Molly E. McFadden

1.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
16 papers, 985 citations indexed

About

Molly E. McFadden is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Materials Chemistry and Organic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Molly E. McFadden has authored 16 papers receiving a total of 985 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 5 papers in Materials Chemistry and 4 papers in Organic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Molly E. McFadden's work include Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications (12 papers), Mechanical and Optical Resonators (8 papers) and Photochromic and Fluorescence Chemistry (4 papers). Molly E. McFadden is often cited by papers focused on Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications (12 papers), Mechanical and Optical Resonators (8 papers) and Photochromic and Fluorescence Chemistry (4 papers). Molly E. McFadden collaborates with scholars based in United States. Molly E. McFadden's co-authors include Maxwell J. Robb, Laura C. Brown, Min Wang, Michael A. Fischbach, Chun‐Jun Guo, Steven C. Almo, Steven K. Higginbottom, Tyler L. Grove, Yug Varma and Masanori Funabashi and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Molly E. McFadden

15 papers receiving 972 citations

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A metabolic pathway for bile acid dehydroxylation by the gut microbiome

2020 384 citations Masanori Funabashi, Tyler L. Grove et al. Nature profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Molly E. McFadden United States	13	336	325	312	176	127	16	985
Mingtao Ge United States	16	199 0.6×	615 1.9×	223 0.7×	73 0.4×	16 0.1×	18	1.1k
K. Muthu India	19	297 0.9×	258 0.8×	39 0.1×	343 1.9×	66 0.5×	90	1.2k
Sebastian Kraszewski France	18	218 0.6×	449 1.4×	80 0.3×	86 0.5×	30 0.2×	46	870
Chunhai Ruan United States	16	63 0.2×	404 1.2×	125 0.4×	92 0.5×	64 0.5×	20	966
Yuming Yu China	19	263 0.8×	261 0.8×	50 0.2×	360 2.0×	60 0.5×	65	1.1k
Minlu Zhang China	20	117 0.3×	380 1.2×	46 0.1×	65 0.4×	112 0.9×	53	1.2k
Hideyuki Sato Japan	22	214 0.6×	280 0.9×	39 0.1×	112 0.6×	66 0.5×	79	1.5k
Kaiyan Lou United States	19	140 0.4×	626 1.9×	41 0.1×	164 0.9×	51 0.4×	30	1.3k
Yasuaki Abe Japan	14	74 0.2×	302 0.9×	184 0.6×	65 0.4×	41 0.3×	24	831
Laura Ciani Italy	16	110 0.3×	600 1.8×	53 0.2×	95 0.5×	33 0.3×	24	1.0k

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16 of 16 papers shown

McFadden, Molly E., et al.. (2025). Strain-dependent multicolor mechanochromism of 3 H -bis-naphthopyran in solid polymeric materials. Chemical Science. 16(43). 20323–20328.

McFadden, Molly E., et al.. (2023). Naphthopyran molecular switches and their emergent mechanochemical reactivity. Chemical Science. 14(37). 10041–10067. 37 indexed citations

Sun, Yan, et al.. (2023). Anomalous photochromism and mechanochromism of a linear naphthopyran enabled by a polarizing dialkylamine substituent. Chemical Science. 14(38). 10494–10499. 15 indexed citations

McFadden, Molly E., et al.. (2023). Mechanochemical reactivity of a multimodal 2H-bis-naphthopyran mechanophore. Polymer Chemistry. 14(22). 2717–2723. 12 indexed citations

McFadden, Molly E., et al.. (2023). Validation of an Accurate and Expedient Initial Rates Method for Characterizing Mechanophore Reactivity. ACS Macro Letters. 12(4). 440–445. 14 indexed citations

Yao, Yuxing, Molly E. McFadden, Avinoam Bar‐Zion, et al.. (2023). Remote control of mechanochemical reactions under physiological conditions using biocompatible focused ultrasound. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 120(39). e2309822120–e2309822120. 37 indexed citations

McFadden, Molly E., et al.. (2022). Mechanical Force Enables an Anomalous Dual Ring-Opening Reaction of Naphthodipyran. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 144(49). 22391–22396. 22 indexed citations

Shah, Priyanka, et al.. (2021). Amino acid divergence in the ligand‐binding pocket of Vibrio LuxR/HapR proteins determines the efficacy of thiophenesulfonamide inhibitors. Molecular Microbiology. 116(4). 1173–1188. 10 indexed citations

Overholts, Anna C., Molly E. McFadden, & Maxwell J. Robb. (2021). Quantifying Activation Rates of Scissile Mechanophores and the Influence of Dispersity. Macromolecules. 55(1). 276–283. 29 indexed citations

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McFadden, Molly E. & Maxwell J. Robb. (2021). Generation of an Elusive Permanent Merocyanine via a Unique Mechanochemical Reaction Pathway. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 143(21). 7925–7929. 51 indexed citations

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McFadden, Molly E., et al.. (2021). Comparison of the reactivity of isomeric 2H‐ and 3H‐naphthopyran mechanophores. Journal of Polymer Science. 59(21). 2537–2544. 24 indexed citations

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Funabashi, Masanori, Tyler L. Grove, Min Wang, et al.. (2020). A metabolic pathway for bile acid dehydroxylation by the gut microbiome. Nature. 582(7813). 566–570. 384 indexed citations breakdown →

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McFadden, Molly E., et al.. (2020). Designing naphthopyran mechanophores with tunable mechanochromic behavior. Chemical Science. 11(17). 4525–4530. 75 indexed citations

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McFadden, Molly E., et al.. (2019). Mechanochemically Gated Photoswitching: Expanding the Scope of Polymer Mechanochromism. Synlett. 30(15). 1725–1732. 25 indexed citations

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McFadden, Molly E. & Maxwell J. Robb. (2019). Force-Dependent Multicolor Mechanochromism from a Single Mechanophore. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 141(29). 11388–11392. 155 indexed citations

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Hu, Xiaoran, et al.. (2018). Mechanochemical Regulation of a Photochemical Reaction. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 140(43). 14073–14077. 95 indexed citations

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