George C. Schatz

124.0k total citations · 35 hit papers
1.1k papers, 99.3k citations indexed

About

George C. Schatz is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, George C. Schatz has authored 1.1k papers receiving a total of 99.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 455 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 350 papers in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials and 304 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in George C. Schatz's work include Gold and Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis and Applications (326 papers), Advanced Chemical Physics Studies (238 papers) and Plasmonic and Surface Plasmon Research (198 papers). George C. Schatz is often cited by papers focused on Gold and Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis and Applications (326 papers), Advanced Chemical Physics Studies (238 papers) and Plasmonic and Surface Plasmon Research (198 papers). George C. Schatz collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and United Kingdom. George C. Schatz's co-authors include Richard P. Van Duyne, K. Lance Kelly, Chad A. Mirkin, Eduardo A. Coronado, Rongchao Jin, Shengli Zou, Encai Hao, Mark A. Ratner, Christine M. Aikens and Lasse Jensen and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Chemical Reviews.

In The Last Decade

George C. Schatz

1.1k papers receiving 97.4k citations

Hit Papers

The Optical Properties of Metal Nanoparticles: The In... 1987 2026 2000 2013 2002 2001 2008 2003 2003 2.5k 5.0k 7.5k
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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. The Optical Properties of Metal Nanoparticles:  The Influence of Size, Shape, and Dielectric Environment
    2002 8.7k citations George C. Schatz et al. profile →
  2. Photoinduced Conversion of Silver Nanospheres to Nanoprisms
    2001 2.9k citations Chad A. Mirkin, George C. Schatz et al. Science profile →
  3. Correlating the Crystal Structure of A Thiol-Protected Au25 Cluster and Optical Properties
    2008 2.0k citations George C. Schatz et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
  4. Electromagnetic fields around silver nanoparticles and dimers
    2003 1.6k citations George C. Schatz et al. The Journal of Chemical Physics profile →
  5. Controlling anisotropic nanoparticle growth through plasmon excitation
    2003 1.5k citations George C. Schatz, Chad A. Mirkin et al. profile →
  6. DNA-programmable nanoparticle crystallization
    2008 1.3k citations George C. Schatz, Chad A. Mirkin et al. profile →
  7. Localized Surface Plasmon Resonance Spectroscopy of Single Silver Nanocubes
    2005 1.2k citations George C. Schatz, Richard P. Van Duyne et al. Nano Letters profile →
  8. What Controls the Melting Properties of DNA-Linked Gold Nanoparticle Assemblies?
    2003 1.1k citations Chad A. Mirkin, George C. Schatz et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
  9. What Controls the Optical Properties of DNA-Linked Gold Nanoparticle Assemblies?
    2000 1.0k citations Chad A. Mirkin, George C. Schatz et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
  10. Nanoparticle Superlattice Engineering with DNA
    2011 980 citations Matthew R. Jones, George C. Schatz et al. Science profile →
  11. Structural Information from Ion Mobility Measurements:  Effects of the Long-Range Potential
    1996 929 citations George C. Schatz et al. profile →
  12. Chain Length Dependence and Sensing Capabilities of the Localized Surface Plasmon Resonance of Silver Nanoparticles Chemically Modified with Alkanethiol Self-Assembled Monolayers
    2001 893 citations George C. Schatz, Richard P. Van Duyne et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
  13. Measurements of near-ultimate strength for multiwalled carbon nanotubes and irradiation-induced crosslinking improvements
    2008 870 citations George C. Schatz et al. profile →
  14. Nanoscale Optical Biosensor:  Short Range Distance Dependence of the Localized Surface Plasmon Resonance of Noble Metal Nanoparticles
    2004 849 citations George C. Schatz, Richard P. Van Duyne et al. profile →
