David G. Castner

22.1k citations

272 papers · 18.4k indexed · 4 hit papers · h-index 75

Impact in

Surfaces, Coatings and Films top 0.02%
- Polymer Surface Interaction Studies
Biomaterials top 0.2%

Papers in

Surfaces, Coatings and Films 111
- Polymer Surface Interaction Studies 66
- Electron and X-Ray Spectroscopy Techniques 37
Analytical Chemistry 45
- Analytical chemistry methods development 42

Co-authors: Buddy D. Ratner David W. Grainger Lara J. Gamble Daniel J. Graham Kenneth Hinds Matthew S. Wagner Gábor A. Somorjai Tobias Weidner
Journals: Langmuir (44 papers)Biointerphases (26 papers)Surface and Interface Analysis (20 papers)Analytical Chemistry (17 papers)The Journal of Physical Chemistry C (10 papers)
Partner nations: United States Germany France

In The Last Decade

David G. Castner

271 papers receiving 18.1k citations

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Biomedical surface science: Foundations to frontiers 2002 · 1.0k citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2002 Surface Science
1996 Langmuir
1991 Surface and Interface Analysis
1978 Surface Science

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1	ToF-SIMS analysis of ultrathin films and their fragmentation patterns Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology A Vacuum Surfaces and Films ·Shin Muramoto, Daniel J. Graham, David G. Castner	2024	3
2	Quantitative evaluation of perfluorinated alkanethiol molecular order on gold surfaces Biointerphases ·Lara J. Gamble, Marian Miłkowski, David W. Grainger, David G. Castner	2023	0
3	XPS and ToF‐SIMS Characterization of New Biodegradable Poly(Peptide‐Urethane‐Urea) Block Copolymers Advanced Healthcare Materials ·G. Zorn, Felix I. Simonovsky, Buddy D. Ratner, David G. Castner	2021	5
4	Surface analysis tools for characterizing biological materials Chemical Society Reviews ·Joe E. Baio, Daniel J. Graham, David G. Castner	2020	14
5	Long-term hydrolytic degradation study of polycaprolactone films and fibers grafted with poly(sodium styrene sulfonate): Mechanism study and cell response Biointerphases ·Manuel Laderman, W. Krivda, Isaiah Fitzmaurice, Feruza Kattayeva, Delphine Duprez, David G. Castner, Véronique Migonney	2020	37
6	Evaluation of surface layer stability of surface-modified polyester biomaterials Biointerphases ·Huiping Ling, Javier A. Grosso‐Heredia, A. Anitha, Sašo Ivanovski, Cédryck Vaquette, David G. Castner, Natividad Gómez‐Cerezo, Lisbeth Grøndahl	2020	8
7	Operando Sum-Frequency Generation Detection of Electrolyte Redox Products at Active Si Nanoparticle Li-Ion Battery Interfaces Chemistry of Materials ·Jarred Z. Olson, Patrik K. Johansson, David G. Castner, Cody W. Schlenker	2018	34
8	A versatile catalyst-free perfluoroaryl azide–aldehyde–amine conjugation reaction Materials Chemistry Frontiers ·Sheng Xie, Juan Zhou, Xuan Chen, Na Kong, Yanmiao Fan, Yang Zhang, Milagros S. Gonzales, David G. Castner, Olof Ramström, Mingdi Yan	2018	17
9	Use of XPS to Quantify Thickness of Coatings on Nanoparticles Microscopy Today ·Donald R. Baer, Yu En Chua, David G. Castner	2016	13
10	The grafting of a thin layer of poly(sodium styrene sulfonate) onto poly(ε-caprolactone) surface can enhance fibroblast behavior Journal of Materials Science Materials in Medicine ·Géraldine Rohman, Ignacio Islas Vazquez, Diego Costa da Silva, N. A. Gheppae, David G. Castner, Véronique Migonney	2015	28
11	Solid-state densification of spun-cast self-assembled monolayers for use in ultra-thin hybrid dielectrics Applied Surface Science ·Daniel Hutchins, Orb Acton, Tobias Weidner, Nathan Cernetic, Joe E. Baio, David G. Castner, Hong Ma, Alex K.‐Y. Jen	2012	14
12	ToF‐SIMS depth profiling of trehalose: the effect of analysis beam dose on the quality of depth profiles Surface and Interface Analysis ·Shin Muramoto, J. Brison, David G. Castner	2010	24
13	Comparison of Bi ₁ ⁺ , Bi ₃ ⁺ and C ₆₀ ⁺ primary ion sources for ToF‐SIMS imaging of patterned protein samples Surface and Interface Analysis ·Manish Dubey, J. Brison, David W. Grainger, David G. Castner	2010	21
14	Kinetics of leucine-lysine peptide adsorption and desorption at -CH₃ and -COOH terminated alkylthiolate monolayers Biointerphases ·Premvardhan Gupta, Lara J. Gamble, David G. Castner, Charles T. Campbell	2010	12
15	Bioactive polymer grafting onto titanium alloy surfaces Acta Biomaterialia ·Alexandra Michiardi, G. Hélary, Jean-André Peyssonnel, Lara J. Gamble, Fani Anagnostou, David G. Castner, Véronique Migonney	2009	66
16	COOH-terminated SAMs on gold fabricated from an azobenzene derivative with a 1,2-dithiolane headgroup Applied Surface Science ·Ulrich Siemeling, Ove Orjansen, Tobias Weidner, J. Brison, David G. Castner	2009	11
17	Affinity‐Based Protein Surface Pattern Formation by Ligand Self‐Selection from Mixed Protein Solutions Advanced Functional Materials ·Manish Dubey, Kazunori Emoto, Hironobu Takahashi, David G. Castner, David W. Grainger	2009	43
18	Surface analysis of photolithographic patterns using ToF‐SIMS and PCA Surface and Interface Analysis ·Manish Dubey, Kazunori Emoto, Fang Cheng, Lara J. Gamble, Hironobu Takahashi, David W. Grainger, David G. Castner	2009	27
19	Guided cell patterning on gold–silicon dioxide substrates by surface molecular engineering Biomaterials ·Mandana Veiseh, Brian L. Wickes, David G. Castner, Miqin Zhang	2003	78
20	Peptide‐modified p(AAm‐co‐EG/AAc) IPNs grafted to bulk titanium modulate osteoblast behavior in vitro Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part A ·Thomas A. Barber, Stephen L. Golledge, David G. Castner, Kevin E. Healy	2002	73

About David G. Castner

David G. Castner is a scholar working on Surfaces, Coatings and Films, Analytical Chemistry, Computational Mechanics, Spectroscopy and Bioengineering, having authored 272 papers that have together received 18.4k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Ion-surface interactions and analysis (79 papers), Polymer Surface Interaction Studies (66 papers), Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures (54 papers), Analytical chemistry methods development (42 papers), Electron and X-Ray Spectroscopy Techniques (37 papers), Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (29 papers), Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications (28 papers) and Mass Spectrometry Techniques and Applications (23 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Surfaces, Coatings and Films (4.7k citations), Biomaterials (2.1k citations), Computational Mechanics (2.9k citations), Analytical Chemistry (1.3k citations) and Biomedical Engineering (5.3k citations). David G. Castner has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Germany and France. Frequent co-authors include Buddy D. Ratner, David W. Grainger, Lara J. Gamble, Daniel J. Graham, Kenneth Hinds, Matthew S. Wagner, Gábor A. Somorjai, Tobias Weidner, Matt Wagner and Gabriel P. López. Their work appears in journals such as Langmuir, Biointerphases, Surface and Interface Analysis, Analytical Chemistry and The Journal of Physical Chemistry C.

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