J. Michael Alford

4.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
30 papers, 3.6k citations indexed

About

J. Michael Alford is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Organic Chemistry and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, J. Michael Alford has authored 30 papers receiving a total of 3.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 23 papers in Materials Chemistry, 22 papers in Organic Chemistry and 8 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in J. Michael Alford's work include Fullerene Chemistry and Applications (22 papers), Graphene research and applications (16 papers) and Carbon Nanotubes in Composites (12 papers). J. Michael Alford is often cited by papers focused on Fullerene Chemistry and Applications (22 papers), Graphene research and applications (16 papers) and Carbon Nanotubes in Composites (12 papers). J. Michael Alford collaborates with scholars based in United States. J. Michael Alford's co-authors include R. E. Smalley, Michael Diener, Y. Chai, L. P. F. Chibante, Ting Guo, C. Jin, R. E. Haufler, R. T. Laaksonen, Lon J. Wilson and Lihong V. Wang and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

J. Michael Alford

29 papers receiving 3.4k citations

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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.

Fullerenes with metals inside

1991 1.0k citations Y. Chai, Ting Guo et al. The Journal of Physical Chemistry profile →
XPS probes of carbon-caged metals

1992 219 citations J. H. Weaver, Y. Chai et al. Chemical Physics Letters profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Chemical redox recovery of giant, small-gap and other fullerenes 2010 ·Carbon ·James W. Raebiger, J. Michael Alford, Robert D. Bolskar, Michael Diener	16
2	Fullerene production in sooting flames from 1,2,3,4-tetrahydronaphthalene 2008 ·Carbon ·J. Michael Alford, (unknown), (unknown), Michael Diener	13
3	²¹²Pb@C₆₀and Its Water-Soluble Derivatives: Synthesis, Stability, and Suitability for Radioimmunotherapy 2007 ·Journal of the American Chemical Society ·Michael Diener, J. Michael Alford, Stephen J. Kennel, Saed Mirzadeh	52
4	Free fall plasma-arc reactor for synthesis of carbon nanotubes in microgravity 2006 ·Review of Scientific Instruments ·J. Michael Alford, (unknown), Douglas A. Feikema	3
5	Experimental study of industrial scale fullerene production by combustion synthesis 2004 ·Carbon ·Hiroaki Takehara, Masashi Fujiwara, (unknown), Michael Diener, J. Michael Alford	80
6	Fullerene Production in Tons and More: From Science to Industry 2004 ·Fullerenes Nanotubes and Carbon Nanostructures ·Hideki Murayama, Shigeki Tomonoh, J. Michael Alford, M. Karpuk	90
7	Chemical oxidation of endohedral metallofullerenes: identification and separation of distinct classesElectronic supplementary information (ESI) available: identification and separation of different classes. See http://www.rsc.org/suppdata/cc/b3/b301565c/ 2003 ·Chemical Communications ·Robert D. Bolskar, J. Michael Alford	33
8	03/02220 Polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons for fullerene synthesis in flames 2003 ·Fuel and Energy Abstracts ·J. Michael Alford	1
9	First Soluble M@C₆₀ Derivatives Provide Enhanced Access to Metallofullerenes and Permit in Vivo Evaluation of Gd@C₆₀[C(COOH)₂]₁₀ as a MRI Contrast Agent 2003 ·Journal of the American Chemical Society ·Robert D. Bolskar, Angelo F. Benedetto, (unknown), Roger E. Price, Edward F. Jackson, Sidney Wallace, Lon J. Wilson, J. Michael Alford	328
10	Synthesis of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes in Flames 2000 ·The Journal of Physical Chemistry B ·Michael Diener, (unknown), J. Michael Alford	47
11	Metallofullerene drug design 1999 ·Coordination Chemistry Reviews ·Lon J. Wilson, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Saed Mirzadeh, J. Michael Alford, Gary J. Ehrhardt	143
12	In vivo studies of fullerene-based materials using endohedral metallofullerene radiotracers 1999 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·(unknown), Stephen J. Kennel, Saed Mirzadeh, J. Michael Alford, Lon J. Wilson	247
13	Isolation and properties of small-bandgap fullerenes 1998 ·Nature ·Michael Diener, J. Michael Alford	279
14	High-purity vapor phase purification of C60 1994 ·Applied Physics Letters ·Richard D. Averitt, J. Michael Alford, Naomi J. Halas	13
15	The electronic structure of Ca@C60 1993 ·Chemical Physics Letters ·Lai‐Sheng Wang, J. Michael Alford, Y. Chai, Michael Diener, (unknown), (unknown), Ting Guo, Gustavo E. Scuseria, R. E. Smalley	108
16	Solar generation of the fullerenes 1993 ·The Journal of Physical Chemistry ·L. P. F. Chibante, Andreas Theß, J. Michael Alford, Michael Diener, R. E. Smalley	71
17	XPS probes of carbon-caged metals breakdown → 1992 ·Chemical Physics Letters ·J. H. Weaver, Y. Chai, G. H. Kroll, C. Jin, Toshinobu Ohno, R. E. Haufler, Ting Guo, J. Michael Alford, J. Conceição, L. P. F. Chibante, Amit Jain, G Palmer, R. E. Smalley	219
18	Ammonia chemisorption studies on silicon cluster ions 1991 ·The Journal of Chemical Physics ·J. Michael Alford, R. T. Laaksonen, R. E. Smalley	122
19	Surface Chemistry on Microclusters: Recent Results from Silicon and Germanium Cluster Beams 1988 ·MRS Proceedings ·J. Michael Alford, R. E. Smalley	22
20	Metal cluster ion cyclotron resonance. Combining supersonic metal cluster beam technology with FT-ICR 1986 ·International Journal of Mass Spectrometry and Ion Processes ·J. Michael Alford, Peggy E. Williams, D. J. Trevor, R. E. Smalley	117

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