P. Pincus

14.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
196 papers, 11.8k citations indexed

About

P. Pincus is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Physical and Theoretical Chemistry and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, P. Pincus has authored 196 papers receiving a total of 11.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 75 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 51 papers in Physical and Theoretical Chemistry and 46 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in P. Pincus's work include Electrostatics and Colloid Interactions (49 papers), Polymer Surface Interaction Studies (30 papers) and Material Dynamics and Properties (29 papers). P. Pincus is often cited by papers focused on Electrostatics and Colloid Interactions (49 papers), Polymer Surface Interaction Studies (30 papers) and Material Dynamics and Properties (29 papers). P. Pincus collaborates with scholars based in United States, Israel and France. P. Pincus's co-authors include S. A. Safran, Robijn Bruinsma, S. Alexander, Daniel Hone, P. G. de Gennes, P. M. Chaikin, David Andelman, T. A. Witten, Mark Goulian and G. Beni and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

P. Pincus

195 papers receiving 11.4k citations

Hit Papers

Colloid stabilization wit... 1984 2026 1998 2012 1991 1984 250 500 750
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.

  1. Colloid stabilization with grafted polyelectrolytes
    1991 803 citations P. Pincus profile →
  2. Charge renormalization, osmotic pressure, and bulk modulus of colloidal crystals: Theory
    1984 759 citations P. Pincus et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
P. Pincus 4.1k 3.0k 2.9k 2.5k 2.4k 196 11.8k
David Andelman 2.7k 0.6× 2.3k 0.8× 2.4k 0.8× 2.2k 0.9× 1.2k 0.5× 170 8.7k
S. A. Safran 4.5k 1.1× 1.5k 0.5× 4.3k 1.5× 4.6k 1.8× 1.5k 0.6× 257 16.8k
Christian Holm 2.0k 0.5× 3.5k 1.2× 2.8k 0.9× 2.6k 1.0× 1.5k 0.6× 310 11.9k
Moshe Deutsch 3.7k 0.9× 802 0.3× 5.3k 1.8× 1.5k 0.6× 1.3k 0.5× 264 14.3k
J. Als‐Nielsen 4.5k 1.1× 748 0.2× 3.1k 1.0× 3.5k 1.4× 1.9k 0.8× 204 11.7k
S. Alexander 3.5k 0.9× 1.2k 0.4× 4.1k 1.4× 649 0.3× 3.7k 1.5× 113 10.8k
Karl F. Freed 8.4k 2.1× 2.9k 1.0× 8.2k 2.8× 2.9k 1.1× 2.0k 0.9× 617 20.1k
Dieter Richter 3.8k 0.9× 1.4k 0.5× 11.6k 3.9× 2.0k 0.8× 1.7k 0.7× 653 21.7k
Rudolf Podgornik 3.0k 0.7× 2.7k 0.9× 2.2k 0.7× 3.4k 1.3× 686 0.3× 290 10.2k
Steve Granick 5.1k 1.2× 1.4k 0.5× 10.2k 3.5× 2.8k 1.1× 3.3k 1.4× 340 23.2k

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Fields of papers citing papers by P. Pincus

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of P. Pincus

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Pincus, P., et al.. (2019). Polyelectrolyte Conformation Controlled by a Trivalent-Rich Ion Jacket. Physical Review Letters. 123(18). 187801–187801. 14 indexed citations
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Tivony, Ran, S. A. Safran, P. Pincus, Gilad Silbert, & Jacob Klein. (2018). Charging dynamics of an individual nanopore. Nature Communications. 9(1). 4203–4203. 45 indexed citations
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Lee, Yuno, P. Pincus, & Changbong Hyeon. (2016). Effects of Dimethyl Sulfoxide on Surface Water near Phospholipid Bilayers. Biophysical Journal. 111(11). 2481–2491. 16 indexed citations
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Kang, Hongsuk, P. Pincus, Changbong Hyeon, & D. Thirumalai. (2015). Effects of Macromolecular Crowding on the Collapse of Biopolymers. Physical Review Letters. 114(6). 68303–68303. 108 indexed citations
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Jho, YongSeok, et al.. (2013). Repulsion between Oppositely Charged Planar Macroions. PLoS ONE. 8(8). e69436–e69436. 2 indexed citations
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Jho, YongSeok, et al.. (2010). Monte Carlo Simulations of Tau Proteins: Effect of Phosphorylation. Biophysical Journal. 99(8). 2387–2397. 39 indexed citations
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Schneider, Christian, Arben Jusufi, Robert Farina, et al.. (2010). Stability behavior of anionic spherical polyelectrolyte brushes in the presence of La(III) counterions. Physical Review E. 82(1). 11401–11401. 31 indexed citations
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Lee, Ji‐Hwan, Sung‐Min Choi, Changwoo Do, et al.. (2010). Thermal Fluctuation and Elasticity of Lipid Vesicles Interacting with Pore-Forming Peptides. Physical Review Letters. 105(3). 38101–38101. 76 indexed citations
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Beck, Roy, Joanna Deek, Myung Chul Choi, et al.. (2010). Unconventional Salt Trend from Soft to Stiff in Single Neurofilament Biopolymers. Langmuir. 26(24). 18595–18599. 38 indexed citations
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Brewster, Robert C., P. Pincus, & S. A. Safran. (2009). Hybrid Lipids as a Biological Surface-Active Component. Biophysical Journal. 97(4). 1087–1094. 86 indexed citations
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Naji, Ali, Alex J. Levine, & P. Pincus. (2007). Corrections to the Saffman-Delbrück Mobility for Membrane Bound Proteins. Biophysical Journal. 93(11). L49–L51. 83 indexed citations
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Ikawa, Taiji, Fumihiko Hoshino, Osamu Watanabe, et al.. (2007). Molecular Scale Imaging of F-Actin Assemblies Immobilized on a Photopolymer Surface. Physical Review Letters. 98(1). 18101–18101. 32 indexed citations
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Farago, Oded, Niels Grønbech‐Jensen, & P. Pincus. (2006). Mesoscale Computer Modeling of Lipid-DNA Complexes for Gene Therapy. Physical Review Letters. 96(1). 18102–18102. 40 indexed citations
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Jho, YongSeok, et al.. (2006). Interaction between two inhomogeneously charged parallel surfaces in the strong coupling regime. Physical Review E. 73(2). 21502–21502. 20 indexed citations
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Henle, Mark L. & P. Pincus. (2005). Equilibrium bundle size of rodlike polyelectrolytes with counterion-induced attractive interactions. Physical Review E. 71(6). 60801–60801. 64 indexed citations
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Farago, Oded & P. Pincus. (2003). The effect of thermal fluctuations on Schulman area elasticity. The European Physical Journal E. 11(4). 399–408. 31 indexed citations
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Lau, A. W. C. & P. Pincus. (2002). Counterion condensation and fluctuation-induced attraction. Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics. 66(4). 41501–41501. 55 indexed citations
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Lau, A. W. C., et al.. (2002). Charge fluctuations and counterion condensation. Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics. 65(5). 51502–51502. 55 indexed citations
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Schmit, Jeremy D., et al.. (2002). Dielectric-induced counterion partitioning and its effect on membrane rigidity. Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics. 66(6). 61502–61502. 5 indexed citations
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Orbach, R. & P. Pincus. (1965). RESEARCH NOTES ON PHYSICS.. Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC). 1 indexed citations

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