Ajay Virkar

1.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
12 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Ajay Virkar is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Polymers and Plastics and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, Ajay Virkar has authored 12 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 4 papers in Polymers and Plastics and 3 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in Ajay Virkar's work include Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics (11 papers), Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures (5 papers) and Conducting polymers and applications (4 papers). Ajay Virkar is often cited by papers focused on Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics (11 papers), Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures (5 papers) and Conducting polymers and applications (4 papers). Ajay Virkar collaborates with scholars based in United States, Switzerland and Japan. Ajay Virkar's co-authors include Zhenan Bao, Stefan C. B. Mannsfeld, Michael F. Toney, Natalie Stingelin, Joon Hak Oh, Jason Locklin, Yutaka Ito, Colin Reese, J. C. Scott and Yih Horng Tan and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Advanced Materials and Chemistry of Materials.

In The Last Decade

Ajay Virkar

12 papers receiving 1.5k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

Crystalline Ultrasmooth Self-Assembled Monolayers of Alkylsilanes for Organic Field-Effect Transistors

2009 535 citations Yutaka Ito, Ajay Virkar et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
Organic Semiconductor Growth and Morphology Considerations for Organic Thin‐Film Transistors

2010 455 citations Ajay Virkar, Stefan C. B. Mannsfeld et al. Advanced Materials profile →

Peers

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Mang-Mang Ling United States

Souren Grigorian Germany

Hyunsik Moon South Korea

Eric C.‐W. Ou Singapore

Craig E. Murphy United Kingdom

André Moliton France

Dawn V. Muyres United States

A. Falcou France

Rémi de Bettignies France

Dago de Leeuw Netherlands

Mang-Mang Ling United States

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426 ×0.7

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141 ×0.9

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Countries citing papers authored by Ajay Virkar

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ajay Virkar

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Ajay Virkar. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Ajay Virkar 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 Ajay Virkar. Ajay Virkar is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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12 of 12 papers shown

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Bräuer, Björn, Roopali Kukreja, Ajay Virkar, et al.. (2011). Carrier mobility in pentacene as a function of grain size and orientation derived from scanning transmission X-ray microscopy. Organic Electronics. 12(11). 1936–1942. 21 indexed citations

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Virkar, Ajay. (2011). Investigating the Nucleation, Growth, and Energy Levels of Organic Semiconductors for High Performance Plastic Electronics. DIAL (Catholic University of Leuven). 2 indexed citations

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Virkar, Ajay, Stefan C. B. Mannsfeld, David P. Bernstein, et al.. (2010). Scanning transmission X-ray microscopy imaging of the grain orientation in a pentacene field-effect transistor. Bulletin of the American Physical Society. 2010. 1 indexed citations

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Virkar, Ajay, Stefan C. B. Mannsfeld, Zhenan Bao, & Natalie Stingelin. (2010). Organic Semiconductor Growth and Morphology Considerations for Organic Thin‐Film Transistors. Advanced Materials. 22(34). 3857–3875. 455 indexed citations breakdown →

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Boudreault, Pierre‐Luc, Ajay Virkar, Zhenan Bao, & Mario Leclerc. (2010). Synthesis and characterization of soluble indolo[3,2-b]carbazole derivatives for organic field-effect transistors. Organic Electronics. 11(10). 1649–1659. 60 indexed citations

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Virkar, Ajay, Stefan C. B. Mannsfeld, & Zhenan Bao. (2010). Energetics and stability of pentacene thin films on amorphous and crystalline octadecylsilane modified surfaces. Journal of Materials Chemistry. 20(13). 2664–2664. 17 indexed citations

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Bräuer, Björn, Ajay Virkar, Stefan C. B. Mannsfeld, et al.. (2010). X-ray Microscopy Imaging of the Grain Orientation in a Pentacene Field-Effect Transistor. Chemistry of Materials. 22(12). 3693–3697. 37 indexed citations

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Ito, Yutaka, Ajay Virkar, Stefan C. B. Mannsfeld, et al.. (2009). Crystalline Ultrasmooth Self-Assembled Monolayers of Alkylsilanes for Organic Field-Effect Transistors. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 131(26). 9396–9404. 535 indexed citations breakdown →

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Mannsfeld, Stefan C. B., Ajay Virkar, Colin Reese, Michael F. Toney, & Zhenan Bao. (2009). Precise Structure of Pentacene Monolayers on Amorphous Silicon Oxide and Relation to Charge Transport. Advanced Materials. 21(22). 2294–2298. 164 indexed citations

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Ito, Yutaka, Ajay Virkar, Jason Locklin, et al.. (2009). Preparation of crystalline dielectric modification silane layer by spin-coating and its improvements on organic transistor performance. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 7417. 741718–741718. 2 indexed citations

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Virkar, Ajay, Stefan C. B. Mannsfeld, Joon Hak Oh, et al.. (2009). The Role of OTS Density on Pentacene and C₆₀ Nucleation, Thin Film Growth, and Transistor Performance. Advanced Functional Materials. 19(12). 1962–1970. 224 indexed citations

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Virkar, Ajay, Mang-Mang Ling, Jason Locklin, & Zhenan Bao. (2008). Oligothiophene based organic semiconductors with cross-linkable benzophenone moieties. Synthetic Metals. 158(21-24). 958–963. 15 indexed citations

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