Renee R. Frontiera

7.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
74 papers, 5.8k citations indexed

About

Renee R. Frontiera is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials and Biophysics. According to data from OpenAlex, Renee R. Frontiera has authored 74 papers receiving a total of 5.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 29 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 29 papers in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials and 22 papers in Biophysics. Recurrent topics in Renee R. Frontiera's work include Gold and Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis and Applications (28 papers), Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies (25 papers) and Spectroscopy Techniques in Biomedical and Chemical Research (20 papers). Renee R. Frontiera is often cited by papers focused on Gold and Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis and Applications (28 papers), Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies (25 papers) and Spectroscopy Techniques in Biomedical and Chemical Research (20 papers). Renee R. Frontiera collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and India. Renee R. Frontiera's co-authors include Richard P. Van Duyne, Anne-Isabelle Henry, Bhavya Sharma, Emilie Ringe, Richard A. Mathies, Samuel L. Kleinman, Emily Keller, Jon A. Dieringer, Chong Fang and Rosalie Tran and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Chemical Reviews and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Renee R. Frontiera

71 papers receiving 5.7k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

SERS: Materials, applications, and the future

2012 2.0k citations Bhavya Sharma, Renee R. Frontiera et al. profile →
Creating, characterizing, and controlling chemistry with SERS hot spots

2012 639 citations Samuel L. Kleinman, Renee R. Frontiera et al. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Renee R. Frontiera United States	30	3.1k	2.1k	1.9k	1.5k	1.4k	74	5.8k
Sebastian Schlücker Germany	45	5.8k 1.8×	3.9k 1.8×	3.4k 1.8×	3.0k 2.0×	1.5k 1.1×	167	9.2k
J. Aubard France	36	2.7k 0.9×	2.1k 1.0×	1.9k 1.0×	1.1k 0.7×	316 0.2×	159	4.9k
Therese M. Cotton United States	38	2.0k 0.6×	1.5k 0.7×	1.4k 0.8×	2.4k 1.6×	491 0.4×	129	5.4k
Christy F. Landes United States	38	1.5k 0.5×	1.6k 0.7×	1.6k 0.9×	1.8k 1.2×	782 0.6×	127	5.0k
Ricardo F. Aroca Canada	49	5.4k 1.7×	3.4k 1.6×	4.0k 2.1×	2.6k 1.7×	936 0.7×	245	9.9k
Alan Campion United States	37	3.3k 1.1×	2.0k 0.9×	3.1k 1.7×	1.2k 0.8×	695 0.5×	113	6.9k
Ronald L. Birke United States	37	3.7k 1.2×	1.4k 0.7×	2.4k 1.2×	1.5k 1.0×	665 0.5×	94	5.9k
Joanna Malicka United States	39	2.7k 0.8×	2.8k 1.3×	1.7k 0.9×	2.7k 1.8×	372 0.3×	94	5.3k
Katherine A. Willets United States	33	5.1k 1.6×	4.6k 2.2×	2.7k 1.4×	2.3k 1.5×	1.0k 0.7×	93	8.3k
Tamitake Itoh Japan	38	2.7k 0.9×	2.2k 1.0×	2.3k 1.2×	1.7k 1.1×	645 0.5×	127	5.0k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Frontiera, Renee R., et al.. (2025). Chromophore Density Effects on Energy Transfer in Postsynthetically Modified Metal–Organic Frameworks. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 129(46). 20471–20479.