  15. Probing the Structure of Single-Molecule Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering Hot Spots
    2008 816 citations George C. Schatz, Richard P. Van Duyne et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
  16. Localized Surface Plasmon Resonance Spectroscopy of Single Silver Triangular Nanoprisms
    2006 761 citations Chad A. Mirkin, George C. Schatz et al. Nano Letters profile →
  17. Atomistic simulations of nanotube fracture
    2002 758 citations George C. Schatz et al. profile →
  18. Plasmonic Properties of Copper Nanoparticles Fabricated by Nanosphere Lithography
    2007 747 citations George C. Schatz, Richard P. Van Duyne et al. Nano Letters profile →
  19. Covalent functionalization and passivation of exfoliated black phosphorus via aryl diazonium chemistry
    2016 708 citations Tobin J. Marks, George C. Schatz et al. profile →
  20. Structure−Activity Relationships in Gold Nanoparticle Dimers and Trimers for Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy
    2010 685 citations George C. Schatz, Richard P. Van Duyne et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
  21. Observation of a Quadrupole Plasmon Mode for a Colloidal Solution of Gold Nanoprisms
    2005 653 citations George C. Schatz, Chad A. Mirkin et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
  22. Highly Accurate First-Principles Benchmark Data Sets for the Parametrization and Validation of Density Functional and Other Approximate Methods. Derivation of a Robust, Generally Applicable, Double-Hybrid Functional for Thermochemistry and Thermochemical Kinetics
    2008 651 citations George C. Schatz et al. profile →
  23. Lasing action in strongly coupled plasmonic nanocavity arrays
    2013 633 citations Michael R. Wasielewski, George C. Schatz et al. profile →
  24. Silver nanoparticle array structures that produce remarkably narrow plasmon lineshapes
    2004 612 citations George C. Schatz et al. The Journal of Chemical Physics profile →
  25. Single-Molecule Chemistry with Surface- and Tip-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy
    2016 591 citations Naihao Chiang, Craig T. Chapman et al. profile →
  26. An accurate electromagnetic theory study of surface enhancement factors for silver, gold, copper, lithium, sodium, aluminum, gallium, indium, zinc, and cadmium
    1987 581 citations George C. Schatz et al. profile →
  27. A Nanoscale Optical Biosensor:  The Long Range Distance Dependence of the Localized Surface Plasmon Resonance of Noble Metal Nanoparticles
    2003 568 citations George C. Schatz, Richard P. Van Duyne et al. profile →
  28. Electronic structure methods for studying surface-enhanced Raman scattering
    2008 566 citations George C. Schatz et al. profile →
  29. Plasmonic Materials for Surface-Enhanced Sensing and Spectroscopy
    2005 564 citations George C. Schatz, Richard P. Van Duyne et al. MRS Bulletin profile →
  30. Nanoparticle Optics:  The Importance of Radiative Dipole Coupling in Two-Dimensional Nanoparticle Arrays
    2003 562 citations Richard P. Van Duyne, George C. Schatz et al. profile →
  31. Light-Harvesting and Ultrafast Energy Migration in Porphyrin-Based Metal–Organic Frameworks
    2012 528 citations Sameer Patwardhan, George C. Schatz et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
  32. Controlling Conformations of Conjugated Polymers and Small Molecules: The Role of Nonbonding Interactions
    2013 399 citations Kevin L. Kohlstedt, George C. Schatz et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
  33. Fluorination Effects on Indacenodithienothiophene Acceptor Packing and Electronic Structure, End-Group Redistribution, and Solar Cell Photovoltaic Response
    2019 390 citations Charlotte L. Stern, George C. Schatz et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
  34. Energy landscapes and functions of supramolecular systems
    2016 383 citations Tao Yu, George C. Schatz et al. Nature Materials profile →
  35. Crystallography, Morphology, Electronic Structure, and Transport in Non-Fullerene/Non-Indacenodithienothiophene Polymer:Y6 Solar Cells
    2020 294 citations Leighton O. Jones, Charlotte L. Stern et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →

Peers

George C. Schatz
Comparison fields: 5 of 192
  • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials 45.9k
  • Materials Chemistry 38.0k
  • Biomedical Engineering 37.1k
  • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 24.9k
  • Molecular Biology 18.7k
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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
# Work Indexed citations
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Efficient density functional tight-binding parameterization for accurate modeling of platinum clusters
2025 ·Chemical Physics Letters ·Rameshwar L. Kumawat, (unknown), George C. Schatz
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Density Functional Tight-Binding Captures Plasmon-Driven H2 Dissociation on Al Nanocrystals
2025 ·The Journal of Physical Chemistry C ·(unknown), George C. Schatz
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Mechanisms of controlled stabilizer-free synthesis of gold nanoparticles in liquid aerosol containing plasma
2024 ·Chemical Science ·Jae Hyun Nam, Gaurav Nayak, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), George C. Schatz, Peter Bruggeman
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Probing time-resolved plasma-driven solution electrochemistry in a falling liquid film plasma reactor: Identification of HO2− as a plasma-derived reducing agent
2024 ·The Journal of Chemical Physics ·(unknown), Subhajyoti Chaudhuri, Christopher C. Rich, George C. Schatz, Renee R. Frontiera, Peter Bruggeman
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Chemomechanical modification of quantum emission in monolayer WSe2
2023 ·Nature Communications ·M. Iqbal Bakti Utama, (unknown), Tumpa Sadhukhan, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Dmitry Lebedev, (unknown), Jia‐Shiang Chen, Kenji Watanabe, Takashi Taniguchi, Tobin J. Marks, Xuedan Ma, Emily A. Weiss, George C. Schatz, Nathaniel P. Stern, Mark C. Hersam
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Quasi-Random Multimetallic Nanoparticle Arrays
2023 ·ACS Nano ·Francisco Freire‐Fernández, (unknown), Dongjoon Rhee, Jun Guan, Ran Li, Richard D. Schaller, George C. Schatz, Teri W. Odom
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Exciplex Emission and Förster Resonance Energy Transfer in Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon-Based Bischromophoric Cyclophanes and Homo[2]catenanes
2023 ·Journal of the American Chemical Society ·Amine Garci, Seifallah Abid, Arthur H. G. David, Leighton O. Jones, Chandra S. Azad, Marco Ovalle, P. Brown, Charlotte L. Stern, Xingang Zhao, (unknown), George C. Schatz, Ryan M. Young, Michael R. Wasielewski, J. Fraser Stoddart
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Modulating the Electron Affinity of Small Bipyridyl Molecules on Single Gold Nanoparticles for Plasmon-Driven Electron Transfer
2021 ·The Journal of Physical Chemistry C ·(unknown), (unknown), Duc Nguyen, Scott C. Coste, (unknown), John J. McMahon, Tamar Seideman, George C. Schatz, Richard P. Van Duyne
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A Mutation in Histone H2B Represents a New Class of Oncogenic Driver
2019 ·Cancer Discovery ·Richard L. Bennett, (unknown), Eliza C. Small, Christine Will, Behnam Nabet, Jon A. Oyer, Xiaoxiao Huang, Rajarshi P. Ghosh, Adrian T. Grzybowski, Tao Yu, Qiao Zhang, Alberto Riva, Tanmay P. Lele, George C. Schatz, Neil L. Kelleher, Alexander J. Ruthenburg, Jan Liphardt, Jonathan D. Licht
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Plasmon nanolasing with aluminum nanoparticle arrays [Invited]
2019 ·Journal of the Optical Society of America B ·Ran Li, Danqing Wang, Jun Guan, Weijia Wang, Xianyu Ao, George C. Schatz, Richard D. Schaller, Teri W. Odom
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The effect of the magnitude and direction of the dipoles of organic cations on the electronic structure of hybrid halide perovskites
2019 ·Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics ·Sudeep Maheshwari, Sameer Patwardhan, George C. Schatz, Nicolas Renaud, Ferdinand C. Grozema
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Ultralow-threshold, continuous-wave upconverting lasing from subwavelength plasmons
2019 ·Nature Materials ·Ángel Fernández-Bravo, Danqing Wang, Edward S. Barnard, Ayelet Teitelboim, Cheryl Tajon, Jun Guan, George C. Schatz, Bruce E. Cohen, Emory M. Chan, P. James Schuck, Teri W. Odom
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Stretchable Nanolasing from Hybrid Quadrupole Plasmons
2018 ·Nano Letters ·Danqing Wang, Marc R. Bourgeois, Won‐Kyu Lee, Ran Li, Dhara J. Trivedi, Michael P. Knudson, Weijia Wang, George C. Schatz, Teri W. Odom
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Shape and Size Control of Substrate-Grown Gold Nanoparticles for Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy Detection of Chemical Analytes
2018 ·The Journal of Physical Chemistry C ·Michael J. Ashley, Marc R. Bourgeois, (unknown), Christine R. Laramy, Michael B. Ross, Rajesh R. Naik, George C. Schatz, Chad A. Mirkin
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Wrinkles in Polytetrafluoroethylene on Polystyrene: Persistence Lengths and the Effect of Nanoinclusions
2017 ·ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces ·Jeffrey T. Paci, Craig T. Chapman, Won‐Kyu Lee, Teri W. Odom, George C. Schatz
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Probing Intermolecular Vibrational Symmetry Breaking in Self-Assembled Monolayers with Ultrahigh Vacuum Tip-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy
2017 ·Journal of the American Chemical Society ·Naihao Chiang, Nan Jiang, Lindsey R. Madison, Eric A. Pozzi, Michael R. Wasielewski, Mark A. Ratner, Mark C. Hersam, Tamar Seideman, George C. Schatz, Richard P. Van Duyne
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Deterministic Symmetry Breaking of Plasmonic Nanostructures Enabled by DNA-Programmable Assembly
2017 ·Nano Letters ·Matthew R. Jones, Kevin L. Kohlstedt, Matthew N. O’Brien, Jinsong Wu, George C. Schatz, Chad A. Mirkin
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Nanostructured organic semiconductor films for molecular detection with surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy
2017 ·Nature Materials ·Mehmet Yılmaz, (unknown), Mehmet Özdemir, Rebecca L. Gieseking, Yavuz Dede, Uğur Tamer, George C. Schatz, Antonio Facchetti, Hakan Usta, Gökhan Demirel
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Allosteric transcriptional regulation via changes in the overall topology of the core promoter
2015 ·Science ·(unknown), (unknown), Ilyas Yildirim, George C. Schatz, Alfonso Mondragón, Thomas V. O’Halloran
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High-performance SERS substrates: Advances and challenges
2013 ·MRS Bulletin ·Bhavya Sharma, M. Fernanda Cardinal, Samuel L. Kleinman, Nathan G. Greeneltch, Renee R. Frontiera, Martin G. Blaber, George C. Schatz, Richard P. Van Duyne
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