Matthew Comstock

1.8k total citations
37 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Matthew Comstock is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Molecular Biology and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Matthew Comstock has authored 37 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 24 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 13 papers in Molecular Biology and 9 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Matthew Comstock's work include Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures (7 papers), Laser-Matter Interactions and Applications (7 papers) and Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques (7 papers). Matthew Comstock is often cited by papers focused on Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures (7 papers), Laser-Matter Interactions and Applications (7 papers) and Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques (7 papers). Matthew Comstock collaborates with scholars based in United States, Japan and South Korea. Matthew Comstock's co-authors include Yann R. Chemla, Michael F. Crommie, Jongweon Cho, Taekjip Ha, А. Киракосян, Marcos Dantus, Kevin D. Whitley, Niv Levy, Jean M. J. Fréchet and Vadim V. Lozovoy and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Physical Review Letters.

In The Last Decade

Matthew Comstock

36 papers receiving 1.4k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Matthew Comstock United States 18 694 521 475 400 358 37 1.4k
Rainer Erdmann Germany 23 341 0.5× 246 0.5× 448 0.9× 355 0.9× 395 1.1× 99 1.6k
Andrei Yu Kobitski Germany 23 282 0.4× 534 1.0× 202 0.4× 630 1.6× 463 1.3× 61 1.5k
Rafael Camacho Sweden 19 260 0.4× 388 0.7× 252 0.5× 222 0.6× 444 1.2× 41 1.3k
Felix Koberling Germany 19 256 0.4× 371 0.7× 365 0.8× 435 1.1× 525 1.5× 57 1.4k
Peter Baumgärtel Germany 18 505 0.7× 198 0.4× 256 0.5× 313 0.8× 439 1.2× 38 1.1k
David S. Talaga United States 18 245 0.4× 329 0.6× 536 1.1× 582 1.5× 287 0.8× 30 1.5k
Peter D. Dahlberg United States 22 508 0.7× 368 0.7× 124 0.3× 438 1.1× 451 1.3× 44 1.3k
Daniel R. Burnham United Kingdom 20 457 0.7× 304 0.6× 1.0k 2.1× 551 1.4× 809 2.3× 47 2.0k
Jana B. Nieder Portugal 18 535 0.8× 228 0.4× 358 0.8× 422 1.1× 201 0.6× 60 1.2k
Masayoshi Nishiyama Japan 19 398 0.6× 305 0.6× 492 1.0× 622 1.6× 116 0.3× 73 1.5k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Matthew Comstock

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All Works

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Yadav, Rajeev, et al.. (2025). High-resolution fleezers reveal duplex opening and stepwise assembly by an oligomer of the DEAD-box helicase Ded1p. Nature Communications. 16(1). 1015–1015. 1 indexed citations
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Sgouralis, Ioannis, et al.. (2024). An accurate probabilistic step finder for time-series analysis. Biophysical Journal. 123(17). 2749–2764. 3 indexed citations
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Lee, Julian, et al.. (2023). Few-body hydrodynamic interactions probed by optical trap pulling experiment. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 159(2). 1 indexed citations
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Yadav, Rajeev, et al.. (2022). High-Resolution Optical Tweezers Combined with Multicolor Single-Molecule Microscopy. Methods in molecular biology. 2478. 141–240. 4 indexed citations
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Comstock, Matthew, et al.. (2020). Observation of processive telomerase catalysis using high-resolution optical tweezers. Nature Chemical Biology. 16(7). 801–809. 37 indexed citations
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Zammit, Matthew, et al.. (2019). Combined High-Resolution Optical Tweezers and Multicolor Single-Molecule Fluorescence with an Automated Single-Molecule Assembly Line. The Journal of Physical Chemistry A. 123(44). 9612–9620. 12 indexed citations
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Whitley, Kevin D., Matthew Comstock, & Yann R. Chemla. (2018). Ultrashort Nucleic Acid Duplexes Exhibit Long Wormlike Chain Behavior with Force-Dependent Edge Effects. Physical Review Letters. 120(6). 68102–68102. 12 indexed citations
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Mustafa, Golam, Nilisha Pokhrel, Yue Ma, et al.. (2018). A force sensor that converts fluorescence signal into force measurement utilizing short looped DNA. Biosensors and Bioelectronics. 121. 34–40. 6 indexed citations
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Whitley, Kevin D., Matthew Comstock, Haifeng Jia, Timothy M. Lohman, & Yann R. Chemla. (2016). Direct Observation of the Stepping Behavior of E. Coli UvrD Helicase. Biophysical Journal. 110(3). 561a–561a. 2 indexed citations
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Whitley, Kevin D., Matthew Comstock, & Yann R. Chemla. (2016). High-Resolution “Fleezers”: Dual-Trap Optical Tweezers Combined with Single-Molecule Fluorescence Detection. Methods in molecular biology. 1486. 183–256. 33 indexed citations
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Srinivasan, Sukanya, et al.. (2016). The RNA helicase Mtr4p is a duplex-sensing translocase. Nature Chemical Biology. 13(1). 99–104. 20 indexed citations
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Whitley, Kevin D., Matthew Comstock, & Yann R. Chemla. (2016). Elasticity of the transition state for oligonucleotide hybridization. Nucleic Acids Research. 45(2). 547–555. 27 indexed citations
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Comstock, Matthew, Kevin D. Whitley, Haifeng Jia, et al.. (2015). Direct observation of structure-function relationship in a nucleic acid–processing enzyme. Science. 348(6232). 352–354. 149 indexed citations
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Comstock, Matthew, Taekjip Ha, & Yann R. Chemla. (2011). Ultrahigh-resolution optical trap with single-fluorophore sensitivity. Nature Methods. 8(4). 335–340. 153 indexed citations
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Comstock, Matthew, David A. Strubbe, Luis Berbil-Bautista, et al.. (2010). Determination of Photoswitching Dynamics through Chiral Mapping of Single Molecules Using a Scanning Tunneling Microscope. Physical Review Letters. 104(17). 178301–178301. 48 indexed citations
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Cho, Jongweon, Niv Levy, А. Киракосян, et al.. (2009). Surface anchoring and dynamics of thiolated azobenzene molecules on Au(111). The Journal of Chemical Physics. 131(3). 34707–34707. 11 indexed citations
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Comstock, Matthew. (2008). Photomechanical switching of individual molecules on a surface. PhDT. 1 indexed citations
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Comstock, Matthew, Niv Levy, А. Киракосян, et al.. (2007). Reversible Photomechanical Switching of Individual Engineered Molecules at a Metallic Surface. Physical Review Letters. 99(3). 38301–38301. 335 indexed citations
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Comstock, Matthew, et al.. (2003). Ultrafast Laser Induced Molecular Alignment and Deformation:  Experimental Evidence from Neutral Molecules and from Fragment Ions. The Journal of Physical Chemistry A. 107(40). 8271–8281. 38 indexed citations
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Comstock, Matthew, Vadim V. Lozovoy, & Marcos Dantus. (2003). Femtosecond photon echo measurements of electronic coherence relaxation between the X(1Σg+) and B(3Π0u+) states of I2 in the presence of He, Ar, N2, O2, C3H8. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 119(13). 6546–6553. 9 indexed citations

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