Lawrence B. Alemany

24.9k total citations · 5 hit papers
109 papers, 21.5k citations indexed

About

Lawrence B. Alemany is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Organic Chemistry and Spectroscopy. According to data from OpenAlex, Lawrence B. Alemany has authored 109 papers receiving a total of 21.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 52 papers in Materials Chemistry, 35 papers in Organic Chemistry and 25 papers in Spectroscopy. Recurrent topics in Lawrence B. Alemany's work include Graphene research and applications (22 papers), Advanced NMR Techniques and Applications (21 papers) and Fullerene Chemistry and Applications (20 papers). Lawrence B. Alemany is often cited by papers focused on Graphene research and applications (22 papers), Advanced NMR Techniques and Applications (21 papers) and Fullerene Chemistry and Applications (20 papers). Lawrence B. Alemany collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and China. Lawrence B. Alemany's co-authors include James M. Tour, Dmitry V. Kosynkin, Zhengzong Sun, Daniela C. Marcano, Wei Lu, Jacob M. Berlin, Alexander Sinitskii, Alexander Slesarev, Pulickel M. Ajayan and Wei Gao and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Advanced Materials.

In The Last Decade

Lawrence B. Alemany

109 papers receiving 21.0k citations

Hit Papers

Improved Synthesis of Graphene Oxide 2005 2026 2012 2019 2010 2009 2012 2012 2005 2.5k 5.0k 7.5k 10.0k
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. Improved Synthesis of Graphene Oxide
    2010 10.5k citations Lawrence B. Alemany, James M. Tour et al. ACS Nano profile →
  2. New insights into the structure and reduction of graphite oxide
    2009 2.2k citations Lawrence B. Alemany, Pulickel M. Ajayan et al. profile →
  3. Graphene Quantum Dots Derived from Carbon Fibers
    2012 2.1k citations Lawrence B. Alemany, Guanhui Gao et al. profile →
  4. Graphene Oxide. Origin of Acidity, Its Instability in Water, and a New Dynamic Structural Model
    2012 574 citations Ayrat M. Dimiev, Lawrence B. Alemany et al. ACS Nano profile →
  5. C60 in Water:  Nanocrystal Formation and Microbial Response
    2005 520 citations Lawrence B. Alemany 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
Lawrence B. Alemany United States 43 13.4k 7.6k 6.1k 3.7k 2.5k 109 21.5k
Dmitry V. Kosynkin United States 32 12.5k 0.9× 7.4k 1.0× 7.7k 1.3× 4.0k 1.1× 1.7k 0.7× 49 20.1k
Alexander Sinitskii United States 45 15.9k 1.2× 7.9k 1.0× 9.7k 1.6× 4.6k 1.2× 1.3k 0.5× 175 22.9k
Franklin Kim United States 38 15.0k 1.1× 7.5k 1.0× 8.7k 1.4× 6.6k 1.8× 1.6k 0.6× 52 22.0k
Yurii K. Gun’ko Ireland 69 16.9k 1.3× 7.6k 1.0× 5.4k 0.9× 4.4k 1.2× 2.6k 1.0× 334 25.4k
Imre Dékány Hungary 56 8.4k 0.6× 3.9k 0.5× 3.2k 0.5× 2.1k 0.6× 1.8k 0.7× 342 15.0k
A. Govindaraj India 71 16.1k 1.2× 5.5k 0.7× 8.2k 1.3× 4.5k 1.2× 1.9k 0.7× 178 21.4k
Athanasios B. Bourlinos Greece 46 11.0k 0.8× 5.0k 0.6× 3.6k 0.6× 1.9k 0.5× 1.5k 0.6× 153 15.0k
Bradley F. Chmelka United States 65 28.8k 2.1× 4.3k 0.6× 4.7k 0.8× 3.3k 0.9× 4.1k 1.6× 179 38.0k
İlhan A. Aksay United States 67 14.8k 1.1× 8.3k 1.1× 13.7k 2.2× 5.3k 1.4× 1.8k 0.7× 182 30.2k
Yao Wang China 63 8.7k 0.7× 3.1k 0.4× 5.6k 0.9× 2.3k 0.6× 2.9k 1.1× 642 16.4k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Zhu, Dongyang, Yifan Zhu, Yu Chen, et al.. (2023). Three-dimensional covalent organic frameworks with pto and mhq-z topologies based on Tri- and tetratopic linkers. Nature Communications. 14(1). 2865–2865. 83 indexed citations
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Santos, Ana L., Dongdong Liu, John T. Li, et al.. (2022). Light-activated molecular machines are fast-acting broad-spectrum antibacterials that target the membrane. Science Advances. 8(22). eabm2055–eabm2055. 57 indexed citations
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Kumar, Pawan, Ali Shayesteh Zeraati, Soumyabrata Roy, et al.. (2022). Metal-Free Sulfonate/Sulfate-Functionalized Carbon Nitride for Direct Conversion of Glucose to Levulinic Acid. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering. 10(19). 6230–6243. 21 indexed citations
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Singer, Philip M., et al.. (2021). Predicting1H NMR relaxation in Gd3+-aqua using molecular dynamics simulations. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 23(37). 20974–20984. 12 indexed citations
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Galbadage, Thushara, Dongdong Liu, Lawrence B. Alemany, et al.. (2019). Molecular Nanomachines Disrupt Bacterial Cell Wall, Increasing Sensitivity of Extensively Drug-Resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae to Meropenem. ACS Nano. 13(12). 14377–14387. 60 indexed citations
