Ken Healy

2.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
18 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Ken Healy is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Ken Healy has authored 18 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 9 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 6 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Ken Healy's work include Nanopore and Nanochannel Transport Studies (16 papers), Fuel Cells and Related Materials (6 papers) and Membrane-based Ion Separation Techniques (6 papers). Ken Healy is often cited by papers focused on Nanopore and Nanochannel Transport Studies (16 papers), Fuel Cells and Related Materials (6 papers) and Membrane-based Ion Separation Techniques (6 papers). Ken Healy collaborates with scholars based in United States, Ireland and Germany. Ken Healy's co-authors include Alan P. Morrison, Zuzanna S. Siwy, Marija Drndić, Vishva Ray, Neil Peterman, Birgitta Schiedt, Michael D. Fischbein, A. T. Charlie Johnson, Kimberly Venta and Christopher A. Merchant and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nano Letters and ACS Nano.

In The Last Decade

Ken Healy

18 papers receiving 1.7k citations

Hit Papers

DNA Translocation through Graphene Nanopores 2010 2026 2015 2020 2010 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. DNA Translocation through Graphene Nanopores
    2010 772 citations Christopher A. Merchant, Ken Healy et al. Nano Letters profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Ken Healy United States 13 1.5k 649 559 371 294 18 1.7k
Bala Murali Venkatesan United States 8 1.7k 1.1× 612 0.9× 463 0.8× 659 1.8× 340 1.2× 13 1.9k
Ryan Rollings United States 9 1.5k 1.0× 496 0.8× 334 0.6× 410 1.1× 334 1.1× 17 1.7k
Christopher A. Merchant United States 5 1.0k 0.7× 445 0.7× 503 0.9× 302 0.8× 218 0.7× 6 1.3k
Robert Y. Henley United States 11 1.3k 0.8× 435 0.7× 356 0.6× 331 0.9× 222 0.8× 16 1.5k
Stefan W. Kowalczyk Netherlands 10 2.5k 1.6× 868 1.3× 716 1.3× 772 2.1× 593 2.0× 14 2.7k
Kimberly Venta United States 5 964 0.6× 340 0.5× 473 0.8× 288 0.8× 207 0.7× 6 1.1k
Laurent Bacri France 24 1.6k 1.0× 451 0.7× 222 0.4× 581 1.6× 449 1.5× 45 1.8k
Nicholas A. W. Bell United Kingdom 21 1.5k 1.0× 379 0.6× 231 0.4× 961 2.6× 325 1.1× 27 1.9k
Manuela Pastoriza‐Gallego France 18 1.6k 1.1× 448 0.7× 187 0.3× 710 1.9× 468 1.6× 28 1.8k
J.B. Heng United States 10 996 0.6× 411 0.6× 205 0.4× 305 0.8× 234 0.8× 14 1.2k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ken Healy

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ken Healy

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Ken Healy. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Ken Healy based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Ken Healy. Ken Healy is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

18 of 18 papers shown
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Davenport, Matthew, Ken Healy, Matthew Pevarnik, et al.. (2013). The Role of Pore Geometry in Single Particle Detection. Biophysical Journal. 104(2). 521a–521a. 2 indexed citations
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Pevarnik, Matthew, et al.. (2012). A hydrophobic entrance enhances ion current rectification and induces dewetting in asymmetric nanopores. The Analyst. 137(13). 2944–2944. 36 indexed citations
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Davenport, Matthew, Ken Healy, Matthew Pevarnik, et al.. (2012). The Role of Pore Geometry in Single Nanoparticle Detection. ACS Nano. 6(9). 8366–8380. 119 indexed citations
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Healy, Ken, et al.. (2012). Fabrication and characterization of nanopores with insulated transverse nanoelectrodes for DNA sensing in salt solution. Electrophoresis. 33(23). 3488–3496. 41 indexed citations
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Pevarnik, Matthew, Ken Healy, María Eugenia Toimil‐Molares, et al.. (2012). Polystyrene Particles Reveal Pore Substructure As They Translocate. ACS Nano. 6(8). 7295–7302. 64 indexed citations
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Powell, Matthew, Ken Healy, Niya Sa, et al.. (2011). Noise Properties of Ion Current in Rectifying Nanopores. Biophysical Journal. 100(3). 609a–609a. 1 indexed citations
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Davenport, Matthew, Ken Healy, & Zuzanna S. Siwy. (2011). Ag nanotubes and Ag/AgCl electrodes in nanoporous membranes. Nanotechnology. 22(15). 155301–155301. 8 indexed citations
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Powell, Matthew, Niya Sa, Ken Healy, et al.. (2011). Noise Properties of Rectifying Nanopores. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 115(17). 8775–8783. 35 indexed citations
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Vlassiouk, Ivan, P. Apel, S. N. Dmitriev, et al.. (2010). Ultrathin Nanoporous Silicon Nitride Membranes for Separations and Biosensing. Biophysical Journal. 98(3). 195a–195a. 4 indexed citations
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Merchant, Christopher A., Ken Healy, Meni Wanunu, et al.. (2010). DNA Translocation through Graphene Nanopores. Nano Letters. 10(8). 2915–2921. 772 indexed citations breakdown →
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Healy, Ken, et al.. (2009). The level of information systems integration in SMEs in Irish manufacturing sector. Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development. 16(1). 115–130. 14 indexed citations
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Vlassiouk, Ivan, P. Apel, S. N. Dmitriev, Ken Healy, & Zuzanna S. Siwy. (2009). Versatile ultrathin nanoporous silicon nitride membranes. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 106(50). 21039–21044. 143 indexed citations
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Ali, Mubarak, B. Schiedt, Ken Healy, Ronny Neumann, & Wolfgang Ensinger. (2008). Modifying the surface charge of single track-etched conical nanopores in polyimide. Nanotechnology. 19(8). 85713–85713. 107 indexed citations
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Querner, Claudia, Siying Wang, Ken Healy, et al.. (2008). Fluorescence Dynamics of Semiconductor Nanorod Clusters Studied by Correlated Atomic Force, Transmission Electron, and Fluorescence Microscopy. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 112(50). 19945–19956. 4 indexed citations
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Healy, Ken, Birgitta Schiedt, & Alan P. Morrison. (2007). Solid-State Nanopore Technologies for Nanopore-Based DNA Analysis. Nanomedicine. 2(6). 875–897. 176 indexed citations
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Kalman, Eric, Ken Healy, & Zuzanna S. Siwy. (2007). Tuning ion current rectification in asymmetric nanopores by signal mixing. Europhysics Letters (EPL). 78(2). 28002–28002. 16 indexed citations
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Healy, Ken. (2007). Nanopore-Based Single-Molecule DNA Analysis. Nanomedicine. 2(4). 459–481. 106 indexed citations
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Schiedt, Birgitta, Ken Healy, Alan P. Morrison, Ronny Neumann, & Zuzanna S. Siwy. (2005). Transport of ions and biomolecules through single asymmetric nanopores in polymer films. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms. 236(1-4). 109–116. 88 indexed citations

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