Jim Pfaendtner

7.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
160 papers, 5.2k citations indexed

About

Jim Pfaendtner is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Materials Chemistry and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, Jim Pfaendtner has authored 160 papers receiving a total of 5.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 64 papers in Molecular Biology, 38 papers in Materials Chemistry and 34 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in Jim Pfaendtner's work include Protein Structure and Dynamics (30 papers), Diatoms and Algae Research (21 papers) and Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies (19 papers). Jim Pfaendtner is often cited by papers focused on Protein Structure and Dynamics (30 papers), Diatoms and Algae Research (21 papers) and Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies (19 papers). Jim Pfaendtner collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Denmark. Jim Pfaendtner's co-authors include Vance Jaeger, Linda J. Broadbelt, Kayla G. Sprenger, Gregory A. Voth, Massimiliano Bonomi, Xinrui Yu, Janani Sampath, Edward Lyman, Tobias Weidner and Nadia N. Intan and has published in prestigious journals such as Chemical Reviews, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Jim Pfaendtner

154 papers receiving 5.1k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

The General AMBER Force Field (GAFF) Can Accurately Predict Thermodynamic and Transport Properties of Many Ionic Liquids

2015 387 citations Kayla G. Sprenger, Jim Pfaendtner et al. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B profile →
Trimethylamine N -oxide–derived zwitterionic polymers: A new class of ultralow fouling bioinspired materials

2019 254 citations Jinrong Ma, Jim Pfaendtner et al. Science Advances profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Jim Pfaendtner United States	38	1.9k	1.1k	1.1k	842	707	160	5.2k
Wataru Shinoda Japan	44	2.6k 1.4×	2.1k 1.9×	1.4k 1.3×	1.4k 1.7×	464 0.7×	162	7.4k
Chitrangada Acharya India	17	3.6k 1.9×	930 0.8×	955 0.9×	733 0.9×	880 1.2×	21	7.0k
Akira Nakayama Japan	40	1.8k 1.0×	2.9k 2.6×	1.4k 1.3×	951 1.1×	292 0.4×	181	7.3k
P.A.J. Hilbers Netherlands	41	2.0k 1.0×	1.7k 1.5×	1.7k 1.6×	829 1.0×	1.9k 2.6×	158	7.3k
Martin Müller Switzerland	37	2.7k 1.5×	1.5k 1.4×	1.1k 1.0×	528 0.6×	607 0.9×	126	6.8k
Zhou Jian China	48	1.5k 0.8×	2.3k 2.1×	2.2k 2.1×	703 0.8×	733 1.0×	312	7.0k
Philip E. Mason United States	41	1.5k 0.8×	1.2k 1.1×	596 0.6×	1.6k 1.9×	520 0.7×	102	5.0k
Guohui Li China	48	3.9k 2.1×	2.8k 2.4×	1.3k 1.3×	690 0.8×	423 0.6×	384	9.8k
Lionel Porcar France	43	2.1k 1.1×	2.0k 1.8×	982 0.9×	635 0.8×	573 0.8×	266	6.4k
Jochen S. Hub Germany	33	3.4k 1.8×	1.1k 0.9×	866 0.8×	1.1k 1.4×	251 0.4×	96	5.5k

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Qi, Xin, Ståle J. Helland, Christopher R. Lowe, et al.. (2025). Toward Computation-Guided Design of Tunable Organic–Inorganic CdS Quantum Dot Binary Superlattices. Nano Letters. 25(10). 3989–3996.

Intan, Nadia N., Theresa L. Windus, Jim Pfaendtner, et al.. (2025). A Platform Approach for Designing Sustainable Indole Thiosemicarbazone Corrosion Inhibitors with Enhanced Adsorption Properties. Langmuir. 41(12). 8407–8423.

