Alexander Star

18.3k citations

174 papers · 14.1k indexed · 6 hit papers · h-index 60

Impact in

Bioengineering top 0.05%
- Analytical Chemistry and Sensors
Materials Chemistry top 0.2%
- Carbon Nanotubes in Composites
- Graphene research and applications
- Nanoparticles: synthesis and applications

Papers in

Bioengineering 21
- Analytical Chemistry and Sensors 21
Electrochemistry 17
- Electrochemical Analysis and Applications 17

Co-authors: Douglas R. Kauffman Brett L. Allen Jean‐Christophe P. Gabriel G. Grüner J. Fraser Stoddart Keith Bradley James R. Heath David W. Steuerman
Journals: ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces (14 papers)ACS Nano (12 papers)Nano Letters (11 papers)Journal of the American Chemical Society (9 papers)Nanoscale (8 papers)
Partner nations: United States Sweden Israel

In The Last Decade

Alexander Star

172 papers receiving 13.9k citations

Hit Papers

6 papers align trajectories log scale

Carbon Nanotube Gas and Vapor Sensors 2008 · 699 citations

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2008 Angewandte Chemie International Edition
2007 Advanced Materials
2006 The Journal of Physical Chemistry B
2003 Nano Letters
2002 Angewandte Chemie International Edition
2001 Angewandte Chemie International Edition

