John Dutcher

7.9k total citations · 3 hit papers
120 papers, 6.4k citations indexed

About

John Dutcher is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Molecular Biology and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, John Dutcher has authored 120 papers receiving a total of 6.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 48 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 33 papers in Molecular Biology and 29 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in John Dutcher's work include Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications (22 papers), Material Dynamics and Properties (17 papers) and Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior (14 papers). John Dutcher is often cited by papers focused on Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications (22 papers), Material Dynamics and Properties (17 papers) and Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior (14 papers). John Dutcher collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and Germany. John Dutcher's co-authors include Kari Dalnoki‐Veress, James A. Forrest, J. R. Stevens, Connie Roth, J. F. Cochran, Terry J. Beveridge, Virginia Vadillo-Rodrı́guez, Jacek Lipkowski, Michael Grossutti and Christian Gigault and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Physical Review Letters and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

John Dutcher

119 papers receiving 6.3k citations

Hit Papers

Effect of Free Surfaces on the Glass Transition Temperatu... 1996 2026 2006 2016 1996 1997 2020 250 500 750
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. Effect of Free Surfaces on the Glass Transition Temperature of Thin Polymer Films
    1996 945 citations James A. Forrest, Kari Dalnoki‐Veress et al. profile →
  2. Interface and chain confinement effects on the glass transition temperature of thin polymer films
    1997 693 citations James A. Forrest, Kari Dalnoki‐Veress et al. Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics profile →
  3. Technology readiness and overcoming barriers to sustainably implement nanotechnology-enabled plant agriculture
    2020 330 citations Thilo Hofmann, Gregory V. Lowry et al. Nature Food profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
John Dutcher Canada 40 2.7k 1.6k 1.6k 1.0k 1.0k 120 6.4k
Alexei R. Khokhlov Russia 49 3.8k 1.4× 975 0.6× 2.2k 1.3× 1.8k 1.8× 1.7k 1.7× 343 10.9k
A. N. Semenov France 40 2.9k 1.1× 695 0.4× 1.1k 0.7× 1.4k 1.4× 1.2k 1.2× 176 7.1k
Zhen‐Gang Wang United States 51 3.0k 1.1× 850 0.5× 1.5k 0.9× 1.4k 1.3× 1.8k 1.8× 210 8.1k
Andrey V. Dobrynin United States 55 3.4k 1.2× 1.4k 0.9× 3.6k 2.2× 2.5k 2.4× 803 0.8× 199 12.2k
Thomas Hellweg Germany 46 2.1k 0.8× 656 0.4× 2.0k 1.3× 529 0.5× 1.2k 1.2× 208 7.9k
Kathleen J. Stebe United States 52 3.6k 1.3× 699 0.4× 2.4k 1.5× 279 0.3× 814 0.8× 169 8.0k
Thomas A. Vilgis Germany 40 2.2k 0.8× 693 0.4× 1.5k 0.9× 2.0k 1.9× 442 0.4× 289 6.5k
Roland Faller United States 43 1.8k 0.7× 1.0k 0.6× 896 0.6× 780 0.8× 2.0k 2.0× 171 5.4k
А. Р. Хохлов Russia 44 1.9k 0.7× 481 0.3× 1.6k 1.0× 1.4k 1.4× 1.2k 1.2× 329 7.8k
Peter D. Olmsted United Kingdom 47 2.4k 0.9× 1.3k 0.8× 941 0.6× 1.3k 1.3× 1.4k 1.4× 117 6.5k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Dutcher, John, et al.. (2024). Efficient Modeling of High-Generation Dendrimers in Solution Using Dynamical Self-Consistent Field Theory. Macromolecules. 57(9). 4617–4628. 1 indexed citations
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Hofmann, Thilo, Gregory V. Lowry, Subhasis Ghoshal, et al.. (2020). Technology readiness and overcoming barriers to sustainably implement nanotechnology-enabled plant agriculture. Nature Food. 1(7). 416–425. 330 indexed citations breakdown →
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Grossutti, Michael & John Dutcher. (2020). Correlation of mechanical and hydration properties of soft phytoglycogen nanoparticles. Carbohydrate Polymers. 251. 116980–116980. 12 indexed citations
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Dutcher, John, et al.. (2017). Rheology of Aqueous Dispersions of Phytoglycogen Nanoparticles. The Atrium (University of Guelph). 2017. 1 indexed citations
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Lü, Shun, et al.. (2015). Nanoscale Pulling of Type IV Pili Reveals Their Flexibility and Adhesion to Surfaces over Extended Lengths of the Pili. Biophysical Journal. 108(12). 2865–2875. 30 indexed citations
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Dutcher, John, et al.. (2014). The effect of nanoscale surface curvature on the oligomerization of surface-bound proteins. Journal of The Royal Society Interface. 11(94). 20130818–20130818. 32 indexed citations
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Dutcher, John, et al.. (2013). Using Nanoscale Substrate Curvature to Control the Dimerization of Surface-Bound Proteins. Bulletin of the American Physical Society. 2013. 1 indexed citations
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Burrows, Lori L., et al.. (2013). Quantifying the Dynamics of Bacterial Crowd Surfing. Bulletin of the American Physical Society. 2013. 1 indexed citations
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Leitch, J. Jay, Christa L. Brosseau, Sharon G. Roscoe, et al.. (2012). Electrochemical and PM-IRRAS Characterization of Cholera Toxin Binding at a Model Biological Membrane. Langmuir. 29(3). 965–976. 31 indexed citations
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Bryksa, Brian C., Prasenjit Bhaumik, Eugenia Magracheva, et al.. (2011). Structure and Mechanism of the Saposin-like Domain of a Plant Aspartic Protease. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 286(32). 28265–28275. 39 indexed citations
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Smith, Graham, Lin Chen, Vladimir V. Bamm, John Dutcher, & George Harauz. (2010). The interaction of zinc with membrane-associated 18.5 kDa myelin basic protein: an attenuated total reflectance-Fourier transform infrared spectroscopic study. Amino Acids. 39(3). 739–750. 27 indexed citations
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Leitch, J. Jay, Julia Kunze‐Liebhäuser, John D. Goddard, et al.. (2009). In SituPM-IRRAS Studies of an Archaea Analogue Thiolipid Assembled on a Au(111) Electrode Surface. Langmuir. 25(17). 10354–10363. 56 indexed citations
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Wübbenhorst, Michael, et al.. (2003). Dielectric relaxations in ultrathin isotactic PMMA films and PS-PMMA-PS trilayer films. The European Physical Journal E. 12(S1). 109–112. 40 indexed citations
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Roth, Connie & John Dutcher. (2003). Glass transition temperature of freely-standing films of atactic poly(methyl methacrylate). The European Physical Journal E. 12(S1). 103–107. 109 indexed citations
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Frick, B., Kari Dalnoki‐Veress, James A. Forrest, et al.. (2003). First inelastic neutron scattering studies on thin free standing polymer films. The European Physical Journal E. 12(S1). 93–96. 8 indexed citations
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Dalnoki‐Veress, Kari, James A. Forrest, Christopher I. Murray, Christian Gigault, & John Dutcher. (2001). Molecular weight dependence of reductions in the glass transition temperature of thin, freely standing polymer films. Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics. 63(3). 31801–31801. 318 indexed citations
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Gigault, Christian & John Dutcher. (1998). Analysis of a simple method for the reduction of phonon peak broadening in surface Brillouin Light Scattering. Applied Optics. 37(15). 3318–3318. 7 indexed citations

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