E. M. Sevick

2.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
56 papers, 2.1k citations indexed

About

E. M. Sevick is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Statistical and Nonlinear Physics and Surfaces, Coatings and Films. According to data from OpenAlex, E. M. Sevick has authored 56 papers receiving a total of 2.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 30 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 17 papers in Statistical and Nonlinear Physics and 12 papers in Surfaces, Coatings and Films. Recurrent topics in E. M. Sevick's work include Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications (17 papers), Advanced Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics (14 papers) and Polymer Surface Interaction Studies (11 papers). E. M. Sevick is often cited by papers focused on Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications (17 papers), Advanced Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics (14 papers) and Polymer Surface Interaction Studies (11 papers). E. M. Sevick collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United States and United Kingdom. E. M. Sevick's co-authors include Debra J. Searles, D. R. M. Williams, G. M. Wang, Denis J. Evans, Emil Mittag, P. A. Monson, Ranganathan Prabhakar, Julio M. Ottino, D. M. Carberry and Bernd J. Haupt and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Physical Review Letters and The Journal of Chemical Physics.

In The Last Decade

E. M. Sevick

55 papers receiving 2.1k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Experimental Demonstration of Violations of the Second Law of Thermodynamics for Small Systems and Short Time Scales

2002 617 citations G. M. Wang, E. M. Sevick et al. Physical Review Letters profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
E. M. Sevick Australia	21	1.1k	938	531	424	252	56	2.1k
Laurent Helden Germany	17	700 0.7×	868 0.9×	471 0.9×	639 1.5×	172 0.7×	26	1.7k
S. Velasco Spain	21	882 0.8×	589 0.6×	533 1.0×	312 0.7×	117 0.5×	166	1.9k
Aloïs Würger France	31	715 0.7×	563 0.6×	907 1.7×	1.0k 2.4×	622 2.5×	101	3.1k
Sabine H. L. Klapp Germany	31	593 0.6×	511 0.5×	1.2k 2.3×	1.4k 3.4×	295 1.2×	161	3.0k
Frank Cichos Germany	33	520 0.5×	1.3k 1.3×	1.7k 3.2×	1.5k 3.5×	552 2.2×	119	4.1k
P. Richetti France	26	328 0.3×	587 0.6×	235 0.4×	418 1.0×	222 0.9×	49	1.7k
Abdelhamid Maali France	26	250 0.2×	2.7k 2.9×	1.2k 2.3×	542 1.3×	130 0.5×	52	4.5k
Haim Diamant Israel	28	152 0.1×	497 0.5×	728 1.4×	739 1.7×	391 1.6×	85	2.4k
Harald Pleiner Germany	33	347 0.3×	603 0.6×	968 1.8×	668 1.6×	67 0.3×	205	3.6k
R. M. Velasco Mexico	15	326 0.3×	286 0.3×	262 0.5×	372 0.9×	541 2.1×	77	1.4k

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Reddy, Prithvi, E. M. Sevick, & D. R. M. Williams. (2018). Triangular cyclic rotaxanes: Size, fluctuations, and switching properties. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 115(38). 9367–9372. 5 indexed citations

Cooke, Brian M., et al.. (2016). Equilibrium binding energies from fluctuation theorems and force spectroscopy simulations. Soft Matter. 12(48). 9803–9820.

Sevick, E. M. & D. R. M. Williams. (2016). A Two‐Stroke, Two‐Cylinder Piston Rotaxane Motor. ChemPhysChem. 17(12). 1927–1933. 5 indexed citations

Pinson, Matthew B., E. M. Sevick, & D. R. M. Williams. (2013). Mobile Rings on a Polyrotaxane Lead to a Yield Force. Macromolecules. 46(10). 4191–4197. 32 indexed citations

Gao, Yongxiang, D. R. M. Williams, & E. M. Sevick. (2011). Dynamics of molecular shock-absorbers: energy dissipation and the Fluctuation Theorem. Soft Matter. 7(12). 5739–5739. 8 indexed citations

Sevick, E. M. & D. R. M. Williams. (2010). Piston-Rotaxanes as Molecular Shock Absorbers. Langmuir. 26(8). 5864–5868. 26 indexed citations

Wang, G. M., Ranganathan Prabhakar, & E. M. Sevick. (2009). Hydrodynamic Mobility of an Optically Trapped Colloidal Particle near Fluid-Fluid Interfaces. Physical Review Letters. 103(24). 248303–248303. 43 indexed citations

Sevick, E. M., Ranganathan Prabhakar, Stephen R. Williams, & Debra J. Searles. (2008). Fluctuation Theorems. Annual Review of Physical Chemistry. 59(1). 603–633. 181 indexed citations

Prabhakar, Ranganathan, E. M. Sevick, & D. R. M. Williams. (2007). Coarse-graining intramolecular hydrodynamic interaction in dilute solutions of flexible polymers. Physical Review E. 76(1). 11809–11809. 2 indexed citations

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Wang, G. M., J. C. Reid, D. M. Carberry, et al.. (2005). Experimental study of the fluctuation theorem in a nonequilibrium steady state. Physical Review E. 71(4). 46142–46142. 65 indexed citations

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Carberry, D. M., et al.. (2005). Demonstration of the steady-state fluctuation theorem from a single trajectory. Journal of Physics Condensed Matter. 17(45). S3239–S3244. 13 indexed citations

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Reid, James C., D. M. Carberry, G. M. Wang, et al.. (2004). Reversibility in nonequilibrium trajectories of an optically trapped particle. Physical Review E. 70(1). 16111–16111. 29 indexed citations

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Carberry, D. M., James C. Reid, G. M. Wang, et al.. (2004). Fluctuations and Irreversibility: An Experimental Demonstration of a Second-Law-Like Theorem Using a Colloidal Particle Held in an Optical Trap. Physical Review Letters. 92(14). 140601–140601. 180 indexed citations

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Wang, G. M., E. M. Sevick, Emil Mittag, Debra J. Searles, & Denis J. Evans. (2002). Experimental Demonstration of Violations of the Second Law of Thermodynamics for Small Systems and Short Time Scales. Physical Review Letters. 89(5). 50601–50601. 617 indexed citations breakdown →

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Senden, Tim J., et al.. (2001). Experimental Evidence of the Rayleigh Instability in Single Polymer Chains. APS. 1 indexed citations

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Sevick, E. M., et al.. (1999). Compression of a polymer chain by a small obstacle: The effect of fluctuations on the escape transition. Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics. 60(6). 6906–6918. 24 indexed citations

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Saville, Paul & E. M. Sevick. (1999). Collision of a Field-Driven Polymer with a Finite-Sized Obstacle: A Brownian Dynamics Simulation. Macromolecules. 32(3). 892–899. 38 indexed citations

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Haupt, Bernd J., et al.. (1999). The Detachment of a Polymer Chain from a Weakly Adsorbing Surface Using an AFM Tip. Langmuir. 15(11). 3886–3892. 72 indexed citations

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Sevick, E. M.. (1998). Compression-Induced Phase Transitions in Water-Soluble Polymer Brushes: The n-Cluster Model. Macromolecules. 31(10). 3361–3367. 13 indexed citations

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Sevick, E. M. & D. R. M. Williams. (1995). Coil-Stretch Transitions for Grafted Polymers in Spatially Varying Flows. Europhysics Letters (EPL). 31(7). 357–362. 8 indexed citations

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