Debra J. Searles

11.2k total citations · 5 hit papers
194 papers, 8.7k citations indexed

About

Debra J. Searles is a scholar working on Statistical and Nonlinear Physics, Materials Chemistry and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, Debra J. Searles has authored 194 papers receiving a total of 8.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 71 papers in Statistical and Nonlinear Physics, 68 papers in Materials Chemistry and 65 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in Debra J. Searles's work include Advanced Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics (67 papers), Phase Equilibria and Thermodynamics (39 papers) and Advancements in Battery Materials (28 papers). Debra J. Searles is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics (67 papers), Phase Equilibria and Thermodynamics (39 papers) and Advancements in Battery Materials (28 papers). Debra J. Searles collaborates with scholars based in Australia, China and Switzerland. Debra J. Searles's co-authors include Denis J. Evans, Marlies Hankel, E. M. Sevick, G. M. Wang, Chenghua Sun, Emil Mittag, Tanveer Hussain, Stephen R. Williams, James C. Reid and Stefano Bernardi and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Physical Review Letters and Advanced Materials.

In The Last Decade

Debra J. Searles

188 papers receiving 8.5k citations

Hit Papers

Experimental Demonstration of Violations of the Second La... 1994 2026 2004 2015 2002 2002 2018 1994 2022 200 400 600
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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.

