P. M. Ajayan

11.6k citations

65 papers · 9.5k indexed · 3 hit papers · h-index 35

Impact in

Materials Chemistry top 0.5%
- Carbon Nanotubes in Composites
- Graphene research and applications
- Diamond and Carbon-based Materials Research
- Boron and Carbon Nanomaterials Research
Electrochemistry top 0.5%

Papers in

Structural Biology 2
Materials Chemistry 61
- Carbon Nanotubes in Composites 58
- Graphene research and applications 41
- Boron and Carbon Nanomaterials Research 8
- Diamond and Carbon-based Materials Research 6

Co-authors: Jean‐Christophe Charlier Mauricio Terrones Humberto Terrones Florian Banhart Thomas W. Ebbesen Nicole Grobert X. Blase D. L. Carroll
Journals: Applied Physics Letters (9 papers)Physical Review Letters (6 papers)Science (3 papers)Nano Letters (3 papers)Journal of materials research/Pratt's guide to venture capital sources (3 papers)
Partner nations: United States Germany Belgium

In The Last Decade

P. M. Ajayan

65 papers receiving 9.3k citations

Hit Papers

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Molecular Junctions by Joining Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes 2002 · 542 citations

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2002 Physical Review Letters
2001 Nano Letters
1999 Chemical Reviews

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1	Gecko-Inspired Carbon Nanotube-Based Self-Cleaning Adhesives Nano Letters ·Sunny Sethi, Liehui Ge, Lijie Ci, P. M. Ajayan, Ali Dhinojwala	2008	196
2	An open-pored gelatin/hydroxyapatite composite as a potential bone substitute Journal of Materials Science Materials in Medicine ·William B. Hillig, Yang‐Kyu Choi, Suzanne Murtha, Allison Louis Walker, P. M. Ajayan	2007	20
3	Densification of Carbon Nanotube Bundles for Interconnect Application G. Nilsen, G. F. Mumzi, Lijie Ci, María Carina Noheda Blasco, Swastik Kar, P. M. Ajayan, Jian‐Qiang Lu	2007	32
4	Fatigue resistance of aligned carbon nanotube arrays under cyclic compression Nature Nanotechnology ·Jonghwan Suhr, P. Victor, Lijie Ci, S. Sreekala, X. Zhang, Omkaram Nalamasu, P. M. Ajayan	2007	263
5	Controlled growth of carbon nanotubes Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences ·Róbert Vajtai, Bingqing Wei, P. M. Ajayan	2004	31
6	Functionalization of carbon nanotubes using phenosafranin The Journal of Chemical Physics ·Seamus A. Curran, Amanda Ellis, Aravind Vijayaraghavan, P. M. Ajayan	2004	38
7	Publisher’s Note: “Silicon oxide thickness-dependent growth of carbon nanotubes” [Appl. Phys. Lett. 84, 109 (2004)] Applied Physics Letters ·Anyuan Cao, P. M. Ajayan, Ganpati Ramanath, R. Baskaran, Katherine Turner	2004	2
8	Nanomechanical Imaging Of Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes MRS Proceedings ·OZANKAYA Özer, P. M. Ajayan, Robert Geer	2003	1
9	Assembly of mm-scale macrobridges with carbon nanotube bundles Applied Physics Letters ·Anyuan Cao, P. M. Ajayan, Ganpati Ramanath	2003	9
10	Ultrafast optical switch properties of single-wall carbon nanotube polymer composites at 1.55 μm Zhenhao Zhang, Tiare de la Puente, G.-C. Wang, Xicheng Zhang, Nachiket Raravikar, Yiping Zhao, Linda S. Schadler, P. M. Ajayan	2003	2
11	Organized assembly of carbon nanotubes Nature ·BinQing Wei, Róbert Vajtai, Yung Joon Jung, Jonathan Ward, Ruifeng Zhang, Ganapathiraman Ramanath, P. M. Ajayan	2002	392
12	Self-networking of carbon nanotubes Chemical Communications ·Zhengjun Zhang, Bingqing Wei, P. M. Ajayan	2002	10
13	Molecular Junctions by Joining Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes Physical Review Letters ·Mauricio Terrones, Florian Banhart, Nicole Grobert, Jean‐Christophe Charlier, Humberto Terrones, P. M. Ajayan Hit paper breakdown →	2002	542
14	Charge Distribution and Stability of Charged Carbon Nanotubes Physical Review Letters ·Pawel Keblinski, Saroj K. Nayak, Peter Zapol, P. M. Ajayan	2002	74
15	CONVERSION OF ANILINE TO AZOBENZENE AT FUNCTIONALIZED CARBON NANOTUBES: A POSSIBLE CASE OF A NANODIMENSIONAL REACTION International Journal of Nanoscience ·Hongli Zhu, J. William Langston, G. A. Takacs, Jaroslav Švehla, Massoud J. Miri, K. S. V. Santhanam, P. M. Ajayan	2002	18
16	Doping and connecting carbon nanotubes Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals ·Mauricio Terrones, Nicole Grobert, Humberto Terrones, P. M. Ajayan, Florian Banhart, X. Blase, David Carroll, R. Czerw, (unknown), Jean‐Christophe Charlier, (unknown), R. Kamalakaran, Philipp Kohler‐Redlich, Moon Meyng-Ok, T. Seeger	2002	4
17	Damping and Stiffness Enhancement in Composite Systems with Carbon Nanotubes Films MRS Proceedings ·Eric A. Lass, Nikhil Koratkar, P. M. Ajayan, Bingqing Wei, Pawel Keblinski	2002	8
18	N-doping and coalescence of carbon nanotubes: synthesis and electronic properties Applied Physics A ·Mauricio Terrones, P. M. Ajayan, Florian Banhart, X. Blase, D. L. Carroll, Jean‐Christophe Charlier, R. Czerw, Brian M. Foley, Nicole Grobert, R. Kamalakaran, Philipp Kohler‐Redlich, M. Rühle, T. Seeger, Humberto Terrones	2002	357
19	Carbon nanotubes: From macromolecules to nanotechnology Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·P. M. Ajayan, Jean‐Christophe Charlier, Kengo KUROSAWA	1999	73
20	Effects of Nanodomain Formation on the Electronic Structure of Doped Carbon Nanotubes Physical Review Letters ·D. L. Carroll, Ph. Redlich, X. Blase, Jean‐Christophe Charlier, Seamus A. Curran, P. M. Ajayan, S. Roth, M. Rühle	1998	244

About P. M. Ajayan

P. M. Ajayan is a scholar working on Structural Biology, Materials Chemistry, Biomedical Engineering, Organic Chemistry and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, having authored 65 papers that have together received 9.5k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Carbon Nanotubes in Composites (58 papers), Graphene research and applications (41 papers), Nanopore and Nanochannel Transport Studies (9 papers), Fullerene Chemistry and Applications (9 papers), Boron and Carbon Nanomaterials Research (8 papers), Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications (7 papers), Diamond and Carbon-based Materials Research (6 papers) and Nanotechnology research and applications (5 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Materials Chemistry (7.1k citations), Electrochemistry (591 citations), Polymers and Plastics (1.2k citations), Structural Biology (105 citations) and Biomedical Engineering (2.2k citations). P. M. Ajayan has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Germany and Belgium. Frequent co-authors include Jean‐Christophe Charlier, Mauricio Terrones, Humberto Terrones, Florian Banhart, Thomas W. Ebbesen, Nicole Grobert, X. Blase, D. L. Carroll, Lijie Ci and Bingqing Wei. Their work appears in journals such as Applied Physics Letters, Physical Review Letters, Science, Nano Letters and Journal of materials research/Pratt's guide to venture capital sources.

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