James M. Tour

123.0k total citations · 45 hit papers
802 papers, 102.2k citations indexed

About

James M. Tour is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, James M. Tour has authored 802 papers receiving a total of 102.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 413 papers in Materials Chemistry, 402 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 206 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in James M. Tour's work include Graphene research and applications (234 papers), Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures (217 papers) and Carbon Nanotubes in Composites (126 papers). James M. Tour is often cited by papers focused on Graphene research and applications (234 papers), Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures (217 papers) and Carbon Nanotubes in Composites (126 papers). James M. Tour collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and South Korea. James M. Tour's co-authors include Dmitry V. Kosynkin, Zhengzong Sun, Alexander Sinitskii, Lawrence B. Alemany, Ruquan Ye, Mark A. Reed, Wei Lu, Ayrat M. Dimiev, Alexander Slesarev and Daniela C. Marcano and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Chemical Reviews.

In The Last Decade

James M. Tour

788 papers receiving 100.1k citations

Hit Papers

Improved Synthesis of Graphene Oxide 1989 2026 2001 2013 2010 2009 1997 2014 1999 2.5k 5.0k 7.5k 10.0k
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. Improved Synthesis of Graphene Oxide
    2010 10.5k citations Lawrence B. Alemany, James M. Tour et al. ACS Nano profile →
  2. Longitudinal unzipping of carbon nanotubes to form graphene nanoribbons
    2009 2.9k citations Ayrat M. Dimiev, James M. Tour et al. profile →
  3. Conductance of a Molecular Junction
    1997 2.8k citations James M. Tour et al. profile →
  4. Laser-induced porous graphene films from commercial polymers
    2014 2.3k citations Jian Lin, Errol L. G. Samuel et al. Nature Communications profile →
  5. Large On-Off Ratios and Negative Differential Resistance in a Molecular Electronic Device
    1999 2.0k citations James M. Tour et al. profile →
  6. Atomic cobalt on nitrogen-doped graphene for hydrogen generation
    2015 1.5k citations Huilong Fei, Juncai Dong et al. Nature Communications profile →
  7. Growth of graphene from solid carbon sources
    2010 1.2k citations James M. Tour et al. profile →
  8. Functionalization of Carbon Nanotubes by Electrochemical Reduction of Aryl Diazonium Salts:  A Bucky Paper Electrode
    2001 1.1k citations James M. Tour et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
  9. Electronic Structure Control of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube Functionalization
    2003 1.1k citations James M. Tour et al. profile →
  10. Molecular Electronics. Synthesis and Testing of Components
    2000 1.1k citations James M. Tour profile →
  11. Conductance Switching in Single Molecules Through Conformational Changes
    2001 1.1k citations James M. Tour et al. profile →
  12. Are Single Molecular Wires Conducting?
    1996 961 citations James M. Tour et al. profile →
  13. Conjugated Macromolecules of Precise Length and Constitution. Organic Synthesis for the Construction of Nanoarchitectures
    1996 868 citations James M. Tour profile →
  14. Laser-Induced Graphene by Multiple Lasing: Toward Electronics on Cloth, Paper, and Food
    2018 816 citations Yilun Li, Swatantra P. Singh et al. ACS Nano profile →
  15. Diazonium Functionalization of Surfactant-Wrapped Chemically Converted Graphene Sheets
    2008 809 citations James M. Tour et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
  16. Mechanism of Graphene Oxide Formation
    2014 758 citations Ayrat M. Dimiev, James M. Tour ACS Nano profile →
  17. Laser‐Induced Graphene: From Discovery to Translation
    2018 722 citations Dustin K. James, James M. Tour et al. Advanced Materials profile →
  18. Coal as an abundant source of graphene quantum dots
    2013 701 citations Jian Lin, Errol L. G. Samuel et al. Nature Communications profile →
  19. Covalent chemistry of single-wall carbon nanotubes
    2002 697 citations James M. Tour et al. profile →
