René M. Overney

5.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
90 papers, 4.5k citations indexed

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René M. Overney is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Mechanics of Materials and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, René M. Overney has authored 90 papers receiving a total of 4.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 61 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 29 papers in Mechanics of Materials and 27 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in René M. Overney's work include Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications (57 papers), Mechanical and Optical Resonators (23 papers) and Adhesion, Friction, and Surface Interactions (22 papers). René M. Overney is often cited by papers focused on Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications (57 papers), Mechanical and Optical Resonators (23 papers) and Adhesion, Friction, and Surface Interactions (22 papers). René M. Overney collaborates with scholars based in United States, Switzerland and Japan. René M. Overney's co-authors include Ernst Meyer, Jane Frommer, L. Howald, Masamichi Fujihira, Hajime Takano, R. Lüthi, Cynthia Buenviaje, D. Brodbeck, Scott Sills and Miriam Rafailovich and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Physical Review Letters.

In The Last Decade

René M. Overney

90 papers receiving 4.3k 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.

Friction measurements on phase-separated thin films with a modified atomic force microscope

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
René M. Overney United States	33	2.5k	1.3k	1.3k	1.0k	1.0k	90	4.5k
R. Erlandsson Sweden	20	2.2k 0.9×	792 0.6×	1.4k 1.1×	689 0.7×	1.1k 1.1×	50	3.7k
F. Agulló‐Rueda Spain	37	1.6k 0.6×	2.6k 2.0×	2.4k 1.8×	354 0.3×	616 0.6×	181	5.0k
Junji Nishii Japan	39	1.8k 0.7×	1.9k 1.4×	2.4k 1.8×	399 0.4×	2.3k 2.3×	295	6.6k
John A. Carlisle United States	44	1.6k 0.6×	4.4k 3.3×	1.7k 1.3×	2.0k 2.0×	880 0.9×	119	5.9k
L. Tapfer Italy	35	2.4k 1.0×	2.5k 1.9×	2.6k 2.0×	368 0.4×	975 1.0×	289	5.1k
Miquel Salmerón United States	29	1.8k 0.7×	1.3k 1.0×	996 0.7×	791 0.8×	652 0.6×	62	3.6k
Hiroshi Tokumoto Japan	42	3.5k 1.4×	3.6k 2.7×	2.7k 2.0×	400 0.4×	2.7k 2.7×	276	7.1k
T. van Buuren United States	45	908 0.4×	3.9k 3.0×	2.6k 1.9×	605 0.6×	1.3k 1.3×	146	6.5k
P. Ziemann Germany	33	1.3k 0.5×	1.6k 1.2×	963 0.7×	316 0.3×	804 0.8×	176	3.6k
K. S. Liang United States	31	596 0.2×	1.8k 1.3×	1.4k 1.0×	396 0.4×	712 0.7×	76	3.7k

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Sarıkaya, Mehmet, et al.. (2019). Thermal Selection of Aqueous Molecular Conformations for Tailored Energetics of Peptide Assemblies at Solid Interfaces. Langmuir. 36(1). 318–327. 7 indexed citations

Knorr, Daniel B., et al.. (2011). Molecular friction dissipation and mode coupling in organic monolayers and polymer films. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 134(10). 104502–104502. 10 indexed citations

Dalton, Larry R., Alex K.‐Y. Jen, Bruce H. Robinson, et al.. (2011). Optimization of organic NLO materials for integration with silicon photonic, plasmonic (metal optics), and metamaterial devices. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 7935. 793502–793502. 3 indexed citations

Killgore, Jason P., et al.. (2010). Enhanced mobility and increased gas sorption capacity in thin film and nanoconduit confined polymers. 1 indexed citations

Knorr, Daniel B., Tomoko Gray, & René M. Overney. (2009). Intrinsic friction analysis—Novel nanoscopic access to molecular mobility in constrained organic systems. Ultramicroscopy. 109(8). 991–1000. 14 indexed citations

Gray, Tomoko, Jason P. Killgore, Jingdong Luo, Alex K.‐Y. Jen, & René M. Overney. (2006). Molecular mobility and transitions in complex organic systems studied by shear force microscopy. Nanotechnology. 18(4). 44009–44009. 17 indexed citations

Gray, Tomoko, René M. Overney, Marnie Haller, Jingdong Luo, & Alex K.‐Y. Jen. (2005). Low temperature relaxations and effects on poling efficiencies of dendronized nonlinear optical side-chain polymers. Applied Physics Letters. 86(21). 11 indexed citations

Sills, Scott & René M. Overney. (2003). Creeping Friction Dynamics and Molecular Dissipation Mechanisms in Glassy Polymers. Physical Review Letters. 91(9). 95501–95501. 92 indexed citations

He, Mingyan, Amy Szuchmacher Blum, G. Overney, & René M. Overney. (2002). Effect of Interfacial Liquid Structuring on the Coherence Length in Nanolubrication. Physical Review Letters. 88(15). 154302–154302. 56 indexed citations

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Buenviaje, Cynthia, Franco Dinelli, & René M. Overney. (2001). Investigations of heterogeneous ultrathin blends using lateral force microscopy. Macromolecular Symposia. 167(1). 201–212. 4 indexed citations

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Pittenger, Bede, et al.. (2001). Premelting at ice-solid interfaces studied via velocity-dependent indentation with force microscope tips. Physical review. B, Condensed matter. 63(13). 75 indexed citations

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Buenviaje, Cynthia, et al.. (1999). Confined Flow in Polymer Films at Interfaces. Langmuir. 15(19). 6446–6450. 30 indexed citations

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Ventrice, Carl A., et al.. (1996). Molecular beam epitaxial growth of thin CaF2 films on vicinal Si(111) surfaces. Applied Surface Science. 104-105. 409–416. 11 indexed citations

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Sokolov, N. S., J. Álvarez, N.L. Yakovlev, et al.. (1996). Structural transformations at interfaces. Applied Surface Science. 104-105. 402–408. 14 indexed citations

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Overney, René M., D. P. Leta, Miriam Rafailovich, et al.. (1996). Compliance Measurements of Confined Polystyrene Solutions by Atomic Force Microscopy. Physical Review Letters. 76(8). 1272–1275. 71 indexed citations

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Overney, René M., Hajime Takano, & Masamichi Fujihira. (1994). Elastic Compliances Measured by Atomic Force Microscopy. Europhysics Letters (EPL). 26(6). 443–447. 17 indexed citations

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Overney, René M., Ernst Meyer, Jane Frommer, et al.. (1993). A comparative atomic force microscopic study of liquid crystal films: transferred freely-suspended vs. Langmuir-Blodgett. Morphology, lattice, and manipulation. Langmuir. 9(1). 341–346. 37 indexed citations

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Meyer, Ernst, L. Howald, René M. Overney, et al.. (1992). Structure and dynamics of solid surfaces observed by atomic force microscopy. Ultramicroscopy. 42-44. 274–280. 19 indexed citations

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Overney, René M., L. Howald, Jane Frommer, et al.. (1992). Molecular surface structure of organic crystals observed by atomic force microscopy. Ultramicroscopy. 42-44. 983–988. 13 indexed citations

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Meyer, Ernst, H. Heinzelmann, D. Brodbeck, et al.. (1991). Atomic resolution on the surface of LiF(100) by atomic force microscopy. Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology B Microelectronics and Nanometer Structures Processing Measurement and Phenomena. 9(2). 1329–1332. 40 indexed citations

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