Matthew Rycenga

8.9k total citations · 3 hit papers
42 papers, 7.8k citations indexed

About

Matthew Rycenga is a scholar working on Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, Materials Chemistry and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Matthew Rycenga has authored 42 papers receiving a total of 7.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 35 papers in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, 25 papers in Materials Chemistry and 21 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Matthew Rycenga's work include Gold and Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis and Applications (34 papers), Quantum Dots Synthesis And Properties (10 papers) and Copper-based nanomaterials and applications (10 papers). Matthew Rycenga is often cited by papers focused on Gold and Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis and Applications (34 papers), Quantum Dots Synthesis And Properties (10 papers) and Copper-based nanomaterials and applications (10 papers). Matthew Rycenga collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and South Korea. Matthew Rycenga's co-authors include Younan Xia, Claire M. Cobley, Christine H. Moran, Jie Zeng, Weiyang Li, Dong Qin, Qiang Zhang, Pedro H. C. Camargo, Qiang Zhang and Andrea G. Schwartz and has published in prestigious journals such as Chemical Reviews, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Advanced Materials.

In The Last Decade

Matthew Rycenga

42 papers receiving 7.7k citations

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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.

Controlling the Synthesis and Assembly of Silver Nanostructures for Plasmonic Applications

2011 2.4k citations Matthew Rycenga, Claire M. Cobley et al. Chemical Reviews profile →
Gold nanocages covered by smart polymers for controlled release with near-infrared light

2009 1.2k citations Mustafa Selman Yavuz, Yiyun Cheng et al. Nature Materials profile →
Chemical Synthesis of Novel Plasmonic Nanoparticles

2008 572 citations Matthew Rycenga, Younan Xia et al. profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Matthew Rycenga United States	32	4.8k	4.3k	3.4k	1.5k	1.1k	42	7.8k
Jill E. Millstone United States	42	4.3k 0.9×	4.4k 1.0×	2.4k 0.7×	1.8k 1.2×	1.3k 1.2×	92	7.8k
Babak Nikoobakht United States	23	5.9k 1.2×	4.4k 1.0×	4.0k 1.2×	1.7k 1.1×	1.3k 1.2×	37	8.7k
Leslie Au United States	24	5.1k 1.1×	4.4k 1.0×	4.5k 1.3×	1.7k 1.1×	910 0.9×	33	8.9k
Claire M. Cobley United States	29	5.2k 1.1×	5.3k 1.2×	4.8k 1.4×	1.9k 1.2×	1.2k 1.1×	48	10.2k
Marek Grzelczak Spain	39	4.0k 0.8×	5.4k 1.3×	2.9k 0.8×	1.3k 0.9×	1.5k 1.4×	117	9.0k
Benito Rodríguez‐González Spain	38	3.4k 0.7×	4.0k 0.9×	2.0k 0.6×	728 0.5×	951 0.9×	98	6.5k
Latha Gearheart United States	14	5.2k 1.1×	8.4k 2.0×	3.3k 1.0×	2.2k 1.4×	1.7k 1.6×	16	11.6k
Miguel A. Correa‐Duarte Spain	48	2.5k 0.5×	4.3k 1.0×	2.6k 0.8×	1.3k 0.9×	1.5k 1.4×	190	7.7k
Ming Tian China	48	2.6k 0.6×	4.2k 1.0×	3.5k 1.0×	750 0.5×	1.4k 1.4×	128	7.6k
Ana Sánchez‐Iglesias Spain	37	3.2k 0.7×	3.1k 0.7×	2.4k 0.7×	1.0k 0.7×	729 0.7×	110	5.9k

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Kim, Donghyuk, Antonio Campos, Ashish Datt, et al.. (2014). Microfluidic-SERS devices for one shot limit-of-detection. The Analyst. 139(13). 3227–3234. 34 indexed citations

Xia, Xiaohu, Matthew Rycenga, Dong Qin, & Younan Xia. (2013). A silver nanocube on a gold microplate as a well-defined and highly active substrate for SERS detection. Journal of Materials Chemistry C. 1(38). 6145–6145. 16 indexed citations

Moran, Christine H., Matthew Rycenga, Xiaohu Xia, Claire M. Cobley, & Younan Xia. (2013). Using well-defined Ag nanocubes as substrates to quantify the spatial resolution and penetration depth of surface-enhanced Raman scattering imaging. Nanotechnology. 25(1). 14007–14007. 12 indexed citations

