Derek Nowak

964 total citations
29 papers, 740 citations indexed

About

Derek Nowak is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Derek Nowak has authored 29 papers receiving a total of 740 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 20 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 19 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 11 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Derek Nowak's work include Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications (17 papers), Near-Field Optical Microscopy (17 papers) and Integrated Circuits and Semiconductor Failure Analysis (9 papers). Derek Nowak is often cited by papers focused on Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications (17 papers), Near-Field Optical Microscopy (17 papers) and Integrated Circuits and Semiconductor Failure Analysis (9 papers). Derek Nowak collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and Japan. Derek Nowak's co-authors include Sung Park, Junghoon Jahng, H. K. Wickramasinghe, Eric O. Potma, William Morrison, T. R. Albrecht, Dmitry A. Fishman, Jane Frommer, Ricardo Ruiz and Lei Wan and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Advanced Materials and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Derek Nowak

27 papers receiving 721 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Derek Nowak United States 11 343 342 238 140 72 29 740
Devon S. Jakob United States 14 226 0.7× 240 0.7× 203 0.9× 129 0.9× 46 0.6× 21 596
Sung Park United States 9 270 0.8× 285 0.8× 207 0.9× 110 0.8× 26 0.4× 19 602
Junghoon Jahng South Korea 17 626 1.8× 694 2.0× 297 1.2× 160 1.1× 45 0.6× 38 1.1k
R. Generosi Italy 16 410 1.2× 356 1.0× 337 1.4× 154 1.1× 104 1.4× 67 845
Jeffrey J. Schwartz United States 13 185 0.5× 165 0.5× 195 0.8× 236 1.7× 63 0.9× 19 612
Brian O'callahan United States 16 373 1.1× 283 0.8× 226 0.9× 249 1.8× 64 0.9× 34 909
John N. Myers United States 15 201 0.6× 262 0.8× 130 0.5× 265 1.9× 123 1.7× 25 679
Alec Kirkeminde United States 16 303 0.9× 122 0.4× 312 1.3× 467 3.3× 44 0.6× 24 863
Mikołaj Pochylski Poland 17 160 0.5× 107 0.3× 106 0.4× 145 1.0× 49 0.7× 55 597
Ozzy Mermut Canada 12 273 0.8× 251 0.7× 131 0.6× 174 1.2× 212 2.9× 45 921

Countries citing papers authored by Derek Nowak

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Fields of papers citing papers by Derek Nowak

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Derek Nowak

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Derek Nowak. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Derek Nowak 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 Derek Nowak. Derek Nowak 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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Shcherbakov, Maxim R., Eric O. Potma, Yasuhiro Sugawara, et al.. (2025). Photo-induced force microscopy. Nature Reviews Methods Primers. 5(1). 1 indexed citations
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Eder, Katja, Matt R. Kilburn, Limei Yang, et al.. (2023). Growth dynamics and amorphous-to-crystalline phase transformation in natural nacre. Nature Communications. 14(1). 2254–2254. 17 indexed citations
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Nowak, Derek, et al.. (2023). Chemical Identification of Sub-20 nm Defects and Sub-Monolayer Residues with Nano IR PiFM. Diffusion and defect data, solid state data. Part B, Solid state phenomena/Solid state phenomena. 346. 204–209. 2 indexed citations
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Nowak, Derek, et al.. (2022). Identification of sub-20 nm EUV defects with nano-IR PiFM. 30–30. 1 indexed citations
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Jafari, Maziar, Derek Nowak, Shengyun Huang, et al.. (2022). Photo-induced force microscopy applied to electronic devices and biosensors. Materials Today Proceedings. 72. 3904–3910. 5 indexed citations
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Nowak, Derek, et al.. (2021). Determining the water content of nominally anhydrous minerals at the nanometre scale. Review of Scientific Instruments. 92(2). 23103–23103. 4 indexed citations
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Sunday, Daniel F., Xuanxuan Chen, T. R. Albrecht, et al.. (2020). Influence of Additives on the Interfacial Width and Line Edge Roughness in Block Copolymer Lithography. Chemistry of Materials. 32(6). 2399–2407. 19 indexed citations
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Nowak, Derek, Amy L. Bondy, Kai Sun, et al.. (2019). Coiled-Coil-Mediated Assembly of an Icosahedral Protein Cage with Extremely High Thermal and Chemical Stability. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 141(23). 9207–9216. 50 indexed citations
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Yun, Jungheum, Haemi Lee, ChaeWon Mun, et al.. (2018). Fabrication and near-field visualization of a wafer-scale dense plasmonic nanostructured array. RSC Advances. 8(12). 6444–6451. 8 indexed citations
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Eichmann, Shannon L., Derek Nowak, David Jacobi, & N. A. Burnham. (2018). Nanoscale Hyperspectral Characterization of Source Rock in Unconventional Reservoirs using Photo-Induced Force Microscopy. Microscopy and Microanalysis. 24(S1). 1040–1041. 3 indexed citations
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Morrison, William, et al.. (2017). Photoinduced force microscopy: A technique for hyperspectral nanochemical mapping. Japanese Journal of Applied Physics. 56(8S1). 08LA04–08LA04. 49 indexed citations
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Tao, Jinhui, et al.. (2016). Nanoscale Chemical and Topology Imaging of Collagen with Photo-Induced Force Microscopy. Biophysical Journal. 110(3). 491a–491a. 1 indexed citations
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Nowak, Derek, William Morrison, H. K. Wickramasinghe, et al.. (2016). Nanoscale chemical imaging by photoinduced force microscopy. Science Advances. 2(3). e1501571–e1501571. 241 indexed citations
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Jacobs, Ian E., Derek Nowak, Jun Li, et al.. (2016). Direct‐Write Optical Patterning of P3HT Films Beyond the Diffraction Limit. Advanced Materials. 29(2). 43 indexed citations
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Tamma, Venkata Ananth, Fei Huang, Derek Nowak, & H. K. Wickramasinghe. (2016). Stimulated Raman spectroscopy and nanoscopy of molecules using near field photon induced forces without resonant electronic enhancement gain. Applied Physics Letters. 108(23). 9 indexed citations
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Jahng, Junghoon, Dmitry A. Fishman, Derek Nowak, et al.. (2015). Ultrafast pump-probe force microscopy with nanoscale resolution. Applied Physics Letters. 106(8). 66 indexed citations
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Schierl, Rudolf, et al.. (2011). Quecksilber-Biomonitoring nach Bruch von Energiesparlampen?. DMW - Deutsche Medizinische Wochenschrift. 136(18). 973–974.
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Nowak, Derek, Andrew J. Lawrence, & Erik J. Sánchez. (2010). Apertureless near-field/far-field CW two-photon microscope for biological and material imaging and spectroscopic applications. Applied Optics. 49(35). 6766–6766. 5 indexed citations
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Nowak, Derek, et al.. (2008). Fabrication of a versatile substrate for finding samples on the nanometer scale. Journal of Microscopy. 230(1). 32–41. 4 indexed citations

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