Mark Elbing

3.0k total citations · 5 hit papers
24 papers, 2.5k citations indexed

About

Mark Elbing is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Materials Chemistry and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, Mark Elbing has authored 24 papers receiving a total of 2.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 23 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 8 papers in Materials Chemistry and 7 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in Mark Elbing's work include Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures (20 papers), Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics (8 papers) and Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications (7 papers). Mark Elbing is often cited by papers focused on Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures (20 papers), Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics (8 papers) and Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications (7 papers). Mark Elbing collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, Germany and United States. Mark Elbing's co-authors include Marcel Mayor, Guillermo C. Bazan, Carsten von Hänisch, Paolo Samorı́, Giuseppina Pace, Maria Anita Rampi, Heiko B. Weber, Michael Zharnikov, Violetta Ferri and Matthias Fischer and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Physical Review Letters.

In The Last Decade

Mark Elbing

24 papers receiving 2.5k citations

Hit Papers

A single-molecule diode 2003 2026 2010 2018 2005 2008 2007 2003 2008 100 200 300
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. A single-molecule diode
    2005 399 citations Mark Elbing, R. Ochs et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  2. Light‐Powered Electrical Switch Based on Cargo‐Lifting Azobenzene Monolayers
    2008 279 citations Violetta Ferri, Mark Elbing et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →
  3. Cooperative light-induced molecular movements of highly ordered azobenzene self-assembled monolayers
    2007 262 citations Giuseppina Pace, Violetta Ferri et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  4. Electric Current through a Molecular Rod—Relevance of the Position of the Anchor Groups
    2003 246 citations Marcel Mayor, Heiko B. Weber et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →
  5. Azobenzenes as Light-Controlled Molecular Electronic Switches in Nanoscale Metal−Molecule−Metal Junctions
    2008 244 citations Jeffrey M. Mativetsky, Giuseppina Pace et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Mark Elbing Switzerland 20 1.8k 1.2k 759 513 461 24 2.5k
Francesco Tassinari Israel 24 1.3k 0.7× 841 0.7× 752 1.0× 472 0.9× 409 0.9× 52 2.6k
Erica DeIonno United States 14 1.3k 0.7× 953 0.8× 361 0.5× 942 1.8× 417 0.9× 21 2.4k
K. C. Beverly United States 12 1.0k 0.6× 769 0.7× 386 0.5× 572 1.1× 363 0.8× 12 1.9k
Albert C. Aragonès Spain 17 1.4k 0.8× 614 0.5× 707 0.9× 201 0.4× 434 0.9× 37 2.0k
Arnulf Rosspeintner Switzerland 32 621 0.4× 1.8k 1.5× 799 1.1× 931 1.8× 537 1.2× 98 3.3k
Martin Bělohradský Czechia 16 939 0.5× 740 0.6× 357 0.5× 1.0k 2.0× 310 0.7× 42 2.2k
Núria Crivillers Spain 25 1.5k 0.9× 1.1k 0.9× 287 0.4× 315 0.6× 287 0.6× 69 2.3k
LeRoy Jones United States 15 2.4k 1.4× 1.0k 0.9× 958 1.3× 341 0.7× 715 1.6× 19 2.8k
Gunter Mattersteig United States 14 1.0k 0.6× 1.1k 0.9× 327 0.4× 1.3k 2.6× 266 0.6× 16 2.5k
Kiran Vankayala India 22 1.3k 0.7× 1.0k 0.9× 584 0.8× 307 0.6× 240 0.5× 39 2.3k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Mark Elbing

