Carson J. Bruns

4.7k total citations · 6 hit papers
57 papers, 4.0k citations indexed

About

Carson J. Bruns is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Materials Chemistry and Spectroscopy. According to data from OpenAlex, Carson J. Bruns has authored 57 papers receiving a total of 4.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 26 papers in Organic Chemistry, 19 papers in Materials Chemistry and 13 papers in Spectroscopy. Recurrent topics in Carson J. Bruns's work include Supramolecular Chemistry and Complexes (22 papers), Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials (11 papers) and Molecular Sensors and Ion Detection (8 papers). Carson J. Bruns is often cited by papers focused on Supramolecular Chemistry and Complexes (22 papers), Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials (11 papers) and Molecular Sensors and Ion Detection (8 papers). Carson J. Bruns collaborates with scholars based in United States, South Korea and United Kingdom. Carson J. Bruns's co-authors include J. Fraser Stoddart, Samuel I. Stupp, Stephen Loser, Tobin J. Marks, Hiroyuki Miyauchi, Chenfeng Ke, Antonio Facchetti, Roger B. Pettman, Paul R. McGonigal and X. -L. Hou and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

Carson J. Bruns

56 papers receiving 4.0k citations

Hit Papers

The Nature of the Mechanical Bond 2011 2026 2016 2021 2016 2014 2011 2015 2016 100 200 300 400 500
What are hit papers?

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.

  1. The Nature of the Mechanical Bond
    2016 554 citations Carson J. Bruns, J. Fraser Stoddart profile →
  2. Rotaxane-Based Molecular Muscles
    2014 474 citations Carson J. Bruns, J. Fraser Stoddart Accounts of Chemical Research profile →
  3. A Naphthodithiophene-Diketopyrrolopyrrole Donor Molecule for Efficient Solution-Processed Solar Cells
    2011 461 citations Stephen Loser, Carson J. Bruns et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
  4. Tunable solid-state fluorescent materials for supramolecular encryption
    2015 399 citations X. -L. Hou, Chenfeng Ke et al. Nature Communications profile →
  5. The nature of the mechanical bond: from molecules to machines
    2016 280 citations Carson J. Bruns, J. Fraser Stoddart profile →
  6. ExBox: A Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Scavenger
    2012 268 citations Nathan L. Strutt, Marco Frasconi et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →

Peers

Carson J. Bruns
Yuguo Ma China
Paul R. McGonigal United Kingdom
Sourav Saha United States
Keiki Kishikawa Japan
D. S. Shankar Rao India
Emilio M. Pérez Spain
Pawaret Leowanawat United States
Graeme Cooke United Kingdom
Nagatoshi Koumura Japan
Yuguo Ma China
Carson J. Bruns
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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Carson J. Bruns