  1. Experimental Demonstration of Violations of the Second Law of Thermodynamics for Small Systems and Short Time Scales
    2002 617 citations Debra J. Searles, Denis J. Evans et al. profile →
  2. The Fluctuation Theorem
    2002 580 citations Denis J. Evans, Debra J. Searles profile →
  3. Coordination of Atomic Co–Pt Coupling Species at Carbon Defects as Active Sites for Oxygen Reduction Reaction
    2018 548 citations Julia Fischer, Marlies Hankel et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
  4. Equilibrium microstates which generate second law violating steady states
    1994 481 citations Denis J. Evans, Debra J. Searles profile →
  5. Ultra-stable all-solid-state sodium metal batteries enabled by perfluoropolyether-based electrolytes
    2022 271 citations Xiaoen Wang, Cheng Zhang et al. Nature Materials profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Debra J. Searles Australia 44 3.2k 2.7k 2.5k 1.9k 1.4k 194 8.7k
Jürgen Parisi Germany 45 3.8k 1.2× 1.2k 0.5× 6.0k 2.4× 1.8k 1.0× 742 0.5× 356 9.5k
L. Blum Germany 54 5.1k 1.6× 675 0.2× 2.0k 0.8× 2.3k 1.2× 3.6k 2.6× 267 10.0k
Riccardo Ferrando Italy 54 9.1k 2.8× 1.5k 0.6× 1.4k 0.5× 5.3k 2.7× 1.6k 1.2× 256 14.6k
Dick Bedeaux Netherlands 47 2.2k 0.7× 2.5k 0.9× 662 0.3× 1.9k 1.0× 3.1k 2.2× 309 8.2k
A. Romero United States 48 4.8k 1.5× 532 0.2× 2.3k 0.9× 2.1k 1.1× 711 0.5× 268 7.6k
James W. Evans United States 39 3.4k 1.0× 499 0.2× 1.1k 0.4× 2.7k 1.4× 776 0.6× 304 7.3k
Eran Rabani Israel 49 4.8k 1.5× 358 0.1× 3.4k 1.4× 3.8k 2.0× 1.1k 0.8× 191 8.6k
Horia Metiu United States 71 9.5k 3.0× 660 0.2× 2.9k 1.2× 6.5k 3.4× 2.0k 1.4× 350 17.4k
Kristen A. Fichthorn United States 39 2.8k 0.9× 303 0.1× 1.0k 0.4× 1.7k 0.9× 1.1k 0.8× 168 5.7k
R. Imbihl Germany 44 4.1k 1.3× 1.0k 0.4× 965 0.4× 3.3k 1.7× 629 0.4× 237 7.7k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Searles, Debra J., et al.. (2024). Interfacial Thermal Transport and Electrical Performances of Supercapacitors with Graphene/Carbon Nanotube Composite Electrodes. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 128(5). 2190–2204. 6 indexed citations
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Bu, Saiyu, Yao Chen, Debra J. Searles, & Qinghong Yuan. (2023). Relationship between graphene nucleation density and epitaxial growth orientation on Cu(111) surfaces. Materials Today Chemistry. 31. 101612–101612. 3 indexed citations
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Searles, Debra J., et al.. (2023). Molecular insights on optimizing nanoporous carbon-based supercapacitors with various electrolytes. Electrochimica Acta. 474. 143500–143500. 5 indexed citations
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Wang, Qiaoyun, Ye Yu, Yi-Xin Chang, et al.. (2023). Fluoropolymer-MOF Hybrids with Switchable Hydrophilicity for 19F MRI-Monitored Cancer Therapy. ACS Nano. 17(9). 8483–8498. 39 indexed citations
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Wang, Xiaoen, Cheng Zhang, Michał Sawczyk, et al.. (2022). Ultra-stable all-solid-state sodium metal batteries enabled by perfluoropolyether-based electrolytes. Nature Materials. 21(9). 1057–1065. 271 indexed citations breakdown →
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Hunter, Michelle A., et al.. (2022). New Framework for Computing a General Local Self-Diffusion Coefficient Using Statistical Mechanics. Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation. 18(6). 3357–3363. 13 indexed citations
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Liu, Yanjun, Wen Li, Barış Demir, et al.. (2021). Dendronized polydiacetylenes via photo-polymerization of supramolecular assemblies showing thermally tunable chirality. Chemical Communications. 57(95). 12780–12783. 14 indexed citations
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Maji, Subrata, Rekha Goswami Shrestha, Ram Lal Shrestha, et al.. (2021). High-Performance Supercapacitor Materials Based on Hierarchically Porous Carbons Derived from Artocarpus heterophyllus Seed. ACS Applied Energy Materials. 4(11). 12257–12266. 35 indexed citations
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Xia, Wei, Michelle A. Hunter, Jiayu Wang, et al.. (2020). Highly ordered macroporous dual-element-doped carbon from metal–organic frameworks for catalyzing oxygen reduction. Chemical Science. 11(35). 9584–9592. 49 indexed citations
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Fu, Changkui, Barış Demir, Sheilajen Alcântara, et al.. (2020). Low‐Fouling Fluoropolymers for Bioconjugation and In Vivo Tracking. Angewandte Chemie. 132(12). 4759–4765. 31 indexed citations
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Fu, Changkui, Barış Demir, Sheilajen Alcântara, et al.. (2020). Low‐Fouling Fluoropolymers for Bioconjugation and In Vivo Tracking. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 59(12). 4729–4735. 53 indexed citations
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Hunter, Michelle A., Julia Fischer, Marlies Hankel, Qinghong Yuan, & Debra J. Searles. (2019). Doping Effects on the Performance of Paired Metal Catalysts for the Hydrogen Evolution Reaction. Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling. 59(5). 2242–2247. 18 indexed citations
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Hunter, Michelle A., Julia Fischer, Qinghong Yuan, Marlies Hankel, & Debra J. Searles. (2019). Evaluating the Catalytic Efficiency of Paired, Single-Atom Catalysts for the Oxygen Reduction Reaction. ACS Catalysis. 9(9). 7660–7667. 152 indexed citations
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Sun, Qiao, Zhen Li, Debra J. Searles, et al.. (2013). Charge-Controlled Switchable CO2 Capture on Boron Nitride Nanomaterials. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 135(22). 8246–8253. 299 indexed citations
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Sun, Qiao, Zhen Li, Debra J. Searles, et al.. (2013). Charge-controlled switchable CO2 capture on boron nitride nanomaterials. QUT ePrints (Queensland University of Technology). 4 indexed citations
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Silvester, Nicole, Gillian R. Bushell, Debra J. Searles, & Christopher L. Brown. (2007). Effect of terminal amino acids on the stability and specificity of PNA–DNA hybridisation. Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry. 5(6). 917–923. 9 indexed citations
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Searles, Debra J., Lamberto Rondoni, & Denis J. Evans. (2007). The steady state fluctuation relation for the dissipation function. PORTO Publications Open Repository TOrino (Politecnico di Torino). 38 indexed citations
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Frascoli, Federico, Debra J. Searles, & B. D. Todd. (2006). Chaotic properties of planar elongational flow and planar shear flow: Lyapunov exponents, conjugate-pairing rule, and phase space contraction. Physical Review E. 73(4). 46206–46206. 11 indexed citations
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Evans, Denis J. & Debra J. Searles. (2001). The Fluctuation Theorem and Green-Kubo Relations. ANU Open Research (Australian National University). 44 indexed citations
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Travis, Karl P., Debra J. Searles, & Denis J. Evans. (1999). On the wavevector dependent shear viscosity of a simple fluid. Molecular Physics. 97(3). 415–422. 10 indexed citations

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