James E. Eilers

1.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
28 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

James E. Eilers is a scholar working on Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, Organic Chemistry and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, James E. Eilers has authored 28 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, 8 papers in Organic Chemistry and 7 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in James E. Eilers's work include Photochemistry and Electron Transfer Studies (5 papers), Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures (4 papers) and Inorganic and Organometallic Chemistry (4 papers). James E. Eilers is often cited by papers focused on Photochemistry and Electron Transfer Studies (5 papers), Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures (4 papers) and Inorganic and Organometallic Chemistry (4 papers). James E. Eilers collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and United Kingdom. James E. Eilers's co-authors include Abraham Ulman, Yitzhak Shnidman, Harrell Sellers, Nolan Tillman, Stephen D. Evans, Ravi Sharma, Donald R. Whitman, Jack C. Chang, Brian O’Leary and Brian J. Duke and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Langmuir.

In The Last Decade

James E. Eilers

27 papers receiving 1.5k citations

Hit Papers

Structure and binding of alkanethiolates on gold and silv... 1993 2026 2004 2015 1993 250 500 750
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  1. Structure and binding of alkanethiolates on gold and silver surfaces: implications for self-assembled monolayers
    1993 865 citations Abraham Ulman, Yitzhak Shnidman et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
James E. Eilers United States 14 1.1k 655 500 248 243 28 1.6k
Roger H. Terrill United States 16 1.0k 0.9× 698 1.1× 187 0.4× 281 1.1× 519 2.1× 23 1.7k
Richard G. Osifchin United States 6 1.3k 1.2× 1.2k 1.8× 631 1.3× 421 1.7× 751 3.1× 7 2.2k
Tomohide Takami Japan 21 813 0.8× 712 1.1× 782 1.6× 459 1.9× 175 0.7× 71 1.8k
T. D. Dunbar United States 11 1.9k 1.8× 821 1.3× 799 1.6× 585 2.4× 118 0.5× 13 2.1k
Jack C. Chang China 16 711 0.7× 878 1.3× 120 0.2× 368 1.5× 266 1.1× 18 1.5k
Victor Geskin Belgium 27 1.6k 1.5× 815 1.2× 623 1.2× 410 1.7× 634 2.6× 69 2.7k
Sue Feng United States 4 745 0.7× 586 0.9× 362 0.7× 224 0.9× 283 1.2× 4 1.2k
Ignacio B. Martini United States 23 997 0.9× 972 1.5× 651 1.3× 592 2.4× 536 2.2× 32 2.5k
Piotr Cyganik Poland 30 1.8k 1.7× 1.5k 2.3× 422 0.8× 715 2.9× 156 0.6× 64 2.4k
Masayuki Suda Japan 27 790 0.7× 750 1.1× 408 0.8× 452 1.8× 535 2.2× 75 1.9k

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All Works

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Kashefolgheta, Sadra, et al.. (2014). Computational Replication of the Abnormal Secondary Kinetic Isotope Effects in a Hydride Transfer Reaction in Solution with a Motion Assisted H-Tunneling Model. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 79(5). 1989–1994. 10 indexed citations
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Liu, Qi, et al.. (2012). A Model Reaction Assesses Contribution of H-Tunneling and Coupled Motions to Enzyme Catalysis. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 77(16). 6825–6833. 17 indexed citations
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Shaw, Michael J., et al.. (2010). Facile Determination of the Spectra of Unstable Electrode Products Using Simultaneous Fiber-Optic Chronoabsorptometry and Chronoamperometry. Inorganic Chemistry. 49(20). 9590–9598. 2 indexed citations
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Duke, Brian J., et al.. (2009). Simulated ab initio molecular orbital calculations of large polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons. International Journal of Quantum Chemistry. 9(S2). 155–170.
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Young, Ralph H., John A. Sinicropi, John J. Fitzgerald, et al.. (1996). Effect of Group and Net Dipole Moments on Electron Transport in Molecularly Doped Polymers. The Journal of Physical Chemistry. 100(45). 17923–17930. 9 indexed citations
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Ulman, Abraham, Stephen D. Evans, Yitzhak Shnidman, Ravi Sharma, & James E. Eilers. (1992). Mixed alkanethiol monolayers on gold surfaces: Wetting and stability studies. Advances in Colloid and Interface Science. 39. 175–224. 47 indexed citations
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Ulman, Abraham, Stephen D. Evans, Yitzhak Shnidman, et al.. (1991). Concentration-driven surface transition in the wetting of mixed alkanethiol monolayers on gold. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 113(5). 1499–1506. 155 indexed citations
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Ulman, Abraham, James E. Eilers, & Nolan Tillman. (1989). Packing and molecular orientation of alkanethiol monolayers on gold surfaces. Langmuir. 5(5). 1147–1152. 214 indexed citations
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Osman, Roman, Sid Topiol, Harel Weinstein, & James E. Eilers. (1980). Theoretical studies of molecular complexes: a probe into basis set and correlation effects. Chemical Physics Letters. 73(2). 399–403. 8 indexed citations
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Eilers, James E., et al.. (1979). The disproprotionation of toluene over a HY/β-AlF3/Cu catalyst2. Kinetics. Journal of Catalysis. 59(1). 37–44. 17 indexed citations
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Weinstein, Harel, et al.. (1977). A modified hamiltonian method for the study of multiple site reactivity: comparison with perturbation results. Chemical Physics Letters. 51(3). 534–539. 6 indexed citations
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Collins, Michael P., Brian J. Duke, James E. Eilers, & Brian O’Leary. (1976). The simulated ab initio molecular orbital technique. VI. Open‐shell radicals in the spin restricted formalism. International Journal of Quantum Chemistry. 10(4). 629–642. 5 indexed citations
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Eilers, James E., et al.. (1975). Simulated an initio molecular orbital technique. IV. Cyclohexanes. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 97(6). 1319–1326. 9 indexed citations
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Duke, Brian J., Michael A. Pickering, Brian O’Leary, & James E. Eilers. (1975). Simulated ab initio molecular orbital technique. Part 5.—Polar groups, ionic molecules and orthogonalised basis sets. Journal of the Chemical Society Faraday Transactions 2 Molecular and Chemical Physics. 71(0). 1401–1410. 9 indexed citations
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Eilers, James E., et al.. (1975). Quantum mechanical approach to conformational analysis. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 97(15). 4183–4188. 23 indexed citations
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O’Leary, Brian, Brian J. Duke, James E. Eilers, & E. W. Abrahamson. (1973). Isomerisation of the Visual Chromophore All-trans to 11-cis Retinal. Nature. 246(5429). 166–167. 9 indexed citations
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Eilers, James E. & Donald R. Whitman. (1973). Simulated ab initio molecular orbital technique I. Method. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 95(7). 2067–2073. 37 indexed citations

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