Colin Nuckolls

35.4k total citations · 14 hit papers
361 papers, 29.9k citations indexed

About

Colin Nuckolls is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Materials Chemistry and Organic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Colin Nuckolls has authored 361 papers receiving a total of 29.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 215 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 157 papers in Materials Chemistry and 94 papers in Organic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Colin Nuckolls's work include Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures (138 papers), Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics (90 papers) and Graphene research and applications (57 papers). Colin Nuckolls is often cited by papers focused on Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures (138 papers), Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics (90 papers) and Graphene research and applications (57 papers). Colin Nuckolls collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and South Korea. Colin Nuckolls's co-authors include Michael L. Steigerwald, Latha Venkataraman, Mark S. Hybertsen, Jennifer E. Klare, Philip Kim, Shengxiong Xiao, James Hone, Fay Ng, Julius Rebek and Stephen L. Craig and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Colin Nuckolls

356 papers receiving 29.5k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Atomically thin p–n junctions with van der Waals heterointerfaces

2014 1.9k citations Chul‐Ho Lee, Gwan‐Hyoung Lee et al. Nature Nanotechnology profile →
Dependence of single-molecule junction conductance on molecular conformation

2006 1.2k citations Latha Venkataraman, Jennifer E. Klare et al. profile →
Flexible and Transparent MoS₂ Field-Effect Transistors on Hexagonal Boron Nitride-Graphene Heterostructures

2013 933 citations Gwan‐Hyoung Lee, Young‐Jun Yu et al. profile →
Molecular Encapsulation

2002 799 citations Colin Nuckolls et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →
Single-Molecule Circuits with Well-Defined Molecular Conductance

2006 715 citations Latha Venkataraman, Jennifer E. Klare et al. profile →
Strong Enhancement of Nonlinear Optical Properties Through Supramolecular Chirality

1998 650 citations Colin Nuckolls et al. profile →
Coulomb engineering of the bandgap and excitons in two-dimensional materials

2017 568 citations Ghidewon Arefe, Timothy C. Berkelbach et al. profile →
Molecular helices as electron acceptors in high-performance bulk heterojunction solar cells

2015 533 citations Yu Zhong, Michael L. Steigerwald et al. profile →
Chemical principles of single-molecule electronics

2016 515 citations Michael L. Steigerwald, Latha Venkataraman et al. profile →
Efficient Organic Solar Cells with Helical Perylene Diimide Electron Acceptors

2014 408 citations Yu Zhong, Qizhi Xu et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
Contorted Polycyclic Aromatics

2014 402 citations Melissa L. Ball, Yu Zhong et al. profile →
Comprehensive suppression of single-molecule conductance using destructive σ-interference

2018 295 citations Daniel W. Paley⧓, Taifeng Liu et al. profile →
Photochemical Reactivity of Graphene

2009 291 citations Michael L. Steigerwald, Colin Nuckolls et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
Magnetic Order and Symmetry in the 2D Semiconductor CrSBr

2021 279 citations Avalon H. Dismukes, Evan J. Telford et al. profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	RNA adapts its flexibility to efficiently fold and resist unfolding 2025 ·Nucleic Acids Research ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Kenneth L. Shepard, Colin Nuckolls, Ruben L. Gonzalez	0
2	Contorted acene ribbons for stable and ultrasensitive neural probes 2025 ·Science Advances ·(unknown), (unknown), D. Wiśniewski, Si Tong Bao, Honghu Zhang, (unknown), Qiyi Fang, (unknown), Scott R. Docherty, Fay Ng, Michael L. Steigerwald, (unknown), Dion Khodagholy, Colin Nuckolls	0
3	The “sweet spot” in length for contorted conjugated ladders in ultrafast-charging Li and Mg batteries 2025 ·Chemical Science ·(unknown), (unknown), Si Tong Bao, Kyunam Lee, Michael L. Steigerwald, Qian Cheng, Nicholas M. Orchanian, Colin Nuckolls, (unknown)	0
4	Cannabis Access by Retailer Type in New York 2025 ·PEDIATRICS ·Timothy D. Becker, Mark Olfson, (unknown), Frances R. Levin, Deborah S. Hasin, Colin Nuckolls, (unknown)	2
5	Electrochemical Doping of Two-Dimensional Superatomic Materials 2024 ·Journal of the American Chemical Society ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Andrew C. Crowther, Daniel V. Esposito, Michael L. Steigerwald, Xavier Roy, Colin Nuckolls	1
6	Comparison of the Cannabinoid and Terpene Profiles in Commercial Cannabis from Natural and Artificial Cultivation 2023 ·Molecules ·Fereshteh Zandkarimi, John Decatur, John G. Casali, (unknown), Christine F. Skibola, Colin Nuckolls	20
7	Functional Monolayers on a Superatomic Pegboard 2023 ·Journal of the American Chemical Society ·(unknown), (unknown), Fay Ng, (unknown), Daniel V. Esposito, Nicholas M. Orchanian, Michael L. Steigerwald, Xavier Roy, Colin Nuckolls	8
8	Synthesis and physical properties of doubly-annulated [10]cycloparaphenylene 2023 ·Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan ·(unknown), Eiichi Kayahara, Tohru Nishinaga, Melissa L. Ball, Daniel W. Paley⧓, Colin Nuckolls, Shigeru Yamago	3
9	Electric fields drive bond homolysis 2023 ·Chemical Science ·(unknown), Cédric Schaack, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Michael L. Steigerwald, Timothy C. Berkelbach, Colin Nuckolls, Latha Venkataraman	23
10	Visualizing Atomically Layered Magnetism in CrSBr 2022 ·Advanced Materials ·Daniel J. Rizzo, Alexander McLeod, (unknown), Evan J. Telford, Avalon H. Dismukes, Ren A. Wiscons, (unknown), Colin Nuckolls, Cory R. Dean, Abhay N. Pasupathy, Xavier Roy, Di Xiao, D. N. Basov	40
11	Superatomic solid solutions 2021 ·Nature Chemistry ·Jingjing Yang, Jake C. Russell, Songsheng Tao, Martina Lessio, Feifan Wang, (unknown), Samuel R. Peurifoy, Evan A. Doud, Evan S. O’Brien, (unknown), David R. Reichman, Xiaoyang Zhu, Andrew C. Crowther, Simon J. L. Billinge, Xavier Roy, Michael L. Steigerwald, Colin Nuckolls	26
12	Polytypism, Anisotropic Transport, and Weyl Nodes in the van der Waals Metal TaFeTe₄ 2020 ·Journal of the American Chemical Society ·Ren A. Wiscons, Yeongsu Cho, (unknown), Avalon H. Dismukes, Elena Meirzadeh, Colin Nuckolls, Timothy C. Berkelbach, Xavier Roy	7
13	Controlling Singlet Fission by Molecular Contortion 2019 ·Journal of the American Chemical Society ·(unknown), Taifeng Liu, Florian Geyer, Roberto Costantini, Andrew P. Schlaus, Michael S. Spencer, Jue Wang, Raúl Hernández Sánchez, Boyuan Zhang, Qizhi Xu, Michael L. Steigerwald, Shengxiong Xiao, Hexing Li, Colin Nuckolls, Xiaoyang Zhu	59
14	Anisotropic Singlet Fission in Single Crystalline Hexacene 2019 ·iScience ·Dezheng Sun, (unknown), Bolei Xu, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Yuqin Qian, Yu Zhong, Colin Nuckolls, Avetik R. Harutyunyan, Hai‐Lung Dai, Gugang Chen, Hanning Chen, Yi Rao	21
15	Atomically thin p–n junctions with van der Waals heterointerfaces breakdown → 2014 ·Nature Nanotechnology ·Chul‐Ho Lee, Gwan‐Hyoung Lee, Arend M. van der Zande, Wenchao Chen, Yilei Li, Minyong Han, Xu Cui, Ghidewon Arefe, Colin Nuckolls, Tony F. Heinz, Jing Guo, James Hone, Philip Kim	1917
16	Biochemically Selective Nanoarrays: From Protein-DNA Interactions to Bio-Inorganic Nanoscale Assembly 2011 ·Bulletin of the American Physical Society ·(unknown), Matteo Palma, Alon A. Gorodetsky, Colin Nuckolls, Michael P. Sheetz, Shalom J. Wind, James Hone	1
17	Label-free single-molecule detection of DNA-hybridization kinetics with a carbon nanotube field-effect transistor 2011 ·Nature Nanotechnology ·Sebastian Sorgenfrei, Chien‐Yang Chiu, Ruben L. Gonzalez, Young‐Jun Yu, Philip Kim, Colin Nuckolls, Kenneth L. Shepard	317
18	Conductance of Molecular Wires Measured by STM- Break Junction 2009 ·Bulletin of the American Physical Society ·Jonathan R. Widawsky, Maria Kamenetska, Adam C. Whalley, Jennifer E. Klare, Colin Nuckolls, Mark S. Hybertsen, Latha Venkataraman	1
19	Assembling Dimeric π Stacks on Gold Surfaces by Using Three‐Dimensional Lock‐and‐Key Receptors 2004 ·Angewandte Chemie International Edition ·George S. Tulevski, Mark L. Bushey, (unknown), (unknown), Colin Nuckolls	8
20	Characterization of recombinant human plasma lecithin: cholesterol acyltransferase (LCAT): N-linked carbohydrate structures and catalytic properties 1998 ·Journal of Lipid Research ·Andras G. Lacko, Andrew J. Reason, Colin Nuckolls, Bhalchandra J. Kudchodkar, Maya Nair, (unknown), P. Haydn Pritchard, Howard R. Morris, Anne Dell	12

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