Michael M. Pollard

3.8k total citations · 3 hit papers
26 papers, 3.2k citations indexed

About

Michael M. Pollard is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Materials Chemistry and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael M. Pollard has authored 26 papers receiving a total of 3.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Organic Chemistry, 11 papers in Materials Chemistry and 10 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Michael M. Pollard's work include Supramolecular Chemistry and Complexes (11 papers), Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures (10 papers) and Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (9 papers). Michael M. Pollard is often cited by papers focused on Supramolecular Chemistry and Complexes (11 papers), Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures (10 papers) and Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (9 papers). Michael M. Pollard collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, Canada and Switzerland. Michael M. Pollard's co-authors include Ben L. Feringa, Javier Vicario, Nathalie Katsonis, Rienk Eelkema, Dirk J. Broer, Frédéric Dumur, Stephen P. Fletcher, Cees W. M. Bastiaansen, Petra Rudolf and Richard A. van Delden and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Michael M. Pollard

26 papers receiving 3.2k citations

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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.

Nanomotor rotates microscale objects

2006 727 citations Rienk Eelkema, Michael M. Pollard et al. Nature profile →
Unidirectional molecular motor on a gold surface

2005 456 citations Richard A. van Delden, M.K.J.Ter Wiel et al. Nature profile →
A Reversible, Unidirectional Molecular Rotary Motor Driven by Chemical Energy

2005 375 citations Frédéric Dumur, Michael M. Pollard et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Michael M. Pollard Netherlands	22	1.6k	1.5k	831	696	582	26	3.2k
Javier Vicario Spain	26	1.8k 1.1×	933 0.6×	457 0.5×	417 0.6×	340 0.6×	58	3.0k
Richard A. van Delden Netherlands	24	2.7k 1.6×	2.3k 1.6×	1.3k 1.5×	739 1.1×	1.5k 2.6×	30	5.2k
Linda A. Peteanu United States	33	1.3k 0.8×	1.6k 1.1×	1.2k 1.5×	548 0.8×	827 1.4×	75	5.4k
Gwénaël Rapenne France	30	1.7k 1.1×	1.1k 0.7×	207 0.2×	738 1.1×	381 0.7×	101	2.5k
Michel Sliwa France	33	810 0.5×	2.0k 1.4×	474 0.6×	666 1.0×	303 0.5×	129	3.8k
Robert W. J. Zijlstra Netherlands	12	1.1k 0.7×	829 0.6×	496 0.6×	350 0.5×	507 0.9×	15	2.0k
Kent A. Nielsen Denmark	25	1.1k 0.7×	1.4k 0.9×	224 0.3×	1.4k 2.0×	733 1.3×	58	3.3k
Erica DeIonno United States	14	942 0.6×	953 0.6×	247 0.3×	1.3k 1.8×	354 0.6×	21	2.4k
Euan R. Kay United Kingdom	26	3.9k 2.4×	2.5k 1.7×	910 1.1×	726 1.0×	1.8k 3.1×	49	6.0k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Michael M. Pollard

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Vachon, Jérôme, et al.. (2013). An ultrafast surface-bound photo-active molecular motor. Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences. 13(2). 241–246. 42 indexed citations

Cnossen, Arjen, Lili Hou, Michael M. Pollard, et al.. (2012). Driving Unidirectional Molecular Rotary Motors with Visible Light by Intra- And Intermolecular Energy Transfer from Palladium Porphyrin. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 134(42). 17613–17619. 94 indexed citations

Ruangsupapichat, Nopporn, Michael M. Pollard, Syuzanna R. Harutyunyan, & Ben L. Feringa. (2010). Reversing the direction in a light-driven rotary molecular motor. Nature Chemistry. 3(1). 53–60. 167 indexed citations

Pijper, Thomas C., Dirk Pijper, Michael M. Pollard, et al.. (2010). An Enantioselective Synthetic Route toward Second-Generation Light-Driven Rotary Molecular Motors. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 75(3). 825–838. 24 indexed citations

London, Gábor, et al.. (2010). Rotary Molecular Motors: A Large Increase in Speed through a Small Change in Design. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 75(15). 5323–5325. 32 indexed citations

Pollard, Michael M., et al.. (2010). Characterization of Three Methcathinone Analogs: 4-Methylmethcathinone, Methylone, and bk-MBDB. 27 indexed citations

Cnossen, Arjen, Dirk Pijper, Tibor Kudernác, et al.. (2009). A Trimer of Ultrafast Nanomotors: Synthesis, Photochemistry and Self‐Assembly on Graphite. Chemistry - A European Journal. 15(12). 2768–2772. 20 indexed citations

London, Gábor, et al.. (2009). Light-driven altitudinal molecular motors on surfaces. Chemical Communications. 1712–1712. 68 indexed citations

Pollard, Michael M., et al.. (2008). Light‐Driven Rotary Molecular Motors on Gold Nanoparticles. Chemistry - A European Journal. 14(36). 11610–11622. 42 indexed citations

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Pollard, Michael M., Philana V. Wesenhagen, Dirk Pijper, & Ben L. Feringa. (2008). On the effect of donor and acceptor substituents on the behaviour of light-driven rotary molecular motors. Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry. 6(9). 1605–1605. 43 indexed citations

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Pollard, Michael M., Monika Lubomska, Petra Rudolf, & Ben L. Feringa. (2007). Controlled Rotary Motion in a Monolayer of Molecular Motors. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 46(8). 1278–1280. 70 indexed citations

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Pollard, Michael M., Auke Meetsma, & Ben L. Feringa. (2007). A redesign of light-driven rotary molecular motors. Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry. 6(3). 507–512. 115 indexed citations

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Pollard, Michael M., Monika Lubomska, Petra Rudolf, & Ben L. Feringa. (2007). Controlled Rotary Motion in a Monolayer of Molecular Motors. Angewandte Chemie. 119(8). 1300–1302. 40 indexed citations

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Pollard, Michael M., et al.. (2007). Asymmetric hydrogenation of alkyl(vinyl)thioethers: a promising approach to α-chiral thioethers. Tetrahedron Asymmetry. 18(24). 2849–2858. 20 indexed citations

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Katsonis, Nathalie, Monika Lubomska, Michael M. Pollard, B.L. Feringa, & Petra Rudolf. (2007). Synthetic light-activated molecular switches and motors on surfaces. Progress in Surface Science. 82(7-8). 407–434. 210 indexed citations

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Eelkema, Rienk, Michael M. Pollard, Javier Vicario, et al.. (2006). Nanomotor rotates microscale objects. Nature. 440(7081). 163–163. 727 indexed citations breakdown →

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Pollard, Michael M. & John C. Vederas. (2006). A convenient preparation of thioether functionalized porphyrins. Tetrahedron. 62(51). 11908–11915. 2 indexed citations

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Katsonis, Nathalie, Javier Vicario, Tibor Kudernác, et al.. (2006). Self-Organized Monolayer ofmeso-Tetradodecylporphyrin Coordinated to Au(111). Journal of the American Chemical Society. 128(48). 15537–15541. 68 indexed citations

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Browne, Wesley R., Michael M. Pollard, Ben de Lange, Auke Meetsma, & Ben L. Feringa. (2006). Reversible Three-State Switching of Luminescence: A New Twist to Electro- and Photochromic Behavior. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 128(38). 12412–12413. 151 indexed citations

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Delden, Richard A. van, M.K.J.Ter Wiel, Michael M. Pollard, et al.. (2005). Unidirectional molecular motor on a gold surface. Nature. 437(7063). 1337–1340. 456 indexed citations breakdown →

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