  20. 3-Dimensional Graphene Carbon Nanotube Carpet-Based Microsupercapacitors with High Electrochemical Performance
    2012 673 citations Jian Lin, James M. Tour et al. profile →
  21. Gram-scale bottom-up flash graphene synthesis
    2020 658 citations Michael G. Stanford, Weiyin Chen et al. profile →
  22. Nanotube composites
    2007 637 citations Pulickel M. Ajayan, James M. Tour profile →
  23. Self-Assembled Monolayers and Multilayers of Conjugated Thiols, .alpha.,.omega.-Dithiols, and Thioacetyl-Containing Adsorbates. Understanding Attachments between Potential Molecular Wires and Gold Surfaces
    1995 596 citations James M. Tour et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
  24. Laser-Induced Graphene
    2018 596 citations Dustin K. James, James M. Tour et al. profile →
  25. Graphene Oxide. Origin of Acidity, Its Instability in Water, and a New Dynamic Structural Model
    2012 574 citations Ayrat M. Dimiev, Lawrence B. Alemany et al. ACS Nano profile →
  26. Flexible Boron-Doped Laser-Induced Graphene Microsupercapacitors
    2015 565 citations Yilun Li, Jian Lin et al. ACS Nano profile →
  27. Edge‐Oriented MoS2 Nanoporous Films as Flexible Electrodes for Hydrogen Evolution Reactions and Supercapacitor Devices
    2014 565 citations Huilong Fei, James M. Tour et al. Advanced Materials profile →
  28. Large-Scale Growth and Characterizations of Nitrogen-Doped Monolayer Graphene Sheets
    2011 551 citations James M. Tour et al. ACS Nano profile →
  29. Highly Functionalized Carbon Nanotubes Using in Situ Generated Diazonium Compounds
    2001 548 citations James M. Tour et al. profile →
  30. Lower-Defect Graphene Oxide Nanoribbons from Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes
    2010 535 citations James M. Tour et al. ACS Nano profile →
  31. Laser‐Induced Graphene Formation on Wood
    2017 533 citations Yilun Li, Xiao Han et al. Advanced Materials profile →
  32. Spatially resolving edge states of chiral graphene nanoribbons
    2011 531 citations James M. Tour et al. profile →
  33. Covalent Functionalization of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes for Materials Applications
    2004 528 citations James M. Tour et al. profile →
  34. Reduction of Graphene Oxide via Bacterial Respiration
    2010 501 citations James M. Tour et al. ACS Nano profile →
  35. Dissolution of small diameter single-wall carbon nanotubes in organic solvents?
    2001 501 citations James M. Tour et al. profile →
  36. Toward the Synthesis of Wafer-Scale Single-Crystal Graphene on Copper Foils
    2012 499 citations Jian Lin, Errol L. G. Samuel et al. ACS Nano profile →
  37. High‐Performance Pseudocapacitive Microsupercapacitors from Laser‐Induced Graphene
    2015 488 citations Zhiwei Peng, Yilun Li et al. Advanced Materials profile →
  38. Single-Atomic Ruthenium Catalytic Sites on Nitrogen-Doped Graphene for Oxygen Reduction Reaction in Acidic Medium
    2017 482 citations Junwei Sha, Huilong Fei et al. ACS Nano profile →
  39. Porous Cobalt‐Based Thin Film as a Bifunctional Catalyst for Hydrogen Generation and Oxygen Generation
    2015 468 citations Huilong Fei, James M. Tour et al. Advanced Materials profile →
  40. A seamless three-dimensional carbon nanotube graphene hybrid material
    2012 456 citations James M. Tour et al. Nature Communications profile →
  41. Laser-induced graphene fibers
    2017 408 citations Zhiwei Peng, Yilun Li et al. Carbon profile →
  42. Metal-promoted cyclization. 19. Novel bicyclization of enynes and diynes promoted by zirconocene derivatives and conversion of zirconabicycles into bicyclic enones via carbonylation
    1989 348 citations James M. Tour et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
  43. Polymer‐coated nanoparticles for enhanced oil recovery
    2014 344 citations James M. Tour et al. profile →
  44. Laser-Induced Graphene for Flexible and Embeddable Gas Sensors
    2019 303 citations Michael G. Stanford, James M. Tour et al. ACS Nano profile →
  45. Flash Joule heating for synthesis, upcycling and remediation
    2025 35 citations Bing Deng, Lucas Eddy et al. profile →

