Darren R. Link

15.9k total citations · 6 hit papers
82 papers, 13.1k citations indexed

About

Darren R. Link is a scholar working on Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, Biomedical Engineering and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Darren R. Link has authored 82 papers receiving a total of 13.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 42 papers in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, 29 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 20 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Darren R. Link's work include Liquid Crystal Research Advancements (42 papers), Innovative Microfluidic and Catalytic Techniques Innovation (29 papers) and Microfluidic and Capillary Electrophoresis Applications (17 papers). Darren R. Link is often cited by papers focused on Liquid Crystal Research Advancements (42 papers), Innovative Microfluidic and Catalytic Techniques Innovation (29 papers) and Microfluidic and Capillary Electrophoresis Applications (17 papers). Darren R. Link collaborates with scholars based in United States, France and Japan. Darren R. Link's co-authors include David A. Weitz, Howard A. Stone, Andrew S. Utada, Élise Lorenceau, Noel A. Clark, Peter D. Kaplan, Joseph E. Maclennan, David M. Walba, J. Brian Hutchison and Shelley L. Anna 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

Darren R. Link

82 papers receiving 12.8k 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.

Monodisperse Double Emulsions Generated from a Microcapillary Device

2005 1.9k citations Andrew S. Utada, Darren R. Link et al. profile →
Spontaneous Formation of Macroscopic Chiral Domains in a Fluid Smectic Phase of Achiral Molecules

1997 1.1k citations Darren R. Link, Giorgio Natale et al. profile →
Geometrically Mediated Breakup of Drops in Microfluidic Devices

2004 954 citations Darren R. Link, David A. Weitz et al. Physical Review Letters profile →
Droplet microfluidic technology for single-cell high-throughput screening

2009 852 citations Eric Brouzés, Martina Medkova et al. profile →
Fluorescence-activated droplet sorting (FADS): efficient microfluidic cell sorting based on enzymatic activity

2009 732 citations Jean‐Christophe Baret, Oliver J. Miller et al. Lab on a Chip profile →
Electric Control of Droplets in Microfluidic Devices

2006 620 citations Darren R. Link, David A. Weitz et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →

Peers

Darren R. Link

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Andrew J. deMello Switzerland

Stephen D. Evans United Kingdom

Nicholas L. Abbott United States

Harald Fuchs Germany

C. Grant Willson United States

Kaloian Koynov Germany

Fredrik Höök Sweden

Robert M. Corn United States

A. T. Charlie Johnson United States

Alberto Fernández‐Nieves United States

Andrew J. deMello Switzerland

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Darren R. Link

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Darren R. Link. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Darren R. Link based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Darren R. Link. Darren R. Link is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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20 of 20 papers shown

Laurent‐Puig, Pierre, Deniz Pekin, Corinne Normand, et al.. (2014). Clinical Relevance of KRAS -Mutated Subclones Detected with Picodroplet Digital PCR in Advanced Colorectal Cancer Treated with Anti-EGFR Therapy. Clinical Cancer Research. 21(5). 1087–1097. 118 indexed citations

Milbury, Coren A., et al.. (2014). Determining lower limits of detection of digital PCR assays for cancer-related gene mutations. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1(1). 8–22. 142 indexed citations

Zhong, Qun, Smiti Bhattacharya, Jeff Olson, et al.. (2011). Multiplex digital PCR: breaking the one target per color barrier of quantitative PCR. Lab on a Chip. 11(13). 2167–2167. 239 indexed citations

Herrmann, Alexander, Andrea Haake, Ole Ammerpohl, et al.. (2011). Pipeline for Large-Scale Microdroplet Bisulfite PCR-Based Sequencing Allows the Tracking of Hepitype Evolution in Tumors. PLoS ONE. 6(7). e21332–e21332. 7 indexed citations

Komori, H. Kiyomi, Sarah LaMere, Ali Torkamani, et al.. (2011). Application of microdroplet PCR for large-scale targeted bisulfite sequencing. Genome Research. 21(10). 1738–1745. 29 indexed citations

