George M. Whitesides

37.8k total citations · 17 hit papers
202 papers, 31.2k citations indexed

About

George M. Whitesides is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Mechanical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, George M. Whitesides has authored 202 papers receiving a total of 31.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 119 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 70 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 58 papers in Mechanical Engineering. Recurrent topics in George M. Whitesides's work include Nanofabrication and Lithography Techniques (48 papers), Modular Robots and Swarm Intelligence (42 papers) and Micro and Nano Robotics (31 papers). George M. Whitesides is often cited by papers focused on Nanofabrication and Lithography Techniques (48 papers), Modular Robots and Swarm Intelligence (42 papers) and Micro and Nano Robotics (31 papers). George M. Whitesides collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Spain. George M. Whitesides's co-authors include Younan Xia, Robert F. Shepherd, Kevin L. Prime, Bobak Mosadegh, Filip Ilievski, Aaron D. Mazzeo, Robert J. Wood, Colin D. Bain, Michael Wehner and Xin Chen and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

George M. Whitesides

201 papers receiving 30.3k citations

Hit Papers

Soft Lithography 1989 2026 2001 2013 1998 2011 2016 1991 2014 1000 2.0k 3.0k
What are hit papers?

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. Soft Lithography
    1998 3.5k citations Younan Xia, George M. Whitesides Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →
  2. Multigait soft robot
    2011 1.7k citations Robert F. Shepherd, Filip Ilievski et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  3. An integrated design and fabrication strategy for entirely soft, autonomous robots
    2016 1.7k citations George M. Whitesides et al. profile →
  4. Self-Assembled Organic Monolayers: Model Systems for Studying Adsorption of Proteins at Aurfaces
    1991 1.6k citations Kevin L. Prime, George M. Whitesides profile →
  5. Pneumatic Networks for Soft Robotics that Actuate Rapidly
    2014 1.3k citations Christoph Keplinger, Robert F. Shepherd et al. Advanced Functional Materials profile →
  6. Soft Robotics for Chemists
    2011 1.1k citations Filip Ilievski, Robert F. Shepherd et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →
  7. A Resilient, Untethered Soft Robot
    2014 916 citations Robert F. Shepherd, George M. Whitesides et al. Soft Robotics profile →
  8. A 3D-printed, functionally graded soft robot powered by combustion
    2015 877 citations George M. Whitesides et al. profile →
  9. Soft Robotics
    2018 645 citations George M. Whitesides Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →
  10. Formation of self-assembled monolayers by chemisorption of derivatives of oligo(ethylene glycol) of structure HS(CH2)11(OCH2CH2)mOH on gold
    1991 608 citations Catherine Pale-Grosdemange, Ethan S. Simon et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
  11. Robotic Tentacles with Three‐Dimensional Mobility Based on Flexible Elastomers
    2012 599 citations Ramsés V. Martínez, Robert F. Shepherd et al. profile →
  12. Formation of monolayers by the coadsorption of thiols on gold: variation in the length of the alkyl chain
    1989 569 citations Colin D. Bain, George M. Whitesides Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
  13. Elastomeric Origami: Programmable Paper‐Elastomer Composites as Pneumatic Actuators
    2012 543 citations Ramsés V. Martínez, George M. Whitesides et al. Advanced Functional Materials profile →
  14. Soft Robotics for Chemists
    2011 534 citations Filip Ilievski, Robert F. Shepherd et al. Angewandte Chemie profile →
  15. Nanoscience, Nanotechnology, and Chemistry
    2004 522 citations George M. Whitesides profile →
  16. Comparison of self-assembled monolayers on gold: coadsorption of thiols and disulfides
    1989 391 citations Colin D. Bain, George M. Whitesides et al. profile →
  17. Paper‐Based Electrical Respiration Sensor
    2016 386 citations Alar Ainla, Ana C. Glavan et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
George M. Whitesides United States 78 20.5k 7.9k 7.7k 4.5k 4.4k 202 31.2k
Jennifer A. Lewis United States 98 28.6k 1.4× 8.5k 1.1× 12.3k 1.6× 6.3k 1.4× 2.5k 0.6× 309 47.3k
Metin Sitti Germany 110 29.5k 1.4× 3.9k 0.5× 17.7k 2.3× 2.8k 0.6× 17.8k 4.0× 587 45.0k
Bradley J. Nelson Switzerland 100 23.0k 1.1× 4.7k 0.6× 13.4k 1.7× 3.9k 0.9× 20.3k 4.6× 720 37.6k
Hong‐Bo Sun China 94 17.6k 0.9× 12.7k 1.6× 3.0k 0.4× 12.4k 2.8× 1.5k 0.3× 780 34.5k
Jing Liu China 86 14.9k 0.7× 7.7k 1.0× 7.0k 0.9× 6.0k 1.3× 2.0k 0.4× 936 27.5k
Sheng Liu China 70 5.0k 0.2× 8.1k 1.0× 4.0k 0.5× 6.2k 1.4× 3.5k 0.8× 1.2k 20.3k
Chwee Teck Lim Singapore 105 21.5k 1.0× 7.2k 0.9× 1.8k 0.2× 6.1k 1.4× 676 0.2× 578 43.9k
Nam‐Trung Nguyen Australia 91 20.8k 1.0× 11.1k 1.4× 2.4k 0.3× 4.4k 1.0× 1.5k 0.3× 745 32.4k
Xixiang Zhang Saudi Arabia 73 9.5k 0.5× 8.9k 1.1× 1.7k 0.2× 14.5k 3.3× 2.1k 0.5× 509 29.2k
Jung Ho Kim South Korea 90 6.1k 0.3× 15.3k 1.9× 1.6k 0.2× 12.5k 2.8× 3.1k 0.7× 871 34.8k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Whitesides, George M.. (2018). Neugier und Wissenschaft. Angewandte Chemie. 130(16). 4192–4196. 5 indexed citations
