Madeline Vara

3.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
31 papers, 3.5k citations indexed

About

Madeline Vara is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and Organic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Madeline Vara has authored 31 papers receiving a total of 3.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Materials Chemistry, 16 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and 10 papers in Organic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Madeline Vara's work include Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (15 papers), Nanomaterials for catalytic reactions (10 papers) and Gold and Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis and Applications (10 papers). Madeline Vara is often cited by papers focused on Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (15 papers), Nanomaterials for catalytic reactions (10 papers) and Gold and Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis and Applications (10 papers). Madeline Vara collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and France. Madeline Vara's co-authors include Younan Xia, Xuan Yang, Miaoxin Yang, Bo Pang, Miaofang Chi, Jinho Park, Manos Mavrikakis, Xue Wang, Luke T. Roling and Zhaoxiong Xie and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Chemical Reviews and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Madeline Vara

31 papers receiving 3.5k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Gold Nanomaterials at Work in Biomedicine

2015 1.0k citations Xuan Yang, Miaoxin Yang et al. Chemical Reviews profile →
Platinum-based nanocages with subnanometer-thick walls and well-defined, controllable facets

2015 883 citations Xue Wang, Madeline Vara et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Madeline Vara United States	20	1.9k	1.7k	1.2k	877	709	31	3.5k
Vicky Doan‐Nguyen United States	25	3.0k 1.6×	1.2k 0.7×	1.5k 1.3×	1.1k 1.2×	574 0.8×	43	4.5k
Yiqun Zheng China	29	2.2k 1.2×	871 0.5×	773 0.7×	1.7k 1.9×	1.0k 1.5×	121	3.7k
Kyle D. Gilroy United States	32	3.3k 1.8×	2.0k 1.2×	1.3k 1.1×	1.8k 2.1×	891 1.3×	63	5.2k
Nguyen Viet Long Vietnam	28	1.2k 0.6×	997 0.6×	677 0.6×	643 0.7×	502 0.7×	79	2.3k
Zheng Xi China	32	1.9k 1.0×	2.2k 1.3×	1.7k 1.5×	545 0.6×	831 1.2×	99	4.4k
Young Wook Lee South Korea	34	2.6k 1.4×	2.0k 1.2×	1.3k 1.1×	1.2k 1.4×	504 0.7×	80	4.1k
Yanyun Ma China	26	2.1k 1.2×	666 0.4×	962 0.8×	1.2k 1.4×	689 1.0×	91	3.2k
Frank Jäckel Germany	32	2.7k 1.4×	1.2k 0.7×	1.5k 1.3×	1.3k 1.4×	1.3k 1.8×	61	4.3k
Yuanzhi Xia China	17	1.5k 0.8×	543 0.3×	507 0.4×	1.0k 1.2×	1.0k 1.4×	30	2.8k
Vasileios Tzitzios Greece	31	1.8k 1.0×	542 0.3×	746 0.6×	1.0k 1.2×	817 1.2×	107	3.4k

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Vara, Madeline, et al.. (2024). Colorimetric Detection of Fentanyl Powder on Surfaces Using a Supramolecular Displacement Assay. ACS Sensors. 9(6). 3198–3204. 6 indexed citations

Zhao, Ming, Zachary D. Hood, Madeline Vara, et al.. (2019). Ruthenium Nanoframes in the Face-Centered Cubic Phase: Facile Synthesis and Their Enhanced Catalytic Performance. ACS Nano. 13(6). 7241–7251. 62 indexed citations

Zhao, Ming, Zitao Chen, Zhiheng Lyu, et al.. (2019). Ru Octahedral Nanocrystals with a Face-Centered Cubic Structure, {111} Facets, Thermal Stability up to 400 °C, and Enhanced Catalytic Activity. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 141(17). 7028–7036. 158 indexed citations

Qian, Jing, Min Shen, Shan Zhou, et al.. (2018). Synthesis of Pt nanocrystals with different shapes using the same protocol to optimize their catalytic activity toward oxygen reduction. Materials Today. 21(8). 834–844. 62 indexed citations

Figueroa‐Cosme, Legna, Kyle D. Gilroy, Tung‐Han Yang, et al.. (2018). Synthesis of Palladium Nanoscale Octahedra through a One‐Pot, Dual‐Reductant Route and Kinetic Analysis. Chemistry - A European Journal. 24(23). 6133–6139. 19 indexed citations

Ruditskiy, Aleksey, Madeline Vara, Hongwen Huang, & Younan Xia. (2017). Oxidative Etching of Pd Decahedral Nanocrystals with a Penta-twinned Structure and Its Impact on Their Growth Behavior. Chemistry of Materials. 29(12). 5394–5400. 25 indexed citations

Vara, Madeline, Zachary D. Hood, Ming Zhao, et al.. (2017). Rhodium Decahedral Nanocrystals: Facile Synthesis, Mechanistic Insights, and Experimental Controls. ChemNanoMat. 4(1). 66–70. 17 indexed citations

Yang, Xuan, Kyle D. Gilroy, Madeline Vara, et al.. (2017). Gold icosahedral nanocages: Facile synthesis, optical properties, and fragmentation under ultrasonication. Chemical Physics Letters. 683. 613–618. 17 indexed citations

Zhao, Ming, Ahmed O. Elnabawy, Madeline Vara, et al.. (2017). Facile Synthesis of Ru-Based Octahedral Nanocages with Ultrathin Walls in a Face-Centered Cubic Structure. Chemistry of Materials. 29(21). 9227–9237. 55 indexed citations

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Gilroy, Kyle D., Joël Puibasset, Madeline Vara, & Younan Xia. (2017). On the Thermodynamics and Experimental Control of Twinning in Metal Nanocrystals. Angewandte Chemie. 129(30). 8773–8777. 6 indexed citations

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Vara, Madeline & Younan Xia. (2017). Facile synthesis of Pd concave nanocubes: From kinetics to mechanistic understanding and rationally designed protocol. Nano Research. 11(6). 3122–3131. 16 indexed citations

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Vara, Madeline, et al.. (2017). A Photochemical, Room-Temperature, and Aqueous Route to the Synthesis of Pd Nanocubes Enriched with Atomic Steps and Terraces on the Side Faces. Chemistry of Materials. 29(10). 4563–4571. 13 indexed citations

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Bao, Shixiong, Madeline Vara, Xuan Yang, et al.. (2016). Facile Synthesis of Pd@Pt_3–4L Core–Shell Octahedra with a Clean Surface and Thus Enhanced Activity toward Oxygen Reduction. ChemCatChem. 9(3). 414–419. 19 indexed citations

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Park, Jinho, Helan Wang, Madeline Vara, & Younan Xia. (2016). Platinum Cubic Nanoframes with Enhanced Catalytic Activity and Durability Toward Oxygen Reduction. ChemSusChem. 9(19). 2855–2861. 56 indexed citations

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Zhou, Ming, Helan Wang, Madeline Vara, et al.. (2016). Quantitative Analysis of the Reduction Kinetics Responsible for the One-Pot Synthesis of Pd–Pt Bimetallic Nanocrystals with Different Structures. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 138(37). 12263–12270. 119 indexed citations

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Vara, Madeline, Miaofang Chi, & Younan Xia. (2016). Facile Synthesis of BaTiO₃ Nanocubes with the Use of Anatase TiO₂ Nanorods as a Precursor to Titanium Hydroxide. ChemNanoMat. 2(9). 873–878. 3 indexed citations

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Ruditskiy, Aleksey, Ming Zhao, Kyle D. Gilroy, Madeline Vara, & Younan Xia. (2016). Toward a Quantitative Understanding of the Sulfate-Mediated Synthesis of Pd Decahedral Nanocrystals with High Conversion and Morphology Yields. Chemistry of Materials. 28(23). 8800–8806. 21 indexed citations

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Wang, Xue, Madeline Vara, Ming Luo, et al.. (2015). Pd@Pt Core–Shell Concave Decahedra: A Class of Catalysts for the Oxygen Reduction Reaction with Enhanced Activity and Durability. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 137(47). 15036–15042. 303 indexed citations

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Yang, Xuan, Miaoxin Yang, Bo Pang, Madeline Vara, & Younan Xia. (2015). Gold Nanomaterials at Work in Biomedicine. Chemical Reviews. 115(19). 10410–10488. 1004 indexed citations breakdown →

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Niu, Guangda, Aleksey Ruditskiy, Madeline Vara, & Younan Xia. (2015). Toward continuous and scalable production of colloidal nanocrystals by switching from batch to droplet reactors. Chemical Society Reviews. 44(16). 5806–5820. 145 indexed citations

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