Peers

James M. Tour
Hongjie Dai United States
M. S. Dresselhaus United States
Xinliang Feng Germany
Pulickel M. Ajayan United States
Peidong Yang United States
Taeghwan Hyeon South Korea
Kläus Müllen Germany
Kwang S. Kim South Korea
Sumio Iijima Japan
Yadong Yin United States
Hongjie Dai United States
James M. Tour
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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Ayala‐Orozco, Ciceron, Bowen Li, Gang Li, & James M. Tour. (2025). Plasmon hybridization model in molecules: molecular jackhammers. Chemical Science. 16(6). 2718–2729. 2 indexed citations
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Deng, Bing, Lucas Eddy, Kevin M. Wyss, Chandra Sekhar Tiwary, & James M. Tour. (2025). Flash Joule heating for synthesis, upcycling and remediation. 1(1). 32–54. 35 indexed citations breakdown →
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Deng, Bing, Zhenyu Wu, Lu Ma, et al.. (2025). Coupling Amorphization and Compositional Optimization of Ternary Metal Phosphides toward High-Performance Electrocatalytic Hydrogen Production. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 147(19). 16129–16140. 8 indexed citations
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Xu, Shichen, Bing Deng, Qiming Liu, et al.. (2025). Sustainable separation of rare earth elements from wastes. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 122(40). e2507819122–e2507819122.
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Silva, Karla, et al.. (2024). Graphene Derived from Municipal Solid Waste. Small. 21(28). e2311021–e2311021. 12 indexed citations
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Xie, Yunchao, et al.. (2024). Laser-induced high-entropy alloys as long-duration bifunctional electrocatalysts for seawater splitting. Energy & Environmental Science. 17(22). 8670–8682. 35 indexed citations
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Liopo, Anton V., Larry J. Suva, Kenneth R. Olson, et al.. (2024). SOD1 Is an Integral Yet Insufficient Oxidizer of Hydrogen Sulfide in Trisomy 21 B Lymphocytes and Can Be Augmented by a Pleiotropic Carbon Nanozyme. Antioxidants. 13(11). 1361–1361. 4 indexed citations
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Derry, Paul J., Anton V. Liopo, Emily A. McHugh, et al.. (2024). Oxidation of Hydrogen Sulfide to Polysulfide and Thiosulfate by a Carbon Nanozyme: Therapeutic Implications with an Emphasis on Down Syndrome (Adv. Mater. 10/2024). Advanced Materials. 36(10). 1 indexed citations
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Santos, Ana L., Jacob L. Beckham, Dongdong Liu, et al.. (2023). Visible‐Light‐Activated Molecular Machines Kill Fungi by Necrosis Following Mitochondrial Dysfunction and Calcium Overload. Advanced Science. 10(10). e2205781–e2205781. 13 indexed citations
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Li, John T., Kevin M. Wyss, Weiyin Chen, et al.. (2023). Laser-induced glassy carbon nanofiber trees. Carbon. 215. 118494–118494. 3 indexed citations
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García‐López, Víctor, et al.. (2023). Directing and Understanding the Translation of a Single Molecule Dipole. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters. 14(10). 2487–2492. 3 indexed citations
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Santos, Ana L., Dongdong Liu, John T. Li, et al.. (2022). Light-activated molecular machines are fast-acting broad-spectrum antibacterials that target the membrane. Science Advances. 8(22). eabm2055–eabm2055. 57 indexed citations
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Prezzi, Deborah, Dongdong Liu, Peter Jacobson, et al.. (2022). Inverted Conformation Stability of a Motor Molecule on a Metal Surface. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 126(21). 9034–9040. 2 indexed citations
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Galbadage, Thushara, Dongdong Liu, Lawrence B. Alemany, et al.. (2019). Molecular Nanomachines Disrupt Bacterial Cell Wall, Increasing Sensitivity of Extensively Drug-Resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae to Meropenem. ACS Nano. 13(12). 14377–14387. 60 indexed citations
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Thamaraiselvan, Chidambaram, J. Wang, Dustin K. James, et al.. (2019). Laser-induced graphene and carbon nanotubes as conductive carbon-based materials in environmental technology. Materials Today. 34. 115–131. 99 indexed citations
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Stanford, Michael G., John T. Li, Yuda Chen, et al.. (2019). Self-Sterilizing Laser-Induced Graphene Bacterial Air Filter. ACS Nano. 13(10). 11912–11920. 123 indexed citations
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Dimiev, Ayrat M., et al.. (2019). Stage Transitions in Graphite Intercalation Compounds: Role of the Graphite Structure. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 123(31). 19246–19253. 45 indexed citations
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Han, Xiao, Tuo Wang, Peter Samora Owuor, et al.. (2018). Ultra-Stiff Graphene Foams as Three-Dimensional Conductive Fillers for Epoxy Resin. ACS Nano. 12(11). 11219–11228. 47 indexed citations
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Hsu, C.-C., M.L. Teague, Yiran Zhang, et al.. (2017). High-yield single-step catalytic growth of graphene nanostripes by plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition. Carbon. 129. 527–536. 20 indexed citations
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Fei, Huilong, Juncai Dong, M. Josefina Arellano-Jiménez, et al.. (2015). Atomic cobalt on nitrogen-doped graphene for hydrogen generation. Nature Communications. 6(1). 8668–8668. 1456 indexed citations breakdown →

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