Frontiera, Renee R., et al.. (2025). Plasmon-Driven Chemistry. Annual Review of Physical Chemistry. 76(1). 129–152. 1 indexed citations

Chaudhuri, Subhajyoti, et al.. (2024). Probing time-resolved plasma-driven solution electrochemistry in a falling liquid film plasma reactor: Identification of HO2− as a plasma-derived reducing agent. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 160(9). 7 indexed citations

Douglas, Christopher J., et al.. (2024). Killer Phonon Caught: Femtosecond Stimulated Raman Spectroscopy Identifies Phonon-Induced Control of Photophysics in Rubrene Derivatives. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 146(29). 19939–19950. 6 indexed citations

Frontiera, Renee R., et al.. (2023). Quantifying the ultrafast and steady-state molecular reduction potential of a plasmonic photocatalyst. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 120(44). e2305932120–e2305932120. 12 indexed citations

Roy, Punarbasu, et al.. (2023). Cinchona Alkaloid Polymers Demonstrate Highly Efficient Gene Delivery Dependent on Stereochemistry, Methoxy Substitution, and Length. Biomacromolecules. 25(1). 486–501. 6 indexed citations

Sowa, Jakub K., et al.. (2023). Structural Disorder at the Edges of Rubrene Crystals Enhances Singlet Fission. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters. 14(50). 11497–11505. 16 indexed citations

Frontiera, Renee R., et al.. (2023). Mixed Rubrene Cocrystals Offer Insights into Intermolecular Interactions Influencing Crystal Packing. Crystal Growth & Design. 23(6). 3942–3946. 3 indexed citations

Alam, Shahzad, et al.. (2023). Mastering Femtosecond Stimulated Raman Spectroscopy: A Practical Guide. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4(1). 1–18. 15 indexed citations

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Punihaole, David, et al.. (2022). Stimulated Raman versus Inverse Raman: Investigating Depletion Mechanisms for Super-Resolution Raman Microscopy. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B. 127(1). 26–36. 2 indexed citations

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Douglas, Christopher J., et al.. (2021). Beyond single crystals: Imaging rubrene polymorphism across crystalline batches through lattice phonon Raman microscopy. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 155(23). 234703–234703. 6 indexed citations

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Frontiera, Renee R., et al.. (2020). Spatially Offset Femtosecond Stimulated Raman Spectroscopy: Observing Exciton Transport through a Vibrational Lens. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters. 11(11). 4337–4344. 12 indexed citations

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Rich, Christopher C., et al.. (2020). Femtosecond stimulated Raman spectro-microscopy for probing chemical reaction dynamics in solid-state materials. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 153(3). 78–87. 11 indexed citations

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Messina, Marco S., P. Andrew Chong, Arnold L. Rheingold, et al.. (2019). Carborane RAFT agents as tunable and functional molecular probes for polymer materials. Polymer Chemistry. 10(13). 1660–1667. 14 indexed citations

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Brooks, James L., et al.. (2019). Probing the coupling of butterfly wing photonic crystals to plasmon resonances with surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy. Journal of Materials Chemistry C. 7(44). 13887–13895. 12 indexed citations

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Silva, W. Ruchira, Emily Keller, & Renee R. Frontiera. (2014). Determination of Resonance Raman Cross-Sections for Use in Biological SERS Sensing with Femtosecond Stimulated Raman Spectroscopy. Analytical Chemistry. 86(15). 7782–7787. 40 indexed citations

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Sharma, Bhavya, M. Fernanda Cardinal, Samuel L. Kleinman, et al.. (2013). High-performance SERS substrates: Advances and challenges. MRS Bulletin. 38(8). 615–624. 266 indexed citations

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Kleinman, Samuel L., Renee R. Frontiera, Anne-Isabelle Henry, Jon A. Dieringer, & Richard P. Van Duyne. (2012). Creating, characterizing, and controlling chemistry with SERS hot spots. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 15(1). 21–36. 639 indexed citations breakdown →

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Dasgupta, Jyotishman, Renee R. Frontiera, Keenan C. Taylor, J. Clark Lagarias, & Richard A. Mathies. (2009). Ultrafast excited-state isomerization in phytochrome revealed by femtosecond stimulated Raman spectroscopy. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 106(6). 1784–1789. 168 indexed citations

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Kukura, Philipp, Renee R. Frontiera, & Richard A. Mathies. (2006). Direct Observation of Anharmonic Coupling in the Time Domain with Femtosecond Stimulated Raman Scattering. Physical Review Letters. 96(23). 238303–238303. 49 indexed citations

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