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Kattamuri, Padmanabha V., et al.. (2019). Enantioselective Catalytic Allylation of Acyclic Ketiminoesters: Synthesis of α-Fully-Substituted Amino Esters. Organic Letters. 21(22). 9208–9211. 36 indexed citations
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Liu, Dongdong, Víctor García‐López, Richard S. Gunasekera, et al.. (2019). Near-Infrared Light Activates Molecular Nanomachines to Drill into and Kill Cells. ACS Nano. 13(6). 6813–6823. 50 indexed citations
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Kattamuri, Padmanabha V., Doo‐Hyun Kwon, Lawrence B. Alemany, et al.. (2019). Synthesis of Structurally Diverse 3-, 4-, 5-, and 6-Membered Heterocycles from Diisopropyl Iminomalonates and SoftC-Nucleophiles. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 84(11). 7066–7099. 6 indexed citations
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Singer, Philip M., et al.. (2018). Interpretation of NMR Relaxation in Bitumen and Organic Shale Using Polymer–Heptane Mixes. Energy & Fuels. 32(2). 1534–1549. 21 indexed citations
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Andreoli, Enrico, et al.. (2014). Cross-Linking Amine-Rich Compounds into High Performing Selective CO2 Absorbents. Scientific Reports. 4(1). 7304–7304. 43 indexed citations
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Dimiev, Ayrat M., Lawrence B. Alemany, & James M. Tour. (2012). Graphene Oxide. Origin of Acidity, Its Instability in Water, and a New Dynamic Structural Model. ACS Nano. 7(1). 576–588. 574 indexed citations breakdown →
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Sun, Yanqiu, et al.. (2011). Structural Dislocations in Anthracite. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters. 2(20). 2521–2524. 45 indexed citations
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Alemany, Lawrence B., et al.. (2010). Simple organofluorine compounds giving field‐dependent 13C and 19F NMR spectra with complex patterns: higher order effects and cross‐correlated relaxation. Magnetic Resonance in Chemistry. 48(11). 882–891. 2 indexed citations
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Zhang, Xiujun, Lawrence B. Alemany, Hans‐Peter Fiedler, Michael Goodfellow, & Ronald J. Parry. (2007). Biosynthetic Investigations of Lactonamycin and Lactonamycin Z: Cloning of the Biosynthetic Gene Clusters and Discovery of an Unusual Starter Unit. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. 52(2). 574–585. 32 indexed citations
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Yang, Jianzhong, Lawrence B. Alemany, Jonathan W. Driver, Jeffrey D. Hartgerink, & Andrew R. Barron. (2007). Fullerene‐Derivatized Amino Acids: Synthesis, Characterization, Antioxidant Properties, and Solid‐Phase Peptide Synthesis. Chemistry - A European Journal. 13(9). 2530–2545. 64 indexed citations
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Alemany, Lawrence B., Stefan Steuernagel, Jean‐Paul Amoureux, Rhonda L. Callender, & Andrew R. Barron. (1999). Very fast MAS and MQMAS NMR studies of the spectroscopically challenging minerals kyanite and andalusite on 400, 500, and 800 MHz spectrometers. Solid State Nuclear Magnetic Resonance. 14(1). 1–18. 35 indexed citations
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Suggs, Laura J., Richard G. Payne, Michael J. Yaszemski, Lawrence B. Alemany, & Antonios G. Mikos. (1997). Synthesis and Characterization of a Block Copolymer Consisting of Poly(propylene fumarate) and Poly(ethylene glycol). Macromolecules. 30(15). 4318–4323. 45 indexed citations
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Lawton, Stephen L., A.S. Fung, Gordon J. Kennedy, et al.. (1996). Zeolite MCM-49:  A Three-Dimensional MCM-22 Analogue Synthesized by in Situ Crystallization. The Journal of Physical Chemistry. 100(9). 3788–3798. 256 indexed citations
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Alemany, Lawrence B., et al.. (1986). よく性質のわかっている固体中でのMAS 27 Al NMRによる5配位アルミニウムの最初の観測. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 108(20). 6158–6162. 1 indexed citations
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Woolery, G. L., Lawrence B. Alemany, Ralph M. Dessau, & Arthur W. Chester. (1986). Spectroscopic evidence for the presence of internal silanols in highly siliceous ZSM-5. Zeolites. 6(1). 14–16. 175 indexed citations

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