R. W. Carpick

2.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
10 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

R. W. Carpick is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Mechanics of Materials and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, R. W. Carpick has authored 10 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 6 papers in Mechanics of Materials and 3 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in R. W. Carpick's work include Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications (10 papers), Adhesion, Friction, and Surface Interactions (6 papers) and Mechanical and Optical Resonators (5 papers). R. W. Carpick is often cited by papers focused on Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications (10 papers), Adhesion, Friction, and Surface Interactions (6 papers) and Mechanical and Optical Resonators (5 papers). R. W. Carpick collaborates with scholars based in United States and Canada. R. W. Carpick's co-authors include D. Frank Ogletree, Miquel Salmerón, Miquel Salmerón, Marius Enăchescu, R. J. A. van den Oetelaar, C. F. J. Flipse, M. Salmerón, Philip Egberts, Zhijiang Ye and Ashlie Martini and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, Applied Physics Letters and Journal of Applied Physics.

In The Last Decade

R. W. Carpick

10 papers receiving 1.5k citations

Hit Papers

Calibration of frictional forces in atomic force microscopy 1996 2026 2006 2016 1996 100 200 300 400
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. Calibration of frictional forces in atomic force microscopy
    1996 472 citations D. Frank Ogletree, R. W. Carpick et al. Review of Scientific Instruments profile →

Peers

R. W. Carpick
Vilas N. Koinkar United States
Hisato Ogiso Japan
Steven T. Patton United States
J. Ruan United States
Dirk Dietzel Germany
R. Abermann Austria
Arno Merkle United States
M. Gioti Greece
Patrick W. Leech Australia
J. C. Bilello United States
Vilas N. Koinkar United States
R. W. Carpick
Citations per year, relative to R. W. Carpick R. W. Carpick (= 1×) peers Vilas N. Koinkar

Countries citing papers authored by R. W. Carpick

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Fields of papers citing papers by R. W. Carpick

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of R. W. Carpick

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of R. W. Carpick. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of R. W. Carpick based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with R. W. Carpick. R. W. Carpick is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

10 of 10 papers shown
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Brodsky, E. E., et al.. (2015). Nanoscale Characterization of Fault Roughness by Atomic Force Microscopy. AGUFM. 2015. 1 indexed citations
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Ye, Zhijiang, et al.. (2015). Dynamics of Atomic Stick-Slip Friction Examined with Atomic Force Microscopy and Atomistic Simulations at Overlapping Speeds. Physical Review Letters. 114(14). 146102–146102. 82 indexed citations
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Enăchescu, Marius, R. W. Carpick, D. Frank Ogletree, & M. Salmerón. (2004). The role of contaminants in the variation of adhesion, friction, and electrical conduction properties of carbide-coated scanning probe tips and Pt(111) in ultrahigh vacuum. Journal of Applied Physics. 95(12). 7694–7700. 33 indexed citations
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Burns, A. R. & R. W. Carpick. (2001). Directional shear force microscopy. Applied Physics Letters. 78(3). 317–319. 7 indexed citations
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Enăchescu, Marius, R. J. A. van den Oetelaar, R. W. Carpick, et al.. (1999). Observation of proportionality between friction and contact area at the nanometer scale. Tribology Letters. 7(2-3). 73–78. 97 indexed citations
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Carpick, R. W., D. Frank Ogletree, & Miquel Salmerón. (1999). A General Equation for Fitting Contact Area and Friction vs Load Measurements. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. 211(2). 395–400. 385 indexed citations
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Enăchescu, Marius, R. J. A. van den Oetelaar, R. W. Carpick, et al.. (1998). Atomic Force Microscopy Study of an Ideally Hard Contact: The Diamond(111)/Tungsten Carbide Interface. Physical Review Letters. 81(9). 1877–1880. 144 indexed citations
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Carpick, R. W., D. Frank Ogletree, & Miquel Salmerón. (1997). Lateral stiffness: A new nanomechanical measurement for the determination of shear strengths with friction force microscopy. Applied Physics Letters. 70(12). 1548–1550. 323 indexed citations
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Ogletree, D. Frank, R. W. Carpick, & Miquel Salmerón. (1996). Calibration of frictional forces in atomic force microscopy. Review of Scientific Instruments. 67(9). 3298–3306. 472 indexed citations breakdown →
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Dai, Qing, R. Vollmer, R. W. Carpick, D. Frank Ogletree, & M. Salmerón. (1995). A variable temperature ultrahigh vacuum atomic force microscope. Review of Scientific Instruments. 66(11). 5266–5271. 40 indexed citations

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