Qichi Hu

1.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
30 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Qichi Hu is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Spectroscopy and Biophysics. According to data from OpenAlex, Qichi Hu has authored 30 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 11 papers in Spectroscopy and 6 papers in Biophysics. Recurrent topics in Qichi Hu's work include Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications (8 papers), Mass Spectrometry Techniques and Applications (7 papers) and Spectroscopy and Laser Applications (7 papers). Qichi Hu is often cited by papers focused on Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications (8 papers), Mass Spectrometry Techniques and Applications (7 papers) and Spectroscopy and Laser Applications (7 papers). Qichi Hu collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and France. Qichi Hu's co-authors include Curtis Marcott, Julia Laskin, Craig Prater, Alexandre Dazzi, D. Bruce Chase, John F. Rabolt, J. W. Hepburn, Grant E. Johnson, X. K. Hu and Peng Wang and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Nature Communications and The Journal of Chemical Physics.

In The Last Decade

Qichi Hu

29 papers receiving 1.1k citations

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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.

AFM–IR: Combining Atomic Force Microscopy and Infrared Spectroscopy for Nanoscale Chemical Characterization

2012 410 citations Alexandre Dazzi, Craig Prater et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Qichi Hu United States	15	334	223	186	176	174	30	1.1k
Zhiwei Men China	17	458 1.4×	180 0.8×	145 0.8×	151 0.9×	39 0.2×	128	1.1k
Frank J. M. Rutten United Kingdom	17	188 0.6×	244 1.1×	278 1.5×	213 1.2×	49 0.3×	34	1.1k
Li Jun Zhao China	18	209 0.6×	62 0.3×	148 0.8×	289 1.6×	227 1.3×	74	1.1k
Yosef Raichlin Israel	17	124 0.4×	186 0.8×	181 1.0×	250 1.4×	23 0.1×	52	987
Cheng‐Liang Huang Taiwan	22	389 1.2×	223 1.0×	299 1.6×	518 2.9×	122 0.7×	89	1.6k
Valery Bulatov Israel	18	55 0.2×	149 0.7×	167 0.9×	86 0.5×	79 0.5×	56	987
Ireneusz Janik United States	19	130 0.4×	87 0.4×	194 1.0×	105 0.6×	69 0.4×	39	934
Chenglin Sun China	19	401 1.2×	158 0.7×	178 1.0×	373 2.1×	36 0.2×	111	1.2k
Hitoshi Koizumi Japan	19	201 0.6×	241 1.1×	135 0.7×	261 1.5×	67 0.4×	102	1.1k

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Wagner, Martin, Qichi Hu, Shuiqing Hu, et al.. (2025). Force Volume Atomic Force Microscopy–Infrared for Simultaneous Nanoscale Chemical and Mechanical Spectromicroscopy. ACS Nano. 19(19). 18791–18803. 1 indexed citations

Dazzi, Alexandre, Frank Palmino, Ariane Deniset‐Besseau, et al.. (2025). Chemical Mapping of Supramolecular Self-Assembled Monolayers via Atomic Force Microscopy-Based Infrared with a Nanometer-Scale Lateral Resolution. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters. 16(14). 3433–3437. 1 indexed citations

Dery, Shahar, Suhong Kim, Anirban Roy, et al.. (2020). Electrochemical deposition of N-heterocyclic carbene monolayers on metal surfaces. Nature Communications. 11(1). 5714–5714. 60 indexed citations

Stan, Gheorghe, Richard S. Gates, Qichi Hu, et al.. (2017). Relationships between chemical structure, mechanical properties and materials processing in nanopatterned organosilicate fins. Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology. 8. 863–871. 7 indexed citations

Laskin, Julia & Qichi Hu. (2017). Reactive Landing of Gramicidin S and Ubiquitin Ions onto Activated Self-Assembled Monolayer Surfaces. Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry. 28(7). 1304–1312. 9 indexed citations

Hu, Qichi, Kevin Kjoller, Alan Myers, Kanwal Jit Singh, & Sean W. King. (2016). Nanoscale chemical structure variations in nano-patterned and nano-porous low-k dielectrics: A comparative photothermal induced resonance and infrared spectroscopy investigation. Vibrational Spectroscopy. 86. 223–232. 9 indexed citations

Hu, Qichi & Julia Laskin. (2016). Secondary Structures of Ubiquitin Ions Soft-Landed onto Self-Assembled Monolayer Surfaces. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B. 120(22). 4927–4936. 16 indexed citations

Dillon, Eoghan, et al.. (2015). Nanoscale Infrared Spectroscopy of Biological Systems. Biophysical Journal. 108(2). 492a–492a. 2 indexed citations

Lo, Michael, Eoghan Dillon, Qichi Hu, et al.. (2014). Chemical Analysis Below the Diffraction Limit using Infrared-Coupled Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM-IR). Biophysical Journal. 106(2). 205a–205a. 1 indexed citations

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Laskin, Julia, Alexander Laskin, Sergey A. Nizkorodov, et al.. (2014). Molecular Selectivity of Brown Carbon Chromophores. Environmental Science & Technology. 48(20). 12047–12055. 104 indexed citations

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Gourion‐Arsiquaud, Samuel, Curtis Marcott, Qichi Hu, & Adele L. Boskey. (2014). Studying Variations in Bone Composition at Nano-Scale Resolution: A Preliminary Report. Calcified Tissue International. 95(5). 413–418. 21 indexed citations

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Hu, Qichi & Julia Laskin. (2014). Reactive Landing of Dendrimer Ions onto Activated Self-Assembled Monolayer Surfaces. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 118(5). 2602–2608. 8 indexed citations

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Marcott, Curtis, Michael Lo, Qichi Hu, et al.. (2014). Using 2D correlation analysis to enhance spectral information available from highly spatially resolved AFM-IR spectra. Journal of Molecular Structure. 1069. 284–289. 20 indexed citations

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Lo, Michael, Eoghan Dillon, Qichi Hu, et al.. (2013). AFM-Based Chemical and Mechanical Property Characterization of Interconnects and Defects. Proceedings - International Symposium for Testing and Failure Analysis. 80224. 159–161. 1 indexed citations

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Johnson, Grant E., Qichi Hu, & Julia Laskin. (2011). Soft Landing of Complex Molecules on Surfaces. Annual Review of Analytical Chemistry. 4(1). 83–104. 98 indexed citations

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Hu, Qichi, Peng Wang, & Julia Laskin. (2010). Effect of the surface on the secondary structure of soft landed peptide ions. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 12(39). 12802–12802. 25 indexed citations

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Lu, Zhou, et al.. (2007). Dynamics on the HOCO potential energy surface studied by dissociative photodetachment of HOCO− and DOCO−. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 126(19). 194305–194305. 33 indexed citations

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Hu, Qichi, Qun Zhang, & J. W. Hepburn. (2006). Threshold ion-pair production spectroscopy of HCN. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 124(7). 74310–74310. 14 indexed citations

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Hu, Qichi, et al.. (2003). Threshold ion-pair production spectroscopy of HCl/DCl: Born–Oppenheimer breakdown in HCl and HCl+ and dynamics of photoion-pair formation. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 119(17). 8938–8945. 22 indexed citations

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Hu, X. K., et al.. (2000). A Determination of the Bond Dissociation Energy (D₀(H−SH)): Threshold Ion-Pair Production Spectroscopy (TIPPS) of a Triatomic Molecule. The Journal of Physical Chemistry A. 104(19). 4339–4342. 75 indexed citations

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