Schmucker, Abrin L., Gökhan Barın, Keith A. Brown, et al.. (2012). Electronic and Optical Vibrational Spectroscopy of Molecular Transport Junctions Created by On‐Wire Lithography. Small. 9(11). 1900–1903. 9 indexed citations

Rycenga, Matthew, Xiaohu Xia, Christine H. Moran, et al.. (2011). Generation of Hot Spots with Silver Nanocubes for Single‐Molecule Detection by Surface‐Enhanced Raman Scattering. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 50(24). 5473–5477. 268 indexed citations

Rycenga, Matthew, Claire M. Cobley, Jie Zeng, et al.. (2011). Controlling the Synthesis and Assembly of Silver Nanostructures for Plasmonic Applications. Chemical Reviews. 111(6). 3669–3712. 2408 indexed citations breakdown →

Zeng, Jie, et al.. (2010). Successive Deposition of Silver on Silver Nanoplates: Lateral versus Vertical Growth. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 50(1). 244–249. 213 indexed citations

Warner, J. D., et al.. (2010). Quantitative analysis of a metalloprotein compositional stoichiometry with PIXE and PESA. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms. 268(10). 1671–1675. 2 indexed citations

Rycenga, Matthew, Kirk K. Hou, Claire M. Cobley, et al.. (2009). Probing the surface-enhanced Raman scattering properties of Au–Ag nanocages at two different excitation wavelengths. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 11(28). 5903–5903. 101 indexed citations

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Rycenga, Matthew, Zhipeng Wang, Claire M. Cobley, et al.. (2009). Probing the Photothermal Effect of Gold‐Based Nanocages with Surface‐Enhanced Raman Scattering (SERS). Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 48(52). 9924–9927. 86 indexed citations

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Li, Weiyang, Pedro H. C. Camargo, Leslie Au, et al.. (2009). Etching and Dimerization: A Simple and Versatile Route to Dimers of Silver Nanospheres with a Range of Sizes. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 49(1). 164–168. 120 indexed citations

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Cobley, Claire M., Matthew Rycenga, Fei Zhou, Zhiyuan Li, & Younan Xia. (2009). Etching and Growth: An Intertwined Pathway to Silver Nanocrystals with Exotic Shapes. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 48(26). 4824–4827. 73 indexed citations

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Yavuz, Mustafa Selman, Yiyun Cheng, Jingyi Chen, et al.. (2009). Gold nanocages covered by smart polymers for controlled release with near-infrared light. Nature Materials. 8(12). 935–939. 1213 indexed citations breakdown →

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Rycenga, Matthew, Mun Ho Kim, Pedro H. C. Camargo, et al.. (2009). Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering: Comparison of Three Different Molecules on Single-Crystal Nanocubes and Nanospheres of Silver. The Journal of Physical Chemistry A. 113(16). 3932–3939. 118 indexed citations

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Camargo, Pedro H. C., Matthew Rycenga, Leslie Au, & Younan Xia. (2009). Isolating and Probing the Hot Spot Formed between Two Silver Nanocubes. Angewandte Chemie. 121(12). 2214–2218. 25 indexed citations

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Camargo, Pedro H. C., Leslie Au, Matthew Rycenga, Weiyang Li, & Younan Xia. (2009). Measuring the SERS enhancement factors of dimers with different structures constructed from silver nanocubes. Chemical Physics Letters. 484(4-6). 304–308. 106 indexed citations

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Cho, Eun Chul, Claire M. Cobley, Matthew Rycenga, & Younan Xia. (2009). Fine tuning the optical properties of Au–Ag nanocages by selectively etching Ag with oxygen and a water-soluble thiol. Journal of Materials Chemistry. 19(35). 6317–6317. 40 indexed citations

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Camargo, Pedro H. C., Claire M. Cobley, Matthew Rycenga, & Younan Xia. (2009). Measuring the surface-enhanced Raman scattering enhancement factors of hot spots formed between an individual Ag nanowire and a single Ag nanocube. Nanotechnology. 20(43). 434020–434020. 66 indexed citations

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Rycenga, Matthew, Joseph M. McLellan, & Younan Xia. (2008). A SERS study of the molecular structure of alkanethiol monolayers on Ag nanocubes in the presence of aqueous glucose. Chemical Physics Letters. 463(1-3). 166–171. 42 indexed citations

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DeJongh, Matthew, et al.. (2007). Toward the automated generation of genome-scale metabolic networks in the SEED. BMC Bioinformatics. 8(1). 139–139. 104 indexed citations

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