Akram Boukai

7.3k total citations · 4 hit papers
16 papers, 6.0k citations indexed

About

Akram Boukai is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Biomedical Engineering and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Akram Boukai has authored 16 papers receiving a total of 6.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Materials Chemistry, 8 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 7 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Akram Boukai's work include Nanowire Synthesis and Applications (8 papers), Carbon Nanotubes in Composites (4 papers) and Thermal properties of materials (3 papers). Akram Boukai is often cited by papers focused on Nanowire Synthesis and Applications (8 papers), Carbon Nanotubes in Composites (4 papers) and Thermal properties of materials (3 papers). Akram Boukai collaborates with scholars based in United States. Akram Boukai's co-authors include James R. Heath, Yuri L. Bunimovich, Jamil Tahir‐Kheli, William A. Goddard, Jen-Kan Yu, J. Fraser Stoddart, Yun Jeong Hwang, Peidong Yang, Ke Xu and Alexander Star and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Advanced Materials.

In The Last Decade

Akram Boukai

16 papers receiving 5.9k citations

Hit Papers

Silicon nanowires as efficient thermoelectric materials 2001 2026 2009 2017 2008 2007 2001 2003 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k
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.

  1. Silicon nanowires as efficient thermoelectric materials
    2008 2.2k citations Akram Boukai, Yuri L. Bunimovich et al. Nature profile →
  2. A 160-kilobit molecular electronic memory patterned at 1011 bits per square centimetre
    2007 1.0k citations Jang Wook Choi, Akram Boukai et al. Nature profile →
  3. Preparation and Properties of Polymer-Wrapped Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes
    2001 826 citations Alexander Star, J. Fraser Stoddart et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →
  4. Ultrahigh-Density Nanowire Lattices and Circuits
    2003 697 citations Nicholas A. Melosh, Akram Boukai et al. Science profile →

Peers

Akram Boukai
Emanuele Orgiu France
Philip G. Collins United States
K. Kamarás Hungary
James A. Misewich United States
Michael S. Arnold United States
Vasili Perebeinos United States
Ralph Krupke Germany
Gyula Eres United States
Janina Maultzsch Germany
Yasumitsu Miyata Japan
Emanuele Orgiu France
Akram Boukai
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Fields of papers citing papers by Akram Boukai

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Akram Boukai

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

All Works

16 of 16 papers shown
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Lee, Duck Hyun, Jae Young Kwon, Stephen Maldonado, Anish Tuteja, & Akram Boukai. (2014). Extreme Light Absorption by Multiple Plasmonic Layers on Upgraded Metallurgical Grade Silicon Solar Cells. Nano Letters. 14(4). 1961–1967. 34 indexed citations
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Kwon, Jae Young, et al.. (2012). High Efficiency Thin Upgraded Metallurgical-Grade Silicon Solar Cells on Flexible Substrates. Nano Letters. 12(10). 5143–5147. 42 indexed citations
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Boukai, Akram, et al.. (2010). Efficiency enhancement of copper contaminated radial p–n junction solar cells. Chemical Physics Letters. 501(4-6). 153–158. 20 indexed citations
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Boukai, Akram, Yuri L. Bunimovich, Jamil Tahir‐Kheli, et al.. (2008). Silicon nanowires as efficient thermoelectric materials. Nature. 451(7175). 168–171. 2180 indexed citations breakdown →
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Hwang, Yun Jeong, Akram Boukai, & Peidong Yang. (2008). High Density n-Si/n-TiO2Core/Shell Nanowire Arrays with Enhanced Photoactivity. Nano Letters. 9(1). 410–415. 497 indexed citations
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Boukai, Akram, Yuri L. Bunimovich, Jamil Tahir‐Kheli, et al.. (2008). ChemInform Abstract: Silicon Nanowires as Efficient Thermoelectric Materials.. ChemInform. 39(14). 5 indexed citations
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Wang, Dunwei, Yuri L. Bunimovich, Akram Boukai, & James R. Heath. (2007). Two‐Dimensional Single‐Crystal Nanowire Arrays. Small. 3(12). 2043–2047. 21 indexed citations
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Choi, Jang Wook, Akram Boukai, Yuri L. Bunimovich, et al.. (2007). A 160-kilobit molecular electronic memory patterned at 1011 bits per square centimetre. Nature. 445(7126). 414–417. 1037 indexed citations breakdown →
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Jung, Gun Young, Ezekiel Johnston‐Halperin, Wei Wu, et al.. (2006). Circuit Fabrication at 17 nm Half-Pitch by Nanoimprint Lithography. Nano Letters. 6(3). 351–354. 128 indexed citations
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Boukai, Akram, Ke Xu, & James R. Heath. (2006). Size‐Dependent Transport and Thermoelectric Properties of Individual Polycrystalline Bismuth Nanowires. Advanced Materials. 18(7). 864–869. 160 indexed citations
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Beckman, Robert A., Akram Boukai, Yuri L. Bunimovich, et al.. (2005). Spiers Memorial Lecture : Molecular mechanics and molecular electronics. Faraday Discussions. 131. 9–22. 58 indexed citations
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Melosh, Nicholas A., Akram Boukai, Frédéric S. Diana, et al.. (2003). Ultrahigh-Density Nanowire Lattices and Circuits. Science. 300(5616). 112–115. 697 indexed citations breakdown →
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Star, Alexander, Yi Liu, Kevin R. Grant, et al.. (2003). Noncovalent Side-Wall Functionalization of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes. Macromolecules. 36(3). 553–560. 248 indexed citations
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Star, Alexander, J. Fraser Stoddart, David W. Steuerman, et al.. (2001). Preparation and Properties of Polymer-Wrapped Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 40(9). 1721–1725. 826 indexed citations breakdown →
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Star, Alexander, James Stoddart, David W. Steuerman, et al.. (2001). . Angewandte Chemie. 113(9). 1771–1775. 1 indexed citations
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Star, Alexander, J. Fraser Stoddart, David W. Steuerman, et al.. (2001). Preparation and Properties of Polymer-Wrapped Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes. Angewandte Chemie. 113(9). 1771–1775. 73 indexed citations

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