C. Grant Willson

16.2k total citations · 3 hit papers
384 papers, 12.9k citations indexed

About

C. Grant Willson is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Biomedical Engineering and Organic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, C. Grant Willson has authored 384 papers receiving a total of 12.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 243 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 185 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 93 papers in Organic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in C. Grant Willson's work include Advancements in Photolithography Techniques (210 papers), Nanofabrication and Lithography Techniques (152 papers) and Block Copolymer Self-Assembly (44 papers). C. Grant Willson is often cited by papers focused on Advancements in Photolithography Techniques (210 papers), Nanofabrication and Lithography Techniques (152 papers) and Block Copolymer Self-Assembly (44 papers). C. Grant Willson collaborates with scholars based in United States, Bulgaria and Canada. C. Grant Willson's co-authors include M. D. Stewart, Jean M. J. Fréchet, Christopher J. Ellison, Hiroshi Itô, George M. Whitesides, Declan Ryan, Byron D. Gates, Qiaobing Xu, Christopher M. Bates and Michael J. Maher and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Chemical Reviews and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

C. Grant Willson

379 papers receiving 12.3k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

New Approaches to Nanofabrication: Molding, Printing, and Other Techniques

2005 1.6k citations M. D. Stewart, C. Grant Willson et al. profile →
Block Copolymer Lithography

2013 555 citations Christopher M. Bates, Michael J. Maher et al. Macromolecules profile →
Chemical amplification in the design of dry developing resist materials

