Alexander L. Paterson

1.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
25 papers, 736 citations indexed

About

Alexander L. Paterson is a scholar working on Spectroscopy, Materials Chemistry and Nuclear and High Energy Physics. According to data from OpenAlex, Alexander L. Paterson has authored 25 papers receiving a total of 736 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Spectroscopy, 11 papers in Materials Chemistry and 9 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics. Recurrent topics in Alexander L. Paterson's work include Advanced NMR Techniques and Applications (14 papers), NMR spectroscopy and applications (9 papers) and Solid-state spectroscopy and crystallography (7 papers). Alexander L. Paterson is often cited by papers focused on Advanced NMR Techniques and Applications (14 papers), NMR spectroscopy and applications (9 papers) and Solid-state spectroscopy and crystallography (7 papers). Alexander L. Paterson collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and United Kingdom. Alexander L. Paterson's co-authors include Frédéric A. Perras, Aaron D. Sadow, Massimiliano Delferro, Igor I. Slowing, Ryan A. Hackler, Wenyu Huang, Anne M. LaPointe, Baron Peters, Xun Wu and Akalanka Tennakoon and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Journal of Applied Physics and Analytical Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Alexander L. Paterson

25 papers receiving 730 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.

Catalytic upcycling of high-density polyethylene via a processive mechanism

2020 393 citations Akalanka Tennakoon, Xun Wu et al. Nature Catalysis profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Alexander L. Paterson United States	14	273	232	199	198	157	25	736
David Curcó Spain	16	50 0.2×	99 0.4×	65 0.3×	283 1.4×	173 1.1×	50	951
Melissa C. Cendejas United States	13	88 0.3×	109 0.5×	61 0.3×	1.0k 5.2×	65 0.4×	20	1.3k
Oleg Semyonov Russia	13	83 0.3×	90 0.4×	50 0.3×	194 1.0×	47 0.3×	20	497
Jingdong Feng China	18	35 0.1×	75 0.3×	50 0.3×	369 1.9×	98 0.6×	53	750
Carlos Lizandara‐Pueyo Germany	15	40 0.1×	24 0.1×	113 0.6×	509 2.6×	80 0.5×	30	820
Thuy T. Le United States	12	49 0.2×	121 0.5×	38 0.2×	483 2.4×	34 0.2×	15	776
A. Ueno Japan	14	38 0.1×	54 0.2×	45 0.2×	429 2.2×	69 0.4×	28	769
Laurens D. B. Mandemaker Netherlands	14	72 0.3×	37 0.2×	40 0.2×	348 1.8×	23 0.1×	36	809
J.E. Diosa Colombia	13	30 0.1×	40 0.2×	42 0.2×	318 1.6×	83 0.5×	73	560
Balázs Nagy Hungary	14	34 0.1×	12 0.1×	98 0.5×	189 1.0×	59 0.4×	34	560

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Perras, Frédéric A., Songlin Wang, Mita Halder, et al.. (2025). Removal of Homogeneous Broadening from ¹H-Detected Multidimensional Solid-State NMR Spectra. Analytical Chemistry. 97(8). 4653–4660. 1 indexed citations

Perras, Frédéric A. & Alexander L. Paterson. (2024). Automatic fitting of multiple-field solid-state NMR spectra. Solid State Nuclear Magnetic Resonance. 131. 101935–101935. 4 indexed citations

Paterson, Alexander L., et al.. (2024). Tetrakis(trimethylsilyl)silane as a standard compound for fast spinning Solid-State NMR experiments. Journal of Magnetic Resonance. 367. 107747–107747. 1 indexed citations

DeZonia, Barry E., et al.. (2024). Low power supercycled TPPM decoupling. Journal of Magnetic Resonance. 365. 107726–107726. 3 indexed citations

Zhao, Yunpu, Akalanka Tennakoon, Xun Wu, et al.. (2023). Mechanistic Insights into Processive Polyethylene Hydrogenolysis throughIn SituNMR. Macromolecules. 56(11). 4287–4295. 17 indexed citations

