Ricardo Ruiz

7.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
74 papers, 5.7k citations indexed

About

Ricardo Ruiz is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Ricardo Ruiz has authored 74 papers receiving a total of 5.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 55 papers in Materials Chemistry, 37 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 23 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Ricardo Ruiz's work include Block Copolymer Self-Assembly (53 papers), Advanced Polymer Synthesis and Characterization (19 papers) and Nanofabrication and Lithography Techniques (17 papers). Ricardo Ruiz is often cited by papers focused on Block Copolymer Self-Assembly (53 papers), Advanced Polymer Synthesis and Characterization (19 papers) and Nanofabrication and Lithography Techniques (17 papers). Ricardo Ruiz collaborates with scholars based in United States, Japan and Germany. Ricardo Ruiz's co-authors include T. R. Albrecht, E. A. Dobisz, Paul F. Nealey, Charles T. Black, George G. Malliaras, Alex C. Mayer, Dan Kercher, Juan Pablo, Huiman Kang and Bert Nickel and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Physical Review Letters and Advanced Materials.

In The Last Decade

Ricardo Ruiz

72 papers receiving 5.6k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Density Multiplication and Improved Lithography by Directed Block Copolymer Assembly

2008 1.0k citations Ricardo Ruiz, Huiman Kang et al. profile →
Pentacene Thin Film Growth

2004 564 citations Ricardo Ruiz, Alex C. Mayer et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ricardo Ruiz United States	33	3.5k	2.6k	1.5k	1.4k	1.2k	74	5.7k
Harun H. Solak Switzerland	31	3.1k 0.9×	1.8k 0.7×	1.9k 1.2×	1.4k 1.0×	825 0.7×	85	5.0k
Armin W. Knoll Switzerland	33	2.4k 0.7×	1.3k 0.5×	1.6k 1.1×	760 0.6×	1.7k 1.4×	95	4.5k
Tomihiro Hashizume Japan	38	2.7k 0.8×	2.0k 0.8×	1.1k 0.7×	1.5k 1.1×	2.8k 2.2×	206	5.8k
E. A. Dobisz United States	31	1.9k 0.5×	1.4k 0.5×	1.2k 0.8×	633 0.5×	1.5k 1.2×	97	3.8k
Caroline A. Ross United States	49	5.1k 1.5×	3.4k 1.3×	1.6k 1.0×	1.8k 1.3×	2.9k 2.3×	229	8.7k
Koichiro Saiki Japan	36	2.6k 0.7×	2.5k 1.0×	739 0.5×	356 0.3×	1.2k 0.9×	222	4.4k
Leonidas E. Ocola United States	32	2.1k 0.6×	2.9k 1.1×	1.7k 1.1×	247 0.2×	715 0.6×	159	4.7k
Young Kuk South Korea	32	3.6k 1.0×	2.3k 0.9×	1.0k 0.7×	660 0.5×	2.3k 1.8×	143	5.4k
Takashi Nakano Japan	35	1.5k 0.4×	1.2k 0.5×	1.3k 0.8×	2.4k 1.7×	666 0.5×	160	5.1k
N. C. Emley United States	17	2.0k 0.6×	1.7k 0.7×	761 0.5×	526 0.4×	3.3k 2.6×	20	5.0k

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Loo, Whitney S., et al.. (2025). Effect of pattern transfer process on roughness of block copolymer patterns from directed self-assembly. Journal of Micro/Nanopatterning Materials and Metrology. 24(1). 1 indexed citations

Kim, Ki‐Hyun, et al.. (2025). Directed self-assembly of block copolymers for high-precision patterning in the era of extreme ultraviolet lithography. MRS Communications. 15(6). 1269–1288.

