Latha Venkataraman

18.4k total citations · 8 hit papers
164 papers, 14.6k citations indexed

About

Latha Venkataraman is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Latha Venkataraman has authored 164 papers receiving a total of 14.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 157 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 96 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 46 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Latha Venkataraman's work include Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures (155 papers), Quantum and electron transport phenomena (61 papers) and Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications (34 papers). Latha Venkataraman is often cited by papers focused on Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures (155 papers), Quantum and electron transport phenomena (61 papers) and Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications (34 papers). Latha Venkataraman collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Germany. Latha Venkataraman's co-authors include Colin Nuckolls, Michael L. Steigerwald, Mark S. Hybertsen, Sriharsha V. Aradhya, Jeffrey B. Neaton, Jennifer E. Klare, Maria Kamenetska, Jonathan R. Widawsky, Timothy A. Su and Luis M. Campos and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Latha Venkataraman

163 papers receiving 14.4k citations

Hit Papers

Dependence of single-molecule junction conductance on mol... 2006 2026 2012 2019 2006 2006 2013 2009 2016 400 800 1.2k
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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.

  1. Dependence of single-molecule junction conductance on molecular conformation
    2006 1.2k citations Latha Venkataraman, Jennifer E. Klare et al. profile →
  2. Single-Molecule Circuits with Well-Defined Molecular Conductance
    2006 715 citations Latha Venkataraman, Jennifer E. Klare et al. Nano Letters profile →
  3. Single-molecule junctions beyond electronic transport
    2013 684 citations Sriharsha V. Aradhya, Latha Venkataraman profile →
  4. Mechanically controlled binary conductance switching of a single-molecule junction
    2009 606 citations Maria Kamenetska, Michael L. Steigerwald et al. profile →
  5. Chemical principles of single-molecule electronics
    2016 515 citations Timothy A. Su, Michael L. Steigerwald et al. profile →
  6. Amine−Gold Linked Single-Molecule Circuits:  Experiment and Theory
    2007 417 citations Latha Venkataraman, Mark S. Hybertsen et al. Nano Letters profile →
  7. Single-molecule diodes with high rectification ratios through environmental control
    2015 365 citations Olgun Adak, Zhen–Fei Liu et al. profile →
  8. Comprehensive suppression of single-molecule conductance using destructive σ-interference
    2018 295 citations Marc H. Garner, Haixing Li et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Latha Venkataraman United States 65 12.4k 7.2k 4.5k 3.2k 1.6k 164 14.6k
Christian Joachim France 60 12.7k 1.0× 9.7k 1.3× 5.7k 1.3× 6.1k 1.9× 814 0.5× 310 17.4k
Thomas Wandlowski Switzerland 45 4.9k 0.4× 2.5k 0.3× 2.0k 0.4× 1.5k 0.5× 2.0k 1.3× 133 7.1k
Peter Liljeroth Finland 46 4.5k 0.4× 4.0k 0.6× 5.2k 1.2× 2.2k 0.7× 622 0.4× 116 9.0k
Robert M. Metzger United States 45 5.0k 0.4× 2.4k 0.3× 3.9k 0.9× 1.2k 0.4× 857 0.5× 202 9.0k
Vladimiro Mújica United States 42 4.3k 0.3× 3.0k 0.4× 2.1k 0.5× 980 0.3× 741 0.5× 160 6.8k
Alessandro Troisi United Kingdom 60 8.2k 0.7× 2.8k 0.4× 3.8k 0.9× 844 0.3× 367 0.2× 208 11.6k
Emily A. Weiss United States 63 6.9k 0.6× 1.3k 0.2× 8.1k 1.8× 2.3k 0.7× 376 0.2× 191 12.5k
Mark Van der Auweraer Belgium 58 4.4k 0.4× 2.8k 0.4× 6.9k 1.5× 2.7k 0.8× 280 0.2× 364 12.9k
Chuancheng Jia China 38 4.7k 0.4× 1.6k 0.2× 3.5k 0.8× 1.6k 0.5× 405 0.3× 121 6.7k
Egbert Zojer Austria 52 6.3k 0.5× 2.2k 0.3× 5.1k 1.1× 2.6k 0.8× 265 0.2× 231 9.7k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Venkataraman, Latha, et al.. (2024). Determining Transmission Characteristics from Shot-Noise-Driven Electroluminescence in Single-Molecule Junctions. Nano Letters. 24(6). 1931–1935. 2 indexed citations
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Orchanian, Nicholas M., et al.. (2024). Short-Form Videos as an Emerging Social Media Tool for STEM Edutainment. Journal of Chemical Education. 101(3). 1319–1324. 4 indexed citations
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Schaack, Cédric, et al.. (2023). Electric fields drive bond homolysis. Chemical Science. 14(7). 1769–1774. 23 indexed citations
