Alex Primak

2.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
8 papers, 2.2k citations indexed

About

Alex Primak is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Alex Primak has authored 8 papers receiving a total of 2.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 5 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 2 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Alex Primak's work include Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures (8 papers), Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications (5 papers) and Porphyrin and Phthalocyanine Chemistry (2 papers). Alex Primak is often cited by papers focused on Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures (8 papers), Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications (5 papers) and Porphyrin and Phthalocyanine Chemistry (2 papers). Alex Primak collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and Argentina. Alex Primak's co-authors include Stuart Lindsay, Devens Gust, Xristo Zárate, Otto F. Sankey, John K. Tomfohr, Thomas A. Moore, Ana L. Moore, Xiaodong Cui, Gari Harris and Larry A. Nagahara and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and The Journal of Physical Chemistry B.

In The Last Decade

Alex Primak

8 papers receiving 2.1k 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.

Reproducible Measurement of Single-Molecule Conductivity

2001 1.1k citations Xiaodong Cui, Alex Primak et al. Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Alex Primak United States	8	1.9k	998	566	531	364	8	2.2k
T. D. Dunbar United States	11	1.9k 1.0×	799 0.8×	585 1.0×	821 1.5×	218 0.6×	13	2.1k
Vincent B. Engelkes United States	7	1.6k 0.9×	792 0.8×	460 0.8×	473 0.9×	270 0.7×	7	1.7k
Jeremy M. Beebe United States	14	2.1k 1.1×	1.0k 1.1×	599 1.1×	701 1.3×	335 0.9×	22	2.4k
David Zsolt Manrique United Kingdom	20	1.8k 0.9×	1.0k 1.0×	461 0.8×	670 1.3×	213 0.6×	30	2.0k
Edmund Leary Spain	26	1.8k 0.9×	942 0.9×	465 0.8×	675 1.3×	295 0.8×	44	2.1k
Jennifer E. Klare United States	16	2.9k 1.5×	1.5k 1.5×	916 1.6×	953 1.8×	432 1.2×	20	3.4k
Iain Grace United Kingdom	29	2.3k 1.2×	1.2k 1.2×	541 1.0×	1.0k 2.0×	227 0.6×	61	2.6k
Jacob W. Ciszek United States	18	1.6k 0.8×	910 0.9×	472 0.8×	597 1.1×	176 0.5×	42	2.0k
Zachary J. Donhauser United States	13	1.4k 0.8×	729 0.7×	562 1.0×	480 0.9×	149 0.4×	19	1.7k
LeRoy Jones United States	15	2.4k 1.3×	958 1.0×	715 1.3×	1.0k 1.9×	276 0.8×	19	2.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Alex Primak

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Fields of papers citing papers by Alex Primak

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alex Primak

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

All Works

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8 of 8 papers shown

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Ramachandran, G., Theresa Hopson, Adam M. Rawlett, et al.. (2003). A Bond-Fluctuation Mechanism for Stochastic Switching in Wired Molecules. Science. 300(5624). 1413–1416. 369 indexed citations

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Ramachandran, G., John K. Tomfohr, Jun Li, et al.. (2003). Electron Transport Properties of a Carotene Molecule in a Metal−(Single Molecule)−Metal Junction. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B. 107(25). 6162–6169. 91 indexed citations

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Bennett, Ira, Alex Primak, Paul A. Liddell, et al.. (2002). Active transport of Ca2+ by an artificial photosynthetic membrane. Nature. 420(6914). 398–401. 189 indexed citations

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Cui, Xiaodong, Xristo Zárate, John K. Tomfohr, et al.. (2002). Bias-induced forces in conducting atomic force microscopy and contact charging of organic monolayers. Ultramicroscopy. 92(2). 67–76. 10 indexed citations

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Liu, Dezhong, Lowell D. Kispert, Alex Primak, et al.. (2002). A Thiol-Substituted Carotenoid Self-Assembles on Gold Surfaces. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B. 106(11). 2933–2936. 21 indexed citations

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Cui, Xiaodong, Alex Primak, Xristo Zárate, et al.. (2002). Changes in the Electronic Properties of a Molecule When It Is Wired into a Circuit. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B. 106(34). 8609–8614. 186 indexed citations

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Cui, Xiaodong, Alex Primak, Xristo Zárate, et al.. (2001). Reproducible Measurement of Single-Molecule Conductivity. Science. 294(5542). 571–574. 1065 indexed citations breakdown →

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Cui, Xiaodong, Xristo Zárate, John K. Tomfohr, et al.. (2001). Making electrical contacts to molecular monolayers. Nanotechnology. 13(1). 5–14. 237 indexed citations

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