Ruiz, Ricardo, et al.. (2024). High-resolution chemical patterns from negative tone resists for the integration of extreme ultraviolet patterns of metal-oxide resists with directed self-assembly of block copolymers. Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology B Nanotechnology and Microelectronics Materials Processing Measurement and Phenomena. 42(6). 1 indexed citations

Chang, Boyce S., Whitney S. Loo, Scott Dhuey, et al.. (2024). Nanopatterned Monolayers of Bioinspired, Sequence-Defined Polypeptoid Brushes for Semiconductor/Bio Interfaces. ACS Nano. 18(10). 7411–7423. 9 indexed citations

Loo, Whitney S., Hongbo Feng, Thomas Ferron, et al.. (2023). Determining Structure and Thermodynamics of A-b-(B-r-C) Copolymers. ACS Macro Letters. 12(2). 118–124. 8 indexed citations

Feng, Hongbo, Ludwig Schneider, Whitney S. Loo, et al.. (2023). Side Chain Dipole Orientation and Its Effect on Microphase Separation: Experiment and Simulation via Structural Isomer Variation. Macromolecules. 56(12). 4591–4601. 3 indexed citations

Chang, Boyce S., Whitney S. Loo, Scott Dhuey, et al.. (2022). Sequential Brush Grafting for Chemically and Dimensionally Tolerant Directed Self-Assembly of Block Copolymers. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 15(1). 2020–2029. 6 indexed citations

Feng, Hongbo, Moshe Dolejsi, Ning Zhu, et al.. (2022). Optimized design of block copolymers with covarying properties for nanolithography. Nature Materials. 21(12). 1426–1433. 53 indexed citations

Hono, K., Y. K. Takahashi, Ganping Ju, et al.. (2018). Heat-assisted magnetic recording media materials. MRS Bulletin. 43(2). 93–99. 31 indexed citations

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Xiong, Shisheng, Y.A. Chapuis, Lei Wan, et al.. (2016). Directed self-assembly of high-chi block copolymer for nano fabrication of bit patterned media via solvent annealing. Nanotechnology. 27(41). 415601–415601. 19 indexed citations

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Nowak, Derek, William Morrison, H. K. Wickramasinghe, et al.. (2016). Nanoscale chemical imaging by photoinduced force microscopy. Science Advances. 2(3). e1501571–e1501571. 241 indexed citations

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Sunday, Daniel F., et al.. (2015). Template–polymer commensurability and directed self‐assembly block copolymer lithography. Journal of Polymer Science Part B Polymer Physics. 53(8). 595–603. 29 indexed citations

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Doerk, Gregory S., He Gao, Lei Wan, et al.. (2015). Transfer of self-aligned spacer patterns for single-digit nanofabrication. Nanotechnology. 26(8). 85304–85304. 20 indexed citations

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Yoshida, Hiroshi, Hyo Seon Suh, Abelardo Ramírez-Hernández, et al.. (2013). Topcoat Approaches for Directed Self-Assembly of Strongly Segregating Block Copolymer Thin Films. Journal of Photopolymer Science and Technology. 26(1). 55–58. 47 indexed citations

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Liu, Chi‐Chun, Gordon S. W. Craig, Huiman Kang, et al.. (2010). Practical implementation of order parameter calculation for directed assembly of block copolymer thin films. Journal of Polymer Science Part B Polymer Physics. 48(24). 2589–2603. 12 indexed citations

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Ruiz, Ricardo, E. A. Dobisz, & T. R. Albrecht. (2010). Rectangular Patterns Using Block Copolymer Directed Assembly for High Bit Aspect Ratio Patterned Media. ACS Nano. 5(1). 79–84. 96 indexed citations

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Bosworth, Joan K., et al.. (2010). Three-dimensional mesoporous structures fabricated by independent stacking of self-assembled films on suspended membranes. Nanotechnology. 22(3). 35603–35603. 23 indexed citations

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Black, Charles T., Ricardo Ruiz, Greg Breyta, et al.. (2007). Polymer self assembly in semiconductor microelectronics. IBM Journal of Research and Development. 51(5). 605–633. 345 indexed citations

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Headrick, Randall L., Hua Zhou, Ricardo Ruiz, et al.. (2004). D-107 Oriented Anthracene and Pentacene Thin Films— Invited. Powder Diffraction. 19(2). 205–205. 1 indexed citations

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López, René, et al.. (2002). Pulsed laser deposition of conductive metallo-dielectric optical filters. Applied Physics A. 74(2). 307–310. 3 indexed citations

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