David P. McMahon

3.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
23 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

About

David P. McMahon is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Polymers and Plastics and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, David P. McMahon has authored 23 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 9 papers in Polymers and Plastics and 7 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in David P. McMahon's work include Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics (13 papers), Conducting polymers and applications (9 papers) and Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures (5 papers). David P. McMahon is often cited by papers focused on Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics (13 papers), Conducting polymers and applications (9 papers) and Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures (5 papers). David P. McMahon collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Australia. David P. McMahon's co-authors include Alessandro Troisi, David L. Cheung, Troy Van Voorhis, Graeme M. Day, Andrew I. Cooper, Marc A. Little, Tony Wu, Marc A. Baldo, Daniel N. Congreve and Samantha Y. Chong and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

David P. McMahon

23 papers receiving 2.0k citations

Hit Papers

A transferable model for singlet-fission kinetics 2014 2026 2018 2022 2014 100 200 300
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.

  1. A transferable model for singlet-fission kinetics
    2014 399 citations Shane R. Yost, Jiye Lee et al. Nature Chemistry profile →

Peers

David P. McMahon
Gjergji Sini France
Eric Hontz United States
John S. Sears United States
Charusheela Ramanan Germany
Juan Aragó Spain
Jooyoung Sung South Korea
Juan Cabanillas‐González Spain
Hongtao Bian China
Andrew B. Pun United States
Gordon J. Hedley United Kingdom
Gjergji Sini France
David P. McMahon
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Co-authorship network of co-authors of David P. McMahon

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of David P. McMahon. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of David P. McMahon 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 David P. McMahon. David P. McMahon is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Aitchison, Catherine M., Christopher M. Kane, David P. McMahon, et al.. (2020). Photocatalytic proton reduction by a computationally identified, molecular hydrogen-bonded framework. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 8(15). 7158–7170. 63 indexed citations
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Dybeck, Eric, David P. McMahon, Graeme M. Day, & Michael R. Shirts. (2019). Exploring the Multi-minima Behavior of Small Molecule Crystal Polymorphs at Finite Temperature. Crystal Growth & Design. 19(10). 5568–5580. 26 indexed citations
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Cui, Peng, David P. McMahon, Peter R. Spackman, et al.. (2019). Mining predicted crystal structure landscapes with high throughput crystallisation: old molecules, new insights. Chemical Science. 10(43). 9988–9997. 80 indexed citations
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McMahon, David P., Andrew Stephenson, Samantha Y. Chong, et al.. (2018). Computational modelling of solvent effects in a prolific solvatomorphic porous organic cage. Faraday Discussions. 211(0). 383–399. 35 indexed citations
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Pulido, Angeles, Linjiang Chen, Tomasz Kaczorowski, et al.. (2017). Functional materials discovery using energy–structure–function maps. Nature. 543(7647). 657–664. 405 indexed citations
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McMahon, David P., et al.. (2017). The Impact of Carrier Delocalization and Interfacial Electric Field Fluctuations on Organic Photovoltaics. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 121(48). 26629–26636. 4 indexed citations
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Hait, Diptarka, Tianyu Zhu, David P. McMahon, & Troy Van Voorhis. (2016). Prediction of Excited-State Energies and Singlet–Triplet Gaps of Charge-Transfer States Using a Restricted Open-Shell Kohn–Sham Approach. Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation. 12(7). 3353–3359. 74 indexed citations
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Chang, Wendi, Daniel N. Congreve, Eric Hontz, et al.. (2015). Spin-dependent charge transfer state design rules in organic photovoltaics. Nature Communications. 6(1). 6415–6415. 83 indexed citations
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Yost, Shane R., Jiye Lee, Mark W. B. Wilson, et al.. (2014). A transferable model for singlet-fission kinetics. Nature Chemistry. 6(6). 492–497. 399 indexed citations breakdown →
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Yost, Shane R., Eric Hontz, David P. McMahon, & Troy Van Voorhis. (2013). Electronic and Optical Properties at Organic/Organic Interfaces in Organic Solar Cells. Topics in current chemistry. 352. 103–150. 7 indexed citations
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Troisi, Alessandro, et al.. (2012). A predictive theory of charge separation in organic photovoltaics interfaces. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 8477. 84770Q–84770Q. 1 indexed citations
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McMahon, David P. & Alessandro Troisi. (2011). Persistence time of charge carriers in defect states of molecular semiconductors. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 13(21). 10241–10241. 18 indexed citations
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McMahon, David P., David L. Cheung, Ludwig Goris, et al.. (2011). Relation between Microstructure and Charge Transport in Polymers of Different Regioregularity. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 115(39). 19386–19393. 85 indexed citations
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McMahon, David P. & Alessandro Troisi. (2010). Organic Semiconductors: Impact of Disorder at Different Timescales. ChemPhysChem. 11(10). 2067–2074. 67 indexed citations
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McMahon, David P. & Alessandro Troisi. (2010). Evaluation of the External Reorganization Energy of Polyacenes. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters. 1(6). 941–946. 292 indexed citations
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Cheung, David L., David P. McMahon, & Alessandro Troisi. (2009). A Realistic Description of the Charge Carrier Wave Function in Microcrystalline Polymer Semiconductors. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 131(31). 11179–11186. 59 indexed citations
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McMahon, David P. & Alessandro Troisi. (2009). An ad hoc tight binding method to study the electronic structure of semiconducting polymers. Chemical Physics Letters. 480(4-6). 210–214. 29 indexed citations
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Cheung, David L., David P. McMahon, & Alessandro Troisi. (2009). Computational Study of the Structure and Charge-Transfer Parameters in Low-Molecular-Mass P3HT. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B. 113(28). 9393–9401. 100 indexed citations
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McMahon, David P.. (2006). Signals & Systems Demystified. 1 indexed citations
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McMahon, David P., et al.. (2006). A Beginner's Guide To Mathematica. 1 indexed citations

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