R. C. Ashoori

7.0k total citations · 5 hit papers
57 papers, 5.3k citations indexed

About

R. C. Ashoori is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, R. C. Ashoori has authored 57 papers receiving a total of 5.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 47 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 22 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 20 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in R. C. Ashoori's work include Quantum and electron transport phenomena (44 papers), Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures (16 papers) and Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism (16 papers). R. C. Ashoori is often cited by papers focused on Quantum and electron transport phenomena (44 papers), Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures (16 papers) and Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism (16 papers). R. C. Ashoori collaborates with scholars based in United States, Japan and Israel. R. C. Ashoori's co-authors include Kenji Watanabe, Pablo Jarillo‐Herrero, Takashi Taniguchi, J. Mannhart, Lü Li, Christoph Richter, L. N. Pfeiffer, K. W. West, Benjamin Hunt and Andrea F. Young and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Physical Review Letters.

In The Last Decade

R. C. Ashoori

56 papers receiving 5.2k 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.

Massive Dirac Fermions and Hofstadter Butterfly in a van der Waals Heterostructure

2013 1.3k citations Benjamin Hunt, Javier Sanchez-Yamagishi et al. Science profile →
Electrons in artificial atoms

1996 916 citations R. C. Ashoori Nature profile →
Coexistence of magnetic order and two-dimensional superconductivity at LaAlO3/SrTiO3 interfaces

2011 673 citations R. C. Ashoori et al. Nature Physics profile →
Single-electron capacitance spectroscopy of discrete quantum levels

1992 363 citations R. C. Ashoori, L. N. Pfeiffer et al. Physical Review Letters profile →
Ultrafast high-endurance memory based on sliding ferroelectrics

2024 85 citations Kenji Yasuda, Xirui Wang et al. Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
R. C. Ashoori United States	28	3.5k	3.0k	1.6k	1.0k	827	57	5.3k
Shingo Katsumoto Japan	31	3.6k 1.0×	3.5k 1.2×	1.8k 1.1×	1.4k 1.3×	1.9k 2.3×	181	5.9k
Roberto C. Myers United States	33	4.8k 1.4×	2.5k 0.8×	2.1k 1.4×	2.4k 2.3×	1.3k 1.6×	106	6.6k
L. Brey Spain	43	5.1k 1.5×	4.5k 1.5×	1.7k 1.1×	1.7k 1.7×	1.1k 1.3×	155	7.1k
J. Fernández‐Rossier Spain	46	4.9k 1.4×	4.9k 1.6×	3.1k 2.0×	1.2k 1.1×	977 1.2×	163	7.8k
Christoph Strunk Germany	31	3.3k 1.0×	1.8k 0.6×	925 0.6×	2.1k 2.0×	604 0.7×	118	4.8k
H. A. Fertig United States	36	4.7k 1.3×	3.1k 1.0×	1.1k 0.7×	1.7k 1.6×	311 0.4×	144	5.7k
Huaqing Huang China	33	3.0k 0.9×	3.3k 1.1×	606 0.4×	735 0.7×	433 0.5×	104	4.5k
J. J. Palacios Spain	41	3.9k 1.1×	4.1k 1.3×	3.0k 1.9×	927 0.9×	556 0.7×	160	6.5k
Cyrus F. Hirjibehedin United States	22	2.4k 0.7×	1.2k 0.4×	1.4k 0.9×	678 0.6×	677 0.8×	53	3.3k
Martin Gmitra Germany	37	4.1k 1.2×	5.1k 1.7×	2.2k 1.4×	579 0.6×	600 0.7×	108	6.3k

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Wang, Xirui, Samuel Aronson, Daniel Bennett, et al.. (2025). Moiré band structure engineering using a twisted boron nitride substrate. Nature Communications. 16(1). 178–178. 7 indexed citations

West, K. W., et al.. (2023). Time, momentum, and energy resolved pump-probe tunneling spectroscopy of two-dimensional electron systems. Nature Communications. 14(1). 7440–7440. 2 indexed citations

