Carter Kittrell

20.7k total citations · 9 hit papers
116 papers, 16.0k citations indexed

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Carter Kittrell is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, Carter Kittrell has authored 116 papers receiving a total of 16.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 54 papers in Materials Chemistry, 36 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 28 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in Carter Kittrell's work include Graphene research and applications (29 papers), Carbon Nanotubes in Composites (27 papers) and Advancements in Battery Materials (13 papers). Carter Kittrell is often cited by papers focused on Graphene research and applications (29 papers), Carbon Nanotubes in Composites (27 papers) and Advancements in Battery Materials (13 papers). Carter Kittrell collaborates with scholars based in United States, Russia and France. Carter Kittrell's co-authors include Robert H. Hauge, R. E. Smalley, Michael S. Strano, James M. Tour, R. Bruce Weisman, Sergei M. Bachilo, Erik H. Hároz, Valerie C. Moore, Kristy L. Rialon and Michael O’Connell and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Carter Kittrell

116 papers receiving 15.7k 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.

Band Gap Fluorescence from Individual Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes

2002 3.1k citations Valerie C. Moore, Michael S. Strano et al. profile →
Structure-Assigned Optical Spectra of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes

2002 2.5k citations Michael S. Strano, Carter Kittrell et al. profile →
Electronic Structure Control of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube Functionalization

2003 1.1k citations Michael S. Strano, Carter Kittrell et al. profile →
Gram-scale bottom-up flash graphene synthesis

2020 658 citations Duy Xuan Luong, Ksenia V. Bets et al. Nature profile →
Large-Scale Growth and Characterizations of Nitrogen-Doped Monolayer Graphene Sheets

2011 551 citations Carter Kittrell, James M. Tour et al. ACS Nano profile →
Laser‐Induced Graphene Formation on Wood

2017 533 citations Carter Kittrell, James M. Tour et al. Advanced Materials profile →
Toward the Synthesis of Wafer-Scale Single-Crystal Graphene on Copper Foils

2012 499 citations Zheng Yan, Jian Lin et al. ACS Nano profile →
A seamless three-dimensional carbon nanotube graphene hybrid material

2012 456 citations Yu Zhu, Zhengzong Sun et al. Nature Communications profile →
Laser-Induced Graphene for Flexible and Embeddable Gas Sensors

2019 303 citations Michael G. Stanford, Carter Kittrell et al. ACS Nano profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Carter Kittrell	11.2k	5.6k	3.9k	2.7k	2.0k	116	16.0k
Lászlø Forró	13.0k 1.2×	3.9k 0.7×	3.4k 0.9×	3.5k 1.3×	2.0k 1.0×	186	16.5k
Justin D. Holmes	8.8k 0.8×	5.3k 0.9×	5.7k 1.5×	1.8k 0.7×	2.0k 1.0×	423	15.0k
Jian Hou	8.4k 0.8×	3.9k 0.7×	5.6k 1.4×	3.3k 1.2×	3.2k 1.6×	362	16.1k
Masako Yudasaka	12.1k 1.1×	5.2k 0.9×	3.1k 0.8×	1.0k 0.4×	1.9k 1.0×	351	16.1k
Nicholas A. Melosh	11.8k 1.1×	4.3k 0.8×	3.3k 0.9×	1.5k 0.5×	1.9k 0.9×	139	18.4k
Andrey Chuvilin	9.2k 0.8×	3.0k 0.5×	3.5k 0.9×	2.0k 0.7×	2.1k 1.1×	315	13.7k
Yang Xu	7.8k 0.7×	5.7k 1.0×	4.8k 1.2×	1.3k 0.5×	2.4k 1.2×	387	14.4k
Emmanuel Flahaut	8.4k 0.8×	4.0k 0.7×	3.1k 0.8×	922 0.3×	1.8k 0.9×	306	12.7k
Lifeng Chi	6.2k 0.6×	6.1k 1.1×	7.1k 1.8×	2.3k 0.8×	1.6k 0.8×	477	15.9k
J. L. Hutchison	9.8k 0.9×	3.1k 0.5×	4.0k 1.0×	904 0.3×	1.8k 0.9×	205	12.3k

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Liu, Qiming, Shichen Xu, Phelecia Scotland, et al.. (2025). Iron and Heavy Metal Removal from Bauxite Residues by Flash Joule Heating with Chlorination. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 17(38). 53576–53586. 1 indexed citations

