Billy Smith

2.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
13 papers, 2.2k citations indexed

About

Billy Smith is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Biomedical Engineering and Electrochemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Billy Smith has authored 13 papers receiving a total of 2.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Materials Chemistry, 8 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 3 papers in Electrochemistry. Recurrent topics in Billy Smith's work include Carbon Nanotubes in Composites (6 papers), Nanopore and Nanochannel Transport Studies (6 papers) and Graphene research and applications (4 papers). Billy Smith is often cited by papers focused on Carbon Nanotubes in Composites (6 papers), Nanopore and Nanochannel Transport Studies (6 papers) and Graphene research and applications (4 papers). Billy Smith collaborates with scholars based in United States, Pakistan and China. Billy Smith's co-authors include D. Howard Fairbrother, Kevin A. Wepasnick, William P. Ball, Julie L. Bitter, Stephen R. Diegelmann, Hannah K. Wilson, Joshua D. Wnuk, Kai Loon Chen, Charles R. O’Melia and Justin M. Gorham and has published in prestigious journals such as Environmental Science & Technology, ACS Nano and Langmuir.

In The Last Decade

Billy Smith

13 papers receiving 2.2k 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.

Surface and structural characterization of multi-walled carbon nanotubes following different oxidative treatments

2010 606 citations Kevin A. Wepasnick, Billy Smith et al. Carbon profile →
Chemical and structural characterization of carbon nanotube surfaces

2010 500 citations Kevin A. Wepasnick, Billy Smith et al. Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry profile →

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13 of 13 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Transport of Oxidized Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes through Silica Based Porous Media: Influences of Aquatic Chemistry, Surface Chemistry, and Natural Organic Matter 2013 ·Environmental Science & Technology ·(unknown), Julie L. Bitter, Billy Smith, D. Howard Fairbrother, William P. Ball	31
2	Contamination control and pilot manufacturing of commercial grade carbon nanotube colloidal formulations 2013 ·Billy Smith, (unknown), Rahul Sen, David A. Roberts	2
3	Influence of Surface Oxygen on the Interactions of Carbon Nanotubes with Natural Organic Matter 2012 ·Environmental Science & Technology ·Billy Smith, (unknown), Julie L. Bitter, William P. Ball, D. Howard Fairbrother	56
4	Imaging Carbon Nanotube Interactions, Diffusion, and Stability in Nanopores 2011 ·ACS Nano ·Shannon L. Eichmann, Billy Smith, (unknown), D. Howard Fairbrother, Michael A. Bevan	20
5	Chemical and structural characterization of carbon nanotube surfaces breakdown → 2010 ·Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry ·Kevin A. Wepasnick, Billy Smith, Julie L. Bitter, D. Howard Fairbrother	500
6	Assessing the colloidal properties of engineered nanoparticles in water: case studies from fullerene C60 nanoparticles and carbon nanotubes 2010 ·Environmental Chemistry ·Kai Loon Chen, Billy Smith, William P. Ball, D. Howard Fairbrother	124
7	Surface and structural characterization of multi-walled carbon nanotubes following different oxidative treatments breakdown → 2010 ·Carbon ·Kevin A. Wepasnick, Billy Smith, (unknown), Hannah K. Wilson, Stephen R. Diegelmann, D. Howard Fairbrother	606
8	Sorption of Aqueous Zn[II] and Cd[II] by Multiwall Carbon Nanotubes: The Relative Roles of Oxygen-Containing Functional Groups and Graphenic Carbon 2009 ·Langmuir ·(unknown), Kevin A. Wepasnick, Billy Smith, (unknown), D. Howard Fairbrother, William P. Ball	200
9	Influence of Surface Oxides on the Colloidal Stability of Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes: A Structure−Property Relationship 2009 ·Langmuir ·Billy Smith, Kevin A. Wepasnick, (unknown), (unknown), William P. Ball, D. Howard Fairbrother	159
10	Colloidal Properties of Aqueous Suspensions of Acid-Treated, Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes 2008 ·Environmental Science & Technology ·Billy Smith, Kevin A. Wepasnick, (unknown), (unknown), William P. Ball, Charles R. O’Melia, D. Howard Fairbrother	192
11	Influence of Surface Oxides on the Adsorption of Naphthalene onto Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes 2008 ·Environmental Science & Technology ·(unknown), Billy Smith, Joshua D. Wnuk, D. Howard Fairbrother, William P. Ball	265
12	Quantifying the flux and spatial distribution of atomic hydrogen generated by a thermal source using atomic force microscopy to measure the chemical erosion of highly ordered pyrolytic graphite 2007 ·Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology A Vacuum Surfaces and Films ·Joshua D. Wnuk, Justin M. Gorham, Billy Smith, (unknown), D. Howard Fairbrother	5
13	Modification of Alkanethiolate Self-Assembled Monolayers by Atomic Hydrogen: Influence of Alkyl Chain Length 2006 ·The Journal of Physical Chemistry C ·Justin M. Gorham, Billy Smith, D. Howard Fairbrother	34

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