Baret, Jean‐Christophe, Oliver J. Miller, Valérie Taly, et al.. (2009). Fluorescence-activated droplet sorting (FADS): efficient microfluidic cell sorting based on enzymatic activity. Lab on a Chip. 9(13). 1850–1850. 732 indexed citations breakdown →

Joensson, Haakan N., Eric Brouzés, Martina Medkova, et al.. (2009). Detection and Analysis of Low‐Abundance Cell‐Surface Biomarkers Using Enzymatic Amplification in Microfluidic Droplets. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 48(14). 2518–2521. 128 indexed citations

Fernández‐Nieves, Alberto, Darren R. Link, M. Márquez, & David A. Weitz. (2007). Topological Changes in Bipolar Nematic Droplets under Flow. Physical Review Letters. 98(8). 87801–87801. 74 indexed citations

Fernández‐Nieves, Alberto, Vincenzo Vitelli, Andrew S. Utada, et al.. (2007). Novel Defect Structures in Nematic Liquid Crystal Shells. Physical Review Letters. 99(15). 157801–157801. 190 indexed citations

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Jousse, Fabien, Robert S. Farr, Darren R. Link, Michael J. Fuerstman, & Piotr Garstecki. (2006). Bifurcation of droplet flows within capillaries. Physical Review E. 74(3). 36311–36311. 71 indexed citations

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Link, Darren R., et al.. (2005). Enzyme-Inhibitor Assay Using Microdroplets. Bulletin of the American Physical Society. 3 indexed citations

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Link, Darren R., Nattaporn Chattham, Joseph E. Maclennan, & Noel A. Clark. (2005). Effect of high spontaneous polarization on defect structures and orientational dynamics of tilted chiral smectic freely suspended films. Physical Review E. 71(2). 21704–21704. 27 indexed citations

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Fernández‐Nieves, Alberto, Darren R. Link, D. Rudhardt, & David A. Weitz. (2004). Electro-Optics of Bipolar Nematic Liquid Crystal Droplets. Physical Review Letters. 92(10). 105503–105503. 55 indexed citations

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Niwano, Hiroko, Michi Nakata, Jirakorn Thisayukta, et al.. (2004). Chiral Memory on Transition between the B2 and B4 Phases in an Achiral Banana-Shaped Molecular System. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B. 108(39). 14889–14896. 78 indexed citations

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Olson, D. A., et al.. (2002). Nonplanar structure of molecular tilt planes in the surface layers of smectic-Afree-standing liquid crystal films. Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics. 66(4). 40701–40701. 12 indexed citations

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Link, Darren R., Michi Nakata, Yoichi Takanishi, Ken Ishikawa, & Hideo Takezoe. (2001). Flexoelectric polarization in hybrid nematic films. Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics. 65(1). 10701–10701. 17 indexed citations

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Chao, Chih-Yu, Darren R. Link, Joseph E. Maclennan, et al.. (2001). Unusual Thickness-Dependent Thermal Behavior and Anticlinic Coupling in Chiral Smectic Free-Standing Liquid-Crystal Films. Physical Review Letters. 86(18). 4048–4051. 24 indexed citations

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Link, Darren R., Michi Nakata, Yoichi Takanishi, Ken Ishikawa, & Hideo Takezoe. (2001). Patterns in Hybrid Nematic Liquid-Crystal Films: Topography and Topology. Physical Review Letters. 87(19). 195507–195507. 13 indexed citations

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Link, Darren R., Leo Radzihovsky, Giorgio Natale, et al.. (2000). Ring-Pattern Dynamics in Smectic-C*and Smectic-CA*Freely Suspended Liquid Crystal Films. Physical Review Letters. 84(25). 5772–5775. 32 indexed citations

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Link, Darren R., et al.. (1997). Compressionally Induced Smectic C to Smectic A Transitions in a Freely Suspended Liquid Crystal Film. APS. 2 indexed citations

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