Xu, Shichen, Qiming Liu, Jaeho Shin, et al.. (2025). Holistic Recovery of Spent Lithium‐Ion Batteries by Flash Joule Heating. Advanced Materials. 38(7). e17293–e17293. 2 indexed citations

Deng, Bing, Shichen Xu, Lucas Eddy, et al.. (2024). Flash separation of metals by electrothermal chlorination. 1(10). 627–637. 9 indexed citations

Chen, Weiyin, Yi Cheng, Jinhang Chen, et al.. (2024). Nondestructive flash cathode recycling. Nature Communications. 15(1). 6250–6250. 38 indexed citations

Deng, Bing, Robert A. Carter, Yi Cheng, et al.. (2023). High-temperature electrothermal remediation of multi-pollutants in soil. Nature Communications. 14(1). 6371–6371. 45 indexed citations

Eddy, Lucas, Duy Xuan Luong, Jacob L. Beckham, et al.. (2023). Automated Laboratory Kilogram‐Scale Graphene Production from Coal. Small Methods. 8(3). e2301144–e2301144. 23 indexed citations

Wyss, Kevin M., Karla Silva, Ksenia V. Bets, et al.. (2023). Synthesis of Clean Hydrogen Gas from Waste Plastic at Zero Net Cost. Advanced Materials. 35(48). e2306763–e2306763. 58 indexed citations

Luong, Duy Xuan, Ksenia V. Bets, Wala A. Algozeeb, et al.. (2020). Gram-scale bottom-up flash graphene synthesis. Nature. 577(7792). 647–651. 658 indexed citations breakdown →

Yan, Zheng, Yuanyue Liu, Long Ju, et al.. (2014). Large Hexagonal Bi‐ and Trilayer Graphene Single Crystals with Varied Interlayer Rotations. Angewandte Chemie. 126(6). 1591–1595. 36 indexed citations

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Yan, Zheng, Yuanyue Liu, Long Ju, et al.. (2014). Large Hexagonal Bi‐ and Trilayer Graphene Single Crystals with Varied Interlayer Rotations. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 53(6). 1565–1569. 87 indexed citations

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Yan, Zheng, Lulu Ma, Yu Zhu, et al.. (2012). Three-Dimensional Metal–Graphene–Nanotube Multifunctional Hybrid Materials. ACS Nano. 7(1). 58–64. 192 indexed citations

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Tour, James M., Carter Kittrell, & Vicki L. Colvin. (2010). Green carbon as a bridge to renewable energy. Nature Materials. 9(11). 871–874. 128 indexed citations

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Lewis, Ernest K., Freddy T. Nguyen, Daniel A. Heller, et al.. (2005). Color-blind fluorescence detection for four-color DNA sequencing. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 102(15). 5346–5351. 30 indexed citations

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Strano, Michael S., Valerie C. Moore, Michael K. Miller, et al.. (2003). The Role of Surfactant Adsorption during Ultrasonication in the Dispersion of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes. Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology. 3(1). 81–86. 442 indexed citations

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Kramer, John R., Norman B. Ratliff, Carter Kittrell, et al.. (1992). Characterization of ultraviolet laser-induced autofluorescence of ceroid deposits and other structures in atherosclerotic plaques as a potential diagnostic for laser angiosurgery. American Heart Journal. 123(1). 208–216. 30 indexed citations

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Baraga, Joseph J., Paola Taroni, Kyungwon An, et al.. (1989). Ultraviolet laser induced fluorescence of human aorta. Spectrochimica Acta Part A Molecular Spectroscopy. 45(1). 95–99. 32 indexed citations

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Chaudhry, Hina W., Rebecca Richards‐Kortum, Carter Kittrell, et al.. (1989). Alteration of spectral characteristics of human artery wall caused by 476‐nm laser irradiation. Lasers in Surgery and Medicine. 9(6). 572–580. 13 indexed citations

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Richards‐Kortum, Rebecca, Arnav Mehta, Gary B. Hayes, et al.. (1988). Role of collection geometry in spectral diagnosis of atherosclerosis. Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics. 1 indexed citations

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Bott‐Silverman, Corinne, Marlene Goormastic, Ross G. Gerrity, et al.. (1988). Gas volume quantitation during argon ion laser ablation of atheromatous aorta in blood and 0.9% saline media with an optically shielded catheter. Lasers in Surgery and Medicine. 8(1). 72–76. 1 indexed citations

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Richards‐Kortum, Rebecca, et al.. (1987). Real-time determination of artery wall composition and control of laser ablation using laser-induced fluorescence. Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics. 2 indexed citations

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