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Thompson, Jamie F., Jorge Osio‐Norgaard, Carson J. Bruns, et al.. (2024). Direct ink writing of viscous inks in variable gravity regimes using parabolic flights. Acta Astronautica. 219. 569–579. 5 indexed citations
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Bruns, Carson J., et al.. (2024). Smart Tattoos of Intradermally Implanted Photochromic Nanosensors for Personal UV Sensing and Dosimetry. Advanced Functional Materials. 34(40). 4 indexed citations
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Bruns, Carson J.. (2022). Moving forward in the semantic soup of artificial molecular machine taxonomy. Nature Nanotechnology. 17(12). 1231–1234. 9 indexed citations
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Bruns, Carson J., et al.. (2022). Chemorheological Monitoring of Cross-Linking in Slide-ring Gels Derived From α-cyclodextrin Polyrotaxanes. Frontiers in Chemistry. 10. 923775–923775. 3 indexed citations
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Williams, Evan R., Shangshi Liu, Eloïse Bihar, et al.. (2022). A Transient Printed Soil Decomposition Sensor Based on a Biopolymer Composite Conductor. Advanced Science. 10(5). e2205785–e2205785. 12 indexed citations
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Kwon, Hyejin & Carson J. Bruns. (2022). All-hydrocarbon, all-conjugated cycloparaphenylene-polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon host-guest complexes stabilized by CH−π interactions. Nano Research. 15(6). 5545–5555. 18 indexed citations
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Hou, X. -L., Chenfeng Ke, Carson J. Bruns, et al.. (2015). Tunable solid-state fluorescent materials for supramolecular encryption. Nature Communications. 6(1). 6884–6884. 399 indexed citations breakdown →
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Bruns, Carson J., Jianing Li, Marco Frasconi, et al.. (2014). An Electrochemically and Thermally Switchable Donor–Acceptor [c2]Daisy Chain Rotaxane. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 53(7). 1953–1958. 67 indexed citations
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Bruns, Carson J., Jianing Li, Marco Frasconi, et al.. (2014). An Electrochemically and Thermally Switchable Donor–Acceptor [c2]Daisy Chain Rotaxane. Angewandte Chemie. 126(7). 1984–1989. 20 indexed citations
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Guerrero, Antonio, Stephen Loser, Germà García-Belmonte, et al.. (2013). Solution-processed small molecule:fullerene bulk-heterojunction solar cells: impedance spectroscopy deduced bulk and interfacial limits to fill-factors. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 15(39). 16456–16456. 76 indexed citations
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Zhu, Zhixue, Carson J. Bruns, Hao Li, et al.. (2013). Synthesis and solution-state dynamics of donor–acceptor oligorotaxane foldamers. Chemical Science. 4(4). 1470–1470. 36 indexed citations
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Fahrenbach, Albert C., Karel J. Hartlieb, Andrew C.‐H. Sue, et al.. (2012). Rapid thermally assisted donor–acceptor catenation. Chemical Communications. 48(73). 9141–9141. 8 indexed citations
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Bruns, Carson J. & J. Fraser Stoddart. (2012). Molecular machines muscle up. Nature Nanotechnology. 8(1). 9–10. 82 indexed citations
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Basuray, Ashish N., Henri‐Pierre Jacquot de Rouville, Karel J. Hartlieb, et al.. (2012). The Chameleonic Nature of Diazaperopyrenium Recognition Processes. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 51(47). 11872–11877. 22 indexed citations
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Fahrenbach, Albert C., Carson J. Bruns, Dennis Cao, & J. Fraser Stoddart. (2012). Ground-State Thermodynamics of Bistable Redox-Active Donor–Acceptor Mechanically Interlocked Molecules. Accounts of Chemical Research. 45(9). 1581–1592. 128 indexed citations
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Gothard, Chris M., Carson J. Bruns, Nosheen A. Gothard, Bartosz A. Grzybowski, & J. Fraser Stoddart. (2012). Modular Synthesis of Bipyridinium Oligomers and Corresponding Donor–Acceptor Oligorotaxanes with Crown Ethers. Organic Letters. 14(19). 5066–5069. 19 indexed citations
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Bruns, Carson J. & J. Fraser Stoddart. (2011). The Mechanical Bond: A Work of Art. Topics in current chemistry. 323. 19–72. 50 indexed citations
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Loser, Stephen, Carson J. Bruns, Hiroyuki Miyauchi, et al.. (2011). A Naphthodithiophene-Diketopyrrolopyrrole Donor Molecule for Efficient Solution-Processed Solar Cells. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 133(21). 8142–8145. 461 indexed citations breakdown →
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Woo, Christina M., et al.. (2010). Synthesis and Biological Activities of Azalamellarins. Chemistry - An Asian Journal. 5(9). 2113–2123. 41 indexed citations
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Forgan, Ross S., Douglas C. Friedman, Charlotte L. Stern, Carson J. Bruns, & J. Fraser Stoddart. (2010). Directed self-assembly of a ring-in-ring complex. Chemical Communications. 46(32). 5861–5861. 50 indexed citations

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