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Citations

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network

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All Works

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1	Inducing Circular Dichroism in Carbon Nanotubes by Chemical Defects ACS Nano ·Yulia V. Burtovaya, Péricles Gustavo de Jesus Santos, Braden M. Weight, Ronald A. Stanley, J.G. Micalizzi, Brendan J. Gifford, Alexander Star, Sergei Tretiak, Dmitri S. Kilin, Svetlana Kilina	2025	2
2	An automated electrolyte-gate field-effect transistor test system for rapid screening of multiple sensors Digital Discovery ·Joseph V. Dineen, Ф.В. Шугаев, Wenting Shao, Sungwoo Hwang, Alexander Star	2025	2
3	Influence of gadolinium doping on structural, optical, and electronic properties of polymeric graphitic carbon nitride RSC Advances ·Ganesh Kesavan, Dan C. Sorescu, 関根大介, Krishnan Damodaran, Scott Crawford, Ann Jelinek, Alexander Star	2024	2
4	Optimizing dicyandiamide pretreatment conditions for enhanced structure and electronic properties of polymeric graphitic carbon nitride Journal of Materials Chemistry C ·Ganesh Kesavan, Dan C. Sorescu, M. Weidenhiller, Ann Jelinek, Monika Bargmann, Nathaniel L. Rosi, Alexander Star	2023	8
5	[2π + 2π] Photocycloaddition of Enones to Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes Creates Fluorescent Quantum Defects ACS Nano ·Xiaoyun He, Ilia Kevlishvili, CA Walters, Peng Liu, Alexander Star	2021	19
6	Oligomer Hydrate Crystallization Improves Carbon Nanotube Memory Chemistry of Materials ·T Kato, M. S. A. Falcão, Е.Н. МИРОНЕНКО, W N Li, Steven J. Geib, Qiang Zhu, Hari B. Sunkara, Sachin Velankar, Robert M. Enick, John A. Keith, Alexander Star	2018	6
7	Targeting myeloid regulators by paclitaxel-loaded enzymatically degradable nanocups Nanoscale ·Seth C. Burkert, Galina V. Shurin, David L. White, Xiaoyun He, Alexandr A. Kapralov, Valerian E. Kagan, Michael R. Shurin, Alexander Star	2018	21
8	Fibrillar vs crystalline nanocellulose pulmonary epithelial cell responses: Cytotoxicity or inflammation? Chemosphere ·Qasim Sajjad, Naveena Yanamala, Mariana T. Farcas, Maria Chiara Russo, Sherri Friend, Philip Fournier, Alexander Star, Ivo Iavicoli, Galina V. Shurin, Ulla Vogel, Bengt Fadeel, Donald H. Beezhold, Elena R. Kisin, Anna A. Shvedova	2016	83
9	Lung Macrophages “Digest” Carbon Nanotubes Using a Superoxide/Peroxynitrite Oxidative Pathway ACS Nano ·Valerian E. Kagan, Alexandr A. Kapralov, Claudette M. St. Croix, Simon C. Watkins, Elena R. Kisin, Gregg P. Kotchey, Krishnakumar Balasubramanian, Irina I. Vlasova, Jaesok Yu, Kang Kim, Wanji Seo, Rama K. Mallampalli, Alexander Star, Anna A. Shvedova	2014	119
10	Enzymatic ‘stripping’ and degradation of PEGylated carbon nanotubes Nanoscale ·Kunal Bhattacharya, Cristiano Sacchetti, Ramy El-Sayed, Andrea Fornara, Gregg P. Kotchey, U.S.タックス研究会, Alexander Star, Massimo Bottini, Bengt Fadeel	2014	49
11	Peroxidase-mediated biodegradation of carbon nanotubes in vitro and in vivo Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews ·Gregg P. Kotchey, Yong Zhao, Valerian E. Kagan, Alexander Star	2013	138
12	“Zero‐Dimensional” Single‐Walled Carbon Nanotubes Angewandte Chemie International Edition ·Kaladhar Kamalasanan, Riccardo Gottardi, Susheng Tan, Yanan Chen, SDAG Lab, Sam N. Rothstein, Anna C. Balazs, Alexander Star, Steven R. Little	2013	12
13	Adsorption of Surfactant Lipids by Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes in Mouse Lung upon Pharyngeal Aspiration ACS Nano ·Alexandr A. Kapralov, Wei Feng, Andrew A. Amoscato, Naveena Yanamala, Krishnakumar Balasubramanian, Daniel Winnica, Elena R. Kisin, Gregg P. Kotchey, Pingping Gou, Louis J. Sparvero, Prabir Ray, Rama K. Mallampalli, Judith Klein‐Seetharaman, Bengt Fadeel, Alexander Star, Anna A. Shvedova, Valerian E. Kagan	2012	147
14	Sweet carbon nanostructures: carbohydrate conjugates with carbon nanotubes and graphene and their applications Chemical Society Reviews ·Yanan Chen, Alexander Star, Sébastien Vidal	2012	106
15	Impaired Clearance and Enhanced Pulmonary Inflammatory/Fibrotic Response to Carbon Nanotubes in Myeloperoxidase-Deficient Mice PLoS ONE ·Anna A. Shvedova, Alexandr A. Kapralov, Wei Feng, Elena R. Kisin, Ashley Murray, Robert R. Mercer, Claudette M. St. Croix, Graham Debenham, Simon C. Watkins, Nagarjun V. Konduru, Brett L. Allen, Jennifer Conroy, Gregg P. Kotchey, Bashir M. Mohamed, Aidan D. Meade, Yuri Volkov, Alexander Star, Bengt Fadeel, Valerian E. Kagan	2012	129
16	Carbon Nanotubes Enhance Metastatic Growth of Lung Carcinoma via Up‐Regulation of Myeloid‐Derived Suppressor Cells Small ·Anna A. Shvedova, Alexey V. Tkach, Elena R. Kisin, Timur O. Khaliullin, Shyla Stanley, Dmitriy W. Gutkin, Alexander Star, Yanan Chen, Galina V. Shurin, Valerian E. Kagan, Michael R. Shurin	2012	52
17	Open secrets : WikiLeaks, war and American diplomacy Alexander Star, Bill Keller	2011	6
18	Chemical Sensing with Polyaniline Coated Single‐Walled Carbon Nanotubes Advanced Materials ·Mengning Ding, Yifan Tang, Pingping Gou, Michaël Reber, Alexander Star	2010	96
19	Starched Carbon Nanotubes Angewandte Chemie International Edition ·Alexander Star, David W. Steuerman, James R. Heath, J. Fraser Stoddart Hit paper breakdown →	2002	508
20	Preparation and Properties of Polymer-Wrapped Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes Angewandte Chemie International Edition ·Alexander Star, J. Fraser Stoddart, David W. Steuerman, SaeedAhmed, Akram Boukai, Eric W. M. Wong, Xin Yang, Sung Wook Chung, Hyeon Choi, James R. Heath Hit paper breakdown →	2001	826

About Alexander Star

Alexander Star is a scholar working on Bioengineering, Electrochemistry, Materials Chemistry, Polymers and Plastics and Biomedical Engineering, having authored 174 papers that have together received 14.1k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Carbon Nanotubes in Composites (63 papers), Graphene and Nanomaterials Applications (35 papers), Graphene research and applications (28 papers), Nanoparticles: synthesis and applications (22 papers), Analytical Chemistry and Sensors (21 papers), Electrochemical sensors and biosensors (20 papers), Gas Sensing Nanomaterials and Sensors (18 papers) and Electrochemical Analysis and Applications (17 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Bioengineering (1.6k citations), Materials Chemistry (8.3k citations), Electrochemistry (1.0k citations), Biomedical Engineering (6.0k citations) and Polymers and Plastics (1.8k citations). Alexander Star has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Sweden and Israel. Frequent co-authors include Douglas R. Kauffman, Brett L. Allen, Jean‐Christophe P. Gabriel, G. Grüner, J. Fraser Stoddart, Keith Bradley, James R. Heath, David W. Steuerman, Valerian E. Kagan and Gregg P. Kotchey. Their work appears in journals such as ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, ACS Nano, Nano Letters, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Nanoscale.

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