1983 390 citations Hiroshi Itô, C. Grant Willson profile →

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of C. Grant Willson

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

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Unusual Thermal Properties of Certain Poly(3,5-disubstituted styrene)s 2020 ·Macromolecules ·Jai Hyun Koh, (unknown), Yusuke Asano, Michael J. Maher, Heonjoo Ha, Sung‐Soo Kim, (unknown), Emmanuel Urandu Mapesa, Joshua Sangoro, Christopher J. Ellison, Nathaniel A. Lynd, C. Grant Willson	1
2	Spatial Control of the Self-assembled Block Copolymer Domain Orientation and Alignment on Photopatterned Surfaces 2020 ·ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces ·(unknown), Philip L.‐F. Liu, Michael J. Maher, (unknown), Christopher M. Bates, Matthew C. Carlson, Yusuke Asano, Gregory Blachut, Charles Rettner, Joy Cheng, Daniel F. Sunday, R. Joseph Kline, Daniel P. Sanders, Nathaniel A. Lynd, Christopher J. Ellison, C. Grant Willson, Carlos R. Baiz	7
3	Characterizing the Interface Scaling of High χ Block Copolymers near the Order–Disorder Transition 2017 ·Macromolecules ·Daniel F. Sunday, Michael J. Maher, Adam F. Hannon, Christopher D. Liman, (unknown), Gregory Blachut, Yusuke Asano, Christopher J. Ellison, C. Grant Willson, R. Joseph Kline	36
4	Influence of topographically patterned angled guidelines on directed self-assembly of block copolymers 2017 ·Physical review. E ·(unknown), (unknown), Gregory Blachut, Christopher J. Ellison, C. Grant Willson, Venkat Ganesan	3
5	Direct observation of PMMA removal from graphene surface 2016 ·Bulletin of the American Physical Society ·Xiaohan Wang, Harry Chou, Tao Li, (unknown), Andrei Dolocan, Deji Akinwande, C. Grant Willson	2
6	High-throughput sequencing of the paired human immunoglobulin heavy and light chain repertoire 2013 ·Nature Biotechnology ·Brandon J. DeKosky, Gregory C. Ippolito, Ryan Deschner, Jason J. Lavinder, Yariv Wine, Brandon Rawlings, Navin Varadarajan, Claudia Giesecke‐Thiel, Thomas Dörner, Sarah F. Andrews, Patrick C. Wilson, Scott Hunicke‐Smith, C. Grant Willson, Andrew D. Ellington, George Georgiou	313
7	Durable diamond-like carbon templates for UV nanoimprint lithography 2008 ·Nanotechnology ·Li Tao, S. Ramachandran, (unknown), Min‐Der Lin, Lawrence Overzet, Matthew Goeckner, (unknown), C. Grant Willson, Wei Wu, Walter Hu	22
8	Feature Multiplexing—Improving the Efficiency of Microarray Devices 2006 ·Angewandte Chemie International Edition ·(unknown), (unknown), Scott M. Grayson, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Andrew D. Ellington, C. Grant Willson	2
9	The Evolution of Materials for the Photolithographic Process 2003 ·Journal of Photopolymer Science and Technology ·C. Grant Willson, Brian C. Trinque	19
10	Hydrogen silsesquioxane for direct electron-beam patterning of step and flash imprint lithography templates 2002 ·Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology B Microelectronics and Nanometer Structures Processing Measurement and Phenomena ·David P. Mancini, (unknown), (unknown), Kevin J. Nordquist, Douglas J. Resnick, T. C. Bailey, S. V. Sreenivasan, John G. Ekerdt, C. Grant Willson	37
11	Step and Flash Imprint Lithography: A Technology Review 2000 ·Travis S. Bailey, Byung Jin Choi, Matthew Colburn, Annette Grot, Mario Meissl, M. D. Stewart, John G. Ekerdt, S. V. Sreenivasan, C. Grant Willson	1
12	Step and flash imprint lithography: a new approach to high-resolution patterning 1999 ·Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE ·Matthew Colburn, Stephen C. Johnson, M. D. Stewart, Shilpa Damle, Todd Bailey, Bernard Choi, Michael D. Wedlake, Timothy B. Michaelson, S. V. Sreenivasan, John G. Ekerdt, C. Grant Willson	428
13	Patterning curved surfaces: Template generation by ion beam proximity lithography and relief transfer by step and flash imprint lithography 1999 ·Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology B Microelectronics and Nanometer Structures Processing Measurement and Phenomena ·Paul Ruchhoeft, Matthew Colburn, Byung Jin Choi, (unknown), Stephen Johnson, T. C. Bailey, Shilpa Damle, M. D. Stewart, John G. Ekerdt, S. V. Sreenivasan, J. C. Wolfe, C. Grant Willson	118
14	Synthesis of Polymers Having N-Hydroxymaleimide Units by Thermolysis of N-(Isopropyloxycarbonyloxy)maleimide Polymers 1995 ·Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society ·(unknown), C. Grant Willson	3
15	Introduction to microlithography 1994 ·Crystal Research and Technology ·L. F. Thompson, C. Grant Willson, M. J. Bowden	322
16	A chemically amplified photoresist for visible laser direct imaging 1992 ·Journal of Imaging Science and Technology ·Gregory M. Wallraff, Robert D. Allen, William D. Hinsberg, C. Grant Willson, Logan Simpson, S. E. Webber	8
17	Chemically amplified imaging materials based on acid-catalyzed reactions of polyesters or electrophilic crosslinking processes. 1990 ·Journal of Photopolymer Science and Technology ·Jean M. J. Fréchet, (unknown), (unknown), B. Reck, M Stanciulescu, C. Grant Willson	9
18	Approaches to the Design of Radiation‐Sensitive Polymeric Imaging Systems with Improved Sensitivity and Resolution 1986 ·Journal of The Electrochemical Society ·C. Grant Willson, Hiroshi Itô, Jean M. J. Fréchet, (unknown), Francis M. Houlihan	128
19	New UV Resists with Negative or Positive Tone 1982 ·Symposium on VLSI Technology ·Hiroshi Itô, C. Grant Willson, (unknown)	27
20	Fine-Line High-Speed Excimer Laser Lithography 1982 ·Symposium on VLSI Technology ·Kanti Jain, C. Grant Willson, Burn J. Lin	1

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