E. J. Louis

8.4k total citations · 4 hit papers
15 papers, 6.3k citations indexed

About

E. J. Louis is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Condensed Matter Physics and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, E. J. Louis has authored 15 papers receiving a total of 6.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 6 papers in Materials Chemistry, 5 papers in Condensed Matter Physics and 4 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in E. J. Louis's work include Rare-earth and actinide compounds (4 papers), Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism (2 papers) and Conducting polymers and applications (2 papers). E. J. Louis is often cited by papers focused on Rare-earth and actinide compounds (4 papers), Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism (2 papers) and Conducting polymers and applications (2 papers). E. J. Louis collaborates with scholars based in United States, Netherlands and Germany. E. J. Louis's co-authors include Alan G. MacDiarmid, Hideki Shirakawa, Alan J. Heeger, Chwan K. Chiang, C. K. Chiang, S. C. Gau, Y. W. Park, C. R. Fincher, Mark A. Druy and A. J. Heeger and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Physical Review Letters and The Journal of Chemical Physics.

In The Last Decade

E. J. Louis

15 papers receiving 6.0k citations

Hit Papers

Synthesis of electrically conducting organic polymers: ha... 1977 2026 1993 2009 1977 1977 1978 1978 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k 2.5k
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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. Synthesis of electrically conducting organic polymers: halogen derivatives of polyacetylene, (CH) x
    1977 2.8k citations Hideki Shirakawa, E. J. Louis et al. Journal of the Chemical Society Chemical Communications profile →
  2. Electrical Conductivity in Doped Polyacetylene
    1977 2.5k citations C. K. Chiang, C. R. Fincher et al. Physical Review Letters profile →
  3. Synthesis of highly conducting films of derivatives of polyacetylene, (CH)x
    1978 541 citations C. K. Chiang, Mark A. Druy et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
  4. Conducting polymers: Halogen doped polyacetylene
    1978 340 citations C. K. Chiang, Alan J. Heeger et al. The Journal of Chemical Physics profile →

Peers

E. J. Louis
C. K. Chiang United States
A. J. Heeger United States
L. W. Shacklette United States
S. C. Gau United States
Bruce H. Weiller United States
Abderrahim Yassar France
Małgorzata Zagórska Poland
Ronald L. Elsenbaumer United States
Patrice Rannou France
Denis Fichou France
C. K. Chiang United States
E. J. Louis
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Fields of papers citing papers by E. J. Louis

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of E. J. Louis

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

All Works

15 of 15 papers shown
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Chiang, C. K., Alan J. Heeger, Hideki Shirakawa, et al.. (2001). Electrical Conductivity in Doped Polyacetylene : Phys. Rev. Lett. 39 (1977) 1098 ( The Nobel Prize in Chemistry to Dr. Hideki Shirakawa). 56(8). 572–575. 3 indexed citations
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Franse, J.J.M., M. van Sprang, E. J. Louis, Kazuo Kadowaki, & A. de Visser. (1988). Analysis of thermodynamic properties of UPt3 by means of Gruneisen relations. Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials. 76-77. 147–149. 4 indexed citations
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Vergés, J. A., L. Brey, E. J. Louis, & C. Tejedor. (1987). Localization in a one-dimensional quasiperiodic Hamiltonian with off-diagonal disorder. Physical review. B, Condensed matter. 35(10). 5270–5272. 10 indexed citations
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Visser, A. de, E. J. Louis, J.J.M. Franse, & A.A. Menovsky. (1986). Forced magnetostriction of heavy-fermion UPt3. Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials. 54-57. 387–388. 14 indexed citations
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Boer, F.R. de, J.J.M. Franse, E. J. Louis, et al.. (1986). High-magnetic-field and high-pressure effects in monocrystalline URu2Si2. Physica B+C. 138(1-2). 1–6. 39 indexed citations
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Louis, E. J., A. de Visser, A.A. Menovsky, & J.J.M. Franse. (1986). High-pressure magnetisation studies of some heavy-fermion uranium intermetallics. Physica B+C. 144(1). 48–53. 16 indexed citations
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Akhtar, M. Shaheer, C. K. Chiang, Marshall J. Cohen, et al.. (1978). SYNTHESIS AND PROPERTIES OF HALOGEN DERIVATIVES OF (SN)X AND (CH)X*. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 313(1). 726–736. 4 indexed citations
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Chiang, C. K., et al.. (1978). Conducting polymers: Halogen doped polyacetylene. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 69(11). 5098–5104. 340 indexed citations breakdown →
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Chiang, C. K., Mark A. Druy, S. C. Gau, et al.. (1978). Synthesis of highly conducting films of derivatives of polyacetylene, (CH)x. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 100(3). 1013–1015. 541 indexed citations breakdown →
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Shirakawa, Hideki, E. J. Louis, Alan G. MacDiarmid, Chwan K. Chiang, & Alan J. Heeger. (1977). Synthesis of electrically conducting organic polymers: halogen derivatives of polyacetylene, (CH) x. Journal of the Chemical Society Chemical Communications. 578–578. 2795 indexed citations breakdown →
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Chiang, C. K., C. R. Fincher, Y. W. Park, et al.. (1977). Electrical Conductivity in Doped Polyacetylene. Physical Review Letters. 39(17). 1098–1101. 2462 indexed citations breakdown →
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Louis, E. J., Alan G. MacDiarmid, A. F. Garito, & Alan J. Heeger. (1976). Formation of crystalline epitaxial films of the metallic polymer, (SN) x , by the thermal decomposition of S4N4 vapour. Journal of the Chemical Society Chemical Communications. 426–426. 6 indexed citations
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Louis, E. J.. (1974). The Reaction between Magnesium, Trimethylchlorosilane, and Tetrahydrofuran. Synthesis and Reactivity in Inorganic and Metal-Organic Chemistry. 4(5). 429–436. 3 indexed citations
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Louis, E. J. & Grant Urry. (1968). The reaction of bis (trimethylsilyl) mercury with 9-fluorenone. Tetrahedron Letters. 9(29). 3295–3297. 2 indexed citations
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Louis, E. J. & Grant Urry. (1968). Preparation of hexamethyldisilthiane. Inorganic Chemistry. 7(6). 1253–1254. 12 indexed citations

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