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Zang, Yaping, E-Dean Fung, Tianren Fu, et al.. (2020). Voltage-Induced Single-Molecule Junction Planarization. Nano Letters. 21(1). 673–679. 31 indexed citations
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Rivero, Samara Medina, Suman Gunasekaran, Rocío Ponce Ortiz, et al.. (2020). Synthesis and electronic properties of pyridine end-capped cyclopentadithiophene-vinylene oligomers. RSC Advances. 10(68). 41264–41271. 5 indexed citations
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Gunasekaran, Suman, et al.. (2020). Visualizing Quantum Interference in Molecular Junctions. Nano Letters. 20(4). 2843–2848. 60 indexed citations
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Low, Jonathan Z., Gregor Kladnik, Laerte L. Patera, et al.. (2019). The Environment-Dependent Behavior of the Blatter Radical at the Metal–Molecule Interface. Nano Letters. 19(4). 2543–2548. 68 indexed citations
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Inkpen, Michael S., Zhen–Fei Liu, Haixing Li, et al.. (2019). Non-chemisorbed gold–sulfur binding prevails in self-assembled monolayers. Nature Chemistry. 11(4). 351–358. 254 indexed citations
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Patera, Laerte L., et al.. (2019). Abbildung des Orbitals des ungepaarten Elektrons in einem stabilen, organischen Radikal anhand seiner Kondo‐Resonanz. Angewandte Chemie. 131(32). 11179–11183. 1 indexed citations
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Zang, Yaping, Suman Kumar Ray, E-Dean Fung, et al.. (2018). Resonant Transport in Single Diketopyrrolopyrrole Junctions. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 140(41). 13167–13170. 59 indexed citations
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Doud, Evan A., Michael S. Inkpen, Giacomo Lovat, et al.. (2018). In Situ Formation of N-Heterocyclic Carbene-Bound Single-Molecule Junctions. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 140(28). 8944–8949. 69 indexed citations
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Fung, E-Dean, Olgun Adak, Giacomo Lovat, Diego Scarabelli, & Latha Venkataraman. (2017). Too Hot for Photon-Assisted Transport: Hot-Electrons Dominate Conductance Enhancement in Illuminated Single-Molecule Junctions. Nano Letters. 17(2). 1255–1261. 52 indexed citations
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Su, Timothy A., Haixing Li, Michael L. Steigerwald, Latha Venkataraman, & Colin Nuckolls. (2015). Stereoelectronic switching in single-molecule junctions. Nature Chemistry. 7(3). 215–220. 187 indexed citations
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Klausen, Rebekka S., Jonathan R. Widawsky, Timothy A. Su, et al.. (2014). Evaluating atomic components in fluorene wires. Chemical Science. 5(4). 1561–1561. 35 indexed citations
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Aradhya, Sriharsha V., Michael Frei, Mark S. Hybertsen, & Latha Venkataraman. (2012). Van der Waals interactions at metal/organic interfaces at the single-molecule level. Nature Materials. 11(10). 872–876. 176 indexed citations
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Roy, Xavier, Christine L. Schenck, Seokhoon Ahn, et al.. (2012). Quantum Soldering of Individual Quantum Dots. Angewandte Chemie. 124(50). 12641–12644. 3 indexed citations
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Chen, Wenbo, Jonathan R. Widawsky, Héctor Vázquez, et al.. (2011). Highly Conducting π-Conjugated Molecular Junctions Covalently Bonded to Gold Electrodes. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 133(43). 17160–17163. 174 indexed citations
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Widawsky, Jonathan R., Maria Kamenetska, Adam C. Whalley, et al.. (2009). Conductance of Molecular Wires Measured by STM- Break Junction. Bulletin of the American Physical Society. 1 indexed citations
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Park, Young S., Jonathan R. Widawsky, Maria Kamenetska, et al.. (2009). Frustrated Rotations in Single-Molecule Junctions. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 131(31). 10820–10821. 90 indexed citations
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Kamenetska, Maria, Max Koentopp, Adam C. Whalley, et al.. (2009). Formation and Evolution of Single-Molecule Junctions. Physical Review Letters. 102(12). 126803–126803. 227 indexed citations

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