Paterson, Alexander L., Jéssica Rodríguez, Andrew L. Kocen, et al.. (2023). Zirconium-Catalyzed C–H Alumination of Polyolefins, Paraffins, and Methane. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 145(5). 2901–2910. 15 indexed citations

McCullough, Katherine B., Robert M. Kennedy, Yiyu Wang, et al.. (2022). Synthesis of platinum nanoparticles on strontium titanate nanocuboidsviasurface organometallic grafting for the catalytic hydrogenolysis of plastic waste. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 11(3). 1216–1231. 29 indexed citations

Dorn, Rick W., Alexander L. Paterson, Ivan Hung, et al.. (2022). Dipolar Heteronuclear Correlation Solid-State NMR Experiments between Half-Integer Quadrupolar Nuclei: The Case of ¹¹ B– ¹⁷ O. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 126(28). 11652–11666. 6 indexed citations

Perras, Frédéric A., Alexander L. Paterson, Zoha H. Syed, et al.. (2021). Revealing the Configuration and Conformation of Surface Organometallic Catalysts with DNP-Enhanced NMR. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 125(24). 13433–13442. 18 indexed citations

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Akopov, Georgiy, Philip Yox, Gayatri Viswanathan, et al.. (2021). Synthesis-enabled exploration of chiral and polar multivalent quaternary sulfides. Chemical Science. 12(44). 14718–14730. 26 indexed citations

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Akopov, Georgiy, Gayatri Viswanathan, Shannon Lee, et al.. (2021). Third time's the charm: intricate non-centrosymmetric polymorphism in LnSiP₃ (Ln = La and Ce) induced by distortions of phosphorus square layers. Dalton Transactions. 50(19). 6463–6476. 20 indexed citations

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Perras, Frédéric A., Alexander L. Paterson, & Takeshi Kobayashi. (2021). Phase-sensitive γ-encoded recoupling of heteronuclear dipolar interactions and 1H chemical shift anisotropy. Solid State Nuclear Magnetic Resonance. 111. 101712–101712. 6 indexed citations

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Zang, Guiyan, Alexander L. Paterson, Ryan A. Hackler, et al.. (2021). Catalytic carbon-carbon bond cleavage and carbon-element bond formation give new life for polyolefins as biodegradable surfactants. Chem. 7(5). 1347–1362. 60 indexed citations

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Tennakoon, Akalanka, Xun Wu, Alexander L. Paterson, et al.. (2020). Catalytic upcycling of high-density polyethylene via a processive mechanism. Nature Catalysis. 3(11). 893–901. 393 indexed citations breakdown →

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Paterson, Alexander L., Frédéric A. Perras, M.F. Besser, & Marek Pruski. (2020). Dynamic Nuclear Polarization of Metal-Doped Oxide Glasses: A Test of the Generality of Paramagnetic Metal Polarizing Agents. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 124(42). 23126–23133. 14 indexed citations

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Paterson, Alexander L., Ulrike Werner‐Zwanziger, & Josef W. Zwanziger. (2019). Network Connectivity and Crystallization in the Transparent Ferroelectric Nanocomposite LaBGeO₅. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 123(18). 11860–11873. 6 indexed citations

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Paterson, Alexander L., Alex C. Hannon, Ulrike Werner‐Zwanziger, & Josef W. Zwanziger. (2018). Structural Differences between the Glass and Crystal Forms of the Transparent Ferroelectric Nanocomposite, LaBGeO₅, from Neutron Diffraction and NMR Spectroscopy. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 122(36). 20963–20980. 11 indexed citations

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Paterson, Alexander L. & Josef W. Zwanziger. (2018). Anisotropic stress in laser-written LaBGeO5 glass-ceramic composites. Journal of Applied Physics. 124(8). 2 indexed citations

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Paterson, Alexander L., et al.. (2017). Zero stress-optic bismuth oxide-based glass. Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids. 479. 82–89. 18 indexed citations

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Paterson, Alexander L., Margaret A. Hanson, Ulrike Werner‐Zwanziger, & Josef W. Zwanziger. (2015). Relating ¹³⁹La Quadrupolar Coupling Constants to Polyhedral Distortion in Crystalline Structures. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 119(45). 25508–25517. 9 indexed citations

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