Nature Physics ·Sara Barja, Sebastian Wickenburg, Zhen–Fei Liu, Yi Zhang, Hyejin Ryu, Miguel M. Ugeda, Z. Hussain, Zhi‐Xun Shen, Sung‐Kwan Mo, Ed Wong, Miquel Salmerón, Feng Wang, Michael F. Crommie, D. Frank Ogletree, Jeffrey B. Neaton, Alexander Weber‐Bargioni	2016	207
18	Electric-field-tuned topological phase transition in ultrathin Na3Bi Nature ·James L. Collins, Anton Tadich, Weikang Wu, Lídia C. Gomes, J. N. B. Rodrigues, Chang Liu, Jack Hellerstedt, Hyejin Ryu, Shujie Tang, Sung‐Kwan Mo, Shaffique Adam, Shengyuan A. Yang, Michael S. Fuhrer, Mark T. Edmonds	2018	174
19	Single Dirac Cone Topological Surface State and Unusual Thermoelectric Property of Compounds from a New Topological Insulator Family Physical Review Letters ·Y. L. Chen, Z. K. Liu, James G. Analytis, Jun Chu, Haijun Zhang, Binghai Yan, Sung‐Kwan Mo, R. G. Moore, Dong-Hui Lu, I. R. Fisher, Shengbai Zhang, Z. Hussain, Zhi‐Xun Shen	2010	171
20	Subband Structure of a Two-Dimensional Electron Gas Formed at the Polar Surface of the Strong Spin-Orbit PerovskiteKTaO3 Physical Review Letters ·P. D. C. King, Ruihua He, Tanachat Eknapakul, P. Buaphet, Sung‐Kwan Mo, Y. Kaneko, Satoshi Harashima, Yasuyuki Hikita, M. S. Bahramy, Christopher Bell, Z. Hussain, Y. Tokura, Zhi‐Xun Shen, Harold Y. Hwang, F. Baumberger, W. Meevasana	2012	170

About Sung‐Kwan Mo

Sung‐Kwan Mo is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Condensed Matter Physics and Electrical and Electronic Engineering, having authored 204 papers that have together received 18.1k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include 2D Materials and Applications (72 papers), Topological Materials and Phenomena (62 papers), Graphene research and applications (60 papers), Iron-based superconductors research (42 papers), Advanced Condensed Matter Physics (40 papers), Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism (37 papers), Electronic and Structural Properties of Oxides (31 papers) and Rare-earth and actinide compounds (23 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Condensed Matter Physics (5.7k citations), Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics (10.6k citations), Materials Chemistry (12.4k citations), Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials (4.8k citations) and Electrical and Electronic Engineering (2.9k citations). Sung‐Kwan Mo has collaborated with scholars based in United States, China and South Korea. Frequent co-authors include Zhi‐Xun Shen, Z. Hussain, Yi Zhang, Z. K. Liu, Xi Dai, Dong-Hui Lu, I. R. Fisher, Bo Zhou, James G. Analytis and Jiun‐Haw Chu. Their work appears in journals such as Physical Review B, Physical review. B., Physical Review Letters, Nano Letters and Nature Communications.

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