Ferguson, Andrew L. & Jim Pfaendtner. (2024). Virtual Special Issue on Machine Learning in Physical Chemistry Volume 2. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B. 128(27). 6435–6438. 1 indexed citations

Shi, Chenyang, Xiao Zhao, Miquel Salmerón, et al.. (2024). Two-dimensional silk. Science Advances. 10(38). eado4142–eado4142. 6 indexed citations

Intan, Nadia N., et al.. (2024). Reaction Pathway Analysis of PET Deconstruction via Methanolysis and Tertiary Amine Catalysts. The Journal of Physical Chemistry A. 128(29). 5883–5891. 4 indexed citations

Pfaendtner, Jim, et al.. (2023). Application of automated network generation for retrosynthetic planning of potential corrosion inhibitors. Molecular Systems Design & Engineering. 9(4). 352–371.

Zhang, Shuai, Sarah Alamdari, Christopher J. Mundy, et al.. (2023). Computational and Experimental Determination of the Properties, Structure, and Stability of Peptoid Nanosheets and Nanotubes. Biomacromolecules. 24(6). 2618–2632. 7 indexed citations

Zhou, Wenhao, et al.. (2023). Anisotropic Gold Nanomaterial Synthesis Using Peptide Facet Specificity and Timed Intervention. Langmuir. 39(45). 15878–15888. 4 indexed citations

Alamdari, Sarah, et al.. (2023). Thermodynamic Basis for the Stabilization of Helical Peptoids by Chiral Sidechains. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B. 127(27). 6171–6183. 6 indexed citations

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Intan, Nadia N. & Jim Pfaendtner. (2022). Composition of Oxygen Functional Groups on Graphite Surfaces. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 126(26). 10653–10667. 17 indexed citations

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Qi, Xin, Biao Jin, Bin Cai, et al.. (2022). Molecular Driving Force for Facet Selectivity of Sequence-Defined Amphiphilic Peptoids at Au–Water Interfaces. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B. 126(27). 5117–5126. 10 indexed citations

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Jin, Biao, Feng Yan, Xin Qi, et al.. (2022). Peptoid‐Directed Formation of Five‐Fold Twinned Au Nanostars through Particle Attachment and Facet Stabilization. Angewandte Chemie. 134(14). 5 indexed citations

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Shao, Li, Jinrong Ma, Yicheng Zhou, et al.. (2022). Hierarchical Materials from High Information Content Macromolecular Building Blocks: Construction, Dynamic Interventions, and Prediction. Chemical Reviews. 122(24). 17397–17478. 56 indexed citations

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Hare, Stephanie R. & Jim Pfaendtner. (2022). Elucidating the role of catalytic amino acid residues in the peptide-mediated silica oligomerization reaction mechanism. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 24(6). 3664–3674. 4 indexed citations

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Qi, Xin, Yifeng Cai, Lilo D. Pozzo, et al.. (2022). Predictive Theoretical Framework for Dynamic Control of Bioinspired Hybrid Nanoparticle Self-Assembly. ACS Nano. 16(2). 1919–1928. 16 indexed citations

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Beck, David A. C., et al.. (2021). Attention-based generative models for de novo molecular design. Chemical Science. 12(24). 8362–8372. 59 indexed citations

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Intan, Nadia N., et al.. (2021). Effect of graphitic anode surface functionalization on the structure and dynamics of electrolytes at the interface. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 155(13). 134702–134702. 6 indexed citations

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Jia, Chuhua, Shaoqu Xie, Wanli Zhang, et al.. (2021). Deconstruction of high-density polyethylene into liquid hydrocarbon fuels and lubricants by hydrogenolysis over Ru catalyst. Chem Catalysis. 1(2). 437–455. 169 indexed citations

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Sprenger, Kayla G., et al.. (2018). Inhibition of the Exoglucanase Cel7A by a Douglas-Fir-Condensed Tannin. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B. 122(37). 8665–8674. 4 indexed citations

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Sprenger, Kayla G., et al.. (2017). Effect of an ionic liquid/air Interface on the structure and dynamics of amphiphilic peptides. Journal of Molecular Liquids. 236. 404–413. 10 indexed citations

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