Adam S. Backer

2.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
18 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Adam S. Backer is a scholar working on Biophysics, Biomedical Engineering and Structural Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Adam S. Backer has authored 18 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Biophysics, 9 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 5 papers in Structural Biology. Recurrent topics in Adam S. Backer's work include Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques (13 papers), Near-Field Optical Microscopy (9 papers) and Advanced Electron Microscopy Techniques and Applications (5 papers). Adam S. Backer is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques (13 papers), Near-Field Optical Microscopy (9 papers) and Advanced Electron Microscopy Techniques and Applications (5 papers). Adam S. Backer collaborates with scholars based in United States, Netherlands and Latvia. Adam S. Backer's co-authors include W. E. Moerner, Steffen J. Sahl, Yoav Shechtman, Mikael P. Backlund, Lucien E. Weiss, Matthew D. Lew, Maurice Y. Lee, Rafael Piestun, Anurag Agrawal and Ginni Grover and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Physical Review Letters and Nano Letters.

In The Last Decade

Adam S. Backer

18 papers receiving 1.2k citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Optimal Point Spread Function Design for 3D Imaging

2014 245 citations Yoav Shechtman, Steffen J. Sahl et al. Physical Review Letters profile →

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Adam S. Backer

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AMPO

Sri Rama Prasanna Pavani United States

Andrey Aristov France

Mikael P. Backlund United States

Sheng Liu China

Jonathan Nylk United Kingdom

Thomas A. Planchon United States

Petar N. Petrov United States

Julien Savatier France

Francisco Balzarotti Germany

Tom Vettenburg United Kingdom

Sri Rama Prasanna Pavani United States

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Adam S. Backer

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Adam S. Backer. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Adam S. Backer based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Adam S. Backer. Adam S. Backer is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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18 of 18 papers shown

Backer, Adam S., Graeme A. King, Andreas S. Biebricher, et al.. (2021). Elucidating the Role of Topological Constraint on the Structure of Overstretched DNA Using Fluorescence Polarization Microscopy. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B. 125(30). 8351–8361. 3 indexed citations

Backer, Adam S., Andreas S. Biebricher, Graeme A. King, et al.. (2019). Single-molecule polarization microscopy of DNA intercalators sheds light on the structure of S-DNA. Science Advances. 5(3). eaav1083–eaav1083. 40 indexed citations

Backer, Adam S., et al.. (2019). Achromatic Varifocal Metalens for the Visible Spectrum. ACS Photonics. 6(10). 2432–2440. 66 indexed citations

Backer, Adam S.. (2019). Computational inverse design for cascaded systems of metasurface optics. Optics Express. 27(21). 30308–30308. 65 indexed citations

Shechtman, Yoav, Lucien E. Weiss, Adam S. Backer, Maurice Y. Lee, & W. E. Moerner. (2016). Multicolour localization microscopy by point-spread-function engineering. Nature Photonics. 10(9). 590–594. 115 indexed citations

Backer, Adam S., Maurice Y. Lee, & W. E. Moerner. (2016). Enhanced DNA imaging using super-resolution microscopy and simultaneous single-molecule orientation measurements. Optica. 3(6). 659–659. 85 indexed citations

Backer, Adam S., Maurice Y. Lee, & W. E. Moerner. (2016). Enhanced DNA Imaging Using Super-Resolution Microscopy and Simultaneous Single-Molecule Orientation Measurements. Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics. 77. JTh4B.4–JTh4B.4. 1 indexed citations

Backer, Adam S. & W. E. Moerner. (2015). Determining the rotational mobility of a single molecule from a single image: a numerical study. Optics Express. 23(4). 4255–4255. 36 indexed citations

Shechtman, Yoav, Lucien E. Weiss, Adam S. Backer, Steffen J. Sahl, & W. E. Moerner. (2015). Precise Three-Dimensional Scan-Free Multiple-Particle Tracking over Large Axial Ranges with Tetrapod Point Spread Functions. Nano Letters. 15(6). 4194–4199. 170 indexed citations

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Backer, Adam S. & W. E. Moerner. (2015). Determining the Rotational Mobility of a Single Molecule from a Single Image: A Numerical Study. 77. JW3A.2–JW3A.2. 1 indexed citations

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Backer, Adam S. & W. E. Moerner. (2014). Extending Single-Molecule Microscopy Using Optical Fourier Processing. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B. 118(28). 8313–8329. 102 indexed citations

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Shechtman, Yoav, Steffen J. Sahl, Adam S. Backer, & W. E. Moerner. (2014). Optimal Point Spread Function Design for 3D Imaging. Physical Review Letters. 113(13). 133902–133902. 245 indexed citations breakdown →

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Backer, Adam S., Mikael P. Backlund, Lexy von Diezmann, Steffen J. Sahl, & W. E. Moerner. (2014). A bisected pupil for studying single-molecule orientational dynamics and its application to three-dimensional super-resolution microscopy. Applied Physics Letters. 104(19). 193701–193701. 53 indexed citations

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Backer, Adam S., Mikael P. Backlund, Matthew D. Lew, & W. E. Moerner. (2013). Single-molecule orientation measurements with a quadrated pupil. Optics Letters. 38(9). 1521–1521. 50 indexed citations

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Backlund, Mikael P., Matthew D. Lew, Adam S. Backer, Steffen J. Sahl, & W. E. Moerner. (2013). The Role of Molecular Dipole Orientation in Single‐Molecule Fluorescence Microscopy and Implications for Super‐Resolution Imaging. ChemPhysChem. 15(4). 587–599. 107 indexed citations

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Backlund, Mikael P., Matthew D. Lew, Adam S. Backer, et al.. (2013). The double-helix point spread function enables precise and accurate measurement of 3D single-molecule localization and orientation. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 8590. 85900L–85900L. 27 indexed citations

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Backlund, Mikael P., Matthew D. Lew, Adam S. Backer, et al.. (2012). Simultaneous, accurate measurement of the 3D position and orientation of single molecules. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 109(47). 19087–19092. 155 indexed citations

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Backer, Adam S., Andrew Callan-Jones, & Robert A. Pelcovits. (2008). Nematic cells with defect-patterned alignment layers. Physical Review E. 77(2). 21701–21701. 11 indexed citations

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