Christopher J. Barrett

15.8k total citations · 5 hit papers
130 papers, 13.5k citations indexed

About

Christopher J. Barrett is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials and Surfaces, Coatings and Films. According to data from OpenAlex, Christopher J. Barrett has authored 130 papers receiving a total of 13.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 55 papers in Materials Chemistry, 42 papers in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials and 33 papers in Surfaces, Coatings and Films. Recurrent topics in Christopher J. Barrett's work include Photochromic and Fluorescence Chemistry (45 papers), Liquid Crystal Research Advancements (38 papers) and Polymer Surface Interaction Studies (32 papers). Christopher J. Barrett is often cited by papers focused on Photochromic and Fluorescence Chemistry (45 papers), Liquid Crystal Research Advancements (38 papers) and Polymer Surface Interaction Studies (32 papers). Christopher J. Barrett collaborates with scholars based in Canada, Japan and United States. Christopher J. Barrett's co-authors include James A. Dumesic, Kevin G. Yager, Yuriy Román‐Leshkov, Juben N. Chheda, George W. Huber, Almeria Natansohn, P. Rochon, Jun‐ichi Mamiya, Oleksandr S. Bushuyev and Susan E. Burke and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Christopher J. Barrett

128 papers receiving 13.2k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Production of dimethylfuran for liquid fuels from biomass-derived carbohydrates

2007 1.9k citations Christopher J. Barrett, James A. Dumesic et al. profile →
Production of Liquid Alkanes by Aqueous-Phase Processing of Biomass-Derived Carbohydrates

2005 1.4k citations George W. Huber, Juben N. Chheda et al. profile →
Photomobile Polymer Materials: Towards Light‐Driven Plastic Motors

2008 875 citations Munenori Yamada, Mizuho Kondo et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →
Fabrication of Microporous Thin Films from Polyelectrolyte Multilayers

2000 585 citations Christopher J. Barrett et al. profile →
Controlling Motion at the Nanoscale: Rise of the Molecular Machines

2015 383 citations Oleksandr S. Bushuyev, Christopher J. Barrett et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Christopher J. Barrett Canada	52	5.6k	5.5k	4.1k	3.4k	2.4k	130	13.5k
Takahiro Seki Japan	54	2.0k 0.4×	5.1k 0.9×	4.4k 1.1×	2.1k 0.6×	2.5k 1.0×	386	10.9k
Arri Priimägi Finland	52	3.6k 0.6×	4.6k 0.8×	3.3k 0.8×	4.0k 1.2×	2.7k 1.1×	176	12.9k
Yue Zhao Canada	73	6.2k 1.1×	7.5k 1.4×	3.0k 0.7×	4.5k 1.3×	6.9k 2.9×	404	19.3k
Philippe Poulin France	59	4.3k 0.8×	6.2k 1.1×	4.4k 1.1×	2.2k 0.6×	1.8k 0.7×	191	12.9k
Xiaogong Wang China	43	1.9k 0.3×	3.2k 0.6×	2.4k 0.6×	1.0k 0.3×	1.7k 0.7×	265	6.6k
Mitsuhiro Shibayama Japan	66	4.1k 0.7×	4.6k 0.8×	1.0k 0.3×	2.5k 0.7×	5.7k 2.4×	401	17.4k
Robert D. Miller United States	50	2.2k 0.4×	4.9k 0.9×	2.8k 0.7×	1.1k 0.3×	4.1k 1.7×	181	12.5k
John M. Torkelson United States	70	3.5k 0.6×	8.0k 1.5×	1.6k 0.4×	1.2k 0.4×	3.9k 1.6×	295	16.3k
Tisato Kajiyama Japan	47	1.6k 0.3×	3.1k 0.6×	2.2k 0.5×	1.1k 0.3×	1.5k 0.6×	315	9.1k
Byron D. Gates Canada	42	7.3k 1.3×	11.9k 2.2×	4.1k 1.0×	732 0.2×	1.5k 0.6×	160	20.5k

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Collins, Scott, et al.. (2025). Solid state NMR and DFT studies of azo–hydrazone tautomerism in azo dyes and chitosan-dye films. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 27(10). 5228–5237. 1 indexed citations

Lin, M. C., et al.. (2025). Acid Yellow 9 Azo Dye Gets the Blues: An Optical Spectroscopy and DFT Study of Unusual Photochemistry in Multilayer Films with PAH and Chitosan. Molecules. 30(19). 3850–3850.

Pietro, William J., et al.. (2024). Chitosan-azo dye bioplastics that are reversibly resoluble and recoverable under visible light irradiation. RSC Advances. 14(35). 25771–25784. 2 indexed citations

Barrett, Christopher J., et al.. (2024). A cautionary tale of basic azo photoswitching in dichloromethane finally explained. Communications Chemistry. 7(1). 250–250. 1 indexed citations

Gonnet, Lori, et al.. (2023). Direct mechanocatalysis by resonant acoustic mixing (RAM). Chemical Science. 14(27). 7475–7481. 43 indexed citations

Arhangelskis, Mihails, Laura J. McCormick, Ehsan Hamzehpoor, et al.. (2023). Halogen bonding with carbon: directional assembly of non-derivatised aromatic carbon systems into robust supramolecular ladder architectures. Chemical Science. 14(45). 13031–13041. 18 indexed citations

Gonnet, Lori, Hatem M. Titi, Christopher J. Barrett, et al.. (2022). The “η-sweet-spot” (η_max) in liquid-assisted mechanochemistry: polymorph control and the role of a liquid additive as either a catalyst or an inhibitor in resonant acoustic mixing (RAM). Faraday Discussions. 241(0). 128–149. 32 indexed citations

Gellé, Alexandra, et al.. (2017). Surface-Plasmon-Mediated Hydrogenation of Carbonyls Catalyzed by Silver Nanocubes under Visible Light. ACS Catalysis. 7(9). 6128–6133. 91 indexed citations

Applegate, Matthew B., Oleksandr S. Bushuyev, Fiorenzo G. Omenetto, et al.. (2017). Photo-induced structural modification of silk gels containing azobenzene side groups. Soft Matter. 13(16). 2903–2906. 12 indexed citations

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Akamatsu, Norihisa, et al.. (2017). Thermo-, photo-, and mechano-responsive liquid crystal networks enable tunable photonic crystals. Soft Matter. 13(41). 7486–7491. 30 indexed citations

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Goulet‐Hanssens, Alexis, et al.. (2016). Reversing adhesion with light: a general method for functionalized bead release from cells. Biomaterials Science. 4(8). 1193–1196. 3 indexed citations

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Magdesian, Margaret H., Megumi Mori, Alexis Goulet‐Hanssens, et al.. (2016). Rapid Mechanically Controlled Rewiring of Neuronal Circuits. Journal of Neuroscience. 36(3). 979–987. 28 indexed citations

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Sailer, Miloslav, Raquel Fernández, Xiaoyu Lu, & Christopher J. Barrett. (2013). High levels of molecular orientation of surface azo chromophores can be optically induced even in a wet biological environment. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 15(46). 19985–19985. 8 indexed citations

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Bushuyev, Oleksandr S., Thomas A. Singleton, & Christopher J. Barrett. (2013). Fast, Reversible, and General Photomechanical Motion in Single Crystals of Various Azo Compounds Using Visible Light. Advanced Materials. 25(12). 1796–1800. 166 indexed citations

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Yamada, Munenori, Mizuho Kondo, Jun‐ichi Mamiya, et al.. (2008). Photomobile Polymer Materials: Towards Light‐Driven Plastic Motors. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 47(27). 4986–4988. 875 indexed citations breakdown →

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Barrett, Christopher J., Jun‐ichi Mamiya, Kevin G. Yager, & Tomiki Ikeda. (2007). Photo-mechanical effects in azobenzene-containing soft materials. Soft Matter. 3(10). 1249–1249. 470 indexed citations

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Barrett, Christopher J., Juben N. Chheda, George W. Huber, & James A. Dumesic. (2006). Single-reactor process for sequential aldol-condensation and hydrogenation of biomass-derived compounds in water. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental. 66(1-2). 111–118. 270 indexed citations

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Tanchak, Oleh M. & Christopher J. Barrett. (2004). Swelling Dynamics of Multilayer Films of Weak Polyelectrolytes. Chemistry of Materials. 16(14). 2734–2739. 71 indexed citations

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Barrett, Christopher J. & B. Wilshire. (2002). The production of ferritically hot rolled interstitial-free steel on a modern hot strip mill. Journal of Materials Processing Technology. 122(1). 56–62. 19 indexed citations

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Barrett, Christopher J., et al.. (2001). Stable sensor layers self-assembled onto surfaces using azobenzene-containing polyelectrolytes. The Analyst. 126(11). 1861–1865. 21 indexed citations

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