Kenneth G. Spears

4.0k total citations
93 papers, 3.3k citations indexed

About

Kenneth G. Spears is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Physical and Theoretical Chemistry and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Kenneth G. Spears has authored 93 papers receiving a total of 3.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 53 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 32 papers in Physical and Theoretical Chemistry and 16 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Kenneth G. Spears's work include Photochemistry and Electron Transfer Studies (28 papers), Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies (27 papers) and Advanced Chemical Physics Studies (20 papers). Kenneth G. Spears is often cited by papers focused on Photochemistry and Electron Transfer Studies (28 papers), Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies (27 papers) and Advanced Chemical Physics Studies (20 papers). Kenneth G. Spears collaborates with scholars based in United States, Sweden and Austria. Kenneth G. Spears's co-authors include Stuart A. Rice, Richard P. Van Duyne, Richard M. Roth, Erin M. Hicks, Timothy J. Robinson, Shengli Zou, George C. Schatz, Xinming Zhu, Jiha Sung and Nils Abramson and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, The Journal of Chemical Physics and Nano Letters.

In The Last Decade

Kenneth G. Spears

92 papers receiving 3.2k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Kenneth G. Spears United States 32 1.8k 825 784 688 603 93 3.3k
H. Graener Germany 34 1.9k 1.1× 538 0.7× 866 1.1× 765 1.1× 356 0.6× 114 3.1k
Frank J. Adrian United States 36 1.9k 1.1× 1.0k 1.3× 528 0.7× 683 1.0× 654 1.1× 123 4.5k
Vincenzo Carravetta Italy 37 2.8k 1.6× 772 0.9× 615 0.8× 913 1.3× 881 1.5× 180 4.7k
Renato Torre Italy 27 1.6k 0.9× 314 0.4× 505 0.6× 615 0.9× 587 1.0× 117 3.2k
Harrell Sellers United States 26 1.6k 0.9× 369 0.4× 266 0.3× 711 1.0× 981 1.6× 75 3.1k
Janice M. Hicks United States 20 1.6k 0.9× 768 0.9× 224 0.3× 572 0.8× 205 0.3× 35 2.2k
J. Spencer Baskin United States 34 1.6k 0.9× 748 0.9× 335 0.4× 584 0.8× 315 0.5× 54 2.9k
P. Ballone Italy 35 1.6k 0.9× 340 0.4× 515 0.7× 219 0.3× 571 0.9× 148 4.4k
James T. Yardley United States 34 2.0k 1.2× 506 0.6× 545 0.7× 1.5k 2.1× 2.3k 3.8× 130 4.8k
Marcello Coreno Italy 35 3.4k 1.9× 838 1.0× 325 0.4× 1.4k 2.1× 750 1.2× 290 5.0k

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All Works

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Konar, Arkaprabha, et al.. (2021). Ultrafast excited state dynamics of provitamin D3 and analogs in solution and in lipid bilayers. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 154(9). 94309–94309. 5 indexed citations
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Spears, Kenneth G., et al.. (2013). Ultrafast ring-opening reactions: a comparison of α-terpinene, α-phellandrene, and 7-dehydrocholesterol with 1,3-cyclohexadiene. Faraday Discussions. 163. 159–159. 15 indexed citations
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Sung, Jiha, Kathryn M. Kosuda, Jing Zhao, et al.. (2008). Stability of Silver Nanoparticles Fabricated by Nanosphere Lithography and Atomic Layer Deposition to Femtosecond Laser Excitation. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 112(15). 5707–5714. 32 indexed citations
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Hicks, Erin M., Shengli Zou, George C. Schatz, et al.. (2005). Controlling Plasmon Line Shapes through Diffractive Coupling in Linear Arrays of Cylindrical Nanoparticles Fabricated by Electron Beam Lithography. Nano Letters. 5(6). 1065–1070. 364 indexed citations
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Marin, Timothy W., et al.. (2002). Vibrational Coherence Due to Promoting Mode Activity in the Relaxation Dynamics of the Class III Mixed-Valence Molecule [Ru2TIEDCl4]+. The Journal of Physical Chemistry A. 106(7). 1131–1143. 21 indexed citations
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Sando, Gerald M., Kenneth G. Spears, Joseph T. Hupp, & Peder Thusgaard Ruhoff. (2001). Large Electron Transfer Rate Effects from the Duschinsky Mixing of Vibrations. The Journal of Physical Chemistry A. 105(22). 5317–5325. 49 indexed citations
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Spears, Kenneth G., Xiaoning Wen, & Ruihua Zhang. (1996). Electron Transfer Rates from Vibrational Quantum States. The Journal of Physical Chemistry. 100(24). 10206–10209. 39 indexed citations
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Arrivo, Steven M., Kenneth G. Spears, & Jeffrey Sipior. (1995). Picosecond transient backward stimulated Raman scattering and pumping of femtosecond dye lasers. Optics Communications. 116(4-6). 377–382. 10 indexed citations
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Sprague, Julian, Steven M. Arrivo, & Kenneth G. Spears. (1991). Identification of uncoordinated chromium pentacarbonyl intermediate in cyclohexane with picosecond time-resolved IR spectroscopy. The Journal of Physical Chemistry. 95(26). 10528–10531. 18 indexed citations
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Misra, Prabhakar, et al.. (1991). <title>Quantitative analysis at the molecular level of laser/neural tissue interactions using a liposome model system</title>. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 1428. 91–98. 1 indexed citations
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Spears, Kenneth G., et al.. (1989). Chrono-coherent imaging for medicine. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Magazine. 8(4). 21–23. 3 indexed citations
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Zhu, Xinming, et al.. (1988). Unsaturated transition-metal complexes in solution: naked Cr(CO)5 in cyclohexane solution observed by picosecond IR transient absorption. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 110(26). 8695–8696. 56 indexed citations
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Spears, Kenneth G., et al.. (1986). Ionic photodissociation and picosecond solvation dynamics of contact ion pairs. The Journal of Physical Chemistry. 90(5). 779–790. 21 indexed citations
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Kivelson, Daniel & Kenneth G. Spears. (1985). Dielectric friction as a source of rotational drag on charged noncentrosymmetric molecules. The Journal of Physical Chemistry. 89(10). 1999–2001. 59 indexed citations
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Bartels, David M. & Kenneth G. Spears. (1982). Rotational effects in the intermediate-case radiationless decay of pyrimidine. The Journal of Physical Chemistry. 86(26). 5180–5191. 20 indexed citations
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Spears, Kenneth G., et al.. (1978). Rotational diffusion in aprotic and protic solvents. Chemical Physics. 30(1). 1–8. 68 indexed citations
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Spears, Kenneth G., et al.. (1978). Vibrationally excited NO2 from CH3NO2 and 2-C3H7NO2 photodissociation. Chemical Physics Letters. 54(2). 373–377. 28 indexed citations
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Spears, Kenneth G. & E. E. Ferguson. (1973). Termolecular and saturated termolecular kinetics for Li+ and F−. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 59(8). 4174–4183. 31 indexed citations
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Spears, Kenneth G., et al.. (1972). Partial Charge-Transfer Reactions at Thermal Energies. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 56(6). 2562–2566. 86 indexed citations
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Gelbart, William M., Kenneth G. Spears, Karl F. Freed, Joshua Jortner, & Stuart A. Rice. (1970). Boltzmann statistics and radiationless decay in large molecules: Optical selection studies. Chemical Physics Letters. 6(4). 345–351. 60 indexed citations

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