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Verma, Mohit S., Alar Ainla, Dian Yang, Daniel V. Harburg, & George M. Whitesides. (2017). A Soft Tube-Climbing Robot. Soft Robotics. 5(2). 133–137. 119 indexed citations
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Sharma, Upma, Yina Kuang, Chang‐Cheng You, et al.. (2017). The development of bioresorbable composite polymeric implants with high mechanical strength. Nature Materials. 17(1). 96–103. 134 indexed citations
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Roco, Mihail C., William Sims Bainbridge, Bruce Tonn, & George M. Whitesides. (2014). Convergence of Knowledge, Technology and Society: Beyond Convergence of Nano-Bio-Info-Cognitive Technologies. CERN Document Server (European Organization for Nuclear Research). 33 indexed citations
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Martínez, Ramsés V., et al.. (2014). Soft Actuators and Robots that Are Resistant to Mechanical Damage. Advanced Functional Materials. 24(20). 3003–3010. 221 indexed citations
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Stokes, Adam A., Robert F. Shepherd, Stephen A. Morin, Filip Ilievski, & George M. Whitesides. (2013). A Hybrid Combining Hard and Soft Robots. Soft Robotics. 1(1). 70–74. 217 indexed citations
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Yoon, Hyo Jae, Carleen M. Bowers, Mostafa Baghbanzadeh, & George M. Whitesides. (2013). The Rate of Charge Tunneling Is Insensitive to Polar Terminal Groups in Self-Assembled Monolayers in AgTSS(CH2)nM(CH2)mT//Ga2O3/EGaIn Junctions. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 136(1). 16–19. 105 indexed citations
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Sia, Samuel K., Vincent Linder, Babak A. Parviz, Adam Siegel, & George M. Whitesides. (2004). An Integrated Approach to a Portable and Low‐Cost Immunoassay for Resource‐Poor Settings. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 43(4). 498–502. 243 indexed citations
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Whitesides, George M.. (2004). Assumptions: Taking Chemistry in New Directions. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 43(28). 3632–3641. 22 indexed citations
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Parviz, Babak A., et al.. (2004). Composite ferromagnetic photoresist for the fabrication of microelectromechanical systems. Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering. 15(1). 29–34. 78 indexed citations
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Jiang, Xingyu, et al.. (2003). A Miniaturized, Parallel, Serially Diluted Immunoassay for Analyzing Multiple Antigens. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 125(18). 5294–5295. 129 indexed citations
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Grzybowski, Bartosz A., Alexey Ishchenko, Chu‐Young Kim, et al.. (2002). Combinatorial computational method gives new picomolar ligands for a known enzyme. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 99(3). 1270–1273. 53 indexed citations
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Stroock, Abraham D., Stephan K. W. Dertinger, Armand Ajdari, et al.. (2001). Chaotic Mixing in Microchannels. APS Division of Fluid Dynamics Meeting Abstracts. 54. 6 indexed citations
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Wu, Hongkai, Sue Whitesides, & George M. Whitesides. (2001). Fabrication of Micro-Chain Mail by Simultaneous, Patterned Electrodeposition on a Plane and Multiple Cylinders. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 40(11). 2059–2060. 4 indexed citations
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Grzybowski, Bartosz A., Janelle R. Anderson, Ian J. Colton, et al.. (2000). Modeling the Kinetics of Acylation of Insulin using a Recursive Method for Solving the Systems of Coupled Differential Equations. Biophysical Journal. 78(2). 652–661. 5 indexed citations
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Xia, Younan & George M. Whitesides. (1998). Soft Lithography. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 37(5). 550–575. 3540 indexed citations breakdown →
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Rogers, John A., Olivier Schueller, Christian Marzolin, & George M. Whitesides. (1997). Wave-front engineering by use of transparent elastomeric optical elements. Applied Optics. 36(23). 5792–5792. 15 indexed citations
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Pale-Grosdemange, Catherine, Ethan S. Simon, Kevin L. Prime, & George M. Whitesides. (1991). Formation of self-assembled monolayers by chemisorption of derivatives of oligo(ethylene glycol) of structure HS(CH2)11(OCH2CH2)mOH on gold. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 113(1). 12–20. 608 indexed citations breakdown →
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Bain, Colin D. & George M. Whitesides. (1989). Formation of monolayers by the coadsorption of thiols on gold: variation in the length of the alkyl chain. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 111(18). 7164–7175. 569 indexed citations breakdown →
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Whitesides, George M.. (1984). Book Review: Methods of Enzymatic Analysis, Volume I. Fundamentals. Edited by H. U. Bergmeyer, J. Bergmeyer, and M. Grasse. Angewandte Chemie International Edition in English. 23(2). 171–172. 2 indexed citations

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