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, Byron D. Gates, Qiaobing Xu, Declan Ryan, 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 →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
C. Grant Willson	6.2k	6.1k	4.0k	3.1k	1.7k	384	12.9k
Lifeng Chi	6.1k 1.0×	7.1k 1.2×	6.2k 1.5×	1.7k 0.5×	2.3k 1.3×	477	15.9k
Jillian M. Buriak	3.7k 0.6×	6.3k 1.0×	6.3k 1.6×	1.5k 0.5×	742 0.4×	223	12.0k
Manuel Márquez	6.0k 1.0×	3.6k 0.6×	6.5k 1.6×	2.8k 0.9×	1.1k 0.6×	168	15.5k
Alamgir Karim	4.3k 0.7×	2.8k 0.5×	6.1k 1.5×	1.7k 0.5×	2.3k 1.3×	319	13.3k
Georges Hadziioannou	3.0k 0.5×	6.1k 1.0×	6.3k 1.6×	4.3k 1.4×	1.8k 1.0×	408	15.1k
Sushil K. Satija	2.5k 0.4×	2.0k 0.3×	5.5k 1.4×	2.2k 0.7×	2.5k 1.4×	309	11.7k
Harald Fuchs	9.2k 1.5×	8.9k 1.4×	6.8k 1.7×	2.1k 0.7×	2.2k 1.3×	561	22.5k
Thomas Thurn‐Albrecht	2.2k 0.4×	3.0k 0.5×	5.2k 1.3×	2.1k 0.7×	1.0k 0.6×	143	10.4k
Yu‐Tai Tao	2.3k 0.4×	11.7k 1.9×	6.4k 1.6×	2.6k 0.8×	1.6k 0.9×	185	16.0k
Mónica Olvera de la Cruz	3.0k 0.5×	2.1k 0.4×	5.4k 1.3×	3.5k 1.1×	1.6k 0.9×	380	14.4k

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Liu, Philip L.‐F., Michael J. Maher, Christopher M. Bates, et al.. (2020). Spatial Control of the Self-assembled Block Copolymer Domain Orientation and Alignment on Photopatterned Surfaces. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 12(20). 23399–23409. 7 indexed citations

Koh, Jai Hyun, Yusuke Asano, Michael J. Maher, et al.. (2020). Unusual Thermal Properties of Certain Poly(3,5-disubstituted styrene)s. Macromolecules. 53(13). 5504–5511. 1 indexed citations

Sunday, Daniel F., Michael J. Maher, Adam F. Hannon, et al.. (2017). Characterizing the Interface Scaling of High χ Block Copolymers near the Order–Disorder Transition. Macromolecules. 51(1). 173–180. 36 indexed citations

Ellison, Christopher J., C. Grant Willson, Dustin W. Janes, et al.. (2017). High-χ, Si-Containing Block Copolymers and Process Strategies for Directing Their Self-Assembly. Journal of Photopolymer Science and Technology. 30(2). 187–190. 2 indexed citations

Blachut, Gregory, et al.. (2017). Influence of topographically patterned angled guidelines on directed self-assembly of block copolymers. Physical review. E. 96(5). 52501–52501. 3 indexed citations

Wang, Xiaohan, Harry Chou, Tao Li, et al.. (2016). Direct observation of PMMA removal from graphene surface. Bulletin of the American Physical Society. 2016. 2 indexed citations

DeKosky, Brandon J., Gregory C. Ippolito, Ryan Deschner, et al.. (2013). High-throughput sequencing of the paired human immunoglobulin heavy and light chain repertoire. Nature Biotechnology. 31(2). 166–169. 313 indexed citations

Hagiwara, Yuji, Brandon Rawlings, Ryan Mesch, et al.. (2011). Photobase generator enabled pitch division: a progress report. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 7972. 79720F–79720F. 5 indexed citations

Tao, Li, S. Ramachandran, Min‐Der Lin, et al.. (2008). Durable diamond-like carbon templates for UV nanoimprint lithography. Nanotechnology. 19(10). 105302–105302. 22 indexed citations

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Dickey, Michael D., et al.. (2007). Modeling of Self-Assembly Dynamics of Photolithographically Patterned MUFFINS Biosensor Arrays. MRS Proceedings. 1002. 1 indexed citations

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Grayson, Scott M., et al.. (2006). Feature Multiplexing—Improving the Efficiency of Microarray Devices. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 45(20). 3338–3341. 2 indexed citations

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Bailey, T. C., et al.. (2002). Step and Flash Imprint Lithography: An Efficient Nanoscale Printing Technology.. Journal of Photopolymer Science and Technology. 15(3). 481–486. 63 indexed citations

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Bailey, Travis S., Byung Jin Choi, Matthew Colburn, et al.. (2000). Step and Flash Imprint Lithography: A Technology Review. 11(4). 54–67. 1 indexed citations

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Colburn, Matthew, Stephen C. Johnson, M. D. Stewart, et al.. (1999). Step and flash imprint lithography: a new approach to high-resolution patterning. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 3676. 379–379. 428 indexed citations

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Tabery, Cyrus, et al.. (1999). Lithography simulation of sub-0.30-μm resist features for photomask fabrication using i-line optical pattern generators. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 3873. 484–484. 1 indexed citations

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Willson, C. Grant, et al.. (1995). Synthesis of Polymers Having N-Hydroxymaleimide Units by Thermolysis of N-(Isopropyloxycarbonyloxy)maleimide Polymers. Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society. 16(5). 443–449. 3 indexed citations

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Thompson, L. F., C. Grant Willson, & M. J. Bowden. (1994). Introduction to microlithography. Crystal Research and Technology. 30(4). 322 indexed citations

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Wallraff, Gregory M., Robert D. Allen, William D. Hinsberg, et al.. (1992). A chemically amplified photoresist for visible laser direct imaging. Journal of Imaging Science and Technology. 36(5). 468–476. 8 indexed citations

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Itô, Hiroshi, et al.. (1982). New UV Resists with Negative or Positive Tone. Symposium on VLSI Technology. 86–87. 27 indexed citations

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Jain, Kanti, C. Grant Willson, & Burn J. Lin. (1982). Fine-Line High-Speed Excimer Laser Lithography. Symposium on VLSI Technology. 92–93. 1 indexed citations

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