Uri, Aviram, Sergio C. de la Barrera, Mallika T. Randeria, et al.. (2023). Superconductivity and strong interactions in a tunable moiré quasicrystal. Nature. 620(7975). 762–767. 89 indexed citations

Jang, Joonho, et al.. (2021). Strong interlayer charge transfer due to exciton condensation in an electrically isolated GaAs quantum well bilayer. Applied Physics Letters. 118(20). 1 indexed citations

Demir, Ahmet Kemal, Neal Staley, K. W. Baldwin, et al.. (2019). Pairing and Pair Tunneling of Electrons at the Edge of a GaAs Quantum Dot Two-Dimensional Electronic System. Bulletin of the American Physical Society. 2019.

Zibrov, Alexander, T. Taniguchi, Kenji Watanabe, et al.. (2017). Direct measurement of discrete valley and orbital quantum numbers in bilayer graphene. Nature. 3 indexed citations

Jang, Joonho, et al.. (2017). Full momentum- and energy-resolved spectral function of a 2D electronic system. Science. 358(6365). 901–906. 22 indexed citations

Hunt, Benjamin, Alexander Zibrov, T. Taniguchi, et al.. (2016). Competing valley, spin, and orbital symmetry breaking in bilayer graphene. arXiv (Cornell University). 6 indexed citations

Jang, Joonho, Benjamin Hunt, L. N. Pfeiffer, Kenneth West, & R. C. Ashoori. (2016). Sharp tunnelling resonance from the vibrations of an electronic Wigner crystal. Nature Physics. 13(4). 340–344. 57 indexed citations

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Sanchez-Yamagishi, Javier, Jason Luo, Andrea F. Young, et al.. (2016). Helical edge states and fractional quantum Hall effect in a graphene electron–hole bilayer. Nature Nanotechnology. 12(2). 118–122. 74 indexed citations

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Fatemi, Valla, Benjamin Hunt, Hadar Steinberg, et al.. (2014). Electrostatic Coupling between Two Surfaces of a Topological Insulator Nanodevice. Physical Review Letters. 113(20). 206801–206801. 27 indexed citations

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Hunt, Benjamin, Javier Sanchez-Yamagishi, Andrea F. Young, et al.. (2013). Massive Dirac Fermions and Hofstadter Butterfly in a van der Waals Heterostructure. Science. 340(6139). 1427–1430. 1267 indexed citations breakdown →

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Steele, Gary A., R. C. Ashoori, L. N. Pfeiffer, & K. W. West. (2005). Imaging Transport Resonances in the Quantum Hall Effect. Physical Review Letters. 95(13). 136804–136804. 37 indexed citations

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Tessmer, Stuart, et al.. (2002). Modeling subsurface charge accumulation images of a quantum Hall liquid. Physical review. B, Condensed matter. 66(12). 9 indexed citations

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Urazhdin, Sergei, Stuart Tessmer, & R. C. Ashoori. (2002). A simple low-dissipation amplifier for cryogenic STM. Review of Scientific Instruments. 73(2). 310–312. 11 indexed citations

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Finkelstein, Gleb, et al.. (2000). Imaging of low-compressibility strips in the quantum Hall liquid. Physical review. B, Condensed matter. 61(24). R16323–R16326. 17 indexed citations

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Zhitenev, Nikolai B., M. H. Brodsky, R. C. Ashoori, L. N. Pfeiffer, & K. W. West. (1999). Localization-Delocalization Transition in Quantum Dots. Science. 285(5428). 715–718. 42 indexed citations

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Berman, David H., Nikolai B. Zhitenev, R. C. Ashoori, & M. Shayegan. (1999). Observation of Quantum Fluctuations of Charge on a Quantum Dot. Physical Review Letters. 82(1). 161–164. 73 indexed citations

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Ashoori, R. C., et al.. (1997). Subsurface charge accumulation imaging. DSpace@MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology). 89–93. 1 indexed citations

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Ashoori, R. C.. (1996). Electrons in artificial atoms. Nature. 379(6564). 413–419. 916 indexed citations breakdown →

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