Pulickel M. Ajayan

11.5k total citations · 5 hit papers
72 papers, 8.0k citations indexed

About

Pulickel M. Ajayan is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Pulickel M. Ajayan has authored 72 papers receiving a total of 8.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 60 papers in Materials Chemistry, 21 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 20 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Pulickel M. Ajayan's work include Carbon Nanotubes in Composites (53 papers), Graphene research and applications (26 papers) and Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications (14 papers). Pulickel M. Ajayan is often cited by papers focused on Carbon Nanotubes in Composites (53 papers), Graphene research and applications (26 papers) and Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications (14 papers). Pulickel M. Ajayan collaborates with scholars based in United States, Ireland and Germany. Pulickel M. Ajayan's co-authors include Nikhil Koratkar, Lijie Ci, Mehrdad N. Ghasemi‐Nejhad, Bingqing Wei, Anyuan Cao, Jonghwan Suhr, Eric A. Lass, Ashish Modi, Pawel Keblinski and W. Gregory Sawyer and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Pulickel M. Ajayan

72 papers receiving 7.8k citations

Hit Papers

Miniaturized gas ionization sensors using carbon nanotubes 1998 2026 2007 2016 2003 2005 2008 2006 1998 200 400 600
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. Miniaturized gas ionization sensors using carbon nanotubes
    2003 745 citations Ashish Modi, Nikhil Koratkar et al. Nature profile →
  2. Super-Compressible Foamlike Carbon Nanotube Films
    2005 690 citations Anyuan Cao, Mehrdad N. Ghasemi‐Nejhad et al. profile →
  3. Experimental Observation of an Extremely Dark Material Made By a Low-Density Nanotube Array
    2008 582 citations Zu‐Po Yang, Lijie Ci et al. Nano Letters profile →
  4. Multifunctional composites using reinforced laminae with carbon-nanotube forests
    2006 547 citations Vinod Veedu, Anyuan Cao et al. Nature Materials profile →
  5. A Composite from Poly(m-phenylenevinylene-co-2,5-dioctoxy-p-phenylenevinylene) and Carbon Nanotubes: A Novel Material for Molecular Optoelectronics
    1998 475 citations Pulickel M. Ajayan, David Carroll et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Pulickel M. Ajayan United States 37 5.1k 2.4k 1.8k 1.6k 1.1k 72 8.0k
P. M. Ajayan United States 35 7.1k 1.4× 2.2k 0.9× 2.4k 1.3× 1.2k 0.8× 997 0.9× 65 9.5k
Zhifeng Ren United States 26 4.7k 0.9× 3.3k 1.4× 2.9k 1.6× 1.9k 1.2× 542 0.5× 50 9.1k
O. Lourie Israel 14 6.0k 1.2× 1.9k 0.8× 779 0.4× 1.3k 0.8× 1.1k 1.0× 23 7.3k
Catherine Journet France 36 6.6k 1.3× 2.4k 1.0× 1.5k 0.8× 1.0k 0.7× 1.3k 1.2× 102 8.2k
Lei Li China 39 3.7k 0.7× 1.8k 0.7× 1.5k 0.8× 633 0.4× 640 0.6× 279 7.3k
Christophe Laurent France 45 6.8k 1.3× 2.1k 0.8× 2.2k 1.2× 1.2k 0.8× 510 0.5× 198 9.6k
Suchismita Ghosh India 7 9.1k 1.8× 3.3k 1.3× 3.0k 1.7× 1.2k 0.8× 820 0.8× 29 11.5k
S. Santucci Italy 53 6.0k 1.2× 2.4k 1.0× 4.8k 2.7× 1.9k 1.2× 1.4k 1.3× 334 9.7k
Seunghyun Baik South Korea 39 3.3k 0.6× 3.0k 1.2× 2.0k 1.1× 1.4k 0.9× 374 0.3× 138 6.3k
Paul E. Sheehan United States 38 7.9k 1.5× 4.7k 1.9× 3.9k 2.2× 946 0.6× 2.7k 2.5× 78 12.1k

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All Works

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Yang, Zu‐Po, Lijie Ci, James A. Bur, Shawn-Yu Lin, & Pulickel M. Ajayan. (2008). Experimental Observation of an Extremely Dark Material Made By a Low-Density Nanotube Array. Nano Letters. 8(2). 446–451. 582 indexed citations breakdown →
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Wang, Zuankai, Lijie Ci, Li Chen, et al.. (2007). Polarity-Dependent Electrochemically Controlled Transport of Water through Carbon Nanotube Membranes. Nano Letters. 7(3). 697–702. 153 indexed citations
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Torti, Suzy V., Fiona Byrne, Nicole Levi, et al.. (2007). Thermal ablation therapeutics based on CN(x) multi-walled nanotubes.. PubMed. 2(4). 707–14. 73 indexed citations
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Wei, Bingqing, Mutsuhiro Shima, Ranjit Pati, et al.. (2006). Room‐Temperature Ferromagnetism in Doped Face‐Centered Cubic Fe Nanoparticles. Small. 2(6). 804–809. 39 indexed citations
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Rege, Kaushal, G. Viswanathan, Guangyu Zhu, et al.. (2006). In Vitro Transcription and Protein Translation from Carbon Nanotube–DNA Assemblies. Small. 2(6). 718–722. 12 indexed citations
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Veedu, Vinod, Anyuan Cao, Xuesong Li, et al.. (2006). Multifunctional composites using reinforced laminae with carbon-nanotube forests. Nature Materials. 5(6). 457–462. 547 indexed citations breakdown →
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Suhr, Jonghwan, et al.. (2006). Temperature-Activated Interfacial Friction Damping in Carbon Nanotube Polymer Composites. Nano Letters. 6(2). 219–223. 98 indexed citations
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Kaur, Sumanjeet, Pulickel M. Ajayan, & Ravi S. Kane. (2006). Design and Characterization of Three-Dimensional Carbon Nanotube Foams. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B. 110(42). 21377–21380. 22 indexed citations
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Kish, László B. & Pulickel M. Ajayan. (2005). TerraByte flash memory with carbon nanotubes. Applied Physics Letters. 86(9). 12 indexed citations
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Cao, Anyuan, et al.. (2005). Multifunctional brushes made from carbon nanotubes. Nature Materials. 4(7). 540–545. 118 indexed citations
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Koratkar, Nikhil, Jonghwan Suhr, Amit Joshi, et al.. (2005). Characterizing energy dissipation in single-walled carbon nanotube polycarbonate composites. Applied Physics Letters. 87(6). 107 indexed citations
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Raravikar, Nachiket, Linda S. Schadler, Aravind Vijayaraghavan, et al.. (2005). Synthesis and Characterization of Thickness-Aligned Carbon Nanotube−Polymer Composite Films. Chemistry of Materials. 17(5). 974–983. 114 indexed citations
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Viswanathan, G., et al.. (2005). Collagen–carbon nanotube composite materials as scaffolds in tissue engineering. Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part A. 74A(3). 489–496. 287 indexed citations
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Suhr, Jonghwan, Nikhil Koratkar, Pawel Keblinski, & Pulickel M. Ajayan. (2005). Viscoelasticity in carbon nanotube composites. Nature Materials. 4(2). 134–137. 383 indexed citations
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Yoon, Mina, Seungwu Han, Gunn Kim, et al.. (2004). Zipper Mechanism of Nanotube Fusion: Theory and Experiment. Physical Review Letters. 92(7). 75504–75504. 74 indexed citations
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Borca‐Tasciuc, Theodorian, et al.. (2003). Experimental Investigation of Temperature Annealing Effect on Thermophysical Properties of Carbon Nanotube Arrays. 2003. 349–354. 1 indexed citations
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Modi, Ashish, Nikhil Koratkar, Eric A. Lass, Bingqing Wei, & Pulickel M. Ajayan. (2003). Miniaturized gas ionization sensors using carbon nanotubes. Nature. 424(6945). 171–174. 745 indexed citations breakdown →
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Jung, Yung Joon, et al.. (2001). Controlling growth of carbon microtrees. Carbon. 39(14). 2195–2201. 19 indexed citations

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