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Prien, Ralf D., et al.. (2024). An SPR-Based In Situ Methane Sensor for the Aqueous and Gas Phase. Analytical Chemistry. 96(41). 16203–16214. 2 indexed citations
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Ballmann, Stefan, R. Härtle, Pedro B. Coto, et al.. (2012). Experimental Evidence for Quantum Interference and Vibrationally Induced Decoherence in Single-Molecule Junctions. Physical Review Letters. 109(5). 56801–56801. 180 indexed citations
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Vonlanthen, David, Artem Mishchenko, Mark Elbing, et al.. (2009). Chemically Controlled Conductivity: Torsion‐Angle Dependence in a Single‐Molecule Biphenyldithiol Junction. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 48(47). 8886–8890. 137 indexed citations
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Vonlanthen, David, Artem Mishchenko, Mark Elbing, et al.. (2009). Chemisch kontrollierte Leitfähigkeit: Torsionswinkelabhängigkeit in Biphenyldithiol‐Einzelmolekülbruchkontakten. Angewandte Chemie. 121(47). 9048–9052. 26 indexed citations
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Elbing, Mark, Alfred Błaszczyk, Carsten von Hänisch, et al.. (2008). Single Component Self‐Assembled Monolayers of Aromatic Azo‐Biphenyl: Influence of the Packing Tightness on the SAM Structure and Light‐Induced Molecular Movements. Advanced Functional Materials. 18(19). 2972–2983. 78 indexed citations
6.
Ferri, Violetta, Mark Elbing, Giuseppina Pace, et al.. (2008). Light‐Powered Electrical Switch Based on Cargo‐Lifting Azobenzene Monolayers. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 47(18). 3407–3409. 279 indexed citations breakdown →
7.
Ferri, Violetta, Mark Elbing, Giuseppina Pace, et al.. (2008). Light‐Powered Electrical Switch Based on Cargo‐Lifting Azobenzene Monolayers. Angewandte Chemie. 120(18). 3455–3457. 77 indexed citations
8.
Mativetsky, Jeffrey M., Giuseppina Pace, Mark Elbing, et al.. (2008). Azobenzenes as Light-Controlled Molecular Electronic Switches in Nanoscale Metal−Molecule−Metal Junctions. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 130(29). 9192–9193. 244 indexed citations breakdown →
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Lörtscher, Emanuel, Mark Elbing, M. Tschudy, et al.. (2008). Charge Transport through Molecular Rods with Reduced π‐Conjugation. ChemPhysChem. 9(15). 2252–2258. 43 indexed citations
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Ferri, Violetta, Mark Elbing, Giuseppina Pace, et al.. (2008). Innentitelbild: Light‐Powered Electrical Switch Based on Cargo‐Lifting Azobenzene Monolayers (Angew. Chem. 18/2008). Angewandte Chemie. 120(18). 3336–3336. 4 indexed citations
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Cho, Nam Sung, Shinuk Cho, Mark Elbing, et al.. (2008). Organic Thin-Film Transistors Based on α,ω-Dihexyldithienyl-Dihydrophenanthrene. Chemistry of Materials. 20(20). 6289–6291. 6 indexed citations
12.
Cho, Nam Sung, Sang Kyu Lee, Jung Hwa Seo, et al.. (2008). α,ω-Dihexylthienoselenophene derivatives: a new class of high-performance semiconductors for organic thin-film transistors. Journal of Materials Chemistry. 18(41). 4909–4909. 8 indexed citations
13.
Elbing, Mark, Andrés Garcia, Slawomir Urban, Thuc‐Quyen Nguyen, & Guillermo C. Bazan. (2008). In Situ Conjugated Polyelectrolyte Formation. Macromolecules. 41(23). 9146–9155. 25 indexed citations
14.
Elbing, Mark & Guillermo C. Bazan. (2007). A New Design Strategy for Organic Optoelectronic Materials by Lateral Boryl Substitution. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 47(5). 834–838. 213 indexed citations
15.
Elbing, Mark & Guillermo C. Bazan. (2007). Design organischer optoelektronischer Materialien durch laterale Borylsubstitution. Angewandte Chemie. 120(5). 846–850. 73 indexed citations
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Shaporenko, Andrey, Mark Elbing, Alfred Błaszczyk, et al.. (2006). Self-Assembled Monolayers from Biphenyldithiol Derivatives:  Optimization of the Deprotection Procedure and Effect of the Molecular Conformation. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B. 110(9). 4307–4317. 75 indexed citations
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Ochs, R., et al.. (2005). Fast temporal fluctuations in single-molecule junctions. Faraday Discussions. 131. 281–289. 25 indexed citations
18.
Elbing, Mark, R. Ochs, Max Koentopp, et al.. (2005). A single-molecule diode. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 102(25). 8815–8820. 399 indexed citations breakdown →
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Mayor, Marcel, Heiko B. Weber, Joachim Reichert, et al.. (2003). Electric Current through a Molecular Rod—Relevance of the Position of the Anchor Groups. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 42(47). 5834–5838. 246 indexed citations breakdown →
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Mayor, Marcel, Heiko B. Weber, Joachim Reichert, et al.. (2003). Elektrischer Strom durch ein Molekül – Einfluss der Position der Ankergruppen. Angewandte Chemie. 115(47). 6014–6018. 29 indexed citations

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