D. McBranch

8.5k total citations · 3 hit papers
97 papers, 7.0k citations indexed

About

D. McBranch is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Materials Chemistry and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, D. McBranch has authored 97 papers receiving a total of 7.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 45 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 45 papers in Materials Chemistry and 38 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in D. McBranch's work include Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics (28 papers), Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials (21 papers) and Conducting polymers and applications (19 papers). D. McBranch is often cited by papers focused on Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics (28 papers), Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials (21 papers) and Conducting polymers and applications (19 papers). D. McBranch collaborates with scholars based in United States, Russia and France. D. McBranch's co-authors include Victor I. Klimov, C. A. Leatherdale, Moungi G. Bawendi, David G. Whitten, Alexander Mikhailovsky, Liaohai Chen, Alan J. Heeger, Fred Wudl, Roger C. Helgeson and Hsing-Lin Wang and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

D. McBranch

96 papers receiving 6.8k citations

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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.

Quantization of Multiparticle Auger Rates in Semiconductor Quantum Dots

2000 1.3k citations Victor I. Klimov, Alexander Mikhailovsky et al. profile →
Highly sensitive biological and chemical sensors based on reversible fluorescence quenching in a conjugated polymer

1999 748 citations D. McBranch, Roger C. Helgeson et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
Electron and hole relaxation pathways in semiconductor quantum dots

1999 576 citations Victor I. Klimov, D. McBranch et al. Physical review. B, Condensed matter profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
D. McBranch United States	34	4.8k	4.2k	1.5k	1.2k	959	97	7.0k
Mircea Cotlet United States	48	4.0k 0.8×	2.9k 0.7×	862 0.6×	811 0.7×	818 0.9×	140	6.6k
Ferdinand C. Grozema Netherlands	57	5.3k 1.1×	7.4k 1.8×	2.0k 1.4×	2.1k 1.7×	761 0.8×	188	10.6k
Kenneth P. Ghiggino Australia	44	3.5k 0.7×	2.6k 0.6×	971 0.7×	1.2k 1.0×	517 0.5×	231	6.6k
Alexander Mikhailovsky United States	44	7.4k 1.5×	5.7k 1.4×	1.0k 0.7×	1.5k 1.2×	2.2k 2.3×	102	10.1k
Jason McNeill United States	34	3.5k 0.7×	1.7k 0.4×	1.0k 0.7×	717 0.6×	1.9k 2.0×	51	5.7k
Giovanna Barbarella Italy	45	2.1k 0.4×	3.7k 0.9×	2.3k 1.5×	614 0.5×	680 0.7×	231	6.8k
Yishi Wu China	45	4.0k 0.8×	3.4k 0.8×	817 0.6×	633 0.5×	558 0.6×	148	6.0k
Thomas Bjørnholm Denmark	50	2.3k 0.5×	3.8k 0.9×	701 0.5×	2.3k 1.9×	1.4k 1.4×	169	7.5k
Kasper Moth‐Poulsen Sweden	50	5.1k 1.1×	4.2k 1.0×	758 0.5×	1.2k 1.0×	1.4k 1.4×	202	8.8k
Justin M. Hodgkiss New Zealand	50	2.9k 0.6×	5.9k 1.4×	3.0k 2.0×	1.1k 0.9×	723 0.8×	141	8.0k

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Lu, Liangde, et al.. (2005). Biocidal Activity of a Light-Absorbing Fluorescent Conjugated Polyelectrolyte. Langmuir. 21(22). 10154–10159. 123 indexed citations

Rininsland, Frauke, et al.. (2005). High-throughput kinase assays with protein substrates using fluorescent polymer superquenching. BMC Biotechnology. 5(1). 16–16. 10 indexed citations

Bergstedt, Troy S., Xiaobo Shi, Frauke Rininsland, et al.. (2004). Fluorescent-conjugated polymer superquenching facilitates highly sensitive detection of proteases. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 101(20). 7511–7515. 187 indexed citations

Xia, Wen‐Sheng, Frauke Rininsland, Xiaobo Shi, et al.. (2004). Applications of Fluorescent Polymer Superquenching to High Throughput Screening Assays for Protein Kinases. Assay and Drug Development Technologies. 2(2). 183–192. 30 indexed citations

Bergstedt, Troy S., Robert M. Jones, Roger C. Helgeson, D. McBranch, & David G. Whitten. (2001). Superquenching of fluorescent polyelectrolytes and its applications for chemical and biological sensing. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 4279. 94–94. 1 indexed citations

Klimov, Victor I., Alexander Mikhailovsky, D. McBranch, C. A. Leatherdale, & Moungi G. Bawendi. (2000). Mechanisms for intraband energy relaxation in semiconductor quantum dots: The role of electron-hole interactions. Physical review. B, Condensed matter. 61(20). R13349–R13352. 226 indexed citations

Kraabel, B., D. McBranch, B. R. Hsieh, & Fred Wudl. (1999). Ultrafast Spectroscopic Holography in Conjugated Polymers. Synthetic Metals. 101(1-3). 281–284. 3 indexed citations

Klimov, Victor I., Ch. J. Schwarz, D. McBranch, & C. W. White. (1998). Initial carrier relaxation dynamics in ion-implanted Si nanocrystals: Femtosecond transient absorption study. Applied Physics Letters. 73(18). 2603–2605. 70 indexed citations

McBranch, D., Eric S. Maniloff, Dan Vacar, & Alan J. Heeger. (1997). Ultrafast holography and transient-absorption spectroscopy in charge-transfer polymers. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 3142. 161–161. 5 indexed citations

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Klimov, Victor I., D. McBranch, N. N. Barashkov, & John P. Ferraris. (1997). Femtosecond dynamics of excitons in π-conjugated oligomers: the role of intrachain two-exciton states in the formation of interchain species. Chemical Physics Letters. 277(1-3). 109–117. 49 indexed citations

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Smilowitz, Laura, et al.. (1997). Imaging nanometer-thick patterned self-assembled monolayers via second-harmonic generation microscopy. Journal of Applied Physics. 81(5). 2051–2054. 20 indexed citations

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Maniloff, Eric S., et al.. (1997). Femtosecond electron-transfer holography in C60/polymer blends. Synthetic Metals. 84(1-3). 547–548. 5 indexed citations

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Klimov, Victor I., D. McBranch, & V. A. Karavanskiǐ. (1996). Strong Optical Nonlinearities and Ultrafast Carrier Dynamics in Luminescent and Nonluminescent Porous Silicon. NThE.16–NThE.16. 1 indexed citations

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McBranch, D., Victor I. Klimov, Laura Smilowitz, et al.. (1996). Femtosecond to nanosecond dynamics in C60: implications for excited-state nonlinearities. NMD.3–NMD.3. 1 indexed citations

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Yang, Xiaoguang, D. McBranch, Basil I. Swanson, & Dequan Li. (1996). Synthese von kovalent an Oxidoberflächen gebundenen, polaren Selbstorganisationssystemen aus molekularen Pyramiden und deren NLO‐Eigenschaften. Angewandte Chemie. 108(5). 572–575. 5 indexed citations

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McBranch, D., I. H. Campbell, D. L. Smith, & John P. Ferraris. (1995). Optical determination of chain orientation in electroluminescent polymer films. Applied Physics Letters. 66(10). 1175–1177. 131 indexed citations

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Klimov, Victor I., D. McBranch, & V. A. Karavanskiǐ. (1995). Strong optical nonlinearities in porous silicon: Femtosecond nonlinear transmission study. Physical review. B, Condensed matter. 52(24). R16989–R16992. 23 indexed citations

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McBranch, D., Benjamin R. Mattes, Aaron Koskelo, Jeanne M. Robinson, & Steven P. Love. (1994). <title>C60-doped silicon dioxide sonogels for optical limiting</title>. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 2284. 15–20. 7 indexed citations

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Braun, D. C., G. Gustafsson, D. McBranch, & Alan J. Heeger. (1992). Electroluminescence and electrical transport in poly(3-octylthiophene) diodes. Journal of Applied Physics. 72(2). 564–568. 146 indexed citations

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Sinclair, Michael B., D. McBranch, T.W. Hagler, & Alan J. Heeger. (1992). Subpicosecond photoinduced absorption in poly[2,5-thienylene vinylene] and poly[3-methoxy-6-(2-ethyl-hexyloxy) phenylene vinylene]. Synthetic Metals. 50(1-